damn funny!!! :)) had me rolling on the floor...
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Thursday, January 26, 2006
Monday, January 23, 2006
my 2nd least favourite time of the year...
...is almost here...
i have to admit that i really quite dislike chinese new year...with all the obligatory visiting and heehee-haha-ing with the relatives...oh so boring...with all the little imps running helter skelter all around the house...having to be polite and engaging with relatives that i do not see for most of the year...some more with all that food, it's impossible to avoid gaining weight....and that i really do not need...
the inevitable question would also pop its ugly head of course..."so when are you having a kid hah, ah boy???" ARGH!!
*grumble grumble* how can i possibly escape this? i dun think i can, in view of the fact that i escaped last year...gotta show face this year...
i swear i will do the minimum necessary visiting and all on the 1st day....then i shall relax and vegetate at home for the rest and avoiding everyone!!!
i have to admit that i really quite dislike chinese new year...with all the obligatory visiting and heehee-haha-ing with the relatives...oh so boring...with all the little imps running helter skelter all around the house...having to be polite and engaging with relatives that i do not see for most of the year...some more with all that food, it's impossible to avoid gaining weight....and that i really do not need...
the inevitable question would also pop its ugly head of course..."so when are you having a kid hah, ah boy???" ARGH!!
*grumble grumble* how can i possibly escape this? i dun think i can, in view of the fact that i escaped last year...gotta show face this year...
i swear i will do the minimum necessary visiting and all on the 1st day....then i shall relax and vegetate at home for the rest and avoiding everyone!!!
Thursday, January 19, 2006
i already detest taxi drivers...
...but this absolutely takes the cake....blardy cabby!!! kneecap the bugger!!! GRRRRRR...
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taken from 19 Jan 2006 ST Forum
Comfort cabby unhappy with $50 note leaves girl in the rain
Sometime last week, my child took a Comfort taxi home because it was raining. As she did not have a penny with her, she withdrew $50 from an ATM (which does not dispense $20) at Nanyang Polytechnic.
She boarded Comfort taxi SHC2786S at about 8.10pm. On reaching the destination, she gave the driver $50 to pay the fare. Instead of telling her in a professional way that he did not have any change, he scolded her for producing a $50 note.
He then drove her to another block where there was a coffeeshop and told her rudely to get off and change the $50 note.
After collecting the fare, the taxi driver drove off leaving my child to walk back to our block in pouring rain.
I would like an explanation for the behaviour of this Comfort taxi driver.
Chua Kim Choo
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KNNBCCB!!! ought to be shot, that arsehole...and this from an employee of a big listed company...
good....now we wait and see what THAT company say and what it does to repair the situation...
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taken from 19 Jan 2006 ST Forum
Comfort cabby unhappy with $50 note leaves girl in the rain
Sometime last week, my child took a Comfort taxi home because it was raining. As she did not have a penny with her, she withdrew $50 from an ATM (which does not dispense $20) at Nanyang Polytechnic.
She boarded Comfort taxi SHC2786S at about 8.10pm. On reaching the destination, she gave the driver $50 to pay the fare. Instead of telling her in a professional way that he did not have any change, he scolded her for producing a $50 note.
He then drove her to another block where there was a coffeeshop and told her rudely to get off and change the $50 note.
After collecting the fare, the taxi driver drove off leaving my child to walk back to our block in pouring rain.
I would like an explanation for the behaviour of this Comfort taxi driver.
Chua Kim Choo
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KNNBCCB!!! ought to be shot, that arsehole...and this from an employee of a big listed company...
good....now we wait and see what THAT company say and what it does to repair the situation...
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
damn!! i should change to one of these cars!
woot!!! :O
http://www.zshare.net/video/bestcaraward-wmv.html
1.56mb file...
no more parking problems, no more aggravation and waiting for lots, no more fines...the only possible issue would be actually finding it in a pocket or a purse :))
http://www.zshare.net/video/bestcaraward-wmv.html
1.56mb file...
no more parking problems, no more aggravation and waiting for lots, no more fines...the only possible issue would be actually finding it in a pocket or a purse :))
Monday, January 16, 2006
i find myself...
...in a huge dilemma all of a sudden...an opportunity...the light at the end of the tunnel...an escape...
*sigh*
decisions decisions... :(
*sigh*
decisions decisions... :(
Friday, January 13, 2006
hoorah!!!
the rain has stopped :))
i can finally wash my car today........i hope....maxine very much requires a bath...
of course once i say this, i jinx myself and it will resume the deluge later today....sheesh :S
i can finally wash my car today........i hope....maxine very much requires a bath...
of course once i say this, i jinx myself and it will resume the deluge later today....sheesh :S
Thursday, January 12, 2006
horrid weather...
