Tired Day

Ahh... Finally get to rest now. So far nothing good happened on this week. Sien leh... At least today I get to turn on the laptop during work. But I turned it on because of work also. Have to get the stupid progress report done by 2morrow.



Dun think I will join this crowd for this year's New Years Day count down. I would rather have a good sleep this year... Zzzz...

Uber Busy

Wat a way to start the week today. Can't even bring out my laptop and turn in on today. So much work to the extend that I need to do it at home. It's been a while since I'm this hardworking... wtf. Din manage to eat chapfan today also. That's still a good thing though.



Have to clear some of my work b4 sleep.
*sniff*

Another 2 days b4 New Years Day. Might have to work on New Years Day... 50% chance. No difference if I work on New Years Day also... I also have to work on Sunday. Wat a fucking joke.

Too many words for this post d.

Have to finish my work first.

Blog Color Changed

Just wanna make it look different at the moment.
So far still no new content here but this lame post. Not writing anything coz nothing much is happening. I've been busy with work lately. Besides busy, I'm also lazy to write anything here. Haha... maybe LAZY is the main factor after all.

From now on, I think I will gonna write short post about 50 words. Just pure laziness.
LULZ

P/S:


This is the lunch I've been eating for months. Enjoy drooling ^_^

Home Cooked Food No.1

This is prolly my first post about home cook food... w00ts~! I cook at least once every week now for a reason. I'm bored eating outside food. Especially food in Singapore. Everywhere I go, the food taste the same. I dunno if those food they sell at food courts are from the same source or wat... they taste more or less the same and I am really sick of it already~!!

Mom and Dad was here to visit me last weekend, so they brought over some food from Malaysia and we cooked together.



This pot of rice is completely done by me~! YESH~! I'm specialized in cooking rice without a rice cooker. Hehe... Bare in mind that this is just a non-stick steamboat pot. All these are thanks to my living experience at UK. Without a rice cooker, I can only control the heat of the hotplate and turn the heat off once the water dries up completely. I added a little brown rice coz brown rice is more nutritious and healthy. The rice looks nice rite?? >_<



This dish is known as "bang guang char" or "jiu hu char" in hokkien. My mom learn how to cook this from few of my aunts and improvised it. The main ingredient is Turnips... I think it's called Jicama otherwise in hokkien it's called "bang guang" and in Cantonese is called "shar cot" along with other ingredients such as dried black mushroom, carrot, dried squid and a little garlic. Wrap it with fresh lettuce and it will taste like heaven with all the juice in the mouth along with the crispy lettuce. WOOHOO~!!



Then here come the chicken dish.... I dunno wat it's called but I've been eating this since I was small. As long as I know how to cook it, who cares wat it's called rite? lulz
This dish is very simple. Just marinate the chicken with salt, oyster sauce, light soy sauce and salt. Then put in the mushrooms, black fungus, red dates, ginger and dried lily buds and steam it for around 15 minutes. It has been a year since I last had this. W00ts~!! Got the chance to eat it again.



Last but not least... CHILI PADI~!!!!

Yeah, that's all for now for my first post on home cooked food. Mom and Dad is on the way here and visit me again this week while I'm typing this now... They are just too free at the moment... haha.

I go have a nap first.... So sleepy.... Zzzz.....

Something You Don't Often See

I took this picture coz the KTM(Keratapi Tanah Melayu) train was passing by once in a blue moon.
But then, I saw something else when I'm viewing the pic on my computer.... WTF are those ppl doing behind the truck?

Hmm...

Behind The Lorry

This blog is ALIVE~!! yay. Just feel like writing something and post up some photos.

Not many ppl would have the experience of sitting behind the lorry like me. At least that's true for ppl besides my colleague and my workers. It's also not allowed to ferry workers behind the lorry in Msia. The reason might be because of riot prevention I guess... But then it's allowed here in Singapore. Each vehicle would have a maximum limit of course.


There's nothing much we can do sitting behind tho. Sean is reading his newspaper trying hard not to let it fly away when the vehicle is moving fast. For myself, I got nothing better to do so I grab my camera and snaps some photos for fun.


The traffic jam was quite bad that morning. See my messy hair? It's like that all the time and there's no point for me to comb it if my hair.... hehe... now I have a perfect excuse for not combing my hair.


