Been invited by a fellow colleague to join Facebook.. a new social utility with many interactive applications that enable friends to have a more enjoyable time online... hahahha.... I've sent invitations to a couple of friends and hope that they'll respond...
Have tried out playing the applications... it seems quite fun... think i especially like the scissors, paper, stone application where i get to challenge and be challenged by friends.... almost like we're face to face playing the childhood game.... it's pretty fun... though the replies may not be always spontaneous... but it's still kinda fun.... So, anyone who have received my invites... do come and join the network... hhahhahah
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Sunday, September 23, 2007
First online purchase
I recently made my mind and had my first online purchase.... I had been looking around in the usual music shops e.g. HMV, Sembawang and Music junction for the concert vcds/dvds for a few of my favourtie japanese artistes such as Kinki kids and w-inds.
But after looking around for sometime, i couldn't find the recent tours for Ageha and Thanks... so i decided to get these online... Though my brother was going to Taiwan for NS training... he couldn't buy back any cds/dvds... so couldn't really get him to help me look and buy.... that's why i decided to get them online.... i knew that it wouldn't be cheap, afterall the dvds are direct imports from Japan... plus the shipping charges... dun think i should reveal the total amounts i paid... I told zx about and apparently his reponse was why would i spend so much money on somethings that are not entirely useful....
And because of this online purchase, i've been to the post office to make my 1st foreign money order... although i have a credit card, i didn't really want to utilise it.... hahhahaha... and i wanted to try something different.... it was quite an experience for me... though it will take longer and i anticipate that i will receive my purchase at least 3 weeks later... but i thought it's pretty ok.... anyways, now just waiting to get my goods....
Below are the pics of the dvds that i'm waiting to get:
But after looking around for sometime, i couldn't find the recent tours for Ageha and Thanks... so i decided to get these online... Though my brother was going to Taiwan for NS training... he couldn't buy back any cds/dvds... so couldn't really get him to help me look and buy.... that's why i decided to get them online.... i knew that it wouldn't be cheap, afterall the dvds are direct imports from Japan... plus the shipping charges... dun think i should reveal the total amounts i paid... I told zx about and apparently his reponse was why would i spend so much money on somethings that are not entirely useful....
And because of this online purchase, i've been to the post office to make my 1st foreign money order... although i have a credit card, i didn't really want to utilise it.... hahhahaha... and i wanted to try something different.... it was quite an experience for me... though it will take longer and i anticipate that i will receive my purchase at least 3 weeks later... but i thought it's pretty ok.... anyways, now just waiting to get my goods....
Below are the pics of the dvds that i'm waiting to get:
Friday, September 21, 2007
Going peers??
Recently have heard through the grapevine in office that some colleagues have tendered in their resignations... and there has been a few deliberations on who the colleagues are... as the resignation had been quite secretive and that so far no one else had openly expressed their intention to leave....
This has been stirring up commotion amongst my peers.... We all understand that it is not really easy to continue to work in this environment and that it is one of the most high turnover jobs in the work industry, i think..... But anyways, close friends have been saying that currently the job market has been good and that it's a good chance to get a good job without getting much pay cut.. I think it's not wrong to keep a look-out for better jobs out there.... but it's a matter of whether i can meet with a job that i would like to do.... Seriously, i have been thinking of leaving my job... but as i still dont' have a specific direction to go into... it's even harder to focus on job finding... hahahha....
This week had been a busy week where i had to do 2 work shifts, in the day being my current plotted engagement and at night to clear my previous engagement.... hehz... and i din manage to catch any of the shows that i wanted to watch e.g. Top model and Built for disaster.....
Hehz... just hope that next week will be a better week ne.....
This has been stirring up commotion amongst my peers.... We all understand that it is not really easy to continue to work in this environment and that it is one of the most high turnover jobs in the work industry, i think..... But anyways, close friends have been saying that currently the job market has been good and that it's a good chance to get a good job without getting much pay cut.. I think it's not wrong to keep a look-out for better jobs out there.... but it's a matter of whether i can meet with a job that i would like to do.... Seriously, i have been thinking of leaving my job... but as i still dont' have a specific direction to go into... it's even harder to focus on job finding... hahahha....