...here in singapore and many parts of asia...
there's this cold snap of air coming down from siberia or up north i think...it's causing temperatures to plummet big time...in india, pakistan, japan and china, they are experience near-record low temperatures and heavy frost/snowfall leading to many deaths...
here in good ole singapore, it's been frickin' raining non-stop for pretty much the last 4 days....there are of course little breaks here and there but yes, it's really quite continuous in an overall sense...somethings heavy as heck, sometimes a trifling drizzle but ALL THE TIME making my car dirty!!!! dang it....
it does however make it reaaaaalllly nice to sleep at night :))
PLEASE!!! i need to wash maxine :S
there's this cold snap of air coming down from siberia or up north i think...it's causing temperatures to plummet big time...in india, pakistan, japan and china, they are experience near-record low temperatures and heavy frost/snowfall leading to many deaths...
here in good ole singapore, it's been frickin' raining non-stop for pretty much the last 4 days....there are of course little breaks here and there but yes, it's really quite continuous in an overall sense...somethings heavy as heck, sometimes a trifling drizzle but ALL THE TIME making my car dirty!!!! dang it....
it does however make it reaaaaalllly nice to sleep at night :))
...rain rain go away, come again another day....
PLEASE!!! i need to wash maxine :S
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
the fast, the flashy and the stately
...or deciphered as the ENZO, the GALLARDO SPYDER and the ARNAGE...just bloody gorgeous bespoke vehicles...all vastly expensive and stuff of my wet dreams... *DRRRROOOOLLLZZZZ*
one night in bangkok...
...makes the hard man humble....tra la la...
to be sure, it wasn't merely 1 night but 2...in a rather crappy hotel to boot...but then again, it was free :)) just have to make sure the next time we go, it ain't gonna be anything less than the pathumwan princess...lousy bed (saggy), lousy pillows (softer than jello), a less than pristine and spacious bathroom (sardinecan-like) and a weirder smell than my fart in the room...all this added up to 2 nights of rather disturbed sleep and a yet another crick in the neck for me...
at least bangkok this time round was DAMNNNNNN FUN!!!
we go in to the hotel at around slightly past noon on saturday morning, checked in, washed up a bit and ran straight out to MBK...thoughts and images of the food at the foodcourt were already swirling around crazily in my head...it was a mere 2 skytrain stops away (ratchathewi to national stadium) and actually is walkable (couldn't be much more than 800m)....but you know me lah, LEZY arma :)) the long and short of lunch that day was i stuffed my face with kuay chap, fried chicken rice and orrr luak :) i was so full after that i could barely keep consciousness to walk around MBK..haha...
we trolled MBK the whole afternoon until my feet were completely knackered and falling off...followed by siam discovery centre, siam centre and a bit of siam paragon (more about the paragon later)...must say, hi fashion is alive and well in bangkok...many funky chicken shops selling very nice clothes, albeit at the premium over singapore even :O after all that walking and wearing out of the feet, we decided to head for our favourite foot massage place near the novetel siam square....AAAAAHHHHHHHH bliss, i tell you...to get off my feet and have them pampered...nearly spurted from the ecstasy and the relief...
after 2 hours of foot pampering (in which i dozed off intermittently), we headed for the 2nd of our food objectives - BAN KHUN MAE restaurant about 80m away from the novotel. the missus and i discovered this place 2 years ago when we ran out of ideas where to eat...serves great authentic thai food in a rustic ambience...good food at a decent price indeed...for the both of us, a tasting menu adding tom yum goong and drinks, it was a trifling 688 baht or less than 30 sing ber...WOOOT!!!!!
after the stupendous meal, continued with a little bit of shopping but we were already quite tired out with the long day, and therefore around 2230, decided to call it a night...since the next morning was.......
CHATUCHAK!!!!
the last time i went to CTC, i barely lasted 2 hours in the intensely hot, moisture-laden atmosphere...wifey was most displeased with my capitulation...therefore this time, i had promised myself that it would be different...and it was...
the "climate" was much better...more temperate, less moisture and lo and behold, a breeze wafting thru the alleyways...HALLELUJAH!!! ok, so we actually bought less stuff this time as compared to the last (where we were shopping for decorative household stuff having just moved in to our apartment)...but we saw more, experienced more, bargained harder and oh, definitely walked much longer....about 4 hours...after we accomplished what we came to buy and do, we decided to head back to the hotel to drop off our buys and wash up a bit...
