Shoe Shopping

This afternoon I woke up at about 1pm after some chiong-ing of Heroes Season 3 last night... my first thought asked me that I should get myself a new shoes for the upcoming CNY... so I quickly sms the brothers to see if anyone keen to go shoe shopping with me... but in the end.. none was free in the afternoon...

When I about to think that I'll just go do the shopping myself, Patrick called me and say if I want to meet him after his bike lessons later.. Then I faster go prepare and off I go....

The first place I went was the S&K in Lucky Plaza.. bcoz previously I went there with zhutou, desmond and kiat... and I saw a shoes over there very nice... and cheap too... coz the whole shop offering 50% discount!! But I couldnt find the same pair that I saw that day... so regretted that I didnt buy that time... Patrick also found a nice jacket at a affordable price... but dont have his size already... so we both leave the shop in disappointment... >.<

After that, we went to Peninsular Plaza which also have nice and cheap shoes over there... visited most of the stores.. and i found one red strip addidas shoes in one of the shop selling at only $49... that was cheap!~ but then dun have my size too... sianz... So Patrick say wanted to visit the S&K shop in Tamp Mall de... and so we went.. this time by cab which cost me $15 to reach there... we were too tired by then and dozed off in the cab till we reached... but then the same thingy... got the jacket but dun have his size... too bad for him and me too...

But after that when Patrick went for his haircut in JeanYip... I went to shop for my shoes again blindlessly... I stepped in the Converse shop and slowly browse through the shoes they displaying there... BINGO!~ I saw one that has red strips and black background... nice.. and is only $59.90... within my budget... and so after I got my size right... i didnt think twice and just bought it...

Here is the pics of it:

Dinner with Poly Friends

It was another last minute gathering with the poly mates... I often do such kind of last minutes gathering to whoever is free... so this time i was msn-ing Siying at about 2 or 3 plus in the afternoon and was chatting how to settle dinner... and I suggested to eat together and plus the rest of the groups... so at the end of it... we had 7 ppl joining for the lunch...

We met up at 6:30pm in Tamp and initially Siying wanted to eat Ding Tai Feng... but Vivian didnt want to eat that and we finally settled at Sakae Sushi @ Century Square.. and we queued till 8pm before we get our seats... super hungry by then and we quickly grab the sushi to eat... lolx... we chatted alot in the restaurant... from studies to works.. to credit cards and to methods of saving $$... Siying & Lionel had did alot of researches on the best ways on saving $$... no wonder they makes such a good couple... lolx...

I took some pix of them... actually is for my contacts in the iPhone... but I'll post it here.. just in case one day I kana memory lost... at least I can refer back to here.... haha.. .choyeee... touchwood touchwood...

Morning Breakfast

Being tempted by Zhutou in the morning call.. i decided to try frying my favourite Cheesy Eggies Ham Pancake using my small wok that mum bought long time ago...

Here it is:

And the ingredients includes:

2 x eggs

1 x ham

1 x cheese

Yummy~

Bangkok Trip (18 Dec - 21 Dec)

It was actually quite a rush decision for the Bangkok trip with Abi, Kiat and Zhutou.. and we quickly go reserve the air tickets and the hotel room from one of the agency in Peninsular Plaza... Total we were chraged $480 just for the trip only... but we manage to secure a 3-4 star hotel for 4 days 3 nights and the SwissAir airline that transit at Bangkok... SwissAir airline is not a budget airline and Kiat told me that budget airline is actually more uncomfortable than this...

Day 1 (18 Dec 2008)

It was on a thursday and most of us are working on that day... I actually packed my bag the night before and just need to put all my necessories only... so on that day... we went back home individually and agreed to meet up in Changi Airport Terminal 1 at 7.30pm and no one allowed to be late.... and very nice that everyone is on time and take turns to check-in at the counters....

There we are inside the SwissAir plane being the 'male' models for iPhone... that was only the 2nd day that I bought it... so i didnt really update the version correctly... that day abi still laugh at me for not updating the version... Zzzz..

The plane ride was only less than 2 hours and I didnt manage to finish my movie "Hell Boy 2" yet and the movie was paused for landing... sianz.. luckily Kiat got those movies and will send it to be once we go back to Singapore...

