back here again!

Hahahahah.... wat can i say... i m back here again...
but i mus say that its not realli machine problem.... it has to do with material but of cos the machine has difficult eliminating the problem.... its quite common issue for this type of machine i guess.... cos somebody posted tis problem in the net as well... asking for solution.

haf tot of some methods and implemented.... so far so good.... but big boss wants mi to stay behind until 1st nov to oversee the whole situation.... so much for my bdae.... probably 1st time i spending bdae overseas working....

its gonna b halloween soon.... the hotel i m staying is having a party tmrw nite..... of cos as the customer of the hotel i m invited to the party.... wonder how its like? nvr been to halloween party b4.... probably jus a buffet dinner as i dun recall receiving any official invitation. if i m going to the party, i will try to get some photos n post it here.....

btw... enjoy italy.... elyn n celeste.....

ciaoz

antares

halloween!!!!!!!

yo pple…. its halloween soon…. next next week… but it seems like singapore dun celebrate halloween ya….

what does halloween actualli means? The term Halloween (and its older rendering Hallowe’en) is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the evening of/before “All Hallows’ Day”, also known as “All Saints’ Day”.

here is philippines they celebrate halloween… i was surprise when i came back from work seeing frankenstein hand n foot at the reception… din realise tat it was halloween soon until tis morning when i went up for breakfast…

i need to take the lift to 18th flr dan climb 1 level up on stairs…. when i reach the middle part n look up… i was a little startled cos i dun expect to c anything…. but i saw some halloween maniquins….

and tis morning dan i saw that there is a bombing at the shopping mall in manila…. the place shld b 1 hour drive frm where i m now…. hou happening in philippines…. the previous times i came i experience typhoon… now bombing… wonder wats nxt….

anyway some pictures of the halloween display in the hotel…..

oh n i was watching the rock last nite…. n i hear this phrase which was quite nice….

quote: loser always whine on doing their best… winners always go back n f*** the prom queen…

antares

Lets go philippines islands instead! Mabuhay!!

hey pple y not we go to philippine islands instead of krabi? not sure abt the prices but here i m again in philippine…. when i checked in to the hotel again… they haf some brochures to promote philippine.

and here in philippine they have plenty of islands with beautiful beaches and clear waters… we shld realli consider this…. i can chk out the prices when i get back to singapore….. jus some photos i took frm the brochures….

Though, the picture is small but u can still c the beach is very nice and water is clear.

If you can c the blue wordings on the picture. It says ” One of the best beaches in the world”

Mayb tis is the best part? It says “let our attractive, sociable, friendly and educated social guides to accompany you…. open 24hours”

antares

migration of blog

hi all we have migrate to our website....
www.chronicleofus.com/blog

so blog over there nxt time.... hopefulli we can create more things....

showdown in office

early in the morning there is some quarrels going on in my office....

there is a new colleague who joined abt 1mth plus ago.... being nobody to understudy, i think he is having a hard time trying to catch up. his post is suppose to b project management. all the contract projects will b followed closely by him. cost down... schedule... blah blah blah.....

for the past 1mth.. whenever i m in the office his manager, who is a unfortunately or fortunately a lady boss.. has been scolding him.... scolding n scolding.... dun even noe if she ever taught him wat to do or not..... anyway the manager went to ask for feedbacks from the procurement.... hahahahaha .... but wat the procurement said was correct.... he is here onli for 1 mth n no understudy.... surely pple needed time to adapt n pick up the pile of shit....

frankly speaking la.... i think the manager is a problem herself.... they haf changed like 4 to 5 project management for the past 1 yr.... if u tell mi 1 or 2 dan might b the staff problem.... 4 to 5 leh.... management shld seriously consider abt this........is there a problem wif the pple the empoly or the manager?

so tis morning the new guy flared up..... he shouted back at the manager.... dunno the whole detail... but he complained to mi during afternoon.... he had to work OT and the manager says any OT will need her approval.... so he agreed and everyday he will submit his request for OT and the manager dun wan to sign cos he doing alot of OT..... so he got pissed.... when the manager keep wanting datas and expect pple to work OT for free..... so he shouted back and the manager ask him to go into the office to talk.....
if i m the guy... i think i will also b pissed la.... kaoz.... anyway those in my office who has worked wif her nvr like her style.... she is like those type tat show good records to management la but by sacrificing others.....

