High Tech Cleaner

Send my faulty graphic card for repair the other day since it is still under warranty. The shop is promoting this high tech cleaning gel by showing the video below. I was bought by the commercial and bought one to try it. So far it works quite well, really able to clean those small hard to reach areas. Furthermore, it leaves a nice lemon smell. The wonder of this gel causes me to search around the house looking for difficult to clean areas and try out my newfound cleaning tool. Kekeke

Think Before You Put That In Your Mouth

The new crackdown in rules on consumption of food and drink on the MRT although is a good move, the way the rules are enforce are a bit too far. Giving people fines for drinking plain water or even eating sweats shows that the authorities have no empathy for welfare of the passengers.

Does that mean we, as paying customers can't even enjoy simple things like quenching our thirst? So we have to endure our thirst or have a sweet to overcome the smelly BO from the guy sitting beside for the entire duration of our ride? So it's ok to vomit in the train because you can't eat a sweet to curb your giddiness while taking a train?

What if a tourist is caught drinking water on the train? Will they be fined or let off since nobody inform them that such acts is probated? Then this constitute to double standards, isn't it?

If the MRT is so eager to improve the ride experience, they should, as chillycraps said, fine those pole leaner, ah bengs who play loud music on their mobile and those sitting in reserved seats as well. In the meanwhile, remember to get off the train when you want to take a sip of water, else you will be drinking an expensive drink.

Milking the Dead Man Dry

Ever since Michael Jackson sudden death, the world suddenly went into a Michael Jackson fever. Every 10 mins, his name or music will pop up somewhere, be it in the papers, on TV or the radio. Even the music in shopping centers are playing his songs. -_-"

Everyone seems to suddenly become the MJ fan. When this guy is alive, nobody even bother to find out what's going on with him. Some even ridicule his weird behavior. Suddenly, after the news of his passing, everyone starting to buy his albums or praise how great a person he is. Just look at all those comments on every MJ youtube videos. Yeah right.... I find them all hypocrite.

Look at all the media coverage on his funeral. Every minor details is being shown. Do you really think they are giving the man respect? They are just riding the MJ wave, luring the sudden converted MJ fans into getting their products along with the sounds of the cash register. KA-CHING! Did they gave the same coverage to Farrah Fawcett who passed away on the same day as the King of Pop? None. Why? The money isn't there!

Like my mum used to say for this artistes, only in death will you be recognized and where your work will become valuable. This hold so true and sad for MJ that even in death, he is still being milked with no rest in peace

Magical Number: 6352

Watch for this space.... Hehehehe ^_^

A Tribute to the King of Pop

So the King of Pop has left this world all of a sudden. For all his weird behavior and alleged plastic surgery, there is no doubt that he is a great entertainer. His dance moves and songs still thrill and bring people on their feet.

Rather than following the path of singing about love lost or gain, some of his songs are inspiring, telling us not to be racist or love the planet we live in. Songs like Heal the World, Earth Song, Black or White and my personal favourite, Man In The Mirror.

RIP, Michael Joseph Jackson

Getting More Hardcore

Dun know if it is due to the stress from work. Lately, the music I am listening to are getting louder, heavier and more hardcore. Breaking Benjamin, Slipknot, Disturbed and Static-X...

I love it the most when I can hear the heavy bass pounding in the background. With the music blasting in my ear, I seems to transport into another place where I can release all the pent up pressure inside me. All that rage inside that we cannot express in my normal life.

For some, these are noise to them and it only give them headache listening to such music. For me, it is a stress reliever. Sometimes it even clear my headache and helps me focus. I guess it what people say, one man's meat is another's poison.

So what's your poison?

Extreme Pak Chui Pa Stamp

Taking a break from my work in the office to surf the net when I came across this news. This guy has a serious case of Pak Chui Pa Stamp (Translation: Stamp Cover Eyes) problem. MUAHAHA

MediaCorp artiste Patricia Mok was reportedly molested early Monday morning at a nightspot at Clarke Quay. She has made a police report against the 31-year-old man who allegedly groped her.

According to a newspaper report, Mok, who is known for being quite the ‘party queen’, was approached by a group of men and one of them pinched her buttocks.

