coming back soon

i am on the phone (skype) with her now.

and she is coming back tml night

tiring long day

It was a relative tiring day for me. I slept late last nite and couldn't wake up to my alarm. Suppose to meet Sebast for breakfast, but he din call me so I assume he had overslept as well. (turns out true)

Anyhow, the scouts went to play Lan gaming today. As much as I questioned the purpose of it, I did see it as a form of post exam fun. Though hiking thru bukit timah would have been my therapy. They did somehow went back to school and clean up the horrible untidy mess of a den we called home.

3 girls from Peicai came. We were supposed to meet a long time back and decided the dates for the coming caroling project but everything was delayed. Sighs. I did managed to force a meeting today and glad they at least started on some work. I must say, for a guide coy that is fairly new, their leaders do know what they are doing. Yet I cant help but find them a little quiet. Guess I am used to the noisy AH guides.

Oh and Inky was late again. Not a surprise :P

So I left them after my briefing and along with Sebast we went to play soccer. It was my decision to break away from the meeting as my presence there cos them to expect me to speak and make their decision. This is not something I encourage.

Well soccer with the boys is always fun. I scored 1 goal after pushing the ball who was already moving towards the goal. Hey, it needed slightly more speed, but I make it count. After that it went downhill. I failed to score on 2-3 more simple chance and terribly lost a solo match to an indian boy 10 years younger. Time to shape up, or ship out.

Soon it was time for the BBQ and with more lady guests arriving, we promptly gathered at the makeshift pit. Our boys were real shy. All hidding among themselves and at a corner. The girls themself were confused and sat alone waiting for guys to approach them. After some pushing and suggesting from my part, I gave up and went over to talk to the girls instead. I told them that my boys are very shy and I guess they have to make the first moves. The eyes widen and started giggling.

Luckily karen (aung's squeeze) was there to rescue us. She got them together to play some games which were similarly conducted by SDU. And it works.

Sighs. With boys so shy and girls so quiet, how to warm them up for caroling? Help me. Should I reintroduce the legendary angel and mortal game?

need a bag?

Need a bag?

Just be careful on how you hold it

Tweety

Now you know for sure about Tweety.

I cant wait for this man to be back

He has not played for a long time. But my hero striker should be back soon. And what a better time to come back when Man city is lacking forwards now. hehe.

To the guy whom brought me to love Liverpool. All the best

Explaination of Mr Angry and Mrs Calm

For those who have walked away from the comp screen just to find out why does the face appeared to swap, let me slightly explains how this work.

Firstly, both pictures actually contains 2 faces each.

The ones we see up close are in finer detail, whereas the other which we see from afar are actually blured.

Much like a high pass filter and low pass filter, our eyes can only see the details when it is sharp and clear. Therefore when we are nearer to image we see the face which have finer detail. However as we move away, the face with the finer detail becomes fader due to the diffculty in seeing the fine lines. At the same time, the blurry image sharpen when we walk away from it. Thus condensing the blurry lines into a sharper image.

A easier way to test this without walking away would be to remove your specs and put them back on again. Works for those who are about 300 and above I guess.

My worth

My blog is worth $1,693.62.
How much is your blog worth?

Should I sell my blog now?

Lego iPod

This is probably a way cool case of the iPod shuffle.

I want it that way

2 Chinese guys perform to the song of the backstreet boys.

well ya ick, its the Backstreet boys. but the video makes me laugh my pants off

Mr Angry and Mrs Calm

This is a cool illusion. On the left is Mr Angry and on the right is Mrs Calm. Has you moved away from the picture their faces are swapped. Go on try it now.

Scares the shit out of me.

Mr Potter.... I've been expecting you

I just cant wait for the Harry Potter movie to be out. Will be bringing my anata there and hopefully convert her to be a fan too.

starwars

found these animated gif on boingboing.net

Work: a first day account

As some of you probably know, I started my first job today. Clearly I cant say much what projects I am involved in or even any minor details of it. The big arms of the govt will come here and choke me.

