Outing to Vivocity and Labrador Park

Yesterday, I went out with Bernard to Vivocity for lunch, and some shopping and walking activities. He shopped. I walked. :D

After that, we went to the nearby Labrador Park for photo taking. Labrador Park is supposed to be one of the most scenic places in Singapore. My impression of the place is that it is a cross between Bukit Timah nature reserve and East Coast Park. I was surprised that there is quite a lot of leisure seekers there, as it is not very convenient to reach the place... public transport wise. Still, Labrador Park is quite peaceful with sea waves lapping up the shore.

Vivomart

At Vivocity, we went into Vivomart as Bernard wanted to buy some fruits.
One of Bernard's favourite fruits... Mangosteen.

This gave me a sudden thot:

山竹兄，我不忍心让你妻离子散。我把你们全部买回去。。。
吃掉！

:D

And the Rabbit is White again

From CNA,

The taint of formaldehyde has been washed off White Rabbit Creamy Candy as tests done here revealed that those sold in Singapore are safe for consumption.

The tests were conducted by the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) on Wednesday after four products were withdrawn by the Philippines' Food and Drug Agency for possible formaldehyde contamination. The products are White Rabbit Creamy Candy, Milk Candy, Balron Grape Biscuits and Yong Kang Foods Grape Biscuits.

Formaldehyde is a cancer-causing chemical that is not permitted for use as a food additive. It is also used in resin production and is well-known as a preservative and embalming fluid.

Heng ah!!! White Rabbit candy was one of my fav candies during my childhood days.

If it failed AVA's food safety test, then I'll be wondering if my IQ is much lower than what it was meant to be. But then, my dear White Rabbit candy passed AVA's test. Yay!

Now I'm left wondering what else caused my low IQ? :(

Tagline

Even if you're late for take off, you can still catch the helicopter.

But only if you're Jackie Chan. :D

The Hunger Site

Added the link to the hunger site onto this blog.

I used to support it, whenever I had the time. The site was started by two American social entrepreneurs. It's both meaningful in purpose, and also provides the web site owners with a small stream of income. A win win situation for all. :)

This is called social entrepreneurship. The Spore govt is trying to encourage this relatively new and little known form of entrepreneurship.

Funny Video

Pole dancing doggie!!!

Funny video

Funny video titled "Office Pranks: Humping"
Watch it! :)

"Love" is Singapore's favourite English word: survey

From CNA,

SINGAPORE: According to an online survey by the British Council, "love" is Singapore's favourite English word.

This, along with Singapore's other top six words, was revealed on Wednesday.

After "love", "cool" is the next favourite word, scoring over 1,200 votes.

"What I think most Singaporeans will use would be 'cool'. And everything can be cool, like your dressing is cool... going for a vacation will be cool... everything can be cool," said one Singaporean.

The top words were picked from a list of 60.

I didn't know that Love is Singapore's favourite until today. I had thot our fav word should be "I". =)

Audio box removed

Removed the audio box.
Nice song, but I dun wanna hear it over and over again. :P

Atheists are Illogical?!

Found an interesting discussion on Atheism vs Christianity by accident.
It's at IIDB forum

Some gems as follows:-

Chris Weimer states that:

666 actually referred to the subserviance of Satan to God, who was 777, yet accounted for the pride of Satan twice Jesus which was 2x333 = 666. Oh, and I made this up on the spot, but it looks good, right?

Plognark replies:

As logical as anything else christian ;)

Kitten and his box

Awww... cute kittens playing with a tissue box.

New refrigerator

The old fridge killed itself on Monday. Bad time to fail, coz I'm a bit low on cash at the moment. But since it died, I may as well get a newer and more cost-efficient fridge.

On Tuesday, I went with my mum, my younger sister and her husband to the nearby Courts megastore. And the new fridge arrived today! =)

We got the Fisher & Paykel E331TRG, which looks like this:-


It's quite spacious at 329 litres, but it consumes even less energy than the smaller Hitachi R-Z307AMS fridge (250 litres), which is also awarded 2 ticks (max is 3) for energy efficiency.

The E331TRG's annual energy consumption is only 550kwh vs 639kwh for the Hitachi model. Amazing.

Browsing thru the National Climate Change Committee website, I discover that this energy efficient fridge consumes much less energy than a similar-sized normal fridge (stated annual energy consumption approx 1400+kwh).

See? I'm doing my part to save Gaia, and hopefully, I get to see a lower utility bill next month. Hehehe... =)

Home is where the heart is

There is some heated debate on the CNA forum in view of the recent property boom.

A number of people seemed biased against Seng Kang/Punggol area, coz it is too far from the city centre, and it is not fully developed yet.

This ELLL_DORADO forumer keeps saying "Seng Kang sarks" and also dragged the even less developed Punggol area into the mud too. He persists in his behavior, even after repeated rebuttals by a good number of people. Hahaha!