antares

cleared my ippt!

cleared my ippt lo...... got a silver for it.... nothing to b proud of though....
i had a veri bad timing for 2.4km.... onli managed to scrapped a 3 point for that.....

i took my 1st ippt last yr aft 6yrs of ord..... never done any jogging or training for 6 long yrs.....
went for my ippt and it was a period where the haze was veri bad..... when i took the test, the psi level has exceeded the passable level.... but the PTI said those whose window is closing will still need to take it else they will haf to sign up for RT..... so LL i took the test... managed to clear a pass....

dunno y.... aft ocs... ippt seems like a scary event............. dunno y everytime in process i will feel veri gan jiong... thinking back 6yrs ago....ippt is like everyday thing....kaoz now i need to get worried for ippt..... wat the......

anyway this yr i got silver for my ippt.... got abit nervous in the start.... but manage to clear all the static station will 5 points except standing broad jump wif 4 points.... i was amazed by the technology now.... everything is automated... even for the situp station, chinup, standing broad jump and shuttle run.... u juz need to place ur tag and start whenever u r readi.... the system will do all the counting n timing.... power sia.... jus 1 yr and the change is so big.....

so aft the static station came the hurdle for mi....... 2.4km... i think tis is a killer for most pple.... the chin up n 2.4km..... i was sitting there waiting for my turn when i saw the timing for the 1st detail.... the guy came back at 2min40sec in the 1st round which i think is super good sia.....

my turn came ...... as i started to run.... jus taking out 1st few steps i was alreadi panting for breath and my legs felt realli soft like beancurd.... no joke.... probably aft the shuttle run n sit up i guess........ i realli felt like giving up ..... dan i manage to finish the 1st round.... looking at the timing i think i shld b able to pass so i kept on running..... feeling more warmed up and momentom was right..... but i was still feeling breathless.... to distract my shaqness, i ask those pple who were walking to carry on jogging.... hahahaha they mus b damn pissed wif mi.....on the last round back i think the guy behind mi was trying to keep up wif my pace.... he caught up wif mi and dan jogged beside mi all the way.... at the last stretch which is a down slope... i turned n tell him to chiong all the way n he nodded back in reply..... i started to sprint dwn the slope but he was still behind.... onli aft the slope he start to sprint n we cross the finishing line together..... he was 1 detail b4 mi i guess..... i manage to clear at 11min 40sec.... pass can liao la.... gold is a far away dream now.... the timing to get gold is below 10min.... for cat y.... tat is like wat i can do onli when i was in ocs n when i was 22yrs old.... now i old liao leh.... how to train under 10mins..... gif up la.... take 200 not bad liao.....

antares

New blog?

hi everyone, I've successfully transferred all the posts from here to www.chronicleofus.com/blog
it's kinda plain now cos I haven't decorated it and my art sense isn't too fantastic.

Song, decorate it let :P

The other site is more personalised and I've intended to add a forum to it. Can host a photo gallery all under 1 site name also. Let me know which place you guys prefer to post. Here or there.

-uk

Photos photos photos.

Cel, the photos will make you drool of course.else it means the photographer failed :P

-uk

Had a short briefing of our upcoming Italy trip dis afternoon. The person mentioned that there's an optional tour at a very beautiful place at Capri Island, Blue Grotto, which we might be able to join if the weather is good.

Out of curiosity, i did a research on this and i would say that beautiful is an UNDERstatement!!!

A magic no word or image could ever describe. It is a 60-metre-long, 25-metre-wide cavity; to get into it, you need to take one of the small rowing boats moored outside the cave; since the opening is very narrow, you will have to lie on the bottom of the boat to get into the grotto (in case the sea grows rough, boat service is suspended). There is actually a bigger but completely submerged opening; this very underwater entrance allows the blue coloration of the water inside the grotto, due to a phenomenon of sunlight reflection. There is an almost surreal view in the inside, the transparency and the blue colour of the water give us the impression of navigating through a clear sky, and the boats seem to float on a fantastic universe.

