sentosa

ok i am very tired. so i will blog this very fast.

youth day holiday, all my colleagues are slacking at home, but, some of us going to sentosa. yay~

we went to take the luge. its actually some go-kart thingy, with no wheels, and goes from a high point down to the bottom point. can go very fast, damn shiok.

(this is not the luge in sentosa. its the one in new zealand)


so to get to the high point, you must first take a skyride to the top.

and then we went to palawan beach. we had lots of fun. building sandcastles, playing ultimate frisbee, playing beach takraw, and forming human pyramids. haha.

finally, we watched a performance called songs of the sea. or isit sounds of the sea? haha i forgot le.

basically its a performance with singing, water dynamics, laser lights, fire and fireworks. quite spectacular. and i captured some awesome shots. :)

reached home at around eleven pm. wat a long and tiring day. but i had lots of fun.

weekend post

darling is back! yay!

went to budget terminal to pick her up. i was quite impressed with the budget terminal. at first i thought it will be quite run-down, then only got fans, very stuffy, that kind of thing. but it is fully air-conditioned! wow! amazing! =p

and the arrival hall got duty-free shop! cool! haha.

darling was hungry, so i brought her to katong to eat zhi char. damn that bloody waitress. we ordered hotplate tofu, bbq fish and kai lan. obviously only got two of us, and yet the waitress gave us the medium size portion, when actually the small size portion is sufficient. the whole meal is damn ex lah. i will nv go to that zhi char restaurant again.

but still, is good to see darling again after one whole week! hope that she enjoyed the meal, because she said she keep eating tom yum, eat until very sian.

sunday morning went to play soccer. played all the way until 12 plus, and the weather is damn hot. took a nap at two plus, and woke up at 630 for dinner. after dinner went to ucc for 清男 practise.

tomorrow is youth day holiday, but i still have to work. i going to sentosa with the kids. i dun mind lah actually, cos i think its going to be fun.

and i love this song that's playing on my blog! its sung by shinhwa! dunno whether isit a korean pop group or japanese. should be korean bah.

once in a lifetime~

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i am dying to go overseas! especially after reading chio outdoor enthusiast & xuefen's holland blog, i even more gian to go travel.

i want to look at nice buildings with fantastic architecture, i want to enjoy beautiful scenery, i want to sit on a big open patch of grass with flowers of different colours, reading a book and drinking a cup of ice latte. wah lao damn shiok.

cant wait for the dec holidays to come, so i can go overseas with darling and my army friends.

here's some pics to satisfy my desire a little bit:

if only sg have all these nice places. haha.

thursday post

today's prog is to bring the kids to my beloved uni, nus, and then after that, esplanade.

someone from the registrar office conducted a talk for all of us at LT31. at first i was confused where LT31 is. i dunno whether isit the one beside sci canteen, or isit the one nearer to the src. my VP thought that it is the one nearer to the src (but he is from ntu). so to play safe, i quickly sms to all my frens still studying in nus, and who are from sci, to make sure. and yah, LT31 is the one beside sci canteen.

the talk was quite boring, basically is all about background information of nus. and i think the lecturer is quite boring, and the talk is super dry, so most of my kids are already getting restless. only the teachers from indon, my VP, majority of the indon kids were listening attentively.

the stay at nus is just for two hours, which i think is really not enough to show them the wonderful things of nus, to wow them, but also bo bian, cos our schedule is quite tight. the talk itself is already one hour, so the remaining one hour, we brought them to sci co-op for some shopping. haha.

all the kids, both local and indon, din buy textbooks. din buy stationery. instead they bought alot of tidbits. -_-'''

some of the indon kids bought the nus centennial t-shirts. they also bought those laminated motivational posters, which i think is really impressive. impressive as in they buy these posters back to hang on their walls and motivate themselves to achieve higher targets.

after the nus visit, because of limited tickets, only the indon pple went to esplanade to watch a musical perf by pri sch kids. me, my VP and two of our kids accompanied them. we took them to one fullerton to take pics, especially to take pic with the merlion. but upon reaching there, to everyone's disappointment, the merlion is under renovation. -_-'''

we went to the rooftop terrace to have dinner (packed food). i heard the ndp commands, thinking that there is a rehearsal now, i rush over excitedly to another side of the rooftop terrace to see the viewing platform. to my disappointment, the platform is empty. they are just conducting a sound test. :(

photos:

how do you find my shirt? i received mixed comments again.

some of my colleagues say i look very ah pek. some said i look like i am wearing a uniform. some say i look nice and formal.

and then when my kids saw me, they were damn shocked. funny leh... like they nv see me in this kind of attire before. -_-'''

anyway, i think the musical perf is good. at first i thought it is at the theatre, but it is actually at the recital studio. this is only my second time watching a perf at esplanade. the first time is a few years back, at chung cheng's dunno how many year anniversary, either 90 or 100, i forgot already, so to commemorate this anniversary, they staged a wonderful performance at the concert hall.

my third time watching a perf at esplanade is coming soon, which is in july. the perf is 风中少林. shaolin monks performing their wushu stunts. looking forward to that. =)

i miss darling!!! have to wait for two more days then she will be back!

