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30 Sep 2007 - Sun [Load Images from 30 Sep 2007 - Sun]
Outing @ Night
Met Lawrence, Katie, Yeo & Alex for drinks and dinner @ Beach Bar. We then went off to Thai Disco. Katie is Lawrence's friend from New Zealand. The ang mohs left Thai Disco earlier. They probably didn't like the place as much as I do. 进杰 joined us @ Thai Disco. It's a surprise that he came.
Outing to Upper Thomson
Took Granny, Sule'ah & Ling out to Lower Pierce Reservoir, Upper Pierce Reservoir and Seletar Reservoir. Saw a lot of monkeys on the way there. They were all looking @ the cars, hoping for some free food. Some even stood up. Ling said that they look like beggars. We then stopped over @ Casuarina Curry for dinner. The Mee Goreng was not bad. Ling felt that it's even better than the one @ Adam Road. I also agreed. The standards @ Adam Road dropped after the old man retired.

29 Sep 2007 - Sat [Load Images from 29 Sep 2007 - Sat]
Shopping trip to Carrefour
Took Ling and her Mum on a shopping trip to Carrefour. Ling bought a children's whiteboard calendar for her students. They openly asked her for Childrens' Day presents and she obliged. I think the whiteboard calendar is also useful for our home as well.

28 Sep 2007 - Fri [Load Images from 28 Sep 2007 - Fri]
The Kelong and the islands
Waited for a long time @ the jetty. We didn't leave the jetty until 1+ pm. The sea was quite choppy, making the boat ride feel like a see-saw. The Kelong was spartan. Looks like a dormitory to me. The toilets are expected. 1 hole in the wood that leads directly to the sea. There was KTV, Mahjong & Carrom. Felt that we were charged RM50 per person unfairly as we were evaluating the place. There was a group of people there and they were from Prudential. Left @ 3 pm to go island hopping. Thought it would be to places where we can buy stuff and see people. But we landed on Pulau Sibu Besar. It looks like a deserted island. A Twin Beach Resort was there. But it seems that the place has been abandoned. It looked like a scene from some horror movie where a group of curious explorers stumbled upon an abandoned place. The rest of the people came prepared for the beach and the sea. The 4 of us could only sit around, play w carbs and drink coconut water. We finally left the place @ 5+ pm. The boat dropped the Prudential ppl off @ the kelong and it took us back to Tanjung Leman. The sea was more choppy this time. But we made it back in one piece. Decided to drive back to JB by the Main Road. Some Johor car opened door and pointed middle finger @ us after I cut partially into his lane. Put petrol @ BH Petrol near Tanjung Leman. The road back to JB was totally dark & Smokey. Had to slow down considerably. From Tanjung Leman, the next petrol station was @ Kota Tinggi. We stopped over @ Johor Jaya for dinner before going straight back to Singapore. It was good that there wasn't any jam @ the Causeway.
Drive to Tanjung Leman
The drive to Tanjung Leman had a twist shortly after Kota Tinggi. We saw a sign that says Tanjung Leman. But it turned out to be heading towards Tanjung Sedili instead. Thought that we had turned into the wrong road, so we took another road towards Mawai Lama. Went through 3 humps at almost full speed as they were the same coloud as the road. In the end, this Mawai Lama road led to someone's house. Asked for directions. The person @ the house told us that the Tanjung Sedili way is correct coz there's a new bridge that links to Tanjung Leman. Finally arrived there @ 11:40 am.

27 Sep 2007 - Thu [Load Images from 27 Sep 2007 - Thu]
Badminton Singles
David couldn't make it because of work. Ziteng had exams. So Zijie & I played singles. Didn't know how I managed but I beat Zijie in Singles 15-12. He has been kicking my ass in badminton. Maybe it's due to sheer luck today. Was almost dead after the match. Later teamed up with 五舅 but still lost to Zijie.
My lunch