Anyhow, first day are the most boring of the lot.

You ended up coming early cos you do not know what to expect.

You ended up dressing rather well only to enter the office and see that you easily stands out from over doing it.

You ended up eating with your supervisor and your new colleagues and can barely understand their inside jokes and lingo.

You ended up staying reading lots and lots of stuffs cos they have no idea how to start teaching you.

You ended up running up and down the building, getting your laptop, resetting your password, etc.

You ended up chatting on msn cos somehow it keeps you awake

You ended up wondering what time you can go off as everybody who arrives before you are still around.

You ended up sneaking out when its 15 mins pass the allocated time and being spotted by your colleague who wave you goodbye and make you feel more embarassed by your actions.

You ended up wondering whats going to happen tomorrow?

...and you wonder why i dun read horoscopes

BHOPAL, India (Reuters) - Hundreds of people flocked to a village in central India Thursday to see if an astrologer who forecast his own death would indeed die as predicted.

But the 75-year-old man survived the day.

Kunjilal Malviya, who lives south of the Madhya Pradesh state capital Bhopal, had been meditating in his house after announcing he would die Thursday between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m (0930-1130 GMT).

A police official confirmed the astrologer was fine and quoted his family members as saying the prediction failed because many of those gathered had prayed for him to live.

"We are afraid of his prediction coming true because all his predictions till date have been correct," his son Anirudh said by phone earlier Thursday.

"My father had predicted the death of my grandfather 15 years ago and it came true exactly like he calculated."

Police have been posted near the house to prevent the astrologer from killing himself, authorities said.

Millions of Indians consult astrologers about their futures as well as marriage and job prospects.

Malviya's prediction is not the first of its type by an Indian astrologer. But in the past, crowds have beaten up astrologers when their predicted demise failed to occur.

noisy nap

I tried taking a nap.

But was woken up by my own snoring.

Now I am sad...

Yoda kid

Awwww still as cute as the 900 yr old

comic and so on

Its not that our parents dun agree with us. They just came from a different era

Things me and my girlfriend argue about

Well dun be alarmed. Firstly, this is not about me.

And I have posted this a long time ago before, but its always interesting to read about it. Do scroll thru and read some of the funny life stories.

Zouk reopened

Shhhhhh......

Zouk has reopened today..

Pass this message quietly.

Free gym (continue)

I dun think it will be any surprise that we din ended up going to the free gym trial today. I called my bud to ask if he still wants to meet later at the appointed time. He brushed me off rather rudely that he cant be bothered.

I guess my fren would only come if the trainer aint a bald headed man but a sexy long hair babe.

I gave up.

Free gym

Was out with a school buddy of mine who happens to be clearing his leave too. As we scroll aimlessly thru orchard rd, a pretty little girl (as my fren had put it) approached us and offered a free 7 day trial at california gym with no strings attached. We were bored and since my fren is rather interested in getting to know her, we went in.

There as she pointed a table for us to get sitted, I was elbowed by him. He whispered once more that she was cute. I din pay much attention to her as I was more fascinated by Jackie Chan showing off his muscles.

Anyhow, she introduced us to Jason who talked and guided us for the remaining of the tour. I can see my bud was truly disappointed at that moment. We then proceed on a short tour of the giant facility starting from the 3rd floor. As we step out of the lift, I saw an attractive girl among men whom have bicep the size of my legs. Immediately, I was elbowed again by him to indicate that he spotted another girl. I sweared I must get one of those body armour.

The tour was quite interesting to me, with a particular boxing like aerobic session caught my eyes. I could say that that would have been fun. Jason soon brought us back to the tables and asked for our particulars once more. There wasnt anyone else to look at and I could tell that my bud was fustracted and wanted to leave. tsk tsk.

After some hard selling, we were given an additional 7 days. Making 14 days of free trial. A bald headed ang moh then step into to arrange to meet us tml to determine a good training program for us. Since he aint a she, my fren began playing with his phone and hope it ends sooner. At this point I could tell that he just want to grab his membership card and leave. sighs.

