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July reminder

2011-07-02T20:31:00.002+08:00

This is just a reminder to myself.

After 5 years, the event have been locked.

2nd July 2000 hours.

Location, north.
exact location remains unknown.

It is a Saturday today.

Code for my own reference

2011-06-15T19:21:00.002+08:00

This information is intended only for those concern.

Code: CTK25FVEN
RSVP: JRSXK
ETA Code: 110518
Referral: Adeline,

Vibration Isolator, a solution to reduce acoustic vibration

2011-04-29T13:43:00.006+08:00

Finally, I solved a mystery that has pounded me for the past 4 years. It is sometime in my head because it exist everywhere but the engineers at the place I work in never give an exact answer. One just shun away from the question while other never think of this question before. I still remember one reply saying, "this is nothing important, dunno why they make this thing, waste of money.""Don't bother about it." But I never stop looking for a solution to it.

Inertia Block, this is one item that is commonly found in the plant room everywhere no matter which industry is involved. In plant room inertia block exist in term of concrete and in an Air Handling Units, it exists in form of steel structure. I have been wondering why don’t people just put the equipment on the vibration isolator instead of putting it on a block of concrete as what everywhere does. It does have hard-standing or perforated standing. The solution is brought by Paul N.Cheremisnoff, D.A. Buies & CH Harman in Industrial Noise Control and Engineering Noise Control respectively. The most common found is steel spring but through the explanation, it explains that other than steel springs, there are two other types of isolators such as cork materials and rubber materials. Of course, as mentioned in the article, if the design is within the fatigue limit, steel isolator can have infinite life span providing there is not destruction on the steel properties itself.
Below is some of the extract of Vibration Isolators

Inertia Block

These are usually made of concrete poured into a structural steel frame with reinforcing bars, brackets for the attachment of vibration isolators and mounting bolts for the equipment. Although they are generally referred to as inertia blocks and are normally installed to reduce the movement of the mounted equipment, in most cases they are used for other reasons.

To increase stability of the system

The concrete inertia block provides mean of widening the support and a more stable geometry.

Lowering the center of gravity or centroid

Mounting equipment on a substantial concrete base has an effect on lowering the centroid of the complete assembly. This adds to the improvement of the stability provided by extending the width of the base, and also has the effect of reducing the likelihood of rocking motion.

To give a more even weight distribution

Equipment items are very much heavier at one end than the other. This means that if they are mounted directly on vibration isolator, very different arrangements are needed at opposite ends of the equipment to cope with the uneven weight distribution. If the equipment is mounted on concrete block, the weight distribution will be more even and, providing the block is heavy enough, it may enable a symmetrical mounting block to be used.

To minimize the effect of external forces

Although the use of an inertia block does not improve then transmissibility for a given static deflection, it does means that very much stiffer isolators can be used for the same static deflection, i.e. if the mass of the equipment is doubled, the stiffness of the isolator necessary to support it is also doubled. This means that the equipment is far less susceptible to the effects of external forces such as fan reaction pressure and transient torques due to changes in speed and load.

To provide or replace rigidity

An inertia base can be used to provide rigidity for the mounted equipment in the same way that a steel base is used.

To reduce problems due to coupled modes

The higher of the two rocking sideways coupled movement for a tall item of equipment may occur at two to three times the frequency of the basic vertical frequency. This can lead to resonance problems. Adding an inertia base has the effect of lowering the rocking natural frequency which helps to avoid the problem.

To minimize the effects of errors in estimated positions in the equipment’s center of gravity

When vibration isolators are being selected, it is necessary to calculate the total load on each isolator so that the appropriate isolator can be chosen. This normally has to be done before the equipment is available and estimated positions of the centers of gravity of each item have to be used. If this information is inaccurate, the estimated loads may be considerably different from te ones which occur in practice. This may lead to vibration isolators being grossly under or overload, or to the equipment sitting at an unacceptable tilt. The latter problem becomes increasingly likely as vibration isolators with high static deflections are used. If a concrete inertia base is used, the center of gravity of this is normally made known accurately and if the mass of the base is comparable with the mass of the rest of the equipment, it means that even if the equipment information is not accurate, the possible inaccuracies in the final estimated center of gravity are small. This reduces the possible errors in isolator loading and reduces the likelihood of a tilted installation. The probability of a tilted installation is also further reduced because of the stiffer springs that will be used to carry the additional weight of the inertia base.

To act as a local acoustical barrier

When very noisy equipment is mounted directly on the floor of an equipment room, the floor directly under the equipment may be subject to very high sound pressure levels in the immediate vicinity of the equipment. This local area where the floor is exposed to these high levels may cause problems of noise transmission into the room below. A concrete inertia base acts as an effective barrier, protecting the vulnerable area of the floor.

It should be noted that reduction of transmissibility is not listed as a reason for installing an inertia block. This is because of the transmissibility determined by the static deflection of the vibration isolators, regardless of the presence or absence of an inertia base. The effect on the vibration process on the inertia block is to reduce amplitude of motion in proportion to the increase in mass, i.e. if the mass of the equipment is doubled by the additional of the block, the movement will be reduced one-half.

Unless special conditions dictate a structural analysis for the concrete inertia block, a general rule of thumb currently applied for block thickness is one-twelfth the longest dimension of the equipment supported, and in no case less than 6 inches thick. Concrete blocks need not be thicker than 12 inches unless specifically recommended.

The floor plan shape of inertia blocks should be configured to suit each piece of equipment mounted on the block. This is particularly true in case of pumps where it is desired to pick up weight of connected piping on the inertia blocks.
Once a piece of vibrating equipment has been properly isolated, care should continue to be exercise to see that utility connections to the equipment does not bridge or bypass the isolation system.

Isolator Types

Isolators can be conveniently be divided into three types

• Cork material
• Rubber material
• Steel springs.

Cork material

Cork has been used in many fields of industry as a vibration isolation material. A popular type of cork is made of pure granule compressed together and baked under pressure to achieve a controlled density. Cork materials are used mainly under concrete foundations. The cork will remain reasonably durable under exposure to acids, oil and temperature between 0 degree Fahrenheit to 200 degree Fahrenheit; however, it will be affected upon contacted with strong alkaline solutions. Cork will rot however, from repeated wettings and dryings. As a vibration isolator, cork is limited to frequencies above 1800 cycles per minutes. Because of a great degree of damping in cork, the natural frequency cannot be obtained from the static deflection. As an alternative, the natural frequency can be obtained through tests by vibrating the cork under various loads to find the resonance frequency.

Rubber materials

Rubber is useful for frequencies above 1200 cycles per minutes. Alkali solutions or acids will not affect rubber, but degradation problems could arise if it is exposed to sunlight. For natural rubber, the temperature range from 50 degree Fahrenheit to 150 degree Fahrenheit; for neoprene from 0 degree Fahrenheit to 200 degree Fahrenheit. As rubber ages, it gradually loses its resiliency. The useful life span of rubber mounts is approximately five years under impact applications and seven years under non-impact applications, although it will retain its sound-insulating properties for longer period. Individual molded rubber mountings are economical only with medium and lightweight machines because heavier capacity mounting approach the cost of more efficient steel spring isolators. Rubber and other isolators provide maximum deflection on the order of 0.25 inch. Some steel spring isolators can even reach deflection of 10 inches.

Steel Spring

The most common form of steel spring is a simple coil spring. Provided that the right combination of coil diameter, spring height and wire diameter is used, the springs are stable. They are capable of providing resonant frequencies down to the order of 2Hz. When a coil spring is designed within the material fatigue limit, spring can have an infinite life. Coil springs are virtually un-dampened and if damping is required, this has to be provided by auxiliary means. Steel springs have the disadvantage that at high frequencies vibration can travel along the wire of the coil, causing transmission to the structure. This is normally overcome by incorporating neoprene pad in the spring assembly so that there is no metal-to-metal contact.

Calculation for selection of Isolator

Step 1: Required Isolator Efficiency

An Isolator efficiency of 80% is usually specified. Unless otherwise stated in the requirement.

Step 2: Transmissibility

Given equation, Isolator efficiency = 100(1 - T)
Thus Transmissibility, T = 1 – (80/100)
= 0.2

The maximum transmissibility, T of the system which requires efficiency of 80% is 0.2

Step 3: Forcing Frequency

To determine the value of the lowest frequency, f (i.e. the frequency of X excitation)

With the rotational speed of the motor as 1450rpm, it has to be divided by 60 seconds to obtain forcing frequency in Hz (cycles per seconds
Forcing Frequency, f= 1450rpm / 60 (seconds per minutes) = 24.2Hz

Step 4: Natural Frequency

To obtain natural frequency fn of the isolated system (i.e. the mass of the equipment supported on isolators) required to provide a transmissibility, T for a forcing frequency, f.

Given equation, T = 1 / [((f/fn)^2) - 1 ]

With transmissibility, T=0.2 (determined in step 2); forcing frequency, f = 24.2 Hz (determined in step 3)

Thus, Natural frequency, fn = 9.9Hz.

Step 5: Static Deflection

To find the static deflection, sigmast required to provide the required natural frequency, fn.

Given equation, fn = 3.13 / (sigmast)^1/2

With natural frequency, fn = 9.9 Hz (determined in step 4)
Thus, Static deflection, sigmast = 0.1 inch (2.54mm)

Step 6: Stiffness of Isolation System

To find the stiffness, k required to provide the required natural frequency, fn.
Given equation, fn = [(k/1000m)^1/2 / 2pi]

With natural frequency, fn = 9.9Hz (determined in step 4)
Thus, Stiffness, k = 383 N/mm(2188lb/in)

Step 7: Stiffness of Individual Isolator

Since there will be one isolator at each corner of the base of the support mass, the isolators are in parallel, with n = 4.

Thus, Stiffness on individual isolator = 383/4
= 96 N/mm (547lb/in)

Step 8: Total Load to be Supported by all Isolators

The total load of the system on the inertia base is 99kg.

Step 9: Load on individual isolator

Load is divided equally among the four identical isolators
Thus, loading on individual isolator = 99/4 = 24.8kg (54.9lb)

Step 10: Isolator Selection

Isolator having a spring constant of 96 N/mm (547lb/in) and the capacity to support a static weight of approximately 24.8kg (54.9lb)

Birth of Air Conditioner 1925

2011-04-28T01:03:00.003+08:00

Shopping centers, office,home and last but not least, cinema. These are some of the places that benefits greatly from air conditioning. So how many people actually think of the the question of how the air conditioning started and who started it.

According to the Discovery Science Channel, the invention of the Air-conditioning is merely a study made by a man called Willis Haviland Carrier (1876 - 1950). He discovered a use of the refrigerant and think of ways to improve it again and again. At that time, it is so secret not many people knows about it. He have it patented and acquired patent U.S.808897 in 1906. He patent it as apparatus for treating air. It is to control humidity and temperature. He presented it to the American Society of Mechanical Engineering in 1910. At that time, Air-conditioning is not popular as it is undergo studies and Willis Carrier is still in studying the psychrometrical cycle of the refrigerant.

It wasn't until 1925, one of the movie industry Paramount faces a difficulty. Summer strike, and sales dropped in every summer period where hot air heats up cinemas with no windows and covered with walls. In 1925, Carrier found the problem and approach Paramount a solution to their problem. He persuaded Paramount Pictures Coporation to part with 65,000 dollars to install a climate control device. Paramount at that time is constructing the Rivoli Theatre, a flagship movie house in Times Square in New York City. He installed the machine in the movie theatre and there it is, on Memorial Day, the air-conditioning is a great hit to all movie goers and Paramount not only made huge profit all years round, Carrier also made his big step forwards as he is appointed to install the climate control technology in 300 movie theaters over the next 5 years.

So this is how air conditioning is made known to the world through Movie Theaters.

"I fish only for edible fish, and hunt only for edible game even in the laboratory." - Willis Haviland Carrier on being practical.

Reference: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ac.htm

Second life for plastics

2011-04-25T11:41:00.003+08:00

All thanks to Discovery Science Channel, I learnt quite a lot these few days. One of them that I find it great is the second life of plastics as featured in the program called Eco-Life.

Plastic bottle making

As everyone knows, plastics is inevitable around us and in the material science that we studys every plastics are vulnerable to chemicals, temperature and toxicity. However, there are people still using plastic because ironically, industrial prefers plastic because of low energy cost, easy access to material and high productivity manufacturing as compared to other materials. It is although recyclable but in each lot, only 30% of recyclable plastics is allowed due to instability of the atomic strucure and properties.

In the show, it describes something that we have never noticed before in every plastic bottles. That is the SPI(Society of Plastic Industry) Resin Identification Code as specified in some labels or even on the body of the plastic bottle. This is denotes by three enclosing arrows with a number 1 or 2 in the center.

PET stands for Polyethylene Terephthalate. It is a thermoplastc polymer resin of the polyester family and is used in most plastic containers be it food, liquid and thermoforming applications.

There are 7 Resin Idenfication Code(RIC) and most commonly used are Code 1 and 2, which is commonly recycled because of its ease in forming and low heating requirement. however because of the low heaing properties, common drinking bottles are not recommended for hot water application especially to boiling water. Class 3 to class 7 are harder plastics and they can withstand higher heat.

According to Science Channel, one man who have concern on the plastic uses come out with an ingenious plan of mixing plastics. As fr as recycling is concern, plastics are best not to mix because of their different chemical structure. What he did is by engineering modification, he have managed to come up with a process that mix class 2 and class 5 plastics and bond them together with a special extrusion process that he has patented and the product becomes a construction material with strength high than steel itself. It can be used to construct bridges and these two class of plastic materials have their own advantages and disadvantages. For example class two has high ductility but low yield strength and low resistance to heat and chemical. whereas class 5 plastic has high yield strength, high resist to chemicals, heat and toughness but it is brittle. So in the special process it bond the two class of plastics together and create a new material suitable for construction in the form of I beam. So with the revolution of the plastics, metals expecially iron can be replaced wih plastics because of its high resistance to corrosion as what nature does.

Problem with plastics in drinking water bottle

In Engineering Material Science, every plastics has a temperature called glass temperature. This is the temperature where plastics is heated to a temperature to a point where it exist in both solid and liquified state. Suppose if a water it contains reached this temperature, polyester can leak into the water and create toxic if consumed. One of the commonly famous plastic toxic is Bisphenol commonly known as BPA. It is an important component of plastic water bottles, baby bottles, inner lining of food cans, microwave containers, and hundreds of common household and industrial products. The use of BPA-containing plastic in the packaging of food and beverages is alarming because there is a long list of health disorders attributed to the chemical.

If heated water is required for transportation, it is best to use bottles made of stainless steel even though studies have shown that the optimum container is glass bottles. Glass bottles can experience sudden explosion in the case of Vaccuum bottles. It breaks easily and non-recyclable. So if water container is required, use glass cup and be sure to hold the handle. If traveling around is required, use a double walled stainless steel bottle. Having no glass temperature as what plastic experiences, both glass and stainles steel melting point is at 1510 degree Celcius. This is 15 times more than boiling water temperature. Even if the water is superheated, it can reached to a maximum of 250 degree celcius which the stainless steel can holds. That is why stainless steel double walled insulated is best recommended for holding a hot water or cold water.

Although BPA is only lethal at very high doses, increasing scientific evidence suggests that it can disrupt key body functions at very low doses, and builds up in our bodies over time with each exposure. Despite the multiple scientific studies that clearly link BPA to developmental and other abnormalities in animals and humans, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a statement on August 15, 2008 reaffirming the safety of products containing low levels of BPA. However, no mention is made of the effects of repeated exposure over many years, or of the effect of combinations of hormones and BPA.

There are billions of people around the world who drink water from plastic bottles every day. Unfortunately, bottled water is harmful to the environment, your wallet and your health. Ironically, people who buy bottled water in an effort to improve overall well-being are actually putting their health at risk. BPA and other toxic chemicals have been shown to leach out of both single-use and reusable plastic water bottles. Repeated use of plastic bottles has been shown to increase the rate of chemicals like BPA leaching out, especially bottles intended for single use.

Extract from http://stainlesssteelwaterbottles.info/

Adelaide 2011 Day 5 End of Holiday

2011-03-30T01:35:00.000+08:00

Day 5

Time really flies when we are having good time. It is the last day of the five days vacation and we gotta go back. And this time, we are going to stop by Sydney for a transit back to SG. Darling wanna see how Sydney looks like.

Our breakfast, the leftovers, to clear it off. These are turkey leg, lamb chops, scrambled eggs and the pasta salad that we bought on day one. Packing is really sad, cos we really loves it in Adelaide. Especially the cooling weather. We gotta wash up the dishes, dry it and clear as much as we can otherwise there is a surcharge for the housekeeping if it is left in very untidy state.

Sun’s up when we leave and we takes a lot of pictures that the old lady who sits by the couch seems to look at us. Putting the key into the keydrop is really unbearable. Not knowing when will we return back to this wonderful and friendly country of Australia.

And for the first time, we finally get to see the men who keep Adelaide clean spick and span. The road sweeper. Wow, they really work in a great team. One blow the fallen leaves on the path, another blow the leaves from the grass patch to the road and a vacuum truck suck up the dirt on the road. It is a great team work to keep the road really clean. And as usual, we are taking the bus to the city, where we will be connect to the bus that brings us to the airport. On the bus, darling bid farewell to justin as though he was there. Wow. And as the bus roll along, aww… we just so sad.

Waiting for J1

At the city, it is only one bus, J1 or J1A bus. And we gotta wait for a long time, cos the timing is not stated. So we just wait till I gotta let go, so gotta go and find the toilet. Hmm…. It really is hard to find a toilet around there cos the public toilet is far away or probably I dunno where is it. When I returned back to the stop, darling told me the bus just went off hmph. So now gotta wait for the next bus.

The bus ride is a different feeling from when we just got here. It seems long long ride. When we reached the airport, we just take and take photos, and have a final check with bokku. Yup. To make sure we have bokku with us. Else bokku will be lost in Adelaide.

Yup. Bokku is in the luggage. Since we have no one seeing us off, we check in early and have a look inside the airport. And it is fills with vibrant life inside the departure lounge with shops and shops, unlike outside of the departure lounge. Adelaide really wanna leaves something inside us before we went off huh. Darling said she wanna drink hot chocolate. So we stop by a place called cocolat. We have wuite a great experience because the hot chocolate comes with a mashmallow and biscuit. Yum yum. And later while touring inside, we found hungry jack. It looks so much close to the burger king back home. Everything seems to be the same.

Airplane

As we are close to departure time, we walk slowly to the boarding area and saw that the plane that we are taking is a domestic flight, so it is a small plane. It is a one hour flight to Sydney. In the flight there it is, our lunch, so it is said and darling have her sandwich and a small can of coke. It is a small size of what we sees in the market. And I have my pastry and coffee. As we were reaching, the pilot make a circle around the airport so we get to see Sydney twice. There is a beautiful beach with big wave before the airport but we may not know where is it or go and visit there. When we touched down, we walk slowly to the other terminal as we landed at terminal three and have to go to terminal one to get a plane back home. It is already noon when we got there. Along the way, I notice a chocolate shop and found a chocolate piece that is a shape of a cat. Yup yup. Kitty cat. Got two piece from terminal 3 and we continued along the way. When we reached the transit lounge, we have to take a bus supplied by the airport to go to the other terminal. When we reached the terminal one, we saw again, Kitty Cat. And this time, it is much cheaper than the other terminal where we buy it from. Hmph.

On Quantas A380

We were at the departure hall when we noticed that there is an area where there is a chess set and some board games for the people to play while waiting for the plane. Hmm… we have a quick shot and then walked to a shop selling shirts. One of the shirt we saw is the pink shirt with the name Adelaide. Wow. I love it and darling love it too. So we get a pair of the shirt and wear it before boarding the plane back hoime.

While we were on the plane, I felt that there is something different with this plane and looked around. It seems bigger and there seems to have a staircase leading up. After sometime, I realized that WE WERE ON A QUANTAS A380 AIRBUS~! UNBELIVABLE~! I though only SIA have the A380 and we din expect we were arranged on a A380 Quantas. Darling also got quite a surprise too. As I look out the window, it has a very big wing span. Pity the window is too far front so looking out the window is very straining.

We had our dinner and supper onboard throughout the 6 hour journey flight and pity the sunset is not on our side of the cabin. Aww…..

Back Home Sweet Home

When we touched down in Singapore back home, we were so relieve that we were finally back at last. And then there it is, the duty free shop. I have been waiting for this moment because I have been wanting to buy a bottle of XO. Haha. It is still unaffordable and I have been thinking and thinking and finally get a VSOP instead. Hmm…. Looks like I gotta try my luck next time. We have absolutely no problem in looking for the luggage and went home after a few photo shot at the Changi Airport.

So there it ended, our 5 days of holiday alone in Australia. It is a really beautiful country that I wanted to make it as my retirement home. Haha.

Adelaide 2011 Day 4 Cleland, Strawberry farm

2011-03-29T18:58:00.001+08:00

Day 4

This is the day where we both have been waiting for so long. . . . STRAWBERRY~! It is the last day for the attraction as we will be returning home tomorrow.

We are so going to pick our own strawberry, and in Adelaide, there is only one place where we can pick our own strawberry from the famous strawberry farm called Beerenberg. If anyone have been opbservant enough, yup, Beerenberg can be seen in supermarket as strawberry jam. Before that, We also going to visit the kangaroo in Cleland Wildlife park. Yup yup.

Macdonald

Yup, we are so going for the Macdonald again for our breakfast. This time, it is much earlier because we need to board a bus that arrives in the city around 0845. It is only bus that cannot be missed otherwise we have to wait for another long long time. Before the sun rise, we have started set off to board the bus with the morning crowd into the city where we go to hindley street for Macdonald breakfast. This time, we are having Hot cakes and NYC Bagel. Yummy. We do not have NYC Bagel back home so might as well try it. We walked a long alley that leads to another side of the road.

Bound for crafer park

When we reached the bus stop, we are still early so sit down and wait for a while. The bus ride will bring us to a transfer stop, where we have to drop down and wait for another bus that brings us up to the lofty hill. The bus is a really long ride because the place is far luckily, the bus fare are a fixed and all thanks to Adelaide Metro, we have got a All day bus ticket so we can take unlimited bus ride for the whole day. When we reached the transfer stop at Crafer stop 24, we got out and wait for the only bus 823 that operates up the hill.

At the bus stop, we met a friend from Singapore too. Her name’s Lily. She is travelling alone so we tag along. Her main place is mount lofty. And I explained to her that the mount lofty is just a big space and invites her to go with us to Cleland wildlife after mount lofty. And when the bus came, the bus driver agrees to stop at mount lofty for a 15 minutes break and then goes to Cleland Wildlife. As soon as the bus stops, we dropped down and went to take alook of the Adelaide which mount Lofty offers and it makes Adelaide looks like a small square. And after that, we rush back to the bus and the bus driver is waiting for another family to return back to the bus. Well, he have loads of time to spare so no worry about waiting for that family.

Cleland Wildlife Park

We reached the Cleland Park and as clearly as I remembered, nothing seems to changed. First we went to the koala area and hand some photo taken. Also later went to visit Dingo. Yup. Looks like a doggie and also behave like a wolf. We walk around the park and walk towards the kangaroo. Yup. I have some feeds around, so darling, lily and I started feeding the kangaroos. The kangaroos are friendly and nibbles the feed out of our hands.

After half day is gone, we went out of the Cleland and board the bus back down to crafer. The friendly bus driver speaks about the Australian life and he is an Italian. Wow, He have been living for more than 10 years and is quite happily living there. He gave us advise on the bus stop where we have to drop off and wait for the bus that brings us to the Strawberry farm. This is where we and lily separates.

We go back to the same stop where we dropped off, and waits patiently for the bus that brings us to the strawberry farm. It is a long ride and darling doze off probably very tired because of feeding the kangaroo and walking. It is a hot day today, and the german town just whizz us by. And then, doom. The Zorro restaurant is no where found. It is taken over by a pizza place. Awww…… When we dropped off, we head to the strawberry farm and get an ice cream. As it is a weekday, Darling and I seems to be the only person there picking the strawberries. Yum yum. The strawberry ice cream is so much delicious than the one in Cameron Highland. It is called Berryberg Swirl ice cream with strawberry pieces withstrawberry ice cream. We picked one whole box of it and get some strawberry jam too. Also some garlic and tartar sauce. Yummy. We took the bus straight to Adelaide city and well, de dropped off a few stop earlier so have to walk a long long wait to Victoria Square. And at Victoria square, there is the famous fountain with the statue of Queen Victoria.

Seafood~!

After taking a few picture there, we head to the Central Market. Aww… it is quite late and lots of markets are closed. I went to the market because I have strong craving for the Austrlia’s famous Black lip mussel. Yup. I just simple loves black lips mussel because of the sweet juicy taste. There are green mussels too but it is easily found so I choose the black lipped mussels. And other than that, there is also squid head. Yum yum. And then the main item: Suckle oysters. Yum yum. As we are out of cash, We went out quickly to find any ATM to get cash. When we found one, we quickly get some money out and went back to get the seafood for the night. So glad darling loves my cooking. Else we are eating out. We made a mistake to stop by a Chinese food shop for the dumplings. Awww….. but we are simply too hungry cos for lunch we had only strawberry. I was thinking of how the dumpling taste like too so we have a try and finds it not suit to our taste. Along the way, I brought darling to one place which is very interesting and not available in Singapore. An outdoor toilet. Yup. I brought her to the place nearby where there is this toilet that cleans automatically, and at a push of the button, a toilet seat comes out and it is free~!.

Victoria Square back home

After that, we walked to the Victoria square where there will be a bus that brings us back to the apartment. Yup. And after a short change, I quickly went on to cook the delicious mussels, squid and the strawberry. It is like heaven with the dessert wine too.

It is an exciting day and night and I just hope time stop at there. Tomorrow we will be flying home……And it is just the right time as we are out of cash too. Woops.

Adelaide 2011 Day 3 Mac, Graduation

2011-03-28T17:42:00.001+08:00

Day 3

Yup. This is the main objective of the Adelaide trip. A chance to attend the graduation ceremony for my degree in Adelaide. I was studying for almost 3 years and got a sudden notice to go to the graduation in March 28. So we got up early, and iron that shirt of mine. As we walk pass a house for sale, I really have such a temptation to get a house here. Probably next time when I retire, I might think of getting a house here and retire.

Macdonald at Hindley Street

As usual, it is a long wait for the bus but at least we have a cheap ride to town. Darling wanted to eat the Adelaide MacDonald. Yup. We set off early in the morning on empty stomach and along the way, we noticed a fire truck parking on the road. This is the first time we see the fire truck so quickly we stopped for a photo shot and then take a photo. We found a McDonald at Hindley street, and it is a busy day for the Mac as there are a lot of people going for their lunch. Get darling a happy mealwith a toy. She gets a limited addition star shaped fish. It is really yummy and then we noted there is a star without a “leg” Aww….

After the meal We went to her regional office where she met justin, a colleague who is based in Adelaide and took a few shot with him. And lastly, we set off to the Adelaide Festival Center. It is something like the Singapore Indoor Stadium, and we are really early. Well. I prefer to reach early and then register for the event soon. And then, as quickly as it happens, the crowd came from nowhere and starts queuing. Wow. The event took a very long time, because it is the first time I saw a lot of people also graduation from the university. Hmm… most of the people I have never met before. And it is only here I realized there are many campus for the University.

After I got my cert, We went around for a few Photo taking around the place because there is an hour allowance after the event for us to do some photo taking.

Haigh Chocolate!

After returning the robe, we went out to buy the haigh chocolate. Yup. Haigh Chocolate is the most famous chocolate in Adelaide. It is sweet and tasty. Yum yum. As easter is around the corner, they have quite a lot of chocolate egg shell and chocolate rabbit. Looks real Cute. I though of visiting the factory but never seems to made it. So we got some Toffler, and it is super awesome. We walked to Hudson coffee. For them, Hudson coffee is like the starbuck coffee. There are a lot of Hudson coffee around. As we sees the Hudson chocolate seems tempting, we tried and it is great chocolate taste.

Went to take a bus back, and we stopped by BWS, which stands for Beer, Wine, Spirits. It have a lot of alcoholic drinks and we looks for the dessert wine and it is real cheap for them. Wines seems cheaper than the Coke here.

Turkey and Lamb Chop

Dinner of today, Turkey leg~! Yum yum. And well, there is no oven which I thought they have, we tried to cook it panfried. And then, Found it is hard to pan fried because the frying pan is too small, so we try to deep fried it. Aww…. Not enough oil, but we try to cook it. It is a real long time cooking it. When it is done, the Turkey leg is really nice with the lamb chop. Yum Yum.

