30 Oct 2007

yesterday went to attend a party at sentosa for the celebration of a new bunker barge, PEARL NAOMI which is one of the WORLD's largest barge. lots of people from the industry was there but most i do not know them and it was sure an eye opening event. they got japanese sake as door gift bought directly from japan when the barge was built there. did not liked the taste of sake especially first time drinking. they even engaged 2 models to dress in kimono and pose for photo taking sessions.

From left to right: Felicia, Robin, Frankie, Mark and myself

candid shot

25 Oct 2007

recently quite busy with work and everything else. yesterday met xavier to fix up the speakers, pedals and horn. quite happy with the new things installed except for the pedal which have not much effects on the car, just looked a little more sporty. the new rear speakers does not really sound great because my cd player is not powerful enough and my front speakers need to be changed as well.

rachel just dropped another tooth 1 day ago but still so cute...

16 Oct 2007

today i bought hot chocolate instead of teh tarik because today not feeling happy. hope chocolate can make me feel better. do not know why feeling bad, maybe it's the hot weather, bright sun, bad traffic and stupid drivers.

25 Sept 2007

saw this interesting psychological test online, wondered how many people can answer this:

A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, met a guy whom she did not know. She thought this guy was amazing. She believed him to be her dream guy, she fell in love with him right there, but never asked for his number and could not find him. A few days later she killed her sister.

What is her motive for killing her sister?

17 Sept 2007

weekend was so busy and messy. so tired and stressed. feel like taking a break but do not have the chance to do so. wondered if i will go to hell cos everytime got to tell lies.

last sunday brought coco to see doctor and took her last injection. but then rachel hurt her finger as she accidentally insert her finger in between the door.

07 Sept 2007

feel like uploading so much pictures today.
enjoy!


see how our gal is eating her waffle ice cream while mummy is gone to shopping...


ate burger, onion rings and free flow of ice lemon tea at this Carl's Jr which costs more than $11 per meal. but the tasted not bad lah.
http://www.carlsjr.com/home


cute bo? first time wearing clothes n she looked so cute. she did not resisted much when wearing, i guess she must have loved it too.


finally, she has finally arrived. this is the picture of her without make up, hopefully, will improve her outlook soon.

06 Sept 2007

today is the big day, i am going to collect our car after work but hoping i can leave slightly early so that i can meet receive it earlier.

04 Sept 2007

still waiting for our kelisa to arrive. my friend said confirm thursday can take but tomorrow might be able to take too. he do not dare to confirm tomorrow but thursday confirm can take.

i am so tired today, do not know is it because of work or i think too much of our car car liao... :)

31 Aug 2007

today just received the roadtax for our kelisa. feels good because it's like moving another step closer to getting the car. my guess is by next wed, should be able to collect it. my mind is full of kelisa everyday, whenever i saw kelisa, i will see what they have done to their cars and imagine what will mine be like.

i even dreamt of our car few days ago, it's been ages since i last remembered my dream, i guess i long to own this car for very long time. i love to drive, i always find that driving is so fun n now, i finally can own a car.

i wanted to watch a few movies, but never had the time to watch. i guess best solution is to buy dvd to watch together at home. here is a list of movies i like to watch n waiting eagerly for the dvd version:
1. Transformer
2. Ratatouille
3. Rush Hour 3
4. Evan Almighty
5. 1408
6. 881
7. 不能说的, 秘密
8. Harry Potter And The Order of The Phoenix
8. The Bourne Ultimatum

27 Aug 2007

yesterday was the 15th of 7th month under chinese calender, another 15 days to go until all "good brothers" return home.

finally got my number plate, SGX 4877 B. nice? i love number plate to have "X" and having "8" in the plate is also nice. do not know when will i get my car but i guess soon... looking so forward to get it soon and bring my dear n gal to ECP for picnic.

20 Aug 2007

some updates on cute coco

04 Aug 2007

so busy recently that i could hardly blog. just realised that my K750i got a dent on the back as i dropped it on the floor few days ago. sad but no choice.

coco is suffering from ear infection, have to clean her ears everyday, poor coco.

next thursday is national day but did not managed to get tickets to the national day parade.

24 July 2007

just bought her to for full grooming but she looked so ugly on camera. she looked differently in person, very cute.

