Live Life Fullest !!!

Nike Human Race'09

2009-10-24T14:28:00.002+08:00

Juz ran the Nike Human Race this morning... more sights than Sundown marathon... haha... Course been pretty shag, so i'm quite drained... shall backdate some entries when i can catch a breathe.

Parade Commander

2009-10-15T22:25:00.001+08:00

My first time as Parade Commander for colours.... Sumthing i've been avoiding for the last 7 years whenever i'm on course... this time kana liao... arrowed by Course Commander... Lan lan cannot siam... Lucky... survived it.

Ear Piercing for the vainees...

2009-10-03T22:28:00.003+08:00

Reis and Cadis went for ear piercing today, the 2 vainpots have been asking to do it for quite some time liao... Today's the day... Brave gals, didn't nudge or yell during the piercing, typical 爱美不要命 spirit... well done.

Another case of 破财消灾?

2009-10-01T23:30:00.002+08:00

Damn Sian... Scrap my car against a pillar at Bugis Junction carpark while squeezing into a carpark lot the unorthodox way... Was too busy making sure the head dun kana the car beside then suddenly heard the scraping sound... I told siao liao... door kana liao... after parking went down took a look, heng ah... only the side skirts kana, thats what i thought... Called Ronnie (Phua Spray Services) immediately to book for appt the next morning for repairing.

Here's the damage:

When i went in to Ronnie's the next morning, the price he quoted was what i expected, regular customer mah, so familiar with his rates. Then i received a call from him to say the rocker panel oso kana, need to send to Lye for some panel knocking, then i thought... this time siao liao... True enough, when i collected my car, the bill was high... haiz... $160 from Lye Designs to restore... and $180 from Ronnie's to spray... Total $320 (bargain for some discount from Lye) Sibeh expensive....

Since my i had to sent in my car to spray, i 顺便 sprayed the foglight area which i wanted to do long time ago, now's the chance... Glad it turned out nice...

Still heart pain when i think bout the damage... damn... lousy day...

Exhaustion?

2009-09-26T14:29:00.003+08:00

Been feeling damn tired since monday with some headache and cough... didn't take any medicine since i normally dun take till no choice... went for 5km runs twice and felt like shit even though i reduce my speed... climbed 5 flights of steps and almost faint... Forced by Jess to visit Dr Ong last night, didn't diagnosed anything, suggested due to not enough sleep, exhausted and weather, suggest for me to rest more, take panadol and observe...
Discouraged me to go for my run on sunday, but since i already arrange to run so i think i will still run... went for badminton juz now.... felt retarded.. movements were slow, visions blurred at times and no strength....
Hopefully tomolo can finish my run in 1 piece and sweat the virus out.... sucks to feel sick...

Mishimoto Hose finally arrives...

2009-09-25T17:40:00.003+08:00

Finally!! After approx 3 mths wait, from a group buy... Also dunno why i buy... haha, sumthing red to beautify engine bay i guess, since i dun track, the stock ones shd actually be more than sufficient. But, when you own a car, you shd juz buy without reason!!!

MY MISHIMOTO RADIATOR SILICON HOSES IS HERE!!

Skunk 2 Gearknob

2009-09-17T10:01:00.005+08:00

As much as i liked my stock knob, bad habits do kicked in...

Again another case of self poisoning as i surf CTR.sg... Saw this revived thread on "how to remove the stock gearknob" Read thru the postings, saw some pics that some bros posted after installing their SK2 knob... See liao felt not bad leh... haha... so I got 1 for myself too...

Meetup with Danny from Element Racing last night to transact.. Danny's a very nice and friendly chap, hit off quite well and lucky Danny offered to try to help me install the knob... I was still thinking whether wana go online and see which kind soul would render some assistance...

The throw's definately better than stock... and here's some pic...

My Stock knob:

The package the SK2 knob came in... (the silver knob's the stock knob...)

After:

Nice rite... anyway... new look... haha
Will be enjoying shifting for the next couple of days....

My 6th Wedding Anniversary @ Min Jiang

2009-09-14T23:21:00.002+08:00

Its our 6th wedding anniversary today, i juz sailed back moments ago, went home changed up picked my wife, gals and went for dinner for a simple celebration.
Jess said she wanted chinese food so i shortlisted afew...

Li Bai @ Sheraton Towers - Too lazy to travel till there coz ard evening, the traffic condition there is disastrous.

Lei Gardens - Recommended by Moses, went online read some reviews and didn't felt really keen to go.

Prima Tower - A place we quite liked, but haven been there since a year ago, so do some reading up again... wah the reviews were jialat... Didn't know if things really changed after a year, better dun try for tonight.

Minjiang @ Rochester - Gd food, near our place, nice ambience.. so off to Minjiang we went...

While waiting for the food, took some random photos with the crappy iphone camera.

First dish - The confirm muz eat peking duck... 3 methods of eating,
1) with sugar
2) conventional with the sweet sauce and cucumber
3) szechuan style...

Although its dinner, couldn't resist ordering some 小龙包s and they're gd!!

Some more pics in midst of dinner...

This is wat we opt for to deal with the meat of the peking duck, fry it with noodles... quite yummy too...

Hah... the fish we ordered, Dual style fish of sumthing, half fried, half steam... didn't expect it to be served in fine dining style... coz its charged by its weight... $12/100g... nabei no head no tail... initially the served 2 plates, 1 for me and 1 for jess... told me is fish.. i was like.. nabei... chop me till liddat... then they serve 2 more... for reis and cadis... hmmm.... still not convinced it was a whole fish although they charged me for 1...

Crab roe with Kai Lan Miao... and its real crab shredded... you can see the shredded part of the pincers too...

Pork ribs with honey glazed sauce... $10/pc

And lastly desserts... mango and durian puddings... the durians are MUST TRY for durian lovers!!

Photo sessions again...

I prefer Min Jiang during weekdays... its so quiet and the staff are so attentive and pleasant... some things you dun even haf to ask, and they are brought to you through observations... Because Jess dun eat seafood, missed out on the prawns, scallops, crab and squid items...

So it was a successful 2190 days/ 52560 hours/ 3153600 mins since we got married and still counting...

Wet Day for a run

2009-09-06T18:46:00.002+08:00

Its sunday morning again, running day... set my alarm to wake me up at 5.30am with the mission of waking afew others - Muzhong, Siswi and Weiye. Gave them their morning call, changed up, set off to pick OMP...
The sky still looks ok when i set off, till i reach OMP's carpark, it started pouring... Wah lau... bad omen, but thinking ECP still far away and no one from the east called me to inform me bout the rain, there's still hope.
Reach ECP, no rain but once i parked, signs of lightning flashes by. Dun care, press on, not raining yet... Waited for the perpertual latecomers to arrive - Leonard to be exact, forever late...
Siswi and Qiming joined us, its been a long time since they last joined us. Qiming finally bought a car, heard it was a gd deal, 60k for a Renault Megane. Sounds like a gd deal, but its french, so beware... not exactly reliable.
Leonard and Khim arrived at 7am, Weiye came at 7am too, he ran over from home, i gave him a morning call too early so he went back to slp and overslept. ... ... ... Sleepyhead.
We started running finally, me, weiye, muzhong and alex intended to run 20km, i was taking it slow today, not pushing at all, coz my body has not been performing rite these few days so dun wan to take any chances. By the time we reached 6km, it started to pour!! Wah lau... sian... I and weiye dun mind pressing on but there's 1 consideration thats stopping me... My handphone!!! SO we took cover, but too late.. wet liao, buttons not responding. @#$%^ But the magical thing bout Nokia... juz keep whacking the phone to force the water out, once the keypad dries up, its functional again!! Haha
Stupid rain coz me to stop 2 times + my stomachache, total 3 stops... after that wat momentum oso gone liao... total distance today... lousy 12km.

Since the run is unsatisfactory, hit the gym juz now too to compensate. After picking yx, went to queensway to buy a new pair of badminton shoes, all thanks to the fucking bastard that stole my shoes... Wanted to buy back the same range but the thought of the possibilty of it getting stolen again make me tulan... so bought a cheaper one this rd...
But hahaha, as per all my shoes, muz mod abit to make it look nicer...
This is before:

And after...

Nowadays shops dun sell conventional shoelaces anymore... took quite awhile before finding a shop that sells them...

2009-09-05T18:08:00.002+08:00

Set off for badminton this morning only to find out that SOME CHEAPO BASTARD STOLE MY SHOES!!! WTF!!!

Nabei, they were not exactly new, liddat oso kana stolen... Now i gotta get a new pair... @#$%%^

Wet day

2009-08-30T22:10:00.002+08:00

Today's a really wet day, been raining since morning, stopped and rained stopped and rained... Weather's cooling throughout the whole day... Gd for lying on the bed watching anime.

Back from Firing

2009-08-28T22:07:00.002+08:00

Finally back from firing, I hate firings, dun ask me why, juz hate the nature of that exercise, after the incident during the last firing, i was on my toes this time, quite nervous, and had to regain back the damn confidence.
Juz before we sailed, the night before, we had prayers and offerings for the 7th month onboard, for smooth sailings and fair winds, hopefully this yr would be smooth for us...
I guess our sincerity could be felt this time rd, during the firing, our shots weren't exactly great, but during the last shot we shot down the target!! Hoho... Thats a big hoo haa. Boss says its due to luck, no pride but what the heck!! Who cares, even if someone shot the target down within the first shot means is marksman meh.... oso luck wat. Anyway thats why we prayed the night before.
Don's doing great for this yr, with simcen level's at green, shot down target. Juz hope some nitty gritty stuff wouldn't obstruct him like ippt, and the rate he's growing, the bmi...
Its pass midnight whe we sailed back, as always... after we secure from the ship, most of us were hungary. So supper at mac's, there's nuthin special bout having supper at Mac's, only this time, we brough along a vegetarian. HAHAHA - Joseph.
We were psycho-ing him, can lah, join us lah, eat fries and apple pie lah... vegetarian mah. So he came along. When i sat down with my meal, i saw him at the counter, so i asked Low,
"Oei, what's Joseph ordering?"
Low: "McChicken meal"
Me: " Huh? he can eat meh?"
Low: " Can, he order McChicken Meal....... without chicken"

Me: ROFLMAO !!!!! *(roll over the floor laughing my ass off)

Low: " The counter gal stunned, huh? what did you order?"
Low: " Joseph say McChicken Meal, without chicken. The gal still stunned... then Joseph say my friend is a vegetarian...."

Me: *Laughing till tears came out...

Can't wait for Joseph to come back with his meal, when he did, we all laughed again... not mean, juz plain funny, couldn't help it...
Then saw Joseph unveiing his McChicken Kosong and started lining up fries to replace the patty, we burst out laughing again... Glad he could take it...

This week's run..

2009-08-23T22:05:00.003+08:00

There's this run for cancer event going on at East coast today, emails were actually circulating ard saf to support the event... Its 5km and 10km run. So i checked with our usual runners and most preferred our usual run so we went ahead with our weekly run..

When we met up, everyone came up with excuses like tired, shagged, so they wana run short, since Siswi was running the cancer run with her new boss and officers, we decided to run to their starting point to rv her... its has been a long time since we saw her, and juz nice the starting point is our 10km u-turn point. So off we go, met up with her, did some chit-chatting and ran back. We had some new additions to our group this week - Samantha and colin, although they were late so we started without them but they did turn up... which is gd.

Off to old town's for breakfast after the run, which made the run ineffective, intake more than output... ran for nuthin, haha. But germaine's got luck, we manage to find seats at old town which is rare due to our group size...

Lukoo helped me locate my AHM finishing pic, my sundown's pic couldn't be located, so here it is...

2009-08-18T23:16:00.002+08:00

The AHM results are out!!
The organisers have once again proven themselves, its very informative... I'm really impressed. Much better than what Sundown presented despite the higher volume of runners...
Only hope the design team can inprove on the FUGLY event tee...

My timing is 2H08min, juz what i clocked...

Here are my results screenshots:

AHM/SBR

2009-08-16T12:24:00.005+08:00

Juz came home from army half marathon in the morning, meetup with the guys at 4.30am, parked at marina sq, proceed towards starting point, they started early today, at 5.22am they flagged off liao. The roads were wide thats the reason why it looked like alot of ppl but when you run it's not as congested as you expect. It was a very gd job by the event organisers, the routes were gd, adequate waterpoints and the water points were very long so they were not congested at all, gd signage, cheerleading, performances, encouragements along the way to help distract the fatigue minds...

