Tuesday, August 29, 2006
New Song By Jay Chou
It's called 'Qian Li Zhi Wai'. Very soothing nice song..
But...Fei Yu Qing is entering the pop industry too? Hmm..
Saturday, August 26, 2006
ClemCube Tea Break Recommendation
CURRENT MUSIC: GALLERY by MARIO VASQUEZ
Went lunch with my dad after my session with the dermatologist today. Haha my skin seems to have improved, but I'm still hoping for better results, having spent so much of my savings on these skincare professionals..
We lunched our main course at 328 Katong Laksa (the one opposite Ampang Yong Tau Foo, that is the authentic Katong Laksa, if you've not been eating your laksa from there, you are eating fake Katong Laksa) along East Coast Road. I love the Laksa there because the soup base is rich in coconut...:p
But my recommendation for this entry will have to be the traditional coffee house a few shops down 328. The name is Chin Mee Chin Confectionery situated right next to Chapel Rd, which is near some church (it's pretty obvious) along East Coast Rd. We went to have some light snacks after the Laksa meal and I must say the food there is delicious! The shop has an incredible antique setting, just like some Hainan Kopi House in the 70s. Their tables are made of marble, even the chairs are almost matching, and when I went in there, I almost felt like an old man reminiscing fond memories (I'm full of crap). Their Kopi-O was fantastic and suited for my taste (I like it thick and not too sweet), served in those porcelain cups which ensures your coffee is kept warm for the longest amount of time.
Then there is their signature dish: Bun-style Butter-Kaya Toast. That is something you definitely must try if you happen to drop by. Soft on one side and toasted on the other, the taste is just perfect. Their kaya is better than Ya Kun's as far as I'm concerned (maybe Ya Kun's standard has dropped tremendously ever since they started on their franchising spree)..and I'm really impressed with such an idea to make toast using these hamburger buns. Most importantly, the setting and the food eaten there matches almost perfectly that it makes people feel so comfortable having snacks there.
ClemCube rates CHIN MEE CHIN CONFECTIONERY: 4.5/5
You might want to note that besides toast and Kopi-O and tea, they also sell a variety of pastries and also their delightful sugar rolls...
Drooling now?
Went lunch with my dad after my session with the dermatologist today. Haha my skin seems to have improved, but I'm still hoping for better results, having spent so much of my savings on these skincare professionals..
We lunched our main course at 328 Katong Laksa (the one opposite Ampang Yong Tau Foo, that is the authentic Katong Laksa, if you've not been eating your laksa from there, you are eating fake Katong Laksa) along East Coast Road. I love the Laksa there because the soup base is rich in coconut...:p
But my recommendation for this entry will have to be the traditional coffee house a few shops down 328. The name is Chin Mee Chin Confectionery situated right next to Chapel Rd, which is near some church (it's pretty obvious) along East Coast Rd. We went to have some light snacks after the Laksa meal and I must say the food there is delicious! The shop has an incredible antique setting, just like some Hainan Kopi House in the 70s. Their tables are made of marble, even the chairs are almost matching, and when I went in there, I almost felt like an old man reminiscing fond memories (I'm full of crap). Their Kopi-O was fantastic and suited for my taste (I like it thick and not too sweet), served in those porcelain cups which ensures your coffee is kept warm for the longest amount of time.
Then there is their signature dish: Bun-style Butter-Kaya Toast. That is something you definitely must try if you happen to drop by. Soft on one side and toasted on the other, the taste is just perfect. Their kaya is better than Ya Kun's as far as I'm concerned (maybe Ya Kun's standard has dropped tremendously ever since they started on their franchising spree)..and I'm really impressed with such an idea to make toast using these hamburger buns. Most importantly, the setting and the food eaten there matches almost perfectly that it makes people feel so comfortable having snacks there.
ClemCube rates CHIN MEE CHIN CONFECTIONERY: 4.5/5
You might want to note that besides toast and Kopi-O and tea, they also sell a variety of pastries and also their delightful sugar rolls...
Drooling now?
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Singapore Idol Season 2
CURRENT MUSIC: NA YI SHUN JIAN by DAVID TAO
I'm dying to know how the Singapore Idol judges honestly feel about this competition, about the 6 remaining contestants being the '6 best singers' in the competition. They must be kicking themselves in their faces and asking themselves 'How did Joakim appear in the top 28?' Come on guys you gotta admit Joakim's singing is full of crap (If he could make it to the top 6 by singing like that I could make it to the top 12 at least), so the judges actually have themselves to blame for putting Joakim into the top 28 in the first place.
I feel really sorry for the young lad ya know, he must feel bad for being so popular among the girls, with Gayle, Jay, Mathilda and Rahima all being his victims so far. Does he really want it still knowing that his singing is actually nothing special? Is he hoping he'd get out soon to end it all finally? It's so sad really...to know that people out there are voting for image rather than pure vocal talent.
I've got to say, even though she is my friend (acquaintance, to be precise), Jasmine hasn't performed up to expectations (but she really has a great voice). She is still surviving in the competition because of her cutie pie image. She has to choose the right songs (I think slow is good for her) really. I watched the Asian Pop Spectaculars last night and she chose Tata Young's 'I Believe' to sing. She was struggling la...it was actually quite bad. And her dress sense and makeup just got to improve. She makes herself look totally horrible on stage, and coupled with her choice of bad songs, it's hard for the judges to praise her on anything at all.
Twohill is another guy whom I'm not the greatest fan of. He thinks his bloody fantabuloustic hair can get him all the way to the finals..we'll see. Keep his fringe so long, swipe here swipe there, it really pisses me off and I think hez just acting like an idiot. He can sing but is blardy inconsistent. And I had no idea why the judges were so impressed with his Chinese song last night, but I certainly wasn't. His pronounciation is way off and he keeps doing his trademark slangs, you can't do that for Chinese songs unless you think you can match Jay Chou in terms of singing ability. He should go out as soon as Joakim leaves.