Outside the cave:


Inside the cave(awesome isnt it!):


I really really really hope that we can go for this tour when we're dere. Will pray hard for it, and also there wont be a sudden high tide when we're inside the grotto. wahaha! =D

Chanced upon dis pic of Duomo di Milano, which is a cathedral church. Looks like a castle! Always been wanting to see such artefacts(no?) in person! keke...



Guess i'm gg to have sweet dreams tonite~ :p

eLyn

Italy

I really cant believe im actually making plans to visit Italy so fast.
Lyn and myself have decided to shift forward our year end trip to this Oct end. and instead of visiting Japan, we choose Italy!!!

Better and more exciting destination for me!!!!!!!!
We are finally doing the booking tomorrow morning...if nothing goes wrong.... (Keeping fingers crossed)

Imagine visiting Milan!!!!! Any designer brands there are cheaper den Singapore......
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The Colosseum in Rome.

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The Vatican City!! St. Peter's Basilica!....

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Renaissance began in Florence in the 14th century!.....Pisa.......Leaning tower of pisa!!!

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And Venice!!!!!! Always wanted to visit Venice since i was in secondary school. A ride on the Gondolas for sure!

The Cobbled streets...along the river..just walking and chatting with Lyn, only walking...

I can see myself there already.

Im sure many has heard about the sinking of Venice.. yes it is true. The city is built on top of millions of wooden piles that were sunk into the marshy ground about a thousand years ago. The marsh is the problem.

Although recent studies has showed that it is no longer sinking (Profesor Kay, can you cfm this?) . Some experts say that the best way to protect Venice is to physically lift the city to a greater height above sea level - by pumping water into the soil underneath the city. And, the Italy PM started some sort of a national project looking at to "lift" the whole city. But this project carried out in year 2003, is expected to lift Venice temporarily and protect the city for only 100 years only. Of cuz they are looking at a more permanent "lifting" system.

Im sure the Italians can do something to save the city but meanwhile visit Venice before its gone~hahahhaa......(just in case, they didnt managed to save it)

Off to find my merchant of Venice, Antonio. CIAO~!

Cel.

fight club

last thursday my mum did not cook dinner cos she was out for some farewell dinner....
my gf went for isetan private shopping sales.... anybody who wans to buy from isetan can look for her... she has the member card.... not sure abt the details on discount.....

anyway... i went hme n bought dinner for my sis n myself frm the hawker centre below my block....
i bought prawn noodles and fried carrot cake... when i was walking back to my block i saw the surrounding pple looking at the opposite market... curious, i looked at the same direction too....

.... so there was a quarrel btwn a guy and the blangadesh cleaner.... not sure if the guy was drunk cos they are 1 group of pple who always sits ard there drinking... its too far for mi to hear wat they say.... but the guy was furious and he lifted the chair attempting to swing at the cleaner.... but he was stopped by another of his fren.... not to b mean but the guy looks abit sissy when he lifted the chair.... usualli the stride of the legs will b position to stabilise ur body but his legs were closed together which made the movement looks girly....
while the center guy was trying to stop the argument, the guy went forward again and throw a punch at the cleaner... dan he bounced away with both legs closed together... which looks amusing to mi.... at the same time he held his fits high to protect his face.... the whole show was quite comical to mi though.... aft tat punch the cleaner walked away and everything seems to settle down.....

so i left the scene and i think the cleaner will b reporting tis case.... i told my mum abt tis n she said the cleaner probably provoked the guy as the cleaner is those guai lan type.... mayb he worked here for too long alreadi and starts to get arrogant? anyway i jus find the whole fighting scene abit amusing....

and i got cheated for my prawn noodles... i gave him $3 but seems like the portion is for $2.50.... wat the.....

antares

Wow L, a superb entry.
Did u realised u blog this entry constantly with an excited tone within your words. Sounds great to me…but too bad 'our winning team' did not make it to the top 5. Anyway, did I mention that the 5 of u are just send to test the waters out for this home organised amazing race (really amazing right?). And that we can take part again the next time its being organised!