I think it was about 11plus in the night when we reached Bangkok's airport... Zhutou was the first to be cleared from the custom and I was the 2nd... and luckily i was the second.. coz i manage to catch zhutou walking towards to the wrong direction... All of them got the wrong idea to get their lagguage at Gate 6 where it was damn far from the actual collection point... But still... we manage to get our bags and there go our frist experience in Bkk...

We met up with the agent who suppose to bring us to our hotel right outside the gate 6... and to our expectation... they really got Abi's name wrongly and written it as XUN YU... lolx... I noticed the helpless & disappointed face of her... but at least we found the agent... When we stepped out of the airport... the weather was quite cooling... but the air was really quite polluted and there was some smelly stench floating around... We quickly board the van that fetching us with 2 other visitors and it was about 3omins ride to our hotel named ECOTEL

Our room was just side by side which is 508 & 510... Me, Abi and Kiat shared room 510 while Zhutou and Wei Zhong (Zhutou's BF) shared room 508... It was already near 1am and we still need to go to the nearby 7-eleven to get chewing gums... bottled water.... shampoo and body foam...

By the time we went to bed and sleep.. it was about 2am and we got to wake up at 6plus in the morning to get ready for our shopping and exploration spree... poor abi who has to wake up earlier than both of us... It wasnt a very good night sleep as the air-con actually made some irritating noise which disturbed me and kiat... but not that abi who is so deeply in her sleep...

Day 2 (19 Dec 2008)
To be continued... ....

Monday TopOne KTV with A, C, H & W

It was another round of gathering with Fiesta gamings friends on Monday evening after work. This time round there is additional friend who named as 'A'...

Lolx... I'm also slightly confused with all the alphabets while typing this blog. To clarify that these alphabets are just a nickname for us to identify each other during the games... i was represented as alphabet 'B'... C is Colyn aka CalCal who is a professional healer in Fiesta.. W aka Whokie who is a powerful mage (same as me =pP)... H is HHZ aka Zhutou who is another pro healer.. and A is Whokie's sister who joined Fiesta when we are at very very high level... and in the Fiesta.. they are matching me (aka B) with A.. and always asked me to go assist her to up level fast...

Haha.. that is some small introduction with the gaming buddies... and we met up for some karaoke session... It was the first time that we meet up with 'A'... she looks quite similiar to her brother Whokie but look slightly more pleasant... and indeed.. her voice also very nice... haha.. I didnt manage to open up my voice that day.. so I actually sang quite poorly yesterday... hope I dun scare her away bah.. =ppp

We sang till quite late yesterday and actually reached home at about 12am... so damn tired and only manage to sleep at 1am... luckily I today got to go Bedok Exchange.. and i couldnt wake up until 8.30am... so damn late... hehe...

3G iPhone 8GB

At last, finally got my own iPhone today... it came slightly after i finished my blog this afternoon at about 4pm... i was so excited that it came and i quickly sign the delivery and open it up and play with it...

I wanted to get some accessories for my iPhone, I asked zhutou to acc me to buy. She agreed, but it must be a rush one as she need to attend grandma's bday dinner at home by 7pm.. And so when we reached Wheellocks' epicenter, I quickly choose one normal black skin and also the screen protector... but after that realise that the first skin doesnt fit the iPhone. The skin was actually meant for 2G iTouch which is much thinner in size. We were already on the way to the train station and no choice we had to head back to the epicentre and do a quick exchange, luckily it is still valid for exchange and at then.. i saw the nice red/black skin from Belkin with the price as:

a) iWorld iPhone 3G eFilm screen protector - $19.00

b) Belkin iPhone 3G Silicone slv w/le blk/red - $29.00

Project X - Finalizing

Finally I am finishing the last stage of Project X after one long night yesterday and abit amendment today... haha.. I should be slping last night and also working at this time de... haha.. but aiya... since finishing soon liao then just complete it lor...

But in order to complete, I will need Xiao Fang's help to check who is the cousin who decorated the chalet and also the photographer of that night... so now have to wait for Xf's good news tonight.