This week had been a busy week where i had to do 2 work shifts, in the day being my current plotted engagement and at night to clear my previous engagement.... hehz... and i din manage to catch any of the shows that i wanted to watch e.g. Top model and Built for disaster.....
Hehz... just hope that next week will be a better week ne.....
Friday, September 14, 2007
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Redang
So much happened before i can report on my redang trip.... Here i go rambling on my first trip to Pulau Redang.
It all started from the coach ride beginning at Golden Mile Complex at 10.30pm... it was the beginning of a long road trip to reach Pulau Redang. We're staying at Laguna Redang which is not a bad resort... with quite a lot of facilities and maybe slightly pricier than other resorts...but still cheaper than Berjaya i think.... There is travelling season to get to Redang where the waters are not so choppy and the resorts are in operation: the no-go season is from i think October till March....
Anyway, Pulau Redang is made famous i think by the Chinese Movie by Richie Yen and Sammi Cheng. And at the resort, there was a dedicated channel that airs the movie 24/7 non-stop.... Me and ZX were pretty amazed that at our 2 nights stay that we managed to catch the ending of the show 7 times.... hahhaha... talk about repeats.
Here's a pic of the famous shop that the movie was shot in:
The shop is now turned into the only convenience store selling snacks, drinks and also souvenirs for visitors to buy home.
The scenery and the surroundings are definitely very beautiful.
Here's a pic of the beach in front of the Laguna resort - the resort we stayed at:
Ain't the water clear and blue!!! Can't find it here in SG.... hahhaha...
Here's another pic of the waters!
After travelling on the coach from 10.30pm to next day morn's 9am, we finally reach the jetty where we had to transfer to a ferry to make our way to the resort/ Pulau Redang which takes about 45mins.
On Redang island, there are quite a number of resorts situated in various but mainly on the outskirts near to the beach area. Snorkeling and diving are one of activities that all visitors should try out. Me and ZX did one snorkeling trip at the marine park where there are lots of fish and also corals... It was pretty sad that i did have any equipment with me that i can bring my digital camera into the waters to take pictures of the marine life. As we all had to wear life jackets and the waters are not so deep, even those who don't know how to swim can also enjoy snorkeling... Everyday, there are 2 sessions of snorkeling trip: 1 beginning at 9am and the other beginning at 2pm. The afternoon session is snorkeling in the open sea whilst the one in the morning is a trip to the marine park. But before we go to the marine park, we need to pay 5 ringgit for the marine park conservation fee.
Here's the side view of the front of the resort where i stayed:
The resort provides buffet - style meals from breakfast to dinner. And on alternate nights, bbq food eg bbqed fishes, chicken and etc is served. And i think the food served is actually not bad. One cute thing i noted is that during lunch and dinner time, seats will be allocated to the guests so that everyone gets a seat and do not have to worry about needing to chop seats and stuff.... the staff there will help to clear the dishes away just like those buffet restaurants in SG..... Fish is a big attraction so they are always one of the fastest dishes to run out of supplies.
Here's a pic of the dining area, located on the second floor:
Here's a pic taken from the dinning area of the beach front at evening time:
The weather is pretty good and has nice cool breezes in the evening... There's also live band performances on the beach front entertaining guests who are dining at the bar. The performers were quite talented and belted out songs of various languages from chinese, hokkien, japanese to english songs.
On the beach resort, there are lots of visitors and also lots who wore bikinis for suntanning. I,too, brought my newly bought bikini to Redang so that i can have a good tan... but since i didn't really suntan for long... i did not really get very dark.... but i was kinda nervous when i wore on bikini on the beach and in the swimming pool..... but i guess maybe its because the surrounding guests were mainly wearing bikinis regardless of their figures that i manage to gather my courage to wear my bikini in public... hahhaha...