Mok, 37, was then heard shouting angrily, “Don’t play!”

However, the man who appeared to be drunk, took no heed of her warnings and reportedly went on to grope Mok’s private parts. The feisty actress then informed the bouncers and asked that the man be thrown out of the club.

Mok later confronted the man when she realised that he was still in the club. The two took their argument outside and a heated war of words ensued. She then called the police and the man was arrested at around 3am.

When contacted by Channelnewsasia.com, Mok declined to comment on the case as it is now a police case.

The man is now out on bail.

Mid Life Crisis?

Finding my life is meaningless lately. There is no goals or drive for me. Just find myself working aimlessly for the sake of it. All this endless running in the rat race is taking its toll on him. Is this the so called mid-life crisis people have been talking about? Living the zombie life and finding no where to go. Every night I drag going to bed. The thought of going back to work dreads me. I rather sit in front of the computer surfing aimlessly around. Is this normal? I believe I really need a break from life

PSP Go!

Here comes Sony with their new PSP called the PSP Go! At first I thought it is just another rumor until it debuts in Computex 2009 this month.

I dun quite like the new design. Maybe I am so used to the old one. Hands on reviews says that the buttons are kinda shallow. Hope Sony will do something about it when it is available in the market. My most concern is whether it can be crack to play our neighbourhood "friendly" games ;). And when it is available, I bet we can get alot of cheap slim PSP in the second hand market.

We Lost to A Better Team.

Manchester United got dethrone by Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League (UCL) Final last night. We totally did not show up for the match. Other than the initial 10 mins, we were totally overrun by the excellent Xavi and Iniesta in midfield.

The lost of Fletcher due to an unjust red car in the semi-final hurt us here. The first goal from Barca is the sucker punch that really knocks the wind out of us. It also stabilizes the Barca team, who has been nervy until that point of time. It gave them the confidence. Overall, our midfield performance is terrible and we employed the wrong tactics in trying to play attacking football against such a strong attacking team.

For the way we lost, somehow I did not feel as sad as I should be. Maybe it's the feeling that we lost to a better team. Considering we have won the league cup, the world club cup and our 18th premier league title on top of being in the FA Cup semi-final and UCL final, we actually have quite a successful season.

Here's looking forward to next season...

Home Made Chicken Rice

It started as a casual remarks as Angie colleague is buying ah-char, so I recommend that she made chicken rice to supplement it.

And so she did last night. She bought one whole chicken and marinate it. The chicken is cooked in hot water. Rice is made by using those over the shelf chicken rice sauce with white rice.

The result is very nice. It taste even better than some of the chicken rice sold outside. The chicken is not oily and very juicy. My wife cooking is getting better and better everyday.

Mas Selamat Staying In Malaysia For the Time Being.

So now the Singapore police (especially a certain Mr Wong) can breathe a sign of relief knowing that Mas Selamat will be detained in Malaysia for two years.

No more worries on where to lock him up or whether they should give him any toilet breaks. Come to think of it, ever since news of his capture are made known, we have not seen a single photo of him. All the news reports are showing old footage of him. Makes me wonder is he really been caught?

Until the news of his capture, we have totally forgotten about this man just within a year. Now that he is so called detained in Malaysia. I wonder anyone will still remember him two years later. Maybe this is just a ploy by our government to wash their hands off this embarrassing mess.

Mr Brown's Wash Your Hands Too

That Legend Giggsy

A tribute to my most favorite player of all time, Ryan Giggs. It's amazing that I have watch him play throughout his career from a 17 year old to now at 35. For all those wonderful young players groom under Sir Alex, I still believe Giggs is still his most favorite. A truly living legend.

P.S. love the song played in the middle by Staind - So Far Away.

Warp Back to Stone Age

My home PC broke down on Sunday night. It was working properly 4 hours ago. Dun tell me it’s over-worked because I hardly do anything stressful on it nowadays.

Since I am not sure which parts of the PC is toasted, I have to rush down to Sim Lim to get various replacement parts to test out each of them. Burn quite a hole in my pocket. Turns out it’s the damn graphic card. Luckily, the card warranty ends in June 2009 (how nice the timing in the failure)

Since I am repairing the PC, I also took the opportunity to clean out the innards of the PC and tidy things up. IN the process, I found that the cables of the power supply unit are burn like short circuited. I guess this must be the cause for the graphic card failure.

