Monday, November 27, 2006

Forced Leave

It the time of the year, when everyone start clearing leave. This morning, during work, I am surprise by the amount of people going on leave. Well probably a cost saving method as well. We are suppose to clear as much leave especially those from last year.

But no choice lo, kinda like the idea of going on leave every week. Taking a break from work is good...though my dept performance trend is really shit now....worst of all dept...been pestering people for their action corrective items...(Or Am i pestering them hard enough?). Still no improvement ..probably all those bosses think i am sleeping on my job again la....

Well...this is work life...u are doing work...but definitely someone will think other wise....

Will try to pester them again tomorrow. Maybe as evidence, I should record down the conversation so that at least i got evidence i did my job :-)

Come across this interesting photo i took during my trip to Bintan, it from Bintan Lagoon Resort, It some flower in a "cup" of water with a stone inside...for decorative purpose le.

Sunday, February 12, 2006

Movies of 2006

It has been a really long time since i open up my blog to update stuff, been really busy for the past months though. My Transfer project is going into production stage and i am rushing out all my specification in preparation of the coming audit by the customers. Hiaz....this is the way work is, hard to forecast what will happen next, everything really dynamic....really finding it hard to breath at times. Also don want to be seen as slow(again) and not doing work proper by the boss again(Hiaz....)

With all these stress (Hair dropping, i feel) and work piling up, I sometime find myself just wanting to sleep at home over saturday and sunday, not wanting to do anything else.

Back to the topic of my Blog, Movies of 2006. Kind of think of it, it really sad I have not been catching lot of new movies recently....I do the counting of the movies i seen (this year)

I not stupid too? (really a good show by the local team, Raintree)
Fearless (Damn Good fighting scence in this show)
brokeback mountain (I can believe i saw this "boring" show)
ice age2 (Cute...that about it, but i must say the best show of the year)
firewall (so so ok)
Eight Below (This show kinda insprising, but felt that it a bit subtle though)

Think among the show i have seen, Ice Age 2 is the best, big production, and really funny.

No pictures for this blog, i scare the authorities will come after me for uploading those copyrighted photos (pictues of movies posterS)

But anyway, 2006 is still a long way to go before it is over, so really looking forward to those movies coming out in the summer.

superman return, X-Men3, MI3, Cars, Over the hedge(Dreamworks) also the new 007, scary Movies 4, Poseidon(About a sinking cruise), The Da VinCi Code, Fast and Furious 3(not sure what this is about)

I let hope i can endure till then....BTW...been taking up japanese class recently, with my sister lo, but really cannot catch up with the teacher, the exam just over, hopefully i can make it through, the next term start in May 2, and it on a sunday morning...at least this time round i won't be feeling rush, last time everytime have to go off on the dot of work, really "pan sei". Now i can do OT as and when is needed. For the recorded, I did a 2.5hours OT today, till 8.30hrs to finish up my work lo.

The Weekend is exciting though, Saturday got buffet lunch with "Zhihong" , an auditor who is leaving for China (will update once we got the photos), plus West-Side story on Sunday Afternoon, hope that is something good as well, the last time i saw a musical is Ma Ma Mia which i thought was great.


Last but not least, I also hope I got enough time to update my blog entry.
To not make my blog so boring, i include a picture of myself. This is in paris, France, the modern area of the city. Taken when i was having my training last year(2005)
Until then, I wish everyone a good day ahead also a good long weekend ahead as well.

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

First Day of Chinese New Year 2006

Haiz, Was thinking i could sleep late today, but have to wake up to go visiting as usual. It seem fun when i was young, craving for those ?�], how much they have inside, then can go buy toys...hehe...but as one grow older, visiting become a feedback session. People will start asking...got girlfriend or not...when getting married....feeling kind of stress lo.

This is the first year since i am back from my studies in Sheffield to celebrate CNY in singapore. Feeling times really change, don seem to have the mood here in singapore anymore, not like when i was young. Ha, in those day, u will see lots of people parading in their finest clothes...and they must be RED in colour....lucky colour mah.

First Stop, Grandmum place, she aged alot, have not been visiting her often, and was quite worry that she might not recognise me, lucky me, she still know who am i, just donno the name lo....

lot of people at aunt place, think is her hubby's friend or sisters, donno....they are a cute bunch of people, seems to be comparing who have a better mobile phone....broadband subscription and commenting on what is a child in this modern time be without a PC. Lugi lo...

Left Aunt's place sometime around 2pm, next stop, and also the final stop, my granny place...for dinner. Took this photo on the bus, on my way to her house. But we are so damn early, i end up sleeping at her place...because of boring TV programs....really miss those days when Mediaworks is still around...TV seems much interesting those days...

Really miss granny ���� and Roast Duck, but granny's leg pain so cannot make it for us. But she cook very healthy food for us this Dinner though. Plus the soup, quite good

My uncles and Aunties came later and so did my sister busy eating dinner when she and her hubby arrived. Nothing much interesting to write. My Blog getting a bit boring writing all about The Chinese New Year, Maybe, I should write about something else..instead of a daily Diary. My Life not that interesting lo. Thing planned, include maybe writing a review for the movies that i have seen, a review of the Gameboy Micro that i purchase recently and lastly to write a cute and interesting introduction of myself...haha, i can take that opportunity to put up those photos of my graduation and sheffield days + my past holiday photos. Suggestion to write about Mr X, don think of doing that at the moment, kind of nasty. Until Then...Sayonara

Sunday, January 29, 2006

My First CNY in singapore since i am back from UK

�s�~��?, Turn out that my Chinese still can make it...haha.
Today (CNY Eve) turn out to be a surprise to me, there isn't much on TV in the morning (As usual, no-body might be watching anyway...still sleeping....) but anyway I woke up late....10.30am...that the only day i get to wake up this late (if i am not working on saturday of course) +( sunday lo)

Was actually thinking of going to shop around....downstair of course, but too lazy...spend my time watching boring TV and experimenting with my collegue new digital camera Sony T5 which she loan me over the CNY period.

