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....

Saving Gas?

Angie bought those gas saver net, which supposed to help save your gas usage. The concept of the net is to increase the heat around the bottom of the pot, hence reduce the time for food to be cooked.

To prove this concept, I did a simple test. Boil a pot of 500 ml water with and without the net. And the results

Without Net: 3 mins plus
With Net: 5 mins plus

This is a shocking result! So instead of saving gas, I'm using more! Geez, I duno if this result is conclusive. Will try with a bigger pot next. Stay tuned...

Going Downhill

Wow, Man Utd must be feeling that the race for the EPL title is too easy for them. After getting thrash by Liverpool last weekend, they proceed to lose again this weekend and to top that off, got 2 players send off in the process. Well done.

I hope the international break will wake the players up from their slumber or else they might as well give the EPL title away.

We Had It Coming.

After watching how Manchester United shoot themselves in the foot and get thrash by Liverpool, I have terrible time sleeping last time. I just can't comprehend how we managed to throw the game away after taking the lead and end up losing 4-1. At Old Trafford, our home ground some more.

We had it coming. After winning with some sloppy play for the past few weeks. I know we have it coming. I never thought it will be this bad. I guess I got to thank the following people for making me lose sleep

Thanks Vidic for choosing to have your worse performance in this season at such an important game

Thanks Rooney for saying the hate thing before this match to fire up the opposition.

Thanks Evra for making a unnecessary tackle on Gerard resulting in a penalty for Liverpool to take the lead right before half time

Thanks to Carrick n Anderson for all their miss passes and letting the Reds overrun our midfield.

And finally, Thank you Liverpool for bringing Man Utd team back to ground. Now, they will wake up from their dreams and start to get serious in their play

P.S.: I never gonna watch Man Utd match when I am at my parent's place no matter how big the match is. Seems like everytime that I do that, they will lose. Either I rush home to watch or dun watch at all. >:(

I Am Blessed

Been overwhelmed with work lately. But something happen over the weekend which makes me realized how blessed I am.

To have a wonderful wife, who always thought everything for me and being there for me and forgive me for all my cock ups.

To have great parents, lowly educated they are, yet able to raise my sisters and I up to be honest and righteous adults.

To have understanding and supportive sisters, who always stand behind me and support and encourage me.

To have a helpful uncle, always willing to lend a helping hand to my family without asking anything back.

To have considerate in-laws, who spare a thought for us and offer to help us whenever they can.

And I always thought I was destined to have bad luck as always. What I fail to see all the wonderful family members that I have around me. I AM truly blessed. Thank you everyone for making me feel so :)

2009 Oscar, Actor in Supporting Role - Heath Ledger

Truely, truely deserved...

Life's Irony

Our life is such an irony. When we are young, we have all the time in the world but no money to do whatever the things we like. We work part time and save on our pocket money just to have that little bit more to buy the games, toys or bags that we so desire. All these times, we long for the days when we will grow up and earn a salary. With the salary we will be able to buy anything we want easily.

How irony it is that when we reach that stage, though we have money, we find ourselves lacking in another thing call Time. There are tons of things to do yet we always find ourselves running out of time. No time to shop, play games or enjoy ourselves. Everyday is the same routine. Go work, go home. How to find time for ourselves then?

So in the end, we are sort of back to square one. We still unable to enjoy the things we like. :(

Keep The Flag Flying

A tribute to Manchester United's heroics last year. Keep the flag flying...

"On his bed in Rechts der Isar, a Munich hopital, Sir Matt Busby slowly whispered five words to his assistent Jimmy Murphy:
"Keep the flag flying Jimmy."
50 years on destiny took us to Moscow, for Matt and for the Busby Babes.
Because Manchester United will never die.

Let's do it again this year...

Mum Knew the Best

Got this from my friend through email.

Ho Ching Steps Down...

Surprise, surprise.... I wonder what could be the reason for Ho Ching stepping down as CEO and Executive Director of Temasek Holdings from Oct 1. A result of the wrong investment decisions (read: Merrill Lynch).

And how appropriately named her successor is, Charles Goodyear. We certainly need that now.

Pay Cut!

Yes, it finally happens. 10% pay cut starting this month. Sigh....

And the funny side as my colleague puts in, our workload seems to increase and yet we are getting paid less for it. Well, that's the pitfall in working in a manufacturing sector. Production orders still take up the bulk of the company's income.