It totally changed my view about AHMs, after hearing so much, i joined only to experience running benjamin sheares bridge and i expect not to join again, but this year they haf really proven themselves, even leonard who ran past AHMs was all praises.. It was so much better than Sundown.

Dun know why, marathon distances always seemed longer than our normal training distances seemed to be running so much longer, i didn't need to drink for 21km distance, but see so many 100+ waterpoints, i finally gave in and drank at 14km mark... wah.. its chilled!! Siao liao addicted liao, after that i drank at every waterpoint. Juz before the ending point, pass the 20km point, I cramp again!!! wah lan eh!!! @#$$%^&* WTH!!!! It happened again!! Juz like sundown... what's the matter with me, i didn't haf this problem when i was training... It always happens during the actual run. Dun fucking understand... But this time experienced liao, dun care juz walk fast bear with the cramp till better then run again...

Timing: 2H08min

It was much slower than wat i aimed, abit disappointed... At least it was a gd experience, with eye candy all around while running... Great job to OMP, Muzhong, Roy, Leonard, Ivan, Marcus, Zongren, Mingkiat, Weiye, Lukoo, Alex, CM, DYCM, Junkai, Zhenrui, Puay Kee, Paul (who ran 10km ONLY) . I oso ran into couple of old friends at the padang, Tat Hong, Kelvin Lim Poh Teck, Viktor, Joyce and some familiar faces of regular runners in ECP... Well Done all!!

My number tag and the finisher medal...

OMP finally decides to learn to drive

2009-08-13T22:04:00.002+08:00

OMP suddenly broach the topic of fuel consumption of cars afew days ago, i was surprised and as i answer him, i questioned: "Eh, ask so much for what? You oso no license." Then he told me he may wana take a car license and buy a car.

Nabei, last time i ask him before, y dun get license and buy car, go camp easier, he got no wife, no gf, no children, no dog, no commitment, affording a car shd be no issue.. Then he tell me he not interested, no need for car, got me can liao... can lombang... Now suddenly wana learn on his own accord... suspect muz be got girl... Nowadays he even go cinema watch cartoon, with girls of coz... Gd for him, finally coming back to shore...

After work immediately send him straight to BBDC to enrol before he wishy washy again, on the way there tell me he wan learn auto tranny... Let me F**K all the way... nabei ah gua, learn auto for wat... While he enrolled, the recept ask, manual of auto... i was looking at OMP, ready to pounce... Lucky the under pressured OMP say manual... haha. Its been a long time since i went BBDC, the customer service officers all quite pleasant looking, nuthin like before... I shd go down more often.. keke. During enrolment, 1 of the requirements is to check the eyesight.. I told OMP you so old then learn thats why need to check... He ask the lady whether isit due to his age thats why need to check... ROFL!!!!

Wonders of Balloons

2009-08-09T23:51:00.002+08:00

My cousin's son Dexter celebrated his first birthday today... My cousin engaged this balloon performer to entertain the kids... It's amazing what balloons can do nowadays, and the person was so skilled.... did everything in top speed...

My time only can make dogs and some easy stuff... My gals asked for afew and here they are...

Little Mermaid - Even got breast!! and worn purple bikini...

Cinderella

Octopus and butterfly...

Even my mum was excited to see what the balloons could do... actually it was my mum that wanted the mermaid... Dexter got a huge Barney... Didn't take photos of it though...

Pre AHM run

2009-08-09T21:03:00.002+08:00

Its really been not so regular at ECP for sunday runs recently due to many mnay factors.. i think i oni ran 20 km twice recently... Today die die muz run even though most of the others not doing 20km... Oni Joe is a survivor!! Even leonard didn't do 20km...

I've been running alot on the threadmil recently, followed by weights immediately, this regime somehow helps, 1 clocked 1H51mins today compared to my average of 1H55min... i improved 4 mins!! After being stagnant for so long... So next week, AHM... looking forward to it...

Was watching the NDP parade juz now... this year's concept is all new.... quite interesting, but i heard the marchpass is 3.2km, wah... torture man... heng i not in it... And after so much publicity on the Pledge Moment at 8.22pm, how many actually did it? If you did... salute you... PATRIOT!!

ROM of a Romantic Ah Beng

2009-08-08T23:42:00.004+08:00

My ship's resident Ah Beng's big day!! His solemnisation ceremony... Kelvin is every inch an ahbeng, from his tattoos to his behaviour to his looks... haha... But when he told us how he proposed to his gf, it was so romantic that i felt like punching him... Can you imagine an ah beng doing all sorts of romantic stuff to surprise his gf? But of coz feel like punching him is 1 thing, feeling happy for him is another...

The ceremony is held at Furama Riverview Hotel, doorgifts are unique pokercards... Juz what i need... i collect them...

For once the crew of Justice are punctual... early to be exact... i'm amazed. We were there early, seated while waiting for the ceremony to commence, when it finally does, we cannot help holding back our laughter seeing an ah beng reciting lovey dovey lines softer and softer instead of the usual vulgarities...

Good for you kelvin!! Wish the both of you loving always!!

Gamblers never change their spot!!! Know how to make gd use of time.

Our great crew!!

G.I.Joe - Rise of the Cobra

2009-08-08T00:14:00.003+08:00

From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos.

I juz watched it today... damn gd show!! With non-stop action so exciting that i high tide oso very relunctant to excuse myself... Its like every minute i'm not around sure willl miss some action... The action moves are very swift and clean, with terrific effects and fabulous car chase scene, high tech weaponary... Not forgetting babes, scarlett and baroness... Didn't really notice that sienna miller can look so gd and she's really got a beautiful body and cleavage... Not only babes, the hunks oso showed impressive bods. Damn !! From the way the movie ends, i'm sure there will be sequels and i'm sure looking forward to it... I would say G.I.Joe fares better than transformers but megan fox, you are still among the top of my fav actresses... Sienna Miller find soon find a place there... haha

For those who are still thinking whether to watch, WATCH IT!!!!

@ Ricky's wedding

2009-08-02T15:27:00.000+08:00

Its Ricky's Big Day last night, @ Pearl River palace restaurant at Suntec City, as its also the day of NDP preview, many roads along marina area will be closed, so the kaisu moses and me met up earlier so we wun be late and cater some time to do some shopping therapy... Moses brought me to Millenia Walk's Hourglass and Cortina's for some watch viewing, specifically the Hublot's Big Bang King, Rolex Yatchmaster 2 and the new Sinn range hourglass brought in... After that is my turn, therapy at Ceasar's and Just Toy's for all the swords are exclusive toy collections.

After we finally finish up our spare time, we proceed to the wedding venue, and there we were pleasantly surprised by the 美女 on scene... Beverly normally cladded only in jeans and cartoon tees, purple sneakers and an extremely tasteless pair of Puma specs transformed herself to be such a lady tonight... She made the effort to buy a new dress, new shoes, straighten her hair (I love straight hair), pick her eyebrows (Chee Peng and OMP are the ones always commenting on her eyebrows)... But she's not wearing any make up which doesn't matter so there will be room to improve on the next function that comes along.

We were all showering her with compliments but her suspicious complex got the better of her so all our compliments became sarcasm to her... We really meant it... haiz 好人难做.
We know she sure wun agree to take photos but tonight is exclusive... so we despatch our in house paparazzi team...

Presenting Beverly Ng:

Haha... full of expressions... Initially i wanted to join all the photos together to make it look like those entourage in facebook but i really suck at photoshop that's y you see my photos are normally not retouched so LL

Jo-cept, the herbivore onboard has his own seperate menu from us - Fine Dining Vegetarian. Haha its a big joke to us... look at his size, fine dining how to fill his stomach... he's complaining non stop... and we were really laughing at it...

These 2 are the biggest portioned course of the set, can you imagine the rest how small, there's even 1 course with only a single Kueh Pie Tee on the plate... we all almost died laughing when it was served...

Yang Guo and Snow white.... Machiam their wedding, but we were the ones that set this shot up...

Mingkiat and june...

All my worthy 1(s)...

My indepensible Deputy/Replacement, i hope its replacement...

The 2 alchoholics... 1 like to force ppl to drink, the other like to be forced to drink.

Moses and the spainish snow white - the type that put half ball...

This company really know how to enjoy ourselves, all can take jokes, willing to entertain and be object of entertainment... Really laugh whole night non stop... Afew more of these a will slim down based on laughing...

MSTF X-Country

2009-07-31T16:04:00.006+08:00

Its MSTF's Cross-Country, its been at least 5 - 6 years since i last went Macritchie or attended any cross-country events... Even if i did, it would be the minimal participation for me... Coz i dun really like nor interested to join any navy organised event... Juz me...

This time its different, Germaine's the organiser for this year's cross country so since its her, we will show our support, and when we wana support, many juniors oso no choice but to support... haha. Too bad, thats food chain... but since we started running actively for the recent year, many of my crew were not as resistant as compared previously. 4.5km dun seem long anymore...

Most of us signed up in the competitive segment and its my first competitive cross country in my life!! Haha... last time in sec school i always siam one, wan me to run, not over my dead body... summore run trail... wah lau.. dirty leh...

I ran my lungs out juz to see how much can i go after running for long, i clocked 19min 12sec, not bad timing, but there are really lungless ppl out there... nabei... run damn fast...

From left: Dion and Kah Fai... 2 cuckoos clocked 17min+.... so small size... weight advantage man... wahaha

The 2 大伯公 in black, you gotta kidnap their family to make them run...

Mingkiat stretching to win the run!

Familiar face, Member of the MSTF running club - DY CM

Finishers...

Some grp photos after the run...

The MSTF Sports committee members

182/9 Team 1 - 2nd place for competitive team event.

My crew!!

Ken - our preferred Saucony/Polar vendor...

The red bull gals, coincidently, the girl in white is tabby's sis, i remembered joining justin and dragon and tabby picking her up after school during her sec school days... grew up to be quite sweet.

The MSTF badminton streamer, awarded to 182/9 for being champs for the MSTF Badminton Tournament.

And... the medal for coming in 2nd...

My Gals luv KTV

2009-07-29T16:03:00.002+08:00

Jess is on leave today, brought the gals out to lessen mum's load since mum hasn't been feeling very well these few days... She called me and told me Reis jioed KTV.... Wahaha, a 4 year old gal jio-ing KTV? She muz've been spoilt...
So there they are, at party world's at clementi, i went over to wait for them to finish their session after work... First time in my life i heard a room oni singing children songs... Each of them hogging 1 mic and singing non stop...

The songs on the list are:
Mavis Fan's:
Brushing Teeth
Watching TV
左三圈，右三圈。。。 song...

I didn't know the girl duo twins charlene and gillian oso sang children songs and its in english!!
5 little ducks
Baa Baa black sheep
Hickory Dickory Dock

and lots more...

I was amused... transiting to bored in the room... haha, the iphone really kills boredom, thankfully...

Here are my 2 singers..

Boring Sunday...

2009-07-26T23:24:00.002+08:00

Juz came back from batam yesterday, been sailing the whole week and if you read the news you would know what happen on tues, that made our sailing very busy...

No run today coz some of us felt very tired and needed some time to recover, so run was called off. I ran in my gym instead coz by the time i finish babysitting my gals while my parents went marketing, the sun was already high up... and as you shd know, i'm allergic to the sun, sand and sea... I ran 10km on the threadmill, cannot believe it, i ran a gd 51min34 on the un-interesting threadmill... Never thought i'm able to do that... lucky my gym's threadmill's position is facing out, looking towards the pool... some sights are able to distract me temporily.

My M1 bill came, it fucking charged me $89 for mobile data... KNN i was using wifi most of the time and wifi is suppose to be free... stupid iphone, last time dun haf this problem... who can help, anyway i can disable the gprs from suka suka activating? I really dun recall surfing on GPRS... mostly its wifi... ARGH!!

I bought a GTR!!

2009-07-18T16:34:00.008+08:00

I bought A GTR!!

Went wheelock and saw this GTR Transformer on display, its from a series called the Alternators, they have the S2ooo, RX8, WRX, Integra, Fairlady, Viper and GTR. I was interested initially when they launched but i didn't buy until... the GTR came out... tats it... now i cannot hold myself back... gotta get the whole series liao...
For those interested, the are 2 versions, the Japan versions and the cheaper version that so departmental toy shops are selling, they are lighter in weight and much cheaper... The Japan ones are heavier and more sturdy.

