NOVEMBER 2008: Part 1

NOVEMBER 2008: Part 1

I've been taking too many pictures this month, so I reckon I'll split the Monthly-posting into two...

01 November 2008

@ Carrefour Suntec City with TonicBabe. Been there so often, but I never get tired over grocery-strolling~

spot some very interesting liqour at the Alcohol-section: "Girls only" drink~

dropped by Kallang Leisure on the way back and witnessed a card-stacking competition going on. Glenn Ong and Jean Danker were there as emcees~ made me wanna play too!

was there to pick up the Hatsune Miku & Kagamin Rin set I pre-ordered months ago...

and while I was there, picked up another random box of "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" series of petite nendoroids by GoodSmile Company... and I got Yuki Nagato~!

was still wondering what the secret character look like...

but I was vying for "Kyon's Sister" actually. Kawaii deshou?

05 November 2008

@ Eastpoint NTUC with mum...

I never actually bother looking at leeks... thanks to Hatsune Miku, leeks are actually quite cool to hold... literally.

I am the official driver of the family... I'm responsible for driving anything with wheels... and that includes the supermart trolley...
06 November 2008

@ the coffeeshop near my place...

Chee Cheong Fun for breakfast... then to Changi Hospital for my medical appointment...
07 November 2008
Just done with my exam paper... stopped by the Caltex for a wash down...
@ Terminal 2's Sakae Sushi with mum... was there to fetch Dad, so might as well treat mum to some nice food~ when's the last time u gave ur mum a treat?

spotted some lobsters happily basking in the clean waters on the way out... "Gonna eat you one day" was what flashed past my mind then...

Flight was delayed and we hopped by the bookstores to idle some time away~ picked up Sun Tzu's "The Art of War"... a beautifully binded book... place it on your desk for an additional +250 INT and a 200 AOE aura for an increased 5% INT to the people around you...
Bird Nests... This month's haul...
08 November 2008

@ Defu Lane 12...

Here to view some Niigata engines with Dad...
and while I was snapping photos away... this fella sneaked up from behind and gave me a good sniffing... lucky thing I wasn't afriad of dogs... I had guessed the existence of something huge when I saw an empty and opened cage at the gates when I walked in...

well... I typically found myself at this kinda places whenever dad was around...

Back home...

Mum spent days picking out the feathers from a couple of Bird Nests so Dad will have some when he's back in town. No, I didn't gargle my mouth with this bowl of bird nest...

just a random picture of Pappy...
@ night...

Decided to try my hands on cooking one packet of these... had the cravings to eat... xD

Beautiful aren't they?
Bring to boil... add sugar... and they're ready to be served! Sup Sup Water~ so easy~ 2 for mum, 4 for dad, and 4 for me!
09 November 2008
@ Century Square

Dad was pretty much attracted to this money-grabbing booth... "Winners" step in and made a fool of themselves grabbing dollar-coupons as they were blown upwards from the floor... @ Crystal Jade Kitchen...

Family dinner~ I love tea... (but I love coffee more~!)
ordered for this set.... Peking Duck Shark Fin Seafood Set
the Sharkfin soup... (Honda's gonna be mad when he sees this.) What's your say? I dun support shark fin poaching... Shark fin has no taste per se, its the soup base thats tasty. But anyways, this fin belongs to a shark thats long dead, so I must make its death worthwhile... I personally will NOT buy sharkfin, but I guess this evil trade will be around for perhaps another 50 years~
the Peking Duck... skin wrapped in egg wraps... Nice~
Veggies. Yuck. (Just kidding. I eat Veggies; they're healthier).
More veggies. Yuck. Cereal Prawns! My favourite!

Eating one big spoonful of the cereals is customary...

Fly lice with craps and eights...
Fish. Too many bones... Yuck. ( >_< )

the rest of the peking duck... oh, for the record, I eat ducks meat, but I dun particularly like them.
The red bean dessert... was too full to have it at the restaument, so ta-bao back~ serving it in the traditional bowl makes it look more appetizing isn't it?
another random picture of Pappy...
11 November 2008
@ Defu Lane. Block 19.