26 Sep 2007 - Wed [Load Images from 26 Sep 2007 - Wed]
Award Presentation
The presentation was very long. There were 6 pages of names in the recipient list. I managed to clap until page 3 where Mei's name was found. After that I just gave up and played Sudoku on my phone.
Thursday becomes Saturday
Accidentally messaged Ling that we'll leave hm @ 8:30 am tomorrow thinking that it was a Saturday. We were talking about Saturday's plans beforehand.
The Programme
Honours' Night
Went ACJC to attend Mei's honours' night. We were greeted by councillors who ushered us to our seats in the hall. The award recipients were all seated @ LT1. I remember going there for most of my lectures on the few occasions that I was around. Mummy and I arrived early so it was kind of boring waiting for the thing to start. The guest of honour was My Goh Yew Lin. He's the executive director for GK Goh Holdings. He talked about his school days. That was the only part of the speech where I understood. The whole speech seem to be scripted. It might have been written by someone else as he stumbled over some of the words.
eMotor Lunch
Helen from OAC treated us to lunch to thank us for the eMotor. It was a nice lunch and a nice conversation. We learnt a lot from Ken's conversation w Helen. They were talking about properties, retirement and estate taxes. I suddenly felt very poor as they were talking about hundreds of thousands of dollars in retirement savings. I wonder if my generation will ever save that kind of money from working.

25 Sep 2007 - Tue [Load Images from 25 Sep 2007 - Tue]
Kelisa - 2nd night
Took the Kelisa out for a spin. Thought of ACJC. Then went to explore the roads inside Biopolis. The place looks beautiful @ night. But I wonder what's the reason for the bumpy roads. They seem to be installed there purposely. The roads have been named after Slim Barracks. The name of the army camp which once stood there.
Exercise @ night
Ran 6 rounds around Hua Guan Estate. Ling was riding the bicycle. But the brakes @ the rear tyres were spoilt. So it made it difficult for her to ride. Folded it and put it into the boot of the Lancer.
Mapling tonight
Leveled up to Level 49. Unfortunately Ling died TWICE. Coz she was trying to do too many things @ the same time.
South View - One Raffles Quay
North View - One Raffles Quay
Dropping Stephen & Jamie
What was planned to be a smooth drive turned out to be a big detour. Fetched Stephen to take 105. Wanted to drop him @ Holland V. But realised too late that 105 turns left before Holland V. So had to take a detour and drop him @ Ghim Moh. Ended up going one big round to Clementi Road, Old Holland Road before dropping Jamie @ Tesserina for her 157.
Demo @ Raffles Quay
Went Raffles Quay for another Group Insurance demo. But this time, the main focus of the whole trip was the stunning view from the 27th floor office. Could see the whole of Marina Bay. Could also look into certain units @ 'The Sail' condo.
Recce @ Tanjung Lehman
Kukup Recce has been changed to Tanjong Lehman. Need to take a boat from a jetty slightly before Mersing. It's run by 3 young Singaporeans guys and they even got a website. They should put more hot babes on their site to attract more people there.
Buying Weekend Car Supplementary License
Bought 5 of them from the post office @ Hong Lim. They didn't take down my car number or my IC. Not the same as what Yeo & Stephen experienced.
Kelisa outside my house

24 Sep 2007 - Mon [Load Images from 24 Sep 2007 - Mon]
Workaholics
An OCBC bank staff came by to talk to Mummy about Investment Products. He stayed around until 11+ pm waiting for his gf to knock off work and fetch him home. Not the kind of lifestyle that I want to lead.
Road Tax disc
It was on the way home from 七姨's place when I realised that there isn't any road tax disc. Called Adrian. He said that it'll be sent to Ling's home. We then went Ling's Mum's place to collect the disc as it has arrived today.
My first passengers
Mummy & 七姨 are my first passengers in the Kelisa. We took a drive around Bedok. Wanted to eat Bak Chor Mee @ first. But decided not to build onto my 85 kg body.
Setting up 七姨's TV
Went 七姨's place to help her set up her TV. Mummy and her siblings bought a 10-inch LCD Akira TV for her. It came with DVD functions as well. Helped her to setup her Thomson (Spaceship) TV as well.
Collecting the Kelisa
Collected the Kelisa yesterday. 七姨 fetched Mummy & I from our home. Mummy took over the driving and dropped me @ Ubi. Adrian was already there with the documents when I arrived. Checked the car. All seems to be in order. We also went through a check list of things to look out for. Within 40 minutes, I drove the car out. The fuel tank was empty because cars being shipped needed to have their fuel tanks empty. So the first thing I did with the car was to pump petrol @ the Caltex. Courtesy of the $25 petrol voucher from Perodua. First place I went to was 七姨's place.
Kelisa Showroom
Rush hour traffic
Experience first hand the rush hour traffic @ the North Eastern Part of Singapore. I wouldn't want to live there. Paya Lebar Road is simply a car park @ that part of the day.
Pleasant feeling
It was a pleasant feeling on hearing Chris offering to buy me lunch even when I gave a filmsy excuse (weather is too humid) to skip lunch.
Skipped Breakfast - Almost
Skipped breakfast today as the 85kg revelation on Saturday is still affecting me. But ended up eating 1 curry puff coz Ling bought for me and herself.