Adelaide 2011 Day 2 Victoria Harbour, Grenelg Beach, Oyster Shop

2011-03-27T16:37:00.001+08:00

Port Adelaide

Second day, it is a Sunday. On every Sunday, only one market is open on Sunday and closed on the rest of the day. Sunday market in Port Adelaide.

When I was here 2 years ago, The fisherman’s market was closed, so I did not get to see how it looks like. This time round, I am going to see how it looks like.

Early morning, it is home cooked breakfast. The Garlic bread from yesterday’s lunch in Mawson Lake, and some eggs. After leaving Bokku at home, we start on our way. Before we leave, we took a picture around the Picadilly and it was a quiet morning with cool breeze and shady sun.

As we went to the street, I noted a hotel called Royal Oak Hotel just outside the road. It serves breakfast only on Saturday and Sunday. So since it is a Sunday, we decided to check it out and have a big breakfast there. The breakfast is classic breakfast, comes with some mushroom, hashbrown, garlic bread, bacon, sausages, tomato and one of the thing that I get it for darling which she never eat before: Poached Egg.

The poached egg is the most difficult egg to make, and she have never ate before. It is hard outside, runny yolk on the inside. Darling was so happy eating it. And of course, I love it too. It is really better than the other restaurant that I ate before. This bar serves not only serves Breakfast, it also serves beers and wine. It is quite crowded with people marrying around on the Sunday morning. Everyone is happy in this place.

Rundle Mall

After the hearty breakfast, We went to take a bus and goes into the city. It is really a long long wait. We went to the rundle mall, to walk all the way straight and because I need to check on the data access for the sim card that I bought. We took some pictures with the brass looking piggies that is so cute around the place. And also we went to take a look at some of the flowers. Walking straight, we saw a real huge scenery that overlook the residential area. It is huge.

Later, we went to the rundle mall tram station and while waiting for the tram, I suddenly realized that I am suppose to take a train instead of the tram. Cos We are suppose to go to Port Adelaide. Haha, my leg really almost folled me to go to the beach. I only realized it when the tram arrived. Haha. We went straight to the Adelaide Railway Station. This is the heart of the railway lines where it connects everywhere in Adelaide. We wait for the train that goes to port Adelaide. In the train, we met some guys who are going to the port Adelaide too. And they are from other capital such a Melbourne, and antoher place which I din know where. Although we met on the train, but we never go the same way, cos we went in another direction. Along the way, I saw it. A standalone KFC restaurant. Wow, I loves KFC, but we are not here to eat this. We are so going to port Adelaide. Along the way, we also passes through the cheesecake shop. It is called The Cheesecake Shop: Made with love. I loves strawberry cheesecake but we did not buy it because it is really huge size and we have to buy either whole or half. They dun sell in slice, only the original cheese cake is sold in slice. After taking a look, we continued along and passes a shop with a pony. Aww… it is so huge, I dunno how to get it back even if I do buy it. So we continues and passes the town hall, a statue laided by R.H.Smith, mayor of Port Adelaide on 8th November 1918.

Port Adelaide

After walking for a long distance, we finally reached. Port Adelaide. We see the seagulls for the first time since we got here. They walk around looking for food. Darling went with me to the light tower which the port Adelaide is famous for. We climbed the tall and narrow staircase, and on top, it is the view of Port Adelaide. Took lots of photo with darling and none other than Mr Xiao Lao Shu.

After the lighthouse, we went to the Fishermen’s wharves. This is like the Singapore’s version of “bail u tan” except that their do not put the merchandise on the floor. Instead, they put it on the table and some are hung up like the Mr banana. Yeah. We stop by a museum which is very classic, showing the old history of Australia. Many jewellaries and tea set of the old Australia. We took a picture with one of the volunteer of the Woodville Historical Society and wrote a note in the guest book.

After the walk, darling went to get the mini donuts. Yum yum. And on top of it, it is a hot chocolate. Double yum yum. While we eats, a ship docks and people who boarded the ship earlier to went out to see the dolphins step out and walking away from the Prt Adelaide. After the mini donut, we went to board the train back. Along the way, I realize that there is not many soil around, but some old wood pieces. And among the wood piece, there are flowers surviving. Guess perhaps that is why there are not many dust flying around.

We saw the teletubies, Railway museum, And then the Cheesecake shop. We got a cheesecake from cheesecake shop and then get a sweet potato fries from KFC. Yup sweet potato fries. It is something that never seen before. Quite full after eating it. Later we went to board the train back to the railway station. While waiting for the train, we take some photos. And on the way back, I hope the sun doesn’t set down too fast. Went to grab the tram and go to the place that I wanted to go for many years: Grenelg beach. Yup. It is a nice beach with a beautiful seaside. Get to see the sun set as what I wishes many years ago. Yup The sun sets slowly and as the sun set in the horizon, time seems to fly slow, and I later went to get something that I did not managed to bring back. I got a bigger bottle. Woohoo. And fill up the bottle with the seawater and sand from the beach. Haha. Been wanting to do it for a long time. Darling want to drink it as well.

Oyster shop

Yup., the main event of the day. It is none other than the Oyster shop. They are having the promotion of A$15 for a dozen of fresh suckled oysters. This is one of the best oyster shop which is cheap and good. The barramudi fillet is unbelievable. And after the fresh oysters, we get the Kilpatrick which is oysters with bacon and sauce, and fried oysters. Have a wonderful dinner till very full. The barramudi is certainly fresh, juicy and tender so much it is definately panfried to perfection. the meat is not so hard and it is so soft, it just melts in the mouth. Darling loves it a lot too.

After that, we passes by an ice cream shop called Royal Copenhagen. Yup it is like hagen daz and it have a lot of variety of ice cream. What caught our attention is the slogan on the roof. It says:”I scream, You scream, We all scream for Ice Cream!” This is what caught our attention so we went to this ice cream shop although there are a lot of ice cream shops around. It have free toppings and can do our own toppings with chocolate chips, fudge, peanuts. We eat the ice cream while waiting for the tram to arrive.

It is quite late, we still want to go to one place called Adelaide Entertainment center. It is the other end of the line for the grenelg tram.On the tram there is a security on the tram, probably she is around at night tram. We drop off and look at the Adelaide Entertainment Center. It is just like a theatre center but as there is no event on that day, we just stayed and wait for the tram to start. When the tram started, we went back to the Adelaide Railway Center and went back to the apartment for a good night rest. Phew… it was chilly today. Yup. tomorrow, 28th March, is the big day for me......

Adelaide 2011 Day one Mawson Lake

2011-03-26T23:30:00.001+08:00

Today is finally the day. The day to Adelaide. I have been waiting for it since 2009 when I first went to Adelaide. I have received the notice of the need to go to Adelaide in the beginning of March 2011. It is a very shot notice but it took me two days to arrange for both accommodation and airline ticket. And with these two done, we are all ready except for the telecommunication and nland transport which have to be arranged in Adelaide.

It is an exciting day waiting for the night flight because I was no longer working. Yup. Rest a lot to get ready for the movies on board the plane. As the saying says, I gonna spend all every last penny of the amount I spend for the air ticket.

Took one whole day to check and re-check the luggage to ensure that nothing is left behind, I take off to board the bus at Woodlands to take the direct bus to the Airport. It is a darn slow and long ride. More than 1 hour to be precise. All because the new route of the bus have changed and it stop at more places. Previously it took me less than 45 minutes to get to airport. And now, it took more than that. I SHOULD HAVE TAKE THE TRAIN~! IT IS MORE CONVENIENT WITH TWO TRANSFER. And it may take the same time. And it is more air conditioned the bus I took is hot and stuffy like the aircon is not switched on.

Airport.

After I reached the airport at 1830, I went straight to the Airport to eat dinner with darling’s parent. Wow. It is as if the whole family come down and I have none.  And since I am not going to have any porky pig there, I get the Bak Gu Teh with the rice. In Adelaide, I am not planning to eat any more porky and rice since I am going to go for the lamb and oysters.

It is only the vacation for me and my darling who will be attending the important event there and also to show her how attractive Adelaide can be. We first want to go into the departure lounge for a look inside the Terminal 3. The main attraction over there is for the butterfly garden that s only available to departure or transit passenger. We went to the butterfly garden and before we went in, as usual we both try to check in to the airport. As it is night time, most of the butterfly do not fly around. Instead, they are resting on the leaves and look at us as we are busy photograph them.
After that, we took the sky train back to terminal 1 where we will take off from there. It is a long walk as the departure lounge for our flight is at the far far end of terminal 1. Our flight is QF82, A Qantas flight. As everyone knows recently news report that there are a lot of problem with Qantas flight, I put in my full confident to the hands of the Qantas flight. This is because I find that Qantas flight is smooth and the flight attendants are friendly and helpful. Even if there is a problem, Qantas is able to give a correct solution with their abundant experience in flight. Looking at the screen right infront, we learnt we are 5,407KM away from Adelaide in the place where we are in now. Mr Xiao Lao Shu as usual, comes with us.

Unknown to darling, we have a mysterious person coming with us too. Hope I dun have to open my luggage in Adelaide. For the supper, We are having fried fish pasta, salad and some wine. Watched some show on the flight and they are quite new and there sure is a lot of video to watch. It is a 6 hours flight and we have some bun fruits and orange juice for breakfast. Darling fall asleep halfway probably because of work in the day time. We manage to see a bit of the sun rise but the angle is not right for the full view of the sun. And when the sun is up, we can see a lot of cloud looks like marshmallow. Looks yummy. And then after it dropped out of the cloud, we can see it, Adelaide.

The beautiful little town of Adelaide with low houses and clustered housing. We got through the checkpoint and out to the airport. Finally, we touched Adelaide. As usual, Adelaide never seems to have changed since the last time I see it. We went straight to the bus stop to wait for the bus that will bring us to the city. It is J1 and J1A in case you wanna know what bus number it is. “Metro info station” is a must stop to establish land transport. We took the bus with the bus ticket we bought on bus. It is A$9.60. We have a long wait for the bus but eventually it arrives and it is a really cheap alternative than taking a cab. Darling is busy looking around during the journey and as mentioned, Adelaide is a place with their air-conditional switched on and the off button fail to off it.

We went straight to Metro Info Station to purchase the bus ticket for the rest of the journey. Then went to rundle mall, to get a local sim card. We passed by Haigh Chocolate, which is very famous for their chocolate. Yum yum. I just can’t wait to get it but I can only buy it on the last day with the spare change that I have. Looks so yummy. Went all around and found a shop that sells the international Calling card. Asked for a few type of card, but they dun sell it. Finally, he has the “Green Card” The card that is quite cheap too. The guy who sells me the card said I must have done a lot or research to get the card and even ask me why I choose it. Well, Thank GOD for the internet. It took me whole day to find out a lot before going to Adelaide.
We took a few photos at the rundle mall, and even though the flowers are common to them, but to us, it looks really special. Finally, the last puzzle has been fitted. A stop to the phone shop where we get a prepaid phone card. Getting a prepaid phone card is a must so that we can pay their local phone rate instead of our home telco roaming services. With the Prepaid phone card and the international calling card, we can call back home anytime we want.

We went to take the bus and go to the accommodation. As we are suppose to check in at around 8AM, but due to the fun of walking around, we almost lost track of the time. Luckily the bus route has not changed for the past two years, we get to North Adelaide with the bus 222, 226 , 224 or 228. Same as G10 and G11 is able to bring us to go to the hotel in North Adelaide. The hotel is exactly not a hotel but an apartment. A fully studio apartment where we can cook and have a peaceful time. The place is called Picadilly Apartment at Gover. I chooses this is because it is near to the city, close to eateries, self-serviced and the best part is it is cheap. In fact, I believe it is the cheapest apartment we can find in Adelaide that comes with it’s own bathroom and cooking facility. I need the cooking facility so that I can coos some of the local seafood products, such as black lip mussels. I loves black lip mussels and because it is Australia, Black Lip mussels is simply very cheap at A$5.99 per kilogram.

We seem to be early because the room is not ready when we got there. However, the person in charge is of great help by allowing us to put our luggage inside first while the housekeeper cleans the room instead of letting us wait outside. As I look around, I noticed there is no heater. I talked to Jimmy, who humbly helps to look for a heater for us because the air-conditioner is not heat supported. Lucky me.

Then the first task, I went with Darling out to the bus stop and we takes the bus to faraway place to Mawson Lake. This is a very bad move, because throughout the journey, we are both sleepy and both of us fall asleep on the bus. Then we woke up and realized we have missed the transfer stop. Awww…. We walked a long way back and then wait for the next bus that will bring us to the place where she wanted to see. When the bus came, we board it and I am really very tired. We reached the place, University of South Australia. Yup. The main university in Adelaide.

We have a walk around and also see some the University surrounding. This is the University that I came for study two years back. And new buildings are seen which is different. The Mawson lake is really very beautiful. I am so happy to be there and if I get a place there, I would be happier. Mawson Lake is like a self-sustain town with it’s own supermarket and food stuff, hair dressing and dining. It even have it’s own small casino.

We stop by the Woolworth, the Australia supermart which sells practical everything. I ran immediately to one food that is not available anywhere in Singapore and one that I crave for it for a long time: TURKEY DRUMSTICK~! I found it and immediately snatch it off the shelf. And then the next will be LAMB CHOP~!! And lastly, the EGGS. Yum Yum. Then we get cooking oil so that we can have fried egg or boiled egg We have some walk around the University and as it is late evening on Saturday, a lot of people are not there except for some students who are at the computer pool. We stopped by a café and have an early dinner. And best to start with, Live Oysters yum yum. We later get some food but before that, I forgot our meal comes with a free garlic bread. Woof. So much to munch munch.

Later we went for a after-dinner walk to the train station. It is a distant aaway but believe me, once we get to the train station, it will be easier to get back to the city. The bus trip simply took a way long time. We waited at the station for 23 minutes as it is not a regular interval for the train to come. We waited till I fallen asleep. When the train arrives, darling is so exciting to see it come and we took few photos with it. We went in and I showed her how easy it is to buy a ticket even on board because there is a machine that sells the train ticket. The train brought us back to the city to Adelaide Railway station.

Every train in Adelaide stops here and transit from one line to another. While we are walking down the street, we chance upon a wedding couple. I walked up and ask to take a photo with the bride and bridegroom. The friendly couple agrees and we had a photo taken too bad we din get one with the car cos it is a very big wedding car. We walked to the Adelaide Convention Hall, because on Monday, we will be here for the ceremony. So exciting.

When taking a bus back to North Adelaide, I stop at another bus stop where we go for one ice cream. The Cold Rock Ice-Cream. Yup. Eating ice cream in the 15 degree Celsius environment is simply fun. Darling also finds me mad at first eating ice cream on a cold weather, but she loves it later. Cold Rock is also available in Singapore, but the feeling of eating in Adelaide is really different from eating it in Singapore.

When we reached the apartment, we settle down and finds the heater around. As darling went for a bath, I put a mysterious guest secretly in the cupboard. And when she opens the cupboard. She shouted:”Bokku” Yeah. Bokku is here with us too and she hug hug bokku the korea polar bear. And so, it ends our first day in Adelaide.

What makes a great team.

2011-03-25T12:01:00.002+08:00

1: A great team,
2: A sense of humor,
3: Saying thanks. Plenty of it.

A very poorly designed bus shelter.

2011-03-13T23:24:00.004+08:00

This is perhaps one of a very poor designed bus stop at Novena Square.

It is on many occassion, The rain actually falls on the inside of the bus stop and everyone have to get back to the shelter in Novena Square.

The reason: The bus stop rains inside in raining days. Judging from the ceiling, I believe the electrical must have also gone off, because rain water drops through the lighting also.

What is the use of a bus shelter when it cannot shelter the people who are waiting for the bus? Is there a flaw in the design of the drainage system? Or due to poor maintenance. And since this bu shelter has been existed for a long time, how come no one knows and feedback about it?

This is such an inconvienace to everyone who are waiting for the bus at the novena square there. Can you imagine how helpless are the people who wants to flag down the bus? Have to run through the rains to board the bus also. What if she is an old lady? Well, we can't just say tan tock seng hospital is just a block away.

On one incident, I observed a lady(in pink) was waiting with the rest of us for the bus inside Novena Square. Later, the bus was approaching, she have to run out to the bus shelter amids the rain water pounding on her. After she cross the zebra crossing, she fell down and landed on her butt. And the bus turns over and stop. then a man also rushes out to board the bus. The lady in pink is still rubbing her butt as she walks to the bus. Poor chap

Experiment with a nice breakfast.

2011-01-23T17:42:00.002+08:00

Full boiled water 100 degree celcius,
5 and 7 minutes no pass.
next to experiment is 9 minutes.
condition is under chilled.

Working on a perfect breakfast. yup. have a new thought of how to perfect a dish because want to stop rely on a tool to cook this. so to cook manually, gotta try many time to get this right.

Ceiling plastering skill

Last week, the ceiling plastering is so perfect, that cracks cannot be seen. wow. so good knowing skill is up again. hmm... just one note about plastering, is that it dries up fast. must remember to put water first before the powder.

Moon movie review

2011-01-12T22:37:00.000+08:00

Recently finished watching a movie called “Moon”. It is a very simple movie but it has captured the attention of mine because in the middle of the movie, things get a bit complicated with the appearance of another Sam Bell. An astronaut, who is contracted to be on moon, is to tend to the harvesters loading and unloading of gas cartridges. It is explained in the beginning of the movie that a company called Lunar Industry has developed a way to harness the energy of the helium to become electrical so that energy is safe and clean. And the abundant source of helium can be found by harvesting it from the moon. The harvesters will go to the point of coordinate and begin harvesting the helium. When the harvesters are full, Sam has to drive to the harvester and collect the helium tank and send it back to earth where lunar industry will collect it and use for fusion. All things develop like clockwork until Sam develops hallucination and had a crash with the harvester while doing the check on a stalled harvester. The next moment, another Sam Bell wakes up. And this time, the Sam Bell is different. He found one harvester stalled (the one that sam bell had accident with) and wish to go out and check it out. In the space station it also has a Artificial Intelligent robot called gerty. His job is to take care of the chores around the space station such as cleaning up and washing and preparing meals for Sam. He also can talk and feel for Sam. At first, Sam is very confused that he is a clone. And wish to return back to earth.

Meanwhile, Lunar Industry sent out a so-called “rescue team” called eliza. Their mission is to visit the space station every 3 years and do a check and also to “collect Sam body” The clone Sam all has a life span of 3 years and every three years, a Sam will die, and the rescue team will go and clear up and start up a new clone. While the dying Sam is trying to get back to earth, the new Sam come up with a plan to get back to earth and also to finds ways to deceive the “rescue team” so that they will not find out the Sam who has escaped back to earth.

In this movie, the movie plot has lots of evidence in it so it looks real that many astronaut team has visited the space station. Only the last Sam mentioned and asked “How is it that every astronaut is able to do the wood shaping the same thing as the others? It was done halfway when you(dying Sam) get here and you continue on it. Who started it?”

So it occurred back. How is it that every astronaut is able to continue on the woodwork with the same theme? There must be the same person.

Things is sad when the dying Sam managed to make a call back to earth and realized that he is 15 years away from the earth instead of less than 3 years. And the original Sam is still back on earth. His wife Tess Bell is dead when he made the call but the video link that he received are later found to be recorded many years ago. Then Gerty showed dying Sam of how other the previous Sam Bell died and wanted to help both Sam.

Gerty is although a robot, but he can express his feeling of happiness, sadness through the face on a small TV. It displays the crying face when revealing to dying Sam who Sam really is and what is his purpose. And his purpose is to keep on working till he die at the end of three years and another clone will replace him.

Moon is a good movie for those who enjoys science fiction and the writer of the movie came up with a plot that not I can think of.

Cheers.

Electrical Flash

Had a shocking experience of electrical flash today. Was checking on a burning smell and found a molded current circuit breaker smoking. When using a test-pen to try to trip the breaker, a huge bright spark with a loud bang gave quite a shock. For a mere seconds, I was stunned because it really happens too fast that requires time to think again for the next step. So once the electrical supply is isolated, I handed it over to the professional who will assess the damages and do the rectification. Think there is insurance claim for the loss of income also. Hmm….

Paper waste?

2011-01-03T20:58:00.000+08:00

Papers papers papers

How many people have come across the TODAY and My paper’s distribution? As I step off Raffles Place every morning, I can just see the way the papers are being issued out. Out the station, both sides, numerous stacks of My paper are issued. And up the escalator, the Mediacorp staff issuing the Today paper also in numerous stacks. And in the afternoon lunchtime, they return and issues more papers. And best of all, it is free……

What pictures are we looking at? People hunger for information, or a sight of how natural resources are being mutilated? As you go out into the stations all over SG, how many people are actually queuing up for the free issues of the papers? And look carefully at the people who are receiving the papers, are they old people or some just take plastic bag, grab a paper, and return to the queue for another round and another round of receiving? Some are people who grab the paper as much as they can and bring home to sell, or recycle, thinking that it would not only bring extra income, they also help to save the environment.

When the paper goes to the recycling center, how much energy and waters are actually required to initiate the process of recycling? How is it that these informations cannot be made available to the info-tech savvy people by uploading it to the iphone or blackberry or the ebook so they can read it digitally, and just delete it after reading. Isn’t it a better alternative? Why people are keeping on publishing the papers and giving it free, only to end up in the rubbish bin, and on raining days, these papers are even in higher demand so that everyone can use it as a shelter to cover their head on raining days.

And then again, think of this questions, some buildings around SG have a TODAY or My paper stand for the newspaper man to put the newspaper so that patrons can pick a copy themselves in the afternoon. And by night, what happens to the uncollected newspaper? Where do they go to? Are they simply thrown away? Or keep for the wasterpaper collector? How many papers are wasted in the process?

Two years ago, I actually wrote to the AXS about the feasibility of downloading the newspaper in digital form to the handphones, probably free of charge via infra-red. But it looks like there are technical issues so it wasn’t carried out. In the age of the Iphones, it looks like digital downloads can be made available so probably one day, SPH and Mediacorp can starts to reduce on the paper printing.

Restarting......

2010-12-21T23:09:00.003+08:00

What was that? 6 months since I put up my last post? yup. I can finally find a bit of time to continue blogging now.

For my study, I am now in the last subject and there is a long interval in between. I stumbled on a very interesting quote yesterday. it is a quote from the Taiwan's most famous politician called Li Au. Does anyone knows who is Li Au? He is one who have verys trong insight into the society and able to bring a government down just with a word from his mouth. He was sued many time, but no government can successful convict him because he have hot hard figures to prove his facts.

Anyway, his saying is "What is a Iron Bowl?"

Most of us chinese would called it a 铁饭碗. Chinese says a iron bowl is that people who are able to hold on to a job from youth to old and stable. However, Li Au have a different saying that is really inspiring. He says that a iron bowl is not one you how to but wherever you go, you always have a rice to eat. In Chinese, 铁饭碗并不是说有饭吃，而是走到哪都有饭吃。 That means if you have an iron bowl, no matter where you go, there will always be rice in it for you to eat. So an iron bowl he refers to is literally knowledge.

Food for thoughts

Ever since I returned from KL, I have a new thought in my mind when I was on a tour. People around me are really advance now, and here I am stuck in a place where people are stubborn sometime. When a reasoning is come out, the higher authority overturns it. When I reason out with the higher authority, the words is twisted and turns around back. Real fed up sometime. When I look into the channel Discovery, I was astonished about how slow-paced country is able to develop super structure using sophiscated machines. And when I turns and look at my job, paints, low tension power, bulbs, what am I doing sometime. There is nothing much to learn, need to advance now.

Dream

This is the second night, I had this same dream. a PR in Adelaide. Is GOD sending a sign? I dreamt that I was living in a house, near to Grenelg beach working. and in the weekends, I would move up to Mawson lakes and rest along the pond with me darling. Here we are in a place where we work from 9 to 6, sometime probably overtime. Whereas in Adelaide, work stops at 3, and employers ususally discourage Overtime. Employees have a good time spending quality time with the family. And each month, earning $6K approximately per month. This works out to be A$200 per day. a house cost aroun A$400,000. Calculated out it would be S$920,000.

When will this ultimate plan come true?

Motorola TLKR T7, Useless

2010-06-12T18:09:00.002+08:00

After the waste of investment on a HP product, this is a new addition to one of my worst investment ever; a Motorola talkie TLKR T7.

Distruibuted by Alcom Electronics and sold through Home fix, This SGD 168.00 is a total waste if you are planning to use this in Singapore.

Displayed on the box as a range of 10 click, this walkie talkie can’t even survive a mere 1 kilometer range in Orchard road. This is concluded after trying to communicate between Ion Orchard and Paragon Shopping Center through the TLKR T7. It just won’t pick up~!

The purpose of getting a talkie is that it is convenient to communicate without the need to go through the Telco. However, after a few days of use, I realize what a useless item it is.

Feeling that this is probably a defect item, I bring it back to Alcom Electronics perhaps to verify the condition of the talkie. Without even checking the internal parts, the technician returned and said the warranty does not cover the transmission range as indicated by the warranty under the fine print number 3(A warranty card is only available AFTER you purchase a product). And the stupid thing is that this is only realized that this 10KM range is only in mountainous area where there is absolutely no interference. So what is the use of buying something that does not perform to what it is said to be? Is the 10 KM overcooked?

If a 10KM range cannot survive a mere 1 kilometer range in Urban world, what is the actual range of 3 KM range talkie? Can only use across the road?

If you are going to fork out SGD 168 for Motorola TLKR T7, take my experience for your consideration. As transmission range is not covered in the warranty, there is neither a refund nor a product exchange

An Absolutely DISAPPOINTING Product.

TWO THUMBS DOWN, MATE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrblxlflocM

No new post

2009-11-27T21:30:00.001+08:00

This blog will stopped due to personal commitment to study and Work.

Will post another when I am free.

Cheers.

Geocities closed

2009-11-22T09:59:00.002+08:00

Alamak, it have been a really long time since I come online. hmm.... When I was online and came to read the blog, I just realised that the web hosting geocities have been closed. Oh NO~! All my data haven bring out wo.

Should have make a backup. Hmm... now where can I store the data if I need to use it online wo.

So fast time flies and it is 2 months that I came in.

So much things have happened and I am quite tired. With the never ending of wake up, work, go home tired, study, sleep.

This lifestyle is not for me, but there seems to be no choice.

LG X120

I got an LG x120 some times ago and it is really a disappointment for the netbook, cos it is heavy and bulky. And the matter is the graphic is slow, and I somehow dun't like the white colour, cos it is easily dirty. and then I sell it off in the ebay and got myself another netbook, S10-2.

Lenovo S10-2

This netbook is nice. and it is bought from the ebay as well. A real brand new netbook selling at a lower price.

So now, with the new netbook, I seems to have the whole complete sets of Lenovo products. The Lenovo Desktop 3000J, The laptop G450, and netbook S10-2.

Lenovo products are very promissing. When I use the netbook as what I do with the LG, lenovo netbook seems to perform better and faster than the LG netbook.

The netbook is somply for my study and surfing net. and sometime, to watch show on it., Whereas the laptop is connected with the viewsonic monitor and use it to go online.

As for the desktop, it is simply to do all the database and storing all the datas and playing games.

What else can I ask for more?

I still do not have any confident in the HP product after the very bad experience with the laptop and PDA. Thus, when I go look for the computer stuff, HP and compaq products are a totally out of the list, no matter how low the price goes.

Biscuits on the next two months

2009-09-29T22:30:00.002+08:00

Oh gosh, I found out recently that the auto transfer for the internet banking have expired. thus, I get a hold on my account, and realised that I am very low in finance these days~! so much of 6 months not looking into the banking account.

Well, the bank is wise to set a 6 months validation period, where it automatically transfer the cash to anf fro one bank and another.

It is only this morning, whne I check all accounts and found out that the cash is really low. hmm... going to biscuits for the next two months. This is what it was estimate to be in order to recover back to full health.

Next year, there will be a planned oversea trip to japan woohoo~! Target is hokkaido. cos it is what my friend Ian tan recommand me to go to. It have been ages since I met Ian, cos he is quite a nice guy and always goes oversea.

Got a news that one guy resigned today. hmm... so happy for him that he found another new job, but thinking how will he survive in the other job wo. hmm.... but anyway, now the company is short handed, but it is hard to get good and experienced help these days. I am glad I am posted to off site building, so I do not have to worry about a thing about the HQ.

How I wish, I couls just resign like him, and get on to another higher job. hmm... Still I must endure for the next 1 year. hmm....

Tour group

I never like tour group oversea outing. and this is speaking through experience of having a very bad experience on 3 guided tour last time. All we do is travelling around in buses, and I have a very bad sickness in buses. The most tiring experience is the Batam trip more than 10 years ago. all the thing that the tour group do is to go by bus here and there till I puke for many times, and later giddy all day. That is the worst experience.