If there is still hope that this competition will be a success and that a top-quality singer will be produced, HADY MIRZA is the one that should win the competition based on pure vocal talent. Extremely versatile, as justified by his song selections week-in and week-out, he can attract the crowd to sing with him and he is by far the best out of the top 6. It would be an injustice I feel if he doesn't make it to the top 2 at least. His malay song yesterday totally shut Ken's mouth up and his English song rocked like hell. I believe Singapore won't make the wrong choice in voting him out tonight, just like how they did for Mathilda.
Although, I would love to see a Singapore Idol Grand Finals featuring Joakim Gomez VS either Jasmine Tye/Paul Twohill/Nurul Maideen! HAHAHAHAHA.
I'm dying to know how the Singapore Idol judges honestly feel about this competition, about the 6 remaining contestants being the '6 best singers' in the competition. They must be kicking themselves in their faces and asking themselves 'How did Joakim appear in the top 28?' Come on guys you gotta admit Joakim's singing is full of crap (If he could make it to the top 6 by singing like that I could make it to the top 12 at least), so the judges actually have themselves to blame for putting Joakim into the top 28 in the first place.
I feel really sorry for the young lad ya know, he must feel bad for being so popular among the girls, with Gayle, Jay, Mathilda and Rahima all being his victims so far. Does he really want it still knowing that his singing is actually nothing special? Is he hoping he'd get out soon to end it all finally? It's so sad really...to know that people out there are voting for image rather than pure vocal talent.
I've got to say, even though she is my friend (acquaintance, to be precise), Jasmine hasn't performed up to expectations (but she really has a great voice). She is still surviving in the competition because of her cutie pie image. She has to choose the right songs (I think slow is good for her) really. I watched the Asian Pop Spectaculars last night and she chose Tata Young's 'I Believe' to sing. She was struggling la...it was actually quite bad. And her dress sense and makeup just got to improve. She makes herself look totally horrible on stage, and coupled with her choice of bad songs, it's hard for the judges to praise her on anything at all.
Twohill is another guy whom I'm not the greatest fan of. He thinks his bloody fantabuloustic hair can get him all the way to the finals..we'll see. Keep his fringe so long, swipe here swipe there, it really pisses me off and I think hez just acting like an idiot. He can sing but is blardy inconsistent. And I had no idea why the judges were so impressed with his Chinese song last night, but I certainly wasn't. His pronounciation is way off and he keeps doing his trademark slangs, you can't do that for Chinese songs unless you think you can match Jay Chou in terms of singing ability. He should go out as soon as Joakim leaves.
If there is still hope that this competition will be a success and that a top-quality singer will be produced, HADY MIRZA is the one that should win the competition based on pure vocal talent. Extremely versatile, as justified by his song selections week-in and week-out, he can attract the crowd to sing with him and he is by far the best out of the top 6. It would be an injustice I feel if he doesn't make it to the top 2 at least. His malay song yesterday totally shut Ken's mouth up and his English song rocked like hell. I believe Singapore won't make the wrong choice in voting him out tonight, just like how they did for Mathilda.
Although, I would love to see a Singapore Idol Grand Finals featuring Joakim Gomez VS either Jasmine Tye/Paul Twohill/Nurul Maideen! HAHAHAHAHA.
Monday, August 21, 2006
Happy Birthday Pok Pok
CURRENT MUSIC: PROMISCUOUS by NELLY FURTADO
Before I start with what I intend to write in this entry, I just want to share with you my viewpoint on a certain issue.
If you have been taking public transport to the airport recently, you would realise that everytime before the buses can go into T1 and T2 they will actually be halted by a policeman at a security checkpoint. The policeman then makes his way up the bus, walks right down to the rear, in the process looking left and right at regular intervals. Once he is convinced that the bus is not jeopardizing the security of the airport, he gives a thumps up and gets off the bus, finally allowing the bus to move on. This whole process takes on average about 2 minutes. Apparently this is one of the many measures taken by 'I dunno who' to enhance security in Changi Airport. But, if you ask me, I seriously think this is crap. I think the policemen will say the same thing too, it's just that they probably have to follow orders.
Come on, if I were a terrorist of some sort, would I make my bomb so visible for policemen to catch me? All they do is just walk up and down the bus and check for any suspicious article on the bus. They don't even check your bags in the first place, meaning, I can just hide my bomb or whatever dangerous crap inside my bag and the policeman can't even see it! So, may I ask, are the security guardposts leading to the bus interchanges a necessity? I think they should just scrape this crap idea and move on. Since it's not necessary, why even install a guardpost there in the first place? It's funny to even think of it. If you want to do a check, do a thorough one, agree? Sometimes, I really wonder how the policemen working there feel about this. Do they ever think of themselves like some stupid fool checking the buses for litter? I'm sorry if I'm insensitive but I'm not against them in any case. That's all I got to say.
Sunday afternoon is never a good day to hang out. That's because you gotta squeeze with all the other Filipino maids in public transports like MRT and buses while on your way to the destination. I remember yesterday as the MRT passed Paya Lebar, a swarm of Filipinas just came storming into the train, there were at least 20 of them I swear, and the train was so packed. It was literally Filipino land. Apparently the huge influx of maids was caused by the location of City Plaza (a hotspot for those maids), which was situated near Paya Lebar and that's why there were so many of them.
I watched 'The Break-Up' with Henry and the twins at Marina Sq that afternoon. The movie is pretty much average. But Vince Vaughn was hilarious and Jennifer was still pretty although she is fast approaching 40. Yeah. It's really normal and there's really nothing spectacular about the show. I wonder if we should have watched 'My Super Ex-GF' instead. But 'Click' would have definitely beaten these two movies by a thousand miles. Haha.