See the lighter on the right hand side? That's not mine coz I dun smoke. Oh, and that's my safety boots right at the center. Seems like it's not a good idea to use my leg as a tripod there.


Wee... the vehicle is moving really fast. For me, it's okay even if I look backwards when the vehicle is moving... I won't feel nauseous.


It's a very very long way to go home from work... *yawn*... and the sun is too bright for me to play with my PSP. Can't see no shit~!!

No choice lor, continue snapping photos. *snap snap*


Sitting at the back once in a while is really relaxing. So many things that I dun normally see when I was driving, I can slowly appreciate it now. I didn't know there's a stadium on my way back home... until today.... even though I pass by this place almost everyday...


Finally~ camwhore time~!!

That's all for now folks. After a tired day from work. The hair is still messy as usual. lulz
Stay tune till who knows when I will update my blog again... lols

Something Is Very Very WRONG

Shocking news in Malaysia today. (Although there are shocking news everyday) Today, 3 people are being arrested under ISA. 1 of them is Raja Petra author of malaysia-today.net, 2nd one is Teresa Kok (MP of Seputeh from Pakatan Rakyat) and 3rd one is Tan Hoon Cheng (news reporter of SinChew daily).

It's so obvious that the person who should be arrested is Ahmad Ismail who started the whole racial issue. He is the person who commented that "Chinese were immigrants in the country and did not deserve equal treatment."
[source]



So I could not find any reason why he should not be arrested under ISA~!! His comment could have led to another May 13th~! Not only he didn't apologize, he also repeatedly held conference and repeat that racist comment.

On wat grounds are the authorities arresting the 3 person for?? As reported by thestar.com.my, "Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar told The Star Raja Petra was detained under Section 73 (1) of the ISA as he was deemed a threat to security, peace and public order."
[hot chili sauce]

And all Ahmad Ismail got was just a 3 years suspension from UMNO.
[tomato sauce]

Isn't this pure bullshit? Well... it's just too obvious that our government is unfair.

I wonder if all this bullshit will end on 16th of September 2008.

Update: On other thought... maybe this is wat UMNO wans... to make everyone emotional... stay calm everyone, stay calm

Free For 1 Week

YAY~!! I'm free like a bird for 1 week. Hmm... maybe not exactly free... but I don't have to work for 1 week!

From 23/07/08 to 30/07/08, I'll be attending a Shipyard Supervisors Safety Course. I'm actually blogging in the class now. So sleepy \(-o-)/

Why I am free if I have to attend class? Well, the course only call for a 75% attendance. Which makes me entitled to skip 1 day of class. The other reason is, I just need to sign off for the day and I'm free~!! But I'm not going to do that lar. Must attend as much as possible. I am very responsible one! *nearly puke*

Yes, have to plan where to go after 4.30pm! U see it right! I'm off the hook after 4.30pm!

Along the way... here comes tea break... I dun have tea break on normal working days leh T.T

Since I am so bored, I'm going to write something about the course I am attending. The current module is WSH ACT Part 1... or the Workplace Safety and Health Act. Summary is... besides safety, you still need to care about safety... If not, you will be held for responsible. Keep urself safe, keep everybody alive, you happy, I happy, government happy, everybody happy.

w00ts. Nah, I'm just crappin. It's more than that... the booklet itself is more than 1" thick of A4 papers. They should have make it thicker so that I can use it as a pillow.


Pictars of my current classroom...

As you can see, a lot of foreign workers are attending this class together.

Okay, class resume...

CK sign off....

Bye bye Adidas T.T, Hello Reebok ^.^

Aih... this running shoe has followed me for more than 4 years already... Running more than 100 laps at Tasik Titiwangsa.... and around 30 laps at Pandan Reservoir. Followed me since TAR College days.... Traveled together with me to Liverpool... and also with me at Singapore.

The sole has finally give in... and it's no longer useable... I'm so sad the time has come to an end with "Adidas".... BYE BYE


And here comes the new comer~ REEBOK~!
I've already used Reebok to run 6.5km already.


Hope will have good memories with this pair of Reebok~
w00t w00t

Research? Wat is that?

[chili sauce]

Abu, this is the craziest assumption you can make. If they had ever done any proper study, there won't be traffic jam in KL already. Pray hard Abu, you can pray hard that the government studied on this matter and come out with their "best" solution (on how to fill up their pocket of course).