This is the place to bulk-buy the "Phun Kueh" (literally Rice Kueh). Mum walked in. The boxes at the door are waiting to be filled. Inside, lotsa young employees were seen busy hand-making many kinds of kueh kueh.... Approach the only Aunty there to make your purchase. These are sold at only $0.70 each. So much cheaper than what you can get elsewhere.
Coming down from the Bartley East exit of KPE, this bridge overhead is meeting the other end... Gonna make a separate post with a "before and after". (Note: Please do not take photographs while driving). @ Clark Quay

Paid to be fooled by this Gelato-man. xD
Took a S$15 boat ride to tour the Singapore River... was a windy evening...
Fullerton Hotel from a distance...
Fullerton Hotel up close... The Merlion. There are 3 Merlion statues in Singapore. I will tell you where they are if you ask me. The Integrated Resorts in the making... (yea, we sailed pretty far out the Singapore River...)

The Singapore Flyer...

Marina Square...

The Esplanade...
The Central... @ Swissotel Merchant Court Hotel...

Durian Puree... ate 2 bowls ... worth every dollar spent... WILL GO BACK TO EAT AGAIN~!

12 November 2008
@ Kitchen.

Oh, have I mentioned before that I have a rabbit?

@ Big Market.

Its the 15th of the lunar month. So I was there with mum to buy some flowers...
and since we're at the market... I became the porter for mum...
Mum asked for some portion of pork~

then we bought some Yong Tau Foo...
Then its to the fish stalls... (oh just to reinstate. I carry EVERYTHING. Mum's only responsible to hold her purse, thats how good a porter I am. ^_^ ) I'm only familiar with Pomfrets~ (^_^ )

Beside the fish stall... spotted a basket of frogs... HUGE frogs... each is about 3/4 of my palm.

Then its off to the little NTUC branch near the market... spotted some "Australian Blood Oranges"...

They all looked like this... like "Orh-Cheaa-Kek-Hway" like that... ugly.
Back home...

Was tasked to fill the offering-plates with the flowers we bought off the market... the Jasmine flowers smell so nice~

then its to decorate the alter of the 4-faced-Buddha right outside at my corridor...
The base was filled full of jasmine buds... then the bigger flowers goes above.... These are REAL flowers hor~
Love the Micro function of my new-found Canon camera...
Never really seen a green orchid before though... @ night...

At the multi-junction of Tampines Ave 7 and Loyang Ave... on the way to Changi Village on a rainy night...
to buy Tim Sum!

Mum mentions she wanted to eat some Char Siew Baos... and I love the buns from Changi Village... I always buy a dozen of these back home. Cold ones. So they can go into the refrigerator. Next morning = Char Siew Baos for breakfast!

13 November 2008
@ Fu Lu Shou building at Waterloo street... dry goods in the basement... Huge store...

@ Lucky Plaza on a Thursday afternoon....

This place is never this empty on the weekends... was there for CK Tang... but I apparently missed the carpark for CK Tang and ended up turning into Lucky Plaza's carpark instead. Its carpark was so filled that I had to turn 7 storeys up before finding a lot... dizzy ( 0.o )

@ CK Tang's basement.

The place is pretty much decorated with Xmas stuffs already....
at a corner shelf of CK Tang, you can find many Chi-Na porcelain-dolls of these "comrades"... and a figure strikingly resembling that of Mr. Mao...

Meanwhile... mum's pretty stuck at the Wok demonstration counter with lotsa other aunties...
@ Giants Supermart off Tampines...

Dad talking cock and singing song with the Durian seller... Buy one packet get two packet free. Bought alot of packets... had... too... many... durians... this... week...

Bought a trolley for mum, since the current one is almost de-commissioning... S$12.99 each. Placed Pappy in and pushed him around the moment I got home with this...

