NDP 2007

The crowd around the Esplanade was PACKED and crazy. It was only 3pm in the afternoon and there are tons of people. I could not get to the Esplanade bridge as it was closed off by the police. Dismayed, I tried to find another good spot for photo shooting. Luckily found a place near Marina Bay where the view was even better than the Esplanade side! Really generous view of the stage and buildings. Posted some of the pictures.




F-16s Flyby


Getting Ready...


Stars




Fireworks














Last Firework

Sounds very wrong...

uSqueez

"Feels so good"

Sounds suggestive? That's the new OSIM foot massager. I didn't know what product they are promoting when I saw the word "uSqueez" when walking with Neil through a OSIM promotion event. I was thinking of some kind of bust enhancement massager until I saw the video. OH foot massager. Gee seems like almost every of their products have a very suggestive theme. Just look at the iGallop. It just look so wrong! Lol. I will wonder what's the next new product they are coming out. iSqueeze? uGrab? iJump? uShake? Lol.

First Day of School

My first day of school in NTU. Well, ended up late for the lecture but wasn't too bad cause it's just the first lecture, only a very brief introduction of lessons. Soon to come where those lectures that you can't even understand and process what the lecturer is talking about. Got 2 subjects exempted for my first semester! Woo Hoo. Explored the around NTU for some familiarization. Anyway , the food at Canteen A really sucks! YUCKS! Ate this bak chor mee, and I thought I had gone back to the days of outration food. The noodles are bland, the soup taste like drain water (I really wonder did they used the water from the canal). Yucks. Not a very gastronomic start in NTU.

The Simpsons: Movie

Watched the Simpsons movie on Saturday night. I would say thumbs up for this movie, although you will think it's a rip off for showing something that was a television entertainment to a full length movie theatre just like power rangers some other "extended" television series. But the whole movie is just full of funny jokes and laughs. Homer Simpson never fail to make you laugh off your chair. It's a must watch movie!

Stars 4/5

BAYBEATS 2007

Baybeats is back! From tonight onwards (3 Aug) to Sunday (5 Aug) be treated to live performances from our local and overseas bands. Held every year it's an audio treat for all music band lovers!

Visit www.baybeats.com.sg

NTU Freshmen Welcome Day

Went to the NTU Freshmen Welcome Day. Went in a bit late. But it's alright, missed nothing much at all. Just listening to the various lecturers talking about their experiences as fresh undergrads. Got some goodie bags. A torch light, a sling bag and a slip of paper that tells you to collect another welcome gift during the middle of the month. After their talk, we were told to put on the graduation gowns (harry potter style) and say some NTU code (Blah Blah Blah). After that we were treated to some HOT hiphop jazz and cheerleading performance. Lastly there was a singing session by various students from Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Vietnam etc. In the Finale, they ended with "I believe I can Fly" which is the main theme of the Welcome Ceremony. It was errrr felt like dying instead of flying...

Very useful website to read about Investing

I got this very informative website about investments. If you are interested about investments do visit this website!

www.fundsupermart.com

Saturday Night HOT

Went for a 麻辣 Hot Pot with Ewan and Jenny at Bugis. Ewan got a craving for some hot stuff so we had our trio League dinner. Lol. Anyway when asked for the type of soup, you can choose between fish soup, chicken soup, tom yam or the 麻辣 soup. You can have 2 soups at the same time. We ordered till 3 soups, chicken, fish and 麻辣. Ewan asked for the ultimate spicy for 麻辣!!! Eating your food cooked in 麻辣 just really burns your tongue. Jenny's lips was swollen and her tongue went numb after eating some of the 麻辣. But the spicyness was very shiok. Our butts are going to burn the next morning! Hahaha! So to cool down our burning stomachs after the meal. Had a tub of Ben & Jerry's ice cream of chunky monkeys and coffee chips. Didn't think we can finish the tub, but we did!

July

These few days I've been learning a lot about insurance and protection. Although it's tiring to sit through the lectures, everyday it's a full day lecture but I felt that's it's fruitful! Better than slacking at home doing nothing. Today is a rest day for me after taking a series of tests yesterday. Getting a license as an advisor isn't easy. Lots of government and internal tests to take and study, going for lessons and training. The working environment at my agency seems good also. Doing sales isn't my forte, but I hope to try this line in the financial sector and also to educate people about the importance of saving for retirement or other financial goals they want. Hope it goes well!

Looking forward to Aug for LP!

Investments

I learnt a little about investment today. Investment is about long term commitment, not just 1 or 2 years, but 10, 20, 30 years. It's a really long time period. But if you got the right investment, you'll see your returns. Don't be afraid of short term loss. High risk = high returns. But remember the risk is yours to bear.

Vivocity Photo Competition

Taken by KC Wong


Congrats to KC Wong on having 4 of his entries accepted for the semi-finals. You can view his photos in Vivocity.

