F1

It is the F1 weekend in Singapore. All the hype and all the media coverage. How could i resist not commenting on this once in a lifetime "night race" - a world "1st" , so very typical of Singapore.

Actually to be honest, give me a soccer match versus a F1 race anytime and i would choose the latter without even batting a eyelid. The only time i set my eyes on a match was when it was the end of all the soccer leagues and the pubs had to display some pictures on their TVs for all the patrons which included me. F1 to be brutally honest, is just plain boring until today.

F1 Qualifying. Q1/Q2/Q3. After all the 'Q's , i was engaged by the excitement when the racers are trying their best to beat their lap timings to progress further. Poor Alonso got eliminated during Q2 due to fuel problems, sad ending for a former World 1st. Hamilton also nearly got eliminated as he spent too much time in the pits, which left him 14th place with two laps to go. Luckily for him, he calmly finished Q2 10th place. The finale Q3 ended with a final fight between Hamilton and Massa with Massa ending the night with pole position.

I am going to google more about the F1. Too bad i can't watch tomorrow's Grand Prix Finals at 8pm, got to work. Boring!!!

So interesting!!!

Bintan/Hanoi/Star Virgo

Basically Bintan is by far the cheapest. If three persons sharing a room, for a 3D2N trip "smelly smelly" $200-300 SGD. Btw the prices are valid til 19th December only except for the 'Bintan Lagoon Resort'.

For the Vietnam trip, the cheapest for a 3D2N stay plus air tickets at a 3*hotel is about $800 plus airport taxes.

We can also consider Star Cruise for the Xmas/NY week. However be prepared to have a burnt pocket as it will easily cost over $900 SGD for a decent cabin room and at least $600 for the bare minimum.

A few more days the travel agent will call me and update me on the latest travel prices and stuff. Will update then..

-_-

How to season my shoes in a week?

My new bball shoes

Left exactly a week til the competition and today is the 1st day i wore my shoes to shoot hoops. As we know new shoes "bite", therefore i have to clock more mileage for them by utilizing them more often a.k.a seasoning.

I could,

1. Wear them everywhere, everyday, anytime. Be it sleeping, having breakfast, going to work... maybe even bathing?
2. Use them intensively by intensively training intensively.

Or take the word seasoning laterally and coat my shoes with spices etc.

On our trip

The Meeting

After discussing with sm des and jon, we narrowed down the options to either bintan, vietnam or cruiseship

Des and i went to look at the prices for cruiseship... the prices are abt 800 for 3d2n- too exp. , we thought.

So it is down to bintan or vietnam..

If we choose Bintan ,
Our trip being in the December is during the period of maximum rainfall. Thus any idea of engaging in seasports is completely out of the picture thus if we are going to bintan, we can go for spa, go-karting/ Buggy ride etc. However the plus point for going bintan is that it is a short 1hr ferry trip and can save on time/air tickets/visa application hazzle...

If we choose Vietnam, we have to book the air tickets in advance like ASAP. Vietnam is a better place for wet weather season??

Person going and dates available

1. JL – 10-16^th/ 22 – 24^th Dec/ 27th Dec – 1^st Jan09.

2. MX – 19^th Dec onwards.

3. PK – November onwards.

4. Jon – Whole of December.

5. SM – Start of December til 18^th December, 22nd-24th Dec (KIV)

6. YN – 10th Dec onwards

7. Des – 5th Dec onwards

8. ML – 5th Dec onwards

9. SK - 18th Dec onwards

In order to accomodate everyone, the period 22nd-24th is the most ideal...

Some weather forecast...

so how?

GK's Bday at KuiShin Bo

Yesterday was a hell of a night!

The whole gang went to Kuishin bo to celebrate Gk's 21st bday. We had all the finest delicacy last night including the ever-juicy snow crab, fresh prawns, tuna/salmon sashimi, chocolate fondue...

The seafood

The sushi spread

Deserts

The thing that is special about this jap restaurant is that it is very cosy and family oriented. Not to mention the every 15-30mins 'special' which may be anything random such as home made desert to live seafood..etc

However the experience is not very cheap, we paid about $42 pax.

Then went drinking at wala wala at holland v with chow til late

Not bad... but no more snow crabs pls!!

Nearly lost my HP

The whole story goes like this ...

I were about to board the bus with my two colleagues this morning after having brunch when i discovered my hp missing from my pocket.

Jialat, i thought..

Then I thought i had dropped my hp in the kopitiam that we just left. So I ran back there to search frantically for it. Then the owner of the kopitiam gave his assistance by allowing me to call my hp on his hp.

But to no avail...

Then i decided that today must be my day to lose my hp... and i left for the bus stop half-heartedly...

While walking on the grass patch near the bus stop, i saw a glittering glow shining at me... Aha! my hp was lying innocently there... oooOOooo i get the pic liao..

When i was running to the bus stop to catch the bus 254, my hp fell out from my pocket unknowingly... lol

Chey! i thought finally can change hp...

MAN U needs a new sponsor

Manchester United's principal sponsor, 'AIG', is nowing facing debts amounting to billions. It is now facing liquidity problems which came after the collapse of banking giants, 'Lehman Brothers'.

Thus i concluded that Man U is going to change its sponsor real soon.

let me sponsor Man U

21 and still celebrating !!

