Jack Neo is at it again in promoting his latest project and to switch your mobile to silent mode when at the movies.
Here's the actual trailer. ROFL when I saw the "Ah Hui ah, Li Jia Bao Buay" scene.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
吓到笑, Where Got Ghost Trailer
Here's the actual trailer. ROFL when I saw the "Ah Hui ah, Li Jia Bao Buay" scene.
Return of the Queen
She`ll only come out at night, the lean and hungry type
Nothing is new I`ve seen her here before…Watching and waiting
Ooh, she`s sitting with you but her eyes are on the door
So many have paid to see what you think you`re getting for free
The woman is wild, a she-cat tamed by the purr of a jaguar
Money`s the matter, if you`re in it for love, you ain`t gonna get too far
(Oh oh, here she comes) watch out boy, she`ll chew you up
(Oh oh, here she comes) she`s a maneater
(Oh oh, here she comes) watch out boy, she`ll chew you up
(Oh oh, here she comes) she`s a maneater
The above song by Hall & Oates is the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear the news that Ho Chin will not be stepping down. The excuse they gave is that "Chip" Goodyear views are different from Temasek Holdings.
If that is the case, why did they want to hire him in the first place? Are they saying that they did not ask him his views on how he will manage the billions of Singapore funds during the interview? Or is this all a cover up as there are no good posts in Singapore for the PM's wife and she is too powerful to remain as a housewife?
So, does this mean the buying high and selling low trend is back at Temasek Holdings?
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Cycling @ Pulua Ubin
Angie and I went to Puala Ubin on Sunday two weeks ago. Since this is my first visit to this island, I am filled with excitement and anticipation. We took a bus to Changi Village and have dim sum for breakfast at one of the coffee shops in Changi Village.
After breakfast, we proceed to take a ferry at Changi Terminal. Gosh, we are surprised at the number of people queuing for the ferry. Ferries arrivals are quite frequent so the waiting time is quite short.
Each ferry can take up to 12 people and cost $2.50 single trip per pax. The ferry trip itself takes around 15 - 20 mins. The weather is nice and cloudy that day with cool sea breeze blowing as the ferry move towards Puala Ubin
When we arrived at the island, the place is bursting with activities. The streets next to the jetty are filled with bicycle rental shops. Most of the bicycles are quite new and comes with gear change. We rented a two person bicycle ($14 whole day!) and proceed to cycle around to enjoy the nature breeze. It is a good trip to break away from the hectic Singapore life.
Some areas have steep slopes that even at first gear, we have problem riding up the slope. In the end, we have to dismount and push our bicycle up.
Since it is the rambutan season, rambutans are spotted dangling from the trees everywhere on the island. Other than rambutans, we also saw durian trees. We came to a spot where there is a huge crowd gathered. Turns out everyone there are plucking rambutans to eat. There is this uncle who is using a home made pole to reach those really bright red rembutans high up in the trees. He is also kind enough to borrow the pole to us to let us try our hands in getting the juicy fruit.
After getting frustrating in trying pluck the fruit down with the pole, I found a branch low enough for me to pull it down to get our hands full with a lot of rambutans. Though green in color, they taste just as sweet.
Fruits of Our Labour
We were caught in a light drizzle on our way back to the jetty area. We end up having our dinner at the First Stop Ubin restaurant. They serve really fresh live prawns but sadly I can't eat those.
After our dinner, we ride around for a while more before returning the bicycle. We just managed to board the ferry back to the mainland before a heavy downpour came. Heng ah! Well this is a relaxing outing. Both Angie and I really enjoy the fallback from the busy lifestyle. Will definitely come back again.
After breakfast, we proceed to take a ferry at Changi Terminal. Gosh, we are surprised at the number of people queuing for the ferry. Ferries arrivals are quite frequent so the waiting time is quite short.
Each ferry can take up to 12 people and cost $2.50 single trip per pax. The ferry trip itself takes around 15 - 20 mins. The weather is nice and cloudy that day with cool sea breeze blowing as the ferry move towards Puala Ubin
When we arrived at the island, the place is bursting with activities. The streets next to the jetty are filled with bicycle rental shops. Most of the bicycles are quite new and comes with gear change. We rented a two person bicycle ($14 whole day!) and proceed to cycle around to enjoy the nature breeze. It is a good trip to break away from the hectic Singapore life.
Some areas have steep slopes that even at first gear, we have problem riding up the slope. In the end, we have to dismount and push our bicycle up.
