Kill those teletubbies

You might want to try this game if you are fustracted by work.

Trust me killing teletubbies help to calm you down

Jap dinner

My insurance agent brought me to a Jap resturant yesterday for a belated birthday treat. He did warned me before hand that this place is a unique experience. True enough I was pleasantly surprised.

Situated at a ..... Hmm wait, I think I will keep the location quiet for now. *grin

Walking into the place, you would be forgiven if you thought you have enter into Japan. The decor, the posters, the atmosphere are amazing. Before I go on, this place does not look like an up market place but rather it gives a feeling that you step into a corner side resturant on a crowded street. Much like those you seen on Japan Hour. I am delighted to learn of this little hiding place.

We were glad we were early. The place is a little small which could only accomodate up to 16 diners. All diners are seated around the counter awaiting for the master chef to come up with his dishes. And mind you he is a no nonsense chef. Those type that would be displeased if you mix the food wrongly. I heard he would even scold the customers if they take up too much time to order. Lucky for us, its his good mood day .

Our orders were standard few items which we simply enjoy (including natto). The only exception was an order of Sea Urchin. We both heard about it but neither of us has attempted to taste any before. So we gotten 2 uni sushi (sea urchin sushi) and down them in a gulp. The taste is ... well we cant descripted it. I would say it the texture is like small durian but the flavour is nothing like i tried before.

I am tempted to go back there soon. For those who are interested in visiting that place, you would have to buy me dinner there :P

Leaving early I hope

I worked till late night yesterday. Boss sorta hint I can leave early. Now I am thinking of heading down NUS or something. Anyone free for coffee? Call me

Robot pencil sharpener

Its a robot.... no wait a pencil sharpener.
Well its actually both.
While you sharpen your pencil, it winds the robot up to walk.

Quite fun, unless you have alot of pencils to sharpen and your sharpener keeps walking away from you

English to German

The European commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.

As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English" (or preferably, "SI English").

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.

Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.

Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.

By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".

During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords containing "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.

Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.

Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.

Snore stopper

This device wears like a watch. When you are fast asleep and you let out a loud snore, the device would be alerted by it and send a zap to your arm. You respond immeidately by flipping over, thus changing your position and perhaps stop the irriating snore.

Expensive Beef

My NS bud asked me out for dinner. He said we would be dining at a place in Paragon itself. And so we did.

The place was a delight. We sat in a large room with large scaled painting displayed all around. We both ordered a portion of beef. And the beef was manificent. Never had I tasted beef this well prepared for a long time now.

The scary thing is that the price came up to $225. Even with a $100 cash voucher offset, its still about $60 each. Quite a fancy dinner indeed.

Shups

As you know Shups blog has been down for some time. But she has a new space now.

Unfortunately I forgotten the address once more.

Shups, alittle help here?

Update: Shups! links has been updated.

I have been reminded that Shups comes with a ! Its not Shups but Shups!

Cos when you said Shups! you must shout her name.

Much different from !xobile

Six most horrifying pest

I read this and wonder if we are safe

podcast by brown

Mr Brown made an awesome podcast regarding the recent National Day Rally speech.
Nearly laugh till I fell off.

Warning Not Work Safe

Thank you

advestising quote

Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.

Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944)

Belgian food

Long time ago a great bud of mine introduced to me to Belgian food and beer. We had a pot of Mussels (with lots of blue cheese inside) and endless portions of beer. It was a great night out and I do hope to revisit the place with him again. BTW it was in Sydney.

Fast forward to a year. My colleagues and I visited a Belgian place in Singapore. The website shows much promise. I even picked the beers I intend to sip before arriving. However it just not the same. Food wise I think it able to satisfy but not meet my expectation. Beer wise the selection holds about 20 beers. Plenty for a Singaporean place but pales in comparison to a proper Belgian place. I was hoping to sip on Lucifier again, but they din have it. Ended up getting Pauwel kwek and duvel, which taste miles better than Tiger.

Now to plan a trip to Sydney sometime soon

Old Fairy tales

Cinderella is now 95 years old. After a fulfilling life with the now dead prince, she happily sits upon her rocking chair, watching the world go by from her front porch, with a cat named Bob for companionship.

One sunny afternoon out of nowhere, appeared the fairy godmother. Cinderella said, "Fairy Godmother, what are you doing here after all these years?" The fairy godmother replied, "Cinderella, you have lived an exemplary life since I last saw you. Is there anything for which your heart still yearns?"

Cinderella was taken aback, overjoyed, and after some thoughtful consideration, she uttered her first wish: "The prince was wonderful, but not much of an investor. I'm living hand to mouth on my disability checks, and I wish I were wealthy beyond comprehension. Instantly her rocking chair turned into solid gold Cinderella said, "Ooh, thank you, Fairy Godmother."

