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2011-04-23T10:58:00.000+08:00

Stepping into 2009

2009-01-18T11:56:00.002+08:00

Its been a long time since i last blogged. Almost 2 months ago!! I know it is way to long for a blog. But I have been very Bee Z. Before flying back to Singapore I have to make sure all my work was done properly and handed over nicely before I go. Have to do it sui sui :)

Of course there was my birthday which i had no time to blog on as well whihc i will do everything in the next few blogs blogging about my time here befroe i flew back to singapore and my fabulaous time back home. The next thing i know i am flying back to Perth and back to work!!

Been back for a week to be exact in Perth!!

My manager will be on leave and I will be looking after the office for 2 weeks odd. Kind of stress and I hope that everything goes well while he is away.

ok going away but stay tuned for posts coming your way.

signing out!!

Lovely Surprise

2008-11-17T20:36:00.000+08:00

I had al ovely surprise today!!My aunt handed my a small little parcel that came all the way from Singapura!

I got all excited wondering who sent it to me!! Then when i looked at the back I saw that it was 水晶who sent it to me. ありがとう crys. thanks for the lovely surprise and card!!

My first bday present!! and an early one too,...knowing that i love japanese shows she sent me one which she says that it is nice and thinks that I will like it too..This is the present that i received all the way from Fine City. well wrapped!!

The card was lovely. Its an embroided card. very nice feel to it. Like the words on it "Always Bee there for you" See the card and the DVD that she bought for me.

Always nice to receive something in the mail from family and friends when u are overseas.

thats all for now.just felt that i need to blog this!!

Sex and The City-The Movie

2008-11-16T18:06:00.001+08:00

Decided to go to and rent DVDs to watch today. I ended up buying the ex rental DVDs. In fact, there are no scratches and much much cheaper. I bought 2 shows. Sex and the City and Indiana Jone and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. They are in perfect condition like a brand new DVD. So why would you want to buy it brand new for more when u can get it for half the price?

So after watching SATC it is great to knwo that Carrie and Mr Big finally Tie the knot after 10 years. Although it is just a show, it is still good that it is a happy ending for everyone in the show.

SATC states some facts about life. Being in a relationship or marraige, you will not necessarily be happy every second of your life but you will still be happy but there will be unhappiness still which is part of it. Which I agree.

Sometimes, I think I am a bit of both of Carrie and Charlotte. My dear girlfriends which character do you think matches you?

Towards the last part Mr Big said something really touching.
Ever Thine, Ever Yours, Ever Ours.( Hope i remember it correctly)

I wonder when will i meet my own version of Mr Big but minus away taking 10 years to get married to the person after knowing him and the whole on and off relationship in that 10 years.

Is it too much to ask for? i just wonder.

梦想天空

2008-11-09T19:24:00.000+08:00

孙燕姿有一首歌：梦想天空。我觉得是一首好歌。其实是一首英文歌叫做：Blame it on the weatherman。不过我觉得梦想天空的歌词写得 not bad。
Below is the lyric of the song:

一天有多长 (how long is a day)
是不是无所谓混着过 (does it matter how it passes by)
像大人的世界ho~ (like the world ofthe adults)
我渴望不同的时空孤单也洒脱 (i yearn for a different space even alone is fine)
你会懂我离开的理由 (you will understand why I left)
在年轻的时候 (when you are young)
是否能跟着希望向前走 (if you can ever follow your hopes and move along)
世界太纷乱 (the world is very complicated)
而我在追求自己的战场 (and I am pursuing my own war)
生命的极限勇敢的意义 (life's limit and the meaning of bravery)
我不想太多努力去突破迎着风就想飞~~ (I do not want too much effort to breathrough the wind and just fly away)
梦想天空如此辽阔 (dream sky is just so big)
for ragnarok #
或许太天真相信新世界会有一天出现 (maybe being too naive that the new world will one day appear)
经过了考验曾沮丧可哭泣 (going through obstacles,disappointments, you can cry)
最真的笑容才能看见梦想天空如此辽阔 (the real smile is only when you can see Dream Sky is so big)
for ragnarok
梦想升空心也自由 (dreams lifted up into the air and the heart is free too)
for ragnarok
梦想天空没有界限... (the dream sky has no border)

It so reminds me of how life would be like if i really just pack and travel all over the world. The sky is always the limit. But the world has no borders which i always believe. The world is so big and yet She can be really small at times.

To see the world is my biggest dream but I wonder how far and how much will I be able to see in this lifetime? maybe it will take more than a llifetime?

Will do what i can to see the world. The world is a better place if you see it from another perspective or another angle. Taking pictures every now and then to capture what I see is always great to look back.

Always hoping for Utopia!!:)

Ps: Meaning of Ragnarok - refers to a series of major events, including a great battle foretold to ultimately result in the death of a number of major figures (including the gods Odin, Thor, Freyr, Heimdall, and the jötunn Loki), the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water. Afterwards, the world resurfaces anew and fertile, the surviving gods meet, and the world is repopulated by two human survivors. (this meaning is extracted from wikipedia.)

Saturday night out

2008-11-02T19:32:00.001+08:00

Yesterday had dinner with my aunt,uncle,grandma and auntie d. We had vietnamese food which was very good. It is located not very far from Farmer Jack supermarket. We had vietnamese fried rice,claypot seafood,beef soup noodles,chicken soup noodles, vietnamese spring rolls.

After the filling dinner we decided to go to Northbridge for coffee. Upon arriving, to our horror there were lots of people and we could not find a place to park.

We then decided to go to beaufort st and luckily we manage to find a parking space and we had very nice cakes and coffee there. We had tiramisu and a berry cheesecake.Both are light and very addictive. I had mocha which was very much well done,Frankly so far the coffee here in Perth has been nice. Auntie D gave us the treat and I want to thank her again for the lovely dinner and dessert.Thank you Auntie D.It was a very nice evening that we had.

Friday Night out to the CITY

2008-11-02T18:01:00.003+08:00

I was out with T on the Friday night after work. It was actually my first time that I am going to the city at night in Perth. I know this must sound very odd but seriously i was looking forward to it that day. It was a wet evening though as it was raining. We decided to go to David Jones first as T needs to check out some foundation for her face. After trying Giorgio Armani and Bobby Brown she has decided on Giorgio armani which i recommended her and after trying she really like it. She bought it.The sales person was very professional and it turns out she is also a make up artist. Very rare we find westerners who are able to advise and do asian makeup and she is an exception. In fact she was very good!!:) I have decided that if I need to do a make up for a special occassion I shall go lok for her to do mine. That day both T and myself looked really good as we had tried on the cosmetic of Giorgio armani. The sales person even gave us soem make up tips and a book that we can get online in teaching you on make up that make u look good!

We then headed off to Target as weather was still crap so got to go to indoor places.I bought socks and undergarments. And there wsa 20% off which was wonderful. For the first time i bought organic undergarments and socks which was on offer. In Signapore Organic clothings are going to cost a lot. So I thought why not i buy it to try. Frankly it is quite comfortable plus it is cheap.

We headed off to Yoshiya a Japanese Resturant for our dinner as it was time for dinner and we decided not to walk anymroe due to the weather and fill our stomach instead. The food was surprisingly good! We ordered tempura prawns and vegetables,stired fried prawns and sushi rolls and had green tea.The sushi was very well done.The rice was in well intact.Good quality food. I love jap food so this is pretty good.

That night we ended up at T's husband office for awhile as she had to pick him up before she can send me home. We ended up at the office building for Bankwest!! on the right you will see the managers of the various department of Bankwest. T 's husband picture is there can you spot him? He is the only asian there. He is on the bottom right hand corner. haha!!i told him this is going to appear on my blog and it did!:)

My way of life - 我的生活方式

2008-10-18T18:01:00.000+08:00

我的生活方式在PERTH。很多人问我为什么要去PERTH？其实我也不知道要怎么回答。就觉得需要一个新的环境，一个新的开始。当我有这个机会过来这里我有与家人讨论过而他们都很支持我过来。
当我过来这里，心里有在想我到底有没有做错决定。不过我对自己说you will never know how is it like if you don't give yourself an opportunity to try.Since there is a chance,take it and see how it goes.3 or 4 years is not a very long time.Of course being away from home again since i was back form England in 2001.This time i do miss my friends,outings with friends,shopping with my mum and friends,shopping in spore,the accessibility in spore but still there is a place of tranquility here in Perth.

Pace of life is not as fast as in Singapore and you will actually stop,see and think about things and the kind of life I would like to have, things I will want to do later on when i am more settled here.Thinking of taking some courses but not the studying one more of a leisure kind.Lean how to play tennis, go swimming,get back to my yoga,go to the gym ,scuba diving,maybe get a boat license even. I am back to my reading habits.Recently I read a biography of the Hilton family which I borrowed from the library. How complicated can a family be.They sure are one complicated family from the founder of the hilton empire down to paris hilton.It is very easy to read. sometimes you will think that thankfully I do not have this kind of parents who is so money crazy and controlling people.

I have been to coffee joints like gloria jeans at Hillarys for my hot chocolate/coffee and read my book.This is really very nice which I have not done it in spore. I went to Guildford on my own which is not far off to drive for the Sunday market,visiting the antique store ie 2nd hand shop and also the 2nd hand book shop which i bought some books to read at a very reasonable price.

Work can be busy but it has been good so far. At night there is nothing much to do unless it is for dinner or pubbing. Which I have not been to a club since I came.
I enjoy my moments when I am back from work at 6pm or earlier depending and I get to catch up with friends and family on emails or MSN,facebook etc.Surfing the net to find out more things. Reading blogs of local and overseas celebrities can be pretty interesting.I read friends' blogs to know how they are getting on.

I am enjoying the lifestyle I am having here and allowing myself space and time to think of things as well as to immerse myself in the greenery environment.

这就是我现在的生活方式。

Back to my Bloggy home!!

2008-09-26T23:10:00.000+08:00

Ok I know.It has been ages since I last blogged. I am dusting away the dust and sweeping away the cobwebs hanging all over the place.sweep sweep!!

NOw everyone has been wondering where the hell did I go to? well people, I am doing fine. Don't need to panic.
first of all to update where i have been. I was in Holland sometime in May and I was in Taiwan in June with my family. July I set off for Perth for my new job and I have been in perth since. When I arrive in PErth it was winter. It is Spring now. but it is still cold. Reminded me of my days in manchester for uni. See the pictureo n the right of Google's Spring on the logo!! Have always love the theme on google's logo.

I will be putting up random pics of my trips to amsterdam and to taiwan.Of course I will be updating of my life here in perth.I have been so busy with work that I did not want to surf the net too long nor updating my blog.My eyes are tired and I need to get my writing bug on the go as well.

I am currently stayig with my uncle and his fmaily. It was very nice of him to offer me to stay at his place at the moment till I find a suitable place to rent. Rental here can be pretty high so to find a suitable place can be very hard.

It is very near to go to work from where I am staying to work its about 5 to 8 min drive depending on traffic. Every morning I will get to see kangaroos when driving by a park. I will try to take pics of the kangaroos when I get the chance.
Have been to a few sunday markets while I was here. In the next few blogs I will be writing the places I have been to while i was here as well as the things I do and my life here on the whole.

ok then I will stop now and I will continue again.
Welcome myself back to my blog!! chiao!!

1st of May

2008-05-01T12:30:00.002+08:00

its first of may and it reminds me of the song 1st of may.enjoy this song.

its labour day today.So Happy Labour Day to everyone.

went for an early morning tim sum with my family,grandma,big aunt,2nd uncle and family.ate to our hearts content,we were at the hong xin resturant for tim sum at 7am and we left around 9.10am. was very crowded by the time we left and people are queuing for seats.imaging i woke up at 6am!!but was worth it to have dinner with the whole family.and we had fun chatting.

just monday went klunch with cousin eug.it was great fun haha...recorded our voices singing and eug singing haha which was actually for fun.its more of recording of our voices.

just wednesday went to Timbre II at old parliament lane next to the Art house. it was nice.had thin crust pizza and fries with my sencodary school friend. we were so hungry that we finish the whole thin crust pizzas and the fries.had 2 drinks.one was sakura and the other a non alcoholic drink.that night's band was goodfellas whon sang pretty well.they sang james blunt's 1973 and you're beautiful, chasing cars,beautiful girls,a cantonese song hai kuo tian kong by beyond and a few others.

EARTHDAY

2008-04-24T17:29:00.001+08:00

Though its over but still Happy Earthday!!U do love Earth.ashpixie did mention that she never knew that i love earth deep deep. frankly if not for Earth and mother nature keeping it up on some of the wonderful places we will not be able to see it till today,if we want to travel round the world and see beautiful sights and wonderous places we have to do our part and keep earth together. Lets all Love EARTH!!

i noticed google and you tube had a change of their normal logo for a day for eathday.see the logos?

below is a video by chicane titled saltwater

Here is a totally different one by Julian Lennon titled saltwater.the lyrics are very meaningful telling us about global warming.