Attended Pok's birthday function in the evening at the expense of Terence's farewell dinner (I'm really sorry, how I'd wish it didn't clash). It wasn't as HAPPENING as I had expected haha. The food...eh I would have prefered Chinese food but the food last night was fine :) But it was really kinda weird as Pok didn't go with the conventional cake-cutting. Instead, she claimed that cup-cakes were the IN thing right now and that was exactly what she planned. Haha, 1 cup-cake for each person. The icing on the cup-cake was horribly sweet and for a moment I tot I would get diabetes. But for me it was just great to see my classmates again. Especially Anthea, Jacq and the never-changing Meiqi! I finally knew where Anthea was studying and it was good to see her doing fine. Megastar Rebecca arrived late because of her President Star Charity's rehearsal, but she was still acting cranky as always haha...Hopefully I will grab hold of some of the photos taken yesterday..that's provided Becks ever come online. Haha.
(: HAPPY BIRTHDAY POK! :)
hope you liked the Mango outfit and the Aldo necklace shared among us...
Before I start with what I intend to write in this entry, I just want to share with you my viewpoint on a certain issue.
If you have been taking public transport to the airport recently, you would realise that everytime before the buses can go into T1 and T2 they will actually be halted by a policeman at a security checkpoint. The policeman then makes his way up the bus, walks right down to the rear, in the process looking left and right at regular intervals. Once he is convinced that the bus is not jeopardizing the security of the airport, he gives a thumps up and gets off the bus, finally allowing the bus to move on. This whole process takes on average about 2 minutes. Apparently this is one of the many measures taken by 'I dunno who' to enhance security in Changi Airport. But, if you ask me, I seriously think this is crap. I think the policemen will say the same thing too, it's just that they probably have to follow orders.
Come on, if I were a terrorist of some sort, would I make my bomb so visible for policemen to catch me? All they do is just walk up and down the bus and check for any suspicious article on the bus. They don't even check your bags in the first place, meaning, I can just hide my bomb or whatever dangerous crap inside my bag and the policeman can't even see it! So, may I ask, are the security guardposts leading to the bus interchanges a necessity? I think they should just scrape this crap idea and move on. Since it's not necessary, why even install a guardpost there in the first place? It's funny to even think of it. If you want to do a check, do a thorough one, agree? Sometimes, I really wonder how the policemen working there feel about this. Do they ever think of themselves like some stupid fool checking the buses for litter? I'm sorry if I'm insensitive but I'm not against them in any case. That's all I got to say.
Sunday afternoon is never a good day to hang out. That's because you gotta squeeze with all the other Filipino maids in public transports like MRT and buses while on your way to the destination. I remember yesterday as the MRT passed Paya Lebar, a swarm of Filipinas just came storming into the train, there were at least 20 of them I swear, and the train was so packed. It was literally Filipino land. Apparently the huge influx of maids was caused by the location of City Plaza (a hotspot for those maids), which was situated near Paya Lebar and that's why there were so many of them.
I watched 'The Break-Up' with Henry and the twins at Marina Sq that afternoon. The movie is pretty much average. But Vince Vaughn was hilarious and Jennifer was still pretty although she is fast approaching 40. Yeah. It's really normal and there's really nothing spectacular about the show. I wonder if we should have watched 'My Super Ex-GF' instead. But 'Click' would have definitely beaten these two movies by a thousand miles. Haha.
Attended Pok's birthday function in the evening at the expense of Terence's farewell dinner (I'm really sorry, how I'd wish it didn't clash). It wasn't as HAPPENING as I had expected haha. The food...eh I would have prefered Chinese food but the food last night was fine :) But it was really kinda weird as Pok didn't go with the conventional cake-cutting. Instead, she claimed that cup-cakes were the IN thing right now and that was exactly what she planned. Haha, 1 cup-cake for each person. The icing on the cup-cake was horribly sweet and for a moment I tot I would get diabetes. But for me it was just great to see my classmates again. Especially Anthea, Jacq and the never-changing Meiqi! I finally knew where Anthea was studying and it was good to see her doing fine. Megastar Rebecca arrived late because of her President Star Charity's rehearsal, but she was still acting cranky as always haha...Hopefully I will grab hold of some of the photos taken yesterday..that's provided Becks ever come online. Haha.
(: HAPPY BIRTHDAY POK! :)
hope you liked the Mango outfit and the Aldo necklace shared among us...
Friday, August 11, 2006
Understanding
She is suffering so much deep inside, but I'm afraid I can't really do much to help. I feel so ashamed of myself..It seems like deep down I don't understand her enough..
Please talk to me if you really need to...You don't want to contain all your troubles to yourself..We really do need more communciation.
Please talk to me if you really need to...You don't want to contain all your troubles to yourself..We really do need more communciation.
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
The Opportunity Cost of $1200
CURRENT MUSIC: WHAT'S LEFT OF ME by NICK LACHEY
*ClemCube has a story to tell. The story is about Clementine.
Clementine(Name changed to protect identity) is a soon-to-be 24-year old who likes to watch soccer. He catches up with news concerning global football frequently from different soccer websites. As such, he thinks it is really easy to predict match outcomes and feels he can be a soccer pundit. Very soon he started to pick up gambling on soccer with Singapore Pools. Wins and losses cancelled each other out, so he didn't really earn from gambling. But still he thought he could win big someday. He became more compulsive each day. His gambling habits were made worse with the World Cup setting in this year. Eventually, the tournament ended. Once again, Clementine had a World Cup gambling campaign with no profit and no loss. Therefore, he still thought lady luck will smile on him someday. Then disaster struck....
He even began betting on soccer leagues which he didn't have much knowledge on. And the bet values became bigger and bigger by each day. The inevitable happened. Clementine went on a losing spree and lost $300,$400,$500 respectively. He had lost $1200 just like that to the damn government when he could have spent it on something much more meaningful. Think of the opportunity cost with $1200. Even mahjong won't have caused him to lose so much in a day.
So he sat down and began to self-reflect. He urged himself to stop this compulsive streak of his. He promised himself he will stop for awhile to prevent excessive bleeding. He realised that betting was really harmful and told himself to calm down. He shouldn't be gambling heavily because he told himself there's no way gambling will bring him his fortune. He hopes he can quit eventually, if not play small and know his limits. He is glad he woke up his idea in time.