Imgaine we have got in a team,
1. L
2. D
3. Yewkay
4. Sean
5. Uncle ming
Biangz....really is 'The winning team', and the rest of us can just sit back, relac one corner...wait for them to win and den adjorned to Sichuandouhua for dinner at night.

Anyway, according to Yanyi, its the 3rd time the CC is organising such events, and may well have a 4th time in future! Im checking with her and Augstine when will the next race be held roughly.

Althought i lack the stamina and the physical strength (as desribed by the L(eader)... haha. But but but hor, i would still love to join u all (if not enough people lar) when the next time the race is held...if u all would allow me to, can i can i??? hahaha.

Cel

Really Amazing race

here is the reenact of the really amazing race.

this event was organised by macpherson c.c youth executive committee club.... it was a really nice event which we shld take part nxt time round again.... sponsored by great eastern insurance....

the day for mi started at 8.30am... i woke up and took a shower... changed and waited for D to call mi as he will b picking mi up....

at 10am, i met him at commonwealth mrt where he has alreadi picked up doris and song.... dan we made our way to potong pasir mrt to pickup ade... we reached there in like 10.15am and ade is nowhere to been seen...
D gave her a call and she said she jus reached. there were many exits so she was asking which is the correct 1... after waiting for 15 to 20mins, her shadows still cant b seen.... so we were joking to ourselves... how to win the amazing race like this? hahahahaha

we managed to pickup ade and made our way to macpherson c.c... guess we were the 1st few teams to report there... we were dan shown to a room on the 2nd level where the briefings are held.... we sat down n browse thru the itinery and saw that the event will start onli at 13:20pm. It was acutalli their biennial meeting... so there are G.O.H and some meetings to tie the knots.......

waited for so long, we decided to go for our breakfast 1st.... we went to the opposite market for some breakfast... when we returned at 11:40am, the meeting haf not even started...

we found ourselves a corner to sit.... and shortly after, the guests arrived and commencement of the opening speeches, meetings... blah blah blah.....
during the meeting, they announced that there were 17 post vacant for the youth committee and there were 17 applicants... they were proud to announce 17 of them were selected.... hahahahaha wat the.... 17 vacanies with 17 applicants... D, song n mi were laughing non-stop.... oooops dun mean to offend anybody but we jus cant help it.....

dan being the group leader, i collected the clues to the amazing race..... song was realli excited to the game... he took out all the clues and read thru them.... such an amazing race tat song in the beginning alreadi snook mi n D... there was a map of aljunied and below it was a sentence ... song thought dat it was a clue and asked mi n D to look at it.... we were both looked at the sentence puzzled n trying to figure out wat it was saying.. when song said no..no... its jus explaining that the road was named after a wealthy malay al-ju-nied... wat a start... being snook by own team mate.....

while D n i was planning on the clues and path so that we haf a smooth journey, song said tat we can take bus 63 to geylang central where the 1st clue is... so i said good n asked if he noes which direction to go to... guess wat... song: "eh..dunno leh"... hahahahaha tat was jus so funnie... all of us were laughing like mad.... taking a bus not noeing the direction... hahahahahaha.........

anyway we planned our route and when the horn sounded, we started off.... we went down frm a different staircase as other teams which made us the 1st to reach the ground flr.... shortly after we were joined by the rest of the teams.... it became obvious the diference in energy level between those youngs n olds... teams of our age n above simply bo chap and were jus walking while the youngster full of metabolism were running from the start....

we made a mistake reading the 1st clue.... we were suppose to find a bakery shop with initial s.s at geylang central but we looked at the bonus column which stated it was at blk 119.... we rounded the blk twice before realising we were wrong... we saw other groups and followed them.... so the 1st task was to buy the sushi bun... n i finished it in 2 mouth.... we went to blk 119 n took a photo of the pancake king which was the bonus points....