I ended up doing the rest of the talking and thank them for their time. As we left, I hinted to my bud that the earlier girl was standing at the corner. Immediately he liven up again and talked to her.

He scares me.

Now I wonder what would happen at the gym session tml.

Dating for tall guys only

My fren Jeff send me this link.

Apparently the dating event is for tall guys only. Anyone less than 1.75 wont be allowed in. I wonder if they would set up a length rule there to screen out fakes??

Solar power handbag

The bag looks pretty ugly to me. Even the solar cells on its side appears funny. However it opens up to reveal a nice lighted interior.

It doesnt quite work for me, but I wonder if the ladies would find this attractive. Any comments?

want a cheap suv from china?

The first Chinese car to be sold in Europe has scored zero — the worst-ever score — in safety tests.

Testers calculated that a driver would be unlikely to survive a head-on collision at 40mph, and in a side-on collision at 30mph the driver would suffer severe head and chest injuries due to a lack of side protection.

Snail crossing

I am not too sure you are able to see this clearly. Might have to click on the pic to enlarge.

Kinda makes you want a bite of an escargo now dun you?

orginal source found here

Broken Shelves

They kinda look funny when empty, but when the shelves are filled it looks good.

real doll?

Ask Davecat about Sidore -- pronounced She-doh-ray -- and he'll tell you she's everything that turns him on: beautiful, loyal, a great listener. Si-chan, as he affectionately calls her, is half British, half Japanese, which is nice because he's always had a thing for both British and Japanese culture. Even their clothing style and taste in music is simpatico -- they're both Goths.

Like many born in the sun sign Cancer, Sidore is a homebody, but then, she couldn't leave the comfort of the bed she shares with Davecat even if she wanted to because Sidore is a 100-pound solid silicone Real Doll.

Amusing read. quite pathetic though.

Armadillo Bread Bin

Do you believe this stores bread?

Kawaii Japanese Bento

These are real sweet. But I suppose they are meant for kids only.

Govt letter

After happily receiving my little pinky yesterday, I din quite know what to expect when I gotten a letter which comes in a govt envelop.

My mind spins back and ponder on my last 10 weeks of NS while I opened the envelop (with my trusty letter opener from SA scouts).

Did I awol without even realising?
Did I let slip on some govt info?
Did the girl I hit on last last year has a father who happens to be an MP?
Or could it be the times I was caught speeding down the highway on vern's car.

I panic and sweat rolls down.

Well... No.
SDU is just giving me a complimentry membership for 2 yrs.

Old photos

*Waves to Weiling, Shuping, Stephanie*

Inky spotted them in among an old photo album last sat. I din realised they were there all along.

What an antique photo

funky ads

I wonder if a myopia jumper would see this




PSP runs windows

I got my pinky today

I finally collected my pink ic for good. My precious.... ORD LOH! Free at last.

Goodbye to my NS career and hello to my new job next week.
I have 1 week to enjoy myself till then.

Dinner at my place

After last week wedding, I offered the guys a dinner party at my place. This offer actually goes out to the bridemaids as well, but I din have the capacity to cook for that many. So perhaps next time. Of course, we would have invited the bride and groom but both of them are at their honeymoon.

I started cooking at 4pm. I had tot its would not take that long to cook for 4 more. After all, I have been cooking for myself the whole week already. However, as the portion of the dishes grew fivefold, I have to concentrate each of them at a time.

So I went about and cut, chop, slice, dice, mince and wash every ingredient first. My fingers gotten quite dirty at every instance and boy was the onion a bitch to cut. Note to self: Wearing Sunny while cutting onion wont work cos the fumes are the ones that hurt.

The Japanese curry was my first dish which I took the most time getting it perfect. Its turns out to be the best dish for the night. I used beef this time with carrot, potatoes and corn. Yum



The burgers I tried after that din turn out too well. I should not have left the kitchen to water the plants while cooking. 3 patties were slightly burnt. sighs.