*Disclaimer: The content of this story is only true to a certain extent. Some parts are exaggerated so as to alert people that gambling is really unhealthy. Clementine's plight is really not as serious as what was described above.
Over here, ClemCube would like to advise people who are gambling heavy to cut down on their bets. Playing for fun is okay, but if addiction sets in, the consequences might be really dire. And if you know that you are on a losing spree like Clementine, stop and don't continue. Always set aside a sum of money that you can afford to lose if you wish to gamble for fun. Never touch money not intended for betting or you might be left to rue on your foolishness.
Anyway, back to normal blogging. IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED TOKYO DRIFT AND YOU INTEND TO, PLS DO NOT SCROLL DOWN...*SPOILERS AHEAD* STOP READING HERE!!!
I watched Tokyo Drift this afternoon at home(thanks to Victor's Media Services) since I was on MC for the day. Typical action flick with a very shallow plot. But I liked the drifting of the cars and I think its freak cool. Although I didn't really like the main guy's acting, I thought the girl was cute and the main actor's Japanese mentor (Han) was really cool to the max(He may look plain-looking to you but I think hez cool coz of the way he carries himself). It's such a shame he had to die near the end of the movie, but I sorta expected it to happen. Just shows how predictable this kind of movies are. Apart from the drift, I feel the other aspects of the movie are not worth your money(Oh please, thats why it's CALLED Tokyo Drift). Still preferred the previous installment 'Too Fast Too Furious' which had a better cast including Eva Mendes and Paul Walker :)
CLEMCUBE gives TOKYO DRIFT : 2/5
*ClemCube has a story to tell. The story is about Clementine.
Clementine(Name changed to protect identity) is a soon-to-be 24-year old who likes to watch soccer. He catches up with news concerning global football frequently from different soccer websites. As such, he thinks it is really easy to predict match outcomes and feels he can be a soccer pundit. Very soon he started to pick up gambling on soccer with Singapore Pools. Wins and losses cancelled each other out, so he didn't really earn from gambling. But still he thought he could win big someday. He became more compulsive each day. His gambling habits were made worse with the World Cup setting in this year. Eventually, the tournament ended. Once again, Clementine had a World Cup gambling campaign with no profit and no loss. Therefore, he still thought lady luck will smile on him someday. Then disaster struck....
He even began betting on soccer leagues which he didn't have much knowledge on. And the bet values became bigger and bigger by each day. The inevitable happened. Clementine went on a losing spree and lost $300,$400,$500 respectively. He had lost $1200 just like that to the damn government when he could have spent it on something much more meaningful. Think of the opportunity cost with $1200. Even mahjong won't have caused him to lose so much in a day.
So he sat down and began to self-reflect. He urged himself to stop this compulsive streak of his. He promised himself he will stop for awhile to prevent excessive bleeding. He realised that betting was really harmful and told himself to calm down. He shouldn't be gambling heavily because he told himself there's no way gambling will bring him his fortune. He hopes he can quit eventually, if not play small and know his limits. He is glad he woke up his idea in time.
*Disclaimer: The content of this story is only true to a certain extent. Some parts are exaggerated so as to alert people that gambling is really unhealthy. Clementine's plight is really not as serious as what was described above.
Over here, ClemCube would like to advise people who are gambling heavy to cut down on their bets. Playing for fun is okay, but if addiction sets in, the consequences might be really dire. And if you know that you are on a losing spree like Clementine, stop and don't continue. Always set aside a sum of money that you can afford to lose if you wish to gamble for fun. Never touch money not intended for betting or you might be left to rue on your foolishness.
Anyway, back to normal blogging. IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED TOKYO DRIFT AND YOU INTEND TO, PLS DO NOT SCROLL DOWN...*SPOILERS AHEAD* STOP READING HERE!!!
I watched Tokyo Drift this afternoon at home(thanks to Victor's Media Services) since I was on MC for the day. Typical action flick with a very shallow plot. But I liked the drifting of the cars and I think its freak cool. Although I didn't really like the main guy's acting, I thought the girl was cute and the main actor's Japanese mentor (Han) was really cool to the max(He may look plain-looking to you but I think hez cool coz of the way he carries himself). It's such a shame he had to die near the end of the movie, but I sorta expected it to happen. Just shows how predictable this kind of movies are. Apart from the drift, I feel the other aspects of the movie are not worth your money(Oh please, thats why it's CALLED Tokyo Drift). Still preferred the previous installment 'Too Fast Too Furious' which had a better cast including Eva Mendes and Paul Walker :)
CLEMCUBE gives TOKYO DRIFT : 2/5
Saturday, July 29, 2006
My Theory Of A-Tap-Chi
CURRENT MUSIC: FEI XING BU LUO by F.I.R
Looks like dessert vendors are also starting to use shrewd tactics to cut costs in the wake of price increases in Singapore. I'm sure you know what are atapchis (I dunno the proper word for that), those grape-shaped nata-de-coco like stuff you can find in dessert ranges?? Yep, I was having a bowl of chendol at the food court nearby my place and after having that bowl of chendol, it confirmed my 'observations' over the past few months: Vendors always give 2 atapchis per bowl of desserts, and somehow or rather one atapchi will be chewy and soft while the other one will be hard like wood. Have you felt the same before? It happened alot of times to me already man. Haha.
Do vendors mix two types of atapchis, namely Grade A and Grade D atapchis, together so that the probability of getting one Grade A and Grade D per bowl is the greatest? Let us work out the calculations:
Assume 1 bag contains 50 atapchis, we have 1 bag of Grade A and Grade D atapchis respectively:
P(2 Grade A in 1 bowl) = 50/100 x 49/99 = 49/198 (24.7%)
P(2 Grade B in 1 bowl) = 50/100 x 49/99 = 49/198 (24.7%)
P(Mix Grades in 1 bowl) = 2[50/100 x 50/99] = 50/99 (50.5%)
As you can see, if the vendors have really been doing this, then they are quite smart to use the law of probability, because to get a good bowl of dessert (2 Grade A atapchis) it is only a mere 24.7%, while 75.2% of the time you are not enjoying what you have been paying for fully...