Hmm... next year is the japan trip. and it would be a tour group one. hmm.... should I go again? Will it gives me hell if I were to go there in group?

I like to go independent tour, cos it is free and easy. Can sleep till late, and go wherever I want.

Sato San

Tomorrow, will be meeting one of the resident. Sato san. hmm.... this is a real challenge, because sato san is someone who speaks only japanese, and no other language. Oh, there is an option to use sign language too, cos I think sato san knows sign language. Sato san is a very nice old lady, and she speaks traditional japanese language, which some of the words I uses is not understood to her. And whenever she speaks a word, I went back to find from the notes, and found that it doesn't exist. aiyoh. Jia you jia you.

National Day Bintan Trip

2009-08-10T14:37:00.002+08:00

It have been a rather short while since I went oversea trip.
But this time, although it is a short time since I returned from the cameron, I planned another trip to go with bintan with neko chan this time round. hmm.... Was missing indonesia, because the last time I went to batam, I din wnjoy to the fullest because I did not go with Neko chan.

Thus, this time , I decided to bring Neko chan to the beach no matter what, because I know she is missing the days of going to the beach for suntan, and she wants to go to another country for a tan. So I thought of planning for a surprise for neko chan, to go to batam.

When I met nakarin, I was reminded of a bintan trip, that neko chan says she missed the day of going there. so I got a chance to have a word with nakarin on the train going home, and asked him about the last bintan trip he went to. He shared with some of his experience, and then, I give it a deep thought. I changed the destination from Batam to Bintan. So I can experience a different way to the holiday. As Nakarin mentioned, there is a great beach, and Nekochan says she wanted to go there with her BF, which failed in the past. Later, I told her about it, and we immediately went to book for the holiday. Hmm... can't give her a bigger surprise, because I can't be sure that whether is bintan Nirwana resort is her ideal one. cos Nirwana gardens have a lkot of resort de lor.

While waiting for the day to the bintan, it really is a dragful day, because time seems to go very slow. and we waited and waited and says how much we look forward to the trip.

Then, when I received the call from Vincent, the guy who plans the holiday for us, he told me the hotel rooms are fully booked on that day because it is a public holiday and a lot of people are on the waiting list too. hmmm. I asked him to search for any availabilities, and he found a suite which is the last room, and so far no one have confirmed the room yet. I give a quick thought and told him I would top it up, and get the suite, since there is no other way le lor.

And the days of waiting for the change is really long, because so worried that the trip will be cancelled.

And then, vincent called to confirm that I got he room for the day. Yippy, I was so thrilled, and went down to get the ticket.

LAter, we got a problem because her mum doesn't allows, hmm... but we got the help of her sis, to convince her otherwise, and have to top up yet again, so her sis can go also.
She wanted a holiday too, because she did not have a chance for a beach holiday for a long time, and we can have a great photographer for the day.

When the day arrived, time really fly very slow while waiting for the time to the ferry terminal arrive.

Went to Neko chan house to wait for it, because I was so tired after the day lecture and was affraid that I would not be able to wake up, so I went to her house to wait for the next few hours.

Wake up ad we went to the ferry terminal, and it is real pack wo. Probably a lot of other people are also going for the holiday. It is so crowded and we went to the departure straight. so fast, that it is like a blink of an eye, and we reached the boat. In the boat, we got a three seats, that no one takes, as we are in early.

After we reached the bintan ferry terminal, I was so thrilled. And neko chan and her sis is also thrilled about the trip. Got a bus that brought us to the nirwana hotel, and when we reached the hotel, it is so huge de lor. it have this swimming pool, quite big and have a few spots of open jaccuzzi. wow. very nice, We went to the restaurant for the breakfast buffet. yum yum.

The bacon and the pancake is really nice nice.
After that, we went to check in, and book the ferry ticket for the next day.

Once inside the hotel room, it is a suite. and it is very beautiful. It have a living room, and a huge bedroom and toilet with a bathtub.

the aircon is pretty cold and I love it. We took a few photos int he room, and then went to swim in the big pool.

After the swim, we walked a few distance and reached the beach, which is just a few distance away. went to plat the kayaking, so cool, cos it have been a long long time since I went to play it. It is real tiring rowing the thing nonstop, so sometime we stopped and rest. and yup, it is a double seat kayak. Was planning to go to this stone island but later we later give up, because in the middle of the sea, the wave is getting stronger and neko chan is quite afraid of the wave. We went to the other stone island on the extreme left side. and it is real hard to row to it, because is seems very very far going there.

Once we reached there, made a joke about going to touch the stones. haha. Lucky later we went back to the beach and found we have another half hour left, so we went to the middle fo the sea and have a short tan before we went back to the pool and have another round of jacuzzi.

After that, we took the shuttle bus and went to the town pasar oleh oleh and wanted to go for the spa. Went around and look at the dinner buffet and it really looks yummy yummy.

When we reached the town, we went straight to the spa that janette recommands, and it is really look very classy wo.

Although we saw a lot of spa the hotel recommands, but we went to the hotel "Martha Tilaar"

The place is Martha Tilaar salon day spa.
Kompleks Ruko Pujasera Blobk C no. 03-04 Township
Kawasen bintan resort
Lagoi Bintan Utara
Puala Bintan 29155
Tel: (0770) 692888
Email at marthatilaarbintan@yahoo.com

It is fully booked for the day when we got there, but we made an appointment to go on the second day.
The reception says they will provide a service of fetching us from the hotel and to the ferry terminal once it is finished.

We went to have a short while and then found out there is no place good to eat there, cos it is mostly expensive, and we waited at the town till the next bus ride.

When the next bus came, we went straight for the dinner buffet and it is quite nice de lor. a lot of BBQ food. but we did arrived too late and they were closing soon. Yum yum The cray fish is real nice and there is a huge lamb roasted to prefection de. we eat till very late and then went back to the hotel room and rest. Very tuired on that day that we sleep in a very short moment.

When we woke up the next day, I found out it is already 7 in the morning. the day is break, and we went to the swimming pool. After that, to the beach and have a tan.
Yup. real nice tan there.

and when it comes to the time of noon, we went back and get ready for the final event, SPA. yup.

We waited in the lobby and got some nice souvenirs and waited for the spa driver. When we saw the driver, we went to the spa and have the chocolate rose spa. It is a big room, and there is huge scent everywhere. There is a massage, follow by steam, scrub and then spa and follow by a wash.

After the spa, we were quite hungry, and there is this coffee shop just beside the spa salon. There is a coffee shop, and can you believe the nasi padang there for three is only $10 wo.

we have a hearty lunch, and then went back to the spa salon where there is a drive r to drive us to the ferry terminal.

Before we set off, took a few photos of sad look,cos it is sad going back.

Haha.
It is the last ferry for the day, and I am glad we made it, cos the boat expecially the last one is usually packed one.

When we reached ferry terminal, everyone thought it is over, but I brough Neko chan later to the marina square.
Yup, it is national day, and we went straight to the marina square to look at the fire works.

The firework this time is great, be because we look at it, and then when everyone thought it is over, there is a second round of firework too. Yup. and getting tot he exact spot is real hard because the marinba square is really crowded as a lot of opeople are gathering at the marina square.

After that, we went to pick up a cinema ticket which I booked some weeks back, and it is neko chan's favorite show. It is called UP, and it is in 3D also.

While waiting for the showtime, we walked aorund, and found this place there it is the centerstage and there are a lot of people there., And I noticed this giant board, and it have a lot of notes that people stick on it.
It is quite full, and we went down and wrote on the papart and stick on it. ha ha, it is quite high, all thanks to the fact that I can jump high wo.

We went to get janette's present which is cute and useful. hmm.. Janette birthday is on the national day too wo.

And after that we went to see the movie. it is a really sad at first because it speaks of a man's life with his wife. and when his wife is dead, that is where the story starts, about an old man and his big dream. He made his house fly and went to the place where he and his wife wants to do it. It is a real adventure of the old man, trying to get his house to the hill.

After the movie, we went to take the last train and change to the taxi go home.

It is a real nice weekend, and I love Neko Chan.

thanks for the wonderful idea of going for a tan.

NDP Preview 2009

2009-08-02T22:43:00.000+08:00

First of August is a new month beginning of the new month. And this year is a different start of the whole year because it is a new month starting with Neko chan. And it is the first time, that I was being lead by neko chan to the NDP preview. Wow, All thanks to her cousin who have won 4 tickets from the ballot. Hmm… I was wondering how come he is so lucky de lor, to get the preview ticket so lucky that I dun even win a piece of the ticket no matter how many years I joined the ballot. Anyway, Thank GOD that he got the ticket, and he have two extra piece, that he gave it to neko chan, who then invite me to the NDP preview. Hmm… she have attended the NDP before, and I din know about that until that day wo. Hmm… anyway, I met her up straight after work. And it is very sad that everytime before we are going to have a good time, there is always a hard time of working. Hmm…. It was a Saturday, and I have to get to work because it is my time that week.

Anyway, when I finished it, I was so glad, and went straight down to the Marina to meet up with Neko chan in the marina square mac. IT is real crowded that time because it is the entrance into the stage.

Anyway, when I met her, I gave her a shirt that I have been keeping it for two years.
It is a NDP shirt that I got 2 years ago. Hmm…. At that time, it is the first year perhaps that the NDP is held at the floating platform at the marina square.
I have been keeping that shrt, thinking of giving it to someone who is worth my effort, because it is really hard to get that shirt, and it will have some antique value, because I have been keeping it for years before having someone to give it to. And It really nfits neko chan. It have the same imprint one, and it is both red in colour.

Neko chan loves the shirt and we went straight to the viewing stage. And then we went straight to the blue stage. And when we got to the blue stage entrance, we found out that it was closed on that time, because it is full. We were then lead to the staircase where we have to climb this long long flight of stairs straight to the top. It is real tiring climbing it, and Ibeginning to think what would the old and needy do if they come across this long flight of stairs wo. Where is the lift when I needs it. Hmm…

Anyway, when we made it up there, we were lead to the empty place where there are a lot of blue seats. Hmm… it is although a long distance from the seats to the center stage, but no fear. Haha, I got the binocular with me, and I dig it out and see the far far stage with ease, we can even see the merlion park from there. Well, the binocular is bought by my dad, nad have to thank him for that wo. Else we will not have a clear view of it.

We took many photos, and all because Neko chan have a great camera, and we took many photo, like the flag flying past. And It would be darn great if we can take a great photo of it with the F15. Too bad we did not get it because did not managed to get sight of the aeroplance earlier and there is no time to aim the camera on it. Haih. But we did get with the flag.

What is most amazing this year will be the cannon shot this year, because this year, the NDP managed to bring the five canons out into the sea and they shot during the parade with ease. Hmm… later after the NDP preview, we went to take some pictures with her cousins, and also on the stage which is around the seats,

What is the most memorable will be Lee Kuan Yew’s favourite verse in the Independence day saying “Never fear” and he said about his vision that he have 10 years later. And it is through the hardship of the many people, that Singapore made it to the day that it is tosday, all because of the leader’s guide and also the people’s sweat and blood, that Lee Kuan Yew’s dream came through, and also to the Singapore people.

After the NDP, we went out to the marina square and I couldn’t help thinking that every year, the marina square must have a lot of sales around, because a lot of people will be going there and sure the restaurant is fulkly packed. We later went to the Japanese restaurant and have our dinner there. It is quite nice, and got her her favourite bento set wo. While I eat the Tonkotsu ramen as well. It is disappointing of the ramen, cos it doesn’t taste as good as the Ramen Ramen in the railway mall.

Wish to go back to the Ramen ramen one day and have that tonkotsu ramen or the salmon head ramen also can. Hmm…. A bit ex for the ramen ramen, but that is one good bowl of it.

After the whole thing we went back home and ends the day. The fireworks is real great this year with Neko Chan around…

First Month Anniversary 19th July 2009

2009-07-20T05:53:00.001+08:00

Today is the day I have been waiting for. Hmm…. It is the first month anniversary of me and neko chan.
I will always remember the day when she says yes to our relationship. It is on the bench, along a beautiful beach.

And today, it is the first month anniversary, and I really planned it all ut since two weeks ago. Thank GOD for his blessing, I got hold of a car from a friend, and is able to bring her around.
Last Wednesday, I promised Neko chan that I will cook for her and give her some surprises on this very day. And it is thank GOD again, falls on a Sunday, a weekend. It is a pity, I have an examination of the day before, else, I would have enough energy to go to more places with her.

Forced myself to wake up at 3, and then do some preparation and planning, and then, it is off to the road. Hmm…. It is really very quiet both on the road and on the expressway. But still, I managed to control the speed of the car, cos it is a very important day, and if there is something happened to the car, It would have really screwed up the whole day.
I remember that on Saturday, when I got the car, it actually come with two flat tires. Duh, I have to fork out a huge amount of money and get it changed immediately, and there is no turning back. Anyway, when I reached the house, hee hee, parked in front of the house, and then come from another direction. She noticed the car, but have no idea of whose is it.

We cooked some pancake, which is manufactured from Japan. Wow, and it is really very fluffy and nice and sweet. Together with the maple syrup and strawberry Jam that we bought form Cameron Highland ast week, It is truly a blessing.

Neko chan’s mum is very surprised that I was there early in the morning, but perhaps she is not too. Hmm… but I told her before, so it should not be so much of the surprise. She then curse at the car which parked outside the gate. And haha, she did fall for it. And when we go out, we walked pass the car, and then I turned back and open the car door. Neko chan is very surprised that the car is mine, and we made a big joke about it between the car and her mum.

Changi Beach

Brought Neko chan to change beach, cos it is one place that I passed by many years ago, but did not managed to get a chance to go there. It is a long long way, and I almost thought I am going the wrong way. Too bad I do not have a GPS with me. But luckily, I have the faithful street directory, and as I drive I could see the map in my head. We finally reached and Neko chan is always talking about the acting to be My melody. Hee hee. In case you din know, it is a decoy to distract you from the real surprise.

We went to the beach and have tea, and some strawberry biscuits, watching the sunrise and the aeroplane touching down. So cooling day and it is a fine weather too, despite the 41% forecast estimation of rainfall some 2 hours back.

Keppel Bay

After that, we went to the Changi village and have the breakfast. Hmm…. Pancake, strawberry biscuit, Breakfast, sure a lot of food that day. And then after that I brought her to one place which I sees it when I returned back from batam some days back. It is the place where no buses can go, and there is no name known for the place yet. But I managed to drive there, after I missed the turn on the first time.

There it is, it is called the Keppel Bay. And it is a really wonderful and peaceful place for those who wants to look at the sea in peace. We went to this place and walk around, and find it is truly peaceful with only two people doing fishing. And there is a very nice carpet grass and there is one cute little doggie on the grass playing.

Surprise in Orchard

After that, I brought Neko chan at the appointed time to Orchard. And show her the surprise that I have planned since last week. The timing is a bit early, so we have to stayed for a while before the thing appear. Hmm…. Neko chan is really surprised, and said there is no one else doing so much things for her… As for what that surprise was, it is a secret between us and it is really worth the effort fighting for it last week. It is not a perfect one, but it doesn’t matter.

Ice Age 3

We went to the new shopping center in bugis, and Neko chan got a ticket for the Ice Age 3. Hmm… It is a three D movie also, so we went and have roat pork rice as lunch before that. The roast pork rice is very nice, and it is huge amount de lor. Even got soup that she like. Hmm…. I like it too, and also, I found out that her mum also know how to cook that soup that we both like. Told her to learn from her mum, so I can have it soon. Hee hee

The Ice Age 3 is so funny one, because it is about dinosaur. And the first part, I really dozed off as the nap attack kick in. Well, but in the middle of the show, the nap subsided, and I can watch the rest of the exciting part of the show. It is real good.

After the movie, we walked around and even stopped by Starbuck at the Shaw Tower, and have the Mocha something. It reminded me of last week, and I really really regret that I did not get off the bus when was in KL. One of these days, I want to go back there again.

Steamboat Buffet

At night, we went to eat steamboat buffet at the bugis. Hmm… the one that we went to, It is really a big big mistake, cos later found out the food is not so nice. I should have to to the place which she suggested and have lots of crab crab to eat…

Nap Attack

After the dinner it is quite late, and I brought her home sweet home. We went through the photos, and later I drive back home. Along the way, wow, I must be really tired with the three hour sleep on the night before. Was doing the turning when this stupid car just whizz pass. Aiyah, forgot to turn my head to see the other side. Then when climbing up the carpark, made the wrong judgement and almost hit the wall. Luckily I woke up in time and step on the brake. Hee hee.

The next day, when it is time to return the car, aiyah, again made the wrong turn in Orchard, and brought me to a one big round before I reached the place. Hmm….. But luckily, and thank you Jesus, I got the car back on time, and safe.

Thank You Jesus

Lastly, I want to thank GOD so much for the blessing of making the police car turn into centerpoint on Saturday. And thank GOD for the wonderful day.

I am glad Neko Chan is happy with the whole day I planned for her.

I love you. And I will never leave you. K.

Cameron highland trip 11th July 2009

2009-07-14T07:10:00.003+08:00

Cameron Highland

Yippy, it is the day which I have been looking for since the day I return bacl form Australia. A vacation. A nice vacation. It is to the Cameron Highland. Weel, and this time round I am not going alone. It is with Neko Chan, togther with her friends and sister.

I always do not like bus trip, and this time, I think Neko Chan's constant sayang made me feel better. Also, it is a night bus, so I dozed of in the bus during the trip sometime. Neko Chan is so good, she did not sleep through the journey. hmm..... Even got see a very serious accident but I sleep through it.

When we reached there, is is really like heaven to me, cos it is a cooling weather of appriximate 22 degree celcius. And I really love the weather so much. The breeze is also good. There are a lot of strawberries selling product. In the day time, we went for a day trip, where the tour guide show use around the place, such as a strawberry farm, veggie farm, cactus farm, flower place. and it is really lovely.

When we went to the first strawberry farm, Janette was shouting for the strawberry ice cream. She got the first strawberry immediately the moment we touched down. hmm.... I got myself a strawberry milkshake, and it is really wonderful. Took a lot of photo with neko chan.

Bee Garden

Rainy day. and I dropped by the bee garden. hmm.... it is suppose to have this maze, but because it is outdoor, and it is raining, I did not get a chance to go in. but rather, we walk around the market

Steamboat buffet

At night, we were guided to this place where we have steamboat buffet. and it is really nice, and it have generous helping of the vegetables, as if it is somethng that does not requires money one. wow, we really had our fill, and I think Neko Chan is also full eating the veggies. At night we went back to the hotel.

Neko Chan is really sad because she did not managed to get tot he pasar malam at night due to the rain. but perhaps, next time, I can bring her back to the pasar malam and get her bag. hmm.......

3 post cards

On the next day, we went to the cafe for the buffet breakfast. hmm..... I tried to avoid eating too much, cos we are going off by bus. Before moving off, I grabbed three postcards and mail one back to Neko Chan as a surprise to her. I did not mention a word about it. It is at that precise moment, I forgot about her postal code. Oh DUH. But luckily, I remember the rest of the address.

When I do the posting, Neko chan came and saw I post some postcards. hmm..... But I tell her it is for someone else, but did not mention a word about it. Dunno she know or not.

Along the journey out to the city, the stupid driver was driving fast and turn here and there till I always feel like wanna puke.

KL Stopover

When we reached KL, I was so thrilled, cos it is one place I visited last year. hmm.... Really feel like wanna get down the bus, but the thought of the idea of getting back is really pulling me back. Somemore, we do not have enough cash. Neko Chan is so ready to get off. But after the bus got on the expressway, I start regreting that I did not get down the bus. hmm.......

During this trip, I got the stuff that I always dreamt off. the sotong head. yum yum. and also, a couple shirt for me and neko chan. It is real cool and despite the fact she tells me not to find it, hee hee, I keep on searching and was so rejoice when I found a matching pair.

We got back at night and luckily, I have applied for leave on the next day, so I do not have to rush to work on the next day. Such good planning.

I am so happy that I have lots of fun in the Cameron Highland, cos it is the first time that I go oversea with a girlfriend, and neko chan goes to oversea first time as well with a boy friend.

Hope we go out more often. but still continue to save up.....

Love you.

2nd July 2009......

2009-07-04T07:10:00.002+08:00

2nd july, this is a date marked that I am officially out of singlehood. Woo hoo.

Yup. neko chan finally acknowledge that I am her BF in the facebook, and I have a GF.

Actually I changed it earlier, but she procastinate over it, and I deleted it.
Only on that day, She asked me to check my facebook, and I turn it up, and see the new word "Confirm relationship status"

Of course I immediately click yes, and we are offically together. Hmm... Thanks to veronica's first wish, I sometime think there must be a lot of poeple noticing me. hee hee. Cos quite a fast replay to some changes I made.

Anyway, I hope this relationship can really last, because I am so dead beat of changing, heartbroken, crying. So tiring and sad one.

Both Neko chan and I like to take photo, and dance one. And the most touching thing is that she get me a birthday cake out of surprise, and through her sister, I know that she was very sick that day, yet, go out and find the cake for me. And on my birthday, she got me a monkey. The monkey that I like, and it can sing and clap his hand one. I like it a lot and she remembered of one thing I said before she get the monkey. hee hee. This word is a secret of ours. we name the monkey Kong kong, because ie looks like king kong, but it is a cure brown little monkey. Hmm... I remembered I post it up some where, but can't remember where is the video of the original monkey that I recorded it in Melbourne.

Thanks dear for everything you do for me.

Father day 2009

2009-07-03T07:06:00.006+08:00

Hmm... This is so weird, I can't seems to post up photos in the blog. So weird de lor.

Anyway, This year the Father's Day is really quite nice. All thanks to Jeremy that back the idea of going to the phoenix restaurant for dinner.

I got us a durian cake from emicake, and it is real expensive de lor. This year is more expensive because of the complicated design and the size of the durian cake. Probably this is the last time I am getting it.

We had the promotional package in the restaurant, and it is a huge amount of food there. Luckily we have a large group and managed to gobble them all.

Was thinking of getting the shark fin soup, but someone object to it. The shark fin soup is real nice one, because the shark fin is thick and nice soup.

After the dinner, I pack up a small piece of the durian cake and go to meet up neko chan. She is attending this event in the clarke quay gallery.

Yup. She is real happy because I showed up unexpected and she really cried when I got there wo. We got some mojito and it is a bit bigger than the normal mojito. It have some lime leaves crushed.

We dance for one hour before we went home. Dead beat, because very tired. As I was unprepared, I only know of a few moves that day. hmm....

Location in Island B, HR

2009-06-29T00:30:00.002+08:00

This is the coordinate of the time capsule.

Locate Canbara number 19.

Option one

Locate the bunch of sugar cane.
locate the mangrove at eleven o clock.
Walk towards it.
locate metal rod and dig two o clock.
If metal rod is gone, locate two o clocl and move 1 .5 feet, and dig

Option 2
Move approximate 30 meters towards sea.
turn left, walk approximate 5 meters.
At a radius of 1 meter, the capsule is there.

Birthday with Neko chan and Kong kong.

2009-06-20T14:46:00.007+08:00

19th June

Yippy, this day it is my birthday today, and this year is different from the rest of the year. This is because today, there is someone who celebrate with me.

Was thinking what to do on Friday, then neko chan said she have taken a day leave. Hmm… I also took a day leave off, and thus, she accompany me for the whole day there.

Have to thank Keith for the night before, because he accompanied me to go to Katong to buy a shoe which I need it a lot. And after that, treat me for dinner. Yum yum. After the dinner, I hop on the first bus that could bring me to the nearest MRT station. And realized that the bus that I took brought me to a very long journey. And this leads me to a place where there is this teochew porridge. Took a note of it, and thinking it reminds me of something. And after a few moment, found that neko chan like teochew porridge. Hmm…. I also like to eat porridge one. And then after a few distance, passed by another twochew porridge.

Next day, when neko chan was thinking what to eat for breakfast, I suggested to her to eat the porridge in this paya lebar. When reached paya pebar, found out that this entrance was closed, and thus, I have to go a big round, under the hot sun with Neko san to the twochew porridge. Hee hee. Quite worried about it, because did not see the signboard from after. But in the end, I still managed to find it. Hmm…. It is very the empty in the day time, totally different from the way I look at it at night.

When we went to the porridge shop, got the porridge with salt egg, kang kong, water cress, sting ray and my favorite asari. Hmm… it is not the Japanese asari, but it is normal one, perhaps there is somewhere where we can get a local asari here in Singapore.

Afetr the porridge, went to the Clarke quay for KTV. Hmm… it is quite fun and neko chan gave me a big surprise wo. It is the birthday gift, and it is really a big surprise, because she found the stuff that I have been looking for last time. And she never wanna tell me about it. All the while I thought she have no idea of what to get for my birthday. It is the cute little monkey that I found it in Melbourne. Hmm… The monkey is something that can sing and clap his hand. And it is my regret of not getting it in Melbourne wo.

Somehow Neko chan found the monkey and got it for me as a birthday present. Hmm… I enjoyed the whole KTV and with the monkey too. We name the monkey Kong Kong. Cos it is so cute name wo.

During the KTV, hmm…. My throat is not very good. So did not managed to sing much, ahem. Even the red sun was not so good.

After the KTV, brought her to a restaurant by the beach. And have a dinner there. The chocolate fondue cake, is something that is like a signature dish of the restaurant, and it is not even in the menu, unless special request for it. We have a nice dinner and a short chat, and then went home after that.

At first, thought of spending the whole night with neko chan, hmm… but was thinking that her parents might be worried, so did not stayed long. Well, I am very happy today, and just wanna say

"Neko chan, you are wonderful wo. *muack*. Thanks for the wonderful day and night and the cute little kong kong. Love ya!"

Thanks for the birthday wish from all my friends in Facebook today wo.

Two cakes this year

This year, there are two cakes wo. Hmm… one is all thanks to shu shu, who is my friend in my workplace. Hmm… She got me a birthday cake. And it is a mango cake wo. Hmm. Did not epect her to get me a cake, but all thanks to the fact that I overslept in the train on Thursday. And after that, got to the station late, and shu shu was there, and passed me the cake cake. Haih, if I know there is a cake, I would not have order the during cake few days ago.

This year’s father day cake is quite ex. Hmm… all because of the fact that I wanted a nice design, and only a huge 20cm cake can make a good design one. Hmm…. Next time, I gotta remind myself to get the durian cake form the four season cake. Looks cheap and simple. Haih.

Energy saving heart?

2009-06-18T06:55:00.003+08:00

Collected my phone yesterday, and found that my Nokia 6233 which have been with me for many years, will never have the bluetooth function working again.

Hmm..... Sent it for repair after found out the bluetooth device fails to operate. and commented that it is beyond econimical repair wo.

Time to change a new HP? still 2 months away......

Heart stopped?

two days ago, while working halfway, suddenly felt giddy and weak, and after a short self check, I felt the heart seems to have stopped. but there is no pain feeling. Hmm.... went straight to check with a doctor in the afternoon immediately.

The doctor while checking it,suddenly look nervous amd put me down on the bed and do a check. later comment that there is a stop on certain occassion, and requires to do an ECG check on it.

As it is near lunch time, I have to return later, and for the next 40 minutes, I am very worried wo. hmm... what will happen to those around me if there is really something happen. Will I collapse if I do jogging halfway like those in the newspaper?

In the afternoon, when returned back for the ECG check, the machine never pick up anything. and the doctor check again, and find it is pumping as normal.

So it is an occassional stop which is hard to detect. She comment it is a symptom called skipped heart. It will occassionally stopped but it is normal.

When I met neko chan, she says the heart did stopped after 3 counts, and it resume back again. and sometime, I felt it can stop for 10 seconds before it resume back. hmm.... quite scary wo.

I call it an energy saving heart, cos hee hee, it seems to have stopped to conserve energy wo. but is it really normal?

T- less than 2 weeks

2009-06-15T23:57:00.002+08:00

First vacation after 6 months of slavery~!

I am so looking forward to it. I am looking forward to Sunshine, beach, swimming pool, seafood cheap cheap, A & W rootbeer, romantic sun rise and sun shine......

I am very happy and looking forward to it.

I already have a draft plan to get something for neko chan when I go oversea. It is cheap, and certain may be free. hee hee. But hope there is the thing that I want over there.

Less than 2 weeks, and still clicking.

In less than 1 week, it is my birthday~!

Neko chan still do not know what to get for my birthday. hmm.... I also dunno what I want wo.

Ayumi CD? hmm.... seldom go for ayumi le ley. Only think I want ar. Sony netbook, 8.9 inch type. or nokia N86. hee hee. But it is only a joke ok.

As long as it is from you, anything will do fine.