Definitely Maybe Movie

2008-04-08T23:45:00.000+08:00

Went for a movie with S.O last friday. Titled Definitely Maybe.this is a show starring Ryan Reynolds, Abigail Breslin, Isla Fisher,

plot: Will Hayes(ryan) is a 30 something yr old father in a midst of getting divorce.His 10 yr old daughter Maya (abigail), after going through a sex class by the school wants to know everything about her parents on how they started and so on. Will changes the names in his story to his daughter on his relationship and his life during these relationship. thus he created a love mystry for the audience as well to guess who Maya's mum is in the story which Maya has to find out. in the story there are 3 girls.Emily his college sweetheart, summer the reporter who was also emily's ex, and April ( Isla). the story slowly unfolds and Maya was able to figure out who is her mum in the story.Maya realise that relationship can be complicated as well as making one happy when u find the right soulmate. together they went to find the one girl that will has been in love with. Happy ending.

this is a pretty good movie as its actually a fact that in real life some people have to go through soem rough patches in a relationship before getting into a right one. highly recommend this movie to watch in the cinemas or dvd(when its out).

OCS(Office Cadet School) 6th Apr08

2008-04-08T22:26:00.000+08:00

ed posing in front of the main building.
proud of ed to be in OCS
where ed is bunked
picture with an officer in the making.

the weird bridge
the parade square
singapore discovery centre
green green grass of home

2nd aunt,ed and eug
brothers in arms
eugene and ed posing
the tower
the lion

inside ocs

the dining hall

ed's room
the view from ed's room
ed's cupboard
tango premesis
cadets who comes back to camp after the weekend out has to walk liek they are marching nad wearing white and black pants every time they leave or enter the OCS.

went to visit cousin ed at ocs, boy was it a far ride to OCS.its actually located next to the singapore discovery centre. My first impression of the place its like a high class holiday camp!!

upon entering the gate we were greeted by 2 cadets directing us to the right carpark to my cousin's platoon which is TANGO. there is a swimming pool,tennis court,running track,rugby field,soccer field,gym,library,IT building and many more. OCS is actually 88 hectres big!!!goodness.the hostel rooms that the the cadets laze in is really a holiday hostel.each room has a desktop computer.2 to 1 computer ie 2 to a room,nice view from their window.nice desk for them to use each has their own cupboard and space to hold their files and personal stuffs.

they have a tall tower that has a very nice view of the surrounding.get to see the stange bridge, the parade sqaure, surroundings of flats and trees.

ed brought us around OCS.took pictures as usual like a tourist ahha...snap snap!!Ed was very happy to get in OCS after his BMT. hopes that Ed will get the best cadet and receive the sword of honour.Good luck baby cuz ed!

Morton bar at Oriental

2008-03-28T02:07:00.000+08:00

moi
v&r

L got stunned by my camera.

for all beef lovers out there , if you are looking for drinks and foc mini beef burgers, u may want to check out the Morton's Bar at Oriental hotel.Mon-Fri between 5pm-7pm morton's bar serve's all martinis for around s$13 including service and GST.every 15min they serve mini beef burgers for free.trust me you wont want to give it a miss as its really good. I am not a beef lover but this was very good i had a go at it and found it very tasty.to me it tasted like pork.the bread that they use to sandwich the beef was very tasty too.of course if u intend to have the actual morton's beef it cost a whopping S$81.but apparently its very good as informed by my friends.

this place was introduced by em,v&r.thus we were all there.imgine after having a few rounds of the mini burgers and a cup of martini we are all filled up. thats our dinner!! so do give it a go there if u are off between 5pm-6pm between mon to fri. the lychee martini is good and so is their special chocolate martini.

I did not get a chance to take a pic of the mini beef burgers though.

Oomphatico's at Tanglin Mall

2008-03-28T01:32:00.000+08:00

Was at this resturant called Oomphatico's on a nice sunday afternoon for lunch.was there with my mum,san and dec.the decor of the resturant is very colorful and pleasent.something different from the normal resturant.a nice place for a meal or coffee with friends and family.they have outdoor and indoor seatings.one thing to note do be there early as there are a lot of expats going there for brunch.

they serve thai food,pizzas,organic food and many others.

location:Tanglin Mall #01-35/36

call : 6733-9088 to reserve a table

La Petite Cuisine

2008-03-28T00:25:00.000+08:00

this is the resturant.
tomato soup was great.it comes with bread.
this is the brocoli soup but i prefer the tomato soup than this.

its very brocoli that i dont really like.

this is the dory fish with rice that i had. it was very tasty.the fish was fresh. the cost of this main is S$9.90.
spaghetti and mushroom.this is a very good dish.not sure how much was this dish.

Another nice eatery recommended by S.O. Its not often where u are able to have french food at a very good price.take note one thign though they only take cash. This small resturant is located at the Serene Centre. Was there on a friday with S.O and Ali.

We had dorsy fish with rice,tomato soup,brocoli soup,spaghettie with mushroom and duck.we are too filled to have desset.the next time i hope to try the dessert there. the picture of the duck was not taken.but the cost of it was aroudn S$19.to note a duck dish in a french cuisine is actually very expensive. this is a very resonable and affordable french food.

location : 10 Jalan Serene #01-05, Serene Centre.
Tel :6314 3173
Take away available.
bus number:165, 174,48,93,153,186,855,961,961C

a send off

2008-03-28T00:12:00.000+08:00

It was leef's departure to Hongkong for work permanently on 9th March sunday. m.y,ash and myself was there to send her off.gave her our gift and to chat a while with her.she had her colleagues from work,family and friends to send her off.she was sad and tears were flowing down.
Leef, hang in there am sure u have been exploring hongkong as well as trying to find a place to rent. am sure everything is going good for you and all the best in your new undertakings at work and may everything be smoth sailing for you.
while u are there enjoy the shopping,food,nightlife etc there...
not to worry will definitely visit you when i am in hongkong.
take care.

One of the best hawker food

2008-03-27T23:45:00.001+08:00

the best hotplate oyster with egg that I ever had!!power!!world best.
yoyo enjoying her food

ok met up with the circle of 7 for dinner last monday 17 mar along geylang lor 9. Why are we meeting o na monday for dinner there well well thanks to jas-mam, we ere going to taste her dad's stall fried oyster.though i am not a big fan but after tasting her dad's sure was the number 1 and best fried oyster i have ever eaten. other local food that we had are the bbq sting ray,seafood horfun,the famous beef horfun,bak kut tea,hotplate oyster with egg,fried oyster with egg(or lua),green vegetables,clams(lala),fried bee hoon,hotplate dear meat.what a spread. Ash missed out on this outing as she wasnt feeling well so ash here are the pics of the food that we endeavoured on.We all ate to our hearts content and believe it or not we cleared whats on each plate!!yummy !!

we all sure will be promoting the place for jas-mama on behalf of her dad!! Thank you once again Jas-mam for arranging the food!!best local food eaten ever and of course great company.

Location for where we had our food :

Stall name for the Oyster:Katong Fried Oyster.

Geylang Lor 9, Xing Lai Lai Hong Yun Food Centre

Jas mama had to leave after dinner.the rest of us head off to a hongkong cafe along East Coast Park for desserts.tht sums up the day.

Cuzzie Eug's birthday 6th march

2008-03-27T23:33:00.000+08:00

the birthday boy
the yummy donuts from j.co.u will never get sick of it

ok this is for bday boy Eug. MY dear cousin though its kind of late putting up this blog but I was there with you on your bday. Met Eug and gf to visit the IT fair at suntec in the morning. had brunch.but it wa cup of soya bean milk each and you tiao!!somehow it lasted us till 2 plus in the afternoon. Eug bought himself a semi pro digital cam.the panasoni lumix FZ18 which is 18x optical zoom,wide lens with intelligent sensor on which mode it adjustst to depending on how close u are takign the shot and the surround lightings. he was bz playing with his new toy.

see hte picture of him and u will know what i meant.after buying the toy we adjourned to j.co to chill and rest our feet. so thats where we have our tea.had donuts and ice chocolate. yummy!!we hung around window shopping and i went back home while the couple i leave them to walk around clark quay and have dinner there. Lastly Happy Birthday Eug!!!

Pulau Tekong

2008-03-27T12:09:00.000+08:00

welcome to tekong

the led display welcoming the guests

pic taken from the pathway

sure looked like a chalet right or a nice hostel

ed glad to leave tekong and should not be going back there again. he is now dispatched to OCS which he has been hoping for. so congrats to you ED.

went to ed's BMT passing out parade on 12 march with 2nd aunt.It was held at tekong. it was a rainy day.the parade only starts at around 3.45pm.but had to be at pasir ris by 1.30pm to catch the bus to changi where we took the ferry to pulau tekong. was there at around 2.30pm. upon arrival at the ferry terminal for tekong we had to use our IC to go through ths its only singaporean and PR that u are able to go through tourists are not allowed.

security over there is pretty tight there. ferry ride was ok . upon reaching we walked along the pathway and u can see from the led display it says welcome to tekong and stating the event that we are there for. first impression of the basic military camp was that its like a chalet.very clean.

all guests were given a bottle of mineral water and a packet of oreo cookies.of course i ate all my cookies and drank the water haha was hungry!!

all guests waited at an auditorium which played mr bean but am not really watching listening to my player was better.finally it was time for us to proceed to the parade area.the poor army boys had to march and stand under the rain which was very heavy. on a note the Prime minister LEE was actually at the parade cos his son was actually passing out the same day as well.lots of bodyguards to protect him. I am not into the PM but i did see a lot of ppl trying to take a picture of the PM. hmm

oh well am mroe itnerested trying to spot my dear cousin ed among his squad which was hard to spot as they all looked the same though we know which squad he is in haha...

over all an experience for me to be there.it will be my first and last time at tekong though i guess.

Jamie Scott and the Town

2008-03-24T01:31:00.004+08:00

Here is an album that I would like to recommend. If you like the likes of James Blunt,John Mayer etc. Then please do not miss this. Jamie Scott and the Town 1st debut album

Park Bench Theories. This is a very good album all written by Jamie himself.U will hear lots of guitar strumming and picking which are mainly played by Jamie Scott. He is very talented. started playing music on his own at the age of 7. to find out more click on his name.

He has an official website : http://www.jamiescottandthetown.com/ where u can check out his news and so on. I like the way the website was set up.

seems like a lot of the recent upcoming singers has their name starting with J!! Seems like names starting with a J could be talented!! ( so maybe that includes moi?) haha ok i know don't puke.but speaking the truth though. So to all out there with names starting with a J u are not alone in the world for all u know u have a hidden talent for music or some other great stuffs.!!

the 1st track Runaway train is pretty good as u can actually hear that he added the sound of a moving train in the initial seconds of the song.

the other song that i like : when will i see you smile again is very melodious.

in fact all tracks are really good. standing in the rain,weeping willow,london town,love song to remember. click on the 3 song titles coloured in turquoise to link to the url for the MTV.i personally like standing in the rain as it was filmed differently.watch it and u will know what imean. of course i like the rest too as its very simple and green.I like the greenery and nature surroundings in 2 of his MTVs

they did a cover of the number 1 chart song bleeding love by Leona Lewis.Very good,something different.done in an acoustic manner with only the guitar and a shaker. click on the link below

http://youtube.com/watch?v=E1rJMV76jeU

a very talented band i must say!!

enjoy.

Red Devils vs Red Army 23 March 08 @ old trafford

2008-03-24T00:31:00.000+08:00

I must say it was a good match and it was Man utd who came out victorious against the reds.

Devils won 3-0 against Liverpool.

Devils was up 1-o at the first half thanks to wes brown's header.

Mascherano was sent off for a 2nd yellow card thus wa sshown the red card during first half. which really left 10 men liverpool trying hard to defend and score and the same time.

during the 2nd half there are lots of saves made by liverpool's goalie stopping the devils strikes.

but then still the inevitable goals from ronaldo and nani respectively gave united the firm lead they need on the table. Nani's corner kick gave rolando the header to the back of the net!!

2-0 up. the 3rd goal came form nani himself who scored which was the icing on the cake for the devils. Liverpool did have some of the chances to score but the devil's defence was a rock hard to break.

final score 3-0!! to the devils.

glory glory man utd!!

diary of a chambermaid

2008-03-04T01:42:00.000+08:00

met V for dinner rather accompany v for dinner as i had mine much earlier.V has been working late recently and has not been out.so guess was a good timing asking her out of her working nest.

we were chatting and we chat what kind of a job that is not stressful and can work out at the same time and no one to disturb u while working then chambermaid came to my mind as V was also saying mayb its nice to work in a hotel.

she yes thats a good one no stress just work through and get to go home and prepare her dinner at home gosh wonder which wire in her brain was loose.too much work?

oh well V below is something for you. by the way catch the dvd maid in manhatten haha!!