Interesting insight dun ya think?
Looks like dessert vendors are also starting to use shrewd tactics to cut costs in the wake of price increases in Singapore. I'm sure you know what are atapchis (I dunno the proper word for that), those grape-shaped nata-de-coco like stuff you can find in dessert ranges?? Yep, I was having a bowl of chendol at the food court nearby my place and after having that bowl of chendol, it confirmed my 'observations' over the past few months: Vendors always give 2 atapchis per bowl of desserts, and somehow or rather one atapchi will be chewy and soft while the other one will be hard like wood. Have you felt the same before? It happened alot of times to me already man. Haha.
Do vendors mix two types of atapchis, namely Grade A and Grade D atapchis, together so that the probability of getting one Grade A and Grade D per bowl is the greatest? Let us work out the calculations:
Assume 1 bag contains 50 atapchis, we have 1 bag of Grade A and Grade D atapchis respectively:
P(2 Grade A in 1 bowl) = 50/100 x 49/99 = 49/198 (24.7%)
P(2 Grade B in 1 bowl) = 50/100 x 49/99 = 49/198 (24.7%)
P(Mix Grades in 1 bowl) = 2[50/100 x 50/99] = 50/99 (50.5%)
As you can see, if the vendors have really been doing this, then they are quite smart to use the law of probability, because to get a good bowl of dessert (2 Grade A atapchis) it is only a mere 24.7%, while 75.2% of the time you are not enjoying what you have been paying for fully...
Interesting insight dun ya think?
Friday, July 28, 2006
My New Love For Tennis
CURRENT MUSIC: FANG SHENG by FAN YI CHEN
I have been playing some tennis recently and I'm already in love with this sport. It's a great way to work out the body as well as build up the arm muscles as tennis involves the technique of swinging your arm to hit the ball over the other side of the court. I'm even contemplating to sign up for tennis courses after I ORD or even better still, hire a tennis coach! Haha.. Madness.. Anyways, just bought my new tennis racquet. The brand is PRINCE and its made of Titanium. The racquet is really light and I can't wait to start using it next week. Promise I'm gonna thrash Henry's ass with his new racquet of mine! Haha. Thing to note: Queensway really sells cheap racquets...or least I think so. Mine is a considerably good one and it cost me 85 only! :)
And how is this for Liverpool's new home kit for the upcoming EPL season? I'm so glad they decided to change it from Reebok to Adidas haha! I'm definitely goin to purchase one of these when I have sufficient funds to spent haha..
If you have been watching TV ads, I would like to share with you my opinion on this particular tourism ad. Recall the 'Taiwan' ad often shown on TV recently? I think its fuckin ridiculous, I don't even understand what they are trying to convey! Their slogon 'Flying High Flying Taiwan' is already absurd, to make it worst in the ad they hav this woman and a fat man flying around parts of Taiwan. What for? It's totally laughable and ridiculous and whoever made this ad is a joke. Total flop. I'm not going to be least attracted to go to Taiwan with such advertising? Never! Haha...but with that said..I still wanna go Taiwan because of the food...the Karaoke there and everything...I feel food is such an important aspect in attracting visitors to Taiwan but why didn't the ad show any of these? On the other hand, I tot the HK tourism ad featuring Daniel Wu and that reather pretty woman was really good. Taiwan should start learning from their Hongkie frens on how to make better ads. Well, if I ever get a chance to visit Taiwan, you must be my food guide Grace! Haha...
I have been playing some tennis recently and I'm already in love with this sport. It's a great way to work out the body as well as build up the arm muscles as tennis involves the technique of swinging your arm to hit the ball over the other side of the court. I'm even contemplating to sign up for tennis courses after I ORD or even better still, hire a tennis coach! Haha.. Madness.. Anyways, just bought my new tennis racquet. The brand is PRINCE and its made of Titanium. The racquet is really light and I can't wait to start using it next week. Promise I'm gonna thrash Henry's ass with his new racquet of mine! Haha. Thing to note: Queensway really sells cheap racquets...or least I think so. Mine is a considerably good one and it cost me 85 only! :)
And how is this for Liverpool's new home kit for the upcoming EPL season? I'm so glad they decided to change it from Reebok to Adidas haha! I'm definitely goin to purchase one of these when I have sufficient funds to spent haha..
If you have been watching TV ads, I would like to share with you my opinion on this particular tourism ad. Recall the 'Taiwan' ad often shown on TV recently? I think its fuckin ridiculous, I don't even understand what they are trying to convey! Their slogon 'Flying High Flying Taiwan' is already absurd, to make it worst in the ad they hav this woman and a fat man flying around parts of Taiwan. What for? It's totally laughable and ridiculous and whoever made this ad is a joke. Total flop. I'm not going to be least attracted to go to Taiwan with such advertising? Never! Haha...but with that said..I still wanna go Taiwan because of the food...the Karaoke there and everything...I feel food is such an important aspect in attracting visitors to Taiwan but why didn't the ad show any of these? On the other hand, I tot the HK tourism ad featuring Daniel Wu and that reather pretty woman was really good. Taiwan should start learning from their Hongkie frens on how to make better ads. Well, if I ever get a chance to visit Taiwan, you must be my food guide Grace! Haha...
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
CLEMCUBE World Cup 2006 Awards
It's been so fast and suddenly the World Cup has come to an end already. I just like to share with you some players and teams that gave me a memorable impression of them, be it good or bad...
