Sunday, October 31, 2010
知音难寻
伯牙善鼓琴，鍾子期善聽。伯牙鼓琴，志在高山，鍾子期曰：「善哉！峨峨兮若泰山。」志在流水，鍾子期曰：「善哉！洋洋兮若江河。」──伯牙所念，鍾子期必得之。 伯牙游於泰山之陰，卒逢暴雨，止於巖下。心悲，乃援琴鼓之：初為霖雨之操，更造崩山之音。曲每奏，鍾子期輒窮其趣。伯牙乃舍琴而歎曰：「善哉！善哉！子之聽夫志。想象猶吾心也，吾於何逃聲哉？」 子期死，伯牙謂世無知音者，乃擗琴絕絃，終身不復鼓。
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
知易行难
今天在报章上读到李资政在爱妻的灵堂前说了一句话‘节哀顺变，知易行难’，寥寥几个字充分道出了心中的思念与不舍，透露着‘十年生死两茫茫，不思量自难忘’的唏嘘。每年都有许多对新人找到自己人生的伴侣，从爱情的殿堂步入结婚的礼堂，然而其中却有许多对最终从爱侣变成怨侣，留下人生的烙印和遗憾。因相爱而牵起对方的手，却因理解而分手，由此可见要在茫茫人海中找到与自己相知相契，相惜相怜的另一半有多么的难得。失去了这样的一个伴侣和一起奋斗的伙伴心中的悲痛实非言语笔墨所能形容，若非身处其境便无法体会。在旁的第三者也只能默默劝道’节哀顺变，得到的回应亦只能是‘知易行难’了。
唉！人生充满了变数，生离死别亦是常道。因此更要懂得珍惜眼见人，莫待故人已逝才来后悔莫及。在这里我要献上一首歌词，希望正在看这段文字的朋友们如果碰上了这样的爱情，切记要好好珍惜，别让它成为擦肩而过的遗憾。
人浮游在世不只自己
才令我一生好奇
寻求被爱的滋味终於碰倒你
全赖你我先欣赏自己
权力与金钱怎黱可媲美
谁拦截也挡不住我
在行近你如
何能让我触动你
如何描述可感动到你
要与你抱拥相恋一世纪
从来没在乎你美与不美
是永不更改我愿意给你爱
风霜都替你遮盖
你会看清楚和了解我
未被人潮掩盖
若你不安心我做你的浮台
冲不散对你的爱
世界有色彩凭这点爱
可否捉紧我齐齐来跨过小障碍
谁愿意作假讨好大家
情愿两口子喝茶
平凡地并肩生活比一切优雅
难道爱简单都不能吗
难道我感情要给规管吗
从前没你的生命似灵魂腐化
如何能让我感动你
明明沉睡都可望到你
到老了也许通通不记起
能同揩白头我太有福气
愿永不更改每日献给你爱
世界有色彩凭这点爱
双手一触碰问你爱不爱
-完-
唉！人生充满了变数，生离死别亦是常道。因此更要懂得珍惜眼见人，莫待故人已逝才来后悔莫及。在这里我要献上一首歌词，希望正在看这段文字的朋友们如果碰上了这样的爱情，切记要好好珍惜，别让它成为擦肩而过的遗憾。
人浮游在世不只自己
才令我一生好奇
寻求被爱的滋味终於碰倒你
全赖你我先欣赏自己
权力与金钱怎黱可媲美
谁拦截也挡不住我
在行近你如
何能让我触动你
如何描述可感动到你
要与你抱拥相恋一世纪
从来没在乎你美与不美
是永不更改我愿意给你爱
风霜都替你遮盖
你会看清楚和了解我
未被人潮掩盖
若你不安心我做你的浮台
冲不散对你的爱
世界有色彩凭这点爱
可否捉紧我齐齐来跨过小障碍
谁愿意作假讨好大家
情愿两口子喝茶
平凡地并肩生活比一切优雅
难道爱简单都不能吗
难道我感情要给规管吗
从前没你的生命似灵魂腐化
如何能让我感动你
明明沉睡都可望到你
到老了也许通通不记起
能同揩白头我太有福气
愿永不更改每日献给你爱
世界有色彩凭这点爱
双手一触碰问你爱不爱
-完-
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Oh Singapore, you're so fine !
By the title, one might suspect I'm gg to pay a tribute to our young nation with her 45th birthday just round the corner. Oh no no no no no. That's not what I'm about to say. What I wish to discuss or rather complain here is the 'fine' spirit of Singapore which has recently seeped into a new corner of this little island ! Yes! For the clever ones, the MRT trains !!! It so happens that I glanced at the TV today and so happens that I saw this news on channel U's 11pm news where a reporter was invited to go on these spot-check rounds with a MRT staff on the trains. Not to mention that I hardly consider this news important enough to be put into a clip and shown on a golden 30mins of news time, but what's disturbing is that the MRT staff not just go ard disturbing adults, but also went round dishing out warnings (maybe fines =Z) to mothers whose babies are so cute and innocently sucking on their milk bottles (regardless of their content). He kindly offered to bring them to the staff office of the next station to let the babies finish their unfinished business BUT they have to stop their action of drinking now cos it's fineable by law. (to which a mother replied no need cos she needs to rush to destination). Hmm... very fine example of law enforcement, very fine haul for the staff that day & a very fine alternative solution given, all's fine, except... I wonder if the babies will be fine if the bottles were wanked away from them (that incidentally wasn't shown on the clip). Heaven knows, the cuties might just turn into bawling monsters the next moment if they were inflicted with thirst and hunger. The point is aren't we becoming too fine that it's become inflexible ? I dun mind if adults have to bear with the thirst for a ride that can sometimes last longer than an hour (on an island less than 50km in length) cos our physique should be still fine with that, but it's NOT FINE to extend that rule to teethless babies. That just adds another discouraging factor to have babies. Who knows, maybe the next time the news clip will show a poor brute on the verge of a heart attack but got fined for taking his pills with water. Saved life but burned pocket. Tsk tsk tsk.
