Wednesday, December 31, 2008

what happen to me in 2008....

2008 have been a really exciting year for me....lots of stuffs happen....also lots of resolution not completed...as well...:-0

Here is a summary of my thought of 2008...

1. Enjoy the break in between from New Year Eve up to CNY....early releases which I never got to enjoy during my stint in my previous company....

2. Started to get real busy...( I meant working evening on Sat and Sun) to meet the Theme of the company..." Time To Market"...but was really happy and enjoying it....(I must be mad..)

3. Starting running.....attended 3 races this year...Passion Run, Army Half Marathon and the recorded breaking...Std Chartered Marathon...part of my determination and also my collegues influence to get fit...

4. Met up with my STM Collegues ....finally during the Nov Period...everyone is still working fine in their next destination....and BK and K is expecting their 2nd child..how fast..time flies..

5. Been to every PC exhibition show this year...but came back empty handed...everytime.... except for bargain hunting on Hard-disk...such an irony...

6. Got a surprise visitor on my birthday...someone I never expected them to call...(those of u who know me should know who I am talking about)

So much for the good and normal side of me.....

7. The Bad news is I loss quite a big portion of my CPF investment on unit trust..(paper loss)...was really thinking how come I was not make aware of my loss till my sister tell me to check it out.....Lesson learn....It still better to manage my own account than to leave it to another person....furthermore it your own money right.....

8. I AM STILL SINGLE.....what happen....been really lazy to look for one...and the only one I go out with does not seem to click with me....guess I just too Self conscious and quiet.....

9. Been quite spritually low since the 2nd half of the year....not sure what happen...feel bit drained and lost at times.....haha probably due to the fact I have not been reading too much....

10. My finance is in a real bad shape....been signing too much credit cards....resulting in not much saving I would have hope...

One big achievement I manage to clock this year is .....staying put in Singapore for the past 1 year....not even been to Malaysia...I hope 2009 would not be the same...quite bored to stay in town all the time...

Well With 2008 closing ..and a new chapter started in 2009....sure hope there is much to look forward to in 2009.....

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Annual Christmas Gathering @ uncle Place


This is like an annual event at my uncle's place....for Christmas Dinner....but this year with an addition to the family ...my sis baby girl....isn't she adorable?

This year, food was from catering services....the usual stuff..like sweet sour fish...forgotten how it taste....or did i have any?

Some " 香" and Fried Chicken...but I think mum and granny can cook better than them..:-)

Mushroom and Broccoli...the healthier choice...love the mushrooms...

Prawns...though high cholesterol....and I only ate 1, cos I was really lazy to remove the shells

and fried beehoon...which I think is quite tasteless...sorry...

Chicken Curry .....it's hot....and kind of it of it....we seem to be missing the Turkey this year....donno where this chick gone..to :-)...lame joke aside..

But ....it's the company that count...and it quite priceless to get together with family members to celebrate Christmas

...and chat -up on one another...and share each others happy occasion...wondering what small talk they are engaging in?

The most importantly part of the gathering is of course to distribute Christmas presents...
Mum spend days searching Orchard road just for this moment...

Got mine as well...felt bit weird as i did not buy anything for anyone....hope to start doing it in 2009...:-0...but where should I start.....(the kids..first..)

baby xuan also have her own presents.....quite alot of them....look like all her clothes for the new year is being taken care off...

Guess who this beautiful..lady is.....didn't know she have grown up so much....very very shy though..took me a while to get this photo taken....

Dessert was next.....mangoes....

and how can Christmas be without log-cakes....though over the years it have become really commercialize, but this ice-cream cake was great...and delicious...

Overall, I enjoy this year gathering better than last year , maybe due to the fact...I got to try out my photography skill with my new Canon EOS 450D...and there are more mingling with my uncles and aunties this time round compare to last year...also baby xuan xuan also make this gathering special....

U can find more photos on my facebook though....what would the world be like without facebook....I found lots of my old friends on it...and get to share my photos...(starting to though)

Been really into Facebook nowadays...logging in almost everyday :-)

S.H.E - 沿海公路的出口

Came across this very nice song on MTV recently....talk about love lo....quite cute the MV . Enjoy..

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Christmas Party - 24th Dec


Was invited to a friend Christmas's Party...on the eve of Christmas...


Steamboat Dinner...we are having..

It quite a spread....we have prawns....

Beef from some place in town..apparently is well known...

Home cooked Chicken wings....and it's delicious

and also the very nutritional...Pig Liver...for the blood

How can Christmas be missing a log-Cake...

It actually quite the usual stuff @ the Christmas Dinner....but we have 2 stars..here. their pets...forgotten what their name..though...but they are pretty....tame....Guess who's the oldest here?

It a gathering of differnt walk of life for the host...as he mentioned....Poly...Army...Uni friends....glad that my friend is finally going into his next stage in life....

How can a gathering be missing me..in the photos....though wasn't in the best of shape...still have this eye infection...hiaz...

Still have another dinner to attend tomorrow @ my Uncle's place.....

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Didn't know how serious this was....

Never come so close to getting blind....Was spotting a damn Red eyes on Monday night after washing my eyes with Optrex Solution. My eyes was feeling very tired..then so Thought of rinsing it with Optrex.