The fairy godmother replied "It is the least that I can do. What do you want for your second wish?" Cinderella looked down at her frail body, and said, "I wish I were young and full of the beauty and youth I once had."

At once, her wish became reality, and her beautiful young visage returned. Cinderella felt stirrings inside of her that had been dormant for years. And then the fairy godmother spoke once more: "You have one more wish; what shall it be?"

Cinderella looks over to the frightened cat in the corner and says, "I wish for you to transform Bob, my old cat, into a kind and handsome young man."

Magically, Bob suddenly underwent so fundamental a change in his biological make-up that, when he stood before her, he was a man so beautiful the likes of him neither she nor the world had ever seen.

The fairy godmother said, "Congratulations, Cinderella, enjoy your new life. With a blazing shock of bright blue electricity, the fairy godmother was gone as suddenly as she appeared. For a few eerie moments, Bob and Cinderella looked into each other's eyes. Cinderella sat, breathless, gazing at the most beautiful, stunningly perfect man she had ever seen.

Then Bob walked over to Cinderella, who sat transfixed in her rocking chair, and held her close in his young muscular arms. He leaned in close, blowing her golden hair with his warm breath as he whispered... "Bet you're sorry you neutered me."

animation vs animator

Check out a fight between the animation and the its animator

Threadmill dance

NDR send me this through my comment. And I simply think it will go to waste if I just leave it there.

Enjoy

Threadmill bike?

I kinda mention this a while back. Yes a silly threadmill build into a bike!!!
You could have just walk!
Now comes with video demo, argh.

Man of the year

I want to catch this movie

Superglue aint funny

We all do silly thing, right?

Just yesterday, I was literally pouring out a large portion of superglue onto a corkboard. (Yes real man used superglue and not whimpy doublesided tapes!) Was attempting to stick the corkboard onto the darn cubicle wall which is too thin to push a pin through (hence explain the purpose of the corkboard) and also made of aluminium (damn thing also not magnetic).

Unfortunately, whenever I come across superglue there is a good likelihood I will screw up somehow/someway. Sooooo, it started with my thumb ends up covered with a layer of the glue. Ran to the loo to try to wash it off. And as I ran there, the motion and wind causes it to dry even faster. Oh and water doesnt help when the glue already hardens....

As I came back cursing and swearing with a thumb that cant feel anything, I saw my little old mouse has a little glue stain on it. Upon closer inspection, the left click button is now firmly glue UP. I cant click my mouse at all.

Only after some effort with a penknife, did I managed to get the button to work again. But it aint the same no more, damn button is now stiff. Sighs.

PS. penknife can also help remove glue from thumb

Hello kitty credit card

To my cool friend (you know who you are) who is a big big fan of the Hello Kitty.

Here is a credit card just for them

Star trek inspiration poster

I love star trek. Dun you?

To all trekkie, I am sure you will enjoy this.

Opening Beer bottles

Situation Awareness Test

You are driving in a car at a constant speed on a curvy road.

On your right side is a valley and on your left side is a fire engine traveling at the same speed as you.

You see a giant galloping pig, the same size as your car, in front of you.. Behind you is a helicopter flying at ground level.

Both the giant pig and the helicopter are also traveling at the same speed as you, and the accelerator seems to be stuck, so you can’t evade them.

What must you do to safely get out of this highly dangerous situation?

Answer:

Get off the children’s Merry-Go-Round, bozo! You’re drunk!

Wii and PS3 parody

Dinner at Sunset once more

Just 2 days after I visited Sunset and gotten a massive gastric attack. I am back here again. This time with my fellow colleagues. You probably wonder why I was back here again. Well after telling one of them that I was beaten by a level 5 chicken wing, he was keen to beat that challenge.



Anyhow they (excluding me and another) order half a dozen of level 6. When it arrived the strong smell of spices strike fear in some of them. They thought I was kidding right up to that point. Still they gladly excepted the challenge.

The result? 2 Girls were virtually red, 1 guy speechless for a long while, another ate it with his steak to spread the flames but regreted (the whole thing taste the same) and the organiser was sweating all over and downing endless cup of water. In fact only 1 guy came out without any virtual sign of pain. Amazing!

You can buy the Level 1 sause there!!!



Strangely the 2 married couples decided to taupao some level 3 back for their partners. Well you know its a wedding vow thing. Anyhow, we didnt really see the sunset. It was a cloudy day probably contributed by the haze.

Oh I din realised there is a scarecrow there



PS. I got a feeling I will be back here soon again.

PSS. Saw a note at the urinal, advising to wash hands before using the loo! Must have been another victim

Thanks guys

Ndr made this for me. Thought that I should steal it and place it here.