19 July 2007

just took this today morning when i want coco to stay put so i left her on the small chair. she do not dare to jump down while i clean her area before going to work. poor coco, no one to play with her during the day time and sometimes when we come home, we too tired to let her out and play with her.


some pictures taken on last sunday

18 July 2007

today start off with a cloudy day and rain slightly and i felt that there could be bad news today. and as i expected, COE went up by $1,199 and is now $16,000. so disappointed but no choice because even my friend did not expect it to go up. and he predicts that the next bidding should increase too. so he said might need to wait for another month or so to drop. actually some other guy who is selling cars did told me Sept might drop, so i guess latest by Sept i should get a COE. now got to wait for Aug 1 to come which is the next COE bidding.

13 July 2007

still got 5 more days to COE bidding...

now using my colleague's new notebook and configuring it. it's using windows vista business, never used before, so helped him out and at the same time try out. this notebook comes with only 512mb ram which is not good enough for windows vista. the thickness of the notebook also thicker than other notebooks, design looked so plastic. but since it's free, i guess he had no choice.

this weekend hoping to send coco for grooming, do not know if got time or not since sunday attending someone's wedding.

yesterday met up with bren and asked for his help to do up a database for my company but no money paid to him except to treat him a meal to thank him. i told him this database might help me in my job, so he unwillingly accepted the request.

12 July 2007

6 more days to COE bidding

yesterday was home alone, picked up coco and placed her on another chair beside me. she do not dared to jump down.


i know her hair is super long and untidy, planned to send her for grooming soon but she is still as cute.

11 July 2007

yesterday received a call from ocbc, asked me a serials of questions and then hang up. soon, xavier called and told me my loan for the kelisa is approved. although kinda expected, still happy because at least 1 stage cleared. now will have to wait till 18 july for the COE bidding, if successful, kelisa will be here by early august.

last week my aunty asked if i want to take over her toyota vios which still got about $43600 left to finance. although it's a bigger and nicer car, we do not need it moreover getting a kelisa is just $19999 as compared to $43600, do not have so much money to spend on this car leh. maybe can buy over but would not be driving because already paid so much monthly for the loan.

today i am not on duty and both my dear are out, now fixing my main computer, do not know what is wrong with it. maybe it's time to get a new computer since this been around for at least 5 years. anyway, i will just need a motherboard, processor, better power supply and a bigger casing to improve the air circulation which in all costs less than $600.

10 July 2007

the time now is 12.50am of 09 July 2007 and i am still working. not too bad as i know many could still working outside now but i am working at home. yesterday finally placed an order to buy a Perodua Kelisa but it's a OPC, which is Off-Peak Car in full. it's good enough for us as i am working at Shenton Way and parking there is way too expensive, not forgetting that there are other charges like ERP, more petrol, more maintenace and more expensive roadtax. to park in Shenton Way, average price is $200-$400 depending on locations. that is why, we only opt for a OPC so that weekends can never be the same again. we can go picnics (which my dear always love to talk about) or Sentosa (which i do not know why our gal suggested when she knows i going to buy car).

although finally got chance to buy car, my friend could senses that i am not happy and excited. i told him because there's some problem with work and i got "screwed" last night. no point talking about it, just have to accept the fact that, being "screwed" is part of my job.

09 July 2007

btw i got tagged by mdm lim annie...

Rules of the game: Each player of this game starts off with ten weird things or habits or little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged must write in a blog of their own ten weird things or habits or little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you must choose six people to be tagged and list their names. No tagbacks!

Here it goes...

1. Used to have a lump in between my nose and mouth because i was so naughty when i was just a kid and knocked that area against a glass table at my grandmother's house. not once but knocked twice on the same spot. i could not bare the pain and so the bruise grew into a from inside. i got it removed after PSLE and so my secondary friends does not know about it.

2. I still likes to play computer games although i have a kid and married. i wonder when i will stop playing games. just got a psp, just cannot get my hands off it... oops...

3. although got 19 points for my "O" levels but i cannot get into poly because my English no good. Singapore system no good, should give people like me a chance.

4. started learning to ride bike at 16, got the license by 17 and a bike of my own at 18. but this bike was sponsored by my grandfather. i promised to return money to him but yet to do so after more than 10 years. what a bad grandson i am.

5. passed my class 2B, 2A and 3 in 1 attempt. then my father compared me and my brother as he took 3 attempts to pass class 3. after my brother passed, my father even took a ride in the car and make sure he really knows how to drive in order to approve him to drive independently. but this does not applies to me... hehe

6. i do not like to eat vegetables until i met my wife and she FORCED me to eat. now i enjoy eating most of the vegetables.