Tried tranforming it this morning so i can haf it displayed... not easy as in idiotproof... took me quite some time plus i dare not use brute strength coz afraid i might broke it... haha

It comes in 3 colours, i was deciding on the black or red, decided on the red one but the red one cost twice the price.... nabei so my decision is made... Black one...
Black shops...

Enjoy my new car...

Autobots - Transform!!

I do hope they come out 1 for the Civic Type Rs... they really shd.... anywhere i can drop a feedback? Hehe

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

2009-07-16T19:13:00.001+08:00

Emboldened by the return of Lord Voldemort, the Death Eaters are wreaking havoc in both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that new dangers may lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. He needs Harry to help him uncover a vital key to unlocking Voldemort's defenses, critical information known only to Hogwarts' former Potions Professor, Horace Slughorn. With that in mind, Dumbledore manipulates his old colleague into returning to his previous post with promises of more money, a bigger office, and the chance to teach the famous Harry Potter.
Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry's long friendship with Ginny Weasley is growing into something deeper, but standing in the way is Ginny's boyfriend, Dean Thomas, not to mention her big brother Ron. But Ron's got romantic entanglements of his own to worry about, with Lavender Brown lavishing her affections on him, leaving Hermione simmering with jealousy yet determined not to show her feelings. And then a box of love potion-laced chocolates ends up in the wrong hands and changes everything.
As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof with far more important matters on his mind. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.
David Yates, who directed the 2007 summer blockbuster "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," returned to direct "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." David Heyman, the producer of all of the Harry Potter films, produced the film, together with David Barron. Screenwriter Steve Kloves, who scripted the first four installments of the film franchise, adapted the screenplay based on the book by J.K. Rowling. Lionel Wigram served as executive producer, with John Trehy co-producing.
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Heyday Films production, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," the sixth installment of Warner Bros. Pictures' Harry Potter film franchise based on the beloved novels by J.K. Rowling. Once again heading the cast, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson reprise their roles as young wizards Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, who are facing new challenges and dangers following Lord Voldemort's return.
Other returning Harry Potter cast members include: Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange; Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid; Warwick Davis as Professor Filius Flitwick; Michael Gambon as Professor Albus Dumbledore; Alan Rickman as Professor Severus Snape; Maggie Smith as Professor Minerva McGonagall; and Julie Walters as Molly Weasley.
A number of young stars also reprise their roles as Hogwarts students, including Tom Felton as Harry's longtime adversary, Draco Malfoy; Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood; and Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley, the youngest of the Weasley clan.
Two award-winning actors join the cast in their first Harry Potter film. Academy Award® winner Jim Broadbent ("Iris," "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe") plays Potions Professor Horace Slughorn. BAFTA Award winner Helen McCrory ("Streetlife," "The Queen") appears as Narcissa Malfoy, mother to Draco Malfoy and sister to the evil Bellatrix Lestrange. Additionally, several young newcomers are making their feature film debuts in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince": Jessie Cave plays the role of Lavender Brown, who only has eyes for Ron Weasley; Hero Fiennes Tiffin is seen in the role of Tom Riddle at age 11; and Frank Dillane plays the 16-year-old Riddle, who is already on the path to becoming the evil Lord Voldemort.
Collaborating with David Yates behind the camera, two-time Oscar®-nominated director of photography Bruno Delbonnel ("A Very Long Engagement," "Amelie") lensed his first Harry Potter film. The behind-the-scenes team also reunites such Harry Potter veterans as production designer Stuart Craig, editor Mark Day, composer Nicholas Hooper, visual effects supervisor Tim Burke, and costume designer Jany Temime.

Went to catch the movie with great anticipation with Jess and my gals, its been 2 years since the last Harry Potter film... The synopsis seems exciting rite... after watching the movie last night... IT SUCKS BIG TIME!!!! Dun bother watching it... fucking lousy... waste money... it was very slow with minimal action, it does not haf the "feel" of magic in the show anymore, totally disappointing. Out of 5 stars i give it 1 star, and the 1 star is awarded becoz of the presence of Hermione Granger (Emma Watson)... If not for her... its 0 star...

Bloody hell... one of the years worst shows...

2009-07-12T19:39:00.007+08:00

Its Sunday again!! That means 6.30am run's on at East coast...

CM and DY CM were both early... but the rest... haiz... late as usual... really ought to change this bad habit... but we are use to it... waited till 6.45 before we commenced... today's turn out - 22... WOW!!!
Well i'm determine to run 20km today after failing to do so for the past 2 weeks due to all sorts of reasons... ANd my oni companion today to run 20km - Muzhong. Was hoping leonard would join me... but L A T E....
Its been 1.5 mths since i ran 20km... Wah lau eh... wana die... sibeh shag... giving up came across my mind several times... BUT!! NO WAY... Finally bite it and completed, timing - 1H57min and muzhong did 2H09min... timing seems almost the same but condition is worlds apart... Feel like i juz finish another marathon... very bad. Someone all the 没量心 guys... never wait for us for phototaking... @#$%&* Ran like ah siao come back no photo.... But nevermind, i took 1 for the 20km runners = Me and Muzhong...

Here are the cam whoring hiao kias while we were running....

Germaine takes a photo with her idol...

The legends that ran 20km

After our runs... its usually BREAKFAST time... this time - old airport hawker center.

Look at Germaine's idol's face... the prawn mee sucks big time!! ! took 1 mouth and threw the rest away...

Its always nice to haf friends spending time doing stuff together once a week... somemore its for a healthy cause... Way to go runners...

BTW for runners out there, Stanchart Marathon registration's juz ard the corner... standby to register... Mai ah Kua hor...

ps: Khim, isn't this the best blog in the world? told you.... haha

Sightings...

2009-07-10T18:49:00.001+08:00

Went JB today with moses and OMP, guess what we saw? The "lengendary" Car God of Malaysia...

This car may look old, but you will never guess what's it equipped with to deserve the title...
No..... the secret is not under the hood...

Nor is the aeroplane cockpit lookalike...

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Its the number of exhaust pipes!!!!!! Look at this, wah the car can fly man... this car is driven by an old man, dunno what is he thinking, i'm totally stunned when i saw it. If this car comes to sg, i think the powerhouses like Garage R and ST Power can close shop liao, coz i think think they haf the expertise to do this kinda mods... haha...

MALAYSIA BOLEH!!!!!

Send Jess and my gals to IMM for some errands after i'm back, got a chance to take some photos of my inhouse vainpot at MOS burger... eat titbits oso muz pose....

Sunday run / running club's 2nd sunday run.

2009-07-05T18:33:00.000+08:00

Its another usual us for the same group of us, but running on sundays now is different for some... The MSTF running club has now joined us for our weekly runs... Glad its members are really making the effort to turn up...

Now only has they turned up, some have brought their family along too, Jeromie brought his wife and kid, i brought Jess and Muzhong brought Pearl too... not to mention khim who's running with us regularly...

I, muzhong and alex wanted to run 20km, but due to the Asian youth games, they cordoned off the last part near NSRCC so the most we could run was ard 17km.. too bad... but still, a gd run... DY CM came this round, we use to run into him during our weekly run, now he's recruited... haha... more to come....

Pics!!

And of course, to update junkai's trendiest Casio watch... he upgraded the strap!! Amazing, he went to get those velcro strips from Daiso and velcro-ed it to a wristband!! Its a new WITS project!! haha...

Transformers 2 - Revenge of the Fallen

2009-07-03T20:30:00.007+08:00

In the highly-anticipated "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," debuting June 24, 2009, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) again joins with the Autobots against their sworn enemies, the Decepticons. Michael Bay directs from a screenplay by Ehren Kruger & Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman.

I juz watched it with my wife and my 2 gals, i thought it was a great show!! Great effects, action and humour. So ppl were commenting that the show no gd, blah blah blah... I dunno what were they expecting... a deep plot?? Well for movies like these, its juz the effects, action and boobs... which Transformers 2 haf, bundled with humour for this sequel... So its 5 stars for me...

There's a Audi R8 as a Decepticon, chio man.. but very fast taken out liao, after the movie i went ToyRus to look for it, saw it retailing at ard $27 but very poorly built, totally not worth collecting, very plasticy... So didn't get it... Y no type R? Haha...

Some pics of Transformers 2:

And not to forget, some great pics of the sexy Megan Fox, whole show full of her boobs, Megan Fox has escalated greatly into my list of favourite actresses, ranking number 2 now after the all time Jessica Alba.

Sunday's Run tagged with 247 Running club

2009-06-28T13:28:00.002+08:00

Newly set up 247 Running Club joined our Sunday run for the first time, we didn't run 20km this time, most of us dun haf the energy this round and i dun know why, i started out with the intention to run 20km but end up running oni ard 13km. No moltivation too, with most of the kakis saying they oni wana run 10km.

My GPS died on me again, i hope its oni battery flat, if not sian... every 2 mths spoil 1 time...
Incoming CM joined us, very friendly person, no airs... well the run is suppose to be an informal event anyway to keep the sessions enjoyable, too regimental sure no one will join in time to come... haha

Here's a end of run pic in a long time since the last one...

Below is a negative example of how a runner shd be rigged - Junkai's sporting enough to model...
-Ugly singlet
-Tucked in till high waist level
-Black Socks!!!

Look at his watch!! I didn't know casio came out with a new model!! With the frills free rubberband strap!! My god... Statement of the year... Junkai better get a polar soon...

Ice Dreamland

2009-06-27T09:37:00.007+08:00

Went down to Ice Dreamland again last night, with Dragon, paul and my wife... Ran into Luke who booked a section at Ice Dreamland for a private function. Business looks gd last night with the non stop turnover of ice cream lovers that streams into this "themed' parlour.

ICE DREAMLAND - Fairytale Cafe.

A newly set up Ice Cream shop with cozy decors featuring different themes at different corners and rooms within the shop. Gives patrons a comfortable and interesting feeling while chilling and savouring the sinful variety of ice-creams available...

More than 14 different flavours of gelato, with special ones like bubblegum, peach tea and earl grey etc...

The different themes featuring the different attractions of the store.

The crazy range of toppings for you to be confused with.

Some of the stuff we ordered last night:

Charie and the chocolate factory - 2 Scoops of chocolate ice cream topped with M&M Chocolates, chocolate cookies and chocolate syrup. A definate muz try for die hard chocolate fans.

The Pirate Ship - Banana spilt based, topped with almonds, choice of caramel or chocolate syrup and cornflakes.

Single scoop Blueberry Cheesecake - 1 main speciality of this place is they mix the toppings thru "frying" you choose into the ice cream instead of scattering them on top like most other places do...

Double scoop chocolate and vanilla with chocolate wafer and white chocolate toppings

Dragon and Paul...

Me and my wife

1 more plus point for all patrons to be served by a pretty lady (1 of the 2 bosses there), she's single at the moment, for all guys who wans to try their luck, be sure to eat your share of ice cream there daily..

Ice Dreamland located at:

35 Jalan Mas Puteh (Off West Coast road)

Louis Has Arrived!!!

2009-06-22T23:30:00.003+08:00

Let's welcome our latest addition to the family --> Baby Louis!!!

Louis arrived this afternoon at Mt Alvernia Hospital, weighing a hefty 3.69kg... Drop by the hospital juz now to visit the little chap... 1 glance it's obviuos he look like his daddy, he was sleeping when i arrived, i make alot of noise with the intention to wake him up... but he's not bothered by the environment. Siao liao... another member who loves to sleep... Louis woke up much later, lucky i'm still around, carried him for awhile... Shizhan still dare not carry Louis, first time dad... i face the same problem 4 years ago... haha

Besides the doc and nurses, i'm the first family to carry Louis... haha

Aviva Open Finals

2009-06-14T22:21:00.003+08:00

Been a long day for me since morning.... went for my usual sunday run at ECP at 6.30am with the usual gang + Patson's first appearance... I'm glad he took the first step to join us... Alex joined us for the first time today too... its been sumtime since everyone ran (since sundown). So today we gotta reconditioned... we ran 12km for a start. Everyone finished the run, which is gd...