"One cannot quite shake the image of amply-derriered megastar wiggling purposefully through the hotel corridors in a white mink apron, and an entourage of 35 mops and a dozen vintage bottles of Domestos. Yet Lopez's most recent cinematic venture is Maid in Manhattan, in which she stars as Marisa Ventura, a single mother eking out a living as a chambermaid at Manhattan's swanky Beresford hotel. Here she meets and falls in love with Christopher Marshall, a rising politician played by Ralph Fiennes.
"She's not me, but she's very close to who I am, and I do understand her," says La Lopez, with a nod to her formative years in the Bronx, before P Diddy and the singing career, and the on-screen romp with George Clooney, and the whirlwind romance with Cris Judd, and the divorce, and the whirlwind romance with Ben Affleck, and the large pink diamond engagement ring. Lest we forget, she is still Jenny from the Block.
To tell us how true-to-life a tale of rags to riches Maid in Manhattan really is, we enlisted the expert opinions of three London chambermaids - the aptly named Olga Lopez, 23, a Spanish former primary teacher, who has been in the UK for almost 18 months; Stella Abinyo, 25, from Uganda, who has been in the UK for a year and is also studying accounting; and Regina Paula, 32, from Brazil, a former psychologist who has been in the UK for a year and a half.
In London they have been working as waiting staff, cloakroom attendants and chambermaids, in hotels such as the Savoy, the Millennium and Threadneedles, earning between £4.50 and £6 an hour. They work eight to four, or nine to five. "At the end of the day," says Olga, "you're really, really tired." But they have grown used to it. "We like it," explains Stella, "but it's taxing being a chambermaid. It's hard work."
This is possibly where the film veers off the route marked Real Life. For Lopez never looks anything other than a contender for the crown of World's Most Exquisitely Groomed Chambermaid, apart from the scene in which she loses her job and spends an hour or so sitting on a swing, crying. "She didn't look very tired," observes Regina, somewhat understatedly.
Lopez inhabits an enchanted hotel world in which she sweet-talks the security guard, banters with the butlers and occasionally launches into impromptu dance routines with her fellow chambermaids.
By contrast, Stella, Olga and Regina all work for an agency, and are never in one place long enough to learn the steps to dance successfully to the tune of I'm Coming Up. "Really," says Olga, "you don't see us all standing around joking and chatting and dancing like in the film. You don't have time. You have half an hour for lunch and that's it."
What they do recognise, however, is the uniforms. "Our uniforms are awful!" groans Olga. "They're similar to in the film, but they're black and white. Really, really! You saw in the film how she changed jobs and yet her uniform was almost the same in the new hotel." The outfit is indeed almost identical. Except the apron is a bit different. This was Olga's favourite part of the film: "She knew that even though she had left a job, she could still get another." "Why is that?" asks Stella, "Is it because she's good looking?" The consensus, however, is that Lopez is a good role model, and a good chambermaid.
But this is apparently no excuse for jumping out of your repulsive uniform and into your guests' Dolce and Gabbana ensembles, as Lopez does in what the press blurb describes as "an uncharacteristically frivolous moment". It is, you see, at this very moment that Fiennes's character walks into the room, and naturally mistakes La Lopez (resplendent in a $5,000 white coat and with only the merest whiff of Pledge about her) for a bone fide hotel guest. "You have to be careful," warns Stella. "Like trying on a guest's clothes, you wouldn't do that - you're not supposed to do that. You're supposed to respect your guests' things." "And anyway," says Olga, "you don't have time to do that. You don't want to try on a guest's clothes, you want to finish your job and go!" she gesticulates wildly over the coffee cups. "Also the manager would probably come in..."
We speculate about whether Maid in Manhattan could ever happen in real life. Could a chambermaid and a wealthy guest ever fall in love and live happily ever after? Olga is perfectly adamant: "It's not gonna happen. "It's a film, it's not real. In real life, the guests are not interested in you. It's like the bit in the film when she's cleaning the bathroom floor - he didn't notice her. I've been there, it happens."
"Just because you're a maid," says Stella, "it doesn't mean you're nothing. But I think some people overlook you." Olga declares feistily that she doesn't care. "But that's not the point," Stella argues. "You have to get to know someone, not judge them on their job title. The reaction of the public in the film was "How can he be friendly with a maid? He's campaigning for the senate!" It was degrading."
In actual fact, Stella, Olga and Regina don't have much contact with the guests, "unless, maybe, a guest asks for this or that, when normally people are polite." says Stella. So the chances of meeting the man of your dreams as you plump up the pillows in the penthouse suite are pretty slim? "Yes, there may be a lot of important people staying in the hotel, with a lot of money, but you don't get to meet them," says Olga. And yes, there might be a rather well-chiselled gentleman in room 322, but you wouldn't offer yourself as room service. "You might say a person is cute," says Stella, "but you wouldn't confront them about it." And, no, even if they stumbled across Ralph Fiennes as they polished the bathtub, they wouldn't make a move.
We take to calling Fiennes "the man" because Olga, Stella and Regina aren't sure who he is. As a senatorial candidate with a shammy Bostonian transatlantic drawl he wasn't exactly hot cakes, spending most of the film's 105 minutes ruffling his dog's ears - and to my knowledge no man has ever been elected for ruffling his dog's ears, unless we count George Bush junior. One never quite believes that the sumptuous J-Lo, glowing lustily beneath her apron, would ever fall for the aquiline Mr Fiennes. She looks as if she might wound his pale Limey limbs with one foul swish of the duster.
Mr Fiennes, you see, is no Richard Gere. For the most part, this is something for which we must rejoice. However in the soft-focus world of the romcom, Gere is second only to Andrew McCarthy in Pretty in Pink, and one step above Josh Lucas in Sweet Home Alabama. And it is impossible to ignore the fact that Maid in Manhattan is basically Pretty Woman without the thigh-high PVC boots.
Olga sums up the similarities: "The man has a lot of money, the woman has less money and is lower class. And he chooses her because he loves her." For Regina, however, the stories weren't that similar. "I don't think they're the same. Marisa was working, she wasn't a prostitute, and she had a little boy..." she says. "And she wasn't always thinking about the..." she rubs her fingers together, "the money. In Pretty Woman, she's always thinking about that." And there was one more crucial difference: "The Pretty Woman story is very common - in real life it could easily happen to a prostitute," argues Regina. "But it couldn't happen to a maid." Why? She pauses and thinks. "She's too busy cleaning." "
above taken from guardian.

a farewell lunch

2008-03-04T01:26:00.001+08:00

had a farewell lunch today at the stand alone coffee club at raffles next to ocean towers.
s.h,ps,myself and the lead of the day leef.

leef is leaving for hk on sunday for work for 2 years.will miss her! m.y and I will be sending her off at the airport on sunday.

we caught up with one another on how we are doing and of course chatting with leef asking her hows her preparation and packing etc for the trip.most of her things are being arranged for.she needs to do the packing though.

All the best to leef in the new environment,new role at work and future endeavours.
its been a great pleasure working with u and knowing u as a friend who is ever helpful.stay cheery.remember theres always rainbow and sunshine after the rain!!embrace this new change for you in life.
Leef you will do ok over there.shout if u need help.!!Will miss ya!!

HUGS!!

alexander Graham Bell 3 march

2008-03-04T01:20:00.001+08:00

ok why am i blogging on this well,thanks to this man we now have telephone to communicate with one another.

Alexander Graham Bell was born on 3 March 1847. He invented the telephone. Happen to see the icon above by google and was curious and saw that this icon was to remember alexander graham bell who was born on 3 march.thought it was cute.

without his persistence we will not have a telephone,or even a handphone and the coomunication devices to communicate with one another.

thank you Mr Bell.

Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3

2008-02-28T22:40:00.000+08:00

sent mummy and wai po off at the airport on wednesday .they were off to shanghai. it was at the newly opened terminal 3. it sure was nice.there were nice shops and f&b outlets around. to name a few there are 2 tcc at terminal 3,a coffee club, coffee bean,wang cafe, and a few others where u can still chill out with friends even if its not to sent someone off.

they checked in at the first class lounge area and there was an exclusive first class departure gate and immigration which they were goign through.thanks to papa tan who has been flying for 10 over yrs due to work and attaining the status of solitaire thus getting the same perks if u are the spouse. which was great. they get to go to the first class lounge after the immigration .saw lots of shops at T3 thus tourist who are flying off or waiting for transit got lots of shops for them to shop around.f&b inside are good to for them. so never get hungry or bored.there's Harris the bookstore there.

had breakfast at the food court with papa and auntie J at T3.then papa was off to work and me and auntie J explore around T3. i find that its a very nice place to walk around.the design ofthe buidling is unique too. see the pics and u will know what i mean. what do u think? ;p
click on each of the pics to see a clearer view of the pics with the description of each

saw this row of nice orchids planted along the first class check in lounge. and it was a pretty sight.
other areas of t3
saw the trolleys all lined up properly in the arrival hall area. decided to take a picture of it
the MRT at T3

the outer areas of T3
the surroundings of t3
first class perks
interior of the terminal
more of the terminal

steamboating with friends 16 feb 08

2008-02-25T23:51:00.000+08:00

little josh eating
watching ratatouille
the splitting image of father and son
josh posing with the oranges
the pro

our steambost dinner
the food for the foodies
the host in the centre crys in white and ray in checkered shirt
lao yusheng.

had steamboat at ray & crystal's place that day for a chinese new yr reunion dinner.the usual suspects were there execpt for PS & Yong. Been eating and eating throught this whole chinese new yr period my god.guess have out on some kilos.time to go on a diet programme.

little josh was there and boy was he busy.ample space for him to raom.played with oranges by throwing them to the ground,posing with it.playing the keyboard like he was born to play with it.look at the pics and u will know what i mean (like a pro). of course some things he slammed himself onto the galss panel which he cried but he was ok after awhile.and continued walking,playing,eating his way through,sure loved to eat.will not resist food.which is very good.and he only drinks water from his winnie the pooh water bottle and no other cups or what so ever like a grown kid.

somehow little josh liked the cartoon ratatouille( the rat that can cook).he was drawn to the show like a magnet.amazing.even his parents were surprised that he loved it and they intend to get the movie for him to watch at home. he enjoyed himself that night. as fo the adults we gorge ourselves on the food had really good fresh prawns, and many others and ray made chicken rice which was lovely.we had yusheng and for desserts we had ben and jerry as well as hagen daaz ice cream.how sinful we are. after resting and chatting we ended up gambling a little.just only for the new yr played black jack and texas poker which was fun.

till next yr,we can only relive the events through our gatherings.

Movie :PS I LOVE YOU

2008-02-22T23:08:00.000+08:00

A film by hillary Swank (milliondollar baby) and Gerard Butler(300).Went to watch this movie recently. A very nice movie. Gerard is the next kid on the block as he is really awesome and hot in the show!!:p

Holly has always depended on her husband Gerry for advice whom she loved a lot. one day when he passed away due to brain tumour she was devastated and did not know what to do. One thing to note she designed a special urn for her dead husband which was very unique and classic. Gerry has planned letters to be sent to her in all ways after her 30th birthday.and even planned a trip back to ireland where they actually met. the whole process is to slowly let holly let him go and not cling on. so sweet of him to think of it and knowing holly so well that in the letter he actually predicted what she is going to say or feel on what he is going to say in the letter.

finding your soulmate is something we will not know but then somehow u find that he/she is the one u want to spend the rest of your lives with.

PS....

J.CO Donuts @Raffles City

2008-02-18T20:56:00.000+08:00

interior of J.Co
donut counter
oreo and choco loco donut
the packaging
donuts i chose to takeaway.incudes,oreo,chocoloco,blueberry glazy,snowy white,beligian,chocolate

Went to J.CO at Raffles City B1. This is a new donut kid on the block. There is a new section at B1 of Raffls city with new shops and resturant wher J.Co is located. They serve very nice donuts of different flavour. Had the oreo and choco loco donut to try with a cup of ice chocolate and a cupuccino. the 2 drinks that I've ordered are nice too. Frankly it was really good. The donuts are very addictive. Its soft not like any other donuts that I have tasted. Decided to buy half a dozen back home.For assorted donuts it cost $7. the small cafe is nice and when it comes to queuing for the donuts its not as bad as there are a few staffs to serve u so it was not as bad.

thumbs up to donuts and the drinks there.

13 Feb 08 Ren Ri

2008-02-14T22:17:00.000+08:00

It was Ren ri in the chinese lunar calendar on 13 Feb 08. Had a dish which has 7 different kinds of vegtables which was said to be a must. Had steamboat with my family.mum prepared the food and cooked the vegtables and the soup for the steamboat. Of course we had the usual Lo Hei (Lao Yu Sheng). was a very filling dinner.

St Valentine's Day

2008-02-14T18:13:00.003+08:00

Everyday is a Valentines Day.

That is what i feel about the above picture is that even during winter when its snowing and all flowers are still blooming and lovers are still happy. See the couple sitting on the bench? Do you agree?

Happy Valentines Day everyone.

So how did Valentines day come about?