To conclude, it was an enjoyable place to be at, perfect for relaxation... but maybe 2 nights stay is slightly short and 3 nights may have been a better choice... Probably, in future, may go there again with ZX for another trip at Redang. But the only thing that's not so attractive maybe the long bus journey.... hahahha
It all started from the coach ride beginning at Golden Mile Complex at 10.30pm... it was the beginning of a long road trip to reach Pulau Redang. We're staying at Laguna Redang which is not a bad resort... with quite a lot of facilities and maybe slightly pricier than other resorts...but still cheaper than Berjaya i think.... There is travelling season to get to Redang where the waters are not so choppy and the resorts are in operation: the no-go season is from i think October till March....
Anyway, Pulau Redang is made famous i think by the Chinese Movie by Richie Yen and Sammi Cheng. And at the resort, there was a dedicated channel that airs the movie 24/7 non-stop.... Me and ZX were pretty amazed that at our 2 nights stay that we managed to catch the ending of the show 7 times.... hahhaha... talk about repeats.
Here's a pic of the famous shop that the movie was shot in:
The shop is now turned into the only convenience store selling snacks, drinks and also souvenirs for visitors to buy home.
The scenery and the surroundings are definitely very beautiful.
Here's a pic of the beach in front of the Laguna resort - the resort we stayed at:
Ain't the water clear and blue!!! Can't find it here in SG.... hahhaha...
Here's another pic of the waters!
After travelling on the coach from 10.30pm to next day morn's 9am, we finally reach the jetty where we had to transfer to a ferry to make our way to the resort/ Pulau Redang which takes about 45mins.
On Redang island, there are quite a number of resorts situated in various but mainly on the outskirts near to the beach area. Snorkeling and diving are one of activities that all visitors should try out. Me and ZX did one snorkeling trip at the marine park where there are lots of fish and also corals... It was pretty sad that i did have any equipment with me that i can bring my digital camera into the waters to take pictures of the marine life. As we all had to wear life jackets and the waters are not so deep, even those who don't know how to swim can also enjoy snorkeling... Everyday, there are 2 sessions of snorkeling trip: 1 beginning at 9am and the other beginning at 2pm. The afternoon session is snorkeling in the open sea whilst the one in the morning is a trip to the marine park. But before we go to the marine park, we need to pay 5 ringgit for the marine park conservation fee.
Here's the side view of the front of the resort where i stayed:
The resort provides buffet - style meals from breakfast to dinner. And on alternate nights, bbq food eg bbqed fishes, chicken and etc is served. And i think the food served is actually not bad. One cute thing i noted is that during lunch and dinner time, seats will be allocated to the guests so that everyone gets a seat and do not have to worry about needing to chop seats and stuff.... the staff there will help to clear the dishes away just like those buffet restaurants in SG..... Fish is a big attraction so they are always one of the fastest dishes to run out of supplies.
Here's a pic of the dining area, located on the second floor:
Here's a pic taken from the dinning area of the beach front at evening time:
The weather is pretty good and has nice cool breezes in the evening... There's also live band performances on the beach front entertaining guests who are dining at the bar. The performers were quite talented and belted out songs of various languages from chinese, hokkien, japanese to english songs.
On the beach resort, there are lots of visitors and also lots who wore bikinis for suntanning. I,too, brought my newly bought bikini to Redang so that i can have a good tan... but since i didn't really suntan for long... i did not really get very dark.... but i was kinda nervous when i wore on bikini on the beach and in the swimming pool..... but i guess maybe its because the surrounding guests were mainly wearing bikinis regardless of their figures that i manage to gather my courage to wear my bikini in public... hahhaha...
To conclude, it was an enjoyable place to be at, perfect for relaxation... but maybe 2 nights stay is slightly short and 3 nights may have been a better choice... Probably, in future, may go there again with ZX for another trip at Redang. But the only thing that's not so attractive maybe the long bus journey.... hahahha
Monday, September 03, 2007
I'm sick
In a long time since i've started working... i haven't been sick enough to get mc from the doctor... And today or actually it was yesterday that i had a high fever of 38.4 degree celsius that the doctor gave me 2 days mc....
On top of the usual questions, the doctor also asked if i had any joints pain and stuff, since there were a few cases of dengue fever near my place.... but anyways, usually when i get sick, zx would scold me for not taking good care of myself.