13th June KTV

2009-06-15T06:42:00.004+08:00

Went for a session of KTV on last saturday, and it is really great.

Hmm... met with a wrong judgement on the weather, and got delayed in time planning.

I planned the timing of leaving house, but then there is a huge storm brewing. and I do not bother about it, until it gets very dark. It rushes quick from the north, and before I could respond to it, it rained. and it is heavily raining one.

I quickly rush out of the house, and have no choice, but to grab a bus. and the bus is really slow de lor.

During the train ride, jean keep on sms me, and I respond saying I am not going to KTV. She seems disappointed and encourage me to go. At that moment, something reminded me of the few things she did recently. hmm... while thinking hard, feels that something is wrong wo. Why jean wants me to go to KTV whereas she is not going wo. I think and think and then feel that she might be going to the KTV as well. Well, I would never cancel a promised appointment unless something really urgent come up or a new priority set kicks in.

KTV

During the KTV, the organiser came in the room and ask about the cake cutting. And strangely to me, he go straight to jean and ask her. At first, I was thinking, huh, jean bought a cake for jon and they are planning a party for him. And thinking that no one in the KTV should have known my birthday day, I was surprised when the organiser told me to sit behind the cake wo. hmm...Later, I found out jean told the organiser that it is my birthday in june. and she bought me my favourite chocollate cake from sweet secret.

Got a present from paul, angela, and some other friend. thank guys for the wonderful gift. I managed to cut off more than 44 pieces of cakes from a 20cm cake this time round. This is after learning from jean's birthday experience or trying to cut her birthday cake last time.

During the singing, found out my throat is not very good, and singing hacken lee's red sun is not very good, as I forgot about the lyrics.

Anyway, it is a wonderful night, and jean is wonderful and I am really touched that despite she is sick with fever and stomachache, she still goes out to get a cake for me. So sweet and wonderful tonight wo. Next year I plan a bigger cake for you, ok. Love you all.

Aftermath: I really thank GOD that I met jean and these good friends and I am also thankful that GOD brought the rain and delayed the timing. Cos of the rain, it delayed my timing, and I never get to see the cake. hmm.... if it does not rain, I would have reached around 1845. And due to the rain, I got delayed, and even the bus driver drives slow wo. Reached at 1900 on the dot.

Jon and Michelle

It is Jonathon and Michelle Goh's birthday on sunday.

Happy birthdya to you both wo.

Sunday

Went to junction 8. So nervous day and well, it is great relief it is over. 3 months......I hope they feel better now knowing who is the other guy.

Change of new theme song: Toque D Keda

2009-06-13T15:11:00.004+08:00

Yup, it have finally changed. From Otsuka Amaenbo to this new spanish song,

Lamento Boliviano By Toque D Keda.

It is a rare song played in a lounge. And it is a favourite for my dear darling.

So this is for you. K.

I pieces it the lyrics and modified a few section of the music, so that you will not be able to find it anywhere else in this world.

Hope you like it, dear.

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Toque D Keda Lamento Boliviano :

Me quieren agitar
me incitan a gritar
soy como una roca
palabras no me tocan
adentro hay un volcan
que pronto va a estallar
yo quiero estar tranquilo...

Es mi situación una desolación
soy como un lamento,
lamento boliviano
que un día empezo y
no va a terminar
y a nadie hace daño...

OooH!!
Y yo estoy aqui
borracho y loco
y mi corazon idiota
siempre brillará
y yo te amaré
te amaré por siempre
nena no te peines en la cama
que los viajantes se
van a atrasar

(Unknown verse section)

y yo te amaré
te amaré por siempre
nena no te peines en la cama
que los viajantes se
van a atrasar

Test on Project SS and project BA

2009-06-13T01:11:00.003+08:00

Went for test on project Ss and project BA.

hmm.... major fault is still in timing on project SS.

For project SS

Met a few people today. hmm... too bad din managed to exchange details, but one who reminded me best is Alexis.

Alexis has been in the project SS for 5 years wo. and she is very good in it. Pointed out that I am not following the timing, and a bit stiff. hmm...But when she do project SS with other people, it is very quick, swift and professional. Hmm... when wqill I be able to become like Alexis or rather, like Mr Keith. haha

Aiko, she is a Japanese, and somehow, I think she is quite good in it wo. found out that she is good in project SS, because when she do it with other people, she is able to follow. and she is not into project BA, but managed to catch up with me too.

Neko chan is not in today, hmm... sad, cos I have made some planning last tuesday night, and well, the plan moves, but neko chan is not around. so sad......

Throughout the whole 1.5 hour project SS test, I feel that I have indeed a lot need to improve on it, and most particularly is the change style and timing. Must keep up with the timing wo.

Project BA

Done only one project BA, and that is with Aiko. hmm... I intended to do project BA with neko chan, but too bad. haih.

Today ends the second phase of Project BA. I am thinking should I join project BA phase 3 in another place or not. or self learn on it.

I have not seen yuki chan for the pas 6 days......where is she wo. hmm... I am thinking how to tell her about my experience on last saturday wo. anyway, probably meet yuki chan on monday bah.

14 days left

Woohoo, 2 more weeks, and it is something special day liao./ So really looking forward to it. It is a 3 days break, and I really hope I can give myself a good break out of it.

I have been working hard and without any leave for the past 6 months. and in 2 weeks time, it is the day to rest. haih

Working in MB is real tired sometime. and for the past 1 week, I have been thinking about that stupid fan on the roof top that doesn't move. I think and think, and manager is pressuring me on it. So in fit of anger, I remove the whole duct with the fan, and bring it back to HQ.

A lot of people was looking at me carrying this huge exhaust duct with the fan, and all that he want is just the fan. hmm...

In the afternoon, there is simply too many calls, and in 30 minutes time, I rushes to install the duct back, and s\tart the whole thing up.

Black listed

New restaurant blacklisted. Blue mist restaurant.
Why was it blacklisted wo. hmm.... It is because neko chan was sick after eating from there. Cannot detect which is the problem, but well, it is expensive as well, so might as well blacklist it. ok Blue mist, in Tanjong pagar, you are blacklisted by me because you made neko chan sick after eating your set dinner which consist of steak, salad and drink.

No Bluetooth again

2009-06-10T05:37:00.004+08:00

Since Monday, the bluetooth of the Nokia 6233 have been having problem, and it stopped functioning. And this is a very bad news for a heavy bluetooth user for me, because without bluetooth, there is no more music for me to listen to while I work. And yesterday, working was like a drag, becasue there is nothing to listen to. Sp sianz.

I was trying to switch it on on monday, and the phone just went blank, and ever since then, the phone cannot activate the bluetooth after that.

This is so sad wo. work become meanlngless.

Just one more month, and I will be getting my new HP. This phone is a standby phone that I am using ever since I sold off the N81 because the buttons does not work when I need it the most.

Well, hope to get the new HP, is N96. Yup. This is a Nokia new model phone. I was searching for the Sony ericsson some time ago, but most of the sony ericsson does not use the 4.5mm pin headphone jack.

4.5mm pin headphone jack

This is a very useful function because with this feature, I can plug in any good earphone and listen it with an improved sound. Furthermore, if it is other type of headphone jack, the wire will become absolutely useless once I discarded the sony ericsson. Thus, only Nokia N series now use the 4.5mm head phone jack. so I decided on N96, because it have GPS, and all the features that I want.

Oops, I did it again

Woops, I knew, I should not have done it, but I really did it again.
Was taking dinner yesterday night in Chinatown, and while waiting for the food, there is this old lady came to throw the tissue on the table and tell me to buy it.

I took a look and found out that I saw her earlier at another table drinking beer. And since she have the money to buy the beer, I guess she have no problem with her living expenses at all. why is she still selling tissue given the chance that she have the ability to live by wo.

I say "No, I dun want" and she keeps on talking, and I repeatly told her I do not want it. And after the third time tlling her that and she refuse to leave. The fire rapidly coming up, and I speak slowly and clearly with a bit of fire and told her again. I guess she sense that I am going to rise on the 5th time, she quickly pick up the tissues and walk away. Lucky for her she did not stay on to ask again, else she is going to get it from me.

On the journey home, when I chilled, I then realised again. I let my emotion gets in my way again. Haih, how can I get rid of this bad habit wo. Am I destined to live with this on all my life? What will hapopen, if one day I mwet someone who is as short tempered as me, will we fight together or throw things all over the place?

I must learn to control it. But if I did not see her drinking beer at another corner, will I buy the tissue? hmm..... probably I would not.

Project SS

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Result

Basic : 94%
Mini Shine :82%
Cross body lead : 89%
Cross body lead turn : 89%
Cross step: 90%

Pose : 61%
Pose with turn : 44%
Shoulder turn : 36%
Slide step : 69%

Cascading Style Sheets

2009-06-08T23:13:00.002+08:00

Hmm.... today was looking at a Flash FX notes, and come across this familiar name.

CSS

CSS in the programming world is known as Cascading Style Sheets.

It is a sorta style sheet language, written in markup language.
It is used in a part of the Cytronic program last time, in a sub program yo automatically arrange the colors, font and layout.

In some of the dynamic link library, the seperation can improve the accessibility of the content, and reduces complexity in the structural content.

In certain cases in the auto programming mode, CSS is a very useful tool, because it have the ability to set priority to determine the style rule if more than one rule matches on an element. Thus, with CSS, Cytronic is able to assign probability rule and determine which results are predictable and choose the most highest rule and append it into the webpage.

I always remember about this because CSS is one of the most difficult progarmming language to understand. But if it is set up properly, it is a very useful tool to allows the main program to do the decision in the judgement.

Of course, programming the library is a very ahrd and tedious work.

Shocked~

I have a chance to met a person on the street today. And immediately, something came to my mind, and I spoke to her.

After a long conversation, I realised that there is a misunderstanding last week on a Wednesday.

Met J on the street last tuesday, and I enquire about something on a last saturday. She mentioned that Huan is going to canada for her ACCA exam. Then somehow, I made a note that huan is going to canada on the thursday because of soemthing. So immediately, I went to Taka to change my laundry. and at the same time, get huan a present from there. It is a farewell gift bah.

I looks through many shops, and found this chocolate that is made in Japan. I got it and also a wraping paper to wrap it up.

On Wednesday afternoon, I went to find J and wanted to give huan a surprise. and to my astonishment, Huan left the house at 9 AM. Alamak~!

From the housekeeper, She said the flight is at noon, and huan is already off. I wanted to immediately hope on the taxi, but too bad not enough cash. and furthermore, huan is already gone.

I passed the box of chocolate to the housekeeper, and asked her to give to J and let her know I came, and perhaps send it by air. and that is the end of last wednesday.

Today, I met J on the street. Thus, I detected something is amess, so I ask her about the present whether was it sent off. And she was at first very blur, and later checked with the housekeeper. And when the housekeeper answered her, J and I was so shocked, because J thought the present is a gift from the working colleague,and she ate some. ALAMAK~!

Well, this is the third time Huan and I have no fate to meet.

First is the Saturday, when she is not home.
Second is she flew off before could give her a present
Third is she did not get the present. haha.

Anyway, if Huan is reading this,

I Stephen as a friend,
Wishes you the best of luck in your ACCA exam in Canada a flying colour.

Project BA and SS trial run

2009-06-07T22:36:00.006+08:00

Went for a trial run yesterday night for project BA and SS.

Went along without neko chan. Cos I wanna know my real assessment, and how it goes about after 2 months of practicing. Neko chan is also not feeling well, so did not ask her to go.

At 7, no one. at 8, no one. at 9, no one at 10. Full house wo~!

SS with some people, and found out one usual thing; timing. The timing is always wrong. then one person complain that I threw her off balancing.

Change style is slow, fixed and boring. One of them comment the change style is horrible. Hmm.... I am not taking it as a rejection, but a good pointers to improve on it. darn hard. I know what are my real problems, and perhaps, I can point this out when I practice with Yuki chan.

Project BA. Got with two people and one is really very noisy, but I know, the person who practice with me will never get a chance to find out about this in my blog here. Wow, she is probably exp 9,999 wo. whereas I am only exp 160. haha.

The person who I practice BA with, gave many comment, and then realise she is a very professional person who the organiser clear the space for her and another guy in one session. hmm...

The second comment the change style is too abrupt and disorientated. hmm....

Am I that lousy??

But I am glad that I met these people who will tell me my mistakes straight out. and I do not take it as a negative remark, but a honest opinion.

Looks like Yuki chan will be very busy on monday when I tell her my experience. haha.

Why the trial run

I did the trial run yesterday because I want to know the real performance rating of my progress. This is because I have been suspecting a lot in the change style and some moves. Then when one person whom I practice with told me my big mistake is in the timing on last tuesday, I want to know what else is my problem.

Main purpose: I wish to give a good leading to Neko chan =P (I am serious)

Project SS is much more difficult in Project BA, because the timing for Ss is harder to synchronise. somemore, after the turning, the orientation is confused, and have to reset the timing back. Which is harder to synchronise back with the girl side.

Timing not synchronized

2009-06-05T23:31:00.003+08:00

Hmm... new fault, found that timing is not synchronized. I must try again next time

I found that learning project SA and BA, requires learning through higher exp point people. hmm...I assume I am exp 152. hee hee. Today is exp 152 vs 9,999. Bish.

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Project BA

Basic: 81%
Right turn: 87%
Right turn (own): Not used
Quarter turn: 71%
Half turn: 51%

Cross turn: 65%
Cross turn reversal: 60%

Half turn pose: 41%
Hold position: 58%

New fault: Did not synchronise with timing.

Sweet dream yesterday night.

2009-06-04T20:19:00.004+08:00

Yippy, Today got a CD from one of my friend. It is one CD that I lack, and it is nice wo.

Thanks to Keith for that. I make sure it get into my database soon.

Date setted for something wonderful

Yesterday went out with my friend to check out on the price of the next vacation, and wow, it is within my budget wo. Hmm... can't wait to go there. The date have been setted, and will try to apply for leave next week, when the manager is around. Hmm.... He have been on one week leave.

Anyway, assistant manager took over and well, it is suppose to be a relief, but he seems to be trying to incharge of everything there. Duh. I really hate this kind of arrangement, where there are two commanders and they may spoilt the whole schedule. Dun even wanna bother about it.

Hmm.... well, some of the stuff have to backlog it, because the manager is on leave, and as the head, he will know what is going on. and it is the role of the assistant manager to do urgent arrangement should something mess up. Well, most of the mess have been averted because I hold the key now, and now, this assiatnt manager is trying to add more workload to us. Hmm.... feel like firing him sometime.

You think I am free in MB? think again loh.

Dream

I have a wonderful dream yesterday. And as soon as I woke up, I just couldn't resist to write it down first.

I was on vacation with neko chan. And we went to sun tan and Spa during the day, and then a dinner by the beach, and then, went to see people fishing. After a short stroll, I brought out a mat out of nowhere, and flip it on the sandy ground. We lie down and count the stars and chat under the orange moon by the horizon. So relaxing, and shiok.

Then, as we were about to kiss, STUPID Otsuka woke me up with her sweet voice. hmm....What a bad timing wo. just a few second later, it would have been wonderful. Wat a sweet dream it is wo. hmm.... I wish so much to go to a beach. where I can see the sun rise and sun set. Been bored watching sun rise every morning. Where is the rainbow???

Ishisaki San

Met Ishisaki san in the lift today. hmm... I seems to have met her lately often, and s she is good in English, Ishisaki san sometime teaches me some japanese, and I am so glad to learn from her. Apart from that, Nemoto san, Funabiki san, Fujimoto san also helped me a lot in improving my japanese. So blessed to met such nice people in MB.

I also met Mr Hugh, who is a really handsome looking guy, and he was rushing to work in the morning. As I enter the lift with him in the morning, I greeted him, and he greet me by name~! Wow, is my name really that easy to remember? I reply back, and have a short conversation before we went off. I think I should train myself to be like Mr Hugh. Young, tall, handsome, nice perfum smell and smile a lot. No wonder he got a very beautiful wife.

Nice song

I was listening to the radio during lunch, and came across this very nice love song. It is something I hear people sang in the KTV before, but I did not take down the name of the song. and in the radio, I realised it is a very nice song with two people singing. Wow. I recorded it down, and call up my friends, and ask them what this song is. And thanks to Drexler, I know the artist, and next time, I will search for it in the KTV. I am so glad I am still using the Nokia 6233. It is probably the best phone only the fact that it does not have wireless.

This phone may be old, stopped production, but I really like the functions and the speaker.

Yuki chan

I was practising dancing with yuki chan yesterday and today, and I realised that yuki chan seems to be dancing wrongly. hmm.... I think I seems to lost touch of it, because now, the dancing is split to gal style and guy style. As I usually learn the guy steps, I did not managed to catch how the gal steps are. Thus, sometime when I teaches Yuki chan and practising myself, I seels to have lost some steps, or messed it up. hmm....If only there is some gal expert who is here to guide me one day.

By the way, yuki chan is someone who is fictional and assist me in my dancing one. If I have perfected it, I will get these on someone who can follow my steps.

In dancing, timing are the essence.

Chocolate

2009-06-03T00:01:00.002+08:00

Life is like a box of chocolate......You never know what you are going to get......

I wish my life is like a box of chocolate too, Hazelnut chocolate. yum yum. I love hazelnut chocolate. dunno why.

If my life is like a box of hazelnut chocolate, how good it will be.

But still, I would like to thank GOD for making my life as it is now, because I have been through these far, and I have been with good company all these while.

Working experience

I have noted today one thing......
My working experience halted. and new working style stalled.
I feel that my exposure here is darn limited. I apply more than I learn, and there are a lot of things I wish to try it out myself, but the management doesn't approve of iot. so too bad. Electrical troubleshooting. they are a small piece of bread to me. the systems are so easy to understand by hardwiring. Whereas in indiustrial, all electrical circuits are in softwiring. which is near invisible also.

Was doing this troubleshooting with this guy and got so heat up, because he cannot see the logic behind the whole circuit despite the fact he have been trained many time by other people. In the end, I have to do it myself, and it is such simple task that is excuted within 10 minutes.

Electrical are really a simple curcuit by hardwiring, because it operated on I/O. and through understanding of how the cuircuit goes, a mild malfunction can be detect easily with a meter at hand. a simple testpen is the most valuable tool too.

haih. Good help are hard to come by these days.

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Project SA

Mini clip, 4 combo of bumkelp + side step + slide + right turn boot turn.
result: 44%
cross step 2: 87%
pose step: 23%
Side step: 93%
Bumkelp step: 91%
framework: 54%

Maximum combination step today: Cross body + cross body lead + right turn(self) + right turn + low turn + half turn (x2) + pose step, 7 combination maximum.

Terminator Salvation

2009-05-31T22:37:00.003+08:00

Finally, the end of the 5 days DJML project. So difficult wo. Anyway, I am glad I pulled through it. Now it is time for DPC project. To understand it.

Enlightening SMS

I got a sms some days ago, and it really made me wonder…… If I were to meet someone few years earlier, where would we be? Hmm…. We will not have to go through some hardship. And perhaps. Avoid the loss of time. And then again, even if we meet now, we should look at it that time is still not too late on our side……
Then, another thought came. If we were to look at the present now, and start working on it, wouldn’t it better to get on with our life, than spending the whole time pounding why doesn’t it happen earlier……

If the facebook was not invented, will we not meet together, or shall we be delayed or meet by other mean? Hmm… If MSN is not written, will we not know of each other number ever?

All things happens by fate of eventuality. Then again, now that it have come to past, better get on working to see how will it go.

Restaurant City

If you are on the facebook, look me up, I am now into restaurant City. It is a very fun and interesting game in the facebook, wher eyou can watch the money and space of the restaurant grow. I really find it fun, cos you can recruit your friend to work in the restaurant, and help out, and see people eating the meals. Some would demand for certain things, and if you do not have something that they want, they either give you a thumb down, or just walk away.
It is a hard game on one hand, cos you have to really optimize the cook, so that the patrons are happy about it. Making too much table, they will give you a thumbs down if you are not cooking it fast enough. Putting too less table, and you see the cook will have idle time, making a loss in the revenue.

I really thanks Veron a lot cos she showed me a mistake in my restaurant, and oh duh~! It is a irreversible mistake. Can’t really bring it back, unless I have to restart the whole game again, and my points and everything I work for will be back to zero. Anyway, after listening to her advice, I will continue on it, but avoid making that mistake again. And with this mistake, I really loses out a lot on an opportunity to make my money grow faster.

SPA

Finally, I got a chance to go spa today. Phew, it is a great relief, cos the spa treatment can really repair all the body ache, and regenerate all the muscles faster. Feel so relax now. And together with the hot water and the bubbles, some less than 40 minutes treatment is enough to cure all the aching around the body, and staying too long should be observed, cos the chlorine smell is toxic, but it is necessary to kill the bacteria in the spa pool.

If only there is oxygen tank in it, then I can breath through the oxygen tank and stay in it longer.

Blood drawn

Finally, after third week, I got the blood drawn out. Some 450cc of it. Now is having less blood now. But well, one step closer to the 50 point mark.

I have been going to the HAS since last month, cos somehow, the blood HBP is less than the requirement. It is caused by too little iron. Hmm…. If too much of binge drinking causing this? Maybe I should cut down. Anyway, on Sat, when I got there, I tried not to drink any caffeine drink, and also to drink more water. Guess what, it is exactly the lowest limit, but still pass, so I got through, and have the blood donation done. Hmm…. Did you know that one blood donation, you can save three people’s blood? Cos the blood will be separated, and well, the nurse said my blood is a rare blood, but a selfish blood also, cos it can only save a type of person, but many others can save me. Hmm….Can you guess what blood type I am? Hee hee.

Terminator Salvation

I have watched this terminator salvation, and I really watch it in hope that the machine war would end. Well, apparently, the machine still wins. Duh

The resistance are organizing a world wide skynet invasion, and all because of the guy Kyle Reese, is captured, and John Connor have no choice, but to go into the skynet to save Kyle from the skynet, or else, john will not be born. Hmm…. Speaking of terminator salvation, have anyone been following the Terminator, the Sarah Connor chronicle? Hmm…. Cameron is dead, because she was badly damaged in the rescue of Sarah Connor. She gave her chip to Cromarty, who dunno went to where. Then John went with Katherine to the future, in hope to find Cromarty, and kill it.

If there is a link between Terminator and the Sarah Connor chronicles, I think I will win the whole story telling, but too bad, there is no connection. I was puzzled, because in the terminator Salvation, John did not exercise the role of programming the terminators, or if he can reprogram the hunter killers, it will serve him well,. Instead, he have to blow that hunter killer away when he learnt to disable it.

And did you know that John did not know about the way of the reprogramming of the terminators. It is through Cameron, that John learnt how to disable the terminators, and take the chip out. Else, I think he may have to delayed his learning of reprogramming the terminators.

December Hokkaido abort

After given much thought, I have to give december hokkaido a miss. This is due to some factors, and one of them is that the capital will not reach enoguh by that day. and also, it is a winter, and there will be a need to spend more in buying the winter cloth, and this inturn, will add to the expense, and because winter cloth is used, there will be less space int he luggage. Thus, maybe I go in april instead.

Anyway, the nearest holiday. hee hee. a place near to Singapore, and it is on a $300 budget. yippy~!

What happened to me in a room in the afternoon?

2009-05-23T00:26:00.000+08:00

A Phone call

First of all, I just want to share a great enjoyment. I received a call from a friend, who is been disappeared since last year. Hmm… was working and near afternoon, he called and ask how am I. How thrill I was, and we chat and chat till I was asking him whether when can we meet up. But we couldn’t make up a good timing, cos Saturday I am working, but he is out of town. And so is Sunday. And next week, there is a 5 day project DJML. Of all the timing, why this timing wo. Anyway, we couldn’t conclude the timing, and thus, I say next time. Hmm…. I must remember to give him a call.

Cough and Cough
Duh, the cough is still on, and I got sick of coughing, and keep on coughing in the night. When I woke up in the morning, the diaphragm is weak and painful. It is that 4th rib again. I really hate that 4th rib. Cos it is one rib where the nerve is trapped and sometime causes extreme pain under pressure. When I woke up, I really hope someone could take a chopper and chop off the 4th rib, so it wouldn’t be so much painful.

Blackout

This is a weird stuff that happens today, and I have always been thinking. I woke up in the vacant room, and with the phone’s ringing. I pick it up, and it have 5 missed call, and all is called by the security and the head office. On the wall is an exposed electrical circuit, and the tools are lying around.
Last thing I could remember is I was walking to the lobby, and everthing else is black, till the time I hear the phone ringing.

What actually happened inbetween? Was I electrocuted? How can it be wo? There is no tripping in the room. I walked around and saw the drill is in another room. And the window handle was just replaced. I know the task today have window handle replacement in it. So it must be happened after the window handle replacement.

At this time, I really wonder. If I was electrocuted to death, who would miss me the most? Will anyone remember about the white teddy bear. My precious white polar teddy bear. As I was moving around the places, who would be able to find that I was really missing in the building and who will be able to find me in it?
Real scary, but I am glad that I am back into this world again.

Nemoto san

Funny thing happens today, and I just wish I could laugh over it, cos it is a bit angry, but thinking back, I really should have trust my conscious.
Nemoto appear out of nowhere, and told me she wanted to change a lightbulb. As she was struggling with English, I speak to her in Japanese, so she could easily understand. Then, there is a sentence I really got totally weird, cos it was so long, I couldn’t piece them up.

When I go up, and do the one job she request, and later, found out that she remembered another thing, and I have to go down to take it. And after that, she remembered another thing, and I realized totally, it is the fault of the leasing dept that did not follow up on her previous promises. Thus, I am yet again, yo face the direct bombardment. Quickly made a call back. And once approval is given to change it, I wuickly went down and get the spare part and change it.

Hmm… At least we got rid of the problem. And sometime, I really cannot tolerate the way people break promises, and I have to face the firing squard. In this case, it is only the gun man. Haha

Anyway, as a token, I learnt a new word from Nemoto san. And it is the word Do-gu. Hee hee a very useful word. I learnt from watanabe san yesterday: O jamashimasu. A totally useful word, and I used it on Nemoto san, and she is quite polite and answered back.

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Project BA
Basic Step : 89%
Front step : 84%
Chest move : 12%
Right turn(own) : 91%
3 combination turn : 26%
Quarter turn : 67%
Half turn : 72%
Change style : 49%

Coughing days is here.

2009-05-20T05:02:00.006+08:00

Cough Cough

Now is the season to get sick, I guess, a lot of people around me is getting sick. I got this bad cough, that never seems to end. Hmm... wonder where it comes from too.

Anyway, the Swine Flu nowadays is getting quite serious with lot of people getting infected. How is it that this kinda flu get mutated into such a state wo. Is someone not finishing the antibiotic and lead to this catastrophy?

Coporate Trust

Working in a company always have this politics, and stuff like that. I was observing and reviewing about this cycle that goes on, and realised of one word of caution by cynthia last year. hmm.... I think she is trying to tell me something about this company and I found out who and what is she refering to.

Working place is like a fighting warzone everyday, and people like to spread rumours around. In this kind of environment, it is very hard for the compnay to progress. and sometime, there will be black face all over the place. Say too much, and you get grilled by the very person you trust in the meeting.

And now, I can see a cycle now where there is this person alwyas enquire about stuff from other department, and he is quite nosey, to step his leg into everything. What is with him wo? Doesn't he have enough things to do? and the funny part is when there is credit, he just take it on himeself. and when there is trouble, you know the scrap goat have to be pulled in.

Just today, he enquired about the stuff in building MA, and I just tell him to check with my manager. And he is not happy. Well, it is another person affair, so without any head, why should I tell you the tail? Can see he is not happy wo. But the pattern is like this. Say too much, and there will be confusion everywhere.

Building MA seems to everyone that it have nothing to do. But there are quite a lot of things to do actually, just to see whether does anyone wants to look for it. Everyone think there is nothing to do over here, and it is only when they reached here, they would know there are a lot to do here wo. This is especially so when I am around here. kee kee

Jean's favorite song

Thia iS a favorite song of Jean, Lamento Boliviano, Toque De Keda.

Seems to be like a theme song. Was checking the move yesterday for 3 hours, and thought of using it for dancing. Was actually shy at first, when the australia feeling kick in, and I went up and ask for the song. Hmm.... the singer said just for me, they will play it. and I thought it is played in the middle, but did not expect them to play it on the first song.

When the song was played, I was at a total loss, cos a lot of planned moves are not ready ye. Duh. not quite the expectation, but it is fine. Some of the moves was actually forgotten. Duh

So glad Jean like it.