This day is named after the bishop Valentine in the roman empire. The empire at that time thought that unmarried men made better soldiers thus he passed a law tht young men would not marry in 270AD.Valentine took pity on the ostracized soldiers who were not permitted to marry or see their sweethearts. Valentine perform the secret marriages for this young men and their their sweethearts. He was soon found out and jailed. And finally excuted on Febuary 24 270.

After his death, Valentine then became what is known as a “Patron Saint.” Some considered him the spiritual overseer of an annual festival in which young Romans would distribute cards of affection to those they wished to formally see. This festival was held each February 14. There are Valentine cards in museums worldwide that date back to 1415.

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Enough said on the above, I actually received a Romeo and Juliet DVD by Leonardo and Claire Danes 2 cds by pussycat dolls and norah jones from a friend as a gift in my post on Tuesday. 2 days earlier which was a really nice surprise.

Google has always made their Google trademark different whenever there is a special occasion.See the below. its a good feeling when u see an old couple still so loving walking hand in hand and even holding love shape balloon along the beach by the sunset.This is what i see and feel on the trademark.

Lastly,

Love is swift of foot:

Love's a man of war,

And can shoot,

And can hit from far.By Geroge Herbert

BarFly @ Clark Quay

2008-02-12T13:57:00.000+08:00

me and yujun along the bridge at clark quay

yujun with her hazelnut latte
her $2 oatmeal cookie

lady dancing outside the resturant

the chandelier

Went to Clarck Quay with Yujun aka jean who has been my friend since sec 1 who is my buddy's cousin. She came over and picked me up from home and we decided on the place. was feeling a little bit hungry so we had a little bite at a cafe where they really served very good coffee.Yujun had hazelnut latte and I had vanilla cuppuccino.It was good as its not too sweet.need not add any sugar to the drinks as the taste is just nice. I had a chicken sandwich which comes with a small portion of potato salad.The sandwich was very good. and its $6.price was pretty ok. Yujun decided to have an oatmeal cookie which was a huge one.$2.really much bigger than a normal cookie. we people watch and took some pics at the same time. We walked around Clark Quay and it was bustling on the 3rd day of CNY.young family bringing their little kid out and tourists. took some pics around clark Quay. ambience was good and still can feel chinese new yr atmosphere around the place.

While walking around we saw Barfly it said no cover charge. I heard about this place so thought that we check it out if its not good we will leave.Somehow we were attracted by the place when we walked up the stairs to the place. The decor and the chandelier were very pretty. it wasnt as crwoded and we decided to park ourselves at bar and we had our drinks there. I had non alcoholic drinks while Yujun had some cocktails. Frankly speaking the price of the alcohol is resonable and they taste good. They serve dinner till 10.30pm after that its drinks and fingerfood. the music played by the DJ is pretty good too. nice place to go with a few girlfriends to chil and catch up as u can still talk. The staffs there are friendly as well.Its ladies nite from tue to thurs. 1 for 1 drinks .

so ladies we shall go there for a girls nite out.

Chinese New Yr Feb 08

2008-02-12T12:10:00.000+08:00

Sending the pig and usher in the Year of the Rat.Wishing all a Happy,Healthy and Prosperous Ratty Year. Its a year where Mickey and minnie will be making the headlines thoughout the Year.

Eve of Chinese new yr is the usual reunion dinner with all my uncles and their family,my grandma and my big auntie.This year it was at my 3rd uncle's place. We had the traditional Lao Yu Sheng, followed by the food. This yr 3rd uncle ordered the food thus we need not bring any food to his place.

as you can see the food we are feasting on on eve of CNY

my 2 nieces jovina(5) and jomaine(2).They are just so adorable.

cuz handsome eugene,my niece jovina and me

cuzzie edward and me

cuz eug,ed,xi an,and little niece jovina

On the day of chinese new yr is the usual where all my uncles and aunties including my cousins from my dad's side will come over our place to visit us. so it was lind of bz as we exchanged oranges with one another and serving them drinks and goodies. after that we all head down to my grandma' s place to have lunch which is our traditional henghua noodles which is homemade. not sold outside. in the afternoon head over to visit my grandma of my mum's side and visiting of relatives of my mum's side. 2nd day of chinese new yr uncles and aunties with my cousins of my mum's side came over in the morning for breakfast b4 heading over to our relative's place for lunch where my grand uncle and aunties were there. after that went aorund visiting my uncles and auntie's house. very tired after all the visiting of the 2days but it was fun cos was chatting and teasing my cousins.

overall it was great cos its always nice to have the whole clan gathered together.

Huat ah!!

Jay Chou concert 19 Jan 08

2008-02-12T11:08:00.000+08:00

cuzzie eug and me

jay palying the piano

jay singing qian li zhi wai

jay playing the chinese yoyo

jay's grandma went up the stage and danced to the music mi shi xiang

jay playing the guitar with nan quan mama

jay on drums

Finally uploading the pics of Jay's concert. It was good as its my first time to Jay's concert. Was there with my cousin eugene. Thought there wasnt any tix as it was a sell out concert but a friend of mine manage to get a pair for me which I am very grateful to her. Her friend was unable to make it so sell the tix to me.

During the concert, Jay played a few instruments. drums,guitar,piano,guzhen.very talented.

He did some stunts with the Chinese yoyo(Che ling), the chinese fan,knuchucks.

The Cheography of his dance and so on are very good. He sure put in a lot of effort into the concert.In fact he was down with a flu but then he was professional to perform the whole concert throughout without a glitch thumbs up!

Some of the pieces he played on the piano includes an jing, zui chang de dian ying,tui hou.

He played fa ru xue on the gu zhen.

I bought Jay's latest concert dvd/cd package.very good to watch the concert at home on dvd.

Attached are some pics not very good cos wasnt sitting at the front.

Joanna Wang Ruo Lin-New Jazz Kid on the block

2008-02-05T15:51:00.000+08:00

Ok here is another recommendation on a New Jazz Kid on the block from Taiwan, Joanna Wang Ruo lin, who actually studied in Canada.Which explains why she sang the english songs with such feel.She is like the Asian Version of Norah Jones. Very "thick voice" (声音很厚) and she is only 19 years old. She is also to be said to be the taiwan Lisa Ono (from japan). If you listen closely, she sounds like Cai Jian Ya,Tanya which is low and penetrating.

Very lay back, bossa nova and jazz feel. Its most suitable to sip a cup of coffee ,tea or wine, unwinding yourself from all the stress and buzz. The album Start From Here is sure one good album to listen to.

Below are a few songs from her album for you to listen to.

ALin-Beautiful Voice from Taiwan

2008-02-04T00:24:00.000+08:00

Ok hear is a Taiwanese singer whom I would like to introduce to everyone. She has a powerful voice which I think can make an impact on you and when it comes to feelings she sure sang with lots of feelings and u can feel what she is trying to express. She wrote some of the lyrics herself. Songs that I recommend sung by her are :
1。四季（Si ji）,(4 seasons)
2。爱，请问怎么走（ai qing wen zen me zou)-
3。回家(hui jia)
4。位置(wei zhi)
5。beautiful
6。我还是不懂(wo hai shi bu dong)
7。失恋无罪(shi lian wu zui)

Introduction.
Full name Huang Ai Ling(黄爱玲)-ALin Ariel.born :1983/09/20 ,from Taiwan.
she has some resemblance of both Zhang Hui mei (on the voice) and Jolin Cai Yi Ling(on the looks). Her voice is clear,powerful and confident which is very rare in the chinese market.
She dedicated the song Shi lian wu zui to her friend who broke off with the bf due to the fact that the bf was with another girl at the same time while with her. she sang the song with feelings and it sounds as though she was describing the feeling of her friend.

below is a list of the songs that i put together.Enjoy.(ps:wait for a while for the list of songs to appear in order to listen to it)

My Birthday 07

2008-02-03T21:33:00.000+08:00

on the SIA plane on the way back from HK on my bday
with amy and my cakes .see the slice of chocolate cake which is courtesy of her
ok the mango cake fro mmy friends and the strawberry shortcake from me for them
a group pic with my friends and my cousin eug.

ok this is an overdue post on my birthday but then again never too late. just plain lazy to put all my overdue post up.

on my birthday i celebrated part of the day on the plane back from hk. when i am back with my family we had dinner nearby cos did not want to go anywhere far cos kind of tired. bought a small cake to cut . My cousin Amy came over with her bf to borrow a pair of boots and a head scarf for her d&d the theme was pirate...so she is dressing herself as a pirate gal...i happen to buy a cheap skeleton head theme scarf so she borrowed to be a head scarf instead haha...which is very nice...waiting for her to show me the pics of her in the whole outfit.

of course amy was nice to get me a slice of cake from coffee bean for my birthday as well as my present which was the clinique happy perfume. coem to think of it this birthday i received mainly perfume.one from my hk friend and another from my other group of friends.other presi includes a nike tote brown bag which i have been using and i like the size. I received a diesel top, a pair of earrings with a neckalce from ashpixie,a star keychain with a round like necklace from my bro's gf. 2 watches from my 2 uni friends and my polymates.as for xmas cum bday presi my bro gave a mp5 player which i can watch video clips without having to convert them if i dl from the net such which is very good and i can listen to mp3 and wma songs,i can have txt files which i can read files so virtual books can even be read using it.of course viewing of pictures. it actually came with a built in speaker which is ok but of course i use my own earphones to listen to it. j.j gave me a longchamp bag and a victoria secret perfume which i luv very much.

ok then see the pic of me in the plane on my bday,at home and with my friends out at karaoke to celebrate my bday....had 2 cakes one from me and one my friends bought i didnt know they bought a cake but then guess what we finish both cakes hahaha a mango cake (courtesy of my friends) and a strawberry shortcake from the jap bakery at scotts istean B1 which is actually tasty.

oh well to sum up a yr older so i hope to be wiser and a better yr for me hahaha...

A afternoon lunch meeting with ashpixie

2008-01-28T23:24:00.000+08:00

a happy soul with apple crumble and ice cream @ swensen's
pixie & ah bee
pic taken by ah bee
taken outside heeren with pixie by ah bee

This is another overdue post. Met up with Ashpixie sometime in dec07 for lunch cum tea. Brought my cousin ah bee along cos she is all alone at my place as she stayed over since it was the school holidays. Of course this free loader do not have to pay a single cent. for your info she calls herself the freeloader.

We had pasta for lunch at taka.Then we walked around to let off some calories before heading off to swensens for ice cream. of course, ah bee was the happiest soul on earth with food and dessert and not paying anything ;) she was grinning from ear to ear the whole day. we walked around heeren before heading off home.

From the pictures taken on that day you can see that she sure was a happy soul that day. Ah bee took pics of me and pixie but then she needs to improve on her photography skills.;p

Jewel Box

2008-01-11T13:15:00.000+08:00

Was at Jewel Box last year with a friend. Surprisingly the price of the food was not as exorbitant as I thought. The view was great cos we were facing the view of sentosa. food was not bad too. I had prawn pasta as usual cos it really looks good so decided to order and yes I wasn't disappointed by it. lots of prawns hehe;) my friend ordered Fried Hokkien noodles with lots of ingredients on it which was pretty tasty as well. not too wet nor dry just nice.
Finally my dessert the ice cream with cake as I cant remember whats the name of the dessert. but it was good. One thing to mention the toilet has a good view facing sentosa and inside there is a sofa where u can sit and a nice fishtank with little fish in it. take a look at the pics attached.

the wash basins of the toilet and facing the view of sentosa
the aquarium of fish

sunset view of sentosa from jewel box night view
my prawn pasta
fried hokkien noodles with lots of ingredients
ice cream brownie-yummy

Its 2008

2008-01-11T13:04:00.000+08:00

A new Beginning for a new year. I told myself that this year will be better than the last and put any unhappiness behind and look forward to new adventures ahead. Wishing all my friends a great year ahead.
Smashing!!

Miss Clarity Cafe

2007-11-04T23:32:00.000+08:00

Went to Miss Clarity Cafe for dinner along upp thomson rd after visitng jas mama and baby kaelyn at mount.alvernia with ashpixie.

This is a very colourful cafe which I like. I went to the outlet located at purvis st before. Their theme is where happy people meet. They will give you a jug of water foc and its refillable. Its quite a cosy place. Try the lunch set there if you have a chance as its quite worth it. It starts from $8.80 onwards and it includes soup, salad, coffee/tea/lime juiece/barley and a ice cream and one of the below (which has different types for each of it) :

Main course

burger

pasta

baked rice

stew

We ordered cheese fries and chicken leg for dinner.

