So orange...

Design your own Lego set!

2006-07-26T11:28:00.000+08:00

Design, buy and build! :) Do it here. Note: The software looks real cool, but it crashed on my several times. :( Will try some more.

No more TODAY

2006-07-06T16:56:00.000+08:00

I have stopped Straits Times subscription and started boycotting TODAY following this sickening incident. What about you?

Shaveanywhere

2006-06-09T11:25:00.000+08:00

Thanks to kurt, I had zero office productivity this morning but maximum fun and giggling. :) Love it.

My take on Mr. Right

2006-06-08T16:41:00.000+08:00

Elvina recently blogs about her take on Mr. Right.

Like her friends, I've been asking the same question for the longest time: "How do you know if you've met Mr. Right?" Recently I realise, maybe...just maybe...I know now. In relationships, everyone is bound to find things that they do not like or maybe even hate about each other along the way. It's the willingness to work things out that matters. He who is not willing to work things out with you is definitely Mr. Wrong.

Mr. Right is someone who not only loves you, but accepts your faults and flaws, forces himself to tahan you even when he feels like strangling you, is willing to try his best to work things out and stay together because he feels it’s all worth it, to be with you.

Mr. Right is NOT perfect, he may not be as good looking, he may be much less than hunky, and sometimes he really annoy the hell out of you. At times, you might hate the things he say or do so much that you feel like f***ing the whole thing.

But deep down you know he's a sweetheart, someone whom you can trust wholeheartedly. Because he is Mr. Right, you try your best to be Ms. Right too.

How to hem jeans keeping original hem

2006-06-06T15:06:00.000+08:00

Ever altered a pair of jeans and felt like crying because it look nothing like the orginal u liked? Ever had a pair of jeans altered with white hems instead of its original cool dirty yellow thread? Ever wished that there's a way to sand the altered hem so that they will looked as cool as they did before the alteration? Finally, there's a relatively simple way to save us shorties the pain. How to hem jeans

Beauty and the Geek

2006-06-02T11:37:00.000+08:00

this IS awesome! :) Best reality show IMO.

Synonyms for PAP

2006-05-05T14:12:00.000+08:00

Try using Word's thesaurus on PAP. 1) Open Word application. 2) Type "pap". 3) Select the word, click Tools->Language->Thesaurus...

Another not seen in local media

2006-05-03T11:16:00.000+08:00

EnerNorth lawsuit For those who based their judgement purely on what's fed by the local media, please look elsewhere. There is no excuse for ignorance these days.

Not seen in mainstream media

2006-05-02T10:12:00.000+08:00

I was there on hougang field, regreting I didn't bring a camera. Luckily someone brought it and took great pics.

Please click on pic to enlarge.

Turnout you can see for yourself above. Atmosphere was amazing. :)

Gamekillers

2006-04-28T15:32:00.000+08:00

Haha...love this! In the dating world, there have been forces against us. We have known them forever, but we never know their names. They are everywhere, meet the Gamekillers: http://www.mtv.com/onair/dyn/gamekillers/series.jhtml

What's new

2006-03-30T11:51:00.002+08:00

Here's what our great leader says: SINGAPORE: Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong has expressed concern that Hougang and Potong Pasir residents will lose out on upgrading if they do not vote for the People's Action Party. Mr Goh says: "I do not want the two constituencies to be left behind, especially Potong Pasir, an old estate. Five years down the road, assuming Chiam do win, there will be no upgrading. Every time when there's an election, I can't help but feel very proud of our country. So proud that I am afraid to read the newspapers during this period of time. I scared my eyes will pop out like Linda's and won't be able to SCREW THEM back. Without fail, we are with showered threats, not forgetting freebies of course. What's new? Head of country had threatened to step down before. Maybe Hougang and Potong Pasir residents should pay less tax, since they are not fully entitled to benefit from how it's used. What some others say.

Crazy english language

2006-03-30T10:54:00.000+08:00

There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger.

English muffins were not invented in England nor French fries in France.

Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.

Quicksand makes one sink slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor a pig.

