Thursday, January 25, 2007
it was men's nite out last night..
cos some guys are leaving for army on friday.. so we decided to have a mini gathering be4 they get enlisted..
dinner was in this restaurant at Arab street..
boy... their nasi padang (mix vegetable rice) is really really good..
even my China fren is enjoying his dinner...
the best thing is.. it is really really affordable.. non of us paid more than $5..
i had mutton and 3 other dishes... and it cost me onli $3.70
this is wat i call.. good food at affordable prices..
after dinner we went to chill at concourse starbucks
had a really good time chatting there.. these guys are darn funny.. we laughed so hard, our stomachs hurt..
after chilling.. we went to have supper..
ordered 20 satays.. sat down.. chat a little more... and head home after that...
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*facing some serious situations at home now.. so i guess i wld not be blogging for a week or so few days.. hope everything will be fine..*
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
utterly utterly utterly dissapointed wif my drive today...
my car stalled twice.. and it jerked so badly i think anyone else who is inside wld feel like puking.. turning was also terrible..
perhaps today is not my day for driving.. or perhaps i've become too used to driving auto cars..
jus hope that friday's lesson wld be better.. =(
Monday, January 22, 2007
hmm.. i think ning is rite.. i've been blogging too much on my driving.. so this time.. im going to keep it brief
drove an auto car today.. this time i went further.. went all the way to loyang and changi... the view is jus fantastic.. didnt know Singapore got such scenic roads until today..
have been busy working for the past 3 days..
since nothing much happen on Friday.. lets start wif Saturday..
becos its a weekend and there is a moto show infront of our booth.. HBD hub was super crowded.. so was the food court..
i went for my dinner at about 6.. and since i have no tissue paper to "chop" (book) sits.. i had to buy my dinner first.. and then hunt for sits..
so i went round the foodcourt once.... no sits...
went round twice.. still no sits..
went round the third time.. but this time.. i prayed..
"Dear Lord.. I pray for a kind soul to give me a sit.. or share the table.. and in Jesus name I pray.. Amen"
and jus as i was about to go for the forth round.. a lady stood up and said..
" ah boy ah..." pointing at the empty table..
" u sit u sit.." and she walked away
i was so touched by wat she did.. and i was so grateful tat my prayer was answered almost immediately.. i cldnt stop thankin God after tat..
so tats the little mirical tat, i tot, happened to me..
then came Sunday.. cos we dun have enough change.. i went to NTUC to exchange for small change..
and this uncle who jus finish buying his stuff overheard the conversation between me and the cashier..
then he asked, " boy ah... u wanna change money is it??" (in chinese)
i replied, " ah.."
and he asked again, " how much u wanna change??"
and i said, " er... 50 dollars worth of 2 dollars" (which i tot was pretty impossible)
then he took out a bundle of cash from his pocket and pulled out one stack of 2 dollars..
stunned.. i asked, " how much is tat?"
and he answered, " 50 dollars lor..."
@_@!! and thx to him.. we, for the first time, had enough change for the whole day..
then at a later part of the day.. a lady came over to our booth.. browse through our goods a few times and bought 1k++ worth of goods..
then while signing for her credit card payment.. we chatted a little on cars..
she seemed like an expert.. so i tot she is working for Hua Yang in the moto show..
so i asked, " hmm.. u're working for Hua Yang?"
then i felt a nudge.. i looked over to my colleague and he gave me a panic look.. then he wispered, " she is the executive director of Hua Yang.."
@_@!! whaha!! paiseh man..... felt like digging a hole to hide.. lol
but no harm done... and i got her name card.. so next time when i wanna buy car i can go straight to her.. =))
yesterday was the end of our Toa Payoh road show.. after packing up.. all of us went to Newton Circus to have supper..
the food was great.. and beer was good.. i was filled to the brim.. but now.. i seriously worry tat i will get a beer belly.. haha!!