OVERALL BEST PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT: Fabio Cannavaro (Italy/Juventus)
BEST GOALKEEPER: Ricardo (Portugal/Sporting)
BEST CENTERBACK: Lillian Thuram (France/Juventus)
BEST LEFTBACK: Phillip Lahm (Germany/Bayern Munich)
BEST RIGHTBACK: Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy/Juventus)
BEST CENTER MIDFIELD: Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan)
BEST LEFT MIDFIELD: Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany/Bayern Munich)
BEST RIGHT MIDFIELD: Franck Ribery (France/Marseille)
BEST PLAYMAKER: Juan Riquelme (Argentina/Villareal)
BEST STRIKER: Fernando Torres (Spain/Atletico Madrid)
BEST COACH: Marcello Lippi (Italy)
THE 12TH MAN: Aaron Lennon (England/Tottenham)
BEST YOUNG PLAYER: Christiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester Utd)
GOAL OF THE TOURNAMENT: Maxi Rodriguez (Argentina/Atletico Madrid)
BEST TEAM: Argentina
BEST AFRICAN REPRESENTATION: Ivory Coast
BEST ASIAN REPRESENTATION: Saudi Arabia
BEST CONCACAF REPRESENTATION: Mexico
BEST REFEREE: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
BEST CAPTAIN: Fabio Cannvaro (Italy/Juventus)
MOST INSPIRING PLAYER: Zinedine Zidane (France, retiring after WC2006)
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER: Mariano Pernia (Spain/Getafe)
PLAYER WHO DID UNEXPECTEDLY WELL: Owen Hargreaves (England/Bayern Munich)
WORST GOALKEEPER: Fabien Barthez (France/Marseille)
WORST DEFENDER: Oguchi Onyewu (USA/Standard Liege)
WORST MIDFIELDER: Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea)
WORST STRIKER: Razak Pimpong (Ghana/Copenhagen)
WORST COACH: Zico (Japan)
WORST TEAM: Togo
WORST REFEREE: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
MOST UNSPORTING PLAYER/COACH: Guus Hiddink (Australia Coach)
PLAYER WHO NEVER GOT HIS CHANCE: Theo Walcott (England/Arsenal)
These are my picks, you can choose to agree with me or not. Feel free to leave your comments!
OVERALL BEST PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT: Fabio Cannavaro (Italy/Juventus)
BEST GOALKEEPER: Ricardo (Portugal/Sporting)
BEST CENTERBACK: Lillian Thuram (France/Juventus)
BEST LEFTBACK: Phillip Lahm (Germany/Bayern Munich)
BEST RIGHTBACK: Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy/Juventus)
BEST CENTER MIDFIELD: Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan)
BEST LEFT MIDFIELD: Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany/Bayern Munich)
BEST RIGHT MIDFIELD: Franck Ribery (France/Marseille)
BEST PLAYMAKER: Juan Riquelme (Argentina/Villareal)
BEST STRIKER: Fernando Torres (Spain/Atletico Madrid)
BEST COACH: Marcello Lippi (Italy)
THE 12TH MAN: Aaron Lennon (England/Tottenham)
BEST YOUNG PLAYER: Christiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester Utd)
GOAL OF THE TOURNAMENT: Maxi Rodriguez (Argentina/Atletico Madrid)
BEST TEAM: Argentina
BEST AFRICAN REPRESENTATION: Ivory Coast
BEST ASIAN REPRESENTATION: Saudi Arabia
BEST CONCACAF REPRESENTATION: Mexico
BEST REFEREE: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
BEST CAPTAIN: Fabio Cannvaro (Italy/Juventus)
MOST INSPIRING PLAYER: Zinedine Zidane (France, retiring after WC2006)
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER: Mariano Pernia (Spain/Getafe)
PLAYER WHO DID UNEXPECTEDLY WELL: Owen Hargreaves (England/Bayern Munich)
WORST GOALKEEPER: Fabien Barthez (France/Marseille)
WORST DEFENDER: Oguchi Onyewu (USA/Standard Liege)
WORST MIDFIELDER: Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea)
WORST STRIKER: Razak Pimpong (Ghana/Copenhagen)
WORST COACH: Zico (Japan)
WORST TEAM: Togo
WORST REFEREE: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
MOST UNSPORTING PLAYER/COACH: Guus Hiddink (Australia Coach)
PLAYER WHO NEVER GOT HIS CHANCE: Theo Walcott (England/Arsenal)
These are my picks, you can choose to agree with me or not. Feel free to leave your comments!
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Resurrected
CURRENT MUSIC: BEAUTIFUL LOVE by TANYA CHUA
You must have been wondering where the hell I have died to, and why I haven't been updating my blog for years. Since the last post from now I think it has been over 2 months or so?
Then, you might want to ask me, why even bother to start updating again?
I don't know. I just feel like writing something again I guess, but you probably won't get to see frequent entries as compared to last time because I will most likely be too lazy to come online to do blogging. Yes, I admit that I am totally lazy to blog. Haha.
Sometimes I have this funny feeling that keeps teasing my mind: Why am I writing down all the happenings in my life and letting other people be informed of my daily activities? Am I deprived of attention? Do I blog truthfully? I ask myself my main purpose of blogging. Is it to attract other people to visit your homepage or issit really an attempt to write down my personal thoughts just like that of a diary, only that I store these thoughts in something called a blog?
There is this kind of blogging which I would like to term as "selective blogging". What this basically means is that people only blog about good stuff, positive things that they encounter in their daily lives, but never will they release embarassing encounters of themselves in their blogs, or discuss factual things that will portray a bad image of themselves in their blogs. In my opinion, most people want others to look at their blogs and think that they are leading a damn HAPPENING lifestyle, and in turn make a lot others envy the blogger. Probably self-satisfaction derived from the blogger? Do you consider this as a form of showing off by the blogger?
Probably the best kind of blogs I have visited are those that discuss about current affairs and their viewpoints on certain issues (eg. Marina Bay IR, Education Systems). It's kinda interesting to see what bloggers have to say in these issues. Then there are blogs like those of MR BROWN, MIYAGI, KENNYSIA etc. which are real farni, like those podcasts at mrbrown.com are those stupid photos that dear Kenny captures. Other than that, I think other bloggers are just deceiving themselves through blogging (includes me, I dun even know what made me blog in the first place). In my opinion, I think at least 60% of bloggers out there don't even know their main purpose in blogging. Does XIAXUE even know her main purpose in blogging? Maybe shez just blogging because of the tremendous amount of visitors to her site. Haha. But the plus point for her is that shez turned into a blogging icon for her exploits.