Why is it that writers write, but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?

If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

Why do people recite at a play and play at a recital?

Why do we ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?

Park on driveways and drive on parkways?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?

When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

And why do I start my watch when I wind it up but end this essay when I wind it up? - Spotted by Sherhan Suhandi who submitted it to The New Paper

Crazy shit

2006-03-29T14:57:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVQNt64PxfE They're better than spidy, they don't need web.

Wicked cool!

2006-03-28T16:18:00.001+08:00

http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/ Warning: Extremely addictive. Try at your own risk.

FFrrrreeezzziinngg...

2006-02-10T15:06:00.000+08:00

Erm...the title wasn't on purpose, it's like that because me is sshivverrring.

Am wearing 3 layers now: a normal top, a sweater, a jacket pulled right up to my neck, sleeves pulled over me fingers. Still ccoolldd. Bad idea wore skirt today, have to kneel on chair, if not legs become ice. Lucky got extra fleece scarf to cover knees, if not knee pain due to the sub-zero temperature. Colleague’s a darling, went and get her biker's gloves for my stiff frozen fingers.

Ow ow...thunderbolt pose not as easy as it seems…especially not for extended period of time...oww...*very slowly moving numbed legs out of under warm fat ass back into artic conditions*

Think my feet are frozen.

Note to self: remember to bring warm socks, gloves and heat packs to work.

Spotlight sucks!

2006-01-04T15:54:00.001+08:00

Spotlight Plaza Singapura's phone number is freaking for show only! The pre-recorded message asks you to select one of the 6 departments. Tried all of them and not a single one of them answered! Put phone on speaker mode and tried for like 1/2 hr in vain, fucking worse than hotlines! Damn pissed.

Hongkong's new zoo

2005-12-14T18:15:00.001+08:00

Our office cleaning aunty just got back from her Hongkong vacation with her family. Me: "Aunty, 香港好玩吗?" (Aunty, Hongkong fun?) Aunty: "机场那边那个动物园很多人啊！不知道有什么好玩这么多人！我的孙子吃那个鸡腿 hor，这...么大！有什么好吃! 他们很喜欢啊，一直去那个动物园..." (Airport that zoo ar, a lot of people ar! don't know why soo many people! My grandson eat that chicken drumstick, soo BIG! Where got nice to eat! They like that zoo a lot, keep going...") In the back of my mind I keep thinking...动物园??! HK's zoo famous meh?? People go HK will visit zoo one meh?? Then I realized... 动物园 (zoo) = Disneyland, 鸡腿 (chicken drumstick) = Disney's famous turkey drumstick ...I guess Disneyland is like a special zoo exhibiting mermaids, teapots and princess among human-sized animals...;p

Pushing back not enough

2005-12-13T11:52:00.000+08:00

Tym has a great article on what to do when people try to push their way into MRT while you are trying to get out: http://www.toomanythoughts.org/blog/2005/12/push-back.html

Here are some meaningful comments I extracted from her post:

leah said...

on a related note, i was on a public bus that day, standing, and a very pregnant woman came on, and nobody offered her a seat (which is startling, seeing this is america, not "i will mysteriously fall prey to narcolepsy in the presence of pregnant/old/handicapped commuters" Singapore) and the bus driver got so pissed off he just pulled up in the middle of nowhere, and yelled, 'WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE UNTIL SOMEONE OFFERS THAT LADY THERE A SEAT, OK?'(and somebody did, duh) How cool is that? we should get our drivers to do that too =)

Darkharf said...

In Japan (any part of Japan especially Tokyo and Osaka), if a person charge into a train, or simply stand in the way of others, that person will be stared at by other commuters like he/she is an alien. And so are those who invaded the right side of the escalator, obasans will scold the person for blocking people's way.

mimosa said...

been to taipei and tried their train (jie yun) system in taipei city. and i'm surprised that even their govt is screwed up, their people do have better train habits than we (whom declared us o' so civilised and above all) do.

the communters over there do queue for the train, one line per cabin door, even though it's the peak hours and the queue snakes like hell! they wait for their turn to board the train after the exiting pple come out, even though it means that they'll have to miss this train as the train gets full. anyone who cuts queue gets the EVIL GLARE and those with more guts will actually stand out to give u a lashing in the open. same wise goes for the escalator. all of them file neatly along the right side of the escalators, leaving the left an empty lane for those in rush.