Allergic to Fancl sunguard

This is somethng that is confirmed I cannot use it. the Fancl sunguard. It was actually suspected at first, but after I ask for the sample and try it, It is confirmed that the skin is allergic to it. First, I will get this itchy feeling, and then, the sweat will keep on coming out, following by reddness. Quickly, I rinse it off with the mild cleansing oil, and use back the old sun screen.

Precious bear

Not many people got this right in one of my quiz in the facebook. And it says:

If stephen is dead, what would you bury him with?

And the answer is actually, a white teddy bear.

To think I am quite old, but I really love that bear a lot. Even reminded my cousins that if I die, please bury me with the whilte bear.

The white polar bear is the one thing that followed me through thick and skin. When I am sad, it is the only bear that I hug to. After the hug, everything would be better.

At one time, I was passing by a pasar malam, and when I walk through a store selling baby cloth, my cousin was pointing at a shirt and say maybe the bear can fit in it. I was at a daze for a while, and then thougt of the bear. Wow. I am a genius. I went up and choose a cloth for the 1 month old, and dound one that is nice with a head cover. From that day onward, the bear have a shirt to wear.

It is in 2007, the bear got a new cloth. a Maize looking cloth. And it is hand knitted. The bear looks very nice in it, can you imagine that the shirt for the bear actually was made in less than 2 weeks wo.

Love that white bear......which is now perhaps a bit black. but I sill love it.

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Project SS

Glide turn: 51%
Cross lead turn + Cross lead + Slide turn: 52%
Right turn(own) + Right turn + Cross lead turn + Cross lead + slide turn +low hand turn: 42%

Project BA

Basic: 71%
Front: 80%
Quarter Turn: 51%
Half turn: 45%
Full turn: 0%
Right turn (own):81%
Right turn: 80%
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Toque D Keda Lamento Boliviano :
Me quieren agitar
me incitan a gritar
soy como una roca
palabras no me tocan
adentro hay un volcan
que pronto va a estallar
yo quiero estar tranquilo...

Es mi situación una desolación
soy como un lamento,
lamento boliviano
que un día empezo y
no va a terminar
y a nadie hace daño...

Y yo estoy aquí
borracho y loco
y mi corazón idiota
siempre brillará
y yo te amaré
[ Find more Lyrics on www.mp3lyrics.org/iuA ]
te amaré por siempre
nena no te peines en la cama
que los viajantes se
van a atrasar...

OooH!!
Y yo estoy aqui
borracho y loco
y mi corazon idiota
siempre brillará
y yo te amaré
te amaré por siempre
nena no te peines en la cama
que los viajantes se
van a atrasar

Y yo estoy aqui
borracho y loco
y mi corazon idiota
siempre brillará
y yo te amaré
te amaré por siempre
nena no te peines en la cama
que los viajantes se
van a atrasar

Project BA, week 2

2009-05-17T02:38:00.002+08:00

Result:

Basic: 92%
Front: 90%
Hip thrust: 52%
Frame lock: 71%

Frame isolation: 32%
Quarter turn: 11%
Half turn: 0%
Full turn : 0%

Change style: 31%

No improvement. hmm.... need more practice.

Chotto Matte

This word, it is only through Fujimoto san, that I realised that there is limitation in using it.

Bearing the meaning of "One moment please", the correct word that should be used is

Shosho machi kudasai.

The word Chotto matte is used for friends, and shosho machi is widely used in formal occassion and it is more polite.

Hokkaido

There is a new plan formulating. hmm... looks like this year end I will not be going to Hokkaido. It is amazing that not many people I came across came form Hokkaido. How come wo?
I was intending to check out from them about the Hokkaido place, but most come from Kyoto, Tokyo. Basically they are big city bah. Fujimoto san was telling me that Hokkaido is famous for their seafood, and she have visited Hokkaido many time. A pity, most of the planning trip is done by goshujun. So did not managed to find out more from her.

Fujimoto san itsumo domo arigato.

Something changed

2009-05-14T23:45:00.002+08:00

Hmm... today felt something has changed. so weird wo. Hmm... what could have caused it?

Anyway, at work was very disappointed in my skill in a leaking repair work. I think it is because I did not think out of the box, and let the trouble remain there for three days.

It is a leaking pipe, and no matter how I do it, it just keep on leaking. and this morning,t here is a contractor here to check on a house leaking problem, I put down my hat and ask for them to help.

When they came in, in less than 10 minutes, they managed to solve the problem with ease. and the solution is so simple. Just a change conversion of a pipeline, and it solve the problem entirely with ease. And the reason is that the old pipeline will not work once it is dismantled.

Hmm....today acquired new skill. such a simple skill and I did not think of it for the past three days. Duh.

4 months on......

Been in MA for 4 months now. It is sure shiok, and I was so happy, cos everyone knows me by my name. hmm.... is that a good thing or bad thing??

Project SS phase one completed

2009-05-13T06:50:00.003+08:00

Got myself distracted during performance yesterday. Hmm... Is it because of something else?

Basic Step 94%
Bonkelp: 93%
Right turn (own): 93%
Right Turn: 79%
Side step: 97%
Cross body lead: 88%
Cross body lead turn: 65%
low turn: 77%
shoulder turn: 91%
2 hand turn + crossbody lead + low turn: 52%
change style: 61%

End of phase 1. Going for next phase next week. Intemediate 1. I must get the steps right by then. Seems there are so much to learn each day.

So far, seems to be able to do 3 hit combo. I am aiming for 7 hit combo before proceeding on. hmm....

Saturday

This saturday, there will be a blood donation in Douby Ghaut MRT station. Been a long time overdue, maybe I should join them also. Wow, quite a packed schedule this Saturday. Every week, life for me sure is busy. Is there any time that I can be free?

How much do you know Stephen

Yup, I posted up a quiz in the facebook saying how much people know me. Duh, no one got 100%. Looks like I am hard to be understood. hee hee. But it is amazing, cos through the quiz, people can get to know another people better. provided the quiz is easy. Think there is one that is confusing. Cos the artist that I like is someone that people rarely heard of.

Visit to Liang Court

2009-05-12T06:28:00.003+08:00

Liang Court in Clarke Quay

Yesterday, Went to Liang court. and It is really changed a lot wo. Must have been ages since I went to Liang Court. The last time I went is to go to Meidiya to get that Sazae.

The liang court now is so much spacious, but the signboard is really not helpful at all especially the one in the lift. I want to go to the Partyworld KTv, but don't know where wo.

Anyway, was interested in singing on that day, but the standard booking time slot is 4 hours. and it cost around $50++ Duh.

In the end, have to change plan with my friend to go to starbuck. Hmm... In the starbuck, there are a lot of Japanese there, perhaps because Liang court is near to the Japanese residence bah. with the supermarket like Meidi-ya.

The ambient is quite nice. And In one time, I saw Goto san walking in Meidi-ya too. but too bad, I cannot be certain for sure if it is her. And furthermore, she and her husband is very far away.

Sake Toro

I have not had this for a long time. And it really taste wonderful. Wow, the slicky oil of the Sake, and softness of the meat. Watashi Daisuki. The one who go with me, also like it. Basically, the Sake Toro is the most tasty of the whole Sake. That is why, it is highly priced at $108 per KG. but I still love it.

Photos

I was trying to access to a photo in internet, and suddenly realised that I have aso much photos lying in the internet wo. Furthermore they are spread around among 6 internet portal. Haih. I was trying to search for one naval open house, but never be able to find it...

Navy Exhibition

The person who went with me to the Navy exhibition have disappeared, but well, there is only one photo we took, which escaped deletion from the hard drive cleanout. I remember it was fun, but was angry then, because of soemthing she did. The most enjoyable is the one where we went into a ship and got onto a speed boat and sail out to the open sea and return back. And get to see a lot of Navy Ships too. Haih, it was May 2007...... 4 months later, we were no longer together.

Project Ba

2009-05-09T21:44:00.002+08:00

New project started

Yup, it started, a new project Ba. and it doesn't stands for project Baby ok, I am still single wo.

Project Ba is a new sport I taking up recently.

Here's the result

Basic: 35%
Hip thrust: 17%
Front step: 67%
Right turn (own): 89%
Right turn: 53%
Change style: 49%

Next round, I must get more improvement.

What are you saying

I have to thank Otaguro san for giving me the embarrassment in the lobby. I take it not as a shame, but as an opportunity to make an effort to find out more about what is it that she wants.

I was in the lobby when I met Otaguro san. She is very nervous and saying sometime in very soft voice.

Me: Nihongo ii desu yo, Otaguro san
Otaguro: Ano ne, doa......(shisper)
Me: Nani ka.
Otaguro: Doa ??????????Kagi, oroso warui desu te.

The word doa and kagi indicated there is sometime wrong with the door.

I tell her that I will check with the mangement and refer back to her.

Then, when I went down, I made a big mistake, cos it is not the problem with the key, but it is the lockset that is giving the problem because the word orosu is in the sentence, making the sentense a totally different meaning.

Anyway, thw word "Nani ka" is used in an impolite way, because the word is short and required some other words to support.

After that, I learnt two new word:

Nan dato
Nan desu te

These are the same meaning to "What did you say?"

Hmm... I must learn these two sentence. it could help in future when doing a japanese conversation.

Another new word is learnt from Ishisaki san.

Chan
Kun
San

These are new words because they are used in age related addressing to people.
From Ishisaki san, I now knoe when to use them.

So ne, Ishisaki san to Otaguro san. Domo Arigato

2nd May

Made a call to China yesterday. I was thinking how are you...and you are married off, on the 2nd May

I thought it was on the 8th, but found out that the 8th is the start of project Ba

I wish the new guy will treat you better than I can to you. Seen your wedding photo, and you have grown thin. Have you been eating well?

But still, wish you happiness.

J L Y

New target: 7 hit combo

2009-05-06T00:16:00.002+08:00

Today, I managed to do a 3 hit combo in the practice.

Hmm... next round, 7 hit combo, or 7 hit combination.

I love the new sport these days. hee hee

1) Basic step,
2) Boonkulp step,
3) X-step,
4) cross body lead,
5) cross body turn,
6) right turn
7) side step

new extra technique, hmm.... takes time.

next new project coming up this friday.

Must work hard.

BENG 20 DFMA marked assignment.

2009-05-03T22:15:00.002+08:00

Got a bad news when I switched on the laptop yesterday. It doesn't work~! oh no~!

It seems it has recently installed a patch of software updates, and it start behaving abnormally. Hmm....

Somemore there is a folder that simply doesn't seems to go away. It has registered itself in the windows registry.

As I look into the windows registry, WOW~! it really changed a lot loh. so many keys.

Anyway, managed to get the name of that, and delete it.

after many time trying to resuscite the laptop program, I was too tired and let the PC to repair the laptop automatically. Wireless is really slow at 10MBPS.

Let it run and go to sleep. Amazing, I observed that sometime the laptop goes online wo. hmm.... is some foreign program controlling the laptop?

When I woke up in the morning, the laptop is back to normal, and the PC have fully repaired and replace damaged files in the laptop. Darn I really love that PC.

That's why, the PC hardly goes online, cos there are really a lot of weird people trying to get into the system.

DFMA

This is for those who taking DFMA with me, Have you noticed the weird marking in the recent marked assignment?

In question 7, the crank machining, the answer stated in the note is 20.85, and we did get the 20.85, yet, the marked assignment says the answer should be 17.1. Aiyah!

Actually we did get the 17.1 with the correct working, but in order to get the 20.85, we add in the overtravel in, and then can get, but in the end, from the marked assignment, he wants only 17.1 and not 20.85.

For the BENG20 batch of people onward, look at the answer for question 7. Is it 20.85 or 17.1 voice it out or do it infront of the lecturer, ok.

THIS IS INNOCENT MISTAKE~!

If this come out in exam, really faint loh, cos dunno what is the real answer wo.

New Target within 6 months.

2009-05-02T22:16:00.002+08:00

4K within 6 months

I am thinking of setting a new target. Yup, to get $4000 in 6 months. hmm... is that possible?

Bills to pay, food to eay, places to go to......gotta raise $670 per months. hmm....

This is because of the oversea project......and plus, another $700 required in 4 months time... We are controlled by the world of the money. hee hee

Anyway, $4000 is the cap. the last time went to australia, it cost me around $3500 wo. this time, it is a further place, but shorter time.

For the one who ask me the question whether am I serious or not hoh. yup. I am darn serious. Once I set the thing, I will keep it going. As Adam Khoo said, "no use planning something that doesn't move. When you made the decision, do it now."

Big project...One of my friend, recently bought a car. wow, I really envy him. but still, what can I do, but to watch only, cos I do not intend to get a car. it is like a slave to the car, rather than the car slave to me. But it is really convenient de lor.

Today, it is a hot hot really hot day. So darn wish to go to the swimming pool to dive in. and speaking of which, I finally got to the one enjoyment yesterday.

SPA and KTV

Wow, I finally got the time out of the busy slot to go to SPA yesterday. 45 minute dive in, and with the bubbles, the body finally get back to shape. yup. been a long long time since I went to the spa. Spa is really good, cos the hot water will release all the tension, and the bubbles massage the skin, making it more moisturise. when got out, really feel great. the steams are all over me. hee hee
And after a good night sleep, everything is feel great.

Plus a session of KTV after the SPA, life's like a heaven loh. Thank GOD for making it happen.

Dinner in swenson

2009-04-30T22:43:00.004+08:00

Swensons

It have been a long time since I went to swensons. hee hee, was craving for it, and then, feels that the spring chicken is really very tempting de lor.
I have not been to swensons since 24th November 2008, the day I returned from Australia. Aw...

Anyway, the chicken is really tender, but I still dislike the taste of the chicken breast. so dry. Maybe next time I try other dish. Came to think of it, is it really possible, for one guy to gobble up the whole earthquake after eating the main course?

hee hee. Go figure.

I still like Sticky chewy chocolate. Thanks for the two scoops of sticky chewy chocolate. yum yum.

Cockroaches

Lately, I have a big problem in one unit, and it is very frustrating sometime, cos cockroaches would pop out from dunno where, and crawl around the toilet in one unit. I went in, trying hard to locate the entry poinbt, but it is really hard wo.

I cleared the room of cockroaches by spraying the insecticide, and then, I close the door. The next day, cockroaches appear from dunno where. Aiyoh, all the water trap have the water seal, and the toilet bowl. where could be the point of entry be??
It is really really hard to figure out. Shall we purchase a camera recorder and see where they come from? Maybe a auto targeting machine gun like those used for the alien killing in the movie Alien 2

Kill the cockroaches. dun care how.

But I have been scratching hard where do they come from wo?

Water leaking is another stupid problem that never ceased to end...

Xiao Lao Shu Birthday

Around 25th April, it is Xiao Lao Shu birthday...

Why why I never get the date right wo.
But Xiao Lao shu Birthday is somewhere there.
I am so sorry that this year the cake is smaller, but it is your favourite cake, and I just so sorry I forgot your exact birthday date.

Last year, it is the starbuck Oreo Cheese cake. This year, it is the banana chocolate.....Happy Birthday to you, XLS~!

Angry and Tired.

2009-04-29T00:25:00.002+08:00

I am tired today, I am very angry also.

This is because someone gave me the wrong timing, and the people arrive at the wrong timing, and everything jeopardise.

4 contractors, all arrive at the wrong time. And this is something that I do not like. I was following the schedule that is on the memo, and planned all as it is required.

At 1015, First team arrive, when it should have been 1400.
Second team, arrive at 1100 when it should have been 1030. Luckily, this is no time constraint.

At 1350, this starts to jeopardise because the other 3 contractors arrive at different timing, and haih, made my work all haywire.

One even went without my knowledge, and made me a kuku.

I believe that the misorientation is due to the lack of communication. Next time, I would like to take up bangalah language. This ius because one team is a banglah, and I have a big communication problem with them, and lead to both confusion. hmm....

So many lesson taking up this year......I wish to learn a lot. perhaps next year, can change for the better.

Too tired to get angry...

KTV on 25th March

2009-04-26T21:32:00.002+08:00

KTV

Yippy, have this KTV and it is really great. And to the sad part, I can't execute sakuranbo project. Basically, because the KTV does not have the song. AIYAH!

Why WHY! why no songs that I want one??? it is a popular love song in JApan wo. how come dun have???

And to add to it, hmm,... they still do not have any songs by Aikawa Nanase. DOUBLE AIYAH~!!!

So the only songs I can sing is Believe , Together when, Faraway and actually wanted to sing First love, but remembered there are some kanji that I cannot figure it out, so din sing that.

Anyway, Hacken Lee song I like, cos there is a concert where Kacken Lee sing with Alan Tham. Yippy, so nice to sing. No one to sing the alan tham side. so sians. Perhaps next time must find one who can sing cantonese fast fast. Thanks shirley for trying, and sorry, I really like this song, and sing it three time. hee hee.

Sang quite a lot of song, dunno why, a lot of people left the room......Is my singing that bad mah? Anyway, thanks shirley who sits down and accompany me to sing. hee

Hokkaido

Yippy, the destination Hokkaido is formulating now. It is made independent from the Australia trip, so it is confirmed, I will be going to hokkaido. So looking forward to it. It shall be the first trip to Japan. So exciting. exciting. Yuki yuki doko ka.

Speaking of Hokkaido......Remember Ian Tan's souvenir from Hokkaido. SHIROI KOIBITO~!
It is the most tasty biscuit because it can only be bought fresh from Hokkaido. Really thank Ian for that. Although you are no longer working with us now, but your positive and diligent working attitude is deeply remembered. Up to now, I still wonder how did Ian Tan survive in Japan one. Does he knows Japanese? Never heard of him speaking JApanese before wo.

Fancl

I am shifting the facial product gradually now, cos I find that Fancl product is great. Hmm.... looks like Johnson and johnson lose another loyal customer. But I really like the product of Fancl, cos it actually changes the skin texture, and it is improving slowly.

Perhaps one of these days, I can tell the Jean Yip bye bye also.

Basically, Fancl is a trusted brand, cos it is spread by word of mouth. I went to many Japanese houses, and noted that they uses Fancl product mostly. One guy really depend on Fancl for the entire supplement and washing product. He comment it is great, because it energise him. There are some girls that are really beautiful because they keep a constant stock of Fancl product.

The beautician lynette suggest to improve it step by step, and well, it is improving. Perhaps I can say bye bye to Jean yip soon. kee kee.

The Fancl Tense up is really a bit expensive cos it is $70++ for ten hmm.... but it is good, only a bit expensive. maybe change the lifestyle slowly.

有些事情

2009-04-25T06:16:00.001+08:00

有些事情不愉快;
有些事情很郁闷;
有些事情正逆着方向急速前进.

有些事情很开心;
有些事情很顺心;
有些事情正迈向远方急速前进.

有些事情在发生;
有些事情已过去;
有些事情不会再望这方向走来.

到底是什么感觉;
到底发生什么事;
到底会变得如何.

7 lessons......

2009-04-25T00:32:00.003+08:00

This morning, when I use the PC at work, I caught sight of one weird email address.
As I thought it is a spam mail, and was about to delete, and realised, it is from one of the resident.

Somehow, she managed to get hold of my email address, which I dunno how she gets it.

From that, I found that it is very touching to know that this resident actually remembers a short and brief conservation and she was at a lost of explaining it to me, and thus, she spent some time, writing on the email, to explain to me.

This coming 5th May, it is the Japanese children day. it is for the boy now, and every household who have small kids, will display a samurai ninggyo, and it is a symbolise that the good health follows, and drives away the evil spirit as the boy grows up.

Thank you very much Nitta san for explaining the japanese culture to me. So embarrass that my japanese is still not to the standard yet. I took a test before, and found that my japanese level is compared to Kindergarden level 2 of the japanese education level......

I must polish it up, at least by year end. A draft plan is being formulated, and I may go oversea this year. And as one of the japanese comment, it is a snowing weather, and I can get to go and see yuki~!

It is weird, cos so far, I have not met a single japanese who is from Hokkaido. Cos I really needs the info there. hmm... Most of them is from tokyo vicinity...

Yuki yuki doko ka.

Anyway, I really appreciate Nitta san's information on the children day. perhaps, on the 5th may, I can get to see how they celebrate the Japanese children day for boy.

7 Lessons

From one, span to 3, and from 3 span to 5 and from 5 to 6, and 7th is soming up. Wow, this year, I seems to be taking more course than ever, because I have quite a huge interest to learn everything. GOLF, is one of them, since I got a golf club set now. No guidance......Where is hemant when I needed him?

Bluetooth

I have not yet get a bluetooth yet. aiyah. Working life is really miserable without music on my ear.....The budget for next month is out, and it is only a 23% chance of getting a bluetooth next month......Am I doomed to get to work next month without a bluetooth? I really hate that fountain.

本とに本と嫌いな! 馬鹿！！

It took the bluetooth away from me, and now, I cannot work with ultimate efficiency. If approval is given, I will sure get that hacking tool and hack it down. I get to be the first. Cos it caused me much misery.

25th April 2009 Sakuranbo Project

2009-04-22T00:37:00.003+08:00

Sakuranbo

25th April, it is the Sakuranbo project. Woohoo. so looking forward to it. Last time, I did not get it right because I am not in a happy mood. This Saturday, I must think of something to make me cheer up. Then, I can execute the Sakuranbo successfully.

Funabiki san 's comment.

I was striked down by one of the conversation by Funabiki san's comment today and it is a real "asking for trouble" question today.

During the course of conversation, This is how it goes

Me: Funabiki chan koibito arimasu ka.
Funabiki: Hai moichiron. Doshite ka.
Me: Ano ne, Funabiki chan wa kawaii desu ne. Koibito ga omoimasu ne.
Funabiki: stephen san, kimi koibito arimasu ka.
Me: Iie, mata koibito desu. Kanashii ne.
Funabiki: Do shite desu ka?
Me: Wakaranai desu. Itsumo boku ga, kono mondai o kikimasu.
Funabiki:demo, kimi zenbu wakata iru yo.
Me: Eee.. to. . .watashi wakaranai desu ne. demo boku ganbarimsu.

Got hang by a question that is suppose to be a compliment,
but ended up embarrassing myself.

Next time, I must choose the right topic, but Funabiki chan is really pretty one, wonder what is her facebook address, perhaps can get it from funabiki chan one day. Then on that day onwards, there will be a real japanese in my facebook profile. ha ha.

Respond to NSY Wonderland

2009-04-20T07:21:00.004+08:00

I read your blog yesterday dated 7th april.

I tried sending you emails, I tried sending you MSN, offline.

Can you call me??
If you lost my number, you can still email me, or leave a message.

I know you have been reading this blog.

Call me, K.

Blog stop for 5 days (at least)

2009-04-13T23:46:00.003+08:00

I won't be blogging for the next 5 days at least.

18th April, perhaps.

I would like to thank the encouragement of those who rendered me help today.

Thank you Fukada San,
Thank You Nitta San.

Without your help, I will not learnt about the thing that awaits me all these while.

Nevertheless, Sakuranbo project is still a go.
Only this time, the feeling will be entirely different...

今から、私本とに本と。。。。。。がんばります～！よし。
でも、今本とに悲しいだよ。

2 days of Alcohol

2009-04-12T12:50:00.000+08:00

2 days of drinking

The days is finally over. Din expect to have drinking session that last for two days. Hmm…. While everyone is celebrating the good Friday, went with few friends to a place for clubbing. Been 3 years since I went to those places.
The scene is still the same. Youngsters, crowds, liquors, smoking room, everything is still the same. And last thing that always is around, people fainted, and got carried away.

I think drinking should be controlled. Cos if too heavy, the person might get fainted, or even worse, alcohol poisoning.

I was there till 0200 and then later, take a bus home. Thank God there is a night rider around, and it even stop at my doorstep. Hee hee. Although the journey is long, but it sure is cheap. The last time I took a cab home from there cost me $25. But then again, with the time into consideration, maybe I should have take a cab. . .
Friday night, half jug bourbon coke, two tweezer. Low kick.

Saturday working

Duh, also have to work on Saturday. So only sleep for 2 hours. But it seems enough one. And I really enjoyed myself, cos free of all worries, and party.

On Saturday, is another drinking session. And this time it is even more. Woohoo. Cos there is a rich guy paying for it. We have 6 people going for it, and one of them even challenge the rich guy for a drink. And they both start it. Looks real funny, cos they really gobble up all the beer. All sort of beer. We have Chang , Carlsberg, Sapporo, Heineken. And on top it that, a year 2000 red wine. The guy who start the challenge is still standing. Wow his drinking is really lasting de loh. As for me, I stopped after third can, cos the limit’s reached.

One guy drank 6 cans and dropped down. While another throws up. Ha ha. The beer is suppose to drink slowly de lor. Else the gas will stuck inside stomach de lor.

The red wine tasted weird, cos go one strange taste. But the one who bought said it is like that, cos it is 9 years old. Hmm…. Anyway, drank one quarter of it. And then slowly one Sapporo, one Chang, and one Carlsberg. I think Sapporo is too gasy. Chang is better taste than others. Change is a beer from Thailand, while Sapporo is from Japan. The most expensive would be Sapporo, cos it is made in Japan and shipped here.

Got a headache after 2 hours, but still can manage to walk and cycle back home.
Thank you Ah Wong for the generosity in getting the chicken and beers and asking me to go.

More than SGD 1400 bill

2009-04-10T12:45:00.004+08:00

Credit card bill

Today got a letter from the credit card company, and I was shocked to see that I over spend my budget, which was predicted last month. Wow, Last month's credit card bill is more than SGD 1400~! Duh

This month, must save up on budget. Was thinking why like this wo. Thought of getting only a few things, but later ended up getting more and more, and ended up with such a big debt. April......Must save must save. No more express chicken rice~

Think Going for maggie mee all afternoon now.

Japan holiday plan seems to be drifting away by the look of it......My master plan for the end of the year......

Kuang Blog

I was looking at a blog, and found out that my previous blog I posted online was in her blog. Hmm.... She sure is happy that I blog about her previously. Yeah. Both of us have the fun days de loh. I always sayang you one de hoh. hee hee

Since the day I carry you when you were a baby, now you are so big and working better than me and gets to drive a car to work. As for me, haih, still taking public transport.....I wanna drive a car too~! If got nissan march, it would be darn cool Buy me a Nissan March if you strike Toto, ok.

The most needed time when I needed you is the day my dad passed away. and you stayed up all night on those days and made a lot of arrangement for him.

The day I flew off to a foreign land, you picked time out to see me off.

Really Thank you a lot.

MSN messenger problem?

2009-04-10T01:15:00.002+08:00

Lately, there is an upgrade of MSN messenger carried out, and ever since, the MSN stopped to auto log in le. hmm... what is wrong with the thing now?

I tried checking the options, the startup scripts, all is in order. Is there something that I do not know to set?

My laptop is set into a way that it start up all the selected application automatically. Then, there is a problem with the messenger, cos it doesn't auto log in. Each time, I have to go and click on the connect button.

Does anyone face this problem? how to solve this wo?

Beer Vs Wine

I found one one thing today. I think the body no longer allergic to beer now. Duh. Why is this so wo?

I love to drink wine one, but it can cause some rashes, and so is beer. but lately, I have been on drinking spree, and found that the allergic to beer is no longer there. But the wine drinking still stands. What really happen wo?

This saturday, we are going on a beer drinking spree. hee hee. dunno how many cans can it last. I really miss the days of drinking with the Secondary school friends. Remember the time when we drink so high, one of us jump into the singapore river. and then, I also jump in, and was woke up by the chill. Or ended up in a hotel room without realising it, until we woke up. Those were the days...

Anyway, I dislike the gas of the beer. That's why I go for the wine. but cannot drink wine. Duh.

Sopporo Beer, that's what were are going for it this saturday. With a new group of friends, and hope it would be successful. Kee kee. someone must not know about it.

Anyway, I wun go for binge drinking one, ever since the day I had a fight with someone after that. Yup. If I am drunk, I can actually go bersek one. That's why. and it can lead to more problem later on. Must control must control.

Wine is ok, a bitter taste, I like red wine, and rice wine. They are so nice one. Aiyah, too bad this body is allergic to it. Else I sure buy many bottles back from oversea.

Ayumi Hamasaki

2009-04-08T07:00:00.005+08:00

Amanda Val

Wow, I was reading up on one stuff, and found one person who like Ayumi too, and can even sing WITHOUT the music. This is so awesome. Can even sing the evolution somemore. I totally cannot believe it de lor.

evolution is one the the hardest song that I ever sing. hmm... this is because it is a fast pace music, and there are a lot of words to follow in the beginning.

So far, I have been practicing ayumi song very long time, but I still think Rainbow is the most favourite song. Perhaps it is because rainbow is sonething that is beautiful. The only site that I put up the song rainbow is still in the friendsters.

Anyway, I am learning up on Ai Otsuka songs, because one of the song is really very meaningful about the real fact of life, that we have to smile even when we are sad, because someone could fall in love with the smile. And it is called Sakuranbo.