7. i used to learn cooking in secondary school through Food and Nutrition class. then found a job as a cook at Swensen's. i also learned to make thousand island, tartar and some other sauces but i do not try them at all because i do not like it. so always make these sauces and asked colleagues to try.

8. used to like to cycle a lot when i was still single and living with my mother which is near Farrer Park mrt. i could cycle from home to orchard road, chinatown, shenton way, east coast park, toa payoh, etc. and so, i used to be slim but not now... :(

9. Scared of dogs but loved my Coco!!!

10. Last but not least, i do not SING!!! I have never passed my music in my primary days when classmates could play a nice tune from their recorder but i could only sing school song during a music test. i have no sense of music too because when people might thinks it's a lousy song, i think otherwise.

Weird? I think i should not tag anyone because i do not think anyone else will visit my tiny blog.

29 June 2007

today is on half day leave but i am not happy because i argued with this idiot called jason. this is what happened:

robin need him to send our launch to our ship to get some documents before taurus leave singapore in the afternoon. then jason kept asking what time taurus going out even though i told him taurus got a job to do before going out, so it's difficult to estimate a timing.

jason: i just want to know what time she is going out!

me: since you want a timing, then 1800hrs loh!!!

jason: i don't want to talk to you, i ask robin

robin: i don't know, i was not on duty yesterday

jason: you all confusing me, one said this and one said that, so where is taurus?

me: I WANTED TO TELL YOU WHERE TAURUS IS, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO LISTEN, KEPT ASKING ME WHAT TIME GOING OUT!!!

jason: ..............

always wanted to scold him but lucky i have the chance to do so this time.

26 June 2007 - Kelisa

joined a Kelisa forum and learn things about Kelisa. not only this, i also wanted to look at other members' design. some inspiring designs which i might adopted:

Nice Gearknob

Nice Pipetail

Dashboard

Yellow dashboard, owner DIY

New Steering Wheel

22 June 2007

time seems to be not enough to do so many things, sometimes want to slow down and rest also difficult. not matter at work or home, also not enough. want some time to rest but then realised no time to work, want more time to work but too tired to work.

money don't seems to be enough too although earning much more than before. many times, others would tell me, the more i earn, the more i spend. i did not believe and never knew this thing would happen to me eventually. i guess i have to find more ways to earn more money now.

i want to learn to create a wonderful website and join bren if there's chance to earn extra money. i need more time to learn the skills. i need more money.

14 June 2007

still feel that my new template is damn nice, all thanks to the designer. used to looked so dull and lifeless, now it's different.

just reserved a 2nd hand SE W810i at $255 with 2GB SanDisk Memory Stick and 5 months warranty for the phone. my current SE K750i is a bit crazy now

1. sometimes cannot send sms
2. charging unit of the phone also not working well, cannot charge fully and battery life very short
3. no warranty

going to sell off my SE K750i at $150, so means i top up $105 for that phone.

11 June 2007 - New Template

today just replaced my blog template but 2 tickers are gone. still figuring how to put in back. the template is quite nice but very troublesome replacing one because got a lot of adjustment to be made, not flexible at all. would continue looking for better templates, anyone got websites to share blogger templates?

20 May 2007

today we went to see grandfather at TTSH, he said he is much better now but my dear thinks he has grew thin. we were there the earliest and left last. those others who came and then left in a while, don't know if they sincerely came to visit him. i think if he got loads of money, i think everyone will just rush in and visit him everyday.

after that we went to Novena Square II which is behind Novena Square. it's quite big and much nicer than Novena Square. we bought a ducky balloon for ah gal. everyone was so amused by the ducky and kids just wanna get their hands on the duck.


they got duck, cat, dog, t-rex, panda, etc. but ah gal simply liked the duck and named her "quacky". after that we went to central shopping mall at clarke quay. it's also another new shopping mall in town but lots of shops are still not opened yet. after spending some time at the central, we moved on to clarke quay and then to Liang Court to get a new fan at Audio House.


we took a rest at the mcdonald and donated $2 for the Shrek's ears. it's so cute on our little gal but she feels odd when people looked at her n smiled. we told her it's ok because people thinks that she is cute and not weird.

when nights fall, we went to a restaurant at Riverside Point for dinner. we ordered Hawaiian Pizza and Seafood Spaghetti. intially thought might not be enough to eat but when the food came, we almost could not finish them. my dear said their food is so delicious and i think so too.



i hope they enjoyed themselves today. cheers!!!