To cut the alr very long story short, I think as our nation steps into its 45th year of independence, we ought to rethink about some of our methods of doing things. Law is good, but I hope we all bear in mind that 法外有情. Do not let our reputation as a fine city spread get a booster to its pun.
To cut the alr very long story short, I think as our nation steps into its 45th year of independence, we ought to rethink about some of our methods of doing things. Law is good, but I hope we all bear in mind that 法外有情. Do not let our reputation as a fine city spread get a booster to its pun.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
从因缘看聚散
从佛教的角度来看，世间的生灭聚散离不开‘因缘’二字。在芸芸众生中，因为累劫累世所种下的因，因此埋下了今世邂逅的果。所谓‘百年修得同船渡’便是如此。然而若要这份缘份开花结果则需得要等待机缘成熟。因缘和合之后便促成了今日的相遇。这是一种conditional probability吧，因而更显出每一次的相遇相知是多么的难能可贵，要格外的珍惜。然而在无常的世间，万法是刹那生灭的。有合便有离，有聚便有散。虽然心中不免充满感触，但也要看开。所要坚信的是今日相遇所种下的因，将成为明日再相见的果。对所有将要和REC Lab说再会的人，在此我送上万二分的祝福。相信我们会在不久的将来再度聚首。到那时之前，大家要各自珍重喔。
最后，送上两句歌词。‘人生的际遇千百种，但愿知心常相重，人愿长久，水愿长流。’
最后，送上两句歌词。‘人生的际遇千百种，但愿知心常相重，人愿长久，水愿长流。’
Rabbits !!!!!!!!!!
Hey everyone with an innocent pure heart. Check out these rabbits. For the benefit of those without Facebook acct. I'm posting this link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOV18WKNtgI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOV18WKNtgI
Memories-~~
Tired of typing my stuff, looked at my old emails and dug this out.. I really missed those pri sch days. Now I dread growing up-- something that I wanted very much when I was young... haha, perhaps to escape from studies ;p
Enjoy these
For those who born in the 70s and 80s. Fond memories......
1. You
grew up watching He-man, MASK, Transformers, Silver Hawk and
Mickey
Mouse. Not to forget, Ninja turtles, My Little Pony and Smurfs
too.
Enjoy these
For those who born in the 70s and 80s. Fond memories......
1. You
grew up watching He-man, MASK, Transformers, Silver Hawk and
Mickey
Mouse. Not to forget, Ninja turtles, My Little Pony and Smurfs
too.
2. You grew up brushing your teeth with a mug
in Primary school during recess time. You will squat by a drain
with all your classmates beside you, and brush your teeth with a coloured
mug.The teachers
said you must brush each side 10 times
too.
in Primary school during recess time. You will squat by a drain
with all your classmates beside you, and brush your teeth with a coloured
mug.The teachers
said you must brush each side 10 times
too.
3. You know what SBC stands for.
4. You pay 40 cents for Chocolate or Strawberry MILK every week
in class.
in class.
5. You watch a very popular Malay dubbed Japanese drama on RTM1
about schoolgirls who possess powerful skills in volleyball called
Meoro Attack.
about schoolgirls who possess powerful skills in volleyball called
Meoro Attack.
6. You find your friends with pagers and handphone
cool in Secondary school.
cool in Secondary school.
7. SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned. The
bus seats are made
of wood and the cushion is red. The big red
bell gives a loud BEEP! when pressed. There are colourful
tickets forTIBS buses.The conductor
will check for tickets by using a
machine which punches a hole in the ticket.
bus seats are made
of wood and the cushion is red. The big red
bell gives a loud BEEP! when pressed. There are colourful
tickets forTIBS buses.The conductor
will check for tickets by using a
machine which punches a hole in the ticket.
8. Envelopes given to us to donate to Sharity
Elephant every Children's Day.
Elephant every Children's Day.
9. You've probably read Young Generation
magazine.You know who's
Vinny the little vampire and Acai the
constable.
magazine.You know who's
Vinny the little vampire and Acai the
constable.
10. You were there when they first introduced MRT
here. You went for the first ride with your parents and you
would kneel on the seat to see the scenery.
here. You went for the first ride with your parents and you
would kneel on the seat to see the scenery.
11. Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50.
12. Gals are fascinated by Strawberry Short Cake
and Barbie Dolls.
and Barbie Dolls.
13. You learn to laugh like The Count in Sesame Street.
14. You longed to buy tibits called Kaka (20 cents per pack),
and Ding Dang (50 cents per box), that had a toy in it
and it changes every week
not forgetting the 15 cents animal
crackers and the ring pop, where the lollipop is the diamond
on the ring.
and Ding Dang (50 cents per box), that had a toy in it
and it changes every week
not forgetting the 15 cents animal
crackers and the ring pop, where the lollipop is the diamond
on the ring.
15. You watched TV2 (also known as Channel 10)
cartoons because
Channel 5 never had enough cartoons for you.
cartoons because
Channel 5 never had enough cartoons for you.
16. Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The Three
Investigators, Famous Five
and Secret Seven are probably the
thickest story books you ever thought you have read. Even Sweet
Valley High and Malory Towers.
Investigators, Famous Five
and Secret Seven are probably the
thickest story books you ever thought you have read. Even Sweet
Valley High and Malory Towers.
17. KFC used to be a high class restaurant that
serve food in plates and let you use metal forks and
knives.
serve food in plates and let you use metal forks and
knives.