忙啊~

这几天很忙，一直跑来跑去。

先说星期二吧。

那些印尼人本来是大约四点钟抵达新加坡。他们是十二点在机场集合，然后坐飞机去 batam, 然后再坐游艇去 harbourfront.

可是，下午两点，我的副校长告诉我他们 missed their flight. 所以会晚上九点才到新加坡。-_-'''

我的副校长就叫我八点二十分在我家楼下等他，他会来载我去 harbourfront.

aiyah damn sian. i shall resume to english.

so i reach the bus stop five min earlier. and then, at 819 pm, i received an sms from him. he said they missed the ferry. will reach sg only at 1120 pm. -_-'''

he ask me to go home first, and he will activate me once he is ready to leave.

when i reach home, five min later, he called me.

he said our kids are already outside waiting for him, so he already went to pick them up, then ask me to come down again in five min to pick me up. -_-'''

there were 3 more kids who were already there when we reached. as it was still early, we had supper at mac. my VP very generous, treated all of us to drinks, mcnuggets and fries. hoho.

after eating we proceed to the arrival hall. since we are so early, we took some random pics.

finally, they arrived. we immediately board the bus and bring them to their "hotel", cos we noe they confirm damn tired and shag. by the time we reach the "hotel", it was already past 12 midnight.

after helping them check in, and making sure all of them are comfortable in their rooms, we went home. i reach home at one plus. -_-'''

so you see ah, when i went over there, it took me 2 hours by plane.

for them, it took them nearly 12 hours to reach sg. damn jia lat.

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wed, the indon pple came to our sch.

we brought them for a sch tour.

after that they went to tampines jc for a visit, and then go and play ball games at the field behind their "hotel".

i din join them cos i went to nus for dance prac. and my dear ang hw is joining us for one item! hoho. i think it will be added fun and laughter with him around. haha.

spain won!

yes! as i had hoped previously, spain is crowned champion of euro 2008!

commentator on tv: "oh gosh put him down! he's already 69!"

haha damn funny.

casillas lifting the trophy as captain of the spanish soccer national team. i think he is a very good goalkeeper, although he is not as tall as buffon or cech, but his agility more than made up for his disadvantage in height.

now euro 2008 is finally over, let's wait for all the transfer news.

will ronaldo leave man u and go to real madrid?

will adebayor leave arsenal and go to ac milan or barca?

will man u buy new players like david silva and rafael van der vart?

hoho... this is so interesting.

on a side note, the indon delegates are arriving tomorrow afternoon! will be going to harbour front to welcome them.

看表演

晚上去看我学校的铜乐队表演。

表演还不错，学生们在台上的活力令人感动。

铜乐队的负责老师也带来一小段的击鼓表演。振奋人心。全场欢呼。

我是在昨天才买票的。没有后悔这个最后一分钟的决定。

学生们的打扮真的很时髦。跟他们平时穿校服的样子有很大的分别。男孩子成熟稳重。女孩子高贵大方。

演出过后，和一些同事去爱琴海民歌餐厅。那里的歌手唱歌很好听！跟 “绝对超级星” 的参赛者有的比!

十一点十五分，餐厅打烊了。我们就回家了。

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i think right now my chinese sux big time. haha.

to think that during my sec sch days, i take higher chinese, and my higher chinese is always one of the best in the whole class.

right now i cant even write a decent 短篇文章. haiz.

friday post

first of all, today is my mum's and younger sister's birthday! yup they were born on the same day, 27 june! happy birthday to the both of them!

we went to this kopitiam near bedok interchange for zhi char, which was highly recommended by my younger sister. the food is all right, but not that impressive. i do love the asparagus with scallops. the scallops are damn fresh and got the very shiok 嚼劲 when you chew on them. the 咸蛋螃蟹 is another nice dish too.

after the dinner we went to ntuc for some grocery shopping, then headed back home to cut cake.

i have to endure darling's absence for one week, because she just flew off to thailand this morning for some pharmarcy overseas program. she will only be back next saturday. haiz i am missing her already.