23 Sep 2007 - Sun [Load Images from 23 Sep 2007 - Sun]
New Guild - kopioclub
Joined a new guild (Kopioclub) in Maple today. It started with an invitation from Cutie. I felt that why not, since Xenosaga can be called a dormant guild anyway. Xenosaga was a M'sian guild. This was a Singaporean Yuppie guild. Most of the people are around my age. But I think I'm still the oldest. Most of the guild people's levels are very high. Cutie's level is already 90+. Guild leader's is 115. I wonder how Cutie managed to level up so fast. Then she told me that she BOUGHT 2x EXP. They are really 'on' about Mapling. I wish I could progress faster but I got too many distractions and hobbies. Later in the night, they helped me to kill Cloud Fox to help me hunt for Diao Chan Sword. Though we didn't get the sword, it was very nice of them to help me though they are just chatting w me for the first time.
My fan
I cleaned it today.
Our Cactus
Fat Chern
I hate my weight. Weighed myself @ OG yesterday. Not very good news. I'm 85 kg now. I hate my body. I look like an unattractive whale.

22 Sep 2007 - Sat [Load Images from 22 Sep 2007 - Sat]
My new bedsheet and tie
Hokkien Songs
Saw some 中秋节 performance @ 四马路. Deduced that it was a competition when I saw the judges in front. Most of the contestants sang Hokkien songs. Those that make you want to turn them off @ the flick of a switch. Why can't the tune of most Hokkien songs sound nice? There's actually nothing wrong with the lyrics and the quality of the singers. It's the tune. One of the rare Hokkien songs that I like is the song @ the end of the 4:30 pm Hokkien show on Channel 8.
Shopping @ OG
Took Ling's parents for a drive to Chinatown. The lights and decorations for 中秋节 are up. It was too crowded so we headed to OG @ Waterloo Street instead. Paid $79.50 for a bedsheet set with the word 'orange' on it. Ling bought me a purple tie. I still feel that buying ties are unnecessary. What if my work suddenly don't require me to wear ties? Then all the ties will be rotting in my wardrobe.
Car is here
It's finally confirmed. I'll collect the Kelisa on Monday evening. It will be @ 6:30 pm as it is a weekend car.
Cat @ Tanglin Halt
Wee Meng's room
Took a short walk to Wee Meng's house. Helped him remove some virus. Told him to get rid of the AVG shit. Anti-Virus programs eat up much resources and they don't contribute as much. Wee Meng occupies the top floor. Not too bad for a room. He has an attached bathroom and even has gym equipment.

21 Sep 2007 - Fri [Load Images from 21 Sep 2007 - Fri]
Ready next week
Called Adrian as the silence over the Kelisa is starting to get to me. He said that the car would most likely be ready during the 2nd half of next week. He also said that my car number is a good number.
静思 Café
Walked past it along Smith Street today. Reminded me of the place Terence brought us to in Penang. Should be under the same 'management'.
Sunbird Avenue
There's such a road in Sg and it's damn far away in Upper Changi. Ling will be going there for Mooncake festival tonight with her colleagues.
My plan for tonight
Not sure where to bring Peng Yong and Yew Mun tonight. But chances are, Doris will take them to Lau Pa Sat and I'll meet them there after going home to change.

