Happy Birthday Cedric!!!

Cedric's my nephew. I had not expected the day when I become an uncle to come so soon. And it suddenly hit me in the face when I realized that he's already a year old. He's the son of my cousin who got married not too long ago, so technically, that makes me his uncle right? OMG!!! (Oh My Goodness!!!) I'm old. I've nothing to me name & I'm still struggling to graduate from NTU. How depressing is that? My cousin has a career (Navy regular), a wife (Hazel), a ONE year old son (Cedric) & probably his own house & car. Me? I live with my parents, studying on Daddy's Scholarship, a few certificates to my name, & ABSOLUTELY no savings!!! Anyway how to save when there's no money to be saved right? Let's not get all depressed. Went to Suntec to look for figts for Cedric & Darren (friend's kid). Bought them Ernies!!! Hand puppets.

Bought cards too when passing by Citylink Mall. Very cheap!!! Opps... Can you make a guess whether what's written on the envelope is printed or done by hand?

The cover of the birthday card for Cedric. I chose the ship because both his parents are from the Navy

The inside of the card.

Dickson (my married cousin, I'm next in line in terms of age) got the whole Chng family together for a dinner in a restaurant called Spring Court (Yong Chun Yuan) which moved from somewhere to it's present location beside Chinatown Point. Bob Pang's wedding dinner was also held in the same resuaurant, back in the old location.

Singing the birthday song for the birthday boy.

The birthday ice cream cake, yummy!!!

The evening ended with all of us stuffed & satisfied.

Ja neh!!!

NTU Motor Fest 2006

I did not attend the event even though I was technically "in school" throughout the duration of the MotorFest. Could not find any kaki to go along with me so I gave it a miss. I did pass by the area before the official even was launched & this is how it looked like.

Nice white tents to keep the expensive cars away fromt he elements of nature> These cars cost a bomb!!! Could buy so many Cheap Korean Taxis aka Hyundai Sonatas.

Heez. I complain about it all time, look at more expensive & exotic cars all the time, but nevertheless I love my Cheap Korean Taxi. It's not fuel economical, it's sluggish, but it's roomy & they sell it for a song. I feel safe in the driver's seat. I feel like I can outrun any car (normal car lah, not WRX & Evo!!!) & I'm confident of it's handling. Why am I singing her praises? I must be suffering from Driving Withdrawal Syndrome. Hint hint!!!

Ja neh!!!

Like mother like daughter

Gramdma on the left, mummy on the right. Do they look alike? Dinner at some vegetarian restaurant in Geylang. Food was decent, ambience was decent. Not too bad for a place known for it's hawker food than restaurants.

Ja neh!!!

Happy Birthday Darence!!!

Today's Darence's birthday, so it was decided that we would go out for lunch, while a surprise birthday cake (not so surprising in the end) was being bought so we can have dessert after lunch. Went to 907 coffeeshop where birthday boy gave us a treat. Each of us got to choose a dish so I asked the auntie taking our orders what was the most expensive dish they had. However, i ordered the vegetables in the end. Not as good as I expected but the the rest were okie. The cereal in the cereal prawns was absolutely smashing. How can cereal taste so good?

The birthday cake. Black forest. Yummy!!!
Birthday boy making a wish. I wonder what he wished for? A BWM 7 series, Dean of CEE suddenly telling him that he can graduated with first class honours without taking any more exams (I also want!!!), erm, we quickly sing him a birthday song so we can turn back on the fans because we were all sweating profusely??? Hmmm...

Birthday boy cutting the cake with the plastic knife. Slurp slurp!!!

Group photo. A bit blur because we didn't use a tripod.

Ja neh!!!

Toyota Prius 2006

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius

Hybrid cars have always attracted me because of their superior fuel economy & at the same time I can also do my bit for the environment. When I was in university, there was a recycling bin at the bus stop & I would set aside all recycables like paper & plastics & drink cans & bring them to the recycling bin when it was full.

One of the main reasons for havng excellent fuel economy is that it translates into lower operating costs in the long term. The more you use the car, the more you save. This should offset the higher initial cost of owning a hydrib vehicle here in Singapore.

Right now, I do believe that the road tax for hydrid cars is based on housepower rather than displacement. I wonder who is the moron who though of this scheme. Why should hydrid cars be taxed differently from normal petrol engine cars? If my hybrid car has a 1-litre engine but advances in technology made it possible to produce very small electric motors that will give me the equivalent of 200bhp, won't my tax be as high as that for maybe 3-litre car when it is more fuel efficient & environmentally friendly?

They should given even more incentives instead of "penalizing" us who support hybrid engines. We are the ones who made a choice to save the earth, why should have to pay because we made the obviously better choice? Even Hollywood stars drive this particular model. I do not know whether it is to make a politically correct statement or they really want to drive it.

I hope more models with hybrid engines will be launched in the market soon so we consumers have better choice. Right now, there is only the Honda Civic Hybrid & Toyota Prius in our local market.