20 minutes later, we were off again....this time by skytrain to emporium to look for greyhound cafe...for their oh so juicy cheeseburger and kickass prawn bisque...and it was just as i remembered from 2 years back...wonderful wonderful food in simple chic surroundings and great value for money (if you convert back to sing ber lah)...there's nowhere in singapore that you can get a ground beef cheeseburger with the works (fried, strips of bacon, salad) and a succulent bisque with loadsa fresh shrimp for all of less than 12 sing bucks, man....no sirree!!! :)
we did some more shopping in emporium...well, actually, WINDOW-SHOPPING ONLY...as we realised that buying imported stuff in thailand actually costs more than in singapore (shockers!)...it was nice to browse though :) then we paid another visit to our fave massage place...then went for coca suki steamboat buffet at siam centre
and the same night, we continued with the shopping rampage at suan lum night bazaar...trolling every single aisle of the place....compared to 2 years back, it is definitely more happening and there are at least 25% more shops and tourists...i tell you now, the next time i renovate my place or move to a new one, i will go back to suan lum and ctc to shop for furniture and fittings...saw soooooo many miind-boggling and eye-dazzling pieces there :)
ended off the night with 2 paulaner dark beers....ahhh, steam!!!
now it's time to say goodbye to bangkok.........wait, but not until 1945hrs on the 3rd day!!! but since we had accomplished most of our goals for this trip, we took things a little easier (also since the accumulated stress on our feet was devastating! haha)...woke up comparatively late (around 8am), took a leisurely breakfast, packed up and checked out earlier...left our stuff at the concierge (after giving them very strict instructions to avoid pecharing all our breakable celadon pottery)...and headed back to siam paragon...
siam paragon is the newest and hippest shopping centre in bangkok...very much akin to what ngee ann city was (and i think still is) for singapore...it's a massive building filled with hi end shops and anchor-tenanted by a very large shopping chain that i still can't figger out is called EMPRESS or PARAGON....suffice to say that it was a big store (store somehow does not do justice to the size and array of goods they have on sale)...MASSIVE more like it...
the best thing here????? a ferrari ENZO, a lambo MURCIELAGO, a lambo GALLARDO SPYDER and a bentley ARNAGE on display!!!! i pretty much told the wife to go go go....go shopping/walking....just come back and get me an hour later!!! we had actually walked thru the paragon on the 1st day but only partially due to the feet breaking...and i had seen the murcielago...this morning, unfortunately, it was still covered up...thankfully, the enzo, the spyder and the arnage were not! i took sooooo many pictures and lost sooooo much saliva :))
for lunch, we headed back to MBK....just couldn't resist the cheap and good food :) then walked around a bit more and giving up, went back to the hotel to wait for the bus to the airport...all bushed...
to cut a long story short, got back last night home around 2345 hrs after a tedious flight filled with fellow ugly singaporean shoppers and ah mmms...unpacked a bit and knocked out!!!
ah, it's nice to be able to sleep in my own comfy bed again....zzzzzzzz :))
so that was my weekend....how was yours? =D
to be sure, it wasn't merely 1 night but 2...in a rather crappy hotel to boot...but then again, it was free :)) just have to make sure the next time we go, it ain't gonna be anything less than the pathumwan princess...lousy bed (saggy), lousy pillows (softer than jello), a less than pristine and spacious bathroom (sardinecan-like) and a weirder smell than my fart in the room...all this added up to 2 nights of rather disturbed sleep and a yet another crick in the neck for me...
at least bangkok this time round was DAMNNNNNN FUN!!!
we go in to the hotel at around slightly past noon on saturday morning, checked in, washed up a bit and ran straight out to MBK...thoughts and images of the food at the foodcourt were already swirling around crazily in my head...it was a mere 2 skytrain stops away (ratchathewi to national stadium) and actually is walkable (couldn't be much more than 800m)....but you know me lah, LEZY arma :)) the long and short of lunch that day was i stuffed my face with kuay chap, fried chicken rice and orrr luak :) i was so full after that i could barely keep consciousness to walk around MBK..haha...