Distance:12km
Timing:
Me - 1h05min
Leonard - 1h11min
Muzhong - 1h13min
Roy - 1h19min
Ivan - 1h25min
Mingkiat - 1h31min
Alex - 1h32min
Lukoo - 1h36min
Woon - 1h38min
Patson - 2h02min

Junkai trained for 2.4km and khim ran 7+km... Zongren MIA-ed... muz be having some lovebite sessions again while Paul went to act holy again...

After the run, we had brunch at Old Town's, Alex's first long run in his life, he said he was starving after the run so he ordered alot... After he was done with his meal, he couldn't take it, went to the toilet twice to throw up... haha... Kelvin sure suan him if he knows bout this...

Went straight to Indoors stadium although it was an hour early, reserved 7 seats for Ambert and gang, then there was this old man who came late and couldn't accept the fact the the seats were reserved, c'mon, it was the market rate there, everyone was doing the same, juz that i sway he ask afew all reserved so he let it out at me... But he thinks i will swallow it?? Old man so wat!!

Conversation in mandarin but i too lazy to convert...
Old man: Is the seat taken?
Me: Yes, all taken.
Old man: Hey all these is first come first serve, how can reserve.
Me: I came early, my frens went off to eat, thats why all taken. (My excuse)
Old man: How can liddat!! Its first come first serve how can reserve.
Me: I come early and my frens were here and they went to eat can anot!!
Old man: Cannot!!
Me: Then you come 9am lah then you can get your seat!!

Then a man behind my row told him got 1 vacancy. After he sat down still keep grumbling and tell the other guys who enquired bout the seats to ignore me and juz seat, but no one dares... really kan tulanz...

Me: Oei!! you got seat liao!!! Wats your problem... next time come earlier lah!!

Fucking old man cannot face reality... So bo liao go shenton way and address those ppl who use tissue paper to book tables lah.... @#$%^&

Didn't blog bout the Aviva quarter and semi finals coz really too sian liao... no standard, top players all play like fuck... i even left early at semi finals coz really felt pointless to carry on. Today at finals too...First few games rather watch at home, Markis Kido what no.1 player, lost badly and swiftly to the england team...
The oni nice game is the Men's singles.
Boonsak Ponsana vs Bao Chun Lai

The game was exciting, tight and very closely fought!! Boonsak saved many great shots and his effort was remarkable. Way to go boonsak!! There was afew bad line calls from the empire and Bao Chunlai was affected, too bad boonsak did not make use of the chance to kill Bao Chunlai off... The game had the entire stadium roaring and cheering for them, it was by now the best game fought against during the whole season. Too bad Boonsak lost in the end... sad. I rooted for him...

Some pics i took randomly over these 3 days.

Bao Chunlai

Wang Yihan

The monsters from Denmark

Chen Jin

Bunch of china players watching the matches, amongst them was Zhang Ning..

Boonsak's sister - Salakjit Ponsana

Xie Zhongbo and Zhang Yawen

Monster again...

Ambert and Markis Kido

Zanel and MK

Wang Lin

Boonsak Ponsana

The kuku who beat Lee chong Wei and then lost badly to Bao Chun Lai... ARGH!!!

Aviva Open 110609

2009-06-11T23:00:00.004+08:00

Its Rd of 16 today at Aviva Open... The day starts at 2.oopm
There's quite afew highly anticipated matches today...

1) Danny Bawa / Yao Lei [Sin] vs Sudket Prapakamol / Saralee Thoungthongkam [Tha]
17-21, 9-21

This match results is already known, with such strong thai opponents, how does singapore stand a chance? First game is a warm up, 2nd game is a thrashing... Danny and Yao Lei totally unable to return the smashes the Sudket throws at them.... He's 1 damn powerful smasher...

2) Nova Widianto / Liliyana Natsir [Ina] vs Anthony Clark / Donna Kellogg [Eng]
21-18, 21-11

Nova Widianto, seeded no.1 mixed double player, together with natsir, they are 1 of the world's best team, consider Clark and Kellogg sway for meeting them so early, but i dun feel sorry for them coz Kellogg has zero sportsmanship... if anyone remembers aviva 2008, kellogg was losing, she tried so many stuns and pattern to show her annoyance, she was awarded a yellow card... I didn't even know badminton got yellow card till last year... I'm glad the Indon duo killed them off...

Nova and Natsir

Clark and Kellogg, look at kellogg's haughty face...

3) Zhou Mi [Hkg] vs Juliane Schenk [Ger]
21-14, 21-17

Zhou Mi, a long time well known female player, as usual with her slow and lazy movements, but gd strokes won Juliane... But this win was lucky that Juliane is not a strong player, she misses alot of chances to kill Zhou Mi off in several occasions. Lets see if Zhou Mi has better luck tomolo. Btw Zhou Mi really needs to start watching her diet...

4) Wang Lin [Chn] vs Hwang Hye Youn [Kor]
21-10, 21-10

Wang Lin, a new face in the china lineup... She's currently seeded no.3 in aviva open... watched her play and she's quite gd... With Zhang Ning (Ex china top female players) coaching her and giving her pointers, Wang Lin has great potential... Hwang has no chance against her at all...

5) Boonsak Ponsana [Tha] vs Simon Santoso [Ina]
21-11, 21-7

A rematch from aviva open 2008, this pair meets once again, with Simon winning Boonsak last year, this year it is payback time... Boonsak played well today, taking both games effortlessly, on the other hand Simon wasn't doin too well today... Maybe boonsak was training juz for revenge... keke

6) Ai Goto [Jpn] vs Xie Xing Fang [Chn]
19-21, 14-21

1st game was a tight game between Ai and Xie, Ai showed great effort, trying for every shot to the extend of performing spilts on various occasions, she recovered from the spilts incredibly fast, she earns the crowd's respect for her never say die attitude, Xie on the other hand didn't seemed really interest in the first game hence the score 19-21, Xie played better in the 2nd game... world top players really seemed arrogant.

Some pics of Xie Xing Fang

7) Xing Aiying [Sin] vs Wang Yihan [Chn]
16-21, 21-8, 7-21

Xing Aiying, singapore's favourite player... Played against china's newcomer Wang Yihan, Xing played well against Wang and lost marginally in the first game. Xing thrashed Wang in the 2nd game, giving hope to singaporeans that there might be a chance Xing might win the match, I sms ambert to tell him Xing thrashed Wang, only to know that wang was the one that won the Danish monster Tina Rassmussen... I sian liao... True enough, Xing lost badly to Wang in the 3rd game, so it might be a cat and mouse game for Wang since the start... But well done Xing Aiying!! Wang is also coached by Zhang Ning... Seems like Zhang Ning is taking charge of all the new female players of china and they are all doing quite well...

Zhang Ning...

Some miscellaneous pics...
Notice this kawaii jap babe - Reiko Shiota, i think she's out liao, never see her today... so sad... look so sweet...

Kunchala Voravichitchaikul, my fav thai female player, from far she looks great.. haha, seemed to put on some weight this year...

The best dressed ladies of the days... hehe

And lastly, my favourite Malaysia men's doubles team:
Chan Choon Ming / Chew Choon Eng, i love watching them play, no matter how tough the game, they are always light hearted and smiling at 1 another... great guys.

Aviva Open 100609

2009-06-10T16:27:00.004+08:00

At Aviva open (Rd of 32) now at the indoors stadium... today's matches abit boring, as per always, first day mah...
Was thinking of doing a little shopping at the yonex booth, but this year's sponsor changed... its a Li-Ning booth instead... another new china brand, seems like it endorsed quite afew china big players like Lin Dan, Xie Xingfang, Chen Jin, and so on... The booth is alot smaller than what what yonex had last year.. i guess no market.
Even the snack bar was pathetic... small with little food items and its atrociously priced.. 1 hotdog/burger at $8!!
Arrived around 3pm, look at the results... OMG!! The results of women's singles stunned me...

Wong Mew Choo - Out
Wang Chen - Out

WTF!! All gd women players out?? Quite alot of new faces leh... Or isit i never follow so outdated liao... It will be women's doubles later, dunno if china will send their "boys" team to play against the ladies...

Some regular faces amongst the spectators too... The unforgettable auntie that goes on supporting all china's opponent verbally nonstop, she has the ability to turn the whole section ard her to support china juz to oppose her... is that a superpower? FUCKING IRRITATING!!!!

Men's singles featuring Lee Chong Wei.

Singapore's Xing Ai Ying won beautifully

1 of my fav... Kunchala from thailand... but i think she out on some weight liao... the girl on the left in blue...

On leave...

2009-06-08T18:43:00.002+08:00

Monday, the first day of a happy week... coz i'm on leave!! Took a whole week leave juz to watch Aviva Open... And swee swee this week no sailing.... This morning was outside sports for my vrew at WCP, juz to tekan the ippt failures....

Meet up at WCP Mac at 0830H, went for a 4.7km run... no one stopped to walk, all completed the run, which is gd... but Don really deteriorate alot... running dun use to be his weakness, but now it has become one... in juz afew months, his belly grew, fitness degraded ridiculously, now can only do 1 chin up.... almost died doing 5 sets of 20 push ups... Well, i guess we would be going back to the days that we start forcing ppl to do long runs after work, push ups during breaks.

I told Don, you can hate me, but still muz do... i dun care... Its all for his own gd...

After 3 days at sea, really felt bad for not doing any training at all... so yesterday run, this morning run, juz now gym... i think i will be running tomolo oso, to make up for loss time... but nabei, waist so hard to lose... @#$%^&* who designed fats to be stored there... store there nevermind still so hard to get rid... knn....

This year no mid year bonus... sibeh sian... plans all warped liao... there goes my cf bonnet, 3-way upgrade, throttlebody... not that 1'm doing all, juz possibilities... but bo liao... need to think of alternative liao... who allergic to money?? Pass to me... I'm your fren...

First run after sundown

2009-06-07T18:35:00.003+08:00

Juz sailed back this morning, had been a week since sundown and i haven run since... been hitting the gym while letting my legs recover... After the 42km, i think i look like chest flattened and all... all muscles gone... thats y i tried to build back...

Today finally i buay tahan liao... went for a 5km run... again, stopped for a week, fitness dun seem tat gd after a week usual... will need to run more often to pick up... will be having outside sports tomolo - a running session to tekan the ippt failures... hehe

Updates for AHM, currently ard 14 have signed up... lets all work hard for AHM...

Sundown Marathon!!

2009-05-31T13:15:00.012+08:00

Finally came back from sundown... torturing man, running marathons, now left me with overused legs which cannot perform daily tasks properly... haha. But the sense of acheivement... Priceless!! I'm a marathoner now... keke

We met up 6.30pm at whitesands for early dinner so we got ample time to digest. BUT, as usual... punctuality isn't a virtue among my friends... so by the time we meet, its already 7.30pm. Who were there? Aston, OMP, Zongren, Mingkiat, Muzhong and me... We needed moltivation for the gruelling run later so we went Lerk Thai for dinner. (YES!! Thai food!! Crazy rite... not scare lau sai... dun care) Paul who was suppose to join us is fucking late as usual... reached almost ard 9pm... sorry, gotta eat by himself coz we were almost done. After dinner, the rest of the gang joined us so we could all take the shuttle bus in.... Leonard, Weiye and a fren, Siswi and qiming, Weesen, Marcus... Total 14 of us...

We took the bus, feeling on the bus is juz like going to book in to tekong during bmt... same route.. haha, nostlagic... I have never seen changi Village so crowded... so much crazy ppl joining marathon, singapore nuthin to play liao... so all turn to self torture... haha. The place is chaotic partly due to the reason its at night, ppl couldn't really find 1 another... As we waited for the kick off, psychotic ultramarathoners were streaming in for their 2nd round... fast...

Here's a pic of us before race starts.

We proceed to the start off point, fast runners in front, slow runners behind, we juz lined almost near the end of the q, no point squeezing infront, coz timing oni starts when we cross the starting gantry. When the run was kicked off, it took us a whole 4 mins to reach the starting gantry, can you imagine how much siao kias? Initially i ran with weesen, but soon he pulled away, too early for that... then OMP came up and we ran together, gd pace, gd progress, and i thought this marathon would be very gd timing if we maintained this pace. For the first 10km, it was humid and warm, plus its 12am, i was getting sleepy, vision was dizzy with all the thousands of heads popping up and down in front of me, but dun care, juz go through motion, juz run... It was all doin gd till the 20km point where both me and OMP experience cramps on the thigh together... WTF!!! 20km!!! Can you believe it?? Nabei, kan sian... We pulled up along the side to stretch... Wasn't much use, there's no time for recovery at all... Dunno isit due to the fact we never do warm ups and stretches before the run, but i never had the habit of stretch before any run... sway lah...

