What a week ... Slightly more than a week..

XBOX 360 from Singnet 8mbps recontract ..

Pheww... 1stly, what a week .. let me reorganize my thoughts chronologically - and reorganize my room tmr, messy since the day i collected my xbox.

10/12/08 to 11/12/08
-Collected my xbox early morning by borrowing my dad's car to go Singapore Post at eunos ..
-Reached at 8am and waited til 8.30am.
-Bought and arranged to meet with a few bro's from www.bob.com.sg to trade some 2nd games ( GTA IV and Fable 2)
-Bought another wireless controller from my workplace friend.
-Went to buy 3 more games (Left4Dead,Mirror edge,FIFA09)
-Completed Left4Dead with sm

12/12/08
-Bought a Sharp 32" HD-ready Tv from audio house.
-Xbox 360 MS steering wheel kit
-1 more game (NBA 2K9)
-Meet up BOB bro to trade game (Forza Motorsport 2)

13/12/08 to today
-Rewire my room to make it full 'entertainment-ready'
-Bought 2 MS 1600 card and 1 one-mth xbox360 live subscription on top of the free 1mth xbox live trial.
-Challenge in XBOX live for FIFA09 (win only 2 out of 5)
-Engaged in team play for FIFA09 with my workplace friends.

Total cash spent = more than $1k
Total effort, sweat, muscle & sense of achievement = Priceless

~Back to play

champion for a day

My trophy

Won the Intra games. Felt good to obtain 12 out of a maximum of 15 pts. Win one match equals to 1pt - with a total of 5 teams and 15 games to play for each.

Not bad. Not bad at all. I am referring to the feel-good kind of sensation that has been circulating within me. Think this kind of adrenaline rush will subside come tomorrow.

need to rest my tired right arm

Flashback on Langkawi Trip Nov 08

On the 1st of November 08, we went to Langkawi, our 1st stop in Malaysia for a short backpacking trip. It caused us nearly half a day on the travel coach. We set sailed from JB to a place named Alor Star and had to transfer via cab to Kuala Kedah for a ferry ride.

Yawns! So much effort... ( it was only after we left Langkawi that we calculated that if we had taken airplane instead, it would be faster and cheaper. -_-*)

Upon reaching the jetty of Langkawi, we were greeted by this huge welcome billboard -

And this eagle we tried to catch

Looking at the many affordable cars on rent for a daily low rate of RM50 onwards, we took the offer and got ourselves a Perodua Kancil to play around.

Kancil (max speed only a mere 110km/h on downhill)

We tried Go-Karting for 10 rounds
For a flat RM37 to zap around the race course, felt like F1 driver...

After completing the Go-Kart, we drove around in search of the beach and we changed upon the beach along Pantai Cenang which offers sea-activities such as para-sailing, jet-ski and banana boat.

The para-sailing experience
Jet-ski anyone?

Heineken is a healthy drink

Upgraded my Kancil for a Nissan 350

Not!

Enough of playing and we went in search of nice seafood restaurant to feast. Then Bruce Lee came out of nowhere to give me a ...

High-five! (lame..)


Our dinnerTeochew promfret

Langkawi was fun!

doggy and me

Real spent. i mean real spent.

There is another 'one' living with me. this particular special 'one' came just three days ago and had already pee-d on nearly every corner in my house.

But he's cute. like to pray towards me in a upright standing posture whenever i passed by him.

Brought him down for his evening walk. Kept on 'marking' his territory everywhere using his pee. Yucks! At least 6 pillar and 3 bushes 'kena' from him. It is also the 1st time i cleaned up a pile of dog poo.

Bath him clean when we came back. Then struggled to hair-dry him.

Oh, what a day !

somebody save me!

Art or Porn?

Today's weather at sea was damn f***ed up. Ultra bad sea-state. The 'white horse' ( the waves) just keep coming. To ease our nausea, we discussed about an interesting topic.

ART vs PORN

What differential art piece from pornography?

JL: is it based on the target audience or the people who gather to view it... meaning if cheekopei are watching - then its porno? ^-^

Colleague: I think is the 'sound' that porno has.. where got art piece moan here moan there wan?

JL: ya hor ... lol true true

actually we can be so bo liao

'burnt out'

Yesterday blazing sunlight is taking its toll on me. I am feeling the aftermath of being overly exposed to the noon time sun. No pity from me either because we were provided with a tub of sun block, laterally - & i chose to ignored it.

Pretty lethargic today so i think i am going to hibernate liao. Ciao!

living today in the shoes of a "ah mat"

Swim swim swim

Our in-charge for this competition giving some instructions

During the race

The turnout for today

Basically today was fun - hot and tiring - but fun. The atmosphere, the bond, the team spirit, sportsmanship and the funny taunts. Although my team did not win the overall championship, we were glad it went to the best team today instead. Three cheers for all the wonderful people that made today so memorable.

Now have to go put some ice on my sun burnt back. Ciao!

What a day..

So sorry ... my bad =)

Visa Application

http://www.visa-vietnam.org/

- no need to apply for visa to vietnam if the stay is less than 30 days

Air Tickets

The period set : 27th-31st Dec 08
Earliest date available on the system: 28th Dec
Return date available: 30th Dec or 1st Jan
Ticket prices range from $360 - $420 ( includes airport tax)

Lowest Fare Internet Discounted Fare 119.99 SGD Regular Fare 124.99 SGD Sun, 28 Dec 08 Flight TR 308 17:35 Depart Singapore (SIN) 20:00 Arrive Hanoi (HAN) Duration: 3h 25min Lowest Fare Internet Discounted Fare 119.99 SGD Regular Fare 124.99 SGD Tue, 30 Dec 08 Flight TR 309 08:55 Depart Hanoi (HAN) 13:25 Arrive Singapore (SIN) Duration: 3h 30min Lowest Fare Internet Discounted Fare 99.99 SGD Regular Fare 104.99 SGD Thu, 01 Jan 09 Flight TR 309 20:30 Depart Hanoi (HAN) 00:50 Arrive Singapore (SIN) (next day) Duration: 3h 20min

Accommodation

$$$ collection time