You can also view his blog at http://www.greymatterphotography.blogspot.com/

Busy Month of July

This month of July will be my busiest month after working in OCBC. Before that I thought July will be the time for me to take a break before heading on to University, since I got the most suckiest job in my life working with OCBC which have to work everyday (Monday to Sunday) and being paid $6 per hour. But at least the working with other people who had the same fate as me was fun.
To update you guys, I have been attending lessons and taking financial & insurance tests for a job as Financial Advisor. With so little time I have to study thick books within a few days and pass the tests for the job. Crazy! Next week will be lessons everyday. Still more tests to come. After that I'm qualified to give investment advice to people. As you may know that banks interests are extremely low, and their fixed deposits don't give much interests at all. So sometime in our life we need to invest to grow our money. Guys like me, not young anymore, after 2 years of NS, after graduating from NTU with a degree, it shudders me that what I'll earn is almost the same as what a female degree holder will earn when she is just sweet 21. 4 years to get my degree in Biological Sciences. I'll be 27. 27 and just started working as a fresh graduate? It's quite of a laughing stock. You have only 38 years to earn as much income as possible before you retire. I want to be successful when I'm 30, I'm sure many will want to do that also. Still a degree is a must. Knowledge is power.
Right now I'm still sitting at the crossroads wondering where my path will lead me to happiness, growth and wealth. Will I be a potential Nobel Prize researcher or a successful Financial Advisor? It's so hard so hard...

A Fellow Photographer

Just want to put his gallery here. He takes nice black and white photos!

www.fotologue.jp/feng

The New 7 Wonders Of The World

The Great Wall of China

It is the largest man-made structure in the world that is visible from outer space.


Petra, Jordan

Amazing piece of architecture located in the desert. It's totally carved out of rock! I remember seeing this in Indiana Jones and the Holy Grail movie.


Christ Redeemer, Brazil

Remember I saw this structure when Brazil won the world cup on television.


Machu Picchu, Peru

Such a cute name, sounds like the name of a Pokemon. But looks very very beautiful!! Often referred as "The Lost City of Incas".


Chichen Itza, Mexico

Built by the Maya civilization


The Roman Colosseum, Italy

Very popular icon. Where the ancient Romans have their entertainment on Gladiator fights.


Taj Mahal, India

The marbled structure.

And the Eighth Wonder...


The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt

Things You Can Do To Help

With some information from Live Earth:

1. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

2. Buy locally produced meats and vegetables (That really can't happen cause most of our food are imported from other countries)

3. Bring your own water bottle to work. (Don't waste the paper cups)

4. Inflate your car tires, it increases your gas mileage (NOT inflating your OWN SPARE TIRES by drinking)

5. Turn down the hot water when bathing and switch off the heater after bathing - reduces electricity bills by alot

6. Switch off your monitor when you are downloading your 100 GB worth of porn stuff overnight.

7. Try to reduce the use of plastic bags when you are buying from supermarkets (Unless you are buying something which you need to hide...hmmmmmm)

8. Use energy saving light bulbs (Yes even when you have a bright idea in your mind, use energy saving one)

9. Print papers in economy mode if it is just draft printing (More porn pictures to stick on your walls????)

10. Switch off the lights when sleeping (That includes bedtime sex, if you have night blindness, just do it when it's daylight)

LIVE Earth

Tomorrow will be the start of the LIVE Earth performances from all 7 continents of the world (Shanghai, Sydney, Johannesburg, London, Brazil, Japan and the United States) from 7 pm to Sunday 7 pm. Yup 24 hours of performances with famous stars like Red Hot Chili Peppers, Madonna, Bon Jovi Etc. What's the purpose of this performance? It's the create awareness that our Earth is in danger of Global Warming.
As might have noticed, that the weather in the world has gone haywire, you see flowers blooming in winter, snow in summer for those with 4 seasons. For Singapore, not much difference except that it's getting hotter and of course, pray that we don't get hit by the haze from Indonesia. I remembered there was one day that the haze was really bad till I can't really see object which are 50 metres away.
Now does this concert really create any awareness about global warming? I must applaud Al Gore for his efforts in creating awareness about global warming in his talks and even has a documentary movie on it. But what I feel that people are just going to watch the concert JUST FOR THE SAKE OF WATCHING. After this concert, everyone will just forget about what's conservation of Earth. It should have some documentary in between the breaks to educate the viewers. I think it will get some message across.
Well in Singapore I see some start in conservation of plastic bags. Environmental bags are the latest fashion among aunties! I have started reject plastic bags when buying some small stuffs, so you guys should get started too!

Cute Snack

Mum bought this snack cause the packaging is so cute!

2 Weeks

We had so much fun shopping in Orchard

We had so much fun studying together in Page One at Vivo City

We had so much fun playing at Escape theme park

Had so many yummy food together

So happy to have you...


And this is called Murtabak :>

Macau Day 3

Last day of Macau, still having our big appetite, went to this little shop to eat:



Authentic Shark's Fin Noodles!! Never seen this before! Being curious, wanted to try. This shop is famous for their cheap shark's fin noodles.


Really yummy!

End of the day have to fly back to Singapore again :<

Shirley Loves Big Bird

I love my wife.