22km more to finishing line and we are handicapped... Nevermind, we change tactic.. we walked fast till the cramp gets better then we started running till it cramps again then we stop to stretch, walk till it gets better then run till it cramps again... Leonard caught up with us then... told me to eat my powergel, it might help, well i thought, why not try since i oso never eat before... i juz reach out for any 1 packet with me(i had 3 different flavours, chocolate, orange and strawberry banana) opened it up and start eating... wah lau... taste horrible... phui!! manage to force half packet down my throat and its was my best flavour - orange... I will never take the other 2 packets liao.... Didn't help for my cramps... told leonard to go ahead, after a while OMP's cramp worsen, i went ahead oso... i looked at my watch, and it was at the 25km mark... 17km more, i calculated that if i can do every km below 10 mins, i'm still in gd time to come in below 6Hours... so change of tactics... I ran till cramp, skipped the stretchings, immediately quick walk, first few minutes sure limping due to the cramp but dun care... pressed on, walk till the cramp got better, then ran till cramp again while keeping a tight watch out for the timings... drank up at every water station. Each km seemed so much further than what i perceive 1 km would be... haiz...
Continued using the tactic till the end of the race, finally at the last 500m, i gave my all burst in... then... kana snooked... wah lan eh... there's a detour of 300 meter to the finishing point.... @#$%^& my legs max liao... stop to walk abit more... coz thats the lifespan of my legs before the cramps took over... walked ard 150m then burst again, finally finshed the damn marathon... collected finisher tee and finisher medal immediately after finishing point... *Muacks Muacks*

This is what they looked like.

Found a gd spot near the finishing to look out for the others... As we waited for the rest to come in, we were wowing at the ultramarathoners coming in at the 13th hour, 14th hour... there are several uncles in their fifties... psycho man... 50 plus still join ultramarathon?! Respect man...
Saw eric, raymond and eden at the finishing as they came in... crazy eden's shoe's sole both detached during 20km point and he ran barefooted for the next 22km... crazy man!!! You shd haf seen his feet... tattered socks and all... wah lau... we were all like: "WAH!!! YOU RAN BAREFOOTED AH??? SIAO AH!!!" Respect him for the spirit too...

Distance: 42km
Timing:
Leonard - 5:39:39
Me - 5:44:28
OMP - 5:57:36
Qiming - 6:10:45
Siswi - 6:17:59
Muzhong - 6:25:42
Weesen - 6:56:35
Mingkiat - 7:25:45
Josephine - 7:29:41
Aston - 7:39:39
Paul - 8:51:25
Zongren - 9:07:03

Weiye fall out halfway, wasn't in gd condition from the start, got breathing difficulties during the run, marcus fell out, bad joint till unable to finish the run as well... But i really gotta respect Paul and zongren, for running that amt of time... its not easy man... imagine cardio non stop for 9Hours... scary...

This is us after the run...

Sundown Later

2009-05-30T17:08:00.002+08:00

It's SUNDOWN in afew hours time...

And... i'm awake here blogging, i've been trying to fall asleep since 1pm but failed... so no choice liao... My body's aching from the pass 2 days's badminton tournament but that won't stop me... Haha... stay tune for my update on the marathon...

How would i fare?

4H30min?

5H30min?

6H30min?

Fell asleep during the run?

Fall out?

We shall see.... SUNDOWN... HERE I COME!!

Farm visit for Reis and Cadis

2009-05-27T22:09:00.002+08:00

Reis and Cadis' went for excursion at thePasir Ris kampong today... they were so excited... As Jess can oni tagged along with cadis' grp thats y only haf her pics... From jess i heard they had much fun fishing over there, even reis and cadis were fishing... i wasn't there so nuthin much to say... juz thankful i guess... hehe... kampong...

Go kampong never mind, dunno why the owner gave each kid 14 fishes to bring home... wah lau that makes 28 for us... argh!! Longkang fish summore... not nice one... still need activate me go get fish food...

Once i got home, started feeding the fishes, Reis and cadis sure wans a turn at it... so each gave a teaspoon... haha... too much food... juz the first day, 2 fishes died, after feeding more died... hahaha... total death count for 1st day - 9 fishes and still counting....
And i thought longkang fish life shd be alot more hardy... seems like so so nia...

10km Run this week

2009-05-24T21:38:00.008+08:00

1 Week before sundown... didn't wana over train or risk anything so we decided today will be a short run - 10km.

Same time same place at ECP, we waited for siswi and bf who ran from home to meet us and the always late Paul... We had a special guest appearance today too - Pearl, Muzhong's wife which is oso my sec classmate... She came to walk as exercise due to special reasons (gd news) that she couldn't take part in vigourous exercises...

We started running once everyone has arrived, when we reach mac area, it was the kick start of passion run as well... wah lau sibeh chway lang... we oso dun care haha, juz ran within the passion run and clock our own 10 km... Along the run i spotted Ken( Saucony Salesman) already walking not too far from the starting point... haha, called him up to suan him...

Attendance today, Leonard and Khim, Zongren, Paul, Muzhong and Pearl, Siswi and Qiming, Mingkiat and Wife, lastly, me...

Distance: 10km
Timing:

Me: 53min
Leonard: 1Hour
Khim: 1H2min (approx 8.5km)
Muzhong: 1H4min
Zongren: 1H17min
Mingkiat: 1H19min
Paul: 1H28min (overshot to bedok jetty...duh...)

OMP is absent coz went to chiong last night, so old liao still do this kind unhealthy activities... unbecoming... tsk tsk

Since this is Pearl's virgin appearance, heres a pic of me and her taken on the day...

Sundown Marathon Racepack

2009-05-24T21:38:00.006+08:00

Went to collect my Sundown racepack on sat at Millenia Walk, advise from my friends who participated was to collect early to avoid running out of sizes for the singlets. Earliest i could go is sat noon coz i'm only back from sailing in the morning...

Its wasn't really crowded when i reached, they had plenty of counters so waiting time was less than 5 mins... had a few booths on promotion by athlete's circle... of coz the price wasn't nearly as cheap as you would expect.

The singlet looks quite nice but the cutting damn fucked up... I took several measurements against my own adidas singlets to make sure i got the correct size base on the info posted on the sundown site... but after all the effort, still too small... the M feels like compression tights. Found out from Siswi that can swap sizes due to availablilty, mai tu liao... Immediately make another trip down to change, no more L, change to XL instead.... dun care... came home try it out, it fits nicely except for the length which is a tad longer but still better than tights... damn gay... If XL fits me nice, cannot imagine Weesen wearing L...

Quickly called up my friends who joined that changing is allowed, most of them oso victims of screwed up measurements. Haiz... hope the finisher tees are better...

Here's what in the race pack:

No no no... reis and cadis are not part of the racepacks... they are mine in house part time models...

This time kana liao...

2009-05-20T22:13:00.002+08:00

Was travelling west coast highway juz now, kana speedcam by darken tp by hidden in the stopping bays along the highway... haiz i think my speed taken was anything between 120km/h to 85km/h... depends on when they shoot...

I knew it was going to come sooner or later... almost everyday i need to travel the hotspots west coast highway and mandai rd... this kinda place how to keep within the limits?? So lan lan... hope for the best...

Cadis

2009-05-17T17:17:00.003+08:00

This is Cadis... My family's nonstop chatterbox...

I was watching blade 2 juz now in the afternoon, she sat beside me with 1000 whys... then she continued babbling non stop, dunno what she's babbling about, singing.... blah blah blah...

Then after that i bring her along to fetch jess, in the car... again another session... babbling, singing... really an energizer bunny...

Here's 1 of the dialogue:

Cadis: Daddy, you drive properly, if not wait my telephone fall off. (Her toy hp)
Me: Then you hold your phone properly loh...
Cadis: Later my telephone fall off i go home cane you so hard until you cry.
Me: Huh?? You can cane me meh?
Cadis: When i grow up loh... Then i will cane you so hard until you cry.
Me: ... ... ... *buay tahan*

Here's another...

Me: Darling, you like to sit in my car anot?
Cadis: Yes. Jie jie dun like to sit in your car.
Me: Why? Why jie jie dun like to sit in my car?
Cadis: Becoz you always turn here turn there thats why jie jie dun like to sit your car loh.
Me: Then you like?
Cadis: Yes... I like you to drive very fast...

*Continue talking non stop till we picked Jess

Finally, someone to appreciate my car...

Then after picking Jess, we went railway mall Cold storage... wah lau eh... another round.... Its full of "Daddy I want this!!" "Daddy i want that!!"

We bought the gals 6 packs of chocolate milk, and she starts pestering that she wants to drink.. So Jess told her that she can only drink it after dinner...
Suddenly she exclaims:

Cadis: DADDY!!!!!! YOU FORGOT TO EAT DINNER!!!!!!
Me: *Laughing* Not now, we will eat when the sun's down...

awhile later in my car,

Cadis: Daddy, where are we going?
Me: Home
Cadis: Nooooo, i wan to eat dinner...

Even till now as i'm typing, she's pestering us to eat dinner now...
All........ Juz for a packet of chocolate milk...

So, can you blame me for the love of irritating them whenever i get the chance...
I'm juz goin to do it rite now... kekeke

25km, Finally

2009-05-17T11:33:00.002+08:00

Finally completed my 25km successfully this morning, though slow but at least complete... now confidence regain a weeny bit, haha...
This dead slow pace was infuriating for the first 10km or so... but as you run, it gets more steady... but for long distances muz really keep talking to keep your mind occupied... I was talk to muzhong non-stop until he decided to give up at the 22.5km point, so i opened up for the last part, after last weeks thigh abrasion, this week i wore tights within, haha, no unnecessary distractions... try my new pair of wright socks, suppose to help in prevent blisters and keeping feet dry, well today my feet were indeed dry but i think the tights did most of the job so my sweat doesn't stream down.

Attendance very poor today, only me, muzhong and OMP... and OMP did only 10km, he now very scare to run long distance liao after he realises his kneecaps are bloody loose.. and trust me.. they ARE loose... But aiyo so old liao still scare this scare tat everything no need do liao... keke... I'm bad company...

Distance: 25km
Timing:
me - 3H2min
muzhong - 3H15min

1 more badminton trophy to my collect on fri, the INTRA MSTF Badminton Tournament. 182/9 got 1st, beating the other teams... This year's competition not as stiff as previous years, many of our gd players went over to fleet and other formation... so for Inter RSN, jialat liao lor... Hope for the best...

*Hanrence is finally awake, hope he recovers fast and join us back onboard soon.

Ice Dreamland

2009-05-15T22:38:00.002+08:00

Elaine juz started an ice cream palour - ICE DREAM LAND...

It shd be open oni end of next week, i drop by juz now, the place looks quite cosy with different themes at diff sitting areas... not bad, ice cream will be the main attraction over there, but they will be serving sandwiches, cakes, and finger food too...

Kopi kakis, 1 new place for us to hang out liao, sure will go down gif support, summore its at west coast... haha so near my place, dun go down sure kana from elaine...

New Toy from Hondata

2009-05-12T21:48:00.003+08:00

HONDATA FLASHPRO
The FlashPro allows full user tuning and datalogging of late model performance Civics. It includes Windows based software called FlashProManager.

The FlashPro connects from your laptop's USB port to your vehicles diagnostic port to provide 90 second programming with a variety of calibrations with extensive real time and stored datalogging capabilities.

FlashPro features

Programmable ECU interface.
Connects via OBDII diagnostic port.
USB 2.0 connection
Works with Laptop or Desktop
No ECU modification necessary.
90 second ECU programming time.
20 hours on board datalogging memory.
FlashProManager Windows software.
Check and clear diagnostic codes.
Custom laptop gauges.
Theft mitigation

2006+ Civic Si / Civic Type R tuning features

Choice of AFM or MAP based tuning.
Support for MAP based forced induction.
Support for larger injectors.
Ignition, fuel, cam angle table editing.
VTEC window.
Rev, launch and speed limiters.
Race vehicle sensor disabling.
Plus other compensation and trim tables.
Map tracing

Finally, something interesting from Hondata, this will be some sorta reflash for your individual ride and tune base on what you haf in the ride, compared to Unichip that adds parameters to your base map. Best of all, since you gotta purchase the Flashpro, it has resale, which other reflashes do not haf. Looking forward to its launch here... currently Driven has a set which joel is playing ard with it.