The rosti should have been the easiest to cook. I have made 1 attempt the day before which turns out rather well. However, when I removed the sliced chips from the fridge 2 hours later, they appeared pinkish. I was tempted to throw them all away but decided to fry them anyway. Surprisingly it tasted fine



I did a couple of pratas after them. 2 each for everyone. Yups you are probably thinking, Jap Curry and prata wont go together. Well actually you be surprised.



I had some leftover carrots and decided to try something fun. I boiled them slightly and threw them into the pan with little oil. Its nicer that I had intended.



Time flies when I cooked. My mini cooking adventure took a whole 3 hours to accomplise. All hot and sweaty I went to take a much deserve bath. It din take long for the hungry groupies to arrive.

This is my first cooking test and I dearly wanted my sasa to join me. Alas she aint around at the moment. Well at least I could take this opportunity to test myself.



Dinner was served and its quite delightful to eat with someone for a change. Days of eating alone is all gone now. In less than an hour, the plates were emptied and our stomach expanded sideways once more. (except for andrea and mike of course)



Ian volunteer to do the dishes. He was quite good. A definate good househusband or maid depending on circumstances.



We then retreated to stare at the tv for the next few hours. Its liverpool playing after all. Just then, mike pointed out that he saw a previous entry on my blog that claims all SA boys have the old SGD$1 note. He took out his and we knew immediately this is a kodak moment.



A true SA boy tradition after all.



Oh almost forgot, we went over to my room to watch standup comedy by Russel Peters. His racial jokes are hillarious. The clock strikes 12 and Cinderalle left but we went on the eat some more. Ian and Andrea spend hours in the kitchen .



Oh and here are some other random photos.

The dinner

The small house party was not too bad. My cooking was below my expectation but the nice company of friends were nice to say that its was quite good. I am glad to have my friends come over, every now and then. Wish my kanojyo was here too.

Anyhow, tired now. More cleaning up tomorrow. Have to sleep. Will said more of this once NDR pass me the pics.

new comics

Well did nothing much today.

I did managed to sign 99% of my clearance form and cook my own dinner.

Surprisingly my fried rice turns out ok. Guess I need more practice to get the flavor and smell right. But I am close.

Oh for those who din know, I have been dominating the kitchen since my family left for an overseas trip. I am the king of the kitchen now. Will be wiping up some nice stuffs for my friends who are my experiment for dinner. I hope they have strong stomach like myself.

One more thing, 2 new comics added to the side bar. I got the ever typical bum zits and the good old blondie. These 2 lovely comics only appear on sundays plus. So catch them daily now.

No more Coffee (for a while)

I went to donate blood on sunday and was rejected as my HB count is low.

For those who dun know, HB count measures how much iron is there in my blood. Anyway, I tried to donate again on wed, but once again the count was low. I am broken.

The nice doc and nurse asked me if I am on a diet.... which makes me wonder do I look slimmer now. I said no, so they asked if I have pulse bleeding... which is again a straight no. They almost asked if its my period now, for that would make sense too.

Alas its found that my iron count is due to my heavy caffeine intake. 3-4 cups a day is way too much. Sighs. Have to wait a week or more to get it out of my system. In the meantime, its cranky me as I have no coffee in my blood now.

Covini 6 wheeled

I am lost for words for this car. And it aint photoshop.

My job status

I just came back from another job interview. This time they gave me a tour of their department along with a long introduction of their project which they might want me to work on.

Its likely that I will get an offer for this job as well.

Well here is the stats

1. 25 online applications sent
   
2. 2 rejection letters received
   
3. 3 interviews
   
4. 3 job offers
   
5. 1 contract signed
   

What I learned is that I gave one hell of an interview to get all 3 job offers from them.

I only sux at writting my resume. sighs.

