well..i have to remove the previous blog post...cos got ppl say i copy..haiz...movie, tv shows, songs, are often targets ppl aimed at, to accuse of copying..never expect blog also will kena..so i have to do something...drastic. lolz.
anyway, its thursday. yes, beside 1 day to friday (hope i count the days correctly, if not ppl shoot me again), its a day and a date (31/7/8/2008) where i am most concerned and i seriously developed abit of insomia due to this event that is going to happen today...
seriously..i really hope and pray all things will go smoothly..no conflict of interest, no arguement...
*finger crossed*
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
smurf cake
blur blur me..forgot to upload pics of those yummy food we had ...at the Portsdown Road Restaurant ...i like the last pic the most...cute smurf cake!...lolz
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
吃吃喝喝
昨天和一位朋友到一间蛮特别的餐厅。英文名叫做 ‘miss clarity cafe'，哈，听起来，看起感觉是间‘女生餐厅’。但是一坐下来，服务员，食物，其他客人等种种现象告诉我，miss clarity cafe 虽然听起来，看起来(装饰)很‘少女’但是，它的食物和环境，还是适合‘男女老少’的。
我点了dory 鱼柳，她点了海鲜意大利面，甜点是热巧克力加上冰淇淋
食物价格大众化，份量也蛮大的。服务方面好好，虽然晚上那里的灯光有点暗。
总的说来，在那里用餐，还是很舒服。交通也方便，我的车停在国家图书馆，几步路就到达miss clarity cafe。 而且，而且， after 5pm 图书馆的停车费是 便宜的lor~
哈哈... after 5pm，一律 per entry 2元左右。
嗯，这星期都在吃.... 吃吃吃.... 之前和SPI的朋友，也是 吃吃吃...一间位于portsdown road的餐厅，交通有些不方便，食物还可以，价格却有些高.
吃吃喝喝，吃吃喝喝.... 天下无不散之宴席，是时候停止这‘吃吃喝喝’了...八月即将到来，新学期也要开始了，要加倍努力... 不能辜负自己，不能辜负别人。
and oh..btw... The Dark Knight...is a wonderful movie!!! The late Heath Ledger was really a good actor. He played the role Joker well..
If you were to ask me, between Heath and Jack Nicholson, i'll say both are equally good and excel in their own way..
just one thing...it seems that batman always got overshadowed by its villian in the movie...lolz..it seems the villains are more interesting then the main character batman! lolz.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
猪朋狗友
兄弟情
这几天我一直在想。因为无聊，所以睡觉在想，大便也在想。人无聊就爱胡思乱想，天马行空。但是与此同时往往也略有所悟，领悟到人生哲理。
我真的蛮幸运的。典型‘死仔包’性格，却有个像样的家庭。而且，还结交了一群‘形影不离’的‘猪朋狗友’。哈哈，其实和这班朋友，是在中三时候正式结交的。之前虽有来往，但是不熟。至今，已经有大概9年7个多月了。
很欣慰有这些朋友，陪我度过风风雨雨。我是如何认识他们的呢？嘿嘿，其实我蛮‘高傲’的(不是啦，是害羞，文静)。一般不会主动和别人(陌生人)交谈，虽然一旦开始谈话交流的时候，如果有需要，或则性情大发，我可会‘滔滔不绝’的和别人聊天，聊个天南地北的。可是，面对新环境等，我通常会‘静观其变’。
我正式和这班兄弟结交，是其中一位在我们中三时候，在上午休息时候，突然跑到我面前来，主动邀请我一起去吃东西。这一吃，就吃了近10年友情，兄弟情。
因为他们其中几位从 普通学术班升级到我这里的快捷班，我因此也认识了其他没升到快捷班的朋友。缘分就是那么奇妙，现在回想，我在中一，中二时交的朋友现在极少来往，但是和在中三开始正式认识的‘兄弟’们，可是越来越熟。
其中，难免有争执，小孩子不懂事，吵架，吵吵闹闹的。现在回顾，还蛮可笑。而且我对其中一个‘争执事件’，还蛮惋惜的。因为我当时的冲动，当面指责其中一位好友的短处(他英文当时不太好)，而引发了这位好友对我的反感。过后道歉，但也于事无补。
一直经过了2-3年后，我才和他和好如初。我对现在，还很后悔当初的无礼。如果能更加理性，我就能避免这无聊的摩擦了。同时我也对那位主动上前邀我吃饭的朋友，心存感激，没有他的主动，就不会有今天的‘兄弟帮’。
一些以前差点‘脱离’的兄弟(因为儿女私情啦)，一些以前不太熟的兄弟，现在经过奇妙的缘分推动，渐渐的建立良好的友情。
过年过节，生日的时候，我这群兄弟，总不忘对方彼此。有福同享，有难同当。一起玩乐，一起欢笑，一同哭泣。这班兄弟，很无缠头，笑话通常是无聊低级，但是，很奇怪，每个星期一定至少要聚一聚，听一听无聊笑话，喝茶讲大话才算正式度过一周。
有时我的无礼，野蛮，我的口不遮言，我的过度直率性格，他们能包容，而且有几位已经有伴侣了，他们还不忘兄弟情。我实在感动。看电影，吃饭，我们总不忘对方。星期五一起吃印度煎饼，椰浆饭，兴旺香港茶餐厅的夜宵聚会，新电影上映的电影聚会，使得我们更加亲密。
有缘分才能成为‘死党’级朋友，我会好好珍惜这份友情，但愿能兄弟情长长久久，再过几个10年友情！
Monday, July 21, 2008
Percieved and Actual
Percieved and actual. There is indeed a difference.