but it may be a good thing that she is away, because nx week i have to host the indonesian pple, so its highly unlikely for me to spend time with darling, if she is in singapore.

the itinery is already out, and we will be going to typical places like night safari, vivocity, sentosa, esplanade, little india and singapore river. my VP also arranged for visits to tampines jc and nus. after going to nus, we will be going kent ridge park. hoho.

tomorrow night will be going to watch the sch's band concert. seriously speaking i got no interest for music, but just go there and show support.

good luck to all the kids in band, and put up a good perf for everyone!

and the final for euro 2008 is on monday morning! germany vs spain!

its going to be a great match! i hope spain will win. haha.

euro fever

for those who still dunno, one of soccer's greatest events, euro 2008, is on right now.

if you dunno, is either u dun have a bf/close friends/family members who watch soccer, or you stay on top of mount b-r-o-m-o, and 与世隔绝.

anyway, now is the semi finals. germany vs turkey, and russia vs spain. turkey and russia are the surprise packages.

turkey have the pure grit and determination in going forward to get a goal even in the dying seconds, and they really scored a goal in the last few seconds of the second half of extra time when playing against croatia.

russia is a team which have damn fit players. my colleagues who watched the match between holland vs russia, told me that at extra time, the holland players are already tired and walking, while the russian players are still running like mad. =p

as for germany and spain, they have always been soccer powernations.

some of the countries' jerseys are very nice, and after browsing through the soccernet online store, i very tempted to buy them!

Germany

Holland

Italy

Portugal

Spain

心痒痒，心痒痒~

weekend post

since the holidays are coming to an end, i have been going out quite alot for the weekend.

sat went to watch you dun mess with the zohan with darling. at first darling din want to watch, because she heard from her frens that it is a sexual humour movie. my darling is forever so pure and innocent. =p

but after some persuasion from me, we still went to watch. haha. got some scenes really quite gross, and darling told me she was covering her eyes and din want to watch. haha~

after that went to nus for dance practise. the practise starts at 730, but i reach at 840... was feeling damn guilty, and even more guilty when chio outdoor enthusiast boombasted me. that's why i din talk much during the whole practise, and just concentrate on doing all the lifts properly, because chio outdoor enthusiast is going to holland next week, and will be coming back six weeks later.

went to blk eighty-five again for supper with chio outdoor enthusiast and grace, and i had my usual dosage of bbq stingray and bbq chicken wings! yummy! and also very sinful!

today went to central mall to meet up with my army frens. we discussed about our year end trip, and finally decided to go hongkong & macau. i will also be going to taiwan with darling too! and my colleague is jioing me to go phillipines. haha. which means there will be lots of planning to be done, cos all these trips will be free and easy. i am now super looking forward to my year end holidays. and this also mean that there will be a big hole waiting to be burnt in my pocket.

tomorrow sch start le! having mixed feelings. haiz.

spain vs italy later! who do you think will win? i will pick spain, to win 2-1!

let's see whether my prediction is correct. =p

blue lobster

at first, my colleague deyang wanted to go to rochester park for dinner. rochester park has restaurants famous for their fine dining concept, which means food is damn expensive.

kk (another colleague of mine) thinks that it is too far, and he suggest going to frankel avenue (quite near kembangan) to eat goose liver! since all 3 of us nv eat goose liver before, so we agreed to go there.

the restaurant is really near to our workplace. it is just five min drive away. it is actually quite secluded, compared to happening areas like siglap and katong.

we love the ambience of the restaurant.

they have private dining rooms

open concept kitchen

and this is where we were seated

we ordered the goose liver. it is actually called FOIE GRAS. in french. haha. one plate cost 19 bucks for just one small piece.

it is damn nice! it taste very 肥, a bit similar to the 肥肉 of the kong bah, but this kind of 肥 is so much nicer, and the moment you place the foie gras inside your mouth, it melts. damn shiok.

3 of us only ordered one plate and share. when we turned our heads to the table beside us, there were 3 customers, and they ordered one plate of foie gras each. -_-'''

we also ordered a seafood platter and a live lobster spaghetti to share.

they got alot of other nice food too. let me show you the pics:

char grilled hokubee grain-fed beef sirloin

pan fried black cod with saffron sauce

seared sea scallops with prawns

peach gratin with mascarpone sabayon & lime surbet

dessert platter

the bill cost us 160 bucks, for the 3 dishes that we ordered.

a bit expensive, but i think for the wonderful ambience, and the great quality of the food, its worth it.

cannot everytime go, but its ok to go once in a while to 宠宠自己.