On the First Day of X'mas, My True Gave To Me...

Frozen sausages as iPhone stylus? The weather is so cold in Korea that you can't use your iPhone without without freezing your fingers. The solution? Frozen sausages! Beat the toothpick stylus hands down.

Home Is Where The War Is

With the current tense situation across the Korea peninsula, the back story of this game is too real and too close for comfort. The Kim Jung Un in the video is way more good looking than his real life counterpart. :P

Things I Learn Today: Import Blog to Facebook

New blog post will be share to my Facebook account now. ^_^

Yah, I know I am slow....

Things I Learn Today: Melted Chocolate & Soft Stools

Eating melted chocolate from wrappers is as irritating as shitting soft stool. Both are damn difficult to clean...

Only For The True Apple Fans

Only the true blue Apple fan will buy this figurine. And according to the the website, there are 300 of them since only 300 are made and all of them have been sold out! Talk about Apple worshipper.

What's the Logic?

My new software principal engineer just report to work on Monday, yet he does not have a computer. A request have been put up to purchase a new computer for him but the process will take a few weeks. The guy brought his own laptop just in case but he is not able to connect to our company network because IT administration does not allow unauthorized computer to be connected. So the poor guy have no PC and no internet access, which pretty much limits the work he can do. This brings up the question, why bring him on-board when everything is not ready yet?

I Want To Walk Like Them

Trivial 1: The singer is Genki Sudo, who is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist and a kickboxer. Don't play play

Trivial 2: The suits and the robotic movement is a representation of everyday salary man (9-5 office worker), who has become a dissatisfied mechanical man.

A Matter of Endurance

They were interviewing the winner of the Subaru Challenge, Aloysius Lim, on the radio and he claims that though his Asian competitors are fitter, the Singaporeans have better endurance. So facing all the bullshit we see in our daily lives has made us better in a certain way than our Asian counterparts. That's comforting to know. We definitely can tolerate more crap thrown at us and move on in our lives.

Seriously, like at my workplace, a couple of new "foreign talent" colleagues came in. But they left after a few days when they realize the job or the environment does not suit them. On the other hand, the locals will normally bite the bullet and carry out to see if things get better with time. Is this type of character good or bad? Why endure through it when you are unhappy or uncomfortable about it? On the contrary, should we be giving up so easily just because of some minor setbacks?

Carrying On The Family Legacy

What is the reasons among the Chinese older generations preference to boys over girls? Angie's grandma favors Dylan and Aiden for than her great grand-daughters. The elderly people we meet outside are very happy when they realize that I have a pair of boy twins.

Why boys are better? Is it because they can continue the bloodlines? This can't be true since girls have the same blood running in their veins as their parents. Keeping the surname going? But many people have the same surname as mine, I am sure there isn't any problems maintaining it. I believe on top of the above reasons, it is the need to carry on your family legacy. The need to remember the family history, to hand down the heirloom and achievements from our pervious generations and to continue what is uniquely belong to the family.

Sure the girls can do this too but their children will not have the same surname as their mother and that's where the lineage is broken. That could be the reason why the Chinese oldies always prefer boys as it is the only way to ensure the running of the family legacy is uninterrupted.

The Story So Far

Another Match, Another Draw

What's wrong with United these days? Just when you thought they are starting to improve and winning games, closing the gap on Chelsea to 2 points, they sank back to where they are, drawing games again. 2 draws within a week and with Chelsea to play Sunderland tomorrow, the gap will extend to 6 points. Berbatov who was scoring goals earlier in the season has gone back to his regressive mode again. If it is too easy, he will not score. He will do it for those difficult chances.

And we really lack of a creative playmaker in the centre of midfield that can make those killer passes to open up defenses. We have Scholes but the man is 35, and his legs can hold much longer. The last two matches are there for the taking and we just can't find the killer instinct to kill the opposition off. The players should also just shut the fuck up talking about how they should improve their performance and start do the talking on the field. Not use keep talking about it when you don't have the result to show for.

Correction: Chelsea did not win against Sunderland but got thrashed instead. Lucky United or another miss opportunity to close the gap?

Hiding From Monsters?

Angie woke up 5 am this morning and found little Aiden sleeping underneath our bed with his head peeking out. Give us the shock of our lives. I was very certain that he is sleeping on his mattress after I fed him and before I turn in @ 12am. Why and how did he roll there from his mattress? Hiding from monsters in his nightmares?

And the silly little tiger just slept there and whine softly. Aiyo, our heart felt so painful. By hock or crockhook or crook must go get a play pen for him to sleep at night.

The Irony of Life

Life can be so ironic sometimes. News reported that a Philippine actor, while playing an armed masked man in a documentary about vigilante killing in the country. The killer turns out to be the village watchman, who is not authorized to carry firearms. In other words, a vigilante. This is terrible...

Boston Dynamics Big Dog

Shared by Seck Tien on Facebook, the Big Dog from Boston Dynamics. Moves exactly like a real animal. Scary...

Tiger Cubs @ Week 25

Dylan Starts to Crawl (at amazing speed too ^_^)


Dylan snatching Aiden's toy.

One This or That

I just found that One Raffles Place is actually the former UOB centre (yes, I am THAT sua koo). This clears up my query of where is this place. I kept seeing it mention in the media. Why the name change I am still unsure, but there is a lot of place that name with One or Raffles lately. A check on the map shows there is a One Raffles Quay nearby and to add to the confusion there is One Fullerton and One Marina Boulevard in the same area. On top of this, you have the Raffles Place MRT. Can't these people have a little more creativity in naming their buildings?

Just like the street names at my place in Punggol. There is EdgeField Plains, Edgefield Walk, Punggol Fields, Punggol Walk and Punggol Drive. Even some taxi uncle are unsure the area. Same situation in Sengkang with the Anchorvales and Compassvales. I can relate the need for fancy, classy street/building names but using the same word repeatively will only confuse people. But then again, maybe the problem lies with me.

P.S. Just realize that there is a restaurant call 1-Altitude and it is situated on top of One Raffles Place. Wheww... what a mouthful....

Things I Learn Today: Disconnect to Connect

This video (thanks to MrBrown) hold so true. The popularity of the smartphones especially the iPhone made us lose our human touch. I saw it first hand during a department lunch with my colleagues. Everyone is just staring at their iPhone. Time to put that phone down. You may realize there is a person beside you.

P.S. Does not apply when you are attending to super duper boring meetings ;P

ParkAlert on iPhone

I just love iPhone apps. Not the games, but more of the useful utilities that helps to make my life easier or lazier, depending on how you see it. The latest one I have (announced on iMerlion) is something I believe every Singaporean drivers will like.

ParkAlert is a simple app that alert drivers on their iPhones when other users report seeing a parking warden in the area. But this does not mean that you can take advantage of the app and park without any coupons. Got money to buy car yet not willing to spend 50 cents for one coupon? (though I behave like this sometimes, one of those I Can You Cannot situation ^_^).

ParkAlert is free for now. So hurry, grab it now

Dylan Eating Cereal

Cebu Pacific New Flight Safety Demostration

Now the flight safety demo won't be so boring...