Thursday, January 18, 2007
had my 3rd driving lessons today.. this time i drove a manual car from eunos to tampines..
i think manual cars are a whole lot more fun to drive..
unlike auto cars which u cld fall asleep driving.. manual cars keep u busy.. constantly changing gears and stepping on the clutch..
i've made lots of improvements since lesson 1..
my engine didnt stall at all today.. although it came close to stalling, cos i was releasing the clutch a little to much, but it didnt..
and this time round i had better control of the car and my turning was much better...
im also slowly learning to be a safe driver..
today.. while driving back to eunos.. i met wif an extreme road condition.. it poured cats and dogs on my car..
the rain was so bad.. my wind screen wipers couldnt work hard enough to clear the water.. and i couldnt see the road..
i was kinda screaming out load in my heart, "nO!!!!!!!!" and almost immediate.. the rain got smaller and stopped...
it was really pretty miraculous and i cldnt stop thanking God after tat..
because it looked like it was going to rain.. my teacher let me drive home..
i dunno how to express the high-ness i had but it was a really cool and fun experience for me =))
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
jus came back form my driving lesson... this is my second lesson =)
my teacher lazy to change car.. so i drove an auto car today.. very easy to handle.. jus accelerate and break onli..
and before i knew it.. im in pasir ris already.. i had actually drove from eunos to pasir ris and back... lots of fun..
but teacher say i very stiff.. steering also got problem.. but the truth is.. i wasnt nervous at all.. infact i was pretty relaxed.. guess i need more practice bahz..
but he charge so expensive.. i jus wanna get this driving thing done and over wif..
hope i can improve fast enough so i can cut down on lessons..
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
jus came back from toa payoh, my work place.. went there to take photos as promised..
the pictures didnt look very good in the LCD screen when i took them.. so i decided to take photos from the catalog instead..
so u will see some mixture in the photos later
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Public Favorite
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code : 7065
name : Fu Lu Shou Xi
price : $68.00
code : 7053
name : Double Bliss Coin Set
price : $58.00
code : 7057
name : Hope Coin Set
price : $65.00
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code : 6216
name : Heritage Orchids of Singapore Coin Set
price : $133.00
remarks : mintage of 8000 sets
code : 7062
name : Golden Radiance
price : $198.00
code : 7074
name : Family Bliss ez-link Card
price : $18.00
code : 7115
name : "standing" Piggy Bank
price : $25.00
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Personal Favorite
code : 7026A-L
name : 12 Zodiac Animal Liuli Seals
price : $108.00 each
code : 6031
name : Golden Splendour
price : $398.00
remarks : 24k gold-plated
code : 7044
name : Australia Lunar Pig 1oz 999 Silver Coin Gold Gilded Edition
price : $80.00
click here to have a better look at the products and other products that they have..
or u can copy and paste this URL : http://www.singaporemint.com/
im going back to work this fri, sat and sun.. our store is next to bread talk..
you'll see it the minute u walk out of the bus interchange.. jus keep a look out for this..
feel free to drop by to have a look.. (or to keep me company).. but the store at toa payoh will end this sunday..
after that u can still go to north point or parkway.. there are a few other outlets elsewhere.. but im not sure when and where..
ok.. so much for the work stuff.. after taking the pics i went to delifrance to get a drink and to read my book..
jus wanna have a feel of how it is like to be sipping tea and a reading book at the same time..
it was some serious chilling.. really relaxing.. but u can onli do it when u're not racing wif time..
after the 2 hour break.. i went down to the food court to pack the best rojak in town..
no queue u say... but u are wrong... there is a queue.. jus tat everyone has to take a queue number tat looks like this.. 
the rojak is really good.. u sld go give it a try.. its in the interchange food court.. next to the mac..
Monday, January 15, 2007
heh heh... haven upload the product photos as promised.. sry about that.. but im feeling rather lazy these days
i sld be going back tmr to take the photos.. depending on weather conditions...
went to catch a movie wif elf and gang.. we watched "Pan's Labyrinth"
the story was from a book.. and they made it into a film.. btw.. it is a foreign film.. so u gotta read the subtitles..
basically.. this movie has 2 stories running at the same time.. the reality and the fairy tale.. and it keeps u in suspense all the way till the end..
personally.. i dont like sick shows and this happens to be one.. also.. i found the movie a little draggy... so im jus going to give it 2/5 stars...
after the movie.. we went for dinner at giraffe.. (interesting name eh??)
i wont strongly reccomend the place but i wld say its a pretty good place to chill..
the food is alright but its a little pricey.. however the ambience is great.. and the songs they play are perfect for chillin..
we had a salad for starters..
then i had my black pepper fettucini wif something chicken and blue cheeze (i cant remember)
while the rest had their own meal
although the movie at dinner wasnt fantastic.. but we had fun and enjoyed each other's company..
here are some more photos..