Since it is the rambutan season, rambutans are spotted dangling from the trees everywhere on the island. Other than rambutans, we also saw durian trees. We came to a spot where there is a huge crowd gathered. Turns out everyone there are plucking rambutans to eat. There is this uncle who is using a home made pole to reach those really bright red rembutans high up in the trees. He is also kind enough to borrow the pole to us to let us try our hands in getting the juicy fruit.
After getting frustrating in trying pluck the fruit down with the pole, I found a branch low enough for me to pull it down to get our hands full with a lot of rambutans. Though green in color, they taste just as sweet.
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We were caught in a light drizzle on our way back to the jetty area. We end up having our dinner at the First Stop Ubin restaurant. They serve really fresh live prawns but sadly I can't eat those.
After our dinner, we ride around for a while more before returning the bicycle. We just managed to board the ferry back to the mainland before a heavy downpour came. Heng ah! Well this is a relaxing outing. Both Angie and I really enjoy the fallback from the busy lifestyle. Will definitely come back again.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Robots and 80s Action Star
Managed to squeeze some time to watch some movies over the past two weeks, with the help from the fast forward button. One of them is Transformer 2: Rise of the Fallen and the other is Death Wish series by Charles Bronson. Ok, I heard people say Charles who? He is an 80's action star; I will explain more of that later.
Let talk about Transformers 2 first. After all the big explosion and fancy action sequence shown on its trailer, I find the movie itself quite disappointing. The plot seems like hastily written and many of the characters or robots in this case seems to be there for cameo purpose. In fact, there are so many robots fighting for screen space that the monstrous Devestator in the cartoon series is reduced to being a gigantic vacuum cleaner. And the two Autobots twins are damn irritating. Can some Decepticons just blast them and their creators off the show? In summary, I only like three scenes in the entire movie
1. Optimus Prime taking on three Decepticons, including Megatron. Cool!
2. Optimus Prime clean house after getting an upgrade from Jetfire. Awesome!
3. Megan Fox running in the desert sands. Woohoo!
Run Megan Run!
For Charles Bronson, he is a famous 80s action star. I grew up watching his movies. The Death wish movie series is one of his more famous works. More details of this late actor can be found here. As to why I pick up his movie, it is started by my father. Death Wish 2 is showing on cable TV but the timing overlapped his karaoke session. So he ask if I can record the movie for him, which I get my friend, Google, to find all the 5 movies in the series for me.
Watching the movies bring back the memories. The supposingly hardcore action sequence then looks funny compared to those found in the movies these days. It really shows how movies have evolved over the years. As movie audience starts to mature, demands for action sequence and scenes to be more realistic is getting higher and higher.
Let talk about Transformers 2 first. After all the big explosion and fancy action sequence shown on its trailer, I find the movie itself quite disappointing. The plot seems like hastily written and many of the characters or robots in this case seems to be there for cameo purpose. In fact, there are so many robots fighting for screen space that the monstrous Devestator in the cartoon series is reduced to being a gigantic vacuum cleaner. And the two Autobots twins are damn irritating. Can some Decepticons just blast them and their creators off the show? In summary, I only like three scenes in the entire movie
1. Optimus Prime taking on three Decepticons, including Megatron. Cool!
2. Optimus Prime clean house after getting an upgrade from Jetfire. Awesome!
3. Megan Fox running in the desert sands. Woohoo!
Run Megan Run!
For Charles Bronson, he is a famous 80s action star. I grew up watching his movies. The Death wish movie series is one of his more famous works. More details of this late actor can be found here. As to why I pick up his movie, it is started by my father. Death Wish 2 is showing on cable TV but the timing overlapped his karaoke session. So he ask if I can record the movie for him, which I get my friend, Google, to find all the 5 movies in the series for me.Watching the movies bring back the memories. The supposingly hardcore action sequence then looks funny compared to those found in the movies these days. It really shows how movies have evolved over the years. As movie audience starts to mature, demands for action sequence and scenes to be more realistic is getting higher and higher.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
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
Monday, July 20, 2009
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.
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.
Thursday, July 09, 2009
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
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
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
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
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
Thursday, June 25, 2009
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?
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?
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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.
Monday, June 22, 2009
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
Thursday, June 04, 2009
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.
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.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
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...
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...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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.
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.
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.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
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.
P.S. love the song played in the middle by Staind - So Far Away.
Friday, May 22, 2009
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?
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?
Thursday, May 14, 2009
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.
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