next was to go to malay village.... after walking frm 1st point to paya lebar mrt... we decided to kiv the malay village as it is a optional clue with only 5points. we wanted to take the train to city but the train left when we reached so we took the opposite train going to bedok which was also part of the clue....

at bedok interchange, we haf to buy anything frm the famous goreng pisang shop and dan 1 mee soto frm the famous malay stall.... we had to finish the food... 1 thing abt the malay stall... they haf integrity when they sell the mee soto... we alreadi told the mee soto satu (meanin 1) sikit(little bit) but the macik still gave us 1 full bowl.... the team beside us managed to finish the whole bowl fast when its still piping hot.... peifu peifu....

we finished tat and rush our way to the mrt station so we can go to lavender mrt where the other clues are.... jus as we came up to the platform, the door of the train closed... we saw the other team inside... as there is nothing much we can do abt it... we jus waived at them.... sportsmanship rite.... yah bullshit... jus hoping the train will breakdown... hahahahahah

we took the waiting time to plan for the nxt stop... we boarded the nxt train n started to call C n cy to count for us the eateries in citylink (cy n C... the answer is 13 though both of u gave us 14.. dun ask us we dunno y the website is not updated).... we arrived at army market where we need to buy 2 bowls of bar chor mee and finished all of it.... phew... y did we go for breakfast??? so with assistance frm sean we manage to get our bonus point quickly... the belgium chocolate waffle stall.....

we walked our way to kandarhar street where the nxt clue is... followed by haji lane....
dan we took a bus to cityhall and took a photo at the japanese occupation war memoriable (photos lata)...
frm there we went to collect serviettes frm 3 different coffeehouse.... dan doris was suffering badly frm migrane... she managed to walk to the nxt compulsory clue at esplanade... we need to make a video to advert on esplande..... aft the video, doris fall out frm the team as she feeling giddy.... so she was left in good care wif one of the organiser....

we quickly make our to the merlion where we need to get a tourist to shout "singapore is GREAT" with us... we saw 4 nihon jin walking pass ... quite pretty la... so ask song to approach them but he was like hesitating... so we ended up with angmoh ...ade's favourite... according to the ade... the ang moh is french guy... he helped us wif the video...

dan we need to take a photo of a 5 star hotel which was previously general post office...... (answer frm C: fullerton hotel)..bingo!.... this time round song got the jap gals to took the photo for us.....
aft tat we quickly walked over to OUB to take a photo... think the bollywood are filming there.... alot of indians and some cameras.....

when we were at raffles place mrt we found dat we made a mistake .... we skipped 2 bonus station at suntec skygarden.... wif 15points hanging there we had to make our way back there....
shooting video wif us singing a song to the kids and counting the flower pots ard there.....
dan we took a bus to the national stadium and took a photo of the building that is about to demolish ... it was suppose to b the stadium but we found that the police coast guard building is also demolising.... hahahahaha... we took both pictures anyway....

looking at the watch.. we thought we still haf some time to go back to the malay village... so we took a bus to paya lebar mrt and ran to the malay village to find the hainan kaya toast... kaoz so many shops there n we are all not familiar wif tat place... we cant find it and decide to gif up as time is running out....
we walked frm there all the way back to macpherson c.c and ade was feeling totally exhausted.... she says her leg was going to gif up.... so she could only walk slowly.... we suppose to return b4 5.30pm and we ended up there at 5.31pm....

we scored 210 points leaving out only 1 clue which is at simpang bedok... the 1st prize team managed to complete all i think... they scored 240 points..... wondered how they manage to finish the simpang bedok wif such short time.....

anyway that is the whole race.... it was fun and needs alot of stamina....physical strenght.... fun realli fun....

antares

Bintan Trip- 7-8 Jul 07

Lewis, Deyi, Ian, Sean, Faith and myself went to Bintan for a short weekend getaway on 7-8 Jul. And i havent got time to blog that trip down until today. HAHAHA.

Pls access this blog link to read the entry if you are interested. Its a blog where i detailed all my travelling experiences.

Cheers, Cel

5 million Toto!!!!!!!!!!