16 May 2007 - Contract Worker

today at about 1730hrs, i was asked to go into meeting room with manager. did not know what happened at first until i saw an envelope in his hands and made a wild guess. happened that my wild guess was right, the contract for us are ready and he was supposed to show me, talk me through and witness me sign the document. i really do not feel like signing because by signing, i am bonding for 2 years but there's no choices for now.

then before we signed, i was asked if there's any questions i need to clarify. i thought for a while and replied "no". then he told me if there's any problem with work, must let him know and discuss. i think he feels that i am keeping things to myself and am unhappy at work. i told him there's no problem at work after thinking for a while.

actually i might be a quiet worker but i will do what a boss wants without complains. i very "chin chye" one but some might think i "bo chap". it's just a thin line between "chin chye" and "bo chap", so people who do not know me well will think i "bo chap". no choice, i cannot please everyone, so i try to please the majority and do my best to reduce the unhappiness in the minority.

my ex-boss used to say that i do things quietly too, he could not have found out if not for my team leaders who shared with him. he told me to do things more obviously so that my boss will know i am working, sometimes you have to do this in order to prove your abilities but i guess i am not fit for this game.

14 May 2007

last sat, i accompanied him to the hospital because no one was free to bring him there. i was thinking, if others are really busy with something, i got nothing to complain, what if the others was not willing to bring him there? i stayed with grandfather till about 1830hrs before i went home. even though grandfather have not settled down but i know he was about to before i could make myself go home. i was sick too that day and so had to leave before he could settle down. i told the guy when i was tested for fever that i was sick before accompanying grandfather into A&E, he said i cannot go in but no choice, i am the only one accompanying grandfather, he must let me in.

today went to see grandfather at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital. he was there the 2nd time because his arms and legs are weak and doctors fear that it might be stroke early symptom. i was very sad to see grandfather in this state because he was always so strong even though he is now 82 years old. i really fear for the worst and no one wants to take care of him.

he told me not to tell people that we are related because he wanted to apply for some subsidies or something like that, but they need to know that he does not have relatives that can support him financially. was sad to hear this but guess he is doing this for our good, he does not want to disturb us. wonder what my stupid father is doing now, maybe exploring?

04 May 2007

2 days ago, i was told that i am selected to go to china for official duties but only today, i was told that my name was out of the list. do not know what are they doing, last minute asked me if i can go and told me to prepare to go on this coming saturday but now told me do not need to go. but if i am still going, not much details were given to me, do not know who is going together, going which place, do what, etc. i thought i could have 2 weeks of disturbed sleep if i go to china, looks like i do not have the luxury of resting.

25 April 2007

today morning so angry with rachel. every morning like to make us angry, do things slowly and always need me to tell her what to do even simple things like wear shoes, socks, pack bag, take wallet, etc.

then always told her when eating, do not walk about or do other things, she always don't listen. yesterday when she eating bread, dropped her bread because she itchy hand, touch this and that and dropped her bread on the floor.

then she like to argue these days, even made my dear angry.

but no matter how angry i was with her, i still love her. hope she understand what i am doing is for her own good.

23 April 2007

today manager announced company new plans, it's not quite a good news except for the 5-10% pay rise and at least a 3 months bonus if company earns money. all permanent staffs will be converted to contractor workers which is definitely not a great news. then we will be given the choice to sign the contract, stay with the company or leave the company.

then manager did an appraisal on all of us before we left home today but apparently, i did not fare well for the appraisal. he expected me to be better than what i am now because i been with the company for quite some time. actually nicholas always told me to learn more, i guess i should have listen to him. no use crying over spilled milk, just have to make extra effort to learn more and hopefully can change his view of me.

12 April 2007

haiz... today got scolding from manager and told me to BUCK UP. some might think it's quite common but i just dun feel good after being scolded. it's not totally my fault so i just cannot accept the fact. somehow, i think he do not trust me as much now, so i guess i got to be extreme good and proactive these few weeks just to gain back his trust.

23 March 2007

today is friday and it's weekend tomorrow. so happy that i do not have to work tomorrow. so tired since last night got a lot of phone calls to answer. tonight going to sleep well and early. less than a week and we are moving to new office at shenton way. i am a little excited because never worked in shenton way and moving to new location might have some new opportunities?

haiz... i wonder when i can get a pay raise, government is stating that employees might get a pay raise but i been waiting for 1 year and i still have not get a raise. i am still deciding whether to stay or leave.