20 Sep 2007 - Thu [Load Images from 20 Sep 2007 - Thu]
Badminton today
There were only 4 of us @ Badminton today. 五舅, David, Ziteng & me. At first, 五舅 partnered with David against Ziteng and me. But it proved to be a mismatch. So in the end, I partnered 五舅.
8-days
Bought 8-days today. It's the first time I see 8-days on shelves in a week. I think this is the magazine that I enjoy reading the most. Most of the articles are relevant to Singapore. Unlike FHM (after the Ang Moh editor took over) and those car magazines.
Assuring a drinker
Just ran into Peng Yong in office. He was quite apprehensive about tomorrow night as he has been drinking a lot recently. I assured him that Singaporeans can't drink much and that he'll at most drink 3-4 glasses.
1 drinks stall
There's only 1 drinks stall on one half of the 2nd floor opened during the mornings @ Hong Lim. The queue was so ridiculously long that I gave up buying tea for Ling. I rather get the drink from office for her.

19 Sep 2007 - Wed [Load Images from 19 Sep 2007 - Wed]
Drinks cancelled
Was supposed to meet Edwin @ Changi Village after Changi Airport for drinks. But he couldn't wait that long so we went back first. Either by cab or by bus, the journey home is very shiong in terms of time and money.
A 小红 in GE
Jamie's name is Sio Hung. Maybe it's 小红. 小红 is a name we give for any arbitral ghost floating around in Khatib Camp.
Cannot change header
Faced another hurdle building up the ezhouse website. The netfirms php server refuses to let me change the header settings. I ended up having to simply print out the byte strings. It's up to the user to know how to save it to the proper file name.

18 Sep 2007 - Tue [Load Images from 18 Sep 2007 - Tue]
Junbin's car
Will be using Junbin's car for the next few days. He's going to Melbourne for a trip w Wei Wei. It all falls into place coz originally, they planned to take a cab to the airport. But now I can send them tomorrow night. By next week, there'll be 3 cars in my house.
Dinner @ Coffeeshop
Had dinner w Junbin & Jack @ the newly opened coffeeshop near my place. Told them to order individual plates because their 煮炒 is not as good. We shared 2 bottles of Heineken w plenty of ice. The waiteress was quite chatty. She speaks like Zhong Qing and even looks a bit like her.
Visitor from China
Was surprised to see Peng Yong in office today. The last time I met him was in the Chongqing office last year. Would have wanted to bring him out for dinner tonight but I'll be meeting Junbin.

15 Sep 2007 - Sat [Load Images from 15 Sep 2007 - Sat]
Call from USA
姑姑 called. 安安 has forgotten the url for my blog again. Good thing that he remembered his password. Granny couldn't hold the phone properly. Her hands may be too weak to hold. So I held it for her instead.

14 Sep 2007 - Fri [Load Images from 14 Sep 2007 - Fri]
Good to be home
It felt so good to be home. Granny kept asking me if I had eaten. Mummy also asked if the food is enough. Ling came down just to see me eat. Had nuggets and Otak for dinner. There's even leftover rice because Mei didn't eat her share.

11 Sep 2007 - Tue [Load Images from 11 Sep 2007 - Tue]
911
Today is the 6th anniversary of 911. But I didn't even realise it until the afternoon. Without newspapers and the internet, we are cut off from the outside world.

07 Sep 2007 - Fri [Load Images from 07 Sep 2007 - Fri]
Breakfast surprise
Seoh bought breakfast automatically for me. It was a very nice gesture as I totally didn't expect that. He even brought it up to my bunk. No one bought for Jackson. So he had to get bread from downstairs.

06 Sep 2007 - Thu [Load Images from 06 Sep 2007 - Thu]
Reading night
Got a lot of reading materials. Newman, Autocar, New Paper and even Timeout. Jackson got some gaming magazines and Wan Bao. We finished it within the night.
Good news on Kelisa
Adrain from Kelisa called to tell me that the company is prepared to absorb the $4k difference between our bid price and the actual COE price. But payment had to be made by Monday. He promised to SMS me his number but the message naver came. Only got his number after I called Ling to read out his number on his namecard. Called back Adrian. He apologised. But he said that he has sent the message already. Asked Mummy to call Adrain tomorrow so that she can settle the car for me.
Night's Off
Jackson was kind enough to send me home in his Citroen Berlingo to take the beds for JinJie & Yeo. We then went Bukit Timah Market for dinner. Tyre punctured on the way back to camp. I think it was partly my fault for asking him to pump his tyres to 300 kPa. Managed to change our tyres in time. Bought some more beers and titbits before reaching camp @ 8+ pm.