18. The most vulgar thing you said was asshole
and idiot and THE MOST EXTREME WAS 'super white'...you just
couldn't bring yourself to say the hokkien relative.
and idiot and THE MOST EXTREME WAS 'super white'...you just
couldn't bring yourself to say the hokkien relative.
19. Catching was the IN thing and twist as the magic word.
20. Your English workbooks was made of some damn
poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow.
poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow.
21. CDIS were your bestfriend.
22. The only computer lessons in school involved
funny pixellised
characters in 16 colours walking about trying to
teach you maths.
funny pixellised
characters in 16 colours walking about trying to
teach you maths.
23. Waterbottles were slinged around your neck and
a must everywhere you go.
a must everywhere you go.
24. Boys loved to play soccer with small plastic
balls in the basketball court.
balls in the basketball court.
25. Teng-teng, five stones, chapteh, hentam bola and zero point
were all the rage with the girls and boys too...
were all the rage with the girls and boys too...
26. Science was fun with the balsam and the
angsana being the most
important plants of our lives, guppies
and swordtail being the most important fish.
angsana being the most
important plants of our lives, guppies
and swordtail being the most important fish.
27. Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and
John, eternalized in our
minds from the textbooks. Even Mr
Wally & Mr. Yakki. What abt Miss Lala??? And Zaki and Tini in
Malay Textbooks?
John, eternalized in our
minds from the textbooks. Even Mr
Wally & Mr. Yakki. What abt Miss Lala??? And Zaki and Tini in
Malay Textbooks?
28. We carry out experiments of our own to get ourself badges for
being a Young Zoologist/Botanist etc.
being a Young Zoologist/Botanist etc.
29. Every Children's day and National day you
either get pins or pens with 'Happy Children's Day 1993' or
dumb files with 'Happy National Day 1994'.
either get pins or pens with 'Happy Children's Day 1993' or
dumb files with 'Happy National Day 1994'.
30. In Primary six you had to play buddy for
the younger kids like big sister and brother.
the younger kids like big sister and brother.
31. We wear BM2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes.
32. Your form teacher taught you Maths, Science and English.
33. The worksheets were made of brown rough paper
of poor quality.
of poor quality.
34. You went to school in slippers and a raincoat
when it rained, and you find a dry spot in the school to sit
down, dry your feet, and wear your
dry and warm socks and
shoes.
when it rained, and you find a dry spot in the school to sit
down, dry your feet, and wear your
dry and warm socks and
shoes.
35. School dismissal time was normally around 1 pm.
36. There would be spelling tests and mental sums
to do almost everyday.
to do almost everyday.
37. Your friends considered you lucky and rich if
your parents gave you $3 or more for pocket money everyday.
your parents gave you $3 or more for pocket money everyday.
38. You see Wee Kim Wee's face in the school hall.
39. You freak out when the teacher tells you to line up
according to height and hold hands with the corresponding boy
or girl.
according to height and hold hands with the corresponding boy
or girl.
40. Boys like to catch fighting spiders.
41. Collecting and battling erasers was a pastime for boys.
42. Autograph books were loaded with "Best
Wishes", "Forget Me Not", and small poems like "Bird fly high,
hard to catch.Friend like you, hard to forget".
Wishes", "Forget Me Not", and small poems like "Bird fly high,
hard to catch.Friend like you, hard to forget".
43. Class monitors and prefects loved to say "You talk somemore,
I
write your name ah!"
I
write your name ah!"
44. There were at least 40 people in one class.
45. Large, colourful schoolbags were carried.
50. You brought every single book to school,
even though there was one thing called the timetable.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Conclusions are conditional
A mathematician, a biologist and a physicist
are sitting in a street café watching people
going in and coming out of the house on the
other side of the street.
are sitting in a street café watching people
going in and coming out of the house on the
other side of the street.
First they see two people going into the
house. Time passes. After a while, they notice
three people coming out of the house.
“The measurement wasn’t accurate,” says
the physicist.
“No, no,” says the biologist, “they have
reproduced.”
“I don’t think so,” says the mathematician.
“If exactly one person now enters the house,
then it will be empty again.”
This joke was posted on Profession jokes.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Despicable me. Me? No, no, no, not me.
* Warning !!! May contain spoilers.
Today, took a tiny breather by walking to the cathay near my house to watch 'Despicable me'. As described by Ziwei, it was an entertaining movie, with a great blend of hilarious and touching moments. Hmm... how should I describe the afterthoughts lei? Firstly, it's a story about the extremely kawaii minions. Yes ! They are sooooo cute and sooooo innocent, I'm completely smitten with them. Without them, there will not be so much laughter throughout the cinema and without them, there will not be the touching moments as they are the bridge that brought the Super villian close to his 3 newfound daughters. In fact, it must be said that our lonesome villian, before finding family in the 3 new kids, had actually long found family in these minions. I strongly suspect from how he calls them out by names (even though they really look almost all alike) and asks about their families, that the villian really regards them as more than employees. Secondly, it's a story about how villians can have a childish side about them. Our villian in this case is just an attention-seeking child who wants to prove to his mum that he is capable of great things, and of course also to fulfil his dream of flying to the moon which I bet is also the dream of most children. Albeit his means of doing so is erhem... a bit controversial, but kudos to his determination to fulfil his dream, even though he's broke already. Lastly, it's a story about how the innocence of children can melt the heart of the greatest evil. It's about how blood ties do not really matter because it's the heart that really tells. The best thing about children is that they alawys return you 10 times more than what you have given them. Hence the power and charm. Do not apply this equation to adults though as you will most probably be severely disappointed.
All in all, this is a good movie that I will recommend to whoever who wants to relax a bit, but doesn't want to waste $$$ watching a stupid comedy. Only a small problem though, I wonder what the villian is going to survive on now that he's got no funding from the villian's bank, has turned over a new leaf, and has 3 extra mouths to feed. Hmmm.... food for thought.