@ Century Square. Was there to visit Five-Stars Tour agency to pick up some travel flyers. Then remembered my brother told me that Street Fighter 4 is released and the arcade atop Century Square has a unit... sat down and trashed the fella beside me.

14 November 2008
@ Terminal 2 (again)... to pick up TonicBabe. KL meeting.
Then its Sakae Sushi again~ xD I love Japanese Food.
Hot and spicy kimuchi beef soup. I still can't figure out why the paper before doesn't burn...
15 November 2008

@ Suntec City. There was an home electronics cum food fair... bought an African Kabab, sold by an African... ^_^

Hmm... tasty~ Next, over the Singtel Xmas fair... 2 Kawaii Sony Ericsson mascot. The fair was a failure.
Later in the evening... sent dad and mum to Grand Hyatt for a wedding dinner... while I drove away from Orchard road towards Novena (I HATE Orchard Road....).
@ Velocity

Burger King's Mushroom Swiss Double meal for S$6.65. Dinner. All time favourite. Oh, I am a fast-food junkie.

Oh, do visit Velocity soon. They'v made an ice-skating rink there... what you see below are the metal stripes beneath... pour water and start up the compressor and you'll have an ice rink in no time~

Here're the information... Back at Orchard... Dad and Mum finished dinner and I fetch them home again (yea I waiting like 4 hours for them... Good boy eh?) Orchard Road's pretty much lighted up with all the Xmas lightings. xD and my Honda Fit is the best car to be in to enjoy the view...

(alrite~ thats alot of pictures for just 2 weeks.... stay tuned for the next half ya~!)

Pick up lines

Pick up lines
Picture via Gelbooru; original content via Dannychoo

In the world of Venus & Mars, we get instinctively attracted by certain members of the opposite gender and sometimes get so fired up that we have to approach her / him... So what is the best pick-up lines that left the most lasting impression on you? Or what is the most creative ideas you've tried?

What do you think of the idea below?

Check out my earlier similar post "Can I have your number? "

Oh, if you happen to be curious as to whether there is a continuation of the above story... well, I found a very related one ...

5th April 2008

5th April 2008 - STRAUMANN PARTY
This is a very much delayed post; I was with an events firm earlier this year and here's one of the events I was involved in. My ex-colleague, Benjamin Ng (aka. Benji) was the one who planned for this event, while I was there as an events coordinator for additional help.

@ the Asian Civilisation Museum

the ACM is actually a spendid place to hold a party in, or a wedding dinner, if your budget allows for; Fullerton Hotel is just right across it, and pedestrian access is via this bridge.

Struamann had the function hall booked for a D&D. Here's the site at 12:00pm noon.

by 2:30pm...
the stage and its skirting is fixed up, and the backdrop wall is erected.
the gentlemen below are the Productions team of my events firms. Very experienced people with an attitude of their own. Hee...

oh, if you look closely, one of the guy below is using a hair-dryer on the wall; its to dry the white-putty faster, so the backdrop stickers can go up without further delay.

Pasting the vinyl sticker is a delicate process. The first piece is the most critical, as it sets the benchmark for the rest of the artwork to go up and along. A bad start could bring the whole job down the drains. If you think its easy, I tell you, I thought so too, initially - I tried and found out the hard way.

by 2:50pm...

Backdrop is done~ and up goes the rostrum and its wirings.

and Frankie's Audio-Team is on-site to test their equipment.

Here's the outdoor patio, where the cocktail will be.

One of the decorations on the bistro tables. The client has a very artistic side~
By 3:00pm, the party-site is near complete for the evening. Just a little touch up left here and there.
7:30pm onwards...

The guests have arrived. Mostly doctors and professionals in the dental industry. Outside the lobby, I was attracted to this pyramid balloon...
did I mention it changes colour? So beautiful~~~

and here's the outdoor patio in the evening. 3 huge balloon above.

Contact AirStar Space Lighting and look for Aylwin Ong (an ex-Hai Sing High senior) for more information if you're interested in engaging for those balloons.

the evening's buffet spread was so appetising I had to take a picture of it. If your budget is good enough, this company provides pretty good standard food catering and provides for decorations as well.