we trolled MBK the whole afternoon until my feet were completely knackered and falling off...followed by siam discovery centre, siam centre and a bit of siam paragon (more about the paragon later)...must say, hi fashion is alive and well in bangkok...many funky chicken shops selling very nice clothes, albeit at the premium over singapore even :O after all that walking and wearing out of the feet, we decided to head for our favourite foot massage place near the novetel siam square....AAAAAHHHHHHHH bliss, i tell you...to get off my feet and have them pampered...nearly spurted from the ecstasy and the relief...
after 2 hours of foot pampering (in which i dozed off intermittently), we headed for the 2nd of our food objectives - BAN KHUN MAE restaurant about 80m away from the novotel. the missus and i discovered this place 2 years ago when we ran out of ideas where to eat...serves great authentic thai food in a rustic ambience...good food at a decent price indeed...for the both of us, a tasting menu adding tom yum goong and drinks, it was a trifling 688 baht or less than 30 sing ber...WOOOT!!!!!
after the stupendous meal, continued with a little bit of shopping but we were already quite tired out with the long day, and therefore around 2230, decided to call it a night...since the next morning was.......
CHATUCHAK!!!!
the last time i went to CTC, i barely lasted 2 hours in the intensely hot, moisture-laden atmosphere...wifey was most displeased with my capitulation...therefore this time, i had promised myself that it would be different...and it was...
the "climate" was much better...more temperate, less moisture and lo and behold, a breeze wafting thru the alleyways...HALLELUJAH!!! ok, so we actually bought less stuff this time as compared to the last (where we were shopping for decorative household stuff having just moved in to our apartment)...but we saw more, experienced more, bargained harder and oh, definitely walked much longer....about 4 hours...after we accomplished what we came to buy and do, we decided to head back to the hotel to drop off our buys and wash up a bit...
20 minutes later, we were off again....this time by skytrain to emporium to look for greyhound cafe...for their oh so juicy cheeseburger and kickass prawn bisque...and it was just as i remembered from 2 years back...wonderful wonderful food in simple chic surroundings and great value for money (if you convert back to sing ber lah)...there's nowhere in singapore that you can get a ground beef cheeseburger with the works (fried, strips of bacon, salad) and a succulent bisque with loadsa fresh shrimp for all of less than 12 sing bucks, man....no sirree!!! :)
we did some more shopping in emporium...well, actually, WINDOW-SHOPPING ONLY...as we realised that buying imported stuff in thailand actually costs more than in singapore (shockers!)...it was nice to browse though :) then we paid another visit to our fave massage place...then went for coca suki steamboat buffet at siam centre
and the same night, we continued with the shopping rampage at suan lum night bazaar...trolling every single aisle of the place....compared to 2 years back, it is definitely more happening and there are at least 25% more shops and tourists...i tell you now, the next time i renovate my place or move to a new one, i will go back to suan lum and ctc to shop for furniture and fittings...saw soooooo many miind-boggling and eye-dazzling pieces there :)
ended off the night with 2 paulaner dark beers....ahhh, steam!!!
now it's time to say goodbye to bangkok.........wait, but not until 1945hrs on the 3rd day!!! but since we had accomplished most of our goals for this trip, we took things a little easier (also since the accumulated stress on our feet was devastating! haha)...woke up comparatively late (around 8am), took a leisurely breakfast, packed up and checked out earlier...left our stuff at the concierge (after giving them very strict instructions to avoid pecharing all our breakable celadon pottery)...and headed back to siam paragon...
siam paragon is the newest and hippest shopping centre in bangkok...very much akin to what ngee ann city was (and i think still is) for singapore...it's a massive building filled with hi end shops and anchor-tenanted by a very large shopping chain that i still can't figger out is called EMPRESS or PARAGON....suffice to say that it was a big store (store somehow does not do justice to the size and array of goods they have on sale)...MASSIVE more like it...
the best thing here????? a ferrari ENZO, a lambo MURCIELAGO, a lambo GALLARDO SPYDER and a bentley ARNAGE on display!!!! i pretty much told the wife to go go go....go shopping/walking....just come back and get me an hour later!!! we had actually walked thru the paragon on the 1st day but only partially due to the feet breaking...and i had seen the murcielago...this morning, unfortunately, it was still covered up...thankfully, the enzo, the spyder and the arnage were not! i took sooooo many pictures and lost sooooo much saliva :))
for lunch, we headed back to MBK....just couldn't resist the cheap and good food :) then walked around a bit more and giving up, went back to the hotel to wait for the bus to the airport...all bushed...
to cut a long story short, got back last night home around 2345 hrs after a tedious flight filled with fellow ugly singaporean shoppers and ah mmms...unpacked a bit and knocked out!!!