Sigh... Times are really bad now. You are paid lesser, work more. Your work is something you don't like to do but you have no option cause you have no where else to go... Sigh...


On a side note, today is the anniversary of the Munich air crash that took away more than half of a great Manchester United team in 1958.

Wii Fit Parody

LOL!!!

Life Goes Back to Normal.

And so, CNY came and went. Life goes back to normal. All those hectic preparation and cleaning for the past few weeks just to celebrate those 2 days (some say 15 even though life goes back to normal on the third day in Singapore)

Off we go, back to our office and work. Looking forward to the next holiday... which will be in April... Sigh....

Balls Slapping, New Goal Celebration?

Ok, you just scored a consolation goal in a 5-1 thrashing. Nothing to celebrate about. What worse can happen?

Your team mate coming over and slapped you in the balls. Ouch!!!

Don't Drink Pokka

Vivian Lai should really threaten to quit being the spokesperson for Pokka. All the advertisements they put up make her look so ugly. The worse is the latest CNY one. I thought it is a fox vixen standing next to Mark Lee when I saw this at the bus stop advertisement board the other day. Is this the best photo they can find for the funny and pretty actress?

Sigh… the sacrifice you have to make for money…. *tsk tsk tsk*

After seeing it, I don't even want to drink Pokka product. Not that I like Vivian that much, just that I don’t want to turn into a vixen after drinking it. Eeeyer... *shiver*

It's that time of the year again...

Yes, the time when you have the longest holiday in Singapore (2 days of holidays leh! -_-"), get to answer those awkward questions from relatives, listen to crappy celebration songs wherever you go and worse of all, SPRING CLEANING!

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Chinese New Year (CNY) is here again.

I used to look forward to CNY. It's a time when I get lots of Hong Bao, where I will use the money to buy the toys I have wanted. (I dun like to ask from my parents for money to buy the things I like. I work for my stuff).

Now I just hate it. Tired of all the irritating questions from my relatives.

"When you going to have girlfriend?"

"When getting married?"

"When having a baby?"

Yeah… I like to tell them “When will you shut up?”

Man, they are like flies at a picnic. A good friend of mine once told me, the next time someone post this question to me, answer them tonight. *roll eyes*

As for spring-cleaning, I don't know what is the rational behind it. It's not as if we did not do any house cleaning for the entire year. So why when CNY is near, we have to move all the furniture out and ensure every corner and spot in the house is speck and clean. You mean the guest will wear white gloves and go around the house doing spot checks?

Furthermore, it’s not as if it will start that way for the rest of the year. Everything will go back to the way it were (Read: messy) 3 days after CNY. So why bother so much? :P

The Crappy Things About Little Nonya

Yes, I know the show has ended but just want to get this out. Little Nonya has gathering a large following ever since it started showing on Channel 8. It's a great show although draggy at times. However, Mediacorp really needs to examine some things they did for the successful drama.

1. Which character is Xiang Yun or Jeanette Aw acting now? I believe this is on every viewers' mind especially for those who just started following the series. Mediacorp must be tight on budget, if not how else can they explain getting 2 actresses to play each other in different times.

Xiang Yun plays, Tian Lan, Jeanette Aw's mother while Jeanette acts the role of the Tian Lan's daughter, Juixiang, as well as the grand daughter, Yueniang. In return, Xiang Yun play the elderly Yueniang. This is really very confusing especially when the show keeps jumping to and fro between the different timelines. Getting one actress to play both mother and daughter roles is ok, but having two inter swapping around is truely mind-boggling.

2. I wonder how old is Tao Jie, Yueniang's buddy. She is a servant of the family from the start of the show before Yueniang is born, right till the end when Yueniang is a grandma liao. Wah kao, I like to know what she eat and do to maintain.

3. Lastly, after making such a successful drama, Mediacorp have to spoil everything by making that additional 3 mins of crap. They hype it making everything thought it is some sort of alternate ending where the two leads will end up together. Turns out to be an explanation exercise. on why Chen Xi and Yueniang cannot be together and that they still love each other.

My question is what the fuck is that for? To please some viewers who are unhappy with the ending? Treat us like idiots. They could have just ended the series and move on. But NO... everything must be explained. Sorry also must explain. Congrats Medicock. For once, you made a good drama and you have ruined it with this crap

More complains can be found here: So, what is really wrong with “Little Nonya”?