I intended to get a special DVD with specific theme (e.g. Marriage, etc) on the CD itself and wrap it up probably as a Christmas Gift for Xinyi & Peter... hope they will like it... ^_^

Anyway... now i am anxiously waiting for my iPhone to arrive... should be soon le.. the delivery time was suppose to be 2:30pm to 5:30pm... so.... WHERE IS MY IPHONE?

Adventure to Qian Hu Fish Farm

We were suppose to go to the Fish Farm at about 3:30pm after fetching Mimo to her church nearby, but Zhutou was stuck on her facebook again and didn't have the intention to leave. And so we drag and drag until about 5pm when we left Annie's place.

It was about 5:30pm when we reached the Fish Farm, and we only explored the whole farm for 15-20mins. Then we sat down near the LongKang fishing bench, taking pics and also watching those kids having their fun "scooping" those small fishes out. We were actually waiting for XiaoMei to reach before we went for our Fish Therapy.

XiaoMei reached at about 5:50pm and we quickly registered for the therapy sessions @ $10 for the first 30mins. But then XiaoXia did not joined us and we didnt know why.. is it becuase Mimo didnt join us? No ones know and we did not question him too much. But then since he didnt go into the water, he shall be our photographer... haha.. =pp

It was a very good experience on the Fish Therapy. It was kinda ticklish when the fish started to gather around our feet and start 'eating" our dead skin. I was not very used for this kind of ticklish and I actually keep kicking the fishes away, until about 5 minutes later... then I finally somehow got used to the ticklish feelings and slowly started to enjoy the sensations. We were actually discussing about our Bangkok trips, until we realise that there were so many fishes surrounding all our legs. XiaoMei also slowly got used to it and before that, she was kicking the fishes like nobody business... =pp

And after 15mins later, I suggested to go try for the "bigger sensations for bigger fishes".. lolx.. only Zhutou dare to put her whole feet down and I took quite a while to get used to it. You can actually feel the fishes mouth feeding on ur dead skin lor... and Schnappi in the end did not get used to it and went back to the smaller fishes enjoying his smaller sensation. We stayed there for quite long, and actually exceeded the 30mins, but we just sit there, thinking that someone will come and tell us to leave. But in the end, coz we have to go fetch Mimo in Choa Chu Kang, we left with our feet "cleaned".

At that time it was about 7pm already and all of us are very hungry. As planned, we went down to ChompChomp for dinner. Over there, we secured a 4 person seats but we have 6 ppl there, and we simply exchanged our seats with another group who has 3 ppl on a 6 person table. There, we ordered Stingrays, chicken wings, Hao(1) Qian(1), Satays and many many other foods, and of coz, not forgetting the "gigantic" cups of sugarcane. Zhutou only ordered 3 and those couples shared one and I shared with XiaoMei, but she didnt drink and eat much that day coz of gastric pain, perhaps just now too hungry and suddenly eat so much at a go.

XiaoMei blur blur go buy TigerBalm instead of 风油.. (-_-) and luckily she managed to exchange it at about the same price... We also went to the yougurt store to look for the super babe that was described by Kiat... but we were quite disappointed and my personal grades... 70% only due to her size and abit wierd lookings. still not that 100% perfect lor...

The time was still early and we went to the IceRoom to have some desserts. I ordered the chocolate m***** even though my stomach was filled to the rim already... and we stayed there for chitchats for an hour and so until it was too warm already to stay and we left

And end of the day, they still thinks that it was still early.. and someone mentioned to play mahjong... lolx.. and in the end we played for 2 rounds till 4am... Zzzz... tired.... totally drenched... Time to work abit on the Project X now... ^_^

House-Visiting to Annie's Place

It was ten in the Saturday morning, I got myself off the bed to wash up and get prepared to school. It was kind of tired only to know that I slept only at 2am last night. But today have to meet up with Zhutou and Mimo in school to register for our next semester course, so I cannot afford to be late. While brushing my teeth, I suddenly recalled I left Duncan's referral letter in the office. I suppose to help him to register for the next semester modules on his behalf, but need the letter as prove.

Thought for awhile, I realise my house got a printer and also email access to the SingTel's account, so I just login and also printed out the referral letter. Lucky me that I didn't archive to other folders in my lappy. So things are smooth all the way to school and also for the registerations. Zhutou, Mimo and Duncan decided to drop Leadership and Management for this semester, hinting me that I'll need to look for new project group for that modules.