If you're a blogger, just ask yourself why do you actually blog?
If you think what I wrote above was all total bullshit and crap, you can choose to ignore it. Maybe it really is. :) I mean, after all, everyone is entitled to their own say.
Still can't believe the bloody Swiss lost.
They suck.
And the whole world will be watching France win tonight.
You must have been wondering where the hell I have died to, and why I haven't been updating my blog for years. Since the last post from now I think it has been over 2 months or so?
Then, you might want to ask me, why even bother to start updating again?
I don't know. I just feel like writing something again I guess, but you probably won't get to see frequent entries as compared to last time because I will most likely be too lazy to come online to do blogging. Yes, I admit that I am totally lazy to blog. Haha.
Sometimes I have this funny feeling that keeps teasing my mind: Why am I writing down all the happenings in my life and letting other people be informed of my daily activities? Am I deprived of attention? Do I blog truthfully? I ask myself my main purpose of blogging. Is it to attract other people to visit your homepage or issit really an attempt to write down my personal thoughts just like that of a diary, only that I store these thoughts in something called a blog?
There is this kind of blogging which I would like to term as "selective blogging". What this basically means is that people only blog about good stuff, positive things that they encounter in their daily lives, but never will they release embarassing encounters of themselves in their blogs, or discuss factual things that will portray a bad image of themselves in their blogs. In my opinion, most people want others to look at their blogs and think that they are leading a damn HAPPENING lifestyle, and in turn make a lot others envy the blogger. Probably self-satisfaction derived from the blogger? Do you consider this as a form of showing off by the blogger?
Probably the best kind of blogs I have visited are those that discuss about current affairs and their viewpoints on certain issues (eg. Marina Bay IR, Education Systems). It's kinda interesting to see what bloggers have to say in these issues. Then there are blogs like those of MR BROWN, MIYAGI, KENNYSIA etc. which are real farni, like those podcasts at mrbrown.com are those stupid photos that dear Kenny captures. Other than that, I think other bloggers are just deceiving themselves through blogging (includes me, I dun even know what made me blog in the first place). In my opinion, I think at least 60% of bloggers out there don't even know their main purpose in blogging. Does XIAXUE even know her main purpose in blogging? Maybe shez just blogging because of the tremendous amount of visitors to her site. Haha. But the plus point for her is that shez turned into a blogging icon for her exploits.
If you're a blogger, just ask yourself why do you actually blog?
If you think what I wrote above was all total bullshit and crap, you can choose to ignore it. Maybe it really is. :) I mean, after all, everyone is entitled to their own say.
Still can't believe the bloody Swiss lost.
They suck.
And the whole world will be watching France win tonight.
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Die die die
CURRENT MUSIC: SUPERWOMAN by CAO GE
Just checked the SMU website and I saw this piece of news entitled 'SMU hits record 10,600 applications for Academic Year 2006/7'.
http://www.smu.edu.sg/news/2006/10_apr06.asp
Haiz...
That will mean my chance of getting a place in SMU will be significantly decreased. :(
Hmm...Shaun you gotta teach me your interview skills!! Looks like the interview will be the deciding factor as to whether I'm able to get the place man. Come on SMU why haven't you called me up for the interview?!??
Haiz..
Why didn't I take their bloody offer last year?
Haiz..
Just checked the SMU website and I saw this piece of news entitled 'SMU hits record 10,600 applications for Academic Year 2006/7'.
http://www.smu.edu.sg/news/2006/10_apr06.asp
Haiz...
That will mean my chance of getting a place in SMU will be significantly decreased. :(
Hmm...Shaun you gotta teach me your interview skills!! Looks like the interview will be the deciding factor as to whether I'm able to get the place man. Come on SMU why haven't you called me up for the interview?!??
Haiz..
Why didn't I take their bloody offer last year?
Haiz..
Monday, April 03, 2006
Into the world of taxi drivers
CURRENT MUSIC: WHERED YOU GO by FORT MINOR feat. Holly Brook, John Matranga
I'm really satisfied with myself. I've been hitting the gym on a consistent basis and I can feel that the gym workout is really paying dividends. So friends, if you need to slim down or whatsoever, don't wait, head to the gym now and I'm sure it will help your cause.
I shall discuss about taxi drivers in this entry. What inspired me to write about taxi drivers you might ask? It all started from a real cool conservation with this particular cab driver, who happened to be really outspoken and we talked about his experiences as a cab driver while driving me down to a certain destination. Have you ever wondered how hard it is to be a taxi driver? I bet some of you think that driving a cab is really easy money, but a cab driver's income is seriously unstable and anything can happen anytime while you are working on your shift. Some points I'd like to share about a taxi driver are listed below:
1. TAXI DRIVERS GET PISSED OFF WHEN THE PASSENGER WHO CALLED FOR A CAB DOESN'T TURN UP.
This is something that cab drivers face everyday and they cannot do anything about it. Put yourself in the driver's shoes. Someone calls for a cab, you are driving around and the on-call destination hapens to be in the vicinity, you accept the job and drive down to take that passenger. But when you reach the destination, no one's there. So it is either the person played a prank on you or he/she has taken another cab without informing the hotline to cancel the order.
Aren't you gonna get pissed with such a situation? I certainly will and I will curse that person to hell. What audacity to call for a cab and in the end become so irresponsible of your actions! Who suffers? The cab driver. He could have picked up some other passengers while waiting for nobody.
2. THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES WHEN THE PASSENGER CAN ESCAPE EASILY AND NOT PAY THE FARE.
Take for example during a traffic jam. You are driving a cab and stuck in the centre lane of the road. The traffic is so slow and the fare meter keeps on increasing. Your passenger gets fed up and decides to leave the cab without paying the fare. He/She opens the damn door and runs away. How? The fare is 15 bucks. Are you going to give chase and leave your cab unattended? Or are you goin to accept the fact that you are down on your luck? Think.