But this time round, i din get any scolding... possibly cos it's really been a while since i got sick. This time round, it is also an opportunity to renew the antibodies in my body...
While i msged az that i was sick and would be on mc for today and tml, az told me that she's also sick and may not turn up for work..so it came to me that probably it's the curse of the job that we've been working on... hahhaha.... but luckily we haven't started any fieldwork.... Why do we think it may be the curse of the job? last year while working on the job, almost everyone got sick for a few days.....
Well, think my fever's almost ok almost i took my medicine and drowsily went to sleep.... Well, hope that once in a while that i'll get sick to build up anitibodies not that i like to fall sick... hahhaha...
On top of the usual questions, the doctor also asked if i had any joints pain and stuff, since there were a few cases of dengue fever near my place.... but anyways, usually when i get sick, zx would scold me for not taking good care of myself.
But this time round, i din get any scolding... possibly cos it's really been a while since i got sick. This time round, it is also an opportunity to renew the antibodies in my body...
While i msged az that i was sick and would be on mc for today and tml, az told me that she's also sick and may not turn up for work..so it came to me that probably it's the curse of the job that we've been working on... hahhaha.... but luckily we haven't started any fieldwork.... Why do we think it may be the curse of the job? last year while working on the job, almost everyone got sick for a few days.....
Well, think my fever's almost ok almost i took my medicine and drowsily went to sleep.... Well, hope that once in a while that i'll get sick to build up anitibodies not that i like to fall sick... hahhaha...
Sunday, September 02, 2007
New baby!!!
Quoting from ZX, my new baby is born yesterday after much delibration and comparison.. and not to mention the amount of braincells killed and aching legs from walking to and fro.. Also the lack of drinking enough water....
I've finally replaced my old fujitsu laptop with this new one that i got yesterday at Comex 2007. It's LG R405-SP22A3. See the pic below:
It's suppose to be a performance notebook with almost all up-to-date specs and the freebies that i got included the office 2007 home and student edition with 3 licensees... which i thot was quite critical since most of the laptops only came with 60 day office trial.... Got the laptop at around $2.2k including GST.... Though my inital plan was to get a smaller laptop but apparently there weren't many smaller sized laptops that had the specs and fall within my budget... hahah... the smaller they are and more specs, the more expensive they were....
But as usual, there were tons and tons of people visiting the Comex exhibition and not to forget the buyers out there searching for their bargain purchase...... Hope many found good deals... For me, thot this time round i had to take chances with a tinge of risk.... hahha... my final decision was to be made between LG and the Toshiba M600....which were 2 brands which i had never used before and of cos friends have also not used the brands before. Nevertheless, though in the end i decided on the pricier one... but since it had better specs and also the office with 3 licenses.. i thot it was an ok buy... so for now... it's the time for me to try out the laptop and ascertain whether it was actually a good buy... hehheheheh...
NOw that i have my baby back... i can be updating my blog more often with pictures....heheh!
I've finally replaced my old fujitsu laptop with this new one that i got yesterday at Comex 2007. It's LG R405-SP22A3. See the pic below:
It's suppose to be a performance notebook with almost all up-to-date specs and the freebies that i got included the office 2007 home and student edition with 3 licensees... which i thot was quite critical since most of the laptops only came with 60 day office trial.... Got the laptop at around $2.2k including GST.... Though my inital plan was to get a smaller laptop but apparently there weren't many smaller sized laptops that had the specs and fall within my budget... hahah... the smaller they are and more specs, the more expensive they were....
But as usual, there were tons and tons of people visiting the Comex exhibition and not to forget the buyers out there searching for their bargain purchase...... Hope many found good deals... For me, thot this time round i had to take chances with a tinge of risk.... hahha... my final decision was to be made between LG and the Toshiba M600....which were 2 brands which i had never used before and of cos friends have also not used the brands before. Nevertheless, though in the end i decided on the pricier one... but since it had better specs and also the office with 3 licenses.. i thot it was an ok buy... so for now... it's the time for me to try out the laptop and ascertain whether it was actually a good buy... hehheheheh...
NOw that i have my baby back... i can be updating my blog more often with pictures....heheh!
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