Your Sons Have Grown Up When They...

Hold his own bottle of milk?

Hug a boaster?

Even if they gave us a lot of stress and frustration lately, they are still our fresh and blood, our pride and joy. Daddy & Mummy love you both.

Singaporeans Are Not All That Bad

I was working late and suddenly heard tie screeching and a loud bang. By the time I turn to the window facing the traffice junction next to me, I saw two cars have came to a halt after a collision. One of the cars actually have overturn to its side. It's a frightening sight, which makes me thought of my mother's accident. Then I notice that at least 3 - 4 cars immediately stop within seconds of the collision by the side of the road. Their drivers is seen getting off their cars and rush out to the overturned vehicle and push it back down. In addition, some pedestrian also seen rushing in to help.

I feel heart warming to see so many people actually rush to the scene to help out. Shows that we Singaporeans are not that bad. When lives are really in danger, there are still people out that who will come to our aid.

A car police car has arrived in 10 mins followed by an ambulance arrival 5 mins later. That's a pretty responsive time from our Home team. Hope both drivers are alright.

Oh, other than the helpful people, there are tons of on-lookers standing by the side of the road. Since it is 5 mins past midnight, I doubt they are ones who just came home from a late night out. Most probably came down from their flats for a clearer view of the scene. Super kapo leh these people.

Colleagues Redo Manchester Unitd Fan's Cubicle.

How nice if my colleagues can do this to my cubicle? But on second thought, better not. What if they might mess up all my stuff? Then I won't be able to find them. :P

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President Nathan's New Book

This I did not know. I only came to know that our President wrote a book with said title from Mr Brown's CNNG column (Damn funny, must read).

Well Mr President, many Singaporean also wanted to know why...

Dylan & Aiden Making Faces

Michael Jackson?




Who taught him to sleep like this?




Just like his daddy, sleep with mouth open...


Why you look so sad?


Can you spot who is Aiden and who is Piglet?


Aiden, crying for his milk


Brothers Together


Kwa Simi!




Oh NO!


I don't want to hear!


Synchronize Crying?


Dylan doing his impersonations of Popeye


"Hmm...."


Raise your hand if you wants milk

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No Apps For iPhone in M1 AppStore?

M1 recently rolled out a new site, M1 AppStore, for its customers to access applications available on various operating platforms. So I went to the site and take a look if there are any interesting apps for my iPhone. Use the search feature on the site to run a search for iPhone and I got this message - "Sorry, there are currently no applications available for your handset." -_-"

Further checking shows that they have apps for iPhone. A typical case of the system testers not doing their job thoroughly. They should not release the news if the site is not ready in the first place. Given the number of apps they have for iPhone, I stick back to Apple Appstore.

A Sad Day in The Office

Lately, I just got wind that another 2 colleagues have tender their resignation. For the latest statistic, since start of 2009, a total of 12 colleagues, managers and engineers, have either been permanently posted out or left the company with 3 new engineers and 2 managers coming onboard. While the number of engineers dwell, the number of managers has more or less remains the same. Seems like the company feel managers are more important than the engineers who are doing the actual work. Engineers are getting overloaded. I am tired of the practice of dragging and dropping engineers around without warning or checking with the engineers themselves. The greatest shock is that even my software lead that I respect a lot is leaving next month too. I think I have to start looking around...

Update: Argh shit. Just got news that another colleague is leaving on the first week of June. That's 13 in total. Office is getting emptier

And Then There Are Three

Mediacorp's supposing 7 Princess are dropping like flies. On top of the three I mentioned in an earlier post, the latest one leaving is rumored to be Felicia Chin. After her thank-you speech, which she claimed that it could be her last, there are media speculations that she is leaving.

She claims that she is going away for her studies. But my colleague claims that another reason could be that, ever since their raise in popularity due to Little Nonya, all the good outstanding roles are given to Jeanette Aw and Joanne Peh. So the rest of the princesses have to fight for ikan bilis roles, and that could be the reason for the exodus.

I have to agree. Another pair that are getting a lot of exposure is Elvin Ng and Dai Yangtian. So every drama you watch nowadays have either one of them in it. Boring right?

That's not all, magazine are also full of stories of them especially the ugly dress-up and hairstyle on Joanne during the recent Star Awards Show. I don't know how she feel but I would castrate the stylist (I hope is not David Gan since he is nothing for me to castrate. LOL) for making me to look like THAT! Only thing I am interested in is whether I can see Joanne's tits. =D

Getting Your Logos Right

This is old news but I still find it funny. The Office of Government Commerce became the laughing stock of the town when they unveil their new logo. Though it was not on purpose, it certainly generated the right amount of attention on them. If you don't get what's so funny about it (Duh...). tilt your head to the left and find out. ^_^

You Are Only As Good As Your Skin Color

Truth about Singapore, no matter how good you are, as long as you dun have blonde hair or fair skin, you are always second best. This is best shown in the recent appointment of the national Under-14 football coach. When former national captain, Nazri Nasir, applied for the post, he was rejected and given only a part-time post with the under-12 team, with a Westerner getting the Under-14 coach position. This is a Under-14 coach position we are taking about here, not the national team. How are we going to develop and nurture our local coaches/talent if we don't even allow them a smallest opportunity? Since this is being practice in the national level, what's does it shows for the rest of society. Blame it on our overly kiasu-ness or the need to survive due to the size of our nation. In Singapore, results matter more than anything else. The ends justify the means

Movie Tempt Me To Get A Macbook

Just finish watching a Swedish movie, The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo, based on the best selling book of the same name. Quite a nice suspense thriller. Beat the typical slash and hack plotless movies coming out of Hollywood these days.