14 March 2007 - Worries

currently, coco is not eating much and we are so worried. she even vomited the gastric juice out yesterday. i had to go to pet lovers to buy supplement and wet food for her. the staffs there are quite helpful, gave me some advices and told me not to worry as she is still new to the environment. hoping to rush home now and feed her asap but still got about 2 hours to go.

11 March 2007 - New Member

just got a new member for the family. it's not a human baby but a puppy. it's a maltese cross with silky terrier. always thought a silky terrier or maltese is cute, now we have both.
here are just some pictures of her:

22 February 2007 - bad man

today i threw my temper at our gal and now i felt guilty and lousy!!! because i threw my temper, trigger my dear to be angry with our gal too and gave her a few slaps on the face... :'(

i did not expect my dear to react this way and i am sure she regretted too.

21 February 2007

today is the 4th day of the chinese new year but my office gave us a day off for today. some companies do not give this off day, was lucky that my company did gave.

anyway, after some persuading, finally got my dear to go and look for a beautician to cure his acne problem. this beautician was recommended by Rachel's Yamaha music teacher. initially we were told that this beautician operates at home and can read human pulses to diagnose where the problem of acne coming from. having some doubts, we still went ahead and made an appointment with her.

before we met the beautician at 1100hrs, we met bren for breakfast, then headed to Sembawang Shopping Centre to shop for 21" colour TV. the television is not for us but for my in-laws. had always wanted to get a new television for them since theirs was not working fine and knowing that my MIL will stay at home most of the time, so a working television is necessary to keep her occupied.

when we were at giant, there was not much television around. in fact, the whole place looked like it's having closing down sales. we shopped for a while although it was still early and most shops are still closed.

at about 1100hrs, we reached the beautician house and met the music teacher there too. we chatted for a while before the beautician came out from the room and looked at my dear's acne problem. then she reaches out and read her pulses...... in just a while, she could read out most of the problems my dear is having like backache, headache, bone pain, etc...

she explained and suggested a few treatments for dear. after which, three of them went into the room and started treatment. i waited outside for don't know how long and soon fell asleep...

before we left, the beautician gave some specific instructions to my dear and instructed her to follow the diet she suggested closely.

hope dear can recover from her acne problem soon

13 February 2007 - Almost Valentines

tomorrow is valentines and time really flies very fast. i remembered last year i did not managed to send flowers to my dear because the delivery man got too many places to go and cannot make it in time. not sure if it's been mentioned here before, but it's already 1 year ago. was hoping this year will not have the same thing happening again although this is not easy to avoid.

not sure what to buy for dear but always hoping to buy something different every year for her, so it's not so boring to receive my gift, not sure if she realize this.

this year's valentine is so closed to CNY and there's so much things to do. somemore i still have not bought any new clothing for new year this year. planned to get something tonight at causeway point after taking our dinner at this japanese restaurant (which is dear's favourite food).

we are celebrating a day in advance as i am on duty tomorrow so it would be disturbing if my phone ring all night. so while i am off today, i grabbed the chance to bring dear to makan, hope she understand.

we are moving office end of next month to SIF Building at Robinson Road. lots of things to plan but i think not really my business except to help out in the IT matters. there is a new staff here overlooking admin n HR matters, she just asked me to sit in the discussion when it comes to IT matters, so i guess no harm and i might get some first hand news about the moving and restructure of office.

18 January 2007 - Disappointed

i was so so sad today when i was told that rachel was very stressed. only knew this from my mother-in-law. apparently, rachel told my in-law but never told us because she was afraid that we will scold her. i was very sad and disappointed when i heard that. i was disappointed with myself rather than in her. i did not realised i was such a person in her eyes. i am really sorry for what i did and will do more to treat her better.

my dear and i went to the new FairPrice Extra at AMK to shop for raincoat and ear phones for rachel. i even bought a particular ice-cream for her as she was always crying me to buy. she was really happy and asked why i treated her so good. i did not what to reply as i thought i always treat her well except that i was worried about her health, so i restricted her from taking too much junk food. and i was worried about her studies, so i was strict with her. i guess i got to take things easily and hope that will relieve her of stresses.

12 January 2007

been sometime since i last update because i was really busy with programming job. answering phone calls now and then, even in the middle of the night. so so tired, i do not know how long i can last. want to earn more money but boss is not rising my pay. sian...

just met xavier for a talk and see if there's any job opportunities at his side. just have to wait and see.