Sakuranbo is actually means cherry, because cherry is always comes in pairs. and they are sweet and cute. The song is about a girl, flipping back her notebook and found that she have been with a guy she like for 2 years, and through the two years, there are a lot of things happening between them, and some is about fighting. but it is later all cleared because the girl knows she is in love with him and forgive him everything.

It is fast pace, and it is a bit cute. there are two sentence that suddenly swing very fast out of sudden. But it is the idea of the song. Hmm.... If only, there is someone singing it for me. Duh~ It is 7 in the morning, maybe I am still dreaming.

Ai Otsuka songs are cute, and lovely. with her voice, it really makes a hit one. And she laugh very weird too.... people all laugh hahaha, she laugh he he he he he. So cute de.

In fact I have a resident with me, who have a name called Otsuka too~. It is a very very sinple name to remember, because Otsuka is cute. If only, there is a resident called Hamasaki, It would be the most easiest to remember. And if her name is ayumi hamasaki living in, I would definately be very very busy, cos it might be Ayumi Hamasaki her self living in it.

GOLF

I was given a set of golf set by one resident, because he is returning back to japan, and have no use of the golf set. How generous of him. Thank Hirusaki san.

I was trying to practice, and realise out of sudden: GOLF is so much difficult to play with~! Unlike watching it from TV, there are actually so many body have to co-ordinate one. It is a total full body synchronisation so that the club can hit a ball of 38mm. And it is an illegal ball somemore.

Golf reminds me of Hemant. Wow, wonder how Mr hemant Pun does it with golf. and to think, 4 years ago, he actually won a tournament. Last time I heard of, he is in England. but no more contact ever since......

Hemant, dun forget us people in SG~!

Sleepless night...Happy Morning

2009-04-05T19:23:00.003+08:00

New front suspension

Today it is finally done, something that I have always wanted to do it for a long long time.
After the second time that I fell down with the second bicycle, I made a decision to sell it off, or at least, trade it for another bicycle.

After thinking of whether to buy a new bicycle or not, I changed it to sell off the second bicycle, and trade it for a new suspension for the first bicycle. The old suspension have been with it for many years, since don’t know when. The new suspension is a more heavy duty, but more lighter. Much lighter than the old suspension. Cycle half way and noticed a huge dark cloud approaching from the North. Tried to fasten it up, and when I reached the shop, I first look around the shop, and spotted two suspension. It is made of different material and cost $30 paart. The steel is very thick, an it have a lockout button to disable the suspension if it is not in use.

When the guy opened up the old suspension, I am very surprised it is so heavy. Did I uses that suspension for a long time and not known the weight? I thought it was the wheel that is bringing the weight.

And after a new suspension is inserted, the bicycle feels lighter than before. Was cycling halfway, and then it rained heavily. Duh~. Lucky there is a coffee shop around.

Sleepless night

Lately, I wqas experiencing some sleepless night. Hmm… am I caught up with loss of sleep. Hmm…. How did it happened wo? Could it be stress? Hmm…. Was checking the whole body system and finds there is something wrong with the rhythm of the heart. I was reminded of one medical test made some weeks ago. Should I do another test just to verify??

Happy Morning

Meet up with someone this morning at 7 for breakfast. Very happy de lor. but miscalculated the bus arrival timing. Duh~ But the breakfast taste really good.

If only the bus arrive on time, it would be perfect.

Sorry if I drag your time. . .

My programming days......are long gone.

2009-04-05T00:10:00.002+08:00

I was reading up on a site about how virus and it reminds me of the days when I was in my teenager. Hmm…. Computer viruses. Sometime, you gotta love it, cos you could laugh at people who was struck by it, especially when it is the programmer. Sometime, you could just count yourself bad luck, just like me last time. But, I was only struck down once. And from then on, I have been very careful

Self destruct program

In my secondary days, when I was using the computer, it is the stage of when it is using MS-DOS programming. With the programming, I created a programme called “devastator”. It is a self destruct program where it erase the hard disk content with a single activation. As a safe guard for me if I were to execute this, I add in a countdown, so that I would have a grace period to disable it by punching the keycode that over-ride it.

The program was created to clear off the hard disk one shot at a time if I do not like that PC. Hmm…. Sounds fun, but it would be difficult to start back up. And the most ingenious part of it is that devastator will even delete itself after all the things have been done. But, the effect will not be seen until the PC is reboot. When windows is created, devastator failed to work anymore.

Auto executor

Auto executor is another of the program, to set all the program parameters before launching a program. It is used for a game, where each time, the user has to set the speaker mode, sound level, video graphic setting before starting the game. For auto executor, it’s main role is to set the parameter automatically after the windows icon is click. Nothing much roleplay of it.

Cytronic

Cytronic is the best program ever created by me. It’s a program created patch by patch, and it is in the days when internet bloom. I created a web page and it seems boring with one page only. Then, during the resourcing of webpage source code, came across many different language. From these, Cytronic is created.

Purpose of Cytronic

Cytronic is a program with many other support files, where it is continuous executing. I load it up to three remote server because it end up to be a huge files, and remote server can only handle 15MB at a time. Support files are created pieces by pieces through reading on books. The program Cytronic is integrated into the webpage, where it goes to different website, capture source code and integrate it into the webpage. After it is integrated, it would send an email back to inform about the changes, and ask to keep it or return back to original coding.

The webpage frame, info box, time, are some of those that is created by Cytronic. Many interesting source code is been sourced and integrated, and I continue to update it weekly. It is until the day when one of the server shutdown, and the program is like losing part of the body, failed to work. The coding were missing as I did not save it on my computer as a backup. Since then, I do not bother about the webpage anymore, because I lose interest in creating the next generation webpage. A Flash playing webpage.

Creating virus, is nothing beneficial to everyone except the antivirus company......

Blogging For my Dear Sister...

2009-04-03T21:02:00.006+08:00

I was reading up on previous SMS from someone, and came upon one that says:” ….work oversea”

Working oversea

It reminds me of one girl. Fiona. Yup, if Fiona is reading it, it is Fiona Soh. I am so jealous that my friend Fiona can get to go work oversea. Hmm… somewhere in Hong Kong. And then, there is Ban Tiong, who travels overseas once in a while. Then there is Kenichiro, who works in Taiwan.

I was also reminded of one lady, whom I met in Australia. She said she is from Malaysia, and she migrate to Australia and was living happily there. Never got to know the name.

One deep impression is when Fiona told me that she is oversea in HK. I thought it is for vacation, and then found that it is working oversea. She have a cute little doggie called pipi and was so worried of her dog when it went missing, and she and her BF have to go around the street looking for pipi. Yeah, I could just imagine that. Imagine the day when I lost twinkle, for 2 hours, and pipi was lost for 2 day~!

Sometime, I wish to go oversea to work too. If not Japan, maybe Australia, or England. Or maybe the romantic France. Ever since I step into Adelaide and Melbourne, I really love the cold weather there. The chill is simply too great, and it is real sad when I leave it, because I am coming back to the hot weather country. I love the chill, and sometime, wish to work oversea. But I am stuck here. For the next probably 2 years.

If one day, I go oversea to work, hmm… will definitely misses my home, relatives and the gadgets at home. Who knows, I may establish another room full of gadgets. People who work with me knows the numbers of gadget around. One guy even says:” No matter where I go, I can find one gadget you created around the building.”

4 feet fluorescent charging module light fitting

Today, one gadget was made faulty by one contractor. Haih. It is repaired now, but I was worried about it this afternoon as if it is my child. In fact, it is one of my invention made out of scraps.

This is a modified 4 feet fluorescent light fitting, and it is powered by AC and emergency pack.
Emergency pack is a kind of device that store charges during AC powering, and it auto switch over to battery use when the AC is cut off. I was browsing through the scrap last year and found this light fitting that people dispose of it. Took back three light fittings and strip off the component and reassemble the working parts.

Secondly, I went to the scrap with a meter and find a working charging module, and working battery. They are just dispose because there are certain fittings where the charger is faulty, but the battery is good working. And another light fitting where the battery is not working, but the charger is working.

I study the wiring and re-modify the circuit to integrate the 4 feet light fitting and the charging module and battery together. And after all is done, check for short, and connect to portable power protector. It lights up, and the meter shows 6 volts for the battery charge. Then, I switch it off, and it changeover to battery. Yippy~! A new toy to play with. Then, the battery is expanded to 6 cells parallel to give it a longer holding time because it is to hold more current into the circuit, so that a normally standard 30 minutes light up time can extend to maximum 1.5 hours.

The light fitting is a very useful tool in the Annual power shutdown event, where the lights are all switched off, and the portable light fitting comes in handy in not only in places where there is no power, and also for lighting up the way as we walk in the dark.

One day, the light fitting dropped to the floor, and the casing is split into two. Hmm… was very sad over this creation, and look for some tools to repair it back. Then, when the handling pose a problem, I added a handle to hold the light fitting. And it can now be carried around easily, and hook on any hook through the handle.

Now in this new environment, this light is still the best because it can light up a place such as bathroom because the lights were dim. And allows me to see the repair work more clearly.

So you see, a scrap can even be modified into good use rather than going to the scrap yard.

Hmm… maybe one day I can open a recycling plant. Yup. “Save the Earth.” ORCarrier recycling plant” … hmm… I like that.

KTV

I am picking this skill now. It is really good, cos it gave me the feeling. I am currently learning some new songs. Well, most is from Ayumi. Songs like “End of the world”, “Faraway” I like most is “Key” Because it is a song that is very highly touching. The song is about picking oneself up from the trouble, and it needs a lot of emotion to sing it.

Then the other is “Together with”. A really really sad song of how a girl like the guy, and wanted to let the guy know, but she couldn’t. She fall for the guy, and not know where the guy is, and wanted to go around the world to look for him. It is a real sad song, that once made me moved my tears singing it. Aiyah, too bad no one understands the meaning behind the lyrics. . . . All look so blur listening to me sing. *Kwah Kwah*

Mistakes

Like the song “Together with”, I made a mistake once, I let emotion got in my way, and it cost me dearly. So much that I couldn’t forgive myself. I was so confused, and got angry real bad, and it cost me dearly. I want to go back, but I couldn’t go back anymore. I wanted to find again, but I couldn’t find again.

Problem with Anger

Anger, it cost me dearly, I so wish I could get rid of this problem soon. I do not wish history to repeat again. It have been more than 2 years now since we parted. But we just could not be the same again. After all those incidents, and the pain that I caused you. I know, I couldn’t be with you again even if I would. The feeling will not be the same again, we will no longer trust each other again even if we got together. I could do nothing, but to move on, instead of sitting down thinking whether to go back or move on. For me, I chooses to move on.

It has cost me a lot more than just you.

Jealousy, you know, it got in your way. You are jealous of me and my dear sister, why we are so much closer than I do you. I have been with her for a long time(26 years), longer than you. But at that time, I am totally for you. Yet you do not believe, and you think I am for my sister. It is something that I really really could not stand. When I got you the one thing you want, you shove it away saying it was for someone else. But it is really for you, and you don’t believe it. You believe it is for my sister. I just will never forget that word you said. But I wanted the whole world to know this:

"My sister, will forever be my sister, and I will never leave her alone even if it is for you. Nothing can change the fact."

I hope you know what am I talking about when you read this.

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僕たちわ心に同じ
傷跡を残しながら
背を向けたまま振り返らずに
そっと強く歩き出しました

Leaving the same scars
In our hearts
We quietly and strongly began to walk
With our backs turned, not looking back

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Together with. . . Ayumi Hamasaki.

Late Appointment

2009-04-02T21:26:00.000+08:00

Today someone really got it from me this time.

One big thing that I really hate is someone late for appointment. I really hate those people who doesn’t keep to their time, cos it would disrupt my schedule. And this time round, he really disrupted not only my schedule, but the reputation of the company.

One of the contractor is to deliver an item to a very long term resident, and the appointment set is 1500. Because of him, I dropped off everything at 1455, and went to the lobby to wait for him. Until 1515, he is not here yet. I continued to do my job, until it is time to almost close shop at 1700, he came at 1650. As the resident needs it urgently, I went up and meet him to bring him to the house. The housekeeper is the only one inside, and they were surprise it is so late. The owner has gone out to her friend house. They scratched the table, which left a deep scare. I noted it down, and then as they set it up, there are two wires not connected. It was found that it is connected to the video player and DVD player.

How to watch show without the video cable connected wo. I asked him to connect it back, and he just said:”I dunno connect to where.” I just bear with it, and then, before they left, they left a plastic bag inside. Later, there is some confusion over the setting, and the housekeeper has to call up to the owner to return home. Before we left, I saw she was really driving fast, and come to check on the thing. She was confused as it is always the husband who set the thing. And the contractor tells her to set the thing herself. I was so dissatisfied over it, and his assistance quickly left the house.

I left with the contractor to the lobby, and I gave him a piece of my mind big time. How can a service provider provide such a service? And what will it reflect on the company image? It is totally wrong of him to do that and even as to leave a plastic bag in the room for the housekeeper to clear it simply because there is a housekeeper around. They are not only late, and out of kindness, I brought them up instead of chasing them away.

He even dares to speak back at me, and lucky for him the security step in just in time or else I will really not only scold him big time and also a big ‘souvenir’ to remember me by.

I was so very angry today. But really, the SMS of someone brought me back to my sense. I have not been that angry for a long time.

Really hope I can change this bad habit of mine.

Honto ni

Water water everywhere.

2009-03-31T23:44:00.003+08:00

Next month, someone is going to get a hefty bill for the water.

Last week, we have a pipe burst, and today, it is just too great. a 3 inch water pipe burst. and it is almost invisible.

Hmm... as I was walking around the building, I can hear water flowing inside a pipeline, and it is a completely different feeling from the usual days. I discard it, but made a note of it. 1 hour later, while walking past, the water sound is detected again, and I was getting panic now, because it seems a huge volume wo.

Calling out to my friend to go and check it, I then continue to do my things. Then, at noon, he came back and tell me there is water flowing in the pipeline, but never get to know where it comes from. OH GOSH~!

I quickly went back to check on the engineering drawing and to locate the incoming and outgoing. and This is JUST GREAT~! the engineering drawing says where to water goes to, but it does not state where it comes from. Cos it just ended at a path call summit. What does summit means in civil engineering term? I trace till like hell and then with the battery pack , hammer and a screwdriver, we went and search every corner of how the pipe goes. Have to follow the pipe which goes underground. and we open the diaphram wall access panel to pop the head in. Cockroaches everywhere. DUH~!

But then when we reached the summit, which the drawing says, WIN liao loh~! it brought us to a hazardous environment with high tension wire one. the water all flow out from the bunch of high tension wires, and the switchboard is just right on top. We go up where the summit says and gound a puddle of water on the floor. It was estimate to be rainwater, but later found it strange, because that water does not bear any algae and it is flowing non stop one. Going back to the drawing, we found there is a pipeline below the puddle of water, and went back to the spot again to locate the water gate valve which the drawing says it should have been. DUH~! no water valve. Backtrack it, we reached the third level branch, and shutting it down would disrupt water supply for three levels. We then went to shut it off after getting the green light and sits back to wait as the balance water goes off.

It was all too strange, because the water is huge wo. I go back to the pipe and found that it is a 3 inch pipe wo~! with the maximum pressure head somemore. Cham liao, a lot of water is wasted. But it is a total relief that we managed to shut off the valve. tomorrow, the engineer will be going to assess the damage ad rectification work. Please lah dun let it be me again.

Get a contractor to repair that pipe. I have a lot of work to do ley.

Mental Torment today on way home.

2009-03-30T23:58:00.000+08:00

The most terrible time, it is here today

Haih, nothing can describe it more than the mind torment.

Everyone who works with me knows that I cannot work without the Bluetooth. Today, I was repairing the fountain, and it is although raining cats and dogs, I persist to continue with the canvas over me. And guess what, the Bluetooth dropped into the water. OH~! No~! my one and only Bluetooth dropped in the water~! I quickly pick it up, and it was shorted. And then, I quickly bring it to my ofc table and turn on the heat light to dry it.

Hmm…. Did not manage to get it working. Dead. Die liao. The living survivor kit is dead.

While on the train home, I was searching for the MP5 player. OH~!!!! I did not bring it with me~!

And my mind was very tired, and dun feel like sleeping cos of the Hot chocolate that I had earlier. It does have some effect on me, but it is mild. Cannot get to sleep on the train.

55 minutes journey, no music, no movies, no books. It is a total mental torture……

Hard disk low again??

2009-03-29T22:48:00.001+08:00

Hard disk memory drain?

As I was looking at the hard drive today, I realized one thing. The Hard drive is responding slow. And doing a check there is a folder in the C drive that is not suppose to be in there. And checking on it, it is a backup folder for the entire hard disk.

Who does it belong to? Well, it is Norton 360. Apparently, the Norton 360 changed back to the default folder during a backup process, and use the C drive as a back up instead of the portable hard drive. Hmm….

Does anyone know how to stop the Norton 360 from saving into the drive C when portable hard drive is not available?

Earth Hour 2009 in SG

2009-03-29T12:52:00.001+08:00

A great fall

Yesterday was cycling home yesterday, and well, had a great fall, and hit 4 bicycles while exiting the MRT station bicycle park.

Really hate those who park the bicycle with the wheels out. Anyway, the bicycle is the number 2 bicycle, and the stem is a bit faulty. Thus, while turning, the stem got stuck and hit bicycle before falling. Duh.

Luckily the brake is still good and stop in time without any injury. But leg is a bit pain though.

Singapore Earth Hour

On 28th March 2009, I went to watch the Earth hour. Hmm… SG is not so good one. I watch it from building A. Cos among the buildings, Building A is taller than the rest. And I was actually late for it. Duh. Time plan cock up. After exiting, some buildings switch off the sign. Among the most obvious is the Singapore flyer. Buildings like Singtel is off, Pan pacific, suntec City, Tangs, Far East plaza so to speak. I was expecting the road lights to be off too. And also the Casino Construction. It is to most spoiler of the event, because the whole city, the casino construction lights is the most obvious light around the city, yest it spoilt the whole show. I was very disappointed with that and the streets light. Unlike the one in Australia, They switch off the street lights and everything. Hmm….

Over the one hour was looking and watching the whole Singapore 260 degree. I was very very surprise, and it is in my wrong estimation. The maridius mandarin 37 floor café is near empty~! I thought it would be crowded. Instead, it was only occupied on the Chatterbox. But the café below is near empty.

I was estimating the event occupancy and concluded that a lot of people will be there, and set it as my plan B. But yet, when I watch it from building A, I was really amazed to see that it is near empty. Maybe not many people know that. Hmm… Next year, I will go and watch it from Meridius Mandarin.

I saw from above, some people taking snapshot, because you can see the camera lights. As for me, I can’t take a clear shot of it, cos not a good camera. Duh. But still I watch it with my eyes only.

Then at 2130, the lights for pan pacific is the first to be one

Then follow by CPL building, then maybank. It is so cool to watch them switch on one by one. And then it is suntec, then far east plaza, and the second last is the Singapore flyer, where it switch on with the green light first. And lastly, it is the singtel building. The orchard Singtel will be the first to be on, follow by the other one in new bridge .

It was really cool. But it is a shame they did not switch off the streets light.

Sun Burnt

Yup, got sun burnt yesterday all because of the stupid fountain and the effort to set a device.

The fountain was repaired on Friday, and set to switch on on Saturday. Yet, when switch on, found the water flow is low again. I thought it was a 5 minutes job, but turn out to be a 3 hour job. Was pulling here and there, and then, gave up, think there is a bend in the pipeline. Have to remove out the whole pipe and redo again. Duh.

Sakurabo

I am learning this new song by Ai Otsuka. It is called Sakurabo, Hmm… Sakurabo means cherry. And it is a very fast pace song. If I could master this pace, I think the rest of the song will not be a problem. It is a song about a girl confessing her love to a guy because she like his smile. And it is because of his smile, the girl was in love with him, and she wish she is like a cherry (sakurabo). In the song, she mention that they are together for two years, and over the two years, there are a lot of quarrel, and stuff like that, but she forgives him and still love him because of his sweet sweet smile(Egao saku kimi to tsunagattetai).

If I master this, I would sing this in the next KTV. Yippy. 27 days away to the next KTV.

Cursed Fountain?

2009-03-26T20:33:00.002+08:00

I have been wondering, is that fountain cursed or something? how come strange things always happens when we are trying to repair this fountain?

I was getting ready to do repair, when I got a urgent call to check on a leaking. Great....Pipe burst. Duh~! Leak your head. the water came running down like rain. and everything is wet in the unit. Half a day is gone. Then when I again want to go and repair it, Got a call from the management requesting to check on the unit for repair and to finish it up ASAP. I wne to check, and great, the job there is enough to keep me occupied for the next two days. Friday and saturday. Why is this like that?

As for the other guy, he was gone to do some job too. Anyway, it requires two people to get the job done. KIV KIV KIV till next week......But, I shall perserve.

Mobile entertainment station

Today I found an item so useful, that it can pack and unpack my music station. hee hee. My music station consist of a discman, with two speaker. Hmm......Really useful. Now I can listen to Ayumi as I work. One of these days, I will get that Ai Otsuka CD too. hmm...I love Ai Otsuka Love Punch. It is a cute song like a small little girl singing. but she is quite big de loh. Can fight with Yumi Adachi. In fact, I thing Ai Otsuka can already defested Yumi Adachi, but Ayumi Hamasaki still win all.

Anyway, it is just put the stuff on this tray, and move with the workstation. and when reach there, it can be unpacked, and blast the sound loud. Once I was playing in the second floor, my friend came back tekking me he can hear it from the basement swimming pool. Hmm... got so loud mah?

*think think think*

April 7th...... Please come fast. . . in between, still so many days......will go crazy~

Focus on MB

2009-03-25T23:11:00.002+08:00

Today my mood is quite bad in the morning. I can understand people’s intention, but I just couldn’t resist the way he put it into words. Like isolating me from Building A and Building B.

Ever since I was transferred to MB, a lot of status on building A is not made known to me. I was getting lost touch of the system. This morning, there is a electrical troubleshooting, and it involves a upper level electrical circuit. Upper level electrical circuit refers to the line direcly below the Bus bar junction box.

During the testing, while I was arranging the emails and schedule, the aircon alarm came on. I look at it and see that it is off. Calling out to the officer about the shutting down, because it may affect the performance of the building. The officer reply was they are doing the testing, and telling me to stay inside the office. Hmm…This is like really voicing out. Anyway, after that, I dun even wanna tell them whether they need any help. After the boss came in, all the troubleshooting stopped. I also concentrate on my work, and arrange the day’s work.

On the way to MB, I feels that maybe he have the intention that I should be concentrating on MB, instead of A and B. Thus, when I reached there, started out my work. During the course, can hear that there is a lot of conversation around on the troubleshooting on both building A and B. For MB, it also have a power trip today. And it is a RCCB. And thankfully, the RCCB is a live earth shorted. So it is not too bad. If it is earth neutral short, then it is going to be a big problem.

I check with my friend on what is the problem, and he uses the RCCB as a testing device. Oh DUH~! Why everyone uses RCCB as a testing tool wo. Over the years, I never like to use RCCB as a testing tool. For those who do not know, RCCB is Residue Current Circuit Breaker. It is a protection device and if it is used until faulty, it can trigger a upper level, and eventually, it may reach the consumer switch room. I found the pattern on the tripping, and follow the wires as it is mentioned in the drawing. On that place, found the circuit, and disconnected the wires. After that, use a multimeter to check the wiring circuit.

The needle was pointing up and down, and we dismantle the fittings one by one, until we reached one fitting. Duh~ no ground wire. Taking another wire and connect the ground wire, I uses the meter to test again. Yup. Confirmed shorted, as the needle goes up and stopped. After removed this fitting, we went down to turn back the circuit. Yup. After the troublemaker is removed, the RCCB never trip. We dismantle everything apart, and found that one of the coil is shorted, and thus, give back my friend and tell him to change that part. And it is none other than the vulnerable electric ballast.

With a multimeter, 10 minutes, the problem is solved.

Multimeter are a very handy tool, there are analog type and digital type. I prefer analog to look for short. This is because once the needle moves, instantly, we can see the shorted. But if comes to reading, I would still prefer the digital type, especially fluke multimeter. It instantly convert the units and shows reading rapidly.

And there is a type of meter too, that can capture the shorted condition. And it is a real expensive meter. It can capture the peak of the current and the condition moments before the power is cut off by the breaker. However, this meter cannot detect resistance.

Fountain final resort

For many days, we cannot get this fountain in the courtyard to operate at optimum performance. Thus, my friend and I have reached the point of the last stand. Cement all broken holes in one day and dry it. This is gonna cost huge, but it is really something that is inevitable. Ever since the fountain faulty, people are moving out of MB. it seems that feng shui have a part to it. Judging by the pattern, if one day, the big shot come to MB and see the condition of the fountain and relates it to the loss of residence, Everyone's head will be on the line.

So tomorrow, by hook or by crook, we need to patch up the holes immediately before the big shot realise what is going on.

Anyway, it is a pain in my eye too. And due to the confidentiality, the fountain photo cannot be posted online. I have repaired fountain in building A and B before, because it is a simple equation of volume over pressure over area. Guess what, the fluid most simplest equation "Pressure = Volume * Area" exists everywhere as long as there is pipelines. People who study thermofluid should not throw this away. very simple to use.

Helpless

Sometime, I was thinking, if I have so much electrical knowledge, why should I still be going to the manufacturing line? Sometime just wish to go back to industrial engineering line, but the current circumstance held me back. . .

The Mom Song.

2009-03-24T20:30:00.001+08:00

This link is good. Very creative and fast, and is confident in singing.

The Mom's Song

Chilli crab for lunch. (o.O)

2009-03-23T22:59:00.002+08:00

Today got a very very honored feeling, because one of the resident give me a treat for lunch. I am so honored.

She is Goto san, and as I saw her coming back, she was asking me whether have I had my lunch. At that time, I was busy repairing the fountain in the courtyard, and told her I have not, and she asked whether do I eat chilli crab. I say YUP~~! And she mention some in Japanese that I have a lot of broken blur, but it seems to make out that she was having party yesterday night, and they packed some crab back. And since I like the chilli crab, I can have it for lunch. They have more at home. I gladly take the chilli crab, and put it at the table and continue to repair the fountain.

After the repair, I went back, and found out the chilli crab have a lot of gravy in it. OH~! What a waste it would be if I threw it away. And I am not going to drink it too. Thus, I was sourcing for alternative, then caught sight of a packet of Maggie mee lying on the shelf. Instantly, I take another pot and cook Maggie mee in chilli crab sauce.

With my portable electric heater, this is no stopping me from eating very delicious crab. I was surprised there are two crabs~! Wow, And the legs are very thick and fat. Although it have no claw/s, but I am content with it.

I just wanna say this: Goto san, thank you very much for your wonderful lunch. Appreciate it a lot.

きょの午後ご飯とても美味しいです。どもありがとう。

Fifth day of Aircon work

2009-03-23T05:57:00.000+08:00

23rd March 2009

Today is one of the D day. Got an email confirming the time for the repair work in one unit. And it is an occupied unit. It have been stuck for 4 days, and we are going for the fifth day. Why oh why wo?

It is all due to this small incident about aircon leaking that start the ball rolling, and now it ended up with one aircon not cold. 7 of the aircon technicians cannot find the problem. Change this, change that, but the problem never found. I wish to advise them, but telling them might make them unhappy because I am not a certified trained aircon technician.

Expansion Valve

I have been studying the process, and located the problem in the aircon’s expansion valve, but it is only a prediction and if I were to tell them this, and they change the part, and still do not solve the problem, I might be in for a mess too. So the only thing that I can do during those time, is to watch only. Today they are going to change the whole aircon. If it is really the fault in the expansion valve, I thinking changing the whole FCU will definitely solve the entire problem, because the expansion valve is in the FCU.

Hopefully, it is the last time today for that aircon. The resident is getting very impatient.

Brisbane

Hmm… caught sight one this remark, “Brisbane, Queensland, Australia arrived ….” Brisbane…It is a place where one of my friend like to visit. Say it is a peaceful town. And I love that kinda place, provided it must have a beautiful beach loh. I love the beaches. Can sit down and watch the sun goes down. If only there is someone who watch with me at that time. . . . When I was in Melbourne, found that Brisbane is 60 KM away from Rialto Observation Tower. Well, not in the sight range, but at that moment, I was thinking whether should I go to Brisbane or not. Too bad, I can’t drop off everything and go there. Will be stuck in Australia if I do that.

How does it look like? My friend was describing it so nice about the environment so well, I was so tempted to go. But too bad, Melbourne is the prime objective at that time, so did not drop off at Brisbane.