It retails at $795USD, hope not too ex here...

30000km Servicing

2009-05-12T18:29:00.002+08:00

Took leave to service my car today, nowadays pai mai, service car oso need to take leave, unlike last time still got windows of rest within the week... Well, fortune changes... "Change... is the only constant."

Before i go for servicing, i went for a run at WCP in the morning, i clocked 21mins today, my best so far, but with a price... now my back hurts, i think partially due to the weights session yesterday, might had strained without noticing. Now like old man, haha... Age is really catching up.

Went MR for servicing, during the servicing, found out my modified drain plug (Modified with integrated defi oil temp sensor) showed signs of crack... so lan lan gotta change to an adaptor, waiting for the adaptor to arrive alone took almost 2 hours, sibeh hungary liao... As i waited, MR is now flooded with GTRs, when i got my CTR, everytime i go, i see CTRs... today, only 3 CTRs but 6 GTRs.... wah lau... no need money ah. *Envy envy*
By the time the adaptor arrived (Delivered by james in his GTR), and the rest of the servicing completed, it was almost 3pm liao... Wah spent 4 hrs+ there...
The bill costed me almost $400!!
Servicing with Motul 300V - $185
Labour for MTF change (I brought mine coz i got leftover) - $30 (Wah thats very ex for a drain and fill)
Works Engineering Oil Temp/Press Adaptor - $150 (Wah this sandwich market price so high one meh)
And after GST its $390.55 *Faint* 30000km servicing cost so much??

The mechanics at MR i gotta praise is really meticulous, you see them work you can tell your car is in gd hands. But for my previous cars, i dun really go performance workshops... In this case coz the motul oil alone if i buy it off the shelves is damn costly, making it bo hua to buy and go to my usual workshop for servicing. But the difference is that for my usual workshop, topping up of steering fluid, coolant etc etc all normally foc but at performance workshops, everything counts... got gst summore...

Check the price for toda extractors as well, still high at $2150 although yen fell a little... cannot lah buay tahan liao, everytime go there for servicing sure end up afew hundred dollars... I NEED MOTUL OIL LOBANG!!! WHO HAS?? Let me know.

Erratic Weather

2009-05-10T10:04:00.002+08:00

The stupid weather has disrupted my running greatly nowadays... Not only weather, work as well... Today's 20km was off because i initially had to report back for duty, but last minute resume back to standby... so oso cannot run, coz if run halfway kana activated sure cannot make it back in time...
So i ran at WCP instead, planned 10km but halfway, skies turned dark, saw some rain, forced cut my run at 5km... then knn till now still dark sky without rain... tiuz...

Recently kana sports commitee for MSTF, initially thought organize badminton only, how bad can it be? Then as i attended the meetings, wah!! A whole big pile of shit is uncovered!! This time siao liao... And thanks to OMP who advertise that germaine and me runs alot, now we oso kana running club, X-country and all running shit.... @#$%^&* 191, better take me fast!!

Went sailing on thurs, it was an expensive sailing... Jess helped me buy a gift for my wife(which is her) while i'm sailing... 2k poorer now, thanks to Louis Vuitton...

Hopes work settles down, so many changes and new requirements, really abit sian liao... been reallt tired recently, slept more than what i use to sleep... maybe old liao...

X-Men Origins

2009-05-05T22:15:00.002+08:00

Hugh Jackman reprises the role that made him a superstar - as the fierce fighting machine who possesses amazing healing powers, retractable claws and a primal fury. Leading up to the events of X-MEN, X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE tells the story of Wolverines epically violent and romantic past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed, and the ominous Weapon X program. Along the way, Wolverine encounters many mutants, both familiar and new, including surprise appearances by several legends of the X-Men universe whose appearances in the film series have long been anticipated.

Haha, finally watched it... forced Moses and Mingkiat to go watch with me... I quite like the show, quite alot of action, not really a boring moment... well, you can't go wrong with super hero movies, i mean how bad can it go? Besides catwoman which is a flop....
Those who haven watch, go catch it at the big screen...

True meaning of a Type R

2009-05-04T21:32:00.000+08:00

The Type R philosophy is not about building the most powerful, or fastest car in the world. It is about creating a car that provides a well-engineered, but exciting driving experience. To offer this, every Type R needs to have certain key characteristics:

Racing:
An exhilarating driving experience similar to that felt when piloting a racing car.

Involvement:
High levels of feedback and involvement in terms of sound, steering response and handling. The driver should feel part of the machine.

Not just speed:
Going fast is part of the Type R experience, but not everything. The Type R should have above average levels of performance in gear change quality, braking, steering and handling.

Pure:
The driving experience should not be diluted or interfered with by driving aids or sound proofing that could detract from the driver’s involvement.

Stripped-out:
A Type R is not equipped with luxuries such as satellite navigation, hands-free telephones or leather upholstery. It should look and feel like a racing car.

A New Gundam to my collection

2009-05-03T20:25:00.006+08:00

Was shopping in Bugis yesterday and came across this Gundam, its been some time since i bought a Gundam. The recent series none really interest me... This particular one was a 2009 production, it immediately caught my eye...

SO ITS MINE!!

Introducing the GUNDAM ASTRAY GREEN FRAME

I had the Astray Red Frame too... I have this thing bout the "Astray Frame" series.. quite nice..

Some pics of my toy collection...

The one in the center is the Gundam Deathscythe...1 of my favourites...

The red one on the left is the Red Frame

The mini lightsabres...

My Choro Q collection...

My model bikes, the CBR XX, R1, Ducati 996 and ZX12

My comics sword collection...

Still have modded tamiya cars, plenty of lego and some other toys no place to display... I need a bigger house!!!

Another Attempt at 25km

2009-05-03T13:32:00.003+08:00

Running for 25km again today after the failed attempt last week... ECP was raining when we reach, turnout today wasn't gd... only me, muzhong, paul and aston(finally turned up)... Started the run ard 7am after the rain cleared.. weather was terrific, cooling... breezy... started on a slow and comfortable pace, stop to drink for 3 times, this thing bout drinking, everything was well till 23.5km... suddenly totally no strength to continue even for juz another 1.5km... stopped and walked back... even walking back felt dizzy, juz feel like closing my eyes and walk.. damn shag... is this the legendary 'wall'? Wah sian... my wall come so fast meh? 23.5km oni leh... Muzhong was saying not enough carbo in my body liao... i had 1 donut in the morning... shit... shall try again...

Maybe i really not cut out for really long distances... 20km my max perhaps... sad... i shall take back what i said bout not stopping for the marathon... think cannot liao... sure will stop... @#$%^ tulanz..

This run encountered abrasions on my inner thighs.. previous i dun haf this problem... so zhun after i juz bought a pair of adidas tights kana liao... On the way to my car to retrieve my clothes to change, went pass 7-11, bought a cup of green apple slurpee, was so drained that dun even bother to use straw, juz slurp it off in mouthfuls... totally brain-freezed myself... i dun remember slurpee taste so gd... maybe taste nicer without straw... try it next time...

Labour Day

2009-05-01T16:36:00.007+08:00

Went suntec yesterday to get some adidas running apparels coz sundown participants got 20% off... Grabbed a singlet, a pair of tights (dun even know i will wear anot... but dun worry, you wun catch me in tights only... i sure lup a pair of shorts over it... coz it look damn gay... men in tights... act like robin hood) and a pair of tennis shorts...
We strolled afew rounds ard the fountain terrace thinking of what to eat, finally decided on pizzahut... wah, its the lousiest serviced pizzahut in sg. Super understaff and no sense of urgency... pissing everyone in the restaurant off... Call to take order, never come, call bill oso never come... Q outside getting longer and longer, no one attend to... This kinda service still can find in sg meh?
After dinner, went carrefour to buy some car shampoo... end up buy a bottle of 3m quick wax, a microfiber cloth and claybar...

I chose this turtle wax shampoo coz the green looks nap... haha...
Dunno why i bought the quick wax and claybar... but wat the heck... faster activate car wash kaki for the siong session...

Today, car washing/claybaring and quick waxing session with shizhan, juz as we are about to go down,
Dad: 你们去洗车啊？
Me: 呀。
Dad: 顺便洗我的。
Me: 哈？哦。。。

Wah that makes 2 cars to wash/claybar/quick wax and 1 car to wash... total 3 cars... today really labour day... i and shizhan became bangala ang and bangala huang liao...
After washing so hard... car long time never so clean and shiny liao... muz take photo... haha

Still not resolved...

2009-04-29T21:33:00.001+08:00

The mistake at work juz blew up bigger... Well, it was a genuine mistake... Parties involved are all wrapping up the matter except for 1... and thats the one that makes the call... See how it goes... Muz go pai pai liao... things not very smooth recently...

Sundown is nearer and nearer liao... planned the training very nicely from the start but till now training not met... we shall see if i can survive... Nabei, already so vex tomolo still gotta do the bloody boarding... @#$%$^%&

An tired entry..

2009-04-26T12:20:00.003+08:00

Rest has been scarce since wed... Took ippt in the morning with INTENTION to attempt for gold this year, but as expected... I CAN'T JUMP... so got silver instead... almost effortless, well, running i did put effort... After that sailed off for Ex Sabre at 1400H... 1 ex that i hate most, a sleep deprived deployment and big boss is sailing with us... Sabre started out well all the way till the last serial, when my gun started giving problems... after that everything went chaos... nuthin seemed rite.... so keep rectifying and rectifying till kan phua pissed!!

Back from sabre ard 0100H friday morning, sleep ard 4am when i reach home, took a bathe and settle some stuff... woke up at 7am, see my gals before they go for school... had breakfast with jess, mum and dragon before i headed to Katong School to help facilitate the leader's camp... Its an overnight camp, sleep 3 hrs.. with upload the pics and talk more about the camp when i get the pics from lukoo... back home on sat afternoon ard 4pm, took a short nap and went for dinner with my family, uncle julian and family, aunty kat and grandpa... while grandma and aunty sharon's in korea enjoying... haha, Went to dinner at the Square @ Novotel Clarke Quay acting zombie... Food wise, another disappointment juz like at Grand Copthorne... remind me never to go to another stupid hotel's international buffet. Waste my jaw's effort to chew and putting on un-necessary weight... Can't wait to get home and rest for the run in the next few hours...

Woke at at 5.30am, prepare to go to ECP for my weekly run... planned to increase to at least 25km today... The past few days were shag not only for me... leonard's too shag to come, junkai too shag to wake up... OMP attended a bday chionging session last night, Paul sms a funny but original excuse to be unable to come... So end up with me, muzhong, zongren, ivan, mingkiat, siswi and bf... It was a bad run today.... Shag state to begin with + a mild stomachache, started slow, as we run we discuss of what route to take, in the end, we decide to run to siswi's place via the park connector, ran back to ecp and back to starting point. Route really not very ideal... we had 2 underpasses, stopped at afew traffic lights and the weather is damn hot becoz we started late... by the 20km, we were so thirsty and we stopped for water, after the stop, very hard to carry on liao, then my stomachache kicked in oso, went to relieve myself, after that hiong kanz liao... dun even haf the morale to continue running liao... so end up walked back 5km with muzhong who was more unmotivated than me... but buay tahan... even walking back oso felt very very shag... my legs will be cursing and swearing with every step they took if they have a mouth... Nabei, today's run is damn unsatisfying... I will be back next week with better results...

Been poisoning zongren with ICE these few days, keke, habits die hard... now zongren has an idea of what he wans, time to buy his civic... keke, yesterday and today is the launch of the all new Mazda 3, daniel of JDM jioed to go test drive... but really too shagged liao... my eyes are almost closing as I'm typing, so I'm gonna end with haste... watch out for my entry of katong school camp when i get the pics...

I love irritating my gals...

2009-04-19T09:29:00.002+08:00

Raining in the morning juz as i'm about to prep for my run at ECP... Called up siswi and she cfms its raining over there too. So today's run... no go. First time we're unable to run due to weather... juz last week i say heaven takes care of sincere runners... i think singaporean... cannot praise...