There are many things in life you would grow out of it as you age but how can anyone stop the thrill plus the license to burn down and air-pollute the whole neighbourhood ..

And its all only happening once a year during mid-autumn festival..

let it burn..

Backpacking in Malaysia

November 1st week, i have Malaysia under my cross-hair, within my radar. I am going backpacking and staying in budget backpacker's inn. I will go to Kuantan, Pahang, Terrengganu, Penang, Ipoh and KL before returning to SG.

Looking forward to it..

I LOVE LIVERPOOL - not!

How i love liverpool. Yesterday they won during the battle of the Elites between Man United and Liverpool Football ClUb. They won by the sCoreline 2-1 sKillfully with the assistance from Man U's Wes Brown own goal OFF the post. Good job LIVERPOOL & THEIR SUPPORTERS!!!

On the topic of Liverpool, my boss is like the Rafael Benitez of my workplace.

Let us call him Rafael Baritez.. He is the one in charge of our 'squad formation', which 'position' we play by using an 'iron fist'. He can be referred as the Tinker-man as he will rotate your 'postion' whenever whereever however he likes... What a boss!!

read in between the lines..

Wishes

Things i want to do but procrastinated :

1. Makeover my room
   
2. Construct a shelf or cabinet
   
3. Have a collection of self made model cars in my room
4. Surfing
   
5. Drumming
6. Brush up my English at British Council
7. 2B license
8. Backpacking in the other side of this globe
   

Things i wish to have:

1. A WRX
2. A MPA Steersman license
3. A new mountain Bike
4. A drumset
5. A new analog watch
6. Maybe a new brain?

Any donors?

TVB 8 addicted

Now watching the new tvb8 series i rented from teck whye. It had been three years since i last rented le but i am a addict to canto drama series nevertheless.

Love u Charmaine Sheh ...

3rd Gen alongside

Today i was taught how to do alongside.

Alongside is a term used by seafarers to refer to the movement of vessels which bring them nearer to one another. Normally used for boarding and berthing.

How very interesting.. glad that i am able to control all our boats from today on.

how long more to steersman?

Some interesting videos

Battle of the Sexes

The way i fall... comical

See how i do the mating call

On life

If the person important to you is having a relationship vacation, especially a long term trip, what are you supposed to do ?

taking a vacation? No problem ..

just make sure don't migrate or worse, fall in love with living the life of a nomad

lets lure them back with a ball of string..

Drums

Drums. Guitar. Harmonica. Bands. I want to excel in all.

But my real passion lies in drum since a long time back. However drums are expensive 'toys' thus the delay in picking up the instrument til today.

Today i make a promise to myself - start before i turn 22

The 1st step - join a local music online community "SOFT"

anyone got spare cash to buy me a drumset?

GMAX

10 September 08

This was what i used to do when i were 18...

WARNING!! Please lower your volume when viewing this video as the video contains audio material of very high decibels (yn's screaming or shrieking)

Actually to be brutally honest, i was damn afraid. That's explain all the unnecessary blabbering from me. But it was worth it, all of it to have tried this GMAX.

Go on try it today!

Mooncake Festival

9 Sep 08

Hey this Sunday is the mooncake festival aka mid-autumn festival. Let's go somewhere to celebrate the festival. Suggestions?

zouk?

Brokeback See Toh

9th Sep 08

Brokeback Aussies

I literally 'broke' my back ytd while ferrying my heavy equipments from my boat to the jetty. There are these heavy metal plates suits which are called the 'IBAS'. It is supposed to act as a kelvar suit cum life jacket. Man! it's heavy and we have 3 such suits. Ytd i tried to not bent my knees to carry all three and then 'piak!' coming from my back.. oops think i broke my back liao ( pain pain pain). Today ok liao .. went for some water therapy by swimming laps this afternoon.

My nose is still like a running tap.. *argGGgchOOoo!!

Going to submit the application form from UniSIM. Got accepted and studying finance this coming Jan 09. Application fee $500. By cheque somemore.. got my dad to help out lor then reimburse him ..

FB

Lastly, Facebook is really irritating ... Everytime i checked my hotmail surely got one or two email from FB (not F*ck Buddy lol). Asking me to join la or my friend join liao then ask me to accept their invites.... yawns!!

But after i calmed down .. i thought of a famous saying,

"If you can't fight them, join them"

That's y i am now a proud member of FB ( fyi not F*ck Buddy... or i said that b4 liao ah oops ..)

so ADD ME Today!!

Chubby

7th Sept 08

A case of misadventure for me. Tried the really spicy, '4 chilli' accredited AJISEN volcano ramen yesterday at IMM. Now having a very bad throat. *cough.

Try it today!! (ps: *cough -_^ )

For today, met up with des yn sm to catch up on our travel plan over dinner. Then shun bian watch dvd at my crib (i watched too much MTV Crib this few days)

The movie we watched (ps: Takeshi Kaneshiro hao shuai woo!!)

The 'suckle-d'

The throat medicine yn recommended..

I bought a EVO today

Yipee!! I bought it !! Finally after so much pondering .. My 1st ever EVO 7

Not this but

This!

Lighthouse duty

Come December this year, i will be far away at a structure home away from home.. Horsburgh lighthouse commonly known as Pedra Blanca... for a short while and please try not to miss me then =)

TVB8

Actually i am quite a canto-drama addict .. just watched two different episodes continuously on cable tv