Today, took a tiny breather by walking to the cathay near my house to watch 'Despicable me'. As described by Ziwei, it was an entertaining movie, with a great blend of hilarious and touching moments. Hmm... how should I describe the afterthoughts lei? Firstly, it's a story about the extremely kawaii minions. Yes ! They are sooooo cute and sooooo innocent, I'm completely smitten with them. Without them, there will not be so much laughter throughout the cinema and without them, there will not be the touching moments as they are the bridge that brought the Super villian close to his 3 newfound daughters. In fact, it must be said that our lonesome villian, before finding family in the 3 new kids, had actually long found family in these minions. I strongly suspect from how he calls them out by names (even though they really look almost all alike) and asks about their families, that the villian really regards them as more than employees. Secondly, it's a story about how villians can have a childish side about them. Our villian in this case is just an attention-seeking child who wants to prove to his mum that he is capable of great things, and of course also to fulfil his dream of flying to the moon which I bet is also the dream of most children. Albeit his means of doing so is erhem... a bit controversial, but kudos to his determination to fulfil his dream, even though he's broke already. Lastly, it's a story about how the innocence of children can melt the heart of the greatest evil. It's about how blood ties do not really matter because it's the heart that really tells. The best thing about children is that they alawys return you 10 times more than what you have given them. Hence the power and charm. Do not apply this equation to adults though as you will most probably be severely disappointed.
All in all, this is a good movie that I will recommend to whoever who wants to relax a bit, but doesn't want to waste $$$ watching a stupid comedy. Only a small problem though, I wonder what the villian is going to survive on now that he's got no funding from the villian's bank, has turned over a new leaf, and has 3 extra mouths to feed. Hmmm.... food for thought.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
detrimental dental visit
wonder if you guys share the same sentiment as I do.... I HATE, ABHOR, DETEST, DISLIKE, LOATHE visits to the dentist. and no exceptions today. the visit to the dentist today = dread, dismay and destitution. dread because i had a bad tooth fixed that required local anasthesia (wa, i had a shock of my life coz i never had the experience of having a needle into my gums). not only that, i was the guinea pig (or it seems so) for him to try out all his cool, elaborate dental tools. look, he has his laser thingy that beeps whenever a bad tooth/decay is present. more than x beats and one has to undergo immediate filling. dismay because i have an inkling this dr dentist has been overcharging me, and now he's cajoling me into getting all my 4 wisdom teeth extracted so he can earn more buckeroos. he subjected me to a full buccal cavity x-ray, in preparation for the wisdom teeth op he thinks he'll clinch. instead, i told him x-ray film i take, but op no. anyway, op is not so urgent, i can do it when i return next year. (right, i'll source for another dentist!). besides, i'll be travelling quite a fair bit over this period, so spare me the knife and swelling (and pain)! destitution because i'm ~400 bucks less rich/more poor. ok, yes, i get to claim 100 buckeroos... but whichever way you look at it, it's bad. sigh... despicable him! ah.... i shall turn in early, hopefully the numbness wears off completely by tomorrow. :/
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Magnum
As I was feeling rather moody and stressed up about the routine HLA group meeting every Wednesday morning, I had a sudden craving for Magnum ice cream. Today was a another crazy hectic day for me and I honestly need some ice cream to perk me up for tomorrow's meeting...
On my way home, Daddy told me he will be going out again to the petrol station to pump petrol after dinner and in my heart I tried to tempt myself to make the trip with him so that I can buy ice cream. But fatigue set in the moment I sat on my sofa for dinner and so Daddy made the trip there alone without me having a chance to tell him I wanted ice cream. :(
But when I was reading this blog and surfing my daily dose of facebook and thinking about having a Magnum ice cream, my dad came back with a bag in his hand! I peeped and found Magnum ice cream in the bag as a surprise!!! :):) Well, I thought the only ice cream that exists in Daddy's world was cornetto but he actually bought Magnum!!! For a moment I seriously think we share some form of telepathy. How does he know I wanted ice cream (Magnum ice cream to be specific)??? Hahaha... My Daddy's the best!!! :p
After savouring the wonderful thick chocolate ice cream, he came into my room and said: "The ice cream very nice hor???" Looks like more Magnum will be making their way into my home's freezer soon!!!
Magnum makes me a happy girl! :)
On my way home, Daddy told me he will be going out again to the petrol station to pump petrol after dinner and in my heart I tried to tempt myself to make the trip with him so that I can buy ice cream. But fatigue set in the moment I sat on my sofa for dinner and so Daddy made the trip there alone without me having a chance to tell him I wanted ice cream. :(
But when I was reading this blog and surfing my daily dose of facebook and thinking about having a Magnum ice cream, my dad came back with a bag in his hand! I peeped and found Magnum ice cream in the bag as a surprise!!! :):) Well, I thought the only ice cream that exists in Daddy's world was cornetto but he actually bought Magnum!!! For a moment I seriously think we share some form of telepathy. How does he know I wanted ice cream (Magnum ice cream to be specific)??? Hahaha... My Daddy's the best!!! :p
After savouring the wonderful thick chocolate ice cream, he came into my room and said: "The ice cream very nice hor???" Looks like more Magnum will be making their way into my home's freezer soon!!!