Anyway, Apple should pay the movie producers for advertising their Macbook Pro in the movie. Every character in the movie owns a Macbook Pro and the movie has many scenes of using the notebook, from editing photos, surfing the net to writing a document and even for hacking purpose. Really makes you want to go out and get one yourself. This is not help by the fact that my sister-in-law just bought a macbook and the constant problems I have with my PC.

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No Better Than A Third World Country

Finally! After weeks and months of negotiation, Starhub & Singtel have finally secured the rights to broadcast the 2010 world cup in Singapore.

Given that our neighboring countries are able to secure the rights earlier and broadcast the matches free, the issue in securing the rights definitely did not come from FIFA side. The whole delay is more ridiculous given that we are one of the 4 remaining countries yet to obtain the rights with the other countries being North Korea, Somalia and Ethiopia.

Dun you find it truly nonsense that we are not better than a third world country? Btw, our neighboring countries can watch the world cup matches free while we have to pay $70 for it. How come ah? Sums up pretty much how fuck up our local broadcasters are.

P.S. FYI, I dun really fancy international football and even if I do, I watch it thru internet streaming.

My Boys' Chinese Names

They will be known as 吴榮炆 and 吴榮杰. The Fengshui master says they lack fire element in their 八字. So better have to find characters with fire to boast. Both Angie and I love it. ^_^

Taking a Chinese Test.

Went to a Fengshui master to calculate suitable names for my sons and got this stack of Chinese characters where I have to mix and match 2 characters to form my sons' Chinese names.

Wah liao... so many characters! Some I don't even know how to pronounce. I feel like studying for a Chinese test. :S

Journey In Parenthood: Day 2

The theme of today is feeding and diaper changing. Angie is recovering well from her operation and are cleared to get off the bed. I push her on a wheelchair to see the boys after breakfast for the first time. We tried to bottle feed Aiden. EPIC FAILED! So the nice nurse gave us a crash course on it.

Later aroind lunchime, the nurse inform me that the boys are cleared to be brought to normal nursery. That also means that they can be push to the room and meet visitors. Turns out their first visitors is their grandpa, my Dad. He look so happy seeing the both of them. Though he always show he is not concern, deep down inside he still cares and I know he will spoilt then rotten. :(

Later in the day, we tried to breast feed the boys and did not have much success in it. The nurse told us these things cannot b hurried and takes time and not to be dishearted.

Suddenly Dylan starts to cry. It was then we realize that he has poo poo. So his Daddy aka me has to apply his limited knowledge and do a diaper change. Heng, I am having a bad flu and can't smell anything. :p

More and more visitors arrived in the evening and I entertain them by feeding Dylan. Learning from my mistakes in he morning, this time round it is a more smooth affair. Overall, though it's tiring, I actually quite enjoy the experience of being a father. Maybe the stressful part has yet to come. Haha... the adventure continues



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Meeting My Babies For the First Time

How many tigers can you see?

Finally, I get to sit down and write this blog entry. A hectic but exciting day has just passed. My little tiger cubs have finally arrived. Today, I witness the birth of my two boys, Dylan and Aiden.

As the boys have to be delivered by caesarean, we left for the hospital in the morning with Angie being push into the operating theatre around 11am. What comes next is a antagonizing 1.5 hour wait. There is a delay with the patient in front of us and we are force to wait. When it's finally Angie's turn to deliver, the whole process lasted less than 45 mins.

At 13:13, Dylan WAS pulled out and he immediately let out a loud cry, obviously complaining of being drag out of his nice little spot in mummy's tummy. A minute later, Aiden is out. Aiden did cry too but not as much as his older brother. Aiden, who usually is the more active one while in mommy's tummy, was surprisingly calm.

We are showed two little princes before I was ushered out. After the nurses clean them up, I was allowed to carry my bundles of joy and photos are taken. Dylan is 2.46 kg while Aiden is 2.15 Kg. But they feel so light and fragile in my arms. The two little boys instantly become the stars in the labor ward nurses and passerby checking them out when they walk pass. I feel so proud knowing that I am the father of these two little cuties

Since they are fresh from the womb :p, the two of them are in the high dependency nursery that only the parents can visit. So visitors are only allowed to see their photos on my netbook. According to the nurse, they will only be there for a day and most probably will be brought to the normal nursery tomorrow.

My brave wife is resting on the bed now. Tomorrow is gonna be a whole new ball game for the both of us. Things like lactation, diapers & baby care a common term in our vocab. This blog may soon rename as Tales of Tigers then

Dylan, drooling in his sleep like Daddy.

Aiden, bundle tightly and enjoying it.

Bayern to Win Champions League

That's my predicton for this year's UEFA Champions League winner. After watching Bayern Munich progress into the finals with their typical German efficiency, I have this tingaling feeling that they may nick it this year. Furthermore, they beat Manchester United along their way to the finals. I notice that recent winners all have beaten the Red Devils along the way. So better head down to the Singapore Pools and place your bet. ;)


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Battle of Two I.Man

It's a battle of two I.Man at the cinemas this week. Ip Man vs Iron Man. Both are sequels somemore!


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T-minus 5 Days

5 more days before the two little
cubs arrive. Busy getting all the stuff ready and checking for venue for baby shower... :s


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To Lift or Not to Lift

Angie the other day suddenly commented that i always left the toilet lid up after using the toilet. I feel very puzzled by all this. I dun think I’m the only man got hit by this. What is the obsession with women with the toilet lid? We, men, never complained that you did not put down the lid after use. Why make a fuss the other way round? If it is up, just put it down loh