Another instance would be driving the passenger down to his/her desired destination. You ask for the fare but the person confesses that she/he does not have enough cash in hand. He/She gives you everything that he/she is left with in the wallet and tells you to take it or leave it. Are you still goin to demand for the exact fare? The person cannot pay, so are you going to drive him/her down to the police station and leave matters the the police? The person won't be dumb and allow you to do so rite, so he/she would have escaped long ago. So what do you do?
3. MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS ARISE RANDOMLY.
This point refers more to female passengers and how they can make use of...you know what..to distract or even threaten cab drivers. I'll give you an example. A sexy pretty hot(wadever) babe enters your taxi and she flirts with you. While you're concentrationg on driving (let's assume you really are, haha), she caresses the back of your neck and even your cheeks. In an attempt to stop her you brush her hand away from you. The woman accuses you of molestation. Ok you didn't but no one knows you are innocent. Thereafter, she blackmails you by demanding a free ride to her destination. Are you going to accept it or are you goin to blow the matter up and fight to the end, where in worst case scenario the law can come into action? If I were the driver, seriously I will just blame my luck and choose the former.
4. NOT KNOWING ROADS WELL CAUSES YOU A SCOLDING FROM MORE DEMANDING PASSENGERS.
So do you know where is Chiku Rd? Or Teck Guan Rd? Or wadever fucked up road name you can think of? Your passenger wants to get there and expects you to know the way. You dunno. And you gotta check the road directory. So some problem passengers will scold you so badly and hurl insults at you, claiming you are wasting their damn 'precious' time. In other cases, they accuse you of taking advantage of their lack of knowledge of roads to bring them in cricles before reaching the destination. Assuming you are an honest driver, you just gotta tolerate with their nonsense.
I'm sure there are many other interesting things that can happen to a cab driver while he is on shift. I hope that this insight on cab drivers will help you understand them better. The next time you call 65521111 (Damn it I'm not promoting Comfort), make sure you wait for the assigned cab and be responsible. Every occupation has its highs and lows, more often than not the latter more than the former. Haha.
Are you thinking twice about being a cab driver after you past your prime?
I'm really satisfied with myself. I've been hitting the gym on a consistent basis and I can feel that the gym workout is really paying dividends. So friends, if you need to slim down or whatsoever, don't wait, head to the gym now and I'm sure it will help your cause.
I shall discuss about taxi drivers in this entry. What inspired me to write about taxi drivers you might ask? It all started from a real cool conservation with this particular cab driver, who happened to be really outspoken and we talked about his experiences as a cab driver while driving me down to a certain destination. Have you ever wondered how hard it is to be a taxi driver? I bet some of you think that driving a cab is really easy money, but a cab driver's income is seriously unstable and anything can happen anytime while you are working on your shift. Some points I'd like to share about a taxi driver are listed below:
1. TAXI DRIVERS GET PISSED OFF WHEN THE PASSENGER WHO CALLED FOR A CAB DOESN'T TURN UP.
This is something that cab drivers face everyday and they cannot do anything about it. Put yourself in the driver's shoes. Someone calls for a cab, you are driving around and the on-call destination hapens to be in the vicinity, you accept the job and drive down to take that passenger. But when you reach the destination, no one's there. So it is either the person played a prank on you or he/she has taken another cab without informing the hotline to cancel the order.
Aren't you gonna get pissed with such a situation? I certainly will and I will curse that person to hell. What audacity to call for a cab and in the end become so irresponsible of your actions! Who suffers? The cab driver. He could have picked up some other passengers while waiting for nobody.
2. THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES WHEN THE PASSENGER CAN ESCAPE EASILY AND NOT PAY THE FARE.
Take for example during a traffic jam. You are driving a cab and stuck in the centre lane of the road. The traffic is so slow and the fare meter keeps on increasing. Your passenger gets fed up and decides to leave the cab without paying the fare. He/She opens the damn door and runs away. How? The fare is 15 bucks. Are you going to give chase and leave your cab unattended? Or are you goin to accept the fact that you are down on your luck? Think.
Another instance would be driving the passenger down to his/her desired destination. You ask for the fare but the person confesses that she/he does not have enough cash in hand. He/She gives you everything that he/she is left with in the wallet and tells you to take it or leave it. Are you still goin to demand for the exact fare? The person cannot pay, so are you going to drive him/her down to the police station and leave matters the the police? The person won't be dumb and allow you to do so rite, so he/she would have escaped long ago. So what do you do?
3. MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS ARISE RANDOMLY.
This point refers more to female passengers and how they can make use of...you know what..to distract or even threaten cab drivers. I'll give you an example. A sexy pretty hot(wadever) babe enters your taxi and she flirts with you. While you're concentrationg on driving (let's assume you really are, haha), she caresses the back of your neck and even your cheeks. In an attempt to stop her you brush her hand away from you. The woman accuses you of molestation. Ok you didn't but no one knows you are innocent. Thereafter, she blackmails you by demanding a free ride to her destination. Are you going to accept it or are you goin to blow the matter up and fight to the end, where in worst case scenario the law can come into action? If I were the driver, seriously I will just blame my luck and choose the former.
4. NOT KNOWING ROADS WELL CAUSES YOU A SCOLDING FROM MORE DEMANDING PASSENGERS.
So do you know where is Chiku Rd? Or Teck Guan Rd? Or wadever fucked up road name you can think of? Your passenger wants to get there and expects you to know the way. You dunno. And you gotta check the road directory. So some problem passengers will scold you so badly and hurl insults at you, claiming you are wasting their damn 'precious' time. In other cases, they accuse you of taking advantage of their lack of knowledge of roads to bring them in cricles before reaching the destination. Assuming you are an honest driver, you just gotta tolerate with their nonsense.
I'm sure there are many other interesting things that can happen to a cab driver while he is on shift. I hope that this insight on cab drivers will help you understand them better. The next time you call 65521111 (Damn it I'm not promoting Comfort), make sure you wait for the assigned cab and be responsible. Every occupation has its highs and lows, more often than not the latter more than the former. Haha.
Are you thinking twice about being a cab driver after you past your prime?
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