Magnum makes me a happy girl! :)
Farewell to Ming Keat
>MK2010
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TAGTTCGCCCGAGAGTGGGAACTACTCTAGACGCAATAATAC
CAGGTCTGAAGGAGGCAAACTCATGAGCGT---TGACACCAA
CCTGAATGATATCAAGTGTAACACGCGGATTAAGCATGAGGA
AGGGAAGCGACCTAGACTATAATGGAGTGATGGATAACCCAC
TGAGTGTCTTAGGCAACGTGAAGGGAGTGCTGATTAGCGAAT
---TGAGCTTCTTAGATTTAATGTGCCAATACATAATTTATT
AATGACTAAGCATGACCGATATGTACCGTACGCGAGTGACAG
TTTTGATATCAAGTCTAGGCGAACGACTAAATGGAA---TAG
ATATGACACGCCGTTGAGTAATCCCCCGAATGCATAGCACTT
CTATACTGATGCCGAGAGGCCACAGAGGACTAAACGCATATC
AGTTGAGGCGAGAACGAATAACAATTTTAATTCCGTATCGAA
AACGATTCGCACATCCCTTAATTTCAACGCTGATACCAGGTC
AGGTAACGGGAGATGGAGATGGACCGGGCGAATTGTGAATAG
TTCCGCCAAATGTAGAGCACTGCGAACTTGGAATAT
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Monday, July 12, 2010
Taiwan!
Wow! I'm amazed.. Everyone is so enthu in posting here.. unlike my other group blog which is dead for a long time.. haha whee~ do keep the posts going :D
Anyway I shall be thick-skinned and post up my taiwan photos here, for the benefit of those who don't have fb. hee ^^
I shall post only the flattering photos of course! hehe
San Xiong Di at Xi Men Ding.. I really like their deserts and mango "cua4 bing1"
mango and peach snow shave
dead cat
no it's a dead pig..
anime cafe? we were quite apprehensive about entering this cafe initially.. haha cause we were worried it'd be like some sleazy place lol
i ordered a hazel nut milk drink which is not too bad.
not supposed to take pictures of the "maids" working there but we secretly snapped one anyway.
so cute! at Xi Men Ding. (i meant the gingerbread man :D)
night scene at Xi Men Ding. We shopped from morning til night. (almost everyday)
The Ding Tai Feng there which was rather disappointing. Sg's one tastes better.
On the 4hr bus ride to Yun Lin..where we were gonna visit Jian Fu San, a theme park
Min su (homestay) at Yun Lin
They serve fantastic breakfast btw, where we had in this garden.
Anyway..we had lunch at a place called "Ah Ma de Shi1 Fang2 Cai4" (too lazy to type chinese sorry.) Wahhhh this is easily the best dish we had in taiwan.. looks so unappetizing and plain but it's SUPERRRR yummy! *drool* it's some kinda bamboo shoot which I doubt you can find in Sg. sad.. 
scenery around our min su.. this is the top that WP commented was ugly haha. ugly meh?
we bought similar tops from the same shop at Shihlin night market.. I think nice WAD
walking towards the theme park.. no pics of the park cause i didnt get those photos :/
The restaurant we went at night. Yun Lin is famous for coffee... too bad i dont drink coffee.
pretty nice ambience. i like :)
went for the hot springs next day... was a torture. bad idea to go in summer...
Lover's Bridge at Fisherman's Wharf
cute Shiseido lip balms..not all belonged to me :p
Anyway I shall be thick-skinned and post up my taiwan photos here, for the benefit of those who don't have fb. hee ^^
I shall post only the flattering photos of course! hehe
San Xiong Di at Xi Men Ding.. I really like their deserts and mango "cua4 bing1"
mango and peach snow shave
dead cat
no it's a dead pig..
anime cafe? we were quite apprehensive about entering this cafe initially.. haha cause we were worried it'd be like some sleazy place lol
i ordered a hazel nut milk drink which is not too bad.
not supposed to take pictures of the "maids" working there but we secretly snapped one anyway.
so cute! at Xi Men Ding. (i meant the gingerbread man :D)
night scene at Xi Men Ding. We shopped from morning til night. (almost everyday)
The Ding Tai Feng there which was rather disappointing. Sg's one tastes better.
On the 4hr bus ride to Yun Lin..where we were gonna visit Jian Fu San, a theme park
Min su (homestay) at Yun Lin
They serve fantastic breakfast btw, where we had in this garden.
But....There were bed bugs!!!!!!! We didn't realize til the next few days..see the next pic.
so annoyed by the bed bug bites thru'out the whole trip dat i kept snapping pics of my ugly legs (i dunno for what also)... Feel itchy just by looking at the pics!!!! all 4 of us dio.
Anyway..we had lunch at a place called "Ah Ma de Shi1 Fang2 Cai4" (too lazy to type chinese sorry.) Wahhhh this is easily the best dish we had in taiwan.. looks so unappetizing and plain but it's SUPERRRR yummy! *drool* it's some kinda bamboo shoot which I doubt you can find in Sg. sad..
salted pork. a bit salty but still yumz.
scenery around our min su.. this is the top that WP commented was ugly haha. ugly meh?
we bought similar tops from the same shop at Shihlin night market.. I think nice WAD
we were suffering from the crazy hot weather *sweat*
walking towards the theme park.. no pics of the park cause i didnt get those photos :/
The restaurant we went at night. Yun Lin is famous for coffee... too bad i dont drink coffee.
went for the hot springs next day... was a torture. bad idea to go in summer...
at the hot spring hotel.
on the ferry from Dan Shui to Yu2 Ren2 Ma3 Tou2 (fisherman's wharf)
Lover's Bridge at Fisherman's Wharf
sunset viewed from the bridge
Gu4 Gong1 Bo2 Wu4 Yuan4
Taipei 101
cute golden retriever wearing specs n bandana lol
Nightmare before christmas stickers!! cldnt resist buying them :D
cute Shiseido lip balms..not all belonged to me :p
my loot. quite little actually :(
That's all folks!