After which, I joined they all to Annie's place in Jurong for house-visiting. Been quite long since I last seen Annie in the hospital when she gave birth to her 2nd baby girl, Rei-an. Annie was actually quite surprised to see me as she did not expect me, I'm always a surprise visitors. ^_^ We also shared a small gifts b/w 5 of us on $12 each for Chicken Essence and Bird Nests.

Rei-an actually grew quite alot from a tiny girl to a big one. Erm.. and actually I was not confident that I could carry her on my arms, but I did tired for awhile when she was asleep. I also did chat alot with Annie and updated her with lots of things happened in SingTel. Anyway she'll be back in Jan and soon I'll have a irritating neighbour again... should I feel happy or sad?

Fateful & unFateful Night

Let's talk about the "unFateful" night of mine... actually today I went home early... to ask daddy to go down to Hello! shop to get the 3G iPhone... then I suggested to go Comcentre as I expect the queue there to be lesser... but in the end we waited for abt 30mins even though we are the next in queue... dunno where goes wrong.. but I thought renewal contract should be faster?! >.<

okz.. that the first part... and when everything process finish... the salesperson asked to hold-on and she'll get the 3G 8GB iPhone out... and when I saw her carrying out the iPhone box out.. i was so excited... but the expression from the staff tells me otherwise.... and she straight away break out the bad news...

"Sorry, our last piece of 8GB has been taken. What I have here is 16GB, do you want? or if you have any phone to trade-in in order to drop the price?"

I thought for awhile... dun really feel like getting the 16GB de... so I just give it a go and went off in disappointment... then daddy say tml go to tamp outlets there see got anot lor... I'm anything.. and then off we go to the car... =(((

Then mum call up 2nd bro to check if he needs a ride home.. and he said yes.. so we have to go to ChinaTown to his office... He is working together with my eldest cousin in our generation... which is our "da jie" aka Swee Li Jie... hope i spell her name correctly... When reached there... I just thinking to drop-by her office and take a look... since I didnt went there before...

So when I went inside.. I saw 2nd bro... Swee Li Jie... and some of their colleagues.. and there is another lady named Irene was also there to discuss some Travel issues with swee li jie... and after being introduced.. then I know she was working in a Travel Agency... My first reaction was... wao lao... I was late for a day...

Last few days Xiaomei, Zhutou, Kiat and Me was discussing about travelling to Bintan or Bangkok... and just in the afternoon we confirmed on Bangkok with our initial deposits by Kiat to the agency (PINNACLE TRAVEL SERVICES PTE LTD) already... $480 for a 4D3N leaving on thursday evening 9:2opm and returning on Sunday evening @ 4:30pm... but I forget what Hotel already.. =ppp

Then this Irene was so nice.. and she chatted with me for the next 2 hrs (only realised when we stopped the conversation)... she started off telling me what's the do & don'ts when we reached Bangkok... and then slowly tell me where to shop and do what is nice... and in the end... she already draw up a ncie scheduled plans, enough for me to spent the 4 days there fruitfully~ lolx.. that's was what I meant by "Fateful" night... haha.. Thanks to Irene very much and I've macham travelled to Bangkok already... haha.. next time travel again confirm look for her... and she told me next time I travel again.. confirm will give me the best price and best schedules for me... ^_^... i do like to have a personalized agents... =ppp Just in case I forget or lost her details:

Boutique Holidays Pte Ltd
Irene Heng
(90054932)

And most importantly, as of the situation over in Thailand... they advised me to get a Travel insurance just in case the situation turns bad and I'm still able to get some $$ back... hmm.. would they still accept insurance requests to countries that are not stable yet? Just wait for my bro to recommend me bah... ^_^

Back home.. I tried to surf online.. and complaint abit on the "out-of-stock" iPhone to XiaoXia.. and he recommended me to order one online instead... and I did!! and I ordered it at $538 which is $30 cheaper due to promotion compared to buying directly from Hello! shops.... lolx.. and the delivery will be to my office on this coming Wednesday 2:30-5:30pm... can't wait for it to come!!!