Melbourne

What makes me goes to Melbourne is because of one description from my cousin, who stays in Melbourne for a short period. He was describing how to get to certain places, price and environment. It is a pity we did not discuss it further because he is quite busy. Thus, I was lost when I first touch down in Southern Cross Railway station. I reached there by rail from Adelaide.

Melbourne is a very nice place, because it is a city, and there are a lot of attraction to play in. Went to quite a few places like Gaol Museum, Rialto Observation Tower, Euraka Tower, Melbourne Central. So much places. Only regrets? Did not managed to go to Victoria Market, and did not buy that monkey that can sing and move. So funny one. Wow, really regret I did not buy that monkey. It is not found in SG one wo.

One follow another...

2009-03-22T19:56:00.001+08:00

One assignment down……

Phew, yesterday and today, was staying at home to rush on the assignment for this design stuff.

Hmm… I was mixing paint yesterday, and well, made a big big mistakes, but I learnt one thing. Fluorscent paint are not opaque. They are a bit of transparent, and does not cover cracks. They requires a base coat to work well.

I got to realize it when I sprayed the second layer and then, test it on a piece of glass. I was so astonished that the fluorescent paint that I got is not opaque type. Anyway, it is my first time to use fluorescent paint, because this paint have a mixture of two colours. And the result is actually darker than I predicted. No way turning back after I sprayed the second coat. It would destroy the whole thing if I clean it off……

It took a long time to spray, cos have to spray three layers, and then add on the clear spray for paint protection.

Paint protection is a type of clear spray, and it is to protect the user from the paint powder. Every paint will have the tendency to be rub off easily, this, a last layer of clear spray will stop the paint dust from falling off, and also to protect the paint.

Anyway, today was rushing for the assignment, and finally finished it at 1830. Yippy. But it is dark now, no chance to go out cycling. Just as I thought the assignment is finished, another one came. When will it ever end wo?

Feeling so stressed up sometime. Work, study sleep, work study sleep. Like a machine.

Smoke detector activated at home

2009-03-22T13:03:00.001+08:00

Smoke detector

Today the smoke detector activated. Hmm…. So it is working loh. But it is a very clumsy of me, cos I was doing the fish steaming, and then went back to do some PC stuff. Then as I was eating and suddenly there is a loud beeping sound.

I got my lazy butt out of the chair and found the whole kitchen is in smoke. Oh no~! the wok is dry and black steam coming out. Gotta quickly turn off the gas and spray water in it. And there goes my fish along with it.

Lucky at home got smoke detector for someone forgetful as me. The smoke detector is although a bit expensive, but it is running on battery and can last a long time. Think this is the second time it is activated. The first time is also the same, but it is my mum who left the wok on. At that time she does not knowhow to turn it off. Hee hee.

Anyway, smoke detector are best installed around the kitchen, because kitchen is most vulnerable to fire. Else the smoke will be all over the house. And also, the fire extinguisher should be best kept in the bed room. Cos the bed room is where people mostly sleep, and it is more convenient located if woke up from sleep.

Fire Extinguisher

My family think I am a bit kiasu, got Smoke detector, for Fire extinguisher around the house. But fire is always unpredictable de lor. So goes the Chinese saying, feed the soldier for a thousand days, use it in a moment. That extinguisher is a 2.5KG, enough to put out a small fire. I tried a 9kg fire extinguisher before and it can really spray for a long time before it got empty. Just a second of spray can spread a huge cloud of white powder, deprive the fire of fuel to burn.

Among the fire triangle of heat, fuel and oxygen, the most easiest part to control is the fuel. So the white powder is to create a barrier between the fuel and the other two, it can stop a fire.

Lovely Day

It is a lovely day today, wish to go out to cycle. Been a long time since I use the other bicycle. And this weather is really a great time to go cycling. Why why so many stuff to do. So much things to do, yet so little time.

Would I be out cycling now if I do not have any courses at hand?

Fancl Mild Cleansing Oil

2009-03-21T22:07:00.001+08:00

Yup, it is proven and confirmed.

The previous days of sleepless night is due to the effect of the sun screen that I used.

Sun Screen

The sun screen is used to block out the sun ray’s UV because it can damage the skin under long exposure. This is especially useful when I am doing work on the roof top, especially so, because there have been many cases of roof leaking. Well, they are solved one by one but the fact that the root of the problem is never solved, nowadays have to just trace and find where is the source of penetration.

Anyway, gotta finish up using that sun screen then.

Fancl mild cleansing oil

I was introduced to the Mild cleansing oil by Rachel of the Fancl in Jurong Point the other day before, and after trying it out, I guess I had a good night sleep. Is it because of the real fact that the sun screen remains on my skin and not washed off with the use of only cleaning powder? Or maybe I was really dead beat wo. But anyway, it feel good nowadays maybe cos the sun screen is completely cleaned all thanks to the Fancl Cleansing oil.

Fancl product

The good thing and special about fancl is that they do not use preservative. Because petroleum and mineral oils are harmful to the skin. Can you imagine the feeling of rubbing petrol on your face?

They are also striving to improve on the product so that there are better safer health product.

I was wondering how good it would be, if Fancl have a facial shop in Sg, and then, most of the thing is using the fancl product. I might be the first in the queue.

Japan Vs Australia

2009-03-21T13:31:00.006+08:00

Australia Vs Japan

Hmm… Was having this dream yesterday night, and wake up, suddenly thought of two people’s comment on Japan. Duh~ But it is good to go oversea with another person, else end up like the Melbourne trip last year...

My Dream

I was having this dream that I was in Japan with a friend. And we were actually having fun, and then, woke up and find the clock near to 12. Why wo. Why is this biological time always wake me up at 12 de. And it is a very sweet dream then. After waking up, I remembered two Japanese conversation with Ishisaki san and Goto san few weeks back. They were introducing me to the japan’s town, and what to look out for. Basically, my three target is Osaka, Hokkaido and Tokyo, but then after tasting Hakata Ramen, I am thinking of Hakata. And Goto san was telling me that if I do not like a fast pace environment, I should give Tokyo a slip, cos Tokyo is a very busy place and everything is expensive unless there is a local to guide around to the cheap places. So I ask Goto san will she be back in Tokyo by year end, but she have no definite answer. Thus, I think I better give Tokyo a slip.

SK in Narita

While on the facebook, caught sight of one more photo. Wow, one of my friend is in Narita for a trip. And it really looks beautiful. So Beautiful I wish I will be there tomorrow. Haih. Why am I stuck here. Again. It beats me to wonder, should I go ahead with the Australia trip this year? Or change it to Japan? Hmm…. If I was in Japan, bring me to Hokkaido or Osaka first. In Osaka, might be able to meet up with none other than the famous. Razor Ramon. Or even best, Ayumi~! Thus, Australia is still not confirmed trip, cos of one circumstance. If not going to Australia, I will and WILL definitely go to Japan, and probably meet up with some client there if they are back in Japan. If I were to go to Australia, I wanted to taste more oysters~! And another round of Ned Kelly Retreat. Definitely to see the place again, Oyster shop…. If save enough, maybe can go for combo trip. To Australia, and then to Japan. Hmm… Hope by that time, my Japanese language is capable enough to guide me. Yesterday’s conversation with Sawazaki san have really questioned my Japanese language really hard. Met Sawazaki san along a corridor and she has a question about her room. And I find it hard to answer back because the problem is something new, and it doesn’t appear in my vocabulary. In the end, have to reply most of the answer in Katakana. Duh. And she is not familiar with a lot of katakana too. So a bit about the duck and chicken talk.

Newton Food Center

Have anyone caught note of this big news in town now? Wow, I really think the American is now having his last laugh now, Good Job Mate~

Shame

It is really a disgrace and shame of what the food hawker did, and I believe it is not an isolated case. Newton Food Center is one of the shop in my “Stephen’s list of black listed shop”. All because of the environment, price, and I have stopped putting my foot in after my mum and I were overcharged for the food there. They are a very shameful act.

How it comes about

It goes that this Singaporean was bringing his American friend to Newton Food center, and wanted to show him some of the local dish. And they were quickly greeted by the food paddler there, and was persuaded to sit at a shop. And that shop, have reserved seats for them, and take their order. After the food, the American and Singaporean was charged with $491 meal for just seafood and drinks. And the reason of the high price: 8 tiger prawns for $239. What is that tiger prawn wo~! The Singaporean is not happy about it, and reason with the owner. And the owner called up his team of paddler and surrounded them. Seeing the big group, they paid for the food to avoid any case. And this is where the bomb ticks. The owner should have checked his price again and open for negoiation. And the customer is really good in not calling the police. Because if they called the police, it will be an isolated case, and we will never hear about it in the news.

The power of Media

After paying for the food, the Singaporean made calls and write to the newspaper of the bad reputation about it. They have the receipt as proof, and the News media when reporting it on the Tv, asked for people to share their piece of pie. And there you have it, a lot people stand up, and the Singapore Tourist Board is really jumping into it with the National Environment Agency. The news is now over Singapore about how shameful Newton Food Center is, and I am really glad that the Singaporean stand up to it. This is because this bad reputation can put Singapore’s name on the line.

Tanglin Seafood

The stall that is involved was ordered by the NEA to shut down for three month, and one of the worker was stopped work for a year because of his attitude. So there, for $491, you afflicted a loss of 3 month’s income. I really appreciate of what that Singaporean did. It really topple everything by just one call and one letter. So you see, the Pen is truly mightier than the sword.

My personnel experience

I have been to Newton Food center some years back with my mum, to taste the food there and to try the experience. And yup, the food paddling is really like what it was mentioned. When we went to an empty seat, the food stall worker told us a big group is coming, and they reserved the seats and some others also. And we were left to sit outside with no shelter, and with flies around one. We ordered the chicken wing, sting ray fish, and drinks and other food. The food is tasted normal, but it is highly priced. After that incident, because it involves more than 2 stalls, I blacklisted the entire food center instead of only one shop. And never stepped into Newton Food Center again. I know, one day the news gonna blow. And that’s it, no one knew that Singaporean is one unsatisfied customer who will pay now, talk later.

Thanks Mate. Appreciated

More info about the good and bad reputation of Newton Food center, Got to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Food_Centre

Trip to Jurong Point

2009-03-21T00:36:00.002+08:00

Joo Koon

I was on the train, and suddenly, think of one idea. Hmm…. I have not been to the Joo Koon before wo. Is it good? So I take a ride down to Joo Koon, to take a look at the last two train station that has just recently opened. Really darn Ulu de loh, got so many factory, since it is industrial area.

Boon Lay

As I pass by Boon Lay, WOW~! Jurong point really have grown very huge wo~! I have not been there for a long time, and Jurong point actually expand out, and merge with the bus interchange. I quickly alight, to go inside and take a look at it.

So huge one, and on top of Jurong point, it is a residential apartment also. How much is it wo? I wanna buy a penthouse there~!

When can I get to buy a penthouse there? Hmm…. Anyway, I was taking a walk inside to see how is the environment like. Hmm… really is very big big one. But then, there are some isolated corners, that people seldom go in one. So weird.

The basement one is one food heaven with a lot of restaurant. And At a certain corner, it is a town like Osaka, with a lot of Japanese restaurant like Ichiban, and a restaurant like shokudo also. Well, I tried one food that I have always half crave for it. Tonkotsu Char siew ramen. Hmm… It have tonkotsu, although not the same like tonkotsu chanko, but it have the same soup base tonkotsu.

Tonkotsu Soup

This restaurant really serve a thick tonkotsu soup, because they comment it is cooked for long hours. Hmm… Anyway, I still crave for Tonkotsu Chanko. Chanko chanko, where are you? Doko ka.

The ramen is according to Osaka cooking, but it seems to be the hakata ramen method of cooking. Cos you know, Osaka Ramen have kimchi and garlic. Whereas hakata is cooked tonkotsu. OH YEAH~! Kimchi is one food that I do not favor. So Osaka ramen is not for me. Then again, I wonder does the people inside know that the ramen they are cooking is actually according to hakata instead of Osaka? And yup, Hakata ramen, is second to none, do you know that?

And the best Japanese Ramen, is none other than Sapporo Ramen. Yum Yum. The legendary miso ramen, that have aka miso that is rich. And well, I personally do not like miso, cos it is salty de lor. So I would still choose the Hakata Ramen. Yum yum

Ramen

The ramen comes with a half boiled egg, Ramen and veggie, and of course, the tonkotsu soup. And after that, I hop over to the shop opposite to see the Kuriya seafood market. Ootoro~! They have Ootoro. Hmm…. Ootoro is the most valued piece of fish sashimi. It is actually the Tuna tummy, and it is soft and tender. Duh. Did not get it, but I got one stuff that I have not yet found it anywhere else. And it is the Salmon Skin. Hmm…. Not many people know that salmon skin is actually edible one. Except the chef must scale the fish first. Else not nice. I do not like to eat fish that have scales. Hmm…. The salmon skin can cook soup, and fried rice or maybe, grill it. And with the hot stone also can. And after grilling, I can recover the fish oil, and use it for cooking too. Hmm…. And one part of the skin is near to the salmon tummy, so it is actually consider to be part of the tummy too. And the sushi chef really is smart to make every last piece count.

Fancl

After that, just walked a bit through and came across another shop of interest. Fancl. Hmm…. Went in to take a check on the skin, cos just curious. I was greeted by Rachel, the sales there. And she is quite friendly and offered some advise. Got the skin checked and after some discussion, I suspect one of the factor that might cause me to have sleeping problem, might be the sun screen that I am using. And after the checking, she mentioned that the sunscreen is one thing that doesn’t come off after the cleansing. Cos sun screen is like a layer of oil, have to wash many time then can get rid of it. And then she showed me the Makeup remover called Mild cleansing Oil. It is used to clear off the makeup on the skin, and demo a part on the hand. And it really did come off. Both hand put sunscreen, one hand wash with the washing powder as what I did, and another washed with the cleansing oil. It appears that the cleansing oil wash off the sun screen better. Hmm…. Hope to try it soon and confirm whether is it because of the sun screen that causes me sleepless night.

As you know, Fancl is the one of the cosmetic that doesn’t use preservatives in the product because it can harm the skin one. So I uses washing powder after that, because it really is nice feeling. Only that since I uses sun screen, it seems to be oily everyday. Hope can get rid of it soon then can have peaceful sleep. Fancl seems to believe that good news are to be spread form mouth to mouth, so that is probably why you seldom see fancl promotion on anywhere. And it is good marketing strategy. Or is it probably most of the advertising are in Japan? Hmm….

Aircraft Light

2009-03-20T06:56:00.003+08:00

Air craft Light

How many people have ever wondered, what are the red lights on top of building used for? The red light that is on at night, and then in the morning, it is gone.

These are aircraft warning light which serves as a very important function in warning aircraft that flies low or out of control to know where the building are. Especially for the highest tower, it will be accompanied with flashing light to go with it.

In here, all buildings have to ensure that the aircraft warning light is switched on at night, and periodic checks are done to ensure they are in working condition. Otherwise, a big fine would be imposed on violation.

I was in the roof top checking on it, and found out it is not working by timer, but rather, it is by light sensor. It will switch on when it gets dark, and then, switch off when it is a clear sky. So innovative. And testing it found that both bulb are blown off. How come wo? Went to change the bulb, and it is quite easy to change one.

It is another sunny and hot day.

Fire Drill today......Whole day under hot hot sun.

2009-03-18T21:22:00.004+08:00

Fire Drill

Today is the day of the most exciting day. Fire Drill. And we are talking about REAL BIG fire drill. Hmm…. It is some sort of a test, to check whether are we able to cope in the event of real fire. As everyone know, fire can grow extremely large in matters of 3 minutes, and then grow big to overcome a human in matter of 8 minutes. Before the fire team arrive, I was to do fire fighting with other members so as to contain the fire situation to stop it from spreading and extinguish it if possible.

Thank GOD it is a sunny day today and not a raining day. else big problem with wet suits.

Lucky that this round, there is no casualty to carry, else real heavy wo. In Singapore, most commercial building have to have a certified fire fighter, so that the person who is in charge of the building knows what to do in the event when fire breaks out. Well, morning did three scenario, which is electrical equipment on fire, Cooker hood on fire and fire explode. Duh. The suit is quite easy to wear, but it is the insulation that keep the body heat. Insulation on the clothing is good to protect the fighter from heat, but it helps to keep the body heat too. So when wearing it for 30 minutes, really sweat a lot. And it smells.

Anyway, in the morning it was fire drill with hose reel, and in the afternoon, it is fire drill with fire extinguisher and wet riser. This is to test whether the person is competent in laying out the rubber hose and keeping it within a certain amount of minutes. Imagine, you have to put on the shirt, legging, boot, glove, helmet, facemask and gas tank in under 1 minutes. And then, have to grab the rubber hose, lay out, and install the plug and then fire the jet of water. So tiring. And team work is really very important. And it is most common that the one who shout the loudest will be the leader. Good thing I passed again. Yippy. It is worth the hard work.

Funny thing in the afternoon is that when using the fire extinguisher, there are some unfinished fire extinguisher. Then took the rest and spray all around the floor. This creates a snowy floor, and everyone who is in the way become white because of the powder. Duh, It feels good to be able to press something that no one dares to touch. Cos each time the lever is pressed, money is gone.

Oh, the Civil Defense are here with the fire engine and ambulance too, in case things got out of control.

Thanks to those who joined me in the exercise and the Civil Defense people today.
Really is heavy to carry that tank and the hot steaming suit. Even putting on the face mask requires a trained technique.

Face mask with Gas tank

Everyone think a face mask with the gas tank is easy to operate. Actually there are a lot of things to check before putting it on. It is to protect the person from inhaling the thick smoke caused by the fire. Without it, people can die, because the smoke have taken up the oxygen. So the Gas tank has to be used. Nearly choked because the plug doesn’t come out and the air valve closed. But it is a very valuable lesson today, cos if the plug doesn’t come out, just plug it in again and redo. Thank you Jesus for the sudden inspiration. Else might be choking and collapse. So don’t ever operate the face mask with the gas tank without proper training.

Get to keep my fire fighting certificate again. Yippy. If fail, it will be revoke and go for re-course. :P

Foam Fire Fighting

this book I find it quite useful. It speaks about foam fire fighting, and the other various technique such as how to spray the water, how ti use the fire extinguisher and hot to stop many scenario of fire before it escalates.

IT show 2009

2009-03-16T07:18:00.001+08:00

IT Show 2009

Yup, it is that day of the event. IT show 2009. And this is getting more and more crowded and popular in Suntec City.

It have a lot of cheap IT equipments going on sale. Most of them in the town now is the Netbook, and the laptop. Hmm…. I think the most cheapest there is the Compaq desktop. But I would prefer for the netbook. And came to think of it, if I were to get a netbook, I may consider Acer or Sony. The sony is really small, but you have to fork out extra $1000 for the lightweigh and smallest size. That is with the sacrifice of the DVD rom. There are the standard 3 USB ports for netbook. I guess it is not enough. Cos one for mouse, one for the laptop cooler and one for the external DVD rom, it may not be enough for extra thumbdrive.

Power saver

One of the most annoying is the power saver in the exhibition. Have anyone went to the 6th floor power saver called Mini Sun? wow, it is already crowded, and the sale there just approach anyone and tell them the feature of the power saver and pull them to the counter and demonstrate it. And I bet the most astonished part would be the price. As they are into the sales, when I asked them about the phenomenal of the electricity meter fluctuation up and down during using, they do not know a single thing about it. Hmm…. But anyway, doesn’t that action refers to touting? They really is out to get the customer one. As for me, I did not get one of them, cos I already have one at home. And It is more easier to install than theirs, which have to find a spot to place the device. It is called power-tune. Hmm…. Maybe one day I should load it up.

Power saving device works by storing and releasing electricity charges, and stop the surge, which is considered unusable by the electrical equipment. Try this on, you put the multi meter on the powerpoint, does it gived you the value of 235.0 and stays there? You may see that it keeps jumping on the numbers? Power saving device is a device that stabilize the power voltage so that all the power that you purchased is spend to the every last milli ampere.

New MP5 player

From the IT show, I got three stuff, external hard drive, Norton 360 and a keyboard.
The external hard drive is great for storing the data, cos the old external hard drive is almost full. I am trying to keep the internal hard drive free, so that it would be faster. As for the Norton 360, yup, as expected last year, the Norton internet security is expired, so since there is a promotion, I might as well get a Norton 360, so now, it is a bit upgraded. Quite a good bargain, cos it is $84 for three Pcs. With two PC of my own, the extra one license is sold to elmo’s owner so that she can use it.

I actually intended to get a Razor mousepad one, cos I do not have a mouse pad for one of the most important PC at home. And playing games requires precision control so that I can play it accurately. The razor keyboard is really a killing, cos it cost $129 in the IT show. After considering it, I get a mouse pad instead. A Razor mouse pad. As I was about the make purchase, one down turn happened. Can only pay by Cash, not by electronic means. Oh no, that mouse pad cost $28. And I only have $1. Sadly, I did not buy the mouse pad in the end. Later while scouting around, found another corner selling mouse pad too. I went and found out that it have a Promo of buying one keyboard and get a free mouse pad. There mouse pad is also a near precision, and I feel it is great. Maybe I can use the keyboard and replace my laptop keyboard. Got it at $79 for the keyboard and then, got a free mouse pad. Such killing.

As I was walking through, caught sight of a new gadget. A Mp5 player. Wow, it is really a huge screen, and it is all digital. Got it quite cheap It can store movie files and plays it while on the Go. Quite a useful stuff for me, especially the HP ipaq is faulty now. It is less than a hundred dollar for it. And the best part is the memory is expandable. So tried it and find it great. And there are a lot of Indians going for such player. Some of them go for the phone there too. And guess what, it is also selling the HP that I owned it some days ago, the Chang Jiang A380.

Went on both Saturday and Sunday one, cos Saturday have to work, so did not manage to get enough time to walk all through. On Sunday, the 4th floor is really really packed. As it is reported by the news, it really is a fully packed on Sunday one.

PC electrical control box upgrading

2009-03-08T17:13:00.007+08:00

Upgrade electrical box

Today, it have finally started. Upgrading the electrical box in my home that control the PCs. It is just to add a new push button on off switches and add in contactors in the circuit.

Why the upgrade?

Since the thing have been installed, the electrical circuit because of high amp startup, has blown off two relays. Both of them are burnt at the contacts. And one day, I was watching it switch on and off, there is a spark on the contacts. And using a clamp meter, it registered a high amp of 5 amp during the instant startup.

Thus, I decided to add in contactor along the circuit to protect the relays. As the relays are to only take in only 5A as stated on the casing, I add in the contactor which can take in a higher current of 25A.

Modification

Through the upgrading, the Laptop and wireless supply is also upgrade from normally open circuit to normally closed contact. This is so that after starting up the electrical box, there is no need to press another button to switch on the wireless power. Of course, there is still an option to switch off the current by a push of the button

Hmm…. It is a simple modification, so no need to spend more time on it.

Old System

The old system is to power up by using switches, and after the power is switch on, I have to push a button to startup the power for the wireless, modem, laptop laptop cooling fan. During the startup there is a surge of electrical current when the relay electromagnetic is warming up and pull the contact in micro seconds. During the process, the power created a spark, and cause the contact to melt in very small amount. During the power down, the magnetic de-energise by the parabola curve, and until the stage where the spring takes over and pull the contact away. Over time, the contact melts more and created a weld by itself. And on that day, it would be joined together and cannot be seperate. that is what was observed on two relays that suddenly stopped functioning. I have to dismantle the entire relay, to find the arced material on the contact.

New System

The new system works by contactors, a more powerful type of relay, and it is powered by a more powerful and faster magnetic. It also have a more powerful spring that pull the contact out so that arcing is avoided. And to add to the point, it can withstand 25A, which is 5 times more tolerant than a normal relay.

The new system after the recircuit, void the need for switches. instead, it is operated by another contactor in a single box with the red and green button. The green buttone when pressed, it will power up the contactor, and in turn power the control box. After the rewiring for the laptop power circuit. it automatically switches on by itself without the need to press another button. Thus, All I need to startup everything, is only to press one button to on, and one button to off.

During the poweroff, the current will stay in the push button box contactor so that there is no need to switch off the power supply, and risk being shocked. and also, it saves energy, because there is no standby power. The rest of the buttons remains off. At the same time, also tidy up the wire so that it would be risk-free of electrical shock.

KTV on 7th MArch

2009-03-08T00:46:00.005+08:00

It have been a long long time since I went to the KTV. hmm.... after so long time of studying, I decided to take a break yesterday and joined a group into the KTV.

Thanks to Paul and Jonathon for organizing it.

I guess it must have been a long long time since I went to KTV. I actually planned to sing one sone by Ayumi, Rainbow...... But after searching and searching, there is no Rainbow in the song list. But anyway, managed to sing "Together when" as a replacement. The last time I sang it is "Carol" and this time, "Together when" is easier to sing. It is actually a sad love song one. hmm.... Then saw the title "moments" and "To be" thought of singing all of ayumi, but think won't have enough time to sing other songs, so only leave it to "Together When" Pity, there is no hiragana on the kanji, cos found there is two words, that is repeated, but dunno how to prounce it. Anyway, sang Zhang hui mei's "Remember" and I remembered of someone. . . .

That someone is someone whom I am close with, and was suddenly feel sad, because it is the last song that I sang with a person whom I am very close with. No longer in town, and she is married liao. just feel so sad that destiny doesn't exist between us. What's left now is Memory. That's all. Lucky the lights is dim in the room. hee hee

I was puzzled that the KTV do not have Aikawa Nanase's songs in the list. hmm.... how come wo? Aikawa is the rock queen wo. And suppose to have her sone to, else I would be singing "Ima de mo" and it is one song that I like. Or maybe "Paradox" too. hmm.... anyway, now over liao. so have to wait for the next time to sing KTV then.

Just one of these days, I hope I can get KTV version of Ayumi from Japan. hmm.... maybe I can ask any Japanese who will be going back to japan, and ask then to buy back for me. Cos most of the Albums are in Japan.

Adelaide, Australia

I was browsing the photos and caught hold of one picture. Grenelg beach...... I miss it so much. I bet it is fully packed now because it is hot summer now. The last time I went there, it is a chilling weather of 12 degree. Now must be super hot now.

And speaking of Grenelg beach, we talk about Oyster shop and the tram. and the ice cream there. The ice cream must be a hot seller now too.

Adelaide is a great place, because everything is slow. And it is lovely beach. with the horizon. and people fishing can fish out a lot of fish and squid. Oyster shop. Oh how I miss it, cos it is simply delicious and the barramudi fish and chip.

Everyone is so friendly, and greets the bus driver. I bet it doesn't exist here in Sg, where the passengers ignore the bus driver who greets them. and rarely you will see people bid "Thanks mate" when leaving the bus in Sg.

I hope I can go to Adelaide again, and then to Gold coast. or even Darwin. hmm.... As for Melbourne, I have one one regret is that I did not managed to go to the Victoria Market, as I woke up late. But I managed to get to South Melbourne Market and St Kilda Beach. hmm... How many years later, can I go back to Melbourne again.

Remembered that I was feeling very sad with Mr Xiao Lao Shu when leaving Melbourne......

Heat shock Phenomenal

2009-03-07T12:39:00.000+08:00

Heat shock

How many people in the world realize the effect of a phenomenal called Heat shock in PC?

Heat shock, is a hidden fault in all heat generating product. And one of them is PC, laptop. The smaller the windings in the laptop, the more prominent is the effect. The hotter the thing gets, it will expand up. And when the PC is off, everyone thought the wiring of the PC will contract and cool down. However, it is not true. After the PC is shutdown, cooling fans are switch off as well, and the temperature will build up continuous until the surrounding environment is hotter than the rest of the components and the wiring continues to expand further before the air convection and conduction intervene in the heat transfer process and bring the component down.

This is the reason why computers fails after some years in service especially to those who switches on and off the PC. Company servers will rarely encounter this effect because they are running 24 hours 365 days per year. And even if the server is shut down, the cooling room speed up the convection process so that the components will not be affected by heat shock.

For me, I uses a separate power supply for a fan that is blowing the heat out from the laptop. This is so that after switches off the laptop, there is still another fan to continue workind to blow the air out of the laptop before it encounters heat shock.

If you are using the open concept PC, you can put a thermometer near to the processor, and observed how the temperature rises even after you switches off the PC.

Kaerimasu Vs Kawaimasu

2009-03-06T23:01:00.002+08:00

Today, I met a Japanese, and she enlightented me on one japanese words Kaerimasu. For a long time, I have been wondering the difference of Kaerimasu and Kawaimasu, cos they have the same meaning.

Thank you, Goto san.