Thursday, January 11, 2007
didnt go back to my workplace today.. cos it has been raining the whole day..
guess i wld go back tmr.. cos i gotta clarify whether i still have to go back and work or not??
kinda enjoying life now.. happy slacking.. heh heh..
but... i wld want to earn some income to lighten the financial load on my parents..
also.. i gotta learn to stay away from my com.. its killing too many of my brain cells...
morning went to play bball at sengkang indoor court.. wha kaoz.. bus fares can kill sia.. $2 per trip x.X
but we had a lot of fun playing.. cos its cooling and everyone else is schooling or working.. so we got the whole court to ourselves.. =)
after balling.. we go makan.. then i invited wee yang over to watch death note..
not as nice when i watch it the second time..
cant wait for the internet to return to normal.. then i can DL the anime and watch.. i heard its way better than the movie..
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
hey hey!!! im back!!
haven been blogging cos i was super busy working for the past few days..
i've been working for Singapore Mint.. helping them to sell new year tokens and collector items in Toa Payoh..
on average.. i worked 14 hours a day.. (and i tot hui xian, who is working 10 hours a day, is very poor thing)
everyday.. i will report at 10am.. carry the goods out from the store.. arrange them.. serve costomers.. operate the casher and at the end of the day.. check the stocks to see if anything is lost or stolen and put them back in the store..
although the job is tough.. but it was alot of fun serving the customers..
in the 5 days of work.. i've served people who are deaf and mute, super rich but super stuck-up too, picky (choosy, gei gao or in jim), patient and impatient, friendly, people who kept thinking that im out to cheat their money, love to tok and tell their life story and elderlies who are really ready to spend..
since its my first time at work.. i had quite alot of hicups.. but thx to the help and accommodation of my colleagues.. everything went on smoothly without many angry costomers..
think i wld consider going back there to work.. once im sick of slacking at home.. whaha!!
tmr.. i shall show u some of the more popular products and my personal favorite..
Thursday, January 04, 2007
suppose to go book chalet yesterday wif PL and paul.. but grandma wld be left home alone if i did.. so i stayed home..
but when PL called after they are done wif the chalet thing.. ingenious me came up wif a plan..
i invited them over to my house.. and asked them to pack lunch for grandma and i.. tat way i will have company for the day and i wont have to cook lunch!! oh ya!! and no washing too!! =) muahaha!!
so they came.. bought lunch for me and grandma.. and in return.. i lend them air-con and TV... and they played PS2 the whole day..
then at night.. i went to catch a movie wif a fren..
elf and gang.. pls dun kill me.. i watched.. "night at the museum"
super funny movie.. every was laughing their heads off while im coughing mine off.. yea.. my cough is still killing me and im starting work tmr.. darn it..
nvm.. back to the movie.. its a good movie to catch.. i give.. 3.5/5 stars
one more thing to say before i end this post...
yesterday... i had the suay-est of days..
i was preparing to go out.. and it started to rain.. good news was.. it stopped and i chiong out of the house...
waited for 30mins ++ for the bus.. but it didnt come.. so i went back home to get something and i came back down..
the minute i got the the road (wif the bus stop jus across it) it started pouring!!
wats worst was... the usually empty road was surprisingly packed and i cldnt cross.. i was cursing and swearing really badly back then.. and the rain jus gets bigger and bigger...
by the time i got to the bus stop.. i was all drenched.. and so was my $150 dollar shoe tat cld potentially be ruin by water..
there.. i still had to wait for another 20mins be4 my bus came..
yea!! finally.. bus!! but once the bus turn out.. it met wif a jam.. and another.. and another..
i gave up.. got down the bus and took train instead..
hope the same thing wont happen twice.. cos im going out later
Monday, January 01, 2007
01.01.2007
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Monday
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here to wish u all the best for the new year
jus came home from my first driving lesson... boy... it was a whole lot of fun!! cant wait to drive again.. (next lesson is on friday morning be4 work)
but the first lesson didnt turn out as well as i wld like it to be.. i cldnt get a smooth start of the car..
there is a whole list of things u have to do be4 u can move urr car.. hope lesson 2 will be better
however.. i did make some good progress... was allowed to drive out of the carpark into a small road.. and i got to 2nd gear.. but its nothing impressive really..
my teacher tries very hard to to give an easy going image.. he tried joking and we did chat a little
but i know deep within.. he is actually very serious and afraid tat i wld crash his car... whaha!!