In my recent trip to Korea, I noticed that commuters would choose to stand even when the reserved seats are empty and there are no elderly, pregnant lady or disabled in sight. My Korean friend freaked out when one of my friends sat at one of those empty seats. “The grandpas and grandmas will scream at you!” he gasped. How cool I thought. ;p Hard to imagine that happening in Singapore. Maybe we should do more than just "pushing" back for ourselves (though this is already a big step for many of us), maybe we should do more, like the super cool US bus driver in leah's comment, the Taiwanese and Japanese commuters and obasans in mimosa and Darkharf's comment. Maybe we should take one more step ahead to teach that inconsiderate bunch a lesson, i.e. by embarrassing them in public. I once saw a pregnant lady standing right in front of this whole row of school boys (not more than 15 years of age) in the MRT. All of them treat her as if she was invisible. I had a hard time believing what I saw. It is very sad, NONE of the five or six boys moved. These are the future of Singapore. I wanted to walk over and make them gave up their seats. However, I took too long pondering about what I should say. The next thing I know, the boys alighted. A swarm of commuters rushed in to fill up the newly emptied seats. Luckily, the pregnant lady had managed to grab one for herself.

I am ashamed. What if the lady hurt herself before finding that seat? Should others like me not feel responsible to look out for people like her?

Sometimes I thought maybe I should grab a seat just so I could give it up for the needy someone who boards at the next stop or something. You know, like "choup" for them in advance with my butt. It's a lot easier than asking someone else to give up his or her seat. From the references to Japan, Taiwan and Korea, it seems like social pressure kind of plays a part in maintaining the graciousness of the society. Maybe we should all learn from them and make sure those selfish, inconsiderate people are forced to show respect and consideration to others. In her reply to the comments, Tym puts a note to herself to “cultivate that modicum of initiative and courtesy.” I hope I can finally put my thoughts into action.

Taking matters into our own hands...

2005-09-23T20:21:00.000+08:00

We are having a global meeting at our France head office this week. As I am having this horrible cough and came from a neighbor country to Indonesia, everyone is convinced that I have bird flu. :( Yesterday, a couple of my colleagues and I were discussing how much we hate our colleague F, while we were on the way back to the office after lunch. We knew the boss would never get rid of F, even though he too did not like him much. So, we decided to take matters into our own hands. We've decided the only way to get rid him, is to get rid of him - permanently. We contemplated that the fastest and easiest way is to hire someone for the job...hmm....no…wait…we have a better idea…:

Give him bird flu! ;p

Cheap, hussle-free, zero liability.

1) Since bird flu has not been proven to transmit from person to person, my colleagues will have to first put me in a room filled with chickens.

2) The chickens will then get the bird flu from me.

3) Finally, we'll lock F in the room with the chickens. Viola! Let nature takes its course. Imagine how excited we were when we saw some free roaming chickens at the back of our office! :)

Miniskirt

2005-07-22T11:35:00.000+08:00

I'm talking about those "fuew fuew" kind, of cottony material with ruffles that moves about when one walks. Something like the pic but with bigger ruffles:This particular one is dark pink in color. Lalala...I was taking the escalator up to office, like what I do everyday. This little pink thing caught my eye. I was thinking "hmm...wonder if some skebe from this end of escalator look up, can see or not??? (ok ok I admit, I myself also skebe la!)" So ~~consciously~~ subconsciously, I was concentrating ~~extremely hard~~ in that direction... Suddenly! *GASPS* Right when she stepped off that last step. ***Blue and white G-string!*** ***Nice wah sibeh round tush!!!*** Think my heart skipped a beat. (I'm straight. In case you skebes wondering.) Next time wear miniskirt have to be more careful liao. ;p

Express regret ≠ Apologize

2005-07-19T23:45:00.000+08:00

From Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Apologize: an admission of error or discourtesy accompanied by an expression of regret In an apology the speaker admits to doing something wrong, and says that he/she feels bad about this. Express regret means one is sorry about what happened but can maintain that what one did was not wrong. For example: "The bombers expressed regret for the civilian casualties." (not admitting a fault, so not apologizing) Well...better than nothing i guess. Actually, to think of it, Singapore should really thank her. Without her insensitive nut comment, the NKF saga probably won't receive as much attention as it did. Hopefully, charities from now on will be more responsible and transparent so that this lesson is not wasted.