I was in one unit, and after doing work, I asked Goto san about the question. She is a very nice lady, and is from Tokyo, the City of Japan. She is one of the japanese who is fluent in english, and I was so happy that I can communicate a bit to her in english. After some examples and talks, I found out that Kaerimasu and Kawaimasu has the same meaning. But, they are used for different ways.

Kaerimasu, is the word used for noun, thing, object. Whereas Kawaimasu, is used in people, and most widely used in telephone. and it is formed into the 'te' form.

Kaerimasu is a converted form of 'imasu' from kaeru. so these are the different.

I assessed my japanese level, and found out that my standard is only primary one standard. Wow, so low wo. haih. Benkyo benkyo

Tonkotsu Chanko

New target. Chanko.

Chanko is a hot pot traditionally eaten by Sumo wrestler. It is full of fat and energy. And can you imagine eating something fat for everyday? You sure will become like Sumo. haha. Speaking fo Sumo, it reminds me of Yokozuna. The famous Sumo who entered the World Wrestling Federation in the US.

Anyway, I learnt that one place in Raffles Quay serve this dish, tonkotsu chanko. yum yum. a new delicacy from Japan perhaps. Will be going for it next round. According to the reception, a hot pot of tonkotsu Chanko is $40 for two people. Yum yum.

And if possible after that, There is a restaurant also selling the famous shell, Sazae. It is a spiral shell, and is a very tasty delicacy. I used to go look for it, and found it in a shop in Ginza plaza. but then, after some time, found out that MArketplace also sells Sazae. Goto san is also quite familiar with sazae.

Expense check

I was checking my expense for this month, and found that it is 67% overbudget. hmm... This is because the PC show is coming, and I will be buying external hard drive on that day. plus, a razor mantis mouse pad. hmm.... This is for my Master PC. cos ther eis no mouse pad. and sometime, the accuracy is not right sometime.

Bills

Then, the next will be the bills. bills bills bills. the neverending bills. Got a powertune installed, so will be using less energy. and this time, I learnt that the Power saving device should be fixed closer to the Main distribution board. On finding out about it, I tap a powerpoint direct out to beside the Main distribution board. hee hee. close enough le bah. And it is governing the many power eating devices, such as water heater, fridge and TV. Hmm.... just a simply wiring bah.

Tiger Airway experience

2009-03-04T22:07:00.006+08:00

No good performance, SOLD~!

Today, after 3 days of using the phone, I sold off the newly bought china phone, Chang Jiang A318.

Well, back to the backup phone until I gt a new phone. The Chang Jiang A318 is good, but it is not user friendly. Such as the Music player, All the songs have to drag to the root directory before it can play. And If I am bored of listening to one album, I have to move the files ONE BY ONE. There is no way to mark the items and move them together.

Secondly, It can only read 27 members of the namelist in the Sim Card. Thus, I do not have the record of the rest of the 266 member in my name list.

Thirdly, the TV reception is not so good. picture is small and difficult to see. And the best part is that the phone sometime cannot read the sim card, and it can drop line out of the sudden. Well, I get it sold off fast, since I am not going to use this. It is such a disappointment. Maybe I should stick to Nokia. Hmm.... hope the next phone have GPS.

Medical Review

Today went to the clinic to remove the bandage, for another round of looking at it. Hmm... It have healed, and is still on the way. hope it can be heal faster, probably by the end of next sunda. This is because I may go for the manicure to treat the nails.

Tiger Airway, really suck money like tiger

My mum was back from the vietnam trip, and she was nagging at how bad the service of the Toiger airway was. hmm.... I dod not managed to get it on, so not know the detail from it, but these are her expereince.

The flight was booked on a morning flight, and then, when they reached the airport at 0700, the desk sacastic saying "Are you sure it is Tiger airway? Tiger airway doesn't serve flights to vietnam in the morning one." and then they were assigned to an afternoon flight. There are a lot of other passengers getting shocked. And the stupid part is that the travelling group is 6 member team, and earlier, when booking it, the telephone operator saying that the seats are free seating, so if want to get a seat to choose from, they should add an additional of $10 per person. Seeing that if there is not booked seat, everyone have to rush to the airport early, and thus, they paid the $60 to get a booked seat, which is on a MORNING flight.

When they found out the flight is in the afternoon, the booked seats becomes invalid, and they are to pay another $10 per person if they were to get a booked seat. WHAT A RIDICULOUS REMARK~! So if that is the case, one, the tiger airway failed to inform my mum that they don't serve morning flight, but still assign seats in the morning plane. and two, the booked seats become invalid if the flight is changed into the afternoon flight, and have to fork out another $10 for booked seat.

And when my mum is eating with the tour group in the afternnon, the tiger airway staff came looking for the passenger of the flight, and comment that the airplane is going to take off, and urge everyone to get on the plane quick. A sudden change of timing, when they were about to take the lunch. And she says that in the plane, the airplane have a lot of problem, and did not manage to take off. While checking for the fault, they switched off the air conditioning, and it is a very hot day, and thus, everyone were sweating like tap water. Some couples are very fed up of it, and voiced out to the attendant. but the attendant merely advise the people to remain seat. It really takes a long time before the airplane is able to take off. and in the end, when the plane reached vietnam, it is already night, and a WHOLE DAY IS WASTED BECAUSE THEY CHOOSE TIGER AIRWAY. When I heard it, I totally cannot believe it.

On the return flight, it is a very stupid excuse from the check in counter again. The initial paid ticket is for seven people, and then, there were actually 6 people going for the trip, and the one who did not managed to made it, give the extra ticket to no one. so it is 6 people travelling at the expense of 7 people. When checking the luggage, Everyone is entitled to check in 15KG luggage each. so if there are 7 paid ticket, there should be able to check in a total of 105KG in total.Right?

Well, as there are 6 people going and there is 100KG total on a paid ticket of 7 people, but the reception said that Luggages cannot be checked in this way. If there are 6 people, even if they buy 20 ticket, they can only check in 90KG of luggage." What common sense is this wo?? The 90 KG is because they see only 6 people. The check in attendant reply that if the person is not going, they should have change the name on the ticket. And when asking the attendant to change the name, the attendant mention this: "If you want to change the name, you should go back to the Tiger Airway office in Singapore and change the name, then you can carry 105KG in total" The most ridiculous answer wo. That means they ahve to go back to SG and then come back to vietnam, and then can check in 100KG luggage?

When returning flight the airplane got the problem taking off again, and everyone were made to delay. And when the airplan touch down, the captain was saying "Thank you very much for travelling with us, and we hope to see you again." On hearing this, one of the passengers shouted," I will never want to see you again!" Then my mum was saying in future, she will never want to travel on the tiger airway ever again.

After hearing this, I am very astonished that such service exist in tiger airway one. Feeling very disappointed. Ok, and now, the . . . . .

Blacklisted

Blacklisted, Tiger Airway. Will not travel on tiger airway after hearing the experience of my mum on this flight. Luckily I was not in the group because of the big exam, and the fact that someone have to stay here and take care of the doggies. THANK YOU~!

Amory

Today, I got an email notice from a friend, Amory Dixon. hmm... it have been a long long time since I hear from him afer his daily bread was cut off for a long time. When the hotmail prompted me for a email address that is not in the list, I caught hold of the name else it might be gone forever.

Looks like Amory is still doing fine. GOD bless you, my brother.

Faeces, how badly do you feel against it.

2009-03-03T21:51:00.002+08:00

Choked

The nightmare has arrived. Pipe choked. Duh. I really hate pipe choke. And worst still, it is a faeces, and I am out of my mind doing it.

It is a chokeage alright and it is damn ridicules, because do you know what causes the chokage?

Cement. one of the tenants is flushing cements down the pipeline. And of course, it hardened, and choked the pipe. Thus, today, is an emergency repair, because it is a major choke. and if cannot clear it, the shits will just pile up. Duh. And while doing it for 45 minutes, I gave up. Just have to open up the inspection chamber, and jump down. Phew~ the smell of it, Of course, there are some buns too. hee hee. but well, dig my hand in, and feels a hardened material. We gotta take the vaccuum machine and vaccuum the water out. and this is very bad. When the things are cleared, there are some what looks like stone. As I uses the screwdriver to pierce it, it is hard, and feels like cement hardened. How did it ended up inside the pipeline?

Was digging it like crazy till the faeces splashed on my face, and hair. In the end, managed to puncture a small hole, to let the water flows till tomorrow then continue.

Well, tomorrow, it will be the pressure jet to flush the rest of it down. Haih. as for this, hmm...It really is hard work, but learnt a new tactic today.

As for wash up? luckily there is a shower room here. hee hee. So wash myself off, and send the clothing for washing. Imagine the look of the laundry man when he sees and smell the shirt that I brought in. Haih. It is a sacrifice of money, but I get to have my rest by not needing to wash it.

Handphone trade off

2009-03-02T23:41:00.002+08:00

Today, I got rid of my Nokia N81 now.
Well, it was trade off, because it made me very fed up last time, by playing games by not allowing me to call out when I need the most.

The New HP is a Phone made in china, called Chang Jiang A318. Hmm... It have the function of mediaq player, which I needed, the bluetooth function, and it have TV and radio without the need to plug in the earphone as required by the Nokia HP.

The only problem is that is sometime is hard to navigate around, and the SMS ringtone is limited hmm....

Anyway, Today went home, and found one thing that I feared the most. The dogs shits all over the place, and made the whole room stink. Oh gosh, It was so unbearable.

The new HP is really great, because the speaker is awesome. and now with a touch screen HP, the phone cannot be put in the pocket now. cos scared that the thing that is in my pocket can damage the screen. cos the screen is a touchscreen one. hmm....

End of the ECM

2009-03-01T00:29:00.002+08:00

No more ECM

Today marks the end of the ECM, Energy conservation management.
One of the most difficult subject with lots of working formula and decimals.

Hmm... was so disappointed with the pipeline conduction, cos it is a very simple question, but because the most of the results did not convert from mm to M, most ofthe mark is gone. The funny part is although when doing the costing, and found out something is wrong, but do not know which part actually went wrong.

The next is the baseload and heat factor. Duh. Mind went totally blank, why why I always cannot remember the formulas and the method to do it in this question wo?

Finger cut

Yeah. Finger got a big and deep cut today, because out of sudden, forgot about the temperature and went to touch the wrong thing.

Was in a coldroom, attempting to change a light bulb. and this stupid light bulb, the whole fitting itself is the bulb, and not the screw type. that means, this light bulb is not suppose to turn one. instead, it should be removed with the whole assemble. I went and hold the bulb, and guess what, the cold temperature has made the bulb highly brittle, and it cracked and broke into pieces as I try to turn. One large piece of glass cut deep into the finger, and even after cut, got elecctrocuted a bit by the filament inside the glass. Anyway, in this line of work, I got used to it, and a short electrocution doesn't hurt a bit. Got a day MC, and I should have take two as the doctor advise. But there are some stuff to do, so asked the doctor to give one day insted of two.

Anyway, really sees the fact that blood flows like river. and it is unstoppable one. hmm.... took more than a day with three replacement of the dressing to stop it.

Elmo and Twinkle

When I was electrocuted, one thing quickly fall into mind: Who is going to take care of Elmo and Twinkle wo. hmm.... They are actually here for a 5 days stay, cos their owner went for holiday. Woo hoo, two little doggie to play with. Or rather, smell then and watch over them. Hmm... how does the owner managed to take care of them wo?

I gotta bring Mr Elmo out, cos he likes to pee. and peeing in the house is not allowed wo. As for twinkle. hmm.... does she not need to poo?

Raining day

Yup, a huge huge rain today. hmm... luckily I am well covered. but it is really a huge rain today. Even the fountain is overflow with the water as the overflow pipe is not fast enough to drain off the excess water.

Relieve.

2009-02-25T20:03:00.003+08:00

Yippy~

Today got the result back. hmm.... Quite relieve, cos the doctor said after studying it with another heart surgeon, there is nothing wrong.

The only fact is there are some patches in the lung areas, which they do not know what is it. Anyway, it is a good health. Yippy~! So the kill for KFC is starting soon. Will be massacre all of them tomorrow onwards bah.

So it means I can eat whatever I want. My only night mare is that I cannot eat chicken. hmm... dead chicken, of course, not live one.

Rainy day

Real rain and cooling today. hmm... simply love it. wish to have a warm cup of hot chocolate, and a music of jazz.... and with a sofa and arm ambient, so shiok......Day dreaming in work.

But if I were to choose a drink, it would be hot chocolate, cos it is warm, and I loves chocolate. Too bad, I din get to drink too often, cos of the heaty effect.

Heart broken

2009-02-24T23:37:00.002+08:00

Three hit combo, but not in the same time slot

Today I got it again, three hit. And this is very stupid one. All because of one person’s delay, jeopardize my whole work schedule. But the person apologized again and again, that I just let it go.

Anyway, I learnt one thing today. Never ever trust the power supply that is inside a light fitting. Got a terrible, and made the company making a loss of $42 because of it. Was changing the light, and found out that the light never seems to light up. Thinking something is wrong, I changed the parts bit by bit. And in the end, I made the last resort decision, I take out the whole light fitting, that the owner was very shocked. Hee hee. Brought it down, and assembled the parts that I took down back, and it Work~! Why huh? I keep on thinking over it. Then, suddenly, I just remembered that one of the joint was black in colour. Oh great. It is a arced connector. Haih.

Arcing

Arced connectors are a source of many power tripping problem. They are something that never conduct electricity effectively, and currents may jump over a very thin layer of air if there is no firm grip. Thereby, creating a electrical spark called arcing. Arcing are a potential fire hazard. When it is in a fire redundant environment, arcing will create a black waste called char. The char is a useless stuff, and as the char built up, the copper material will become thinner and thinner, and then, when the distant layer air has increased, it will no longer conduct electricity, or it will conduct electricity at irregular interval. Thus, that explains why sometime, you can see lights on and sometime it off for no apparent reason, and then it turn on again for no apparent reason, even though you have changed the light tube over and over.

Anyway, as I leave the place, I was caught up with so many thing, one bulb dropped. Bish, I have to sweep it up, and thank you Jesus, the owner is a nice lady and they have the habit of wearing slipper around the house. And then, when fixing back after troubleshooting, another light tube dropped. Bish~. I lay the last two light tube on the floor, and as I come down from the ladder, stepped on the other light tube. DUH~! Sweep three times today.

Later have to return to the job that I have left, and it is very typical type of contractor. They just do, and never do the cleaning up. Lucky I come up straight, and clean it up before the owner sees it. Hmm….

Chest pain?

What brought my days down is got a small chest pain today in the morning. Was so frightful, that I went to see the doctor. The doctor after listening through his earphone, told me to take ECG. What is ECG wo? Hmm…. Anyway, I went to take it, just lie down, and stick some stuff over the body, and wait. The nurse is very puzzled, and keep saying “how come ar” I was so curious. I ask her, but she says I should ask the doctor later. And then, after taking the ECG, there is a word on my waiting list “urgent”. Huh? Urgent?

When it is my turn to go in, the doctor take a look, and flip many pieces of it, and then ask many questions. And after that, he said I have a very irregular heartbeat, and the rhythm is not synchronized. Sometime fast, sometime slow. Told me to take an X ray and return tomorrow. Oh gosh. Something wrong with me? Haih. Maybe cos I was heart broken many time, that’s why now the heart problem bah. Hmm….Hope everything turns out alright tomorrow. 

Maybe I was working too hard.

Nokia N81, You're fired.

2009-02-23T23:04:00.002+08:00

Nokia N81

Today it finally pissed me off at the wrong time. I was out at a very troublesome unit doing checking, and halfway, I needed to call back to report the finding. And it finally draw it's last straw. when I needed it the most, the phone tried to play games with me by not allowing me to dial up. and the button go haywire. This have been happening often, but today, it is different. It faces the worst part of me.

I was so furious, I smash the phone on the floor, because it really made me fed up of it. But it is a good phone when it comes to storage because it is a N81, 8GB phone.

The case is broken, the sliding phone become four pieces. Even the tenant is very shocked at my reaction. Was really out of patient loh. then, for the rest of the day, there is no phone for me to use. As for the pieces, I get back the Sim card and throw the rest of the parts away, because it is totally unusable. Darn stupid phone.

Oh well, it is time to change a new phone. And duh, all my ring tones, all my recordings, all my photos all gone. Now, it is back to the standby phone. Nokia 6233 until I can get the new handphone.

Well, life's can't do without it now in this world.

2009-02-22T18:02:00.002+08:00

Blackout at home
Today, there is a short circuit at home today. Hmm… It have been a long long time since my house have a short circuit.

Anyway, after checking, found out one thing at home is faulty liao. It is the core electrical function device at home that causes it. The Power stabilizer. Oh gosh. We are now running electrical power at unstable rate now. Cham cham. It is red alert to get the replacement fast.

The power stabilizer is the core electrical equipment because it stabilize the power current, and reduce the wastage of unused current at home. It is something that this home cannot do without it. The theory goes like the electrical current from outside comes in at unstable rate. Meaning it can be 237.6VAC, or 324VAC. During the spike, some of the electrical can go to waste. And the function of the stabilizer is to keep the current at 235.0VAC no more and no less. It acts with the principle of the capacitor, and stores electrical spike and release during the downstream frequency.

Without this, electrical bill can be quite high as some electrical goes to waste. Why does everything have to spoilt at this time when I was busy preparing for the exam? Why huh?

Terminator: The Sarah Cornor Chronicle Season 2

2009-02-21T13:24:00.002+08:00

Finished

Yesterday I finally finished watching all 13 eposide of The Terminator. While some are long winded but there are hidden plots around, and sometime, John really made the wrong decision not because he is following Cameron's advise, but Riley.

Riley is a troublemaker at time, and she only saves John once, from Cormady, the T-888 who is out to kill him.

I think Cameron is the best terminator sent back, because she saves john many times, and gave him lots of advise. And as a troublemaker, Riley is actually another girl sent back by one of the resistance soldier who views cameron as a threat. When Cameron found that Riley is a threat to john's life, she tried to warn john many times, but john does not listen to her. She kills terminators, and while others are sleeping at night, Cameron sets out into the dark, to locate the rest of the terminator sent back by Skynet to keep the future away from Skynet.

As described in one eposide, Cameron is actually another advanced type of terminator, who is designed to infiltrate the resistance, and eliminate the terminators that are re-programmed to fight for the resistance. But in the end, she was captured, and reprogrammed by John to destroy the terminators that became dedicated back to skynet after some time. Even Cameron is puzzled of how terminators are returning back to normal. Cameron is later sent back, to bring Sarah, and john to a forward date, so that sarah would escaped the day when she is died of cancer, and the date when Skynet is being developed. However, as they did this, they have changed the future, and many other events have taken place that Cameron do not know of.

In the future, the human resistance have grown fear for cameron because of her model, and able to destroy a lot of terminators. John have slowly developed trust in her, and listen to her most of the time. Reese was so fearful of Cameron, and warned John "One of this days, she is going to kill you". He tried to destroy Cameron many time, but John oppose it. He later drawn a line with Reese and Sarah, with Cameron behind him.

And as for sarah, She was so obsessed with the three dots, and always tries to find out which is the company that will eventually developed Skynet AI. but while they were out searching, another company is rising up, and developing AI. Katherine Weaver, is an old model of the liquid terminator that is set to develop Skynet, and none of the reisstance managed to find her. The most silly thing is the key person who is sent back to warn john about Katherine Weaver, died before he could warn him. He left some clues, names but intend to tell john to kill then before Katherine Weaver approach them. Instead, they thought it is not important, and allowed Skynet to be created.

Now lets wait for season 3, cos it ended halfway, when the T-888 which Cameron killed falls into the hand of Katherine Weaver, and Sarah found out that the three dots is actually rhe signature of the machine "Hunter Killer", Riley dying in front of Cameron and John.

Yes/No Tag in Facebook

2009-02-21T12:28:00.007+08:00

Kissed any one of your facebook friends? no
Been arrested? no
Kissed someone you didn't like? no
Slept in until 5 PM? yes
Fallen asleep at work/school? yes, most of the time
Held a snake? no

Ran a red light? yes, three times a week
Been suspended from school? no
Totaled your car/motorbike in an accident? no
Been fired from a job? no
Sang karaoke? yes
Done something you told yourself you wouldn't? no
Laughed until something you were drinking came out your nose? yes
Caught a snowflake on your tongue? no
Kissed in the rain? no

Sang in the shower? no
Sat on a rooftop? yes
Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes? no
Broken a bone? no
Shaved your head? yes

Blacked out from drinking? yes
Played a prank on someone? Yes
Felt like killing someone? Yes
Made your girlfriend cry? yes

Had Mexican jumping beans for pets? No
Been in a band? No
Shot a gun? Yes
Tripped on mushrooms? No
Donated Blood? Yes, Four times a year
Eaten alligator meat? yes

Eaten cheesecake? Yes, I love cheese cake.
Still love/care about someone you shouldn't? yes
Think about the future? yes
Believe in love? yes
Sleep on a certain side of the bed? Yes

A pipe seen inside

2009-02-20T22:49:00.005+08:00

Pipeline

The next time you looks at the water supply pipeline, after reading this, you may have a different view. hmm....

Today, One of the pipe is leaking,so the new task: to cut and replace a new pipeline. And after cutting it, and taking a look.

OMG~! is that the same pipe I uses at home?? Totally unbelievable wo.
It is at this moment, I am so much relieve that I have a water filter at home. The copper have turned to oxide through years of acidic water, and become oxide. And even though the pipeline is 2.5mm thick, it still can eat through the pipe. so powerful one.

Now we allo know what makes the kettle have stain, and also, to see some fine particles when looking at a bottle of water.

If you need to drink filtered water, it is better to get a good one, because a good water, gives a better life. I also feel better having the water pitcher by Hyflux that I bought in TANG, and at home, the water is filtered straight from the tap one. so it doesn't matter how dirty the pipeline is.

Cat for adoption

As I left to buy groceries, I was walking out and caught note of one kitten picture. Wow~ it was really cute de lor. the eye is like watery, and it is only 12 weeks old.

I was thinking: ok, you are adorable, so you get a free space in one of my blog. and here it is.

It says Kitten for adoption
Female 12 weeks old
White, brown, and blac.
Active, Playful ANd independent toilet trained.
Contact Mrs Ko on 62541079

I would love to adopt such a kitten, but the thought of seeing my house angry face and the sofa, I think otherwise.
duh

Nakai San

Today, I learnt a new word from a japanese. She is Nakai-san. She is a housewive, and while speaking and struggling for one word, she gave me an enlightment. "Wakaranai" Hey, It is really a useful word when it is very confusing of a thing that doesn't seems right loh

Wakaranai means I don't know. and it is different form Wakarimasen. Which means I don't understand.

All along, I have been using the word wakarimasen, but through Nakai san, I have discovered that wakaranai is a better word to use. And gosh, she is one of the Japanese who doesn't know english. How did people in the past communicate with her.

Oh benkyo benkyo.
Ganbarimasu

3 hit combo in one slot.

2009-02-18T20:20:00.003+08:00

Busy Day today, but I made it through

It was the most busiest day in MB today. Hmm…. Cos there is a time frame with 3 job slotted at the same time frame. Hmm. Quite busy.

I faced a new problem today. How is it that my way of scheduling is so much different from other people wo. Hmm… It was last Monday, there is a schedule out, and it is very difficult to follow. Perhaps, it is because it is other people style of scheduling. So when I take a look at it, took me 4 or 5 hours to read it, and understands it. But in the process, we missed out one, and the complaint is in. Yup. First complain wo. Haih.

Anyway, today, I was so busy, so I slot another guy in to help out for a while. It took me quite some time, to explain the routine to do it. Cos need to specify the sequence that I arranged, so that the timing will be exact and the contractor will reach there at the precise time. I was explaining so long, another stuff came. Pipe burst. Great. Pipe burst is the nightmare of all technicians. This is because it is very hard to do the cleaning up. Oh GOSH. And although the water is stopped, but the stupid pipe that came dislodged, is hidden inside the wall. And it is a sequential pipe joint all the way to the riser. Cut can, it is the connection that will be the problem. Only one way to go: CONTRACTOR. But it nis really expensive wo.

Speaking fo the same time slot, it is the 1100 to 1200 time slot.

Reading list:
Job one: Unit A: Cockroach infestation, investigate and cover all potential invading route
Job two: Unit B: Toilet to paint prior to replacement of ceiling, 3meter square area, emulsion
Job three: Unit C: Water mark on ceiling, investigate source of watermark and eradicate source.
Hmm… The most difficult is the Job 3. Which have to really climb up the concealed ceiling.

Anyway, at the end, all finished by the time frame. Wanted to go for a hearty meal, but the next job starts in 10 minutes. Wow, 10 minutes to find food, eat. Duh. Tatsukete!

One of my colleague mentioned to me one thing. When doing certain jobs, that requires payment on spot, some of them received a bit of tip from the owner one. Hmm… But I dislike the idea of taking the tip. But rather, I got a tip, that is more valuable than money itself. And that is: Knowledge. This is because sometime, after doing the things, I would ask them some tip on certain Japanese word, and well, gotta memorise them by hard. And do you know that the most common and simplest word: Thank you, exist in many form in Japanese?

Arigato, Domo Arigato, Arigato Gozaimasu, Domo Arigato Gozaimasu all exist in different form. So in certain occasion, the word Thank you, have to choose the correct form, otherwise, it would mean another thing one wo.

Ishisaki san

The very first person whom I learn the very first word in MB was from a lady, her name is Ishisaki san. She taught me the very first word in MB, that gave me the idea of checking the correct word if I am in doubt. that word is called Isogashi. Which means busy. I was in the lift, and she striked me with one sentence.

"stephen san mainichi isogashii ka."
I turned to ask "isogashii wa nani o"
"busy" she replied.

Another is an old lady which I have yet to learnt where she is from, asked me in the lift "Anata nihongo oshieru?" I first thought oshieru means teach. but later, I learned it is say. hmm.... must benkyo benkyo.

Water Pitcher

Got myself a Water Pitcher from the Tang’s sale. Wow~! I finally got it. A water filter pitcher, to filter out the water, so I do not need to boil it, and is assured that the water I drink is clean one.

It is $55 from Tangs, for a limited time only. And it also solved the problem of bringing water from home. Hee hee. I used to bring water from home, because at home, I have the water filter to filter out the water. As MB is more than ten years, the water pipeline is really questionable. Thus, I bring my own water there, until the day that I got the water pitcher.

And ever since I got the water pitcher, it is really enjoyable drinking water. And thus, no need to everytime control myself to drink only 1.5 L of water everyday. I can drink 5L a day with no problem, cos I got the filter now. Hee hee.

Thank Mr Tang for that wonderful sale.

Valentine's day

2009-02-15T11:09:00.003+08:00

14th Feb, Valentine day

What have everyone been doing?

Yup, I had it with my room air con that have not been working efficient enough. So with the help of two friend, We took out two fan coil unit in my home, and do a chemical wash for it. Hmm…. I am using Daikin system 4. The one in the living room is fine, but the other three is a gone case with all the dirt stuck in the two layer cooling coil. Then, during the dismantle, I found out that my room air con system are unlike the one I see in the workplace. They are all welded, instead of using compression joint. The daikin installer is really doing his work wo.

One of the fan coil unit was also found that the whole air con unit pipeline is behind a cupboard in the next room. Thus, this fan coil cannot be dismantle down. So have to wash it on the spot.

Valentine day. While everyone is outside celebrating it, I am at home, dismantling and washing the fan coils at home. Then for outside the condenser, a certain part of the insulation is changed, as it turns to dust with age.

Washing really reveals a lot of thick black dirt, and it took one whole day to dismantle and assemble back.

The welder is really something. He weld back the 4 joint, and then charge in the gas. At the end of the day, everything is back to normal, with cleaner fan coil. I can imagine the amount of dirt in the blower side, because just a spray of water, all the black dirt came off.

A date for the day

Then in the evening, rushes out to meet a person for dinner. Hmm…. Been planning it for a week, and luckily, I have made a booking, else, really cannot get a good place.

Everything is planned very good, view, food, location, time. But one unpredictable thing happened. The weather. Oh Duh, I really hate the haze, that came at the wrong time. It blocked out the sun set, and cannot see how the color of the sky changes as the sun sets down. And the moon, which is supposed to appear, never did, cos the haze has covered the sky. Why oh why oh?

There are a lot of flower seller on the street, but one look and it is found that some of the cheaper flowers, which are $2 or $4, are opened, and looks dried. Hmm…. Anyway, I got a special flower, which even have a cute little sticker. Quite nice de wo.

How good it would be, if time stands still at that time, and can be there for a long long time. Still, next day’s gotta work. So sianz. If we do not have to work on the next day, we might be on the street for the whole night, and catch the sun rise......Which is 21% possible because of the haze also. hmm...