world cup, award ceremony and other random things
i must admit that i'm no soccer fan, but i confessed to have pulled an all nighter just for the world cup finals to see the showdown between the Dutch and the Spaniards. i am also embarrassed to admit that this was the first time i actually sat through an entire soccer match. still cannot fathom what exactly makes soccer fans go gaga over the google box, missing almost an entire night of beauty sleep. much to my dismay, the match was quite disappointing. there wasn't a team i was particularly rooting for since the start of this season games, though i admit i have a penchant for spain to win the world cup last night because i could speak a tad of spanish (lousy reason i know, but that's the slightest affiliation i could think of. dutch - no link) both teams played defensively for most parts, explaining why there wasn't enough adrenaline pumping in my system to keep me 100% awake. i was hoping that either of the teams score a goal within 90 mins so i won't have to sit through the extra time... but much to my dismay again... they played the extra time, with lady luck on spain's side after the referee counted the "offsite" goal in. and paul the clairvoyant octopus got it right again!!! paul paul el pulpo, espana gano el Mundial!! the spanish government ought to buy it over lest it ends up as sashimi on German plates.
i miss my beauty sleep... not very wise, considering there was a whole day of rehearsals going on for tomorrow's award ceremony. we tried to rock the stage (sorry, wanted to upload a photo, but blogger wouldn't let me). and by the time i got home today, i crashed on my bed. will have to report to fusiono again at 9:30am tomorrow.... haha, if you guys are free, swing by fusiono and steal a glance at our breathtaking, astounding performance... hurhurhur...;p
not sure if we are talking about this same guy, but a fellow scholar friend missed rehearsal today to attend the wake of his friend who died of heart failure. it's grief beyond description to know of a friend who passed on before you. i recall a fellow Singaporean badger (we call ourselves from UW badger coz it was our school mascot) who passed on last year because of an acute meningcoccal meningitis infection. it was a complete shocker to me. though i didn't know her very well, i remember vividly she used to serve me meals in my dorm as she was working part-time at my dorm's dining hall. yea, treasure all your loved ones around you - even in lab. it's easier said than done though... i do think constant encouragement and reassurance from one another would be helpful. remember my close shave with "death" last year ( the car accident in malaysia??)? When I was back in lab that Monday, I told a few of you how thankful I am to be still alive and I thanked them for being part of my life journey. As my 1 year stint in REC lab comes to a close, I would like to thank each and everyone of you (whether you read this or not) for making a difference to my life. I thank God for making our lives cross path. ps: I am not being emo! haha...When it comes to leaving, I am not a big fan of sappy sobby endings, and this poetry by 苏轼, not a stranger to those who took C. Lit in secondary school 《水调歌头》 (ps: you don't have to take C.lit to know this.. i think Faye Wong did a cover for this) never fails to uplift me when it comes to parting ways... "人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。" 希望我回美国以后，我们还会千里共婵娟！ ：）
i miss my beauty sleep... not very wise, considering there was a whole day of rehearsals going on for tomorrow's award ceremony. we tried to rock the stage (sorry, wanted to upload a photo, but blogger wouldn't let me). and by the time i got home today, i crashed on my bed. will have to report to fusiono again at 9:30am tomorrow.... haha, if you guys are free, swing by fusiono and steal a glance at our breathtaking, astounding performance... hurhurhur...;p
not sure if we are talking about this same guy, but a fellow scholar friend missed rehearsal today to attend the wake of his friend who died of heart failure. it's grief beyond description to know of a friend who passed on before you. i recall a fellow Singaporean badger (we call ourselves from UW badger coz it was our school mascot) who passed on last year because of an acute meningcoccal meningitis infection. it was a complete shocker to me. though i didn't know her very well, i remember vividly she used to serve me meals in my dorm as she was working part-time at my dorm's dining hall. yea, treasure all your loved ones around you - even in lab. it's easier said than done though... i do think constant encouragement and reassurance from one another would be helpful. remember my close shave with "death" last year ( the car accident in malaysia??)? When I was back in lab that Monday, I told a few of you how thankful I am to be still alive and I thanked them for being part of my life journey. As my 1 year stint in REC lab comes to a close, I would like to thank each and everyone of you (whether you read this or not) for making a difference to my life. I thank God for making our lives cross path. ps: I am not being emo! haha...When it comes to leaving, I am not a big fan of sappy sobby endings, and this poetry by 苏轼, not a stranger to those who took C. Lit in secondary school 《水调歌头》 (ps: you don't have to take C.lit to know this.. i think Faye Wong did a cover for this) never fails to uplift me when it comes to parting ways... "人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。" 希望我回美国以后，我们还会千里共婵娟！ ：）
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Feeling sad...
Today is quite an emo day.
As I dun have any blog, could only use this to tell pple who care abt one of my friend.
如果突然有一天, of of your friends called you and said: Hey, XYZ passed away yesterday le, cos of a fever.
What would you do? Sigh.. ya, this happened to me yesterday. One of my friend passed away le, his name is Chang Loong, same age as I am, went to TCHS and then NJ. Knew him when we were working at NYP at the admissions office.
He is someone who jokes a lot, loves to suan pple, brings laughter to everyone around him.
haiz. now that the above sentence got to be in the past tense le. I hate it when such things happen.
I cant imagine how his parents would react. their only son passed away. sigh.
So... must meet up with your friends whenever you can. You never know what can happen. I was hoping to meet him soon when I meet my NYP friends. Now no more le. haiz.
Sorry for the emo post. 珍惜身边的朋友，家人，知己。
As I dun have any blog, could only use this to tell pple who care abt one of my friend.
如果突然有一天, of of your friends called you and said: Hey, XYZ passed away yesterday le, cos of a fever.
What would you do? Sigh.. ya, this happened to me yesterday. One of my friend passed away le, his name is Chang Loong, same age as I am, went to TCHS and then NJ. Knew him when we were working at NYP at the admissions office.