Malaysia Boleh~!

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Long Beach Seafood

This is another $0 dinner. It's $0 because the company paid for it, not bcoz the dinner is free. The occasion was that we finished a big project and we had dinner with our client. Long Beach is a good place to bring ang moh for dinner.

Why is it a good place?
1. The seafood there are really fresh~! Coz everything is still swimming and alive until you order them.
2. They cook it Asian style but suitable for ang moh consumption.
3. The place is got lots of ang mohs, so can be considered high class gua.
4. They serve beer. You give ang moh any alcohol, they will be HAPPY d.


Raw lobster~ The meat is being removed and placed on the white plate there. You can either eat the meat raw with wasabi or u can boiled it inside the soup. The herbal soup is quite nice. Gets salty after boiling it for a long time tho.


Sean, George, me and the poor lobster taking photo with us~.~
The whiskers were still moving when it was served. Talk about animal cruelty.. =.=||
As you can see... we had beer. Something that couldn't be avoided when u're with ang mohs... They can drink whenever and wherever...


Steamed Mussels with lots of minced garlic. This is the best dish of the night. I find that this is the best way to cook seafood. The sweetness of the seafood is preserved and on top of that, the minced garlic~~ man I'm lovin it~!


Thai Style Deep fried Fish. Nothing special about this fish tho... It's really a big waste to deep fry such a fresh fish. Well, the ang mohs like it... nothing much can be done as the ang moh like it this way.


Pepper Crab~one of the popular dish at Long Beach! See how big are the clamps there~! I can assure you that it's filled with meat inside. Not some crab with big shell but empty inside.


Although the head is high in cholesterol... but nvm lar~ only eat once in the blue moon. Somemore I exercise so often already. No harm lar... hahaha


Then the poor lobster got chopped into pieces and fried with flat noodles. Tho the taste is good, but it's the last dish... I'm too full to eat anymore by the time it was served.


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25 Dempsey Road, Tanglin Village,
opposite Singapore Botanic Gardens

Above is their address. You can also find out more at www.longbeachseafood.com.sg

We then had Durian near the restaurant. Now u know why I grow fat so easily. Haha.
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My Movie Weekend: Click (2006)

Just finished watching an old movie last Sunday. Not that old actually, it's a 2 year old movie by Adam Sandler, titled "Click".



The movie is about a workaholic (Michael Newman) who doesn't have time for his family. One day, he got a universal remote control that enable him to fast forward, skip, pause and rewind(but not change) his life. By using it, he bypass the distractions so that he can concentrate on his work. But as days goes by, the remote control gradually autopilot his life by they way he used remote control in the past.

A great comedy with some drama and fantasy elements. No wonder the movie got nominated in Academy Award.

I find this movie very meaningful. It's like a wake up call for me actually. Something to get me thinking how to get close to my family as I am all alone in a foreign country.

Go watch this movie if u got the chance. U won't regret watching this movie.

Dusty Fan Cleaned

Another before and after post, but a different one. This time, is a dirty fan that have not been wash since I moved into this house February this year. LOL. I decided to wash the fan on a fine Sunday coz I have nothing to do. Yes, I am so bored until I decided to do some cleaning at home.


This is how the fan looks like b4 washed. Maybe u can't really see how dirty the fan is from this picture. Let me show you a closed up below.


Just to give you an idea how filthy the fan is... see the dirt.... dust.... grease... hair... Total weight for all these must be more than 10kg there... No wonder the fan can't turn at all without manual push start.

There was a lot of screws need to be removed b4 I am able to take out the motor and give the fan a wash. The designer of this fan must a an ex-airplane designer. Took me like 20 minutes to dissemble everything. =____________="


After all my hard work removing the 10kg of watever not suppose to be on the fan. This is how it looks~! Woohoo~! A clean fan~!


OMG~! The colour of the blade is SILVER~!!! You all should wash ur fan more often to know the original colour of the blade too~! w00ts~! Unless u want the change the colour to black.


Before

and after~~

DELL Vostro 1400

I got a new laptop from company before CNY.



Before CNY was around.... 21st January. They processed my order quite fast considering that I heard rumors that they need 1 month to process an order. I placed the order on 17th January and I got it on 21st~! Looks like Dell business drop a lot.

Following is the spec of the DELL Vostro 1400 I got.

-Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T7500, 2.2GHz, 4MB Cache, 800 MHz FSB
-Genuine Windows(R) XP Professional SP2
-14.1" UltraSharp(TM) Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x 1900) TFT Display with TrueLife(TM)
-2GB (2 X 1024MB) 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
-250GB SATA Hard Drive
-Internal 8X DVD+/-RW, Dual Layer
-NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) 8400M GS with 128MB GDDR3 dedicated graphic memory
-Integrated 2.0 Megapixel webcam
-Microsoft(R) Office 2007 Basic OEM Version c/w Word/Excel/Outlook
-McAfee(R) Security Center(TM) - 24 Months OEM
-3-Year Limited Warranty (Next Business Day Service - parts & labour)
-3 Years Plus Phone Support: Mon-Fri 0900-2100, Sat 0900-1600
-8-in-1 media card reader
-Bluetooth + Wireless A/B/G + Fast Ethernet + 56k Modem

There are still many details like those bundled software and accessories that I didn't mention above. They are just insignificant.

This laptop cost S$2,095.06 inclusive of GST 7%.

My house mates bought the exact same laptop too. Without Microsoft Office, McAfee Security Center and only 1 year warranty, they got it at RM3,202.00.

Including my unit, we have 4 same laptop at home. Like we are die hard Dell supporter... haha. But obviously we bought this laptop because it's dang cheap. Oh yeah, and the sales girl whom I spoke to have a really nice voice. Too bad I only ordered a laptop from her. As I placed order for another 3 Desktop Computer online already.

Before I finalized my decision, I actually went to survey around Singapore to check on pricing of current laptops. At that time, IBM Thinkpad, Toshiba can easily cost S$2,400 compare to mine which is just S$2,100 with the same spec if not lousier. Good deal right? Can help the company save S$300.

Performance wise, I am also quite satisfied after manually tweaking it. It was kinda lag when I first used it. I can type a lot of things and it appear only after a second... Well, blame all the bundled software installed by DELL... such as Media Direct, Network Assistant.

Surprisingly this laptop able to produce the same 3D Mark score with my previous company laptop with ATI X700 graphic card. It surprised me a little coz 8400GS is just an entry level GPU compare with X700 which is a mid-range level GPU a few generations back. But then entry level is still entry level. I'm happy as long as it's not built-in graphics.

Physical appearance of the laptop, looks good to me. I dun really care how my laptop look anyway. Coz most of the time I will be just looking at the monitor. My eyes won't have time to appreciate how the back of my monitor look and I won't care if ppl will feel amazed with my laptop or not. As long as the laptop perform well, I dun really care. I wouldn't want a expensive laptop which look pretty and all but perform like shit.

After 5 months using it, I still do not have any complains for this laptop. Still dun understand why some ppl hate DELL so much. Maybe the have bad experience with DELL like how I had bad experience with ACER. Dunno if Acer improved, as my opinion is based on my past experience.

That's about all I have to say about this DELL Vostro 1400.

Overdue Entries

Been really lazy to update my blog. Partly because I try not to sit in front of my computer after work. Coz there are more things to do than sitting in front of the PC. Even if I am sitting in front of the PC, I would choose to do other things instead of blogging. Coz I am lazy as well.

Below are the few things that I wanted to blog but still didn't manage post up -___- yet....


Gathering with all my fellow schoolmates of Chung Ling Butterworth last year December.


3 Tier Cabinet project done long long time ago...


Frog Porridge at......


GEYLANG~!


Super dinner at Long Beach...


Drinking session at NUSS, this is just finger food obviously.


My new working laptop


Dinner at Sakae Sushi with 3 siao cha bo


New wing at Midvalley


Company Dinner with "Buddha Jump Over Wall" (佛跳墙)


Golf Driving Range... after 10 years not playing


Short Visit at City Square, Johor.


Meet up with Carmen, Dodo & ball-less N!ck...


"Lunch" with Z0E


China Trip with Parents during CNY

Wah lao... a lot of things leh... but I dun have the habit of writing a dairy. Hmm... Maybe I should find a faster way to blog. Like keeping a copy of all my photos in 500 pixel wide form and throw all into Picasaweb... but then still need to take time and pick the photos 1 by 1. Maybe I should forget about the idea of inserting watermark in all my photos. That should save me a lot of time.

Best solution would be changing by lazy attitude -_________- I guess....