A Rare Sight indeed

Stopped at a traffic junction.... Looked to my right....And guess wat i saw??? An angmo!!!!!
Yes....an angmo....no ordinary one.... cos he's driving a blue comfort cab..... Tats the first time i saw an angmo taxi driver.... Rare sight indeed.... Thought my eyes were playing tricks on me.....

The Simpsons Movie: A MUST SEE Movie

Watched The Simpsons Movie today at Orchard Cine.... Definitely a Must Watch show of the year.... Worth every single dollar of yr movie ticket... Super hilarious, funny.... Laughed like mad throughout the entire show....

The best scene of the movie was when Homer sank in a quicksand while pointing both his middle fingers at the residents of Springfield... But bcos he was too fat.... he got stuck instead of sinking in... so got beaten up instead.... Highly recommended!!

23/7 Mon: Time to boycott KBox @ Marina Sq

Went Kbox again today... this time Khappy. Supposed to go to Marina Sq branch. But bcos the staff at this branch tried to cheat us we decided to go to Suntec one instead... told the 5 of us tat we can only sing till 530pm bcos they are fully booked in the evening... i mean wat kind of crap excuse was that? Firstly, I dun believe it is full on a Mon... and besides why must we leave at 530pm instead of 7pm when we are paying the full rate? In the end i just said "lets go somewhere else" which took the receptionist by surprise... think she was expecting us to just take up the package.... Will boycott Marina Sq branch from now on... cos it isnt the first time this outlet tried to cheat us.... Other excuses from this branch are "Klunch without lunch cos we run out of lunch boxes... and the rate is the same" and "Yr singing session is cut short till 6pm instead of 7pm because u were late for yr booking"... Pathetic excuses.

Anyway went to Suntec outlet... was quite empty... I still prefer the Orchard Cine outlet... their sound system is the best there... service is good too.

Tried singing some new songs which i concluded were not meant for me
1) 小情歌 - 蘇打綠 (too high... sounds weird when i tried to sing at a lower key)
2) 五月天 - SHE (Too many high notes... cant reached)
3) 记得爱 (need more practice... )
4) 非你莫属 - Tank version (cant hit the high notes towards the end of the song)

Songs that i think are suitable for me
1) 非你莫属 - Ariel Lin version (easier version to sing)
2) 逆光 - Stephanie Sun (Great to sing...love the groove)
3) 眷恋 - F.I.R (Still manageable)

Sun 22/7

Tried a new running route today... Ran from my place to Buangkok Station to Hougang Station and finally ended up at Kovan Station...

Probably about 10km? Just know that i passed like more than 20 traffic lights and zebra crossings...

Noticed there was a shop selling Selegie Soya milk and beancurd near Kovan Station but it was kind of empty... wonder why... maybe its a fake

Anyway was safe and sound at Kovan station and i decided to take the train back... yes the train... haha... tats the good thing abt running along the NEL route... not tat i was tired but bcos i didnt want to go through the process of crossing the traffic lights again...

Maybe the next time will run to Serangoon Station, then Potong Pasir? And maybe Boon Keng Hyflux??? heheh.. will see how then...

21/7/07 Wet Sat

A wet wet Sat... Went out with my family today...decided to head down to the newly renovated hawker centre at Old Airport Rd... Hasnt been there ever since it closed for renovations... As usual all of us ate the famous Loh Mee... Think its the best in Spore... And as usual the rojak from the stall owned by 2 old folks took forever to arrive.... Food is good, though i must say prices have gone up by at least 50%... GST increase == Everything goes up == I am feeling the pinch....

Anyway, we were driving back along Guillemard Rd.. was behind this 6 Military Police on their bikes... As it was drizzling they were wearing this green reflector vest... and bcos there were 6 of them many motorists were curious and slowed down when approaching them... think they were practising their riding skills or maybe for the NDP at that time cos they werent escorting anyone... But by driving directly behind them it feels like we were some VIPs haha... I even suggested my dad to turn on the hazard lights which he did for a short while just to make it "look" like we are being escorted (haha..ya i know its lame.... but just find it funny to be driving behind these outriders, it really feels like we were some VIPs... serious..heheh)

Fri 20/7/07: Klunch

Went to Klunch at Orchard Cine today... Was with jun pin, supposed to have zi jia too but unfortunately she decided to give it a miss, haiz.... anyway it was fun!! The lunch wasnt that nice though... they changed the menu to either BBQ chicken or Fish Fillet. Sang ni guang by stephanie... think its still ok.. heh. Tried singing fei ni mo shu by lin yi chen... need more practice.

Anyway, after hearing jun pin sang "xiao qing ge", "ji de ai" and "ai hen jian dan", decided to check out these songs on youtube to see if i can sing them... Looking forward to my next Kbox session. For now, it's back to my literature research...arrrrgghhhh

Shoot3

Was watching this new series call Shoot3 showing on channel U today... The topic was whether Singaporeans are willing to give crime offenders a second chance.

My personal opinion is that yes we should give them a second chance if they are serious in turning over a new leaf. But in reality and sad to say this, I feel that the society today doesn't give these offenders a second chance at all. I mean we can go on to argue that we Singaporeans should be more forgiving and that these ex-offenders have paid a price for their crimes so on and so forth.... but seriously how many people are willing to do that? It is easier said than done.

Even though this show did give examples of how some ex-offenders are doing well because people gave them a second chance, I believe that they are the exception. Cos I dun see why an employer would hire an ex convict over someone else who has a clean sheet even if both can do the job just as well... unless this employer is a true kind hearted soul that wants to specifically hire these ex-convicts or the employer himself is an ex-convict so he understands the plight of these ex-offenders, how difficult it is to find a job and so on. From the employer's point of view, he might be worried of hiring an ex-convict because of the lack of trust and he might fear that by hiring him his fellow workers that have clean sheets might not get along with him.

The fact is that it is a cruel world out there. Once u make a mistake, the society does not forgive u and the road ahead gets tough.

Perhaps what is more important is for these ex-convicts to believe in themselves, to regain their confidence and not to give up. Though i would think that getting a good job (ie high pay and high status) is difficult, but as long as they are willing to turn over a new leaf, willing to take up any jobs first (be it a low paying or a long working hour job) and from there move on with their life, I think they will not go hungry in Singapore.

19/7/07 Thurs

Met up with my uni classmates jun pin, weng hong and kay yang yesterday to catch harry potter at The Cathay. As usual jun pin was late again.... and the place wasnt crowded at all as expected. I think The Cathay is the best cinema in spore, they got the best seats, huge screens... only thing got to walk quite a bit. Movie was good, at least much better than the previous shows i watched like Fantastic 4 and Hot Fuzz...

Headed down to Starbucks at City Hall... chat abt almost every thing, travel, holidays, sch, fyp.... think all of us are dreading that sch's starting soon and that it is "THE" fyp sem... which means huge time to be spent in the lab.

But anyway, we decided to meet up again for kbox and rollerblade soon... finally there's kakis to rollerblade with...heheh

I will usually go for a jog around this open field next to my house... usually go for 3 rounds with each round about 1.5km long... I must say even though my place has a gym i hardly use it... cos i dun really like to run on a threadmill in an aircon environment... prefer to sweat it out in the open...

Anyway, decided to try out a new route today, think it was almost 7 to 10km long cos it took me almost an hour to complete... For the first time, i started running from Sengkang station, passed by Buangkok Station, Buangkok Green (yl claimed it is where zijia lived but i didnt see her there today..heheh) and finally reached Hougang Mall....