ah, it's nice to be able to sleep in my own comfy bed again....zzzzzzzz :))
so that was my weekend....how was yours? =D
Friday, January 06, 2006
counting down the hours...
ok ok, enuff of that morbid mood....better to count down the hours before i head off north to that capital city of thailand for a weekend of fun, food and freakadalic shopping :))
and i have yet to pack my bag...geez...last night was just to caught up in my book to bother....think i may yet regret not doing so as i will be out late tonight...brudder *rolleyes*
about 21 hours leff before the flight leaves SGP...hehe...
and i have yet to pack my bag...geez...last night was just to caught up in my book to bother....think i may yet regret not doing so as i will be out late tonight...brudder *rolleyes*
about 21 hours leff before the flight leaves SGP...hehe...
passing on...
...a good fren's dad just passed away a couple of days back from cancer....that makes it 4 dads in the last year that i know of who have gone that way...is it really so prevalent?? it does seem so, doesn't it?
going to wakes always makes me feel very mortal and vulnerable...added to this is the fact that i mostly am at a loss for words to comfort the grieving...very much like a block of wood...perhaps i just do not like being reminded of the frailty of this mortal body...who does, right?
i used to be afraid of dying...not anymore though...i think of it as a stage of bringing me closer to seeing my God...what i am afraid of is dying at an unopportune time without doing and experiencing the things that i long to...and leaving my loved ones...
*sigh* morbid siah... :S
going to wakes always makes me feel very mortal and vulnerable...added to this is the fact that i mostly am at a loss for words to comfort the grieving...very much like a block of wood...perhaps i just do not like being reminded of the frailty of this mortal body...who does, right?
i used to be afraid of dying...not anymore though...i think of it as a stage of bringing me closer to seeing my God...what i am afraid of is dying at an unopportune time without doing and experiencing the things that i long to...and leaving my loved ones...
*sigh* morbid siah... :S
Thursday, January 05, 2006
i'm all tyred out...sheesh...
YOKOHAMA ADVAN NEOVA AD07
GOODYEAR EAGLE F1GSD3
FALKEN FK452
maxine's shoes are wearing out very quickly...changed them at 52k km and now at almost 90k km, they're barely legal and rather twitchy in the rain...just not very safe anymore...
so it's time to choose one of the tyres below...and i still am wavering left right and centre...
- the yokohama ad07 obviously would be best in the dry but costs the most
- the goodyear eagle f1gsd3 would be best in the wet and costs the least
- the falken fk452 is more of an unknown since it's only recently introduced into the market...however have used its predecessor the fk451 which was quite good and this promises to be even better (could be marketing spiel though)
headache...logically speaking, would very seldom come close to the envelope of ability of the tyres in the dry...and singapore does experience more than its fair share of rain...this would therefore point the finger to buying the f1gsd3...however, the sidewall of the gsd3 is softer and this may mean that turn-in would be not as sharp (comparatively speaking of course)...
*sigh*
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
hurray, my neck...
...is all better now after having seen the loh koon....he gave me a muscle relaxant and 2 different types of painkiller...so now, instead of 100% screwed, my neck is only about 50% screwed...figger will be alright by tomorrow...tolong tolong, quick hor....i certainly am not wanting to go to BKK with a crick...will be damn sianzzz...
only 1 thing though, the painkillers are making me dammmnnnn sleepy... *yawn*
only 1 thing though, the painkillers are making me dammmnnnn sleepy... *yawn*
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
woke up yesterday...
...wif a massive crick in the neck...whole blinking trapezius area and base of my neck is taut as a drawn bow string...can't swivel my neck beyond the front 140 to 150 degrees....ARGH!!!!!!!!!
and it's still wonky this morning...SHIT, what a way to start the year... :(
edit - fairly certain that i will have to go see the doctor this evening...if anything, it's gotten worse as the day progresses...KNNBCCB!!!!!!
and it's still wonky this morning...SHIT, what a way to start the year... :(
edit - fairly certain that i will have to go see the doctor this evening...if anything, it's gotten worse as the day progresses...KNNBCCB!!!!!!
Sunday, January 01, 2006
here are the pix of the fireworx last night
phew, took ages to upload on a 56k dialup...almost 45 mins...click on the small pix to get the full size ones...i hope you like them ;)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
have a blessed and prosperous new year ahead everyone! *MUACKZ*
pix of the fireworks display to come later...it's a pain uploading same on 56k dialup...
pix of the fireworks display to come later...it's a pain uploading same on 56k dialup...
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