He is someone who jokes a lot, loves to suan pple, brings laughter to everyone around him.
haiz. now that the above sentence got to be in the past tense le. I hate it when such things happen.
I cant imagine how his parents would react. their only son passed away. sigh.
So... must meet up with your friends whenever you can. You never know what can happen. I was hoping to meet him soon when I meet my NYP friends. Now no more le. haiz.
Sorry for the emo post. 珍惜身边的朋友，家人，知己。
Friday, July 9, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
iphone
我要多一个iPHONE!!!!!!
So sad, the promotion is so so so good now but then I can only sign up for one phone! Wanted to 'sacrifice' and give the phone to my Daddy but it seems too complicated to do it. Now I just want a kind soul to help me get another iPhone so that I can give to my Daddy!!! Then all problem will be solved liaoz!!!!!!!!!!! =(
So sad, the promotion is so so so good now but then I can only sign up for one phone! Wanted to 'sacrifice' and give the phone to my Daddy but it seems too complicated to do it. Now I just want a kind soul to help me get another iPhone so that I can give to my Daddy!!! Then all problem will be solved liaoz!!!!!!!!!!! =(
announcement
My first post...
Dear REC-ers,
I'd like to invite all you to my place for a gathering at the end of this month.
Venue: My place (near Eunos MRT - will send out another email nearer to the day)
Date/Day: 31st July 2010, Saturday
Time: 4pm - ~10pm
Food and drinks will be provided - I'll whip up some of my "best" dishes. :) Do let me know also if you have any food request!
You are most welcome to bring any form of entertainment.. board games, Wii, PS, cards etc.., and your other significant half, but do RSVP by 23 July 2010, so I can make the necessary arrangements.
Thank you! Hope to see you all then.
方大同
Dear REC-ers,
I'd like to invite all you to my place for a gathering at the end of this month.
Venue: My place (near Eunos MRT - will send out another email nearer to the day)
Date/Day: 31st July 2010, Saturday
Time: 4pm - ~10pm
Food and drinks will be provided - I'll whip up some of my "best" dishes. :) Do let me know also if you have any food request!
You are most welcome to bring any form of entertainment.. board games, Wii, PS, cards etc.., and your other significant half, but do RSVP by 23 July 2010, so I can make the necessary arrangements.
Thank you! Hope to see you all then.
方大同
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
OMG! Everyone should check this !
Haha. My second post of the day. Not I too sian, but just thought should share with everyone before I forget.
First, thanks to Wei ping for her hilarious account of the 'alien' incident. Much more spiceful than her 'by mouth' narration. I was laughing to myself, and I think my sis who's sitting next to me must be thinking I am mad. =D
Now, to the point of this title. Today, on the way home, at the mrt station, I suddenly remembered that yesterday I saw on the news that pple traveling on bus toJ ohor bahru complained abt fare hike due to the new fare system. So I curiously went to check my card for the past traveling history. And to my surprise (or rather I half expected it), I found that my fare increased 12cents. That means for a month (assume 22 workdays), I pay 12*2*22=$5.28 more, and thus ard $60 more per year. Hmm.. I can buy a bag or a discounted pair of sports shoes (which I meant to buy long ago) with that u know. (sounding like wei ping now, oh no tsk tsk tsk)
Now, the point is I think everyone ought to be aware of how much the new system is gg to affect their pocket. So go check the next time u use the public tpt system.
P.S. Can any bright brain kindly highlight to me which is the shortest route to get to buona vista from woodlands which definitely will not meet up with traffic jams in the morning rush, and will take the shortest time? =Z
First, thanks to Wei ping for her hilarious account of the 'alien' incident. Much more spiceful than her 'by mouth' narration. I was laughing to myself, and I think my sis who's sitting next to me must be thinking I am mad. =D
Now, to the point of this title. Today, on the way home, at the mrt station, I suddenly remembered that yesterday I saw on the news that pple traveling on bus toJ ohor bahru complained abt fare hike due to the new fare system. So I curiously went to check my card for the past traveling history. And to my surprise (or rather I half expected it), I found that my fare increased 12cents. That means for a month (assume 22 workdays), I pay 12*2*22=$5.28 more, and thus ard $60 more per year. Hmm.. I can buy a bag or a discounted pair of sports shoes (which I meant to buy long ago) with that u know. (sounding like wei ping now, oh no tsk tsk tsk)
Now, the point is I think everyone ought to be aware of how much the new system is gg to affect their pocket. So go check the next time u use the public tpt system.
P.S. Can any bright brain kindly highlight to me which is the shortest route to get to buona vista from woodlands which definitely will not meet up with traffic jams in the morning rush, and will take the shortest time? =Z
Close shave fighting with kungfu master
It was a sunny afternoon and we (kenneth, bao luo, tse hau, sylvia and me) had a very full lunch at commonwealth... Just on the way back to lab, as usual, we will bypass the "grassland" next to immunos building... Everything runs right as a routine manner and we will surely by pass the "golden" telescope outside the Khansama restaurant. All of a sudden, my arms (Flexors) brush over something that is spiky and a bit rough. My mind was like "hmm? whats that?"
Normal reflex for me is to "bioh" (eyes aiming at an angle) near my thigh area... Just like "Lighting strike" on me when I saw a green palm-sized alien steering at me... My mind was in "Blank" and only thing I could do is to call for help.... "Help...! Help me....!"
Baoluo walking nearest to me, heard my cries, turn his back (looking like a hero to me) and stretch out his......
"LEG...!"
and wanted to squash the praying mantis on my thigh.... Just as his right shoe going to hit me (maybe a few more inchs), he suddenly pause and retreat.... (I think maybe baoluo was worried that his kick might hurt me...)
As I was screaming, in the next second, 2 of the guys in front (kenneth and tse hau) came behind baoluo and trying to help me....