In life, we try to 'anticipate' things. Its a good way to forecast things and be prepared if there is anything unpleasant things happening.
However, if 'percieved' perception is getting on you, making you 'overly' worried, then it may or may not be a good thing. We might exaggerate things and thus build up unnecessary fear and worries..
Its really important to balance things. Especially facing the future and unknown. It is part and parcel of life to face it. Everyday, everytime. We never know what is going to happen tomoorow, next week, next month, next year.
Despite that, i still belive in having the need to percieve outcome before things happen. We 'solve' problems before they happen. Prevention is better then cure. But haiz, what happen if it is something that there is nothing much you can do...and your mind keep on thinking all funny and different kinds of possiblities?
Seriously, for the weak ones, they will really go gaga and crazy... and at the end of the day... becoming exhasted.
In life, we try to 'anticipate' things. Its a good way to forecast things and be prepared if there is anything unpleasant things happening.
However, if 'percieved' perception is getting on you, making you 'overly' worried, then it may or may not be a good thing. We might exaggerate things and thus build up unnecessary fear and worries..
Its really important to balance things. Especially facing the future and unknown. It is part and parcel of life to face it. Everyday, everytime. We never know what is going to happen tomoorow, next week, next month, next year.
Despite that, i still belive in having the need to percieve outcome before things happen. We 'solve' problems before they happen. Prevention is better then cure. But haiz, what happen if it is something that there is nothing much you can do...and your mind keep on thinking all funny and different kinds of possiblities?
Seriously, for the weak ones, they will really go gaga and crazy... and at the end of the day... becoming exhasted.
birthday feast
Haha.. basically, last fri and sat were 'birthday feast' for me.
Fri went to Tao's Restaurant at Paradiz Center. Omg. it was GOOD. Service - 10/10! Food wise...8/10! And its a 7 course dinner with an affordable price per pax. Furthermore, the serving size is NOT small at all.
Me, quite a big eater, enjoyed the serving size and the taste. Neither one was compromised. Good good.
Hmm..im glad that my good friend also enjoyed her meal. Although the environment on the whole is bit noisy. Every customer coming in and leaving, the (all) waiters/waitress will SOL(shout out loud) to greet them..omg.
While we were enjoying our nice tea after the last course(dessert), the manage came by and ask if we enjoyed our meal. We said yes (in fact, throughout the meal, we were asked 2 times by 2 friendly waiters alr).
The manager then proceed to ask if we can do him a favor, and well, naturally we were bit surprised, and he also say he would gave us a 10% discount. Hmm. He actually say that there were someone who also made a reservation at that timing and since we already finished our meal, he wondered if we can leave bit early. As compensation, he is willing to give 10% discount and/or pack some tea back as well. However, we already got a 20% discount voucher, and both discounts can't combined. So we have to choose either one and clearl,y it be the 20% of course. lolz.
The manage put the request in a nice and polite way, although we got to leave early, we were not displeased at all.
Certainly, this is a place where we will visit again.
The birthday feast continues..the next day, sat, me and many of my brothers and sisters went to Manhattan Restaurant at PS. No booking on weekends, so we have to wait outside. Wait and wait until 830pm before we went in to sit down and eat.
Well done, while they were serving our dish, one waitress actually 'decorated' my shirt and pants with some red chilli sauce. I tried my best to control my temper, and went to the washroom to clean up. One of my brother brought me a shirt as present, no choice, i have to change into the new shirt. Pants wise, i just have to bear with the smell and stain...omg.
A friend of mine beside me was also 'decorated' on his shirt. But it was not serious. The waitress, i believe could be a 'new bird' and quite worried, simply say a small sorry and ran off.. Making such grave mistake, the manager did not come to apologize.
I was rather pissed off, not because of the waitress, BUT the way they handle this situation. Therefore, my appetite was spoiled. I finished my food and while footing the bill, i went over to the counter and requested a 20% off on our bill as compensation. They told us the max they can give was 15%. i accepted. And it was good. the 15% was before 7% and 10% gst and svc.
They then wanted to give us one free main course or dessert, i rejected, cos we were actually leaving soon. In the end they gave us a stack of UOB voucher. Hmm...no bad, although i cant use. lolz.
Haiz. the night didnt end well, i lost my car key (and house key)! Luckily i didnt lock my van and managed to retreive my spare key inside my van...but the spare key was somehow bent, so i spent another half hour 'bending' it back... luckily at the end i manage to start the engine with the spare key...
so many 'stunts' this weekend..i really hope this week will be a peaceful one. lolz
i end this blog with a picture of some of my brothers..chilling in Coffee Club near Clark Quay that night..
