Malaysia's Birthday!

ha.. yes our friendly neighbour in the north celebrate her 47 birthday today. Sought of funny cos we USED to celebrate her birthday together. Now as a separate nation, we send birthday wishes as a gesture of friendliness. I was not born in the era when we were one of the states in Malaysia. I began to wonder how it was like during that time when we celebrate malaysia's national day. I guess we should at least sing "majullah malaysia"?!

I watched their version of NDP on tv3 just now. Quite cool, cos they showcase their armed forces and even their fire fighters. I saw PM Abdullah wearing some uniform and had a very stern expression when the soldiers marched pass. Then they have the mass display too. What is it that is so different from ours? Their NDP is held during day time. I think we should try that if we can. Quite a fresh idea, the most we can forgo the fireworks. I think without the firework is perfectly fine since in the month of August, there are so many ongoing fireworks. This is in line wif PM Lee to think out of the box. I agree. Try something different. No harm rite?

Welcome to Beijing 2008 Olympics

Waving goodbye to Athens and it is now time to see what Beijing got to show by the time 2008. The official baton has been officially handed over. Everyone is waiting to see what they have. Seriously, i think that is a very proud moment for the Chinese. Afterall, being a close economy for so many years, they have finally opened up and showcase to the rest of the world. As Asian, I am also proud. After Japan and Seoul, i dun think any Asian nation had hosted such big scale event before. I have very high expectation for China like the way they have for their athletes. It must be one of the BEST lor. Dun disgrace yourself and the entire Asian community.

Athens have once again proven themselves by staging a very outstanding show this time. I particularly like their slogan "Welcome Home". Yes, it has been some 100 years after the games returned to the place where it originated. Kind of touching. But sometime, i also think that Olympics is a ang moh game. Why? Because the ang mohs are the ones who played the games since ancient times. What abt Asia? still sleeping lar....

Working on Sunday?!

Working on a day when everyone is resting sound a bit strange for many executives except for those who do shift work. Yes, currently in office as i happen to be on shift today. Initially, i felt a bit "sian" but later found tat it was pretty cool to work on Sunday. The entire office is so quiet wif only 3-4 pple hanging ard. Ha... the more impt thing is the "key personnel" are not in.. cool. Can relax relax... Now bumming ard for a while b4 meeting up wif ken.

Will be going down to Queenway in a short while. Patronised by many ah beng here, the place sells very in and trendy clothes. Moreover, they also sell sports items that i loved very much. Hopefully i can get some good bargain if i am going to get something.. wish me luck!!!

Buffet at Liang Seah St

Liang Seah St serves many good food along the entire stretch of road. Ranging from very cheap coffee shop food to authentic italian food. Seem quite rojak but that's Singapore. I was there wif my NTU friends for a post convocation dinner. So long after convo? yar, cos everyone is busy wif their work and finally spare some free time to meet up. The turn out was good wif almost 10 pax.

We had this mala steamboat at one of the restaurant along the street. Quite cheap compare to the all time favourite, Chung Kin Hotpot at Tanglin Mall! Ordered tons of food, i particularly like that Shanghai wanton very much. Think that is their specialty. Ha... it was opened by Li Jiawei and Jing Jun Hong's countrymen. The boss was a Chinese national and their waiter and waitress are Chinese. Earning good Singapore dollars yeh!

Ate a lot of pork but there were not much chicken. We munched hungrily while chatting away and updating each other. It was quite a wonderful gathering cos it had been more than a month since we last met. Hope to have more such outings but try some other food???

ZChen, the Malaysian Idol?

Yes, i saw him today when he came over to my office. He looks honest is very sincere when he delivers his music. He has this very R&B voice that pple try to mimic. But too bad, not many can do it except for R&B king David Tao or Jay maybe. He was smiling to pple all the time and this is the way an artise should react publicly. His curly hairs do not really fit his looks. I prefer his old hair style... maybe he is malaysian lar... boleh....

Anyway, he made a remark on radio by saying he would sign as many albums as possible if fans ask him to during his autograph session at HMV. He can sign up to 2000 copies as long as any fans bring his album along. I happen to drop by wif ken and what greeted us was quite pathetic. Maybe less than a hundred fans or slightly more were there... aiyoh... I suddenly feel very pity for him cos he is trying so hard to sell his album but not many pple seems interested to buy original copy. sad... no wonder the music industry is failing.... Think he must have felt very disappointed yet putting on a smile all the time. Jia you! u can do it ZChen!

I'm loving it!!!

sounds familiar? yes that is Macdonald's tagline!!! went for my breakfast at mac together wif my little nephew. He disturbed my sleep this morning by whining for his mum. I woke up, console him a bit and he was happy and satisfied. I guess most children loves mac. When mac was mentioned, his face just brightened up. Really lar, mac is doing an excellence job to market their product to young kids and teenagers.

When arrived at mac, i see adults together wif a 2-3 yr old kid beside them. If not, it would be some primary school kids. Wow! Good biz for mac lor. They have done their marketing campaign very well. The brandname is already embedded in the brains of most kids. Well, i cannot deny the fact that i love mac when i was a kid too. But start to get sick of it when i grew older. maybe is the price or just the taste of the food????

Win 32 Problem

This problem has been haunting on my computer for a very long time. That means that i cannot download any stuff as it will be disconnected halfway. I gave up and stop all my downloading. Unless i reformat my drives, if not the problem will always be there.

Slept a lot this afternoon. Was so tired and i sleep from 3pm to 7pm. Think partly due to the amount of sleep i had last nite. Why? Some irritating problems at home again. I hope the matter can be resolved quickly, otherwise i will hear lots of nagging from my mum.

Lim Hng Kiang announces details of the procreation plans. Wow, maid levy down from 345 to 250. That is quite a lot as it will reduce the burden for many families who wished to have kids. Rebates and tax relief are also given. They introduced a new relief call grantparent care relief or something. Looks cool as it encourage young singaporeans to stay wif accommodating parents. Maybe i can consider that when i get married one day....