Day 2 Macau (Night)

As the sky turns dark, we headed to the Macau Tower (澳門旅遊塔). Soaring 338 metres above the city, the Macau Tower is the 10th highest freestanding tower in the world and the 8th tallest in Asia. I just love to look at the bird's eye view of the cities at night cause looking at the lights, they look like pretty christmas trees and stars. To get into the tower, you must pay a fee. If I remembered correctly it's about 75 HKD per person. The ticket allows you to go up to two floors, the 58th floor, which is the air-conditioned indoor observation lounge, and the 61st floor which is the outdoor observation deck.

Observing from the 58th floor is breathtaking, city lights are so beautiful! And on the deck, there are these glass floors where you can look how high the tower is beneath your feet, quite scary for ppl who are scared of heights. But too bad it was raining before that so the floor was full of water droplets.


We went on to the 61st floor for a view, nothing much to see in the night except for a few stars in the sky. It's really really windy and cold there!

After Macau Tower, we went to try our luck in the Casinos, being in the land of Casinos, it would be a pity not to have a look at their casinos. Their casinos are just damn majestic, almost looked like a palace! Played the slot machines, haha won some at first then later lost.
We got hungry, we wanted to try this potato dish at a restaurant "Solmar". Hell took us a damn long time to find it. After lots of wrong turns and directions, we almost gave up. Then suddenly lp wanted to walked into another road and we found it! A woman's 6th sense is really good when they are hungry......


"Nothing can stop me from eating my potato!"

Day 2 Macau (part 4)

Next stop is back to Coloane Village (路環). Went to visit some of their historical buildings. One is the Chapel of St. Francis Xavier (聖方濟各聖堂).

The village is a quiet and serene place, away from the lifestyle of the city life. There you can watch the sea although the water seems really brownish. Lol. But you can feel that it has a laid back lifestyle.

The Church

Walked to the center of the village to a fountain. Dunno what fountain was it, maybe those who watched korean dramas might know?


The main draw of being in Coloane Village, is this: Lord Stow's Bakery PORTUGUESE EGG TART. OMG it produces the best egg tart I ever ate - FRESH! I just love the soft egg mash and the crispy pastry. Lovely! OH and I was so eager to taste it, I just gobbled the whole egg tart forgetting about taking a picture of it! Sorry guys! But if you are ever in Macau, this is a MUST TRY.

Next stop: Senado Square

We are now in Senado Square where it is the main tourist attraction. There's lots and lots of people there. Beautiful buildings.... when I came back and look at the photos, I felt that I was holidaying in Europe instead. It's also seem to be the main shopping district with lots and lots of apparel and clothes shop.

At the end of Senado Square is the Ruins of St Paul (大三巴), the historical trademark of Macau. But we didn't get to explore much cause the museum is already closed. Very romantic place kekeke.

The sky starts to darken.....

Day 2 Macau (Part 3)

This baby is so cute I just have to take a picture of her. After our nice lunch took another bus to Taipa (氹仔) for other glorious food. And that is where the famous "Pork Chop Bun" is located. I would say there is a place of good food haven. There are just so many food shops!

One of our first stop is to have dessert at the "Bitter Sweet" shop selling Serradura. Serradura is a kind of Macau pudding. It actually taste like your smooth ice cream. NICEEEEEEEE! After a short dessert break we went to the famous pork chop bun shop. It starts selling their bun at 3 pm, but you have to go there earlier to avoid joining the long queue. We the first few in the queue to buy, just seconds after we bought our bun, the queue was damnnnnnnn long! Whew! What actually made the bun so delicious is that the bun is actually charcoal grilled so that's what made it so goooooddddd. It costs 12 HKD for 1 bun. This is a must try when you are in Macau!

My Pork Chop Bun

After the bun, tried the bird nest Portuguese egg tart and milk egg tart. Delicious. But it is not the best I tasted so far. There's another Portuguese egg tart which I'll introduce later, is even better and I'll say it's the best in Macau!

Left:Milk egg tart, Right: Bird nest egg tart

Day 2 in Macau (Part 2)

Reached Hac Sa beach (黑沙海滩) in Coloane. It's still raining by the way. Ate at a recommended Portuguese restaurant there. It's a really good place for a relaxing lunch in the restaurant with a courtyard. They serve very good porks there. Ordered Stir-fried Clams (蛤蜊) with garlic and Pork ribs. The menu is in Chinese so I can't remember what is it called. There's even a roast pig. However I found it too common to eat roast pig, so ordered pork ribs instead.
Came our stir-fried clams. It's damn good! Lots of lots of clams! A shell lover will be drooling over this!
Then came our pork ribs. OMG it is really really really good! I haven't tasted such delicious pork ribs in Singapore! Dripping the lemon juice on the roasted pork ribs, then biting on the little meat on the rib bone, tasting the sweetness of the roasted oil and meat.

Heaven.

It just opened my appetite to eat even more pork ribs!

However what's more enjoyable..................

is having her with me.