I'm thinking he's probably a loser who had unrealistic views, or did not do his research properly, and he probably bought a house in Seng Kang in the past, then sold it at a loss, and moved to the more expensive Tiong Bahru area (he claims to be staying there now). So he thinks the world owes him a living now. Caveat emptor! Buyer beware! Know what you're getting yourself into, and take responsibilities for your own decisions. =)

Another forumer, chelsea fan, made the following comments, which I find very insightful:-

Bishan was an eerie estate when it first launched in 1987 with graveyards all around near RI and plenty of empty land despite the location.

With a stroke of a pen by the planners , the estate become [one] of the [most] sought after with the highest income earners amongst all HDB estates.

All the future leaders gather in Junction 8 in school uniforms having lunch or doing projects in library.

Punggol & Sengkang will be next lifestyles' living estate with tranquillity in the near future.

I particularly like the line "the future leaders gather in Junction 8 in school uniforms having lunch or doing projects in library". Funny and yet true. Hahaha!

When Punggol develops fully into a sea side town, I'm sure it'll be nicer than East Coast Park. Under the Master Plan, Punggol will have a lot more facilities here. Club Houses, Punggol Marina, Golf driving range, Sports Centre, Sea food restaurants along the coast, and a LRT system that takes you all the way to the sea front!

At the end of the day... Home is where the heart is.
It is not an investment to be measured in dollars and cents. :)

Audio Box

I added an audio box to the side of my blog... it looks like half a cassette player, coz there is not enough space to display the entire picture.

The audio player code was stolen from Stephy Chua's blog, coz I was too lazy to register one for myself. So it's likely that the music being played will be dictated by Miss Stephy Chua, n I may remove/replace the audio box in future. Lolx.

As of now, the music is:-
Title: "What else is there?"
Artist: Royksopp

Lyrics
******
It was me on that road
But you couldn`t see me
Too many lights out, but nowhere near here

It was me on that road
Still you couldn`t see me
And then flashlights and explosions

Roads are getting nearer
We cover distance but not together
I am the storm and I am the wonder
And the flashlights, nightmares
And sudden explosions

I don't know what more to ask for
I was given just one wish

It's about you and the sun
A morning run
The story of my maker
What I have and what I ache for

I`ve got a golden ear
And cut and I spear
What else is there?
Roads are getting nearer
We cover distance still not together

If I am the storm if I am the wonder
Will I have flashlights, nightmares, sudden explosions

There is no room where I can go and
You`ve got secrets too

I don`t know what more to ask for
I was given just one wish

Job Interview

My fingers are painful again.. been doing too much typing on the keyboard, coz I need to update the web design of a newly acquired website. Maybe I should get another job, where I don't need to do any keyboard related activities. Hehehe...

Hmm... anyway, if I am to get a new job, what do I say at the interview?

At Job Interview
***************
Interviewee walks in. Interviewer adjust old man glasses, and looks at Interviewee with despise.

Interviewer: Hmm... your school results are lousy, and your job history is so so only.

Stephen: Mr X, please look at paragraphs 1, 3 and 7 on page 1 of my resume again. Please also refer to paragraphs 4 and 5 on page 2. Page 10 contains a summary of the highlights of my award winning studies and outstanding career, which includes leadership roles in large scale national and regional projects.

Interviewer: Hmm.. really? Ok, erm.. what do you think you can contribute to this company?

Stephen: Hmm... I've seen your products before.. I think they suck.. And on my way into your office, I've looked around the company, and I think your corporate culture and your staff sucks too. If you don't hire me, your company has no future! Very likely, it will close shop SOON.

And thus, Interviewee gets hired as CEO for 10K/mth.
Interviewer and Interviewee works happily ever after.



Until the company closed shop SOONER than expected... that is...
Again, the Interviewee has to update his resume to include another entry for his outstanding job history --- previously CEO of a large Multi-National Company.

Interviewee goes for another job interview. :P

Summer Sunshine

Woohoo! I had my sun tan today... finally!
Was at Punggol beach for 1 hour... listening to radio, and playing games on my handphone.
My back is kind of painful now, but my skin doesn't seem to be peeling.
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And while I was there, I caught hold of a curious sight. A bunch of people were rowing a boat, and their movements was synchronized by shouts of "Row! Row!". There was another similar boat following behind this first one, but they're too far apart to be captured on the same photo.
Hmm... perhaps this is a sign of the times... with oil prices crossing USD70 / barrel, the common people are now resorting to good old arm power instead of oil-guzzling motor power.

How nostalgic!

Love Development Life Cycle

1) Love was sweet and berri romantic! Yummy!

2) Then, there was doubt...

3) And broken promises...

4) And finally, love turns into hate.

Notice how the words for hate is much much bigger than the others? Interesting how people got more energy when they're hating, then when they're loving... :X

Correction fluid was used in the 1st three photos, but I don't know what was used for the big "I hate everyone" graffiti. Hmm.. maybe I'm technologically backward compared to this new generation of kids. But then, I was a good kid, ok? I never drew any graffiti in my life, so it is alright not to be very updated on such matters. =)