Both of them have weapons with them, tse hau trying to use his card (with card holder) hoping to sweep away the praying mantis... but.... he pondered...
On the other hand, kenneth using his 铁沙掌 (ultimate hand) quickly sweep over the praying mantis...
THE PRAYING MANTIS instead of going down, it climbs up NEARER to my body.... and I shouted "ARHHHH!!!!!" and within a second, the praying mantis missed his balance and drop to the ground.... Most likely is when Kenneth sweep it, even it move up nearer to my body, it still cannot balance himself from the impact Kenneth hits it or maybe...... I was thinking..... is my high pitch sound wave that hits the praying mantis and loses his balance...
Well anyway, i retreat when it falls onto the ground and all of us evacuated from the site.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank baoluo, tse hau and kenneth for their herotic and courage act to really stand near me and help me.. I really apppreciate from my bottom of my heart... Without you guys, at this point in time (night time 8.38pm), i might be still standing near the telescope, shouting till out of voice.... and feeling hungry.....
P.S. Above are all true but with exaggerating contents to spice up my post....
Sick liaoz
Haizzzzzzz......
Over the weekend, I fell sick. As usual, it started with the throat, goes to the nasal cavity and predicted outcome will be for the bacteria or virus (whichever evil fellow it is) to retreat back to the larynx. Then I will have to buy my house's traditional cough remedy, 海底椰止咳露again for a price of ard $4. All the familiar protocol steps again, as I remember I fell sick x times ard this time of the year last year also. And oh yar, Kenneth will then say 'shoo, shoo, stay away from me'. Unsympathetic guy.
kk, sign off for now. cos Kenneth complaining beside me now. From his mouth 'Why, waste your time on the recruit thing'. so I not waste time, walk into lab now.
Over the weekend, I fell sick. As usual, it started with the throat, goes to the nasal cavity and predicted outcome will be for the bacteria or virus (whichever evil fellow it is) to retreat back to the larynx. Then I will have to buy my house's traditional cough remedy, 海底椰止咳露again for a price of ard $4. All the familiar protocol steps again, as I remember I fell sick x times ard this time of the year last year also. And oh yar, Kenneth will then say 'shoo, shoo, stay away from me'. Unsympathetic guy.
kk, sign off for now. cos Kenneth complaining beside me now. From his mouth 'Why, waste your time on the recruit thing'. so I not waste time, walk into lab now.
Super duper bad start to the day
What a super bad start to my day!!!!
- Woke up with a headache (it's still thumping now... Bae Yong Joon, all ur fault... kidding)
- Looked at my newly-bought pocket watch, needed to reset the time cos the mechanism has stopped yesterday... realised that it's not working!!!!! ARGH!!!! But Sophia says that I don't know how to do it and she'll do it for me tomorrow -_____-" *so 丢脸*
- Reach Biopolis, realise forgot to bring my sister's PSP that I've charged last night to enterrtain myself while waiting for some kind SIgN soul to walk by and help me open door.
- Decided to go Rocky Masters for a cuppa and a muffin.... open wallet... NO CASH!!! *Mind scans databank* AHHHH I spent all my cash on the stupid taxis yesterday....
- And where's the nearest POSB ATM? At freaking MOE... Walked ALL THE WAY back...
Did the usual *ti ti ti* on the buttons of the ATM.
Screen says, "This machine is unable to dispence the requested amount."
RAWR!!!!!!! - *Violin playing emo tune* Sadly walked back up the slope to Matrix to pay UOB Bill.
This lady in front took EONS to finish her paymentS. - Back to Immunos... *looks @ watch* What watch? My pocket watch isn't working!
Turned to handphone for help... Handphone battery DIED!!
Sneaked into the Immunos lift to look at the card reader time.. Ah okay 8.01am, I can take the lift up finally. - Waited outside the main door of SIgN....
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Katja appeared!!!! HAHAHA - So here I am now... What a bad start to the day....
- Okay I hope I don't break any glasswares in the lab today :)
Have a great Tuesday everybody!!!
Cheers! :)
Monday, July 5, 2010
Yeah! Finally got into the blog!
I spent quite some time to create a blogger account using yahoo mail.... and I finally got in...
Joke of Today
Mr BAO LUO~ confessed to us in the lab today that his persistent migraine is due to the constant unbearable ordour in his office area everyday.... His migraine improved tremendously after working in the lab for half a day...
Hmmm... Where did the smell come from? =p
Hmmm... Where did the smell come from? =p
これは私の最初のブログ投稿です
Hahaha.... 皇上驾到 !!!
Today I couldn't come into the office via the lab door lor :(
Usually the lab door magnet doesn't hold the door tightly, so I can always come in. Today I had to wait outside the main door for someone to walk by....
Looks like Boss's mood today quite okay ..... so maybe later meeting with him shouldn't be a big problem =S
Today I couldn't come into the office via the lab door lor :(
Usually the lab door magnet doesn't hold the door tightly, so I can always come in. Today I had to wait outside the main door for someone to walk by....
Looks like Boss's mood today quite okay ..... so maybe later meeting with him shouldn't be a big problem =S
Monday Blues
Sian diao liao... Today is monday again!!!!!!! Why have to work??? I hate to work especially having to take MRT to work la... so squeeeeeeeezeeeee.........
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Finally
Tried long to register and learn to post. Haha, sounds so suah ku.
Erhem. So here it goes,
HELLO ! EVERYBODY !
like my profile pic ? So sweet. =D
Can easily guess who i am right? Cos i chose just the perfect identity. hehee.
Erhem. So here it goes,
HELLO ! EVERYBODY !
like my profile pic ? So sweet. =D
Can easily guess who i am right? Cos i chose just the perfect identity. hehee.
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