This camera was kind of handy, slim and small with a large 2.5" LCD. Actually tempted me to get my Canon S45 replaced with a smaller less bulky camera. But the Sony still suffer from bad night shots which are common among Digital camera of this category....(Non professional series)..maybe the Sony T9 with supersteady shot would solve this problem...haha...that will cost me some 700 bucks...not a good investment at the moment
Have been using Canon S45 for the past 3 years since i came back from the UK. Recently brought to France, during my Oversea Training. Photos taken with the camera is really good but the latest camera now are much faster in response time, though i must say, the Canon beat The Sony when it come to picture quality, Canon photos are richer in color compare to Sony which tend to be whiter.


So my decision....wait for the price drop or a lucky draw price?

At about 3 plus, my dad and mum are starting to get ready all the stuff needed for steamboat,
wow, my parent do store up lots of food in the fridge (Well the shops will not be open the next couple of days)



(momo cha cha), curry(Kinda Hot though) were some of the goodies that mum have prepared. We even have the ?�� stuff for later "lau ?��". I took this opportunity to try out the Sony Camera. Not too bad. though some of the shots are not very sharp, got to do with my steady hand...hehee.
Steamboat Dinner is ready by 6pm. Although don really like Steamboat dinner, but this dinner was Ok, not too full, cos i ask mum not to cook rice...we only have steamboat, sister brought the abalone she brought during her honeymoon in Japan over to eat, quite nice. Overall the steamboat is one of the best i have tasted so far, the soup is expecially tasty.
After Steamboat, mum brought out her ?�� package to do a lao ?��. Interesting, it quite a big size one, lucky we have 5 people to finish it up. Doubt my sis and her hubby can continue their dinner at their mum side later on.....suggested to them to walk up the stair to burn up some food first so that still can have some space to fill-in.
Reunion dinner ended at about 7.30pm, quite early consider most of the time (last time) we finish at about 8+. So as usual, it time for TV again...the New Year Eve movie around this time should be one of the most exciting one we seen for the year as Ch 8 usually will put Jackie Chan movies on Tele...but recently years, hardly any Jackie (��?) movie. Think maybe he is off to Hollywood that why? hopefully, they bring in his recent show : ��?, think the one with a korean star in it...even a indian star in it as well.
Let Disgress a little and talk about the movies on TV. Only 1 word to describe, Sucks, the one on Ch8 by �j��?, donno what the show is actually trying to communicate, lot of copycat from the hollywood productions...Jurassic Park...silly.
Lucky the Annual Chinese New Year Variey show is still ok...lots of stars to see...but felt that the lucky draw section was not handle properly, the tele-audience did not even get a chance to play the game, thought the game was meant for the homeviewers??...they last minute change the "format" and let those present in Chinatown to play...People trying to call-in must be wondering are they dailing the wrong number, it always engaged, no wonder, there is usually a long wait for anyone to call in to the show, the phone line are jammed....
But beside the minor mishandling...the show was quite well done....
As Usually, during festive season, your sms will have a hard time find it ways to your friends...jammed network.
Until tomorrow...����??. Going to stay up late as part of the tradition for the "kid" to stay up late during Chinese new year is for their parent to live longer, as what i heard. Better believe :-)

Saturday, January 28, 2006

My First Blog


Well...this is the date...28-Jan-06, a Saturday, I finally find time to do a Blog. It sound kind of interesting to me few months back when i started looking at other people blog entry and i ask myself....why not start one myself...and here i am....my very first blog entry

Within the next couple of hours will be exciting.....having a reunion dinner this evening, well this is the eve of the Chinese New Year. That what we singaporean usually do on this day, kind of like a chinese tradition.

Was actually trying to use this blog as a platform to show of my photography skills...heehee..not professional quality of course...just some shots taken with my Canon digital Camera about my "adventure" over the past as well as now...but kinda stuck, don know how to put it in to be relevant to what i am writing....think that will take a while.

Today just started out as usually, notice not much people are actually "working", think is because of the CNY mood, the boss came over to wish everyone Happy New year and give out Madarine Oranges, but this year we have a lucky draw as well, but too bad, luck not on my side, most of my collegues got some real Ang Bao money, i only manage to get a greeting card that says " Gong Xi Fa Cai", sign....:-(
Still ok, got to enjoy a good tea break in the evening with my fellow collegues.

As usually, my family and myself went over to Tampines Mall to do last minute shopping...I didnt get anything...but my sis and brother-in-law got what they wanted...clothes and shoes... one thing caught my attention when shopping at the mall, the huge amount of people doing their last minute shopping... Trying to get some things here sure is difficult. Even the shops are fill with people inside. Well....will make full use of this coming holiday to get myself fit again....have not been exercising for the past months...and getting more flabby at the tummy area. hopefully will be motivated to go for a jog. Also to find time to catch a show....there is this show by Jet Li, call Fearless, seem interesting, say to be Jet Li's last movie. That will make it a must see this Lunar new year then, there is also lot of other movies on show...Jim Carrey...Fun with dick and Jane, and of course our own local production, Jack Neo, I not stupid 2, but seem like not much pubicity on this show....does not seem very interesting.

That all for today, got to go sleep now.