Accident

2005-07-14T23:30:00.000+08:00

Witness a car accident today. Was eating Zi Cha at a coffee shop by the road side. Suddenly heard a huge bang. Looked up, saw a car stopped at the junction but didn't really see anything else. (So technically, I did not witness the accident happening.) Everyone stared in that direction, not really sure what we are looking out for. Luckily several people had the sense to call the police immediately. (While me and my family still blur blur don't know what has happened.) Apparently, there was an accident between a sedan car and a motorcycle. Shit! A bike!!! Was damn worried for the bike rider. Several other cars stopped, people started gathering around the scene. Everyone is trying to make sure that other cars don't run over him. But no one dared to move him. Luckily, he was conscious and was able to move his hands and legs slightly. Shortly after, the police arrived. According to some eye witnesses, the bike was going straight and the car was making a right turn when they collided. Both of them were probably assuming that the other will stop for them... If you want to assume anything on the road, always assume that others are going to fuk up. Avoid dangerous situations at all times. It is never worth the accident even if you are in the right and the others are in the wrong. Sincerely hope that guy will be fine.

Tell them

2005-07-14T11:25:00.000+08:00

Not forgetting that many of the kind souls who contributed their hard earn money are lowly paid, lowly educated or uneducated uncles and aunties.

Tell them it’s their fault that they did not do extensive research on NKF and evaluate the company's financial status before making donations. Tell them they should not get pissed just because Mrs. SM said $600,000 is peanuts as compared to NKF's $200 million reserve. The money they make is not even comparable to the bacteria on the peanuts.

Peanuts

2005-07-14T00:45:00.000+08:00

It is ridiculous for a charity to keep more than 30 years of reserve!!! WTF!!! What about the charities that don't even have enough to function right now? Most people only have so much they can afford to give. If the money goes to one charity just to seat there and earn interest, that means other needy charities will get less. Unfortunately, not everyone is lucky enough to have peanuts as "small" as Mrs Goh's. While pointing all fingers to NKF, one have to realize the government should also bear a big part of the responsibility. Is there no organization to oversee the runnings of charities? How come the biggest and one of the once most respectable charity organization be allowed to grow so outrageously out of proportion? I sincerely hope that this incident do not just end with Durai leaving NKF. The whole charity system should be re-examined and reformed. Not asking only for more transparency but for total transparency. Also, a limit should be set as to how much reserve a charity is allowed to keep. As for the injudicious comments made by Mrs. SM...sigh...it's such a disgrace. News link: http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp050713_501.html http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,91366,00.html Check out the petition, there are some cool comments: http://www.petitiononline.com/nkfs/petition.html “The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. “ - Albert Einstein

love is responsibility

2005-07-11T23:55:00.000+08:00

don't think one can really separate the two. if you love someone, you'll feel responsible for them. if you love them but don't feel responsible for them, you can't really say u love them. someone asked, what if you feel responsible for them, but may not feel the love, the warmth that comes with it? if you feel responsible for them but don't feel the warmth, it's most likely you don't know that u love them. if not, you will not bother about responsibility in the first place.

the courtesy of asking

2005-07-11T22:22:00.000+08:00

one should always have the courtesy of asking when they are trying to make decision for others. even if they already know what the answer might be. if they did not, even if the decision is what the other party would want, he or she still have the right to get pissed.

blog? hmm..

2005-07-10T18:09:00.000+08:00

why did i decide to try blogging finally...hmm...maybe simply kiasu. ;p