So sent jess to work instead, came back, my gals are awake... nuthin to do... put my feet near to her Reis' face for her to smell... hahaha she blew up and make a big fuss, called jess and tell her to scold me when she gets back... went off complain to mum... haha... so interesting to see little children flare up... For ppl with kids out there... you shd try once in a while... keke

On Leave? Like more siong...

2009-04-17T23:51:00.007+08:00

On leave today, but seems like the whole world has the day planned out for me liao... again...
Mum and aunt Eunice meeting for shopping and supposingly later mum going for medical review with dad at TTSH... and after the HFMD saga with my gals, they dun wan them near any hospital... Thats means i have to entertain/babysit my gals whole day!!!!
Brought my gals to Vivo, once 1 park... Cadis first one to chut pattern...

Cadis: Daddy, bao bao.. i'm very tired...
Me: No, you wana come shopping, cannot always bao bao, grow up liao, you gotta walk.
Cadis: (Pointing to my car boot happily) Daddy you got pram in your car? I wana sit pram.
Me: Nooooo No... we'll juz walk.
Cadis: (Getting pissed and started rattling off) Daddy!! I tell you i'm so tired and i wana sit pram mah, then you got pram in your car you dun wana take out then i cannot sit but i'm so tired!!!! (Blah Blah Blah... so fast that i cannot even make out whats she toking about)
Me: (Laughing non stop) No. (and started walking off)
Cadis: Sulks...

Brought them for lunch at food republic, then bring them go Timezone... WTF!!! I like afew years never go arcade, the stupid games cost $1.50 to $2.00 each game!! Extortion... Bo tai bo ji spend $20 credit in the damn place for a 4 year old and a 3 year old to squander. Dun think they even know what they are playing lor...
Then brought them to Pets Safari to entertain them awhile.. saw the dogs for sale and went to look at the silly hamsters running in their enclosure.

Me: Hey Reis, come see these hamsters running ard...
Reis: I see, I see, daddy, why the hamsters running ard?
Me: Becoz they too fat lor... thats why need to run to keep fit.
Reis: Why they need to keep fit?
Me: So they wun get too fat and die lor...
Cadis: (Exclaims exciting at the other enclosure) JIE JIE!! JIE JIE!! COME AND SEE!! WHY HERE DUN HAF ANYTHING ONE???
Me: *Pengz*

After that, go Toys'r'us see see look look... go playground waste some time while they enjoy... wanted go ben and jerry's for waffle ince cream but bo waffle liao so went to secret recipe for cheesecakes instead...
Met up with Mum and dad in the evening, hang ard vivo till dinner.... As my serial crazed mum shops as TS for more serial, the gals went for more piggyrides...

Reis: Daddy i wana go sit car car...
Me: Ok awhile...
Reis: Daddy come i show you..
Me: Show me what?
Reis: (Climbs on the piggyride with the big bird and start posing/hugging it) Daddy, juz now i take photos with the big bird and i pose like this,

and like this,

and like this,

and like this,

and like this,

and like this,

and like this,

and like this,

and like this,

and like this,

and like this,

and like this,

and like this,

and like this,

and like this,

and last one, like this.

This is a day in my life... on leave suppose to rest... end up... work oso not so siong... But bo bian... muz be gd daddy...

CBT Sucks!!!

2009-04-15T16:41:00.002+08:00

I FUCKING HATE CBT... AND I REFUSE TO BE BO!!!

What fucking nonsense.. juz because 1 x kuku says can try reducing BO estab, we immediately follow. KNN why can't they juz think of the victims... Its not juz a 1 time thing, this is some major shit...

Kan tulanz... Lets see how it turns out... Hopefully my road out of this goddamn place can materialise... No regrets...

This week's run..

2009-04-12T13:49:00.004+08:00

After 3 weeks never run, east coast park, we are back!!!

Overslept this morning, suppose to pick Roy at 6.10am but oni woke up at 6.30am... i suspect Jess shut off the alarm again, but she denied, muz be dreaming....
Rushed the hell outta the house and manage to pick Roy and reach ECP by 7am. Gd chance to try out my new intake too... low end was not affected, car's response does feel better and the lag while crossing over to the vtec point was minimised... Not bad...

Anyway, today's runner: Roy, Me, Leonard and Khim, Paul, Muzhong, Zongren and Junkai. OMP and mingkiat overseas, siswi's at service, easter mah today...

Today's run really shagged, although timing was maintain, but i'm half dead... even paul they all could tell... 3 weeks break is really too much... took me a long long time to cool down. Even as i type, my limbs are lifeless...

Juz after the run, it started drizzling... lucky us.. muz be heaven knows that we are serious and devoted runners so hold the rain till after our run... haha... if you haf the will, even heaven oso helps you... keke

After the run, sin loading... went old airport hawker to stuff ourselves... wah cannot lah hawker center after run.. sweating non stop... next time muz be air-con place... more conducive.

Distance: 20km
Timing:
Me 1H55M
Leonard 1H58M
Muzhong 2H14M
Zongren 3H

Roy, junkai, paul and khim ran shorter distance so no timing clocked...

BTW: I haf uploaded afew backdated entries... do check it out...

New Stuff...

2009-04-12T00:04:00.008+08:00

Been spending suddenly... my own itchy backside to blame... wenting surfing the web yesterday and got self poisoned by a new racket which Ambert brings in. Ambert's my stringer as well. Knew him when i was looking for a SOTX racket... Affinity i suppose, we got along very well, he's 19 and he played extremely well. Ambert brought in a new brand - Zelm.. i kaypo kaypo surf surf look look, read the reviews and got gian... Ended up calling ambert, chatted alittle and ordered mine... haha my 6th racket now in possession. Jess faints... keke

This is wat i got as a package... Juz collected, can't wait to try it out.

After collecting my racket, Jess, mum ah gal and my gals are shopping in orchard... better siam... remembered Alphie's at AMK autopoint doing stuff to his car, called him to meet for lunch. During lunch, the workshop called him to go back to verify some things, headed back to Inspire with him... and nabei... Inspired myself... I was actually already thinking bout doing up my intake... so at the workshop, ask ask abit, chat chat abit... then ONZ LAH!!! Again my illness kicked in... self poisoning... Ended up doing my intake... Customised piping with HKS mushroom.

After installing, car does feel lighter, crossing over to vtec seems smoother, sucking sound of mushroom is sigificant and yet not irritating. I dun know, i mean i hope its not the post money spent sydrome that your mind automatically registers as got diff after the money is spent. Will need more time and more mileage to confirm and let the ecu adapts first. Feeling guilty, went over to Orchard, gave up the CTR meetup to accompany Jess... On the way back, Jess was commenting, "hey the car feels like more powerful and seems faster hor?" Sure bo? She's not even driving she can feel meh, she afirms it again and say yes.. Wah hear liao shiok... haha. Let me try it out summore before concluding.

Here are some pics:

The HKS 200mm Mushroom

The customised pipings and other components

Stock - Resonator box still intact.

Resonator box out of car liao

How it look without the resonator box

Installed!!

Fast And Furious 4

2009-04-10T00:17:00.003+08:00

Watched F&F4 juz now,

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reteam for the ultimate chapter of the franchise built on speed - Fast & Furious 4. Heading back to the streets where it all began, they rejoin Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster to blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars across Los Angeles and floor through the Mexican desert in the new high-octane action-thriller. When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto (Diesel) reignites his feud with agent Brian OConner (Walker). But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver him. And from convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of whats possible behind the wheel.

Personally i quite like the show, action packed from start to end, but if you are looking at hardcore street racing then you will be disappointed coz the ain't much. But lotsa fast driving though. Not much cars to see, only 2 imports, the GTR34 and the latest STi Hatch, the rest are all the muscles... Scale of 10 i would give it an 8. Its also a slight prequel to Tokyo Drift.

Enjoy the show and drive safe!!

Urban running

2009-04-09T23:48:00.002+08:00

Been at Grand Copthorne for the pass few days, have been hosting a conference over there, thats why i'm there all week... During this period, got to know alot bout the hotel as a guest... objectively, the rooms are small, view not very impressive, the buffet sucks and overpriced... Service is ok but everything else is overpriced. Dun even understand why is Grand Copthorne so expensive, nuthin special leh...

Anyway, after the conference, OMP, henrence, mingkiat, zongren and me decided to do some running... We start from Grand Copthorne -> Central mall -> Furama -> Central -> Funan -> Padang -> Esplanade -> Sg Flyer -> Pitstop -> Beachroad -> Bugis Juction -> Bras Brasah -> Carlton Hotel -> Hotel Rendevous -> Plaza Singapura -> Centrepoint -> Heeren -> Takashimaya -> Wisma -> Wheelock -> Great world city -> Grand Copthorne.

Its a new experience running along the busy streets, everchanging view, interaction between ppl, the hustle and bustle, the occasion breeze of air conditioning as you run pass the building entrances. Total distance ard 12km, but its a diff kind of running, with so many traffic lights it became more of a 12km interval running. Siong leh... not use to it but i like it!! Weaving through the crowd, challenging... Will be expecting more of this type of runs... Told leonard bout it, he dun seem very keen but khim is... haha

Btw, below is the route for sundown...

stay tune for updates...

2009-04-04T23:30:00.001+08:00

been too busy to blog lately.. saved afew drafts.. will post once i get time to upload the pics in... stay tuned...

What kids say...

2009-03-30T19:36:00.004+08:00

Was feeding Sparco juz now, Sparco is my schnauzer in case you dun know. Sparco's hand fed, very pampered dog... So everytime when we feed him, my gals would come near and watch, request to feed. Today as usual, Cadis came fwd..

Cadis: Daddy, i wana feed.
Me: Wait till you grow old up darling
Cadis: Wait till i be a Mummy?
Me: Haha!! No need to wait till that old.
Cadis: Then wait till i be what?
Me: Wait till you become a little more mature.
Cadis: But i like to be 'Mummy', then Jie Jie(Reis) can be ..... 'Daddy', or be...... 'Nai Nai'
Me: *Speechless and laughing*

Pic of Sparco...

Sentosa !! With my Gals...

2009-03-29T23:00:00.011+08:00

Woah!!!! Heading straight to sentosa after sailing... how exciting... haiz... bo bian coz my gals wana go underwater world and dolphin lagoon so lan lan... For my dear frens who knows me well enough, i hate the sand sea and sun... juz nice... sentosa has all elements. But now being a father, gotta give my gals some childhood whether i like it anot... We took the cable car to sentosa, my first cable car ride, use to always take ferries in and once the causeway was ready, i always drive in. Another regret... Coz once into sentosa, everywhere we go gonna take the internal bus which is infested by chinamen and indians!!!! Buay tahan... Chinamen are the worst... dun queue up juz keep squeezing, same behaviour show from china kids to china men. Really feel like smacking some of the china kids. No wonder they are condemned everywhere in the world!! Back to the cable car... from west coast highway's view... it looks quite gd but when we go up, the station sibeh lok... the cable cars all oso sibeh lok... wah lau everything upgrade cable car never upgrade... My mum and Jess kept getting my gals to pose for photos everywhere we go till even the gals are infuriated... haha Mum: Come reis, smile and pose... Reis: I'm so tired already, i dun wan to take photos already, why always take photo take photo!! Mum doesn't gives up haha... but once she found a scenery with lotsa flowers, something reis likes... wah reis chiong over to take photo and poses... Women... forever changing, applies across all ages. But i oso abit irritated liao, spend so much time oni like travelled 200m... liddat dun know when can reach underwater world. Finally!! Underwater world... Knn again infested by indians... wah today underwater world is deepavali outing... Main tourist for the day - Indian navy, quite easy to recognise by their uniform. Spending some time touching the stingrays and some big fishes at the touch pond or something, The gals love it.. but the water smells. Went into underwater world - the round and round travellator thing... sibeh chway lang (Sibeh crowded), when the divers went in for feeding, the whole world stops and crowd around to see in facination, blocking the whole galaxy behind... Idiots or wat!!! Nevermind that, we went 5 rounds on the travellator till my gals are satisfied.

Not much photos within the underwater world coz the photographer took alot of very dark pics and she thought it was norm so she kept quiet... haiz.... speechless.

