Wedding Ang Pow Chart

Wedding Ang Pow Chart
Special thanks to Chun Ling for the email:

There has always been the subtle questions of what is the "Market Rate?" or "How much money you wrapped in the Ang Pow?" for the wedding couple...

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My Carplate: 1327 Again

My Carplate: 1327 Again
Newspaper cutting courtesy of Honda + his mum.

Following my previous post, my carplate number struck 4D again!
Last time (21st Jan) was 3rd, this time round, its the 1st prize + Starter prize!
I got a lucky car~! Start buying my carplate number now~!

My Carplate: 1327

My Carplate: 1327
Courtesy to Honda and his mum for this article:

This lucky number struck again! 3rd prize on the 21st January 2009! I can't believe they even had an article on it... (click picture to enlarge)

Singapore Flyer Evacuation

Singapore Flyer Evacuation

We're pretty aware of the incident whereby the Singapore Flyer had a mechanical fault that left hundreds of tourists and locals alike stranded hundreds of feet above the ground... for hours.

I gathered a couple of photos and drew a red circle at a point I think is rather critical...

Think Murphy's Law: "If anything can go wrong, it will". Look at the diagram I drew up below... I leave it to your imagination. 

Some people can defend the rescue efforts as "no choice at that point of time", or "it should be safe".  

If it is your parents, brothers/sisters, children, or friends up there, can you accept such a standard? 

Bartley Bridge Joined

Bartley Bridge Joined

I mentioned in my previous November post regarding this bridge...

Below: Picture taken 19th November 2008...

Below: Picture taken 17 December 2008...

Exited via Bartley Rd Exit from the KPE today and snapped this photo quickly (cuz its green light ahead)... Its finally joined up!

Wonder where it leads to though...

OCTOBER 2008

OCTOBER 2008
I've been taking lotsa pictures with my phone over the month and I thought I'd share out these random photos I took while outside.

9 October 2008
@ Foch Rd. Just thought I'd take a picture of my car while I'm waiting for my dad... (look at the reflections!) Anyways, my dream car is a Porsche; will drive one, one day.
@ Golden Mile Complex. Canvas shoes at S$1.00. Dun say I never tell you...
11 October 2008
@ Marina Square's Pariss International Seafood Buffet. Dinner with TonicBabe. $97 for 2 pax. Worth the deal. Oysters, Crabs, Prawns, Scallops, and most importantly Ebi Tempura!15 October 2008
@ Specky Western Food, Blk 820, Tampines Street 81. Thomas's (a.k.a. the Evil Cook; Self-proclaimed) friend opened a Western Food store there. I was invited down (more like cheated down) there to patronize the opening. Ordered grilled fish. Good stuff! 4 stars out of 5 stars (there's nothing perfect in the world). Forget Austons'; I hate queuing, and food sux when the chef rushes.
17 October 2008
@ the Vets. Took Pappy to the Vets to get treated for "Hot Spots". Minor cut + baterial infections resulted in the wound getting infectioned and spreaded. So was left with no choice but to have the Vet cropped off his hair so as to properly clean the wound. Veterinarian was a sweet girl~ and the bill was a sweet S$75.oh, while waiting, I fell more in love with Cats. There was this poster at the glass panel at the clinic...

Tiger Cat. Cute.
18 October 2008
@ Changi Airport Terminal 1, 6:00 am in the morning. Sent mum off to Hunan, China. Motivation to send her off at the airport - BURGER KING'S Enormous Omelette Sandwich! Love it!
24 October 2008
In my room. Pappy was in a happier mood already. Enjoying his milk-bone.26 October 2008
@ Hougang Green's B-Box KTV, till 2:00am the next day..."Nah Si Wa Wu Ji Pah Bahnn~~" 27 October 2008
@ Suntec Carrefour, 10:51am. I love taking colourful pictures. @ Eastpoint NTUC, 3:43pm. Grocery Shopping with Mum. Seldom see Crabs in all their glory in the waters - untied and free to roam about. 28 October 2008
@ No.93 Defu Lane 10. Got nothing to do, so drive around and decided to recce out Seafood Paradise. Striking blue and yellow building. You wouldn't miss it. Then went to one of my favourite toy store to pre-order Nendoroid Yoshika Miyafuki. then hands itchy, so thought I'd try out one of these boxes of Nendoroid Petit series of "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya"... random puchi Nendoroid inside.... and I got Haruhi~! Yay~ oh, and I picked up a set of these too~! Baby Sesame Street Characters! Kawaii deshou?! Gonna give them away... (The black stuff underneath is my handphone case). 29 October 2008
@ East Coast Starbucks. Coffee. Hot. Only hot. @ Void deck. Neighbour's cat. Love it. 30 October 2008
@ Suntec Carrefour again. Pondering very hard whether anot I should buy these sushi. These sell at very cheap prices toward day-end.

Uniquely Singapore

Uniquely Singapore
(Pictures from STOMP)

If there is one thing Singapore can be famous for... beside the Durian and the LionFish (?)...

It has definately got to be this...


Very soon, you'll find tourists posing for a picture under one of the gantries... or even hordes of people taking group photos even!

New SAF Uniforms: 3

New SAF Uniforms: 3
More followups from my previous post here and here:
(Courtesy to Honda-san for passing me the link)

The new SBO. Looks cool, but I say its a big piece of sponge - it'll probably soak up lotsa rain and sweat... but it'll definately store more things though~ and it'll make a good pillow outfield when stuffed with leaves...
New Field Pack. YUCK. Recruits would probably be whining: "How come no wheels?"
Evolution - you get uglier and uglier...
Putting the uniform into actual terrain, u should be able to tell that the new uniform (centre) really blends better with the background compared to the current one (left). Another picture...

Lets see if you can spot the 3 fellas in this picture... takes a trained eye to spot them, but you'll probably be shot dead by the time you figured out their location.

New SAF Uniforms: 2

New SAF Uniforms: 2
Following my previous post, here are more updates from Mindef:

Pixelised camouflage pattern. Pixelisation generates micro-pattern within macro-pattern to reduce detection of soldier at short distance.

Buttons and velcro combination relieves stress points on chest when body armour is worn.

New apauletter position for easy identification (Specialist ranks remain on sleeves).
(Q: Its on the chest; becuz these "seafood" category people, commonly called "Gim" officers have their ranks on their shoulders and its so hard to recognise them until upclose. Well, easy identification would also mean that officers get shot first... opps!)

Inward buttoning on sleeves prevents entanglement with foreign objects.

Side pockets are pleated to provide comfort when filled, while slanted angle facilitates access in sitting position. Internal pouch within side pocket included for storage of small accessories.

Additional inner material reduces abrasion to groin region.

Shoulder straps remove stress point on shoulder when load is borne.

Mandarin collar protects soldier from abrasion caused by rifle sling.

Shirt can be folded up as an improvised triangular bandage for injured elbow.

Adjustable fastening slits and velcro holder secure position of elbow and knee guards.

Q: .... I changed my mind over getting one...