Ja neh!!!

Honda Civic Hybrid 2006

Seems like very hard to find information on this car on the net or even pictures of the Honda Civic Hybrid. Many pictures on the normal Civic though. Think this will be the first car I get. What attracts me is the look of the car, the futuristic technology being integrated into the car like regenerative braking & most of all is the fuel economy.

Motoring @ AsiaOne's article on the Honda Civic Hybrid

Ja neh!!!

Sony Ericsson K800/K790

Specifications for the Sony Ericsson K800/K790

Band : UMTS 2100MHz (K800), GSM 900/1800/1900MHz or GSM 850/1800/1900MHz Data : EDGE (K790) or UMTS (K800) Size : 105mm x 47mm x 22mm Weight : 115g Battery Life : 350 hours standby time, 2.5 hours UMTS, 7 hours GSM talk time Main Display : 262k color TFT LCD, 240x320 pixel resolution Sub-Display : N/A Camera : Yes, 3.2 megapixel with auto focus Video : Video capture/playback Messaging : MMS/EMS/SMS Email : Yes Bluetooth : Yes Infrared : Yes Java : Yes (MIDP v2.0) Polyphonics : Yes Memory : 64MB on board memory, Memory Stick Micro (M2) expansion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Ericsson_K800

http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=sg&lc=en&ver=4000&template=pp1_1_1&zone=pp&lm=pp1&pid=10407

Yeah, Sony Ericsson has just announced the launch of a few more models of mobile phones & they really got me excited. Imagine a candy bar form factor mobile phone with a footprint not too far off my present SE K750 & with so much more features packed into it!!! 3.2 megapixels!!! It's almost like having a real camera in your mobile. When I got the SE K 750, i was elated with the picture quality & the functionality of their wonderfully-designed mobiles. I guess they have one-upped on themselves & achieve such a major breakthrough. Nothing compared to Samsung's 7 (SEVEN!!!) megapixel camera mobilt with 3x (THREE TIMES!!!) optical (BLOODY OPTICAL!!!) zoom, but I personally feel SE mobiles are much more comfortable to use than their korean counterparts. I have used Ericsson (before they merged with Sony's handphone department), Motorola (back in the Startac days), Nokia (a few models, not just one), Samsung (which was also my first camera handphone), & presently, SE. So I do know a little of what I'm talking about when it comes to user interface.

Must save money!!! Must resist urge to buy new handphone, especially when the K750 is still in good working conditions (the joystick sometimes give me problems & the urge to just smash the phone onto the concrete floor). Sigh

Ja neh...

Uno @ correlian

The week is finally here again (actually I dread weekends because it would meant that another week has just passed without any real work done) & the guys decided to go down to Correlian for some drinks and chit chat. Nothing special happened, we sat around at a table, the drinkers drank, the smokers smoked, usual gossip about girls & the size of their mammary glands, or lack of fullness, etc etc. However, I do believe that small is indeed beautiful. Anyway, instead of the usual chua dai di, Josephine said she brought Uno instead!!! Yeah!!! Childhood game which I used to play after exams in primary and secondary school.

Time passed really fast while we were there, & personally, I prefer playnig Uno instead of the other card games. Not only depends on skill, but also luck, & a little bit of strategy planning in between.

Those present were junkie2807, tempo15, D.A. & CCCC.

Around 0200hrs, we decided to call it a night & I wanted to sit merc cab. So we were looking out for the "high class taxi" but there were none in sight. In fact, there were relatively few taxis that night. Srange. Many cabs stop near us or slowed down as they pass us by, hoping we would flag them, but we did not bite the bait. Serves them right for choosing customers. Now it's my turn to choose whichever cab I'm happy with. I have had a few unpleasant incidents with taxi drivers & all their whining about how difficult it is to make a living by driving a cab totally pisses me off. They deserve no sympathy from me and I expect none from them. I pay, they drive me to where I want to go, the way I want them to go. Oops, I sidetracked.

Finally, we found a merc cab, & reached Hall 11 & Hall 16 safe & sound. Time for a shower, & a good night's sleep.

Uno, anyone?

What is uno?

How uno is played.

Uno (Dora the Explorer Edition)
Uno (Barbie California Girl Edition)
Uno (Peanuts Edition)
Uno (New York Yankees Edition)
Uno (Harry Potter Edition)
Uno (Simpsons Edition)
Uno (Seattle Mariners Edition)
Uno (Sesame Street Edition)
Uno (Ren & Stimpy Edition)
Uno (Southpark Edition)
Uno (Nintendo Edition)
Uno (New York Edition)
Uno (Fantastic Four Edition)
Uno (H2O Edition)
Uno (Banna Barbera Edition)
Uno (Hello Kitty Edition)
Uno (Barbie Edition)
Uno (Betty Boop Edition)
Uno (Care Bears Edition)
Uno (Disney Edition)

Ja neh!!!

Cheerobics Finals 2006

Blowjob accessible

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