Next stop dolphin lagoon via the ultra-crowded chino-indya internal bus again!!! My first time there, wat a disappointment, it has nuthin at all juz free seating waiting for the show to start... Isit the same with other countries? Damn hot and no shelter, coz all shelter seats taken up... Waited for the show to start... started finally after 10mins under the fireball in the sky. 1 trainer name fiona not bad looking, haha. Dolphin show nuthin really impressive, until the emcee ask for 3 volunteers to interact with the dolphins are muz be willing to be wet up till the knees. Tourists are really sporting. The slots are snapped up in no time. 1 of them was from the indian navy in his uniform. Was it even allowed? Nevermind he took off his shoes and camera and all other water-unproofed items, folded up his pants and went in... when he came out, his pants were wet anyway... The dolphins perform summore and this time another 3 volunteers, muz be willing to be wet till neck level. An angmoh lady went up, a indian tourist and this time another indian navy officer in uniform again... I was like wah... play so big, in uniform, wet till neck oso onz ah... after the briefing, the angmoh lady took off her dress in front of the crowd leaving oni her biniki on, the audience were cheering... thats the way!! Then the indian navy guy lagi power... he oso stripped... he started unbuttoning his shirt and i was like wah play so big ah... under his shirt was a singlet, still ok, then he proceeded to take off his pants... KNN WTF!!! Underneath was his cotton red underwear. Wah lau eh... Brave. Then they proceeded into the water, after they come out, guess out.. the red underwear was so soaked in water and all shaped was moulded through the underwear. Juz ask your bf to wear underwear go bathe and come out and thats wat you see... No nudity lah but juz very stunned. I think if i wear uniform go other country and do this come back sure kana charged like battery. After dolphin lagoon, jess still wans to go to other attractions but strongly objected by ME!! I wana go home... visit 2 places like this already 5pm++ liao. So home we go... by the lok cable car again... This time we got caught in a storm... with lightnings every 10 secs and they look so near. Scary... Then after 1 kao lut lightning/thunder combo, the cable car all stopped.. left us hanging midair. Wind so strong summore... looked down, nabei zhun zhun is the beacon underneath... if drop down sure siao... down into sea still got chance... haha... Operations resumed after hanging for 5 mins. Finally.. out of sentosa... although i sound like a wet blanket.. but i'm glad my gals enjoyed it... lets not do it again...

A Day in my Life..

2009-03-27T19:02:00.008+08:00

Woke up 7+am in the morning for no reason as usual (i dun sleep alot), wanted to go for a run, by the time i nua abit, the sun's already at the angle that's glazing. (I hate morning sun) By then, my gals woke up. Check on them, and them seem normal after the whole week's falling sick after one another saga. Mum got me to drive her out to buy some fruits, marketing and breakfast, coz its 初一 today, mums a vegetarian for the day. Called up Melvin to check if i could bring Sparco for grooming. No slots... But he managed to squeeze sparco in for tomorrow. Well, i'm sailing, again, so lynette will be settling sparco for me. Since can't do anything about sparco today, change of plans... Got QiSheng (the ex weesen) to accompany me to send in my faulty 6mths old dry cabinet. Its convenient situated at Tagore lane where the great Garage R is... haha of coz kaypoh kaypoh hopped in to look look see see. As usual the regular concentration of GTRs, Evos, Rexes, RX8s are there for modding/servicing, went there check out the prices of J's racing headers and intake. WOAH!! The intake cost a whopping 2k!! And I thought gruppe m was priced high enough at $1650!! Its only a CTR leh, not GTR need to chop like that ah... The headers are more reasonable at 1.8k LTA approved. Has not arrive yet so not sure how does it perform with Toda's catback. Fitment wise shdn't be a problem. Look ard at the HKS suction kit, drop in, struts and high level stuff that i wun use like the F-CON V Pro, turbos etc... I think i regretted getting the spoon drop in liao... Well still considering doing Inspire's Custom intake using oso HKS mushroom. Qisheng's interested too... Too much poison, cannot stay too long. After leaving Garage R, next stop - Singapore Flyer. I've got 2 complimentry tixs that expires end of march, Mum and dad went b4, Lynette finds it too boring to go again, Jess couldn't go with me(timing buay gam) although she would like to go again. So i got Qisheng to go with me and i know it sounds damn damn gay!! Well i didn't know he hasn't been on it and to minimise the gayness, he suggested we act tourist. Haha. Didn't haf my camera with me so all we were armed with is again another lousy 6500S 3.2 MP camera fone...

Here they are:

Headed home after that and jioed OMP for a run to ease some guilt off the sinful dinner last night. Ran to pandan to meet OMP, ran back to WCP, did 1 rd ard WCP and that amounts to: Distance: 10.3km Timing: 57min There!! Not so guilty liao... hehe

Dinner Meetup...

2009-03-26T23:26:00.004+08:00

Its the time of the month or bi-monthly dinner meetup with LST and gang.... germ, sam, paul, roy, OMP, moses... After LST left us, we had planned various dinner get-togethers for catching up. Its a special group that we enjoyed each other's company, tok cock, joke, gossip over dinner.
Dinner venues are always something that we look forward to... Lao beijing, Blue ginger, House of lobster, pearl river palace are some of the past makan places... This round, its Carnivore @ Vivo... the 2nd outlet of where i use to work at - Brazil Churascarria. Its serves bbq meat on a skewer with pasadors walking ard, cutting the chunks of meat to you on your plate... Anyone who had never tried it shd try it out... Its worth the buck...
We came alongside late today due to unforseen circumstances, rushed down to meet the gang, gobbled up non-stop supply of cuts of grill lamb, chicken thigh, roasted ham, chicken breast wrapped with bacon, chicken hearts, grilled pineapple, snowfish, pork sausages and so on... By the end of dinner, i'm freaking stuffed!!! But as per usual practice, its does not stop here, 9 outta 10 times, it will always end with dessert... either durians or ice-cream... This rd, 1 of LST fav, haagen das... Forced myself to down a single scoop... wah tonight has been damn sinful... tomorrow sure muz run to compensate for it...
Dinner with them has always been a non stop laughing event, where nobody holds back anything. It has already turned into a relation beyond what it initially started out as - colleagues. Guess its affinity that we came to get along so well although we were of all different estabs. Well, lets hope there will be many many more get-togethers for the future many many years to come...
Btw, vivo's carpark has really nice cars, saw 2 R8s and a slightly modded bentley... nice man... Rich ppl now are really spending more... in the past, ppl oni drives exotics as they are... now we can see modded lambos, ferraris, porsches, bentleys running ard... envious lah!!! When can i make it in life!!!!

Ps: This post shall be complimented with photos, but due to our nature of work and the fact that we all met straight after work, no found of cameras were on any of us... so too bad, no pics...

Still maintaining timing

2009-03-23T18:56:00.002+08:00

Juz back from my 4.7km run ard WCP... YAY!!!!! Still maintaining... 22mins+. Boooooyyy I'm feeling good!!!

Issac is 1 month old...

2009-03-22T17:52:00.013+08:00

Issac's 1 mth old... Haven seen deon for ages... Ever since she got married... As my frens got married, all will start to live their own life... not as much time or chances to really meet up. Deon's 1 of my best lady buddy juz for info, someone i can dun meet for ages and when we meet up, we are still as close..

Baby showers are always so crowded... went there, with reis and cadis in tow... had a little of the buffet while waiting for xiaoming to turn up... thats the only other person i know in this event... haha and she's very late!!! Heng still got Jess... if not sure wait till like idiot...

Waited for the rest of the crowd to clear before we really get a chance for a get-together... It was nice catching up with Deon and Liming... Dunno when's the next chance...

From left: Jess, Liming, Deon

There's Issac... haha cannot see the face...

Reis Hates my CTR

2009-03-22T17:52:00.005+08:00

Reis hates my car!! Hahaha

Went for breakfast this morning and Reis was grumbling saying that she dun wana take my car... She rather go public then take my car... haha. If my dad's around, she will always insist on my dad's car...
So i ask her even though i know the answers...

Me: Darling, why you dun wana take my car?
Reis: I dun like to sit in your car.
Me: Why not? i thought you liked my car?
Reis: I dun like!!
Me: But you said you like it when i wanted to buy it, remember?
Reis: Noooooo....
Me: Yes you did, when i ask you: "Do you like this white car more or daddy's black car more?", you said: "This white car more." Thats why i changed.
Reis: But i always fly around when i sit in your car thats why i dun like.
Me: Then my old car did you fly around?
Reis: Noooo, i never fly around in your old car.
Me: But since you say you like then i buy it, now you say you dun like, how?

Ahahaha... i guess my car has too much other restrains on them thats why they dun like it... Like, no shoes on my seats, no eating in my car, remain seated at all times... these rules are not present in my previous IS200 coz leather seats mah... this car fabric... need more effort, if anything spills on it... gone liao...
So i... yong xin liang ku.... haiz....

More of my gals...

2009-03-21T23:15:00.012+08:00

Jess brought Reis and Cadis to west coast plaza for their current favourite food - sushi... Ended with loads of pics, zhuan qi of my 2 gals... haha.
I wasn't around so thats all i knew... a picture paints a thousand words, so here they are.
enjoy...

Got potential rite?? But too bad... modelling not allowed... so how nice also no use. Its juz for our very own viewing pleasure.

Hawker Delicacy

2009-03-21T20:58:00.002+08:00

Had lunch with moses few days back... He brought me to Hong Lim for bak kut teh, i thought i was quite familiar with Hong Lim, ppl normally go there for either Bak Kut Teh, prawn mee, curry mee, the famous clayfish horfun or the char kway tiao...
After bak kut teh, moses insisted we go upstairs for 2nd round... he went straight to order while i waited... what was supposed to be a meal for others became an after lunch snack for us. I didn't know Hong Lim got such stuff, so i wasn't that familiar afterall... hehe

Moses ordered boar meat and shark meat. The looks isn't really fantastic but the the taste is gooood!!! I especially like the boar meat. If you like kway chap's big intestines, the boar meats taste better... The shark meat was served with a plum dressing on the side.

Took some pics with moses' E71 lousy cam (although its 3.2MP)

The boar's meat...

The shark's meat

And the unsuspecting stall that houses these food...

Hong Lim Complex Food Centre
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Priscilia's Finally married...

2009-03-16T23:16:00.005+08:00

My batchgirl, Navy's in house "Ah lian" whose vulgarities are on par with me is finally married!!
She changed so many boyfriends that we never expect that she will settle down.
Felt happy for her that she's finally found her special one.

We knew each other since 2002 during JRC, first impression was: wat an ah lian... phui!! Who knows.. we were in the same class also, haha... due to work, we got to know each other... and we hit it off real well... became close friends after that, 1 of my closest in the Navy then... everynight while we stayed in, dinner together, siam rounds together, talk cock and went out on shore leaves... She's also the main culprit that made me put on weight in the Navy, after 4/5, we were posted to different bases so contact wasn't that much. But she's 1 friend that even if i dun see for 10 years, we still wun be strangers or forgotten... Glad that she's finally tied the knot.

She's the 2nd bride that i've seen who doesn't gif a thank you speech on stage after the yam seng toast. (First one was my wife, too shy) Sian... i was looking forward to hear her pew chui (slip of tongue) with vulgarities up on stage... hahaha

Here are some of the pics that night... well mostly was cadis... keke

I love weddings.. its always like an gathering for long lost friends...

This week's run updates...

2009-03-15T12:16:00.004+08:00

Hey hey.. Its the run of the week again... Today's turnout was the biggest so far, besides the regulars, we had ivan and junkai join us for the first time, leonard brought his gf khim along and my wife joined us too... wat a surprise!!
My stupid GPS sensor didn't work again!! Fuck up... gotta send it for repairs... so now can only run regular routes so we know the distance... Kicked off the run and here are the timings.

Distance: 20km
Timing:
Me - 1H55
Leonard - 2H02
OMP - 2H06
Siswi - 2H13
Qiming - 2H42
Junkai and Ivan - 2H47

Jess and Khim ran 10km
Paul ran 8km
Muzhong ran 10km as well

Seems like some are running shorter distances, and the others haf improved timings, well done!!
And i'm proud of my wife for doing her first 10km in her life... gd start...

Leonard eating his power banana after the run..

Siswi at her sportiest... hehe

Me and my wife

Post running stretch...

For the first timers, hope the 20km didn't scare you off... hope to see you guys running more often with us...