As I had my dinner so i snacked on the cheese fries. Ashpixie had the chicken leg for her dinner with the cheese fries. The cheese fries were pretty tasty. a thumbs up for it. its not very saltish nor overly chessy. Was afraid that the smell of cheese will be overwhelming but it was alright therefore thumbs up for it. Had a try of the chicken leg. Well cooked as well, the herbs used was just right.Portion was pretty big. Ashpixie enjoyed her food!;)

cheese fries!!

chicken leg

Welcoming Princess Kaelyn Hong

2007-11-04T23:08:00.000+08:00

A Big Welcome to Princess Kaelyn Hong who arrived on 29th October 2007. Year of the pig. A scorpio. Went to visit baby and jas-mama on 30th at Mount.A. Both mummy and baby are doing very well. Baby was so adorable and I thinnk that kaelyn has the nose of mummy. Kaelyn has been sleeping which will be a favourite past time. She was well wrapped and snuggled in her happy little nest. Congrats to jas-mama and daddy louis hong.

Before little kaelyn was born we girls have been planning on the gifts for the mummy and baby gal. The job to do the shopping fell upon me which I happily volunteered since i am the one bumming around. Its a pleasure to shop for jas-mama and baby Kaelyn.

Finally got the products for the mummy and baby. Both mummy and baby loved the lovely hamper that was put together :)

gifts for jas-mama and baby Kaelyn.

hampered for both mummy and baby kaelyn.

Nice October weekend.

2007-10-22T00:25:00.000+08:00

its Hari Raya on the 13th but it was J.jow b'day. went to pick her and her lil sis up and we went to wakaru at starhub centre at orcd. had nice japanese food. then we ordered dessert and take it as a bday ice cream and sang bday song for her ;p Happy Bday J.J.

Declan's 3

Next day was Declan's bday who is now 3!!Had lunch at Cicada which is along portsdown rd and next to the Temasek Club. Its was a nice sunday afternoon.

The entrance of the resturant

The Menu.

along the stretch of portsdown rd with trees along the rd.

the birthday boy

declan engrossed with one of his bday present.Car wash

we had toast my vegetairn aglio olio above.below is the big breakfast.

deserts!!

the kids and a huge dog

Declan love the Cars so got him a Lightning McQueen Cake

bday boy and the children

Farewell to Junrong

2007-10-11T23:25:00.000+08:00

Its a farewell to Junrong my secondary school classmate. We got him a polo top from Marks and Spencer. We went to TCC for tea and coffee. I had morning dew which is pretty refreshing. It consists of green tea leaves and rose bud.

Junrong is now in china. He will be working there for a few years. Junrong we will all miss you. All the nest in this new undertaking. Got to get used to a new environment, food etc..hope u cope well there....Take care my friend!!

from left,xueli,me,huiqin,shuhui,junrong.

House ready for Halloween

2007-10-11T23:14:00.000+08:00

Went to a friend's place and I passed by a house which was decorated for Halloween. See the pic below. It has cut out pumpkins, skeleton, spiderweb with a spider,scarecrow, actually quite a good feel for halloween. What do you think?

Beginning of October....

2007-10-11T22:28:00.000+08:00

October ....Another new month...a month of Birthdays.
recently went to with alicia to pick her son Josh up at her auntie's place and played him.so cute this little boy. by the way this little boy will turn 1 only sometime in nov. All of you must be thinking that he is very big. but he is not even 1 yet!!

It was wanhui's birthday last sat 6 0ct. we went to Carousel at Royal plaza soctts for buffet lunch. the food was not bad. the desserts were pretty good. There's tiramisu, cheesecakes,chocolate fondu, fruits....etc...It was to celebrate Jerry's birthday as well who was in cot too but was on the 3rd oct. Got presents for both of them.
We bought a Sony earbud earphone for Jerry who love sony so much to go with the sony Mp3 player he received from Thomas. We got wanhui a Agnes B pouch and a Molten Brown body lotion.

After the foody session we went karaoke at International Building next to isetan scotts.Its under party world. The room and equipment are new. And the best thing is that happy hour from 2 to 7pm. but we were there at around 3pm. Happy hour includes a drink foreach person,titbits and wet towel. total per person is around $13 after including GST and service charge. Which is cheap. SO ppl if u want to go K u can go to karaoke at Party world.

the 2 birthday gal and boy.Wanhui and Jerry

back row from left:HL, Thomas, xuan,me and the 2 birthdday kiddos.

Wendy's Wedding

2007-10-11T22:04:00.000+08:00

This is the stage area where the solemnisation and prayers with the priset was pledged.

from left:zhu,me,xueli,huiqin,peili and the bride wendy.

Well went to Wendy's Church Wedding on 29th Sept. It started around 1.45pm. It was held at Pentecost Church At Pasir Ris. Coincidentally it was my cousin's church and I met my cousin who was leaving the church to go somewhere else. But will be back later at the church.

It was nice catching up with my secondary school friends. Most of us know each other since Sec1. We have been in the same class all the way till our O levels. So we have known each other for a long time. How time flies. haiz...miss the good old days in school.

the service was around an 1hr then there was a high tea buffet spread.

22nd sept 07

2007-09-26T20:26:00.000+08:00

ok last weekend has been a busy weekend for me.

In the day went to Peishan place for her housewarming. Minyi, Shi hui and myself was there. Ashpixie was suppose to be there but she said she cant wake up in time as usaul due to some late night activites on friday. P.S place was located at tampines. nice place. Its a mansionette 2 storeys. nice place.told myself i will work hard and buy a plce of my own too...(target 2 years later?) haha..

from left:minyi,shi hui,me and lastly the host P.S.

rushed home after P.S place and went home to get ready for Bel's wedding at Marriot. Was happy to be there as was able to catch up with my supper kakis at CS. We girls we re bust talking and catching up with one another. Jas mama informed that she will be having her kid end of Oct. Looking forward to the birth of Jas Jr. Yoyo could not be with us due to work but she was with us spiritually. the food was good. the best of all was the dessert which were cakes. superb. first time having a western dessert for a wedding. I had the rasberry ivory chesecake which was tasty and it was light.wish there were more to indulge further. we left the place at 11 plus and that sums up my sat. Was out with some friends for lunch and tea on Sunday. nothing fancy.

from left:see,ashpixie,jas mama,back row-myself and V.
a group picture with Bel and the groom Kelvin.

Went for Swan Lake on Ice

2007-09-14T11:17:00.000+08:00

Went for Swan Lake on Ice recently with S.O at the Esplanade Theatre. The skaters are really good.

Here is a synopsis of the story of Swan Lake.

Prince Siegfried arrives at his 21st birthday celebration on the palace courtyards to find all of the royal families and townspeople dancing and celebrating, while the young girls are anxiously seeking his attention. During the exquisite celebration, his mother gives him crossbow and informs him that because he is of age now, his marriage will be quickly arranged. Hit with the sudden realization of his future responsibilities, he takes his crossbow and makes haste to the woods with his hunting buddies.

Getting ahead of the group, Prince Siegfried finds himself a peaceful spot by an enchanted lake where swans gently float across its surface. While Siegfried watches, he spots the most beautiful swan with a crown on its head. His buddies soon catch up, but he orders them to leave so he can be by himself. As dusk falls, the swan with the crown turns into the most beautiful young woman he has ever seen. Her name is Odette, the Swan Queen. She informs the young prince that an evil sorcerer, Von Rothbart, who so happens to be disguised as Prince Siegfried’s mentor, has turned her and the other girls into swans and that the lake was formed by the tears of their parents' weeping. She tells him that the only way the spell could be broken is if a man, pure in heart, pledges his love to her. The Prince, about to confess his love for her, is quickly interrupted by the evil sorcerer. He takes Odette from Prince Siegfried’s embrace and commands all of the swan maidens to dance upon the lake and its shore so that the prince cannot chase them. Prince Siegfried is left all alone on the shore of Swan Lake.

The next day at the formal celebration in the Royal Hall, Prince Siegfried is presented with many prospective princesses. Although the princesses are worthy of his attention, he cannot stop thinking about Odette. His mother commands him to choose a bride, but he cannot. For the mean time, he satisfies his mother's request by at least dancing with them. While the prince is dancing, trumpets announce the arrival of Von Rothbart. He brings his daughter, Odile, on whom he has cast a spell to appear as Odette. The prince is captivated by her beauty as he dances with the imposter. Unbeknownst to Prince Siegfried, the true Odette is watching him from a window. The prince soon confesses his love to Odile, thinking that she is Odette. To Odette’s horror, she flees into the night.

Prince Siegfried sees the real Odette fleeing from the window and realizes his mistake. Upon his realization, Von Rothbart reveals to the prince the true appearance of his daughter Odile. Prince Siegfried quickly leaves the party and chases after Odette.

Odette has fled back to the lake and joined the rest of the girls in sadness. Prince Siegfried arrives and asks forgiveness for his folly. Odette embraces the Prince, and tells him that she will love him forever, although her curse may never be broken. Odile arrives at the lake in search of Prince Siegfried and sees the love he has for Odette, and Odette for the Prince.
Odile listens to their story and understands that her father, Rothbart, has played an evil trick, and refuses to be part of her father’s terrible plan. Odile hands the ring back to Odette. Prince Siegfried now realises that he was stupidly tricked by the evil Rothbart and his own faint heart.
Arrogantly, Rothbart challenges Prince Siegfried to a duel, telling the Prince that if he has the courage to kill him, he may release Odette from her curse.
This show of true love by Prince Siegfried and the death of Rothbart, release Odette from her curse, so that she can live in human form with her beloved Prince.

synopsis taken form imperial on ice stars

long awaited blog

2007-09-05T16:04:00.000+08:00

Ok I know its been a long time since I blogged. what have I been doing which all of you have been wondering. Well have seen some shows and meeting up with friends. Been going for my Hot Yoga at Kreta AYer St, its has been a very good experience. Been doing it for a month. now my one mth has expired will take on it again later on as having something on.

Shows I've seen so far, Secret by Jay - of course not the super fantastic but then i like the props etc used for the movie. Love the piano pieces in the show. some ofthe piano pieces I like are Lu Xiao Yu, Secret, Fu yu Zi,Angel,The swan, Of course I like the song Unspeakable secret ( bu neng shuo de mi mi ).

Other shows that I've seen are Evan Almighty and The Bourne Ultimatum. Not the super fantastic shows though.

Then there was my aunt's 60th birthday so we had function room booked at my 3rd auntie's place and some played mahjong since afternoon and there is karaoke. I played twister and badminton with my cousin and had a swim in the evening. We cousins sang later on as its our turn. didn't realise that i have 2 other cousins who can sing very well other then EUg. We made a pact to go on a cousin Karaoke session after their exams and they cant wait cos i think they will be hitting hard on me and Eug's wallet for that session ;(

Lots of concert and show going on. Thinking if i should go for David Copperfield. Then Sammi is coming to town. Fish Leong is coming too end of Dec, there is Ah mei coming in nov. Fish Leong's live concert is good she can sing for those who is thinking of going for her concert can consider going as I've been to hers before and she can sing really well for live. Can get the cheaper tix as more of hearing her sing live.

Swan lake is coming and I am actually thinking of going for that one. Checking out the tix today for tomorrow's night show.Will be going with my uni friend S.O.

ok thats all for now.CHecking out now!! BE back to blog more .

Dempsey Hill - House, Barracks and Camp

2007-08-14T20:50:00.000+08:00

On sat was a small uni gathering cum celebration of miss s.ong b'day. We went to Barracks at Dempsey Hill. Above is a picture of part of the dining area at Barracks. They have quite a number of rooms at the place where u can have your own personal dining area. They have Spa as well on the 2nd level. Which is a long stretch along the corridoor with rooms fo massage, body treaments , facials, pedicure and manicure. Gals another place for you to visit. But each massage treat is at an average of S$120 per session. I have not tried and not sure when I will ever too. But seems like a nice place though. They are under the umbrella of Spa Esprit.

We had our dinner at the greenhouse at the Barracks. BARRACKS, is a chic cafe.Its menu reflects a modern natural cuisine, serving the freshest and healthy ingredients with a warm appeal.

Each of us ordered our own kind of mains. As for me I ordered Perfumed Chicken Breast Roulade but it was served in a different style. It looks like scallop but its actually chicken breast.
The chicken is rolled around a mix of raisins,californian apricots and spinach. this is served together with asparagus, tomatoe, mushroom and carrots. There are actually appetizers but we were all very hungry that I did not had the time to take the picture of the them. The appetizers we had are Deep Sea Treesome which includes grilled prawns, fresh calamari & black mussels with 3 special dips; Double Whammy Sauteed prawns and grilled mango. The prawns are a bit spicy which are steamed eating it together with the mango, brings out the freshness of the prawns which is very springy and a little bit of sweetness and sourness due to the grilled mango. great combination which we can try the next time. The only side we ordered was the Fried Sweet Potatoe Nibblets which are tossed with sesame seeds.

As for the dessert I had the Barracks big strawberry shortcake. which is served in a different manner. Its kind of crispy on the top with fresh strawberries toppings and and strawberries inside are the fillings. its not very heavy. There is a small cup of vanilla bean cream to pour over the cake.
They served other desserts as well. One of it is their green tea tiramisu, lavender pound cake(do share it with a friend as it can be quite filling as my friend has informed) we did not have it so not sure how the taste is like but was told that its nice too. they serve 3 other chocolate cakes ( chocolate almond cake, triple chocolate brownie, Chai Chocolate Fudge cake). miss s.ong had the dessert of the day which has a scoop of vanilla ice cream which the fillings inside was rasberry cream. its taste was sweet and sour. The chocolate cake served with it was nice too. eating it together with the ice cream was really good.