The After Effect....this was the better ones...after putting Antibiotics eye drops

I rush to the TTSH's A&E section on Tuesday after advise from Dr Yap that there is some Opacity at the 1'clock location....

Was there from 9.30pm to 1am....they confirm there might be some kind of "fungus" growth....that explain the redness...that I can get blind if not properly treated...

Was ask to come back for review everyday...and to put eyes drops every hours even when sleeping...(got to wake up hourly to do it)

Ha...think i might have to get a good pair of specs...since it might be a long time before I can wear contacts again Even If I can, I cannot wear it for too long....risky...

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Fast Facts on my Marathon

Interesting Facts about the run that I just completed...

In term of the male population, I was place 8440th...out of 10801...aim to better this next year...should i am for a 65% of the finisher....(since next year there should be more runners)


Looking at overall, I finish slightly better , at 76% of the finisher ahead of me..but I place 9690th out of 12703. Aim for 65% of the finisher....in 2009 ..yeah


I think this division is Men's Singapore. Almost the last few....only 278 people behind me...ha
I setting my 2009 resolution now...and it got to be 75% of the finisher in 2009..


Another Weird fact is from 30km to finish which i am basically walking...i manage to pass some 310 people and allow 210 of "those walking faster" to pass me. Should have walk faster...my old bones not listening to me at that time...:-)


The men, women and overall winner cross the finishing line when i was just running along the East Coast Park...how pathetic...(FYI, on the map is pt 15)


Overall, I run slower than my 10km and 21km run early this year..which is understandable given the distance...

I use to run at about 9.5Kph in the Gym....but on my 42k...i slow it down to 6.3k so that i could last longer...ha


I finished the race in 6hr and 40mins.....an accomplishment for me...and also set a target to be overtaken by 2009......aiming for a 6hrs or lesser finish in 2009.....

Time for me to review which run I want to participate in 2009.....

Saturday, December 13, 2008

My First DSLR...after craving it for more than 6mths


Waited for almost 8 months since this camera was release way back in late April'08. At that time it cost $1499.

Finally bite the bullet and get this gadget for $1160, with an 8GB HSSD, additional Battery and a camera bag. Nothing fantastic about the free gifts....though.

Though I must say...Mr V and Mr O did influence my decision..Got it on Credit though :-)...

Now is to put the Camera to good use....Can u all see the difference between the 2 shots below...

Taken with a 6Mp Canon IXUS 800IS @ ISO 800

Taken with Canon EOS 450D , 12.2Mp, ISO 800

The Result is pretty obvious....A Larger Sensor on EOS 450D does help in the quality of the output.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Mission Accomplished -- 42Km Full Marathon

Finally completed the full marathon....to be honest, have really a short night sleep before the run. Have to get up at 4am to prepare for it....


Get my shirt...and tag in place...

The Race started at about 5.30am...lot of people....and lots of cheers also when the Kenyas...race themselves to East Coast Park while the rest of us are still running toward Shenton Way. Have to say they are really fast...


The route to East Coast Park is about 10km...took me more than 1 hrs to reach....but so far so good....running non-stop and noticing alot of folks..walking already...

Manage to last till about 21km before i starting walking..(at the end of East Coast Park after turning back)...

From then on ...it a walk a jog...kind of thing...which last me till 34km point...before I walk all the way back to the Esplanade. It was really hot then as it about 9.30am to 10am

Now I know why the Kenyas run so fast...by the time I reach my 30km mark...the sun is already shining...hot on us....and i could see huge amount of people walking...

I went for the photos-shots at the finishing line....(so that I would look cool)...Check out the photos.

I think this is the best shot....wonder what i am look at though?

Come-on.....few more meters...the guy in white is catchin up

Off to the finishing line...woo...

Was really tired...collect my medal

Most importantly my 42.195K shirt..and head home for a nap...sleep till evening....lucky I have a holiday to look forward to..

Saturday, December 06, 2008

Standard Chartered 42Km....Preparations?

The Date is Tomorrow -> 7-Dec , for my 42Km run....but as of my last run...I can only last approximately 12.66Km.....ha....that is even worst than my Half Marathon target



I manage a 14km non-stop before walking when we enter the rocky path of the "Combat Engineer" Training ground...



From the way I look at it...I will run out of gas before even entering to East Coast Park....and it a 15Km run at East Coast park..before running back to the finishing line....so I would have completed about maybe around 10km....before entering East Coast..for another 15Km...Total 25km...return trip of about 10km....(35Km) then a loop to Kallang River (maybe 4km) and another 4km to the finishing line....wowo

Let hope I can break the record(I meant my own..of 14km)....was actually thinking of running at least a 20km ......non-stop...and see how it goes....there is another 22km to go ....wo


Be running with my IPOD, my Nike + as my motivator as well...

God will be with me as well...Pray for good weather and also for the strength to last 42Km....

Friday, December 05, 2008

"are We Just Friends or is there More" -- Lyrics from Crush

Recently been listen to this person song.....in fact..i got his whole album...and really like his title song.....Crush....

Think he really describe it so well...whenever someone have a crush, the feeling and the mood...

Anyway...enjoy the Music Video....

Btw, if u have not know...he was a contentant on American Idol....he came in 2nd though....first price went to David Cook.....


Crush - David Archuleta - DAVID ARCHULETA