Contact Lavish Dine and look for Richie Ling (Manager) for more information. by 9:00pm...

Struamann's big bosses begins the lucky draw~~
we engaged the services of Annabelle Francis to emcee for the evening's event. Gorgeous young lady.
and the crowd looks on~~

and that's about it for the evening... pretty standard fair for a D&D.

No Calculator?

No Calculator?
Picture via gelbooru

Here's a VERY INTERESTING way to work out a difficult multiplication question if you do not have a calculator on hand. Teachers and senseis out there might wanna check it out and show it to your students.

Worshipper or Pantsu Peeper

Worshipper or Pantsu Peeper?
Original Post via Sankaku Complex:

Seriously, I dunno how I should title this post, but following my earlier post on the "Figurine Worshipper", Sankaku provide us with this...
How far would you go for photography? Or rather, how low will you get?

ITASHA: 2

ITASHA: 2
My earlier posts...

1) Hatsune Miku Studie Glad BMW Z4

2) Caramelldansen

Following my earlier post of ITASHA, Sankaku Complex recently shared more details of fantastic examples of Itashas:

Caramelldansen Ferrari Itasha
Original post and details via Sankaku Complex
Sweet~~

Kagamine Rin & Ren Nissan Fairlady Z33
Original post and details via Sankaku Complex
Car number 46 - this beautifully Vocaloid-themed Itasha will race along the earlier mentioned Hatsune Miku Studie Glad BMW Z4 in round 9 of the GT300 class of the 2008 super GT season.

Hatsune Miku Studie Glad BMW Z4
Original post and details via Sankaku Complex
More moe pictures of car #39

Lucky Star: Akira Kogami

Lucky Star: Akira Kogami
Ok, I haven really got over Konata's Cha-la Head Cha-la~, so I thought I'd throw in the ending portion of Lucky Star episode 16.
Original picture via Darakusan's Flickr photostream:
Here, you'll see Akira Kogami, a supposedly kawaii idol in the Lucky Channel, but in fact a typical chilli-padi and maybe a little psycho... she was promised a concert by the producers, but due to little budget...

Presenting Akira Kogami, with Cape of 30 Years (Misoji Misaki):


Here's the original video:

Lucky Star

Lucky Star
If you watch anime but never watched Lucky Star before, then you're missing out on ALOT. And if you've watched Lucky Star but never continue into the ending credits, then you're missing out on even MORE. Lucky Star didn't win the "Best Slice-Of-Life 2007" and "Best Comedy 2007" awards for nothing.

Wat's with the ending credits you ask? Well, below's a 1min30secs clip of episode 5's ending - the gals were inside a KTV room... and Konata Izumi sang...
(Konata's full version here; I laughed so hard).


What Konata sang was the opening theme song of Dragonball Z; the actual voice actor (also called Seiyuu,) was Aya Hirano. Can you imagine how hard she sang?
Original Dragonball Z opening video below:
Full version here.


I love Konata~ she rocks!

Underworld 3

Underworld 3
Rise of the Lycans

Coming to the cinemas near you, Sony Pictures presents the awesome Vampires versus Lycans movie~ this time round, the story arc centres around the period BEFORE Underworld part 1.

Official Site
International release dates; Singapore is 22th January 2009

View the trailer below:

Fighting Movies

Fighting Movies
Friends know that I am a movie freak. I watch lotsa shows, and naturally there are genres I like and dislike. If there is anything I could watch over and over again, its movies with lotsa painstakingly choreographed fighting moves.

Below are some titles I've watched in recent months, and I love them so much.

Chocolate / Fury
I have the DVD, so drop me an sms if anyone of you wanna borrow ya.Watch one of her many fight scenes here:

Oh, if there is any fighting idols I like, it isn't Jet Lee nor Jackie Chan, its Donny Yen. Watch his films below:

S.P.L. (杀破狼)

Flash Point (导火线)


(the Making of Flashpoint)