Thanks guys!

Mike's office

I peek over at Mrbrown.com and found this hilarious prank.



Oh and check out his reaction

Dos Games

Remember the good old Dos Games? I bet you all do.

These are the games we played on the good old comp where no powerful graphic cards are required. All we need is lots of floppy and some patient for the games to load.

They even have the old Warcraft 2 game

Dinner at Sunset

After 10 mins of driving around in a maze. We finally arrived at Sunset Bar and Grill. Its a wonderful place to catch the setting sun along the stretch of Seletar airport runway. The rare view of an aircraft taking off while the sun slowly dissolved is breathe taking. Oh dont ask me for driving directions there. I may still get lost.

As we proceed to order our food, I cheekily suggest the spicy wings. They came in 6 or 12 pieces (unlike horrible Hooters) and with spicy levels ranging from 1-15. We daringly asked for level 6 since its less than midway and also we still wanted to be able to taste the chicken. The kind waiter insisted its not wise to do so and we stepped it down by 1. He sighed as he walked away.

Soon after our wings arrived in their brownish glory. Being professional, we decided to use our fingers. The initial finger dip taste test shows that this might be a challenge. An advance warning indeed. Cos as soon as we place the first piece of skin and flesh into our mouth, we ended up tearing. The heat is unimaginable. Never had I felt this amount of chilli in my mouth before.

After drowning ourselves with beer and calamasi and more water, we simply gave up. At that point I develop a serious gastric attack. The pain felt like endless pressure place on my upper tummy. It comes and goes every few minutes. And 1 point, I simply could not deal with it and had to close my eyes and hope it goes away. After 30 mins it finally did. I guess I wont be eating chilli anytime soon.

Its a night to remember. Hope we can do so again soon.

Oh and Happy National day

Time fountain

For those not into Engineering terms, I present to you the Time fountain. Its able to slow down the droplets of water, pause it and even reverse the flow. You can even interact with it.



For those who are into Engineering. Yes the people who build this world. the strobe lights generate the effect by switching on and off in a precise moment. This creates an illusion that is preceived by the eyes as a time control method.

IE7

You just have to get this. http://www.ie7.com/

Sport face again

Bump Keys

Ever want to open any door?

Time to install the security alarm

Flight Sim

Try this Flight Sim game. It uses maps from Google Earth

Dinner with frens

Always wonderful to hang out with these 2 couples. Strangely they have cool couple names too.

Meet Iandrea


And VerJean


Vernon let me borrow Jean for a photoshot

social work

I been hesitating to write this, but perhaps I should.

I am been serving my good old scout troop for many years now. Rose from a member to be a leader. A long path which involves many years of fun, sweat and tears. There were many ups and downs, but throughout the time I enjoyed it much. I sorta consider this as a social services.

Now social services has different meaning to different people. Some consider it offering services when/where needed. Some consider it giving back to society from what it has given to them. In any case, both involves giving. And for me the reason is the latter.

Unfortunately time has caught up with me greatly. I am no longer able to perform my job with the same dedication as before. I was never one to consider myself too old for the job. In fact, i know i could pull off this task for at least 2 more years. However time is not on my side. Having been tied down by plenty of work commitments. I lacked the energy to be carried on much further.

Thus, I am considering if I should remove myself from an active role, into a non-active position. I would decide by year end.

PS: A bunch of Sec 4s "graduated" from scouting recently. I knew them since they were Pri 4. 7 Years is a long time.

Smartass Vadar and Miss France

Cocoon webs

At first I thought that the tree is cover in snow. But I was sooo wrong.

The tree is infact covered in cocoon kind of webbing. You have to scroll through the set of pictures to get a full idea on the extend of the damage.

Hmm, I thought I should check with my Swedish fren if she knew about this problem.

Hungry man likes heavier woman

I read this article and cant deny that its true for me

New Neeon 2

I had the older version.... Now I want an upgrade.

Need a hand?

Well I know this is not really practical but I cant resist the photo of an infant child.

Doggie

Ever since Inky gotten a Furbi, I wanted to get something better than his :p

And without a doubt, I would re-program the little pup in hopes of world dominations. *insert Terminator 2 music*

Anniversary Gift

I just learned that a very close friend of mine has a excellent plan for an Anniversary with his missue.

He is getting her this. And would be bringing her here to see it.

And thanks to him, he spoil market for the rest of us male.

Turkish Coffee

I had dinner with Shups and me Bro at Sofra a while back.

Its a nice Turkish place and as always, I would get some Turkish Coffee there.

And thanks to that, I am still wide awake

Sideway Bikes

Sideways Bike on Vimeo

I fancy riding one of these ard

Voice recognition