Just now i got a SMS from Yew Kay.......

After reading the SMS.....i sianz half liao...

Of the 7 sets of magical numbers sent by him....i am only familar with 1 set!!! Meaning this toto draw no chance to collect money liao...

Ai ya...bo bian...still need to continue to work till old till die....

Then i check the Singaporefool's website, realised there is another 3 new millionairs on this tiny island!!

Dunno when will be my turn lei...had been waiting for so many years liao...still no luck yet...

Anyone i shall and will not give up!!!! Of the 3 winners, there are millions of fools like me waiting to strike the first price!!!

I understand that the chance of striking first prize is the same as kana by lighting in singapore....

Nevertheless, monday i will go try my luck again for the monday toto draw!!

Cheers

For his wife's birthday party, a doctor ordereda cake with this inscription:

"You are not getting older,You are just getting better."

When asked how he wanted it arranged, he said,

"Just put 'You are not getting older' at the top,and 'You are just getting better' at the bottom."

It wasn't until the good doctor was readyto serve the cake that he discovered it read:

"YOU ARE NOT GETTING OLDER AT THE TOP,YOU ARE JUST GETTING BETTER AT THE BOTTOM."

Shun

A secretary for a foreign embassy was entertaining a wealthy foreign ambassador during lunch at a very expensive restaurant in New York.

The ambassador was so enthralled by the beauty and presence of this secretary that he asked her to marry him. The secretary was startled, but remembered that her boss told her never to insult foreign dignitaries, so she decided to let him down easy.

"I'll only marry you under three conditions."

"Anything, anything," said the ambassador. "

First, you must buy me a 14-karat gold wedding band with a 72 carat diamond, along with a 28-inch studded matching necklace for our engagement.

Without hesitation, the ambassador picked up his cellular phone, called his personal accountant, told him the instructions, and said, "Yes, yes, I buy, I buy!"

The secretary thought that her first request was too easy, so she thought of a more difficult situation. "Second, I want you to build me a 58-acre mansion in the richest part of the Hamptons along with a 40-acre summer home in the sweetest vineyards of France."

The ambassador picked up his phone, called his personal broker in New York, then called another broker in France, and after his quick conversation, he said, "Yes, yes, I build, I build!"

The secretary was very startled, and knew she must think of a final request that would be impossible to live up to. "Finally," she said. "I'll only marry you if you have a 10-inch penis."

A sad face befell the ambassador, and he cupped his face in his hands.

After weeping in his native language for a few minutes, the ambassador slowly lifted his head and said, "Ok, ok, I cut, I cut!!"

Shun

Accountants or Politicians??

Five surgeons are discussing who makes the best patients on the operating table.

The first surgeon says, "I like to see accountants on my operating table, because when you open them up, everything inside is numbered."

The second responds, "Yeah, but you should try electricians! Everything inside them is color coded."

The third surgeon says, "No, I really think librarians are the best; everything inside them is in alphabetical order."

The fourth surgeon chimes in: "You know, I like construction workers...those guys always understand when you have a few parts left over at the end, and when the job takes longer than you said it would."

But the fifth surgeon shut them all up when he observed: "You're all wrong. Politicians are the easiest to operate on. There's no guts, no heart, and no spine, and the head and butt are interchangeable."

Shun

There was a lawyer and he was just waking up from anesthesia after surgery, and his wife was sitting by his side.

His eyes fluttered open and he said, "You're beautiful!" and then he fell asleep again.

His wife had never heard him say that so she stayed by his side. A couple minutes later his eyes fluttered open and he said "You're cute!"

Well, the wife was dissapointed because instead of "beautiful" it was "cute."

She said "What happened to 'beautiful'?"

His reply was "The drugs are wearing off!"

Shun

Beng's friend

A businessman on his deathbed called his friend and said, "Beng, I want you to promise me that when I die you will have my remains cremated."

"And what," Beng asked, "do you want me to do with your ashes?"The businessman said, "Just put them in an envelope and mail them to the Income Tax and write on the envelope, "Now you have everything."

Shun