Location:

Blk 9B

Dempsey Road,

House, Barracks & Camp

Tel: 6474-5961

Perfumed Chicken Breast Roulade
strawberry shortcake
special dessert of the day
a group picture with my uni friends
isnt this picture beautifully drawn?

a corridoor of rooms for body treatment,massages, facials , pedi and mani-cure

The Black WonderWall

2007-08-14T19:49:00.000+08:00

was at PL's place recently. have wanted to take a pic of her black wall but always forget. now introducing the black wall and chandelier. its actually very nice and unique.

whats the color of the wall? its only b;acl on that side of the wall
the black chandelier
huge pooh
with little kendrick at HL's new place in Jurong west goodness what drive to her place from hougang. it will not be ap lce that we willbe going often due to the distance. little ken is so cute who looks like wanhui.

school of hard knocks @ royal selangor at clark quay

2007-08-01T19:38:00.000+08:00

Went to the school of hard knocks at the Royal Selangor at Clark Quay. Where u will be making your own pewter bowl with engraving of your name and prints which is up to u before knocking with a hammer the shape of the bowl. after the session we made our way to chinatown for food. we had hawker food at the Mei Shi Jie .had fried kway teow,fried hokkien noodles,wanton noodles,rojak,satay. after eating for so many different vairety of food for the past week am going to eat simple and light meals.
Went to a new place at dempsey rd called woosh which is very nice. there is a live band and a vast open area of sitting which is open space. they serve dinner as well as light snacks. nice place to gather with some friends and bitch around haha!!one thing though its accessible either by car or taxi.

tools used to make the various bowls, cups etc made of pewter
bella with the wall made of pewter behind her
girl power getting ready
hammering our way through on our own pewter bowl
hammering
filing the edges if the bowl

our completed bowl and certificate from royal selangor

Tree top trail 29 jul 07

2007-08-01T18:48:00.000+08:00

set off for the tree top trail at Mac Ritchie. if u drive, drive along upp thomson rd and turn off at venus drive and turn into a carpark which is free. its is open from 8am to 5pm.and so is the trail.
its takes around 2hrs to go to and fro from venus drive. it was gloomy when i started the trail with bella. when we were up on the bridge it started to drizzle and we took some pics and quickly make our way down. by then it was raining heavily. we have to trek back to the car in the heavy rain and muddy ground.

walkign along the trail starting from venus drive

the suspension bridgeposing at the suspension bridge.wearing green since i am wlking through nature
taken from the suspension bridge.sint it green!!

Sentosa and night safari on 28 jul 07 with bella

2007-08-01T18:26:00.000+08:00

bella mentioned that its kind of silly going to the top of the merlion which i do agree with her.there is always mount faber where u can see the view as well.

went to sentosa last sat with bella.took the sentosa monorail from vivocity.$3 per pax for the whole day.u can stop at any of the station and take again without paying extra. main stations will be the vivocity, imbiah and beach station. in fact after sentosa we did go to night safari.did not take much pictures when we were there . went to serangoon gardens to grab some food after night safari. so u ca imgine that i have been eating lots last week.
by the way, u can bring your overseas friends to the 4-dimensional show it has effects like water sprinkles etc.then u can go for the cineblast which is a ride and 3D show.not bad .there is also the image of singpore to understand spore better.

bella and her otah which she said that its very tasty inside the monorail
me wearing a helmet for a ride in luge.the combo ride for luge and skyride is $9 which is not very expensive. would love to ride on the luge again. its a bit like go carting.
cafe del mar at the beach station. when u ride the luge down u will arrive down at cafe del mar which we decided to have our snack or rather lunch?
there is a pool at cafe del mar and they even have a toilet which allows patrons to take a shower as well.the pool bar
mini terriyaki chicken burger which is pretty good

mini fish and chips which is pretty good too.

sun and moon cafe

2007-08-01T17:57:00.000+08:00

SUN AND MOON DINING AND CAFE @ CENTRAL LOCATED AT CLARK QUAY

there is indoor and outdoor dining at the resturant.

scallops and prawns.this is cooked with a bit of cheese but mainly barbecued.
this is the rainbow roll.there is avocado and crab meat.

this is the hokkaido seafood rice.
uni but the one at tampopo is better and more. the presentation at the sun and moon is better
cocktail oyster.different toppings on the oysters such as tomatoe,garlic,
this is the crabmeat and prawn with egg.this is very tasty.thumbs up.

Ho Chi Minh 17 Jul to 22 Jul

2007-07-29T19:58:00.000+08:00

Went to Ho Chi Min recently for 6 days. An interesting trip visiting a developing country.
Visited the war museum which is kind of disturbing as we see how the people suffered during the Vietnam war with the Americans and how they were treated during the war and how the next generation were affected due to the bombs. When you view the pics you will know what I mean by disturbing.

Went to Vung Thau which is like a beach area of a population of around 200k ppl. A number of rich Vietnamese owns a house there as its near to a beach, apparently Disneyland is looking to have a 3rd Disneyland in Asia which will be built there. A plot of land is being reserved for that development. Cimbed up the stairs to see a look alike of the Rio de jenerio’s Jesus Christ. Climbed up around 985 steps to reach and to be inside the head of Jesus. Which took a while to climb up as the steps inside the statue is very narrow and we have to allow ppl to walk down before we slowly made our way up.

Visited the whale temple there as the ppl believed that the whales are the protector of the sea and that the fishermen worshipped them. The bones of the whales that were killed were kept in the temple.

went to ben than market where u can buy lots of stuffs from t-shirts, accessories,bags,hand made table cloths etc.

dvds in vietnam is very cheap.series for around $6 sing and the moveis around $1sing

lots of fruits to buy in vietnam.durians,dragon fruit,logans,rambutans and many more.

went to mekong delta for boat ride and went island hopping there.see the below pics to find out more about the whole trip.

rate :S$1=10,000 dong

view of ho chi minh from the plane
ben than market

louis vuitton

notre dame
post office
address of the post office

interior of the post office
map and the telephone booth
city hall

my beef pho
me and pho

war museum

the famous pic
dioxin from the bombs
twins that were born stuck together but they died very young due to their parents exposed to the dioxin when they were in their mum's stomach or when they were conceived.

americans chopping the heads down and posing-cruelty 1 what were they thinking real sick
another american posing with a dismembered body -cruelty 2

place where the prsioners were being held and totured
some women prisoners wwere being tortured by having snakes let into their virgina.which is really disgusting -cruelty 3
a man held in prison with chinese words behind him

3-D painting of the walkway to see the cells from the top
the 3D painting of the cells

vietnam was supported by russia and china during the war

me and the girl whom i bought the necklance from
a famous coffeeshop

entrance of the cuchi tunnel
a funny looking tree with the flowers growing upwards

how the tunel is like in model.ther eare 3 section. the 1st on the top is 3 m high.2nd part which is the middle one is 6m high and the final one is 10m deep .this shows how water supply and air and how they escape from the americans
the way into the tunnel and how small it is

rice paper
sandals made from tyres
do i look like the wax figurine too?

me inside the hole
in the midst of walking the cuchi tunnel
twinning
in the meeting roon

kitchen of the vietcom
tapioca which was what he vietcom had durign the vietnam war
me having the tapioca and their tea

nostalgic

bridge leading to the resturant
the sign stating quoc le 22 its the route to the border of cambodia where by there is casino at the cambodian border for the vietnamese to go to.2hrs drive

arrived at Vung Tau city
the summer palace

the summer palace from another angle

whale temple in vung tau
bones of the huge whale
love the tree

vung tau beach
the reception hall at sammy hotel

our hotel in vung tau

jesus from afar. piture taken from the hotel
on the left is a plate of cockles which i don't really fancy as I don't really like cockles. the one on the right was clams which were tasty. very fresh and its nice as cooked with garlic, peanuts and spring onion.

our room in vung tau
the bathroom was huge

finally reaching the foot of Jesus. Looks like the one in Rio
me posing
the last supper

the steps we climbed up inside jesus's statue the view of vung tau city

the side view of jesus.

taken from the foot of jesus
holding jesus's feet
having to make our way down the stairs to our coach. this was part of the stairs we had to climb up before reaching the foot of jesus.

mary
goddess of mercy
a budhi tree
the goddess of mercy temple

our dinner
me looking wacky

a man delivering boxes of milos and other stuffs in his small bike
rising bicycle with some funny long woodlike bamboos
binh tay market in chinatown

dried shrimps??

no to drugs
post office in chinatown with a vietnamese lady

decor outside the acousitic bar
the band played well.their drummer is only 11 yrs old
i love this painting on the wall of the famous singers
me and alain
mekong river
the walkway to take the boat for the mekong delta tour

with the boat lady
me with my coconut

my coconut and used the husk as a spoon to scoop the coconut meat

looks like a normal ornament

think again.the coconut is being painted and it is actually used to keep the teapot as this will keep the tea inside the teapot warm.how innovative.

me and the bike

wild geese chase?

bees

me holding the bees
me on my rowing boat

this is the main rower at the back of the boat who is the mother of the gal in the next picture.this is their part time job.they are actually farmers

the gal rowing at the front.she is 13 yrs old

a buffalo

see how the fish is being placed

using wooden ladder to paint

van gouh on right and buddha on the left

vietnamese gals promoting for biore

prawns cooked inside the coconut

saigon river
waiting area at the spa

gigantic menu at the art cafe
the interior of the cafe

cinema

ice cream coconut at this famous ice cream place

coffee beans from this coffee place

Wedding Bells 07/07/07

2007-07-16T11:23:00.000+08:00

Wendy and Weisong's ROM

Its a good day for weddings on 07/07/07. Celebrating the joy of 2 couples as well as its earth day. I wore a green top to Wendy and Weisong's ROM at 2pm at a resturant where they had their solemnisation. The JP said 3Cs that is important in a marriage which I find it true. Cherish, Communicate and Create. Create meant more on creating new atmosphere and something different when appropriate to keep the marriage interesthing. of course the first 2 we know what it meant but we tendto take it for granted. Wendy looked ravishing that day.

had a quick pic with the couple before their solemnisation
the couple awaiting
The solemnisation

exchanging of rings
wendy pledging her love to weisong
the couple's kiss

signing ceremony of the marriage certificate
wendy signing with care
presenting the the cert.

its the yr of the pig and we got them a lovely pig couple card with our wishes for the couple. We bought them a pair of watch as a gift.
peiling and minghui

lawrence and daniel (videographer that day)
dodo and me
the couple going their rounds to take pic

before leaving we took once more pic with the couple. Just TP mates.
Dod0 and minghui

HL & Clement's Wedding.

Rushing home after that to change for the wedding dinner at Bukit Batok's new Civil Servant Club. This is Hl and Clement's Wedding. Went to pick Wanhui and Henry on the way before heading down. We arrived early and we went to look for he bride to see her make up process as well as to chat with her. Took pictures with her and the groom after her make up was done. A beautiful bride.
This is a special day for the couple as today happens to be HL's birthday as well so the groom have no reason to forget the wedding annivasary and the wife's bday. So we wished her happy birthday during the banquet. and they made the groom kneel and sing on stage a bday song for the bride hehe. We mixed a drink for the couple which involves no alcohol but data orange,coke,chilli,and some other stuffs which the couple spontaneuosly drank it.
after the wedding dinner me, wanhui,henry,jerry,yen,thomas and gf head down to jurong entertainment centre for Karaoke. Yes for the first time ever i sang at Jurong. never been there before too. we sang till around 3 plus an dwe head home. really tired after that. That sums up my 07/07/07.

a token of appreciation from the couple. kit kat? look closer. the couple came up with the lines. how meaningful.
the couple's changing room

stunned by our surprise visit haha!!:)

smiling to the camera
in the mood to pose
jerry acting cute with henry

last touch up
tada!!The bride is ready
the handsome groom and the beautiful bride

me posing with the bride
wanhui,bride and HL

posing with the bride
posing with the bride and groom
the happy couple walking out to greet the guests

2 MCs of the nite.from left , yen and Jerry. Both Yen and Jerry can sing.
the couple march in. First march in they used the song Perfect moment and the 2nd march in was a chinese song Zai wo shen ming zhong the mei yi tian.

HL drinking the mix spontaneously.
clements turn drinking the mix
Thank you on the wrapper of the couples kit kat. notice the the date of the wedding on the barcode? Ingredients are hope and love. how nice is that and very meaningful.

Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge

2007-07-06T01:17:00.000+08:00

ok, i was browsing through my folders of pics and I saw these few pics that i took sometime ago when i was in Sydney. I was staying at the Shangri-La in Sydney and I took it from my room. I have the harbour view. I was in Sydney for a business trip. took the view during Sunrise. I was awaken by the sunlight that was directing into my room. I did not draw the curtains fully the night before thus I was able to see the view of sydney during sunrise. Boy was it a great view. Do you love it? Guess Mel is able to enjoy Sydney now that she is there with David for good. Mel where are u now?

Sydney during sunrise
Opera house during sunrise

opera house in the day
Sydeny Harbour Bridge
closer view of the Harbour Bridge. You can do the bridge climb when u are in Sydney.You can have a great view of the whole city. I did the bridge climb and i enjoyed it.
close up view of the Opera house

city of Sydney in the day
Opera house

Taiwan Nov 06

2007-06-30T18:07:00.000+08:00

Details of my trip to Taiwan last Year Nov 06

Day 1 : My taiwan friend LF went to the airport to pick us up. Went to Taiwan with my mum. Staying at my friend's place ( Xin Zhu) for 3 days before heading off to Taipei via train. We have been well looked after my LF and her hubby Joseph. They are very nice ppl. We had dinner at this place Called WU GU JI. Was there when I was in Taiwan in the yr 04. They served very nice black Chicken soup and their famous mian xian! Its a must try. The soup is really tasty. Its definitely great to have especially during winter it helps to warm up the body and its good for health.
After dinner we headed off for hotspring. What a great feeling to sleep that night after the hotspring.

Day 2 : We headed off to a place called Shan Shang Ren Jia. On our way there, we stopped over at the Shin Zhu Gao Tie train station. This is the Taiwan version of bullet train. You will arrive in Taipei in under an hr. When we were there this is still not in service at the time when we were in Taiwan. But its now in service.
We had to drive round the mountain before we reach Shan Shang Ren Jia. The air is fresh and the scenary was great. Its like you are on a modern highlands with big greenery around you and you get to taste really good western food there and its not expensive.
After relaxing and catching up we headed off to Ke jia Chun ( Hakka Village) also known as bei pu. Here you can try different kinds of hakka food. Later at night we had ma la huo guo ( hot and spicy steamboat) for dinner back at Xin Zhu which is pretty famous.

Day 3 : We headed off to Taipei via train from Xin Zhu. Upon arrival we had to switch to their underground to xi men ding where our hotel is located which is Rainbow hotel. This is quite a famous hotel to stay as its at a convenient location with the train staion just 5 min away and you have food and shop around it. The famous Ah Zhong Mian Xian is just there as well next to body shop. This is also the place where singers will have their promotion of their albums there as well as signing of their cds. After checking into the hotel we headed off to have the famous ah zhong mian zian and followed by tea nearby at a café for a drink and cake. After that we head off to Dan Shui. Which we will be able to see the beautiful sunset there by the sea. We tried some food there at dan shui. The famous tall ice cream is along there as well. See the pictures later of the stall. After hanging at dan shui we headed back to the hotel. Met up with Jaslin and Mabel later at night for a Karaoke session at Qian Gui 錢柜 which is not a far walk from the hotel. Our K session ended at 3am although we have it till 5am as we have a day tour the next day so we headed off back to our respective hotels and to meet up again at 7.30am for the day tour.

Day 4: Day tour to Zhong Zhen Ji Nian Guan – Jiu Fen – Ye Liu – Yang Ming Shan for Hot spring .

Day 5 : shops at the taipei station metro are not open till around 10.30am or 11am. Before that we had breakfast at 85 degrees café . which is outside Zhong shan Metro station. Shopped at the underground mall before heading off to Wu Fen Pu at Song Shan via train. Shopped till our legs are tired haha. Later on we headed off to 101 which is located at the Taipei city hall station. Went up of course and had a view of the Taipei city. Saw the transition view of the city between day and night. Saw the sunset view of the city. We then head off to New York New York for a while to shop before heading off to Shi Lin via taxi as we had quite a bit to carry and we are tired. After the food there we head off to the shops opposite to shop again haha!! Till 11 plus or so we decided to head back to the hotel as we are tired from the walking and carrying of our shopping. Note you can take the metro to shi lin by alight at the station jian tan

Day 6 : we shopped at xi men ding for a while and have our breakfast before taking a cab to Taipei train station to take the train back to Xin Zhu where Lf will be picking us up. we had lunch together and later on we went to visit Chen mama ( Lf’s mum) and we had dinner together.

Day 7 : relax and had lunch with LF before we head off to the airport for home sweet home. I will be back again Taiwan! Naruwan!

brought tatty with me to taiwan and he has just enjoyed his first hotspring bath
after dinner we drove for 45 min to have our hotspring bath. We have a nice room to ourselves with our personal hotspring bath as u see the above pic.
there is a lcd flat screen tv a resting area and a toilet. They provide mineral water for free . after hotspring do drink lots of water as u tend to dehydrate after the hotspring bath

Xin Zhu's Gao Tie Station ( taiwan's version of bullet train). It was not in service when we were there. It officially started sometime in December or January 07. To Taipei from Xin Zhu via this bullet train is only half an hour and it cost 290NT (around S$15). We stopped by the xin zhu gao tie before heading off to the xin zhu town to get some snacks and drinks for our journey to shan shang ren jia and bei pu ( hakka village)
meat stall across the street. for your info it is by the road side. in xin zhu city centre
the reason for taking this pic is because the vertical sign meant who says that you can't buy good coffee for 35NT

tea plantation at shan shang ren jia
the cottage where we had our lunch. the weather was great that day.
another view of shan shang ren jia

me and mama relaxing at shan shang ren jia
me and this cute little doggie. its so cute that i wanted to bring it home.
we were there at shan shang ren jia

small little stalls selling vegetables and fruits on our drive down from shan shang ren jia

view of the mountain area on the way down from shan shang ren jia

another view
yet another
final one

street of bei pu

bei pu aka hakka village with lots of hakka food. this is the pavillion

lf and joseph along the bei pu street
famous hakka fa gao

handmade bears, frog, necklaces

yummy beancurd
famous hakka style bbq pork

the bbq pork
this little girl helping her father slice the pork. she was very skillful fast and accurate. each slice is almost the same size.
boneless chicken feet

this is the boneless chicken feet
lf, joseph and mama
this is the famous store selling the hakka muah chee

one of the hakka delight : Ke Jia Lei Cha

this is the place where we had our hot and spicy steamboat ( ma la huo guo)
yuan yang steamboat. One side hot and spicy while the other is their normal soup base. Frankly its quite spicy but still acceptable.
the other ingredients

mama with her Mee Sua outside Ah ZHong Mian Xian located at XI Men Ding. travelled to taipei from Xin Zhu via then via metro to Xi Men ding for our hotel called Rainbow Hotel. after checking we went for Ah Xhong Mian Xian.Yummy.
the cafe where we are having our tea break

tea break after checking into Rainbow hotel at Xi Men Ding
MaMa at Xi Men Ding
Billboards at Xi men Ding

next stop DAN SHUI
view taken from the Dan Shui Metro upon arrival. Off to view the beautiful sunset.

mountains
me with the sunset behind me

Beautiful sunset at dan shui

setting
turning dusk

clip of sunset at dan shui

crispy bull horn. translation of the name of the shop

this is the place where you can have nice plum juice and its warm.
a cup of warm plum juice
10NT tall ice cream on a ice cream cone.

nice sushi taiwan style in dan shui. really good.
PLUMS PLUMS!!different type plums. try it.
chinese biscuit. if you see period drama or movies this is the shape of the biscuit. jut that now there are different flavours.

the shop where i bought the muah chee from.
the street of dan shui
read the shop name. Zhen Zhu Zhuang Nai.

quail eggs in one stick and cost 10NT

Zhua Zhua. Did try once on the left but did not catch anything.;(above is a shop selling shell food. Below is how the shell food look like after it was cooked. It tasted pretty good. Have a go at it when u are there at dan shui.

The karaoke lobby which is like a hotel. The whole building are full of karaoke rooms with different size. Qian Gui's Lobby .
prettyjas and mabel concentrating on their singing
little mabel with her lil friend garfield

Taiwan nov 2006 - a

2007-06-28T00:02:00.000+08:00

hese are 2nd portion of the taiwan trip. Mainly you will see where I went during my trip. This is mainly taipei. Having some problems with adding pics so will split to 2 parts

lil friends enjoying the mtv of jay chow (pics grabbed from mabel)
to enter the songs u want to sing this is the system a big controller (grabbed from mabel)
me and mabel (grabbed from mabel)

lil friends gathering for a karaoke session at Qian Gui

Main gate of Zhong Zhen Ji Nian Guan
me and mama outside zhong zhen ji nian guan
the structure of the main hall
changing of guards

2 clips of marching of the guards

surroundings of zhong zhen ji nian tang

a smart looking guard
me and mama with the bullet proof car
famous taipei pineapple tart as well as fruit tart

the famous ah shin shop for the muah chi, and other food in jiu fen.that you can buy and give it out to friends
prettyjas and mabel posing at the store
me along the walkway in jiu fen
the huge fishball soup
mabel and jaslin enjoying the lu rou fan and fish balls soup
me and mama outside theshop selling large hong shao rou wan

big fat pig made of wood and small little pigs and a crab
scenary surrounding jiu fen
mam and me with the nice scenary behind us

bei qing chen shi is a film where the show was filmed in jiu fen

arrival at Ye Liu

explaination of the rocks
formation of the rock which looks like the queen's head
queen head rock
land,sea,mountain,sky

huge mushroom like rocks
see the rock that resemble a sandal?
its was kind of cloudy when we were there but were not caught in the rain. just windy.
mama, me,jaslin and mabel
an explaination of the evolution of the landscape
mushroom like rocks
me and mama behind the mushroom like rocks
me and mama by the sea

the various types of cuttle fish sold in ye liu
a noodle store selling a mixture of the yellow noodles and mian xian together.It was very tasty. then this blacky here its the zi cai soup.
me and mama at ye liu
how our hotspring room looked like
this is where we went for hte hotspring which was included in the tour package and was also our last stop.

another hotspring in yang ming shan
the surroundings in yang ming shan
a university at the top of the hill. UNI HILL?
jaslin and mabel posing

me and mama after our hotspring bath
mabel and me

a nice mini waterfall
a pic together with mabel and jaslin after our hotspring bath
with the driver cum tour guide who is ver friendly and knows where the good food are.
famous singers and actors at this place for pig's blood soup which is like toufu. This is place is famous for the pig's blood soup
this is the pig's blood soup ( Zhu xie tang)

mabel and jaslin outside Ah zhong's
sisters enjoying the mian xian
taipei train station's underground walkway is linked to zhong shan. Along the way there are a lot of shops. Zhong SHan metro mall

it was still early and the shops are not open. Notice that the shutters have beautiful pictures painted.
one that i like
our breakfast : blueberry cheese cake, strawberry shortcake and a chocolate roll with cold milk tea.
me and my breakfast

wu fen pu . take the train from taipei station to song shan which is only 1 stop. Here you will be able to shop till you drop. This is a wholesale place. They sell in bulks to shop owners as wel as overseas. You can buy it one off as well but not as cheap as bulk prices. Ranging from clothings to accessories for male and female.
inside wu fen pu
101 taken from outside the city hall station

taipei city hall
above: me with poster of 101

Subsequent 3 pics below are the transition of the view of Taipei from 101 building from day to night.

Day view from 101. This is an early evening view of Taipei

abv:Mid Evening view from 101 of Taipei

night view of taipei from 101.

World fastest Elevator

poster of 101 by night mama with poster of 101 by evening This is the big Pendulum that is balancing the building especially from earthquakes. sending a postcard back home indicator on the lift as to which level we are in the building while on our way down A certificate indicating that the lift is the World's fastest lift Entrance to the Observatory centre

mama with the ticketing counter at the back
a nice crayon like poster of 101 and its surrounding
futuristic poster of 101
shops and cafes inside the building. inside are mainly leading brands such as bose, LV, Dior, and many others.
Posh Dior
LV
outside 101
painting by Van Gough along the bridge
NY NY
me with NY NY behind me
a smaller version of liberty
101 at night
Shi Lin Ye Shi
lots of food inside Shi Lin. The first shop you see is the famous big fried chicken chop
Smelly Toufu

nice fried oyster and prawn omlette. You can have just oyster or Prawn Omlette and you can also have a mix of both. nice japanese style puff and ice cream puff. Its really tasty. There are different flavours to choose from. Yam, Chocolate, red bean,butter,etc.

hong dou bing. This is really good. See the stall on the right

tasty wanton noodles.Must try.
our food
bottom left is cong you bing, next to it is white cabbage, the one in the center are dumplings, next to it is pig kidneys and liver ( not sure) and the one right atthe top i cant remember haha!!
our room at Lf's place. Just like a hotel and its really spacious.
jap food on our last day for lunch. There is cury udon, chicken cutlet rice
with lf
around xin zhu area with lots of food around
menu of the different kinds of bubble tea

List of Songs in my Jukebox

2007-06-26T00:42:00.000+08:00

I have decided not to put the list of songs in my jukebox in my sidebar. I am putting it in a post. You may refer to it anytime.If there is any changes to the list I will put up a post.Below are the songs.