Birthday Celebration for Joven

Erm.. it was only organised yesterday... quite last minute as I didnt really have time to plan for him.. I've tried my best to ask and luckily most of the guys can make it except Jinhao... then at the girls part... too last minute and none of them can make it...

So the troubles are going where and doing what... initially my plan was just to come over to my place to have a small mahjong... plus some gamblings and games as my house was empty... however, further dicussions with patrick... we decided to go for ktv... lolx.. then i suggested them to go TopOne Ktv as the environment there is nicer and cheaper... it is just $20++ rather than Kbox which cost more than that....

Next is the birthday cake.. we bought it a small cheese cake from Four Leaves inside Bugis Parco...




After the singing at about 6pm.. we didnt proceed to my place for party.. but rather we go to nearby for steamboat dinner... We settled down at 天天火锅 and eat till our stomach burst...

Exam Results Out!~

Wow.. didnt expect the result to be out today.. thought it suppose to be out on the 5th Dec.. which is tml.. but then today mimo call me and tell me that the results...

I was quite anxious while waiting for the page to load... Zhutou was right beside me lor... then luckily when I scrolled to the result page... i didnt see any results with "NN", which means failed.. heng ar...

Here's my results:
MacroEconomics - CR (60)
Employment Relations - CR (64)
History of Management Thoughts - CR (68) *short 2 marks to get DI =(((

lucky me that all my modules for this semester pass... was warned by Vincent that it's gonna get thougher and thougher... somemore the next sem are all 3 theories... =(((

My next sem modules:
1) Leadership and Management (one level above HMT)
2) Organisation Theory & Design (one level above OB)
3) Market Research (specialized modules)

Time to buckup my ass and study hard... ^_^

Oh yah.. and my two da jie(s) Zhutou and Mimo all passed their modules too.. i guess i feel more anxious than them when they looking at their results... lolx.. see them happy i also happy for them... can study again with them next sem!~ They do motivate me sometimes... ^_^

Standard Chartered Marathon Pack

It was a very shag day today... phew... I went down to Expo Hall 5 to collect my marathon pack... Today was the first day.. and I didnt expect alot of people there... but things always happened unexpectedly... On the way to the hall, I saw Eileen (my pri sch mates) walking passed me to the train station... we greeted each other.. and then she warned me that she queued for 45 mins...

Wah... then when i almost reached the hall 5.. i already see the long queue outside and i just queued... lolx.. and just nice it is the 42km queue... the outside queue was quite fast.. as they open up the way batch by batch into the inner queue...

The tough one is inside lor.. wao lao.. i saw dunno how many zigzags before reaching the counters... if not wrong... there are about 20 or more zigzags... lolx.. it was the first stage to go thru before running 42km... if cannot go thru this.. forget abt the run manz...

Finally... the last few turns are the fastest... then boom.. it's my turn... and i got my packs in a few minutes only... tough ones are actually those runners where they have to run around looking for the bags and especially the tags among 500,000 tags... good jobs to them... oh yah.. and then the counter girl told me that afternoon queue was even more longer.. where someone told her that he waited for 2 hours... so my 1 hours queueing was nothing... ^_^

Took some pics of the goodies they have inside:

Typical Marathon Bag

My running number, but not use.. i'm not going to run this time... (^_^)

The running attire... kaoz.. still the same as last year.. why cant they innovate abit more?
New stuff.. but handband from Audi.. isnt them a manufacturer of car??

Leftlets.. Guides... Supplements.. and Deep Heating Rub... typical stuffs from such events.

And damn unlucky... wanted to get myself one Subway Bread but when i reached the store... it was closed!~ haiz.. then no choice.. just endure the hunger and go home on the way to eat le...

Bday Celebration for Qi's 23rd years old

2 Sundays ago... all the brothers and some sisters met up together at Seafood International Restaurant at EastCoast near the Big Splash area for a special gathering... that day there is another 2 special guest who is BeeKhim and AiFang who are the sec sch friends of Qi... I did offered to go fetch Bee Khim and XiaoFang... not AiFang wor... it is Qi's responsibility to bring AiFang there... lolx..