Hokkien?
from the following blog:
http://blog. omy.sg/hyr
Hey guys, yeah, so today we were told that our song, the 1st single for the 12 LOTUS OST, is rejected for having too much Hokkien content, and going in for a re record this Sunday. Jim and me are quite stupedified by the decision. Daammmnn, otherwise U guys would have been able to hear it by this weekend…
Being a Singaporean Chinese, I discovered my language thru Mandarin only later in life due to my career, and now can babble off 3 hours of interviews mostly in Chinese when I'm required to, and hence was appointed a Speak Mandarin Campaign Ambassador in hope of inspiring others. After I embraced the language, I realised that, Hey! what's wrong with Mandarin? Nothing!!?!? It's where I came from, I think it's more shameful if you can't speak the language rather than vice versa…
Last year's 881 was a hit among people of all ages, they identified with it because we presented something that was actually deep inside their hearts, just that we are all too busy with our own lives to notice it till then. Frankly, I'm one of those guys, and hence I was happy that I'm part of it.
Because of that, I now feel that Hokkien as a dialect, represents a culture in our lives in Singapore. But yeah, even people of my generation, weren't part of embracing it as it was largely unexposed in our lives of pop culture. And I'm already not young, so what about the younger guys? Yes, 881, was a hit, even to the 6 year old kids, and they came to know about Hokkien, but did they ditch their English, Mandarin and decided to try just speak Hokkien to their friends and family?
I didn't see that happening, which is why I'm quite curious on the restrictions of using a dialect in a movie or soundtrack to promote or be seen in a film that touches on the essence of that dialect, that culture, that is Hokkien. It's like eating KFC without the skin(aaahhh, I know some of you do that, hahhahah). Or can U imagine that China Girls song, and them singing HAVE A NICE DAY, instead of SAWADEE KA? Would sound ridiculous don't u think? Don't get me wrong, I understand the media has to ensure the coherence of language in their airwaves to establish their identity. But hmmm, this is after all, a Hokkien movie and so what's wrong to be exposed to that language thru the different media? Audiences who watch the movie in the end, would be exposed to it anyway…And we don't have Hokkien movies EVERYDAY…
I speak English like an Ah Beng over here, just because it's what I am, but that doesn't mean I can't write or speak in proper English if need be. Similarly I wouldn't ditch Mandarin if I learned Hokkien. And Similarly I wouldn't stop eating other forms of food altogether if I start on a cookie before a meal…and of course, I can make up for the KFC skin by balancing it up with other forms of food intake.
http://blog. omy.sg/hyr
Hey guys, yeah, so today we were told that our song, the 1st single for the 12 LOTUS OST, is rejected for having too much Hokkien content, and going in for a re record this Sunday. Jim and me are quite stupedified by the decision. Daammmnn, otherwise U guys would have been able to hear it by this weekend…
Being a Singaporean Chinese, I discovered my language thru Mandarin only later in life due to my career, and now can babble off 3 hours of interviews mostly in Chinese when I'm required to, and hence was appointed a Speak Mandarin Campaign Ambassador in hope of inspiring others. After I embraced the language, I realised that, Hey! what's wrong with Mandarin? Nothing!!?!? It's where I came from, I think it's more shameful if you can't speak the language rather than vice versa…
Last year's 881 was a hit among people of all ages, they identified with it because we presented something that was actually deep inside their hearts, just that we are all too busy with our own lives to notice it till then. Frankly, I'm one of those guys, and hence I was happy that I'm part of it.
Because of that, I now feel that Hokkien as a dialect, represents a culture in our lives in Singapore. But yeah, even people of my generation, weren't part of embracing it as it was largely unexposed in our lives of pop culture. And I'm already not young, so what about the younger guys? Yes, 881, was a hit, even to the 6 year old kids, and they came to know about Hokkien, but did they ditch their English, Mandarin and decided to try just speak Hokkien to their friends and family?
I didn't see that happening, which is why I'm quite curious on the restrictions of using a dialect in a movie or soundtrack to promote or be seen in a film that touches on the essence of that dialect, that culture, that is Hokkien. It's like eating KFC without the skin(aaahhh, I know some of you do that, hahhahah). Or can U imagine that China Girls song, and them singing HAVE A NICE DAY, instead of SAWADEE KA? Would sound ridiculous don't u think? Don't get me wrong, I understand the media has to ensure the coherence of language in their airwaves to establish their identity. But hmmm, this is after all, a Hokkien movie and so what's wrong to be exposed to that language thru the different media? Audiences who watch the movie in the end, would be exposed to it anyway…And we don't have Hokkien movies EVERYDAY…
I speak English like an Ah Beng over here, just because it's what I am, but that doesn't mean I can't write or speak in proper English if need be. Similarly I wouldn't ditch Mandarin if I learned Hokkien. And Similarly I wouldn't stop eating other forms of food altogether if I start on a cookie before a meal…and of course, I can make up for the KFC skin by balancing it up with other forms of food intake.
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