Tracks in my jukebox

1. I Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Aerosmithc
2. Ironic by Alanis Morissette
3. Thank You (Album Version) by Alanis Morissette
4. Under the Bridge by All Saints
5. All Or Nothing by Anthena Cage
6. Hey Jude (Album Version) by Beatles Tribute
7. And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going by Bianca Ryan
8. Human Behavior by Bjork
9. Leaving On a Jet Plane by Chantal Kreviazuk
10. Clocks by Coldplay
11. Yellow by Coldplay
12. She by Elvis Costello
13. Tears In Heaven by Eric Clapton
14. More Than Words by Extreme
15. 19-2000 by Gorillaz
16. Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz
17. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams by Green Day
18. Bitter Sweet Symphony by The Verve
19. November Rain by Guns N' Roses
20. Patience by Guns N' Roses
21. The Reason by Hoobastank
22. Goodbye My Lover (Album Version) by James Blunt
23. High (Album Version) by James Blunt
24. You're Beautiful (Album Version) by James Blunt
25. What A Difference A Day Made by Jamie Cullum
26. Imagine (Remix) by John Lennon
27. You Raise Me Up (Radio Edit) by Josh Groban
28. Everybody's Changing by Keane
29. In The End by Linkin Park
30. Somewhere I Belong by Linkin Park
31. Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Michael Buble
32. If You tolerate this then your children will be next by Manic Street Prechers
33. Stand By Me by Oasis
34. Wonderwall by Oasis
35. Sympathique by Pink Martini
36. Losing My Religion by R.E.M.
37. When You Say Nothing At All by Ronan Keating
38. I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair) by Sandi Thom
39. It's A Beautiful Day by Sarah Brightman
40. Nessun Dorma by Sarah Brightman
41. Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro) by Sarah Brightman
42. Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
43. Dakota by Stereophonics
44. Tokyo Drift by Teriyaki Boyz
45. Daydream Believer by The Monkees
46. You stole the sun from my heart by Manic Street Prechers
47. Waterfalls by TLC
48. Driftwood by Travis
49. Flowers In The Window by Travis
50. Why Does It Always Rain On Me? by Travis
51. Silent All These Years by Tori Amos
52. Do what you have to do by Sarah McLachlan
53. Good enough by Sarah McLachlan
54. Adia by Sarah McLachlan
55. What I've Done by Link Park

Jukeboxed!!

2007-06-24T12:25:00.000+08:00

Finally! I created a jukebox on my blog with my own playlist. Am proud of it!;)
My dear friends please click on the play button twice and the jukebox will randomly play the songs. some of the artists in the jukebox are Oasis,linkin park,Bjork,sarah mclahlan,the verve,green day,tori amos,beatles,monkees,travis,coldplay, manic street prechers and many others. If you manage to forward to the song Human Behaviour by Bjork.Interesthing. Take a look at the lyrics below. How true is that! No map to the human behaviour and you dont need a compass at all as it wont help.

Human Behaviour by Bjork

if you ever get close to a human
and human behaviour
be ready to get confused

there's definitely no logic
to human behaviour
but yet so irresistible

there's no map
to human behaviour

they're terribly moody
then all of a sudden turn happy
but, oh, to get involved in the exchange
of human emotions is ever so satisfying

and there is no map
and a compass
wouldn't help at all

human behaviour

Durians

2007-06-24T11:55:00.000+08:00

Had a Durian session with san,mel,da wei and my parents on friday. Been sometime since I had durians and now its the SEASON to be duriany jolly!!;)Not to eat too much though as its quite heaty. We enjoyed the durians of course and everyone was happy!!
There are different types of durian and the ones that we had was pretty good. We had one which was a little red in color and tasted bittersweet!! We tasted sweet durian and bitter ones of course not the very bitter. They all tasted good but for us the bittersweet one was the best. We had a taste of BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY RIGHT IN OUR MOUTH. Yummy!

Britain's Got Talent 07 and America's got talent 06

2007-06-20T23:10:00.000+08:00

Above is the winner of Britain's got Talent!! Paul Potts gets to perform in front of the Queen!! For your info he loves opera and he works at a mobile phone shop!! An ordinary person with a normal job with a great voice.

Below is 6 Year old Connie who sang Somewhere over the Rainbow during the final with her lovely voice. She now has a singing contract waiting for her which she will have more than enough savings for her education and her family. Started singing at 2 from a karaoke machine that her mum bought for her 4 yrs ago. She has been singing since then and sang this song somewhere over the rainbow for with her grandmother.

Below is the winner of the America's got a talent last year. Bianca Ryan has a Powerful voice for a 11 year old. She now has an album under her name.

A Zooy day out

2007-06-20T20:06:00.000+08:00

Went to the zoo on 13 jun with my cousins and 2 princess.The 2 kids sure had a good fun. Upon arrival we had lunch at KFC before heading on this zoological journey with the 2 princess.

Jovina with the penguins.

princess jomiane happy with her fries. Isnt she adorable?
A Happy Family !!;p
Princess Jovina and me
Tiger is going to be extinct believe it or not thus this is a protected animal.

Dessert Warthog. Look simingly like a wild boar but not. It was a lazy afternoon for them. Most of the animals seem to be either lazing around or back facing you. Could be the weather as it has been rather hot the past couple of days.

Princess Jomaine saw somethign interesthing and pointing but We have no idea what she was pointing.

daddy and little kiddo. princess jovina and the monkeys. See the picture on the right the big monkey is holding on to the female who is actual having a little baby money on her.

surfs up with the penguins

the hugs walrus

princess jomaine was so tired that she knocked out while wacthing the penguins. Meanwhile Princess Jovina was posing with seals with her toy gun.

princess jomainewith the blur look on her after her long nap.

I Love Giraffes do you?

this is a very cute picture of the zebras during their feeding time. With their back facing us and in fact the zebras were wagging their tails while eating. They must be very happy while having their food. See our dear princess posing with them. ;)

See how tall the polar bear is comapre to our little princess jovina

princess jomaine still having the sleepy look with the 2 Orang Utans.

posing in a small little giraffe car

princess jovina with her tired look after the whole visit.

with the 2 princess

New York New york

2007-06-20T19:59:00.000+08:00

Had dinner with my mum at New York New York on hew bday last monday. On the top left is the cold crab but its not as good but if you want to try cold card do try it at the teochew resturant at concourse as recommended by my mum's friend. on the top right: is the pork ribs. on the bottom left is the half chicken and on the bottom right is the aglio olio. The aglio olio is worth trying,

Baby Day Out !!

2007-06-10T01:13:00.000+08:00

Its a sunny Saturday. Will get to see my 2 niece and my ali's little kiddo Josh!! Yes its a kids day haha!!;) Had lunch at Noble house at UIC building along Shenton Way. Its part of the Tong Lok umbrella of resturants. Food is not bad had the Buffet Ala Carte. Its cost 28+++ for adults on Saturdays and Sundays. We all had lots of different kind of food till we are all stuffed. Was out with my cousin and their 2 little princess, my aunt, edward(aka Ed) and my mum. MIA my dad and my bro.;(

from left : princess Jovina and princess Jomaine!;) aint the little one cute wit hthe shrek ears hehe!!;) Little Jomaine is so adorable. Princess Jovina showing off her Minnie mouse Ring.
princess Jomaine playing with her bowl and plate as if they are her musical instruments.smiling ;)
Jomaine gone Balloony.
Eug with the 2 princess and he even had the shrek ears on him haha!!

look at the similarity of the shape of the foot of Eug and princess Jomaine.
The ramen alike cake!! Yes This is a Bday cake made!!

Princess Jovina and my mum's bday is round the corner!

princss jomaine and moi!!

Arrived at Ali's place a little bit late. He was getting cranky as he was sleepy and Ali was feeding him played and carried little Josh awhile and mama ali put him to sleep. Yes his hair naturally stands up like Papa Jo. ok in the silence of the night its time for bed. Night!!

Shrek Josh!!

2007-06-07T01:53:00.000+08:00

Was chatting with Serene today and was discussing about Ali's little kiddo Josh. He sure has grown a lot since the last time I saw him. And definitely looked like papa Jo. He is so adorable. They actually put the shrek band on him and he was wearing a grean top. And he is now Shreky Josh!! See the Pic above. ( Thank you serene for sending this adorable pic of Josh)

Below is a pic of Josh when he was just only a day old. See how much he has grown since then. Kids sure grow fast with the right fromula and under the 2 main Cs. ( Care and Concern).

五月天 [JUMP 離開地球表面] 新加坡演唱會 2nd June 2007

2007-06-06T16:44:00.000+08:00

Went for the Mayday Concert on 2nd June 07 Saturday. Venue: Max Pavilion ( spore expo), time : 8.30pm till 11.30pm.3hrs concert!!Power!! Had a good time singing and jumping haha!!

below picture with xueli ( in red) my buddy since sec 1!!. Then there is jasrine who is xueli's cousin and lastly a pic of xueli and her friend. notice xueli's neck hehe;p

cao ge was seated right in fornt of me. back view of him. am sitting 4th row from the front which was a very good view hehe...
First up from the right side of the stage was Mr stone Shi tou with his guitar very cool!!

Above : The members of Mayday!!Ah shin the vocalist, Masha played and sang the song Yellow(by coldplay ), guan you the drummer, guai shou with the guitar in yellow and Shi tou with the guitar in blue
stiched pics of Ah shin, stone and guai shou

ah shin in white and guan you's cousin on the drum

Masha on his solo below on the keyboard playing yellow

guai shou below with his temporary tatoo of singapore in chinese and his yellow guitar

below guaishou and stone singing and playing the guitar together!!awesome!!

ah shin singing and he even came down from stage to shake hands with the audience.of course i did not get to shake hands with him cos it was flooded with fans and kind of chaotic.
ah shin singing and havign a good rapport with the audience

dont you just love ah shin!!:)

The final stitched pics of mayday thanking the audience.

Cosafe Maid Cafe @ Chijmes

2007-06-04T23:07:00.000+08:00

Went to Cosafe Maid Cafe at Chijmes after visiting the Mint Museum. They serve desserts, drinks, mains, appetizers and snacks. Ordered A Black Forest cake, fries, rootbeer with vanilla ice cream and mango freeze. Boys and girls if you want to go for somewhere different for gathering or meal you may want to check this place out.
ordered the black forest cake and fries.
Eug with his rootbeer and the food.
ed went ga ga while taking a pic with the waitress dress as a maid, who happens to be from the same JC as him before. Xue Jie!!

Location : Chijmes

30 Victoria Street #01-11,

Name : Cosafe Maid Cafe

website : www.cosafe.com.sg

Tel : 63392276

PS: They do cater for Private Functions.

Mint Museum part 2

2007-06-04T14:52:00.000+08:00

one of the two batman figures with box that is known to exist in the world
only batman car with box to exist in the world!!

Ed posing outside of the museum. This is the world's first purpose built toy museum.

That remote ocntrolled peacock is being used in the making of Toy Story. Of course the first version of Cinderella if you all can remember watching it on video tape? Classic.

various toys colleacted at various times and countries.

more toys. One of is a dragon from japan and it it able to blow bubble. more of the toys are wind up toys.

More Wind up toys. Many of the toys have their boxes still in good condition. Its as though the owner knows that with boxes in tact the toys will be more valuable.

Toys from around the world.

any similar toys that looked familiar?

The big wagon the brown box is still in good ocndition considering the places it has gone to. It was shipped from india to penang and this was later bought by the owner at a later date. Charlie Chaplin toys?

Between 1960 - 1970, the most popoular boy band from Liverpool, England is the Beatles. Members of the band are John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. Merchandise from their wig, small guitars, figurines of the band members and many others. No wonder the band made so much money even at that time and till now Paul McCartney is earning and its now one of the richest in Europe. His fortune is now a whipping . Popular Songs include, Yesterday, Let it Be, The yellow Submarine ( one of my favourite from the band), Hey Jude ( in my favourite list), Hold your hand, Strawberry Fields Forever ( used in the movie I am Sam), Come Together. Beatles and British Music ROCK!!

Long live the Queen!!

Group called The Monkees!! They have a nice song titled Daydream Beliver.
little toy cars with their small little box.
fire crackers' wrappers.

Anti Gas protection

Mickey Mouse Gas mask.

The space lift haha!! This will bring you back in time to your childhood days.

Eug posing with the menu

salt and pepper container
ed
this is the paper table mat
the mint cafe kitchen
another paper table mat

A shop named Actually's stairway. notice the mailbox which is pretty old. The shop sells clothes, shoes , bags for ladies and men. But price wise is quite hefty. simple t-shirt can cost 100 over dollars. This is located not very far from the Toy museum. Its along the stretch where the toy museum is located.