Then there we are.. with the very first pic of our bday boy.. Ah Qi~~

Then it was a buffet with max of about 40 different dishes which include abalone and shark fins soup.. but each dishes can only order once.. but there is more than enough for us to eat... on that day, Qi booked for 2 tables for 14 persons... I sat on the tables with the girls... coz I know BeeKhim and AiFang... So the pic below was the feast that we had on that day... I think my table only manage to complete about 20plus dishes... but another table actually cleared more than 30 dishes... lolx...

Brotherhood pics.. although there is someone I didnt really like inside... but then... here it is:

and of coz the couples shot... but too bad the bday boy dun have a gf... neither XiaoFang nor AiFang wanted to be a temporary although we pyscho one of them to be in the pics... but none agreed... so lonely bday boy with the 3 couples... (*When will I get my share inside? =< )

After the meal... those that got events went off and then the rest all meet up at Tamp Mall to catch a movie... If not wrong.. it should be the Chihuahua movie we watched on that day... and although quite full on that day... but I still get myself a cup of cupcorns to eat inside... my fav leh... didnt eat for quite sometime le... but next time I shall ask that person not to put any salt inside.. kinda sick when eating the salty part... and the movie was fun...

We ended our day after a cool chillout at the Starbucks and I drank my fav Java Chip... got a nice chat with the rest.. and slowly proceed our way back home individually......

Consecutive 4 days of Mahjong

Last week was a very tough week... have been playing mahjong for 4 days... plus the basketball on saturday morning really tire me out.. My first game started on Thursday evening after the bowling competition with Ericsson, Kiat didnt have enough "legs" to play and he jioed me... And that Zhutou last minute didnt come... or else she can backup me... and of coz.. to share my losts on that day... hahaha... =ppp anyway.. it is just $9... actually that is not why i want her to come over lah... is just that the place is at Yishun wor.. at least she can acc me go back to east area together.. =pp

Then on Friday... I went to TopOne Kbox with zhutou after work.. coz it's a Friday Nite... didnt really want to go home so early... phew.. 2 person singing is kinda tough but exciting... ^_^ how about mahjong?? oh!~ that happened when I reached home about 11plus... i saw da bro.. da sao and their friend sitting in the living room eating the sweet soup that my mum cooked in the afternoon... they didnt look good and I didnt bother much... until when I call my dad to check where they are... coz I need to use the car to look for Bee Khim to pass her the earpiece... then my dad said that da bro suppose to be playing mahjong.. and I realise they short of one person and then not enough leg... so i agreed to play with them after I meet up with Bee Khim... so... that was the 2nd day of mahjong... but I only played for one wind... and mum played for the other 3 winds... =((( waited for the whole nite leh...

Then here comes saturday.. morning I met up with the guys to play bball... that day we have Joven, Junyi, Patrick and me.. just nice we can play 2v2.. although I lost quite a few games... but I did have fun with the guys... and then in the afternoon.. as planned.. me.. zhutou and peiching met up at Angeline's place to play mahjong... ^_^ me and zhutou reached there slightly early to play Wii... and I got Turkey on the bowling game lor... haha... then Peiching reached slightly later after 3pm... then we start our game with Angeline's black mahjong for 2 full rounds... and hmm.. I think I was quite frustrated with the tiles and lost the games... =((( maybe that's my temper bah... hehe...

Then finally on Sunday... actually wanted to go reservior do some running... to check if my knee has recovered.. but I was too tired and wanted to sleep till I shiok de... but in the end was awakened by Xiaomei's SMSes when she trying to confirmed the mahjong game later in the afternoon... thinking about it... didnt chat with her for quite sometime le... then after a few SMSes... I cant sleep already.. so I wake up and play abit facebook until it's about time already... then I see the weather raining already.. and so I offered to fetch Zhutou, Snoopy and Xiaomei to my place... and out game started about 4pm... ^_^ although I lost in mahjong for 3 consecutive days... it was the first time I won.. but i didnt win happily.. coz the winnings comes from Xiaomei... haiz.. she's a newbie.. and yet I win her so much.. so paiseh.. then I offered to treat her the supper we had at 85 market.. that was the first time Snoopy been to 85 market at bedok.. and i think he had a good meal... ^_^

Without realising... it was already past midnight and only realise it when I fetching the girls back... and I quickly bath and fall asleep on the bed when i lied on it..