History of Wallace and Gromit burned down

Apparently a fire broke out at the production house which has the original films of the stop-motion clay figures of Wallace and Gromit.

All are gone now.

Bong Vodka

Its amusing how much the design of the bottle interest me that I wonder what would the vodka taste like...

Good product design I must say

We have something in common

Had dinner with a couple of friends last friday.

Strangely we were all from the same sec school.

strangely we all knew NDR



and strangely we all kept the old bird designed $1 bill in our waller.

Archimedes Death Ray

Ancient Greek and Roman historians recorded that during the siege of Syracuse in 212 BC, Archimedes (a notably smart person) constructed a burning glass to set the Roman warships, anchored within bow and arrow range, afire. The story has been much debated and oft dismissed as myth.

TV's MythBusters were not able to replicate the feat and “busted” the myth.

Wedding party for eejean and vernon

Its to be one long day on the 8 oct. For its my good friend eejean's wedding to her sweetie vernon. I cant be more happy for her for she found someone she loves and loves her back just as much. However, it was to be a long day for her friends who pitch in to help her out for the whole day.



Kopiwriter (aka Inky) and I found part of the guys gang to gate crash the wedding. Vernon failed at the first task of writting eejean name in chinese. I dun blame him, none of us could even read chinese characters. Anyhow, I volunteer to be the first victim of the forfeit designed by her lovely and beautiful bridemaids. (Ling, Shuping, Weiling and Stephanie I will remember you guys for life now) I applied mascara to my eyelashes and never felt prettier.



Gatecrashing cost vern quite a sum, though he teased that he actually expected more. He was glad that ever so loving girls, only get less than 20% of what he can offer. phew!

Soon after picking up the bride, vern drag eejean by her hair and chunking her into car and sped off to his home. Inky and I hop into the nissan sunny and follow suite along with daniel following behind with the bridemaids at the last car giving chase and shouting "return our leader, we cant live without her."

After arriving at vern's place, they quickly released their secret weapon.



Thats Muffin! Vern and jean protector! Beware for he is cute. and we know the girls cant resist him.

The tea ceremony went by rather quick and seeing the dark clouds forming, we know we have to leave soon. I gotten the honour to drive the Lexus back to eejean place. and boy was that the high point of my day. It was pouring like crazy. One of those heavy rainy times when you know that if you drive a dirty car it will arrive at your destination sparkling clean. I was surprised that the flower decoration survived the trip. was quite thankful that its plastic flowers, the whipper combined with the rain ruined it quite badly that the lefty exterior were peeling off.

Anyhow, we held the second tea ceremony there at proceed for lunch and some red wines. Ahh lovely France wines. Just so enchanting.

Inky and I proceed to Inky's place after lunch. We needed to sleep a little. But we realised time and time again that we simply cant sleep together. sighs. I get to fool around with his new Furby for a while and he finds me disturbing. He insist Furby only knows English and Furblish and not Japanese. I told him I could reprogammed Furby to do just that (and perharps more).

When NDR arrived later, we knew we were already late and rushed down to the hotel. Unfortunately Inky, left our angpow behind and we ended up running back to get it. I swear I was not speeding.... for we did arrived at the hotel within 25 mins.



Its already 5 and solomise ceremony will be about 6.30pm. Thus we set out to our separate tasks ordered from her highness jean and queen bee Ling. Crowds started arriving soon after the ceremony and we were swarmed with lots of details. However I am glad to say we pull off quite a good show.



Many were impressed by the animation clip which Aung produced. But the biggest laughter goes to jean baby pic of her dad holding her down while she struggles to crawl free.



The major task left was the 50+++ photo taking at each table. A very scary task indeed. An hour went by and we din even knew it. Soon the dinner came to an end with guests wanting to make a quick exit to return home to catch the soccer game. A few of us remain and went up to their hotel suite to check out an amazing weighting machine. Sad to say, not all of us were exited by its reading. Vern brought out a champane and we cheers to a great day.

To Vern and Eejean, Have a great future ahead.