So I got a replacement for the power supply (the old one warranty is still valid, whew….) and my PC now is back and running again, allowing me to write this entry. For three days I feel like I was back into the Stone Age. I have no access to the Internet and I can’t do anything. It was definitely a torture for me.

But thankfully, the failure is not on the motherboard or CPU or else I would have to reinstall my windows operating systems and that is a real pain. As for the replacement parts I bought, I have to resell them, which will be at some losses for me. Anyone want an Intel E5200 CPU or Asus P5KPL-1600 motherboard?

This Blog Is Not Dead

Yep, I am still around. Been super duper busy these past few weeks. This is no thanks to some wonderful planning by the higher management in scheduling a complicated project to complete within 8 months with only a handful of engineers. So engineers like me are being hot dropped in as delayed becomes desperation in an attempt to speed up the process. We ended up working nights and weekends to catch up the impossible deadline. I got so many things to write, my trips in Taipei, my Batam trip and so many more thoughts and views. But when I get off work at the end of the day, all I want is to slouch around, clear my mind and sleep. In the meantime, just bared with this, k.

Old Town Coffee

Woooo... it's been some time since my last update. Too busy with work these days. As my colleague mentioned today, I look like a porcupine.

"Too many arrows sticking out of my back..." -_-"

Yep, ever since I was duped into the printer project, I have been working overtime and weekends. Oh... this reminds me to ask for 2 off days from my project manager for last Sunday and accumulated OT hours. All these work result in me not able to find time to post my Taipei and the recent Batam trip.

Anyway, before I go off topic too much. Last Saturday, Angie and I went down to East Coast, Playgroud @ Big Splash for makan on the way back from my parent's place. I say, the place is happening sia. There are many people eating and shopping there. Yes you heard me right, shopping because there is a car boot sale there.

So we went to Old Town cafe for our dinner. The white coffee they served is the best coffee I ever drink. It's so smooth. Not too sweet and not too bitter. Just the right balance. After drinking that, the coffee at the canteen at my workplace taste like long kao (drain) water. The nasi lemak I have is not like those sold in your local coffee shop. The chicken is well fried and crispy. The rice is fragrant and kinda taste like chicken rice IMO. ROFL!

All I say is the food and coffee is very nice. Definitely worth going back. Maybe will organize a trip there with my family as the seafood restaurant (thanks to Jasmine) offer quite an affordable ala carte lunch.

Minimization

These days, we are seeing our electronics gadgets getting smaller and slimmer. That's the age of minimization. Making things more portable. Never have I thought they will do the same thing to fruits.

Yes, you did not read wrongly. Let me introduce the mini mango, mini watermelon and small pineapple. Now I can bring a watermelon to work without bursting my bag. :P

Roller Blading for the First Time

A few weeks ago, Angie and I went to Changi Village for breakfast and cycling. Often seeing some kids roller blading at my place. I decided to borrow my sister-in-law's roller blade to have a try myself.

We find ourselves a nice spot by the beach to put those blades on. After struggling to wear them (my sister-in-law have smaller feet than mine), I finally get to stand up with the blades on the grass area. Everything is so stable.

"HA! This is a piece of cake." I thought to myself, "Let's hit the road!"

Man, I was so wrong. The blades came alive immediately when I step onto the bicycle pavement. My legs keep wobbling trying to keep my balance. I can't even find the energy to push myself forward. Most of the time I am struggling not to fall on my backside. How did those kids and babes at East Coast do it?

After struggling for half an hour plus so humiliating falls and laughing by Angie, I decided to call it a day. I end up with quite a sore ankle from all the twisting n balancing. I guess it is not as simple as it looks then. :(

My Headphones Gone Wireless

Ah... my new Sennheiser wireless headphones have arrived. Bought it at Amazon and get vpost to ship it over here. Only problem is the power adapter is the US 110V. Have to go to Homefix to get an AC convertor. No more irritating and dangling wires.

The headphones works like a charm. The sound quality is excellent. I can wear the headphones and walk all the way to the kitchen without any loss in sound or drop in sound quality. Cool....