05 Sep 2007 - Wed [Load Images from 05 Sep 2007 - Wed]
Wine Tasting
Went Fitness Network for wine tasting w Ling & Suhyi. The wines that we had was good though the powerpoint presentation was too technical and frankly boring. We helped ourselves to the free biscuits and cheese available.
No more COE
My COE chances for this round is now officially zero. Just turned down an offer to top up my bid. By 1 pm, it is almost $16k already.
COE Bidding
Another thing significant about today is that we'll be going for COE bidding for my Kelisa. Been clicking on this page periodically for the whole morning. As of 10:45 am, it's still @ $1.

04 Sep 2007 - Tue [Load Images from 04 Sep 2007 - Tue]
Using Flash to implement maps
Spliting a map of Singapore on a webpage for Ezhouse is not as straightforward. We've decided to use flash for it. But we'll need to recompile it everytime there's a change in the link.
Mapling
Been mapling a lot recently. Maybe I'm spurred by the fact that I'm closing in on Ling. As of this morning, less than 100% EXP stand between me and her. Was also surprised to see Suhyi online last night. She's doing some quest @ Singapore.
T7
I have not used my T7 for a few already. It has been with Mei. I think I won't be seeing my T7 for another week or longer coz I can't bring it into camp. I'll miss my T7. My blog misses my T7.
Reservist
My reservist is coming up in 2 days time. This will be my 2nd last. I wonder how it will be like since we went through FATEP last year. After next year, I don't think I'll ever be seeing quite a few people for the rest of my life. Though we can always say 'call me when free'. In practice, we just contact the close ones.

02 Sep 2007 - Sun [Load Images from 02 Sep 2007 - Sun]
Mei the entrepreneur
Mei has kidnapped my T7 for these few days so that she could take pictures of her products for her online shop. Ling became her model in trying out the clothes. There's one pair of pants that was so tight and long that it made Ling look like an alien.
Grocery Shopping - On another scale
Sheng Shiong @ Commonwealth would be another success story. I wonder how can the water melons go for $3 each. Ling's Mum says that Sheng Shiong have bought their own farm near Yong Peng, so they could do away with all the middlemen. Even the Carlsberg Special Brew cost only $2.60 per can. This is almost the price of a Tiger in an SAF camp. Buying 10 Water Melons is not exactly a routine shopping trip. We had to get one of the staff to lend us a trolley and a plastic basket. Still, it was hard work loading them one by one into the boot.
Chauffeur for the day
Went plenty of places. Picked Alex up from Airport. Sent Ling to Yew Tee for driving. Helped Ling's Mum transport 10 Water Melons from Sheng Shiong to the canteen. Brought everyone out to Tiong Bahru for dinner. My mileage could easily be more than 100 km today.
Choice of music
Had a mini-fight with Ling over our choice of Music. She hates Michael Buble and I hate 98.7. I ended up playing Michael Buble on repeat mode on our hi-fi for half-an-hour. She ended up listening to her lousy 98.7 on her Nokia 6111.

01 Sep 2007 - Sat [Load Images from 01 Sep 2007 - Sat]
Blood sucking KTV
Went Partyworld South Bridge for KTV w Ling n her family. KTVs during weekends are blood suckers. My KTV bill just for the 4 of us is $132.30. Should have stayed @ Alexandra Village for the 歌台. $70.62 went to the room alone. The titbits cost $8.95 for 2 small containers. I even parted with $4.71 for 4 miserable wet towels. There's even an $8 plate of fruits thrown in, not to mention a KOD tax of $9.42 for the 4 of us. The Carlsberg Jug @ $30.60 looks like a bargain compared to the rest. For the same amount of money, I could have brought them to a night club in Geylang. Despite the prices, I think it was well spent. After all, we didn't managed to celebrate the birthdays of Ling's Parents as well as Mother's Day and Father's Day with them. Was glad that everyone enjoyed themselves. Especially my father-in-law and his Hokkien songs.
Dinner
Was @ Alexandra Village for dinner w Ling and her family. Had some BBQ Sting Ray and Carrot Cake. There will be a 歌台 tonight. Was thinking whether to stay for it. But we decided to go KTV instead.
Car wash
Used the car wash (七姨's car) outside my house for the first time. It felt like … a car wash. $6. Nothing spectacular. Nothing more and nothing less.