tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198134532011-07-29T01:36:59.330+08:00A place for my rambles on this and thats and a place for some photos of as and whens.@noreply@blogger.comBlogger571100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19813453.post-16153977104055299542009-06-12T20:18:00.002+08:002009-06-12T20:25:11.988+08:00

2 self portraits for those back home. :)On the steps of the iconic Sydney Opera House.While waiting for the bus.

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This beautiful sight greeted me as I left the house about 2 weeks ago and this promise from God came to mind:"I will never leave you nor forsake you."Deuteronomy 31:6 , Joshua 1:5 , Hebrews 13:5-6Had to struggle with increasing rain and strong winds to get the shot, my umbrella got blown inside out and I had to keep wiping my lens to clear the rain drops. But considering that rainbows are

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How does one describe the feeling of free falling from 14,000ft (abt 4.3 km) up in the air? The heart racing sense of anticipation as you pause at the open door of the plane looking down onto a blanket of clouds. The exhilaration and immense rush of adrenaline as you push off and begin free falling through the air.To skydive have been something I’ve always wanted to do and I was not disappointed.

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Ok I think it is time for me to put up some images of the place that I call home during my current adventures in Sydney.It is a lovely apartment located in a nice quiet neighbourhood on the eastern side of the city.This is the view across the street.Although it’s small but my room is bright, cozy and sufficient for my needs. The bed is surprisingly comfy but it didn't come with pillows so I went

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To those who have been following my blog:I felt its necessary for me to put in this short note to explain a little about the lack of updates.There are actually lots that I would like to blog about regarding my days here in Sydney. But an unfortunate combination of tiredness, a bit of laziness, and a good dose of lousy internet connection where I am staying at the moment has resulted in the

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During the first 2 weeks in Sydney I was struggling with a really bad ulcer on the palate of my mouth near to the back. It was extremely painful to swallow anything in the first week as whatever that needs to go down my throat essentially had to brush up against that area. At times even drinking water hurt.So as you can imagine eating became a major problem as well as finding the right sort of

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It’s been several days now since I moved out of Missy Em’s and into my current place. I know I should be more consistent with my updating so that I don’t have to constantly play catch up.Anyways this is meant to be the promised follow up post to the previous entry about my 2 weeks at Missy Em’s. Staying with the family had been comfortable and there were some days where I didn’t go out anywhere.

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Since I wasn't able to find a decent place to rent by the time I checked out of the hotel, Missy Em and family graciously took me into their home and gave me temporary shelter whilst I continued my room hunting.It has been exactly 2 weeks since I moved in with them. I am moving out tomorrow (Mon) into a place I'd found. Feeling a bit reluctant as it has been great living with the family.The house

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I've been putting this off for some time now... the revival of this blog.It's so hard to start it up again after stopping for so long. Gosh, the last entry was more than 2 years ago!Maybe it's also because I've not had a compelling enough reason for me to continue blogging then.But now I find myself faced with situation that calls for the revival of this virtual diary. It's a good thing really.

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With discipline = order = freedomNo discipline = chaos = imprisonmentSo simple yet so difficult.

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While contemplating on what I should write about, I am listening to my favourite CD. I have not listened to it in a very long time and it's really great to be listening to it once again.Music has a strange way of affecting a person's mood and emotions. It also has a way of triggering memories.As I listen to the tracks, I find myself thinking about my past and the people that have come and gone in

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Well I'm back in Singapore. I was surprised when I realized I've been back for more then 1 week. Had loads to do almost immediately after my return, hence the lack of any entries till now. I've got a bit a free time today so I thought to put up this short note.The trip to Japan was a very interesting experience. I am having a rather hard time trying to find the right words to describe my

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I have officially passed the half way mark of my adventure to Japan. It's been 6 days since I arrived and there are 6 more full days to go before I return to Singapore.There are lots that I would like to blog about, such as my experience of shopping alone in Osaka central yesterday, the summer festival and fireworks last night, the sushi restaurant and the deer park (Nara Park / Nara koen) today,

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Pork and Wakame Ramen. We had ramen for lunch yesterday. This particular restaurant is supposed to be so good that even celebrities have eaten there. But it's not the small quaint Japanese shop that I have seen before on Japan hour. It's a rather big restaurant and apparently it's also something like a franchise. The main restaurant is located on Osaka central's food district, Dotombori.Perhaps

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Yup that's right. I was a 'farmer' for about 30 minutes this morning. It was very interesting and actually quite fun. I was given a 'farmer's cotton shirt' to wear as protection from the sun and insects, a pair of boots as well as a farmer's hat. I looked quite hilarious in the hat and unfortunately there are no pictures of me in it since the whether was too hot to have it on for so long. We

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Today was a rather tiring day. It was more because of the heat then anything else. The heat and humidity. The weather is not that different from Singapore. I think the only difference perhaps is the intensity of the sun.So I think I'll put up more pix than words tonight. Tomorrow will be another long and eventful day.The Fukuda Residence: Where I am staying in the first 5 days of my visit.The

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Since I am staying with a local family I really feel more immerse in the Japanese daily lifestyle then if I were to stay at a hotel or even a traditional Japanese inn (called ryokans).When we sat down for dinner it felt both familiar and foreign to me at the same time. It's a little difficult to explain. Perhaps the eating style (using chopsticks) and the food itself were familiar to me, but the

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Well I am in Japan! Yup I am finally physically in Japan. Actually in Kansai, Nara prefecture, Tenri city, to be exact.The flight was great. (Stuff that I wrote during the flight are added at the bottom of this entry.) The first few hours here have been rather interesting. Met up with Natsumi for a while, but she had to go back to work. Had lunch with Fukuda san (I ate a very yummy bowl of

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Before I can really settle and really blog about my experiences in Korea I find myself busy preparing for another trip.But I am not complaining as this coming trip, or rather the experience of this coming trip, is one that I have been dreaming about since I was a kid.I will be flying solo to Japan this Friday. For the first time in my life I will be taking a flight all on my own with no friends

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That's 'Hello' in Korean.I picked that up along with a few other phrases during my recent trip to South Korea last week. It was an interesting trip in a country that I was totally unfamiliar with. But thanks to our very bubbly, thoughtful and extremely fluent guide, Sonia, the whole trip was made alot more pleasant and memorable.The scenery were nice but since we went during summer there was

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It's strange how sometimes it's difficult to re-start something that you have stopped doing for a while.That's how I feel whenever I try to write an entry in here.It feels like a rusty engine that needs some time and oiling to start running. And this is just what these bunch of words are I suppose: brain oil.This reminds me of an advice that I read somewhere sometime ago about writing: you just

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*Sigh*Well our cruise came to an end when we sailed into Singapore on Friday afternoon. We were already a little depressed (we always feel slightly depressed at the end of holidays. But then again doesn't everybody?) but to further highlight the mood we came back to a bleak skies and heavy rain. The roads on our way home was flooded and there was poor visibility.It was a depressing home coming

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I was thinking for a while after posting up the previous post about working out at the gym, and I realized how ironic this post would seem to that one since I am going to talk about all the food that is available. =)To me, one of the many attractions to the SuperStar Virgo (apart from those I have already mentioned), is the variety of eating outlets. There aren't too many to choose from and there

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We were docked the whole of yesterday at Laem Cha Bang Port, about 2-2.5 hours outside of Bangkok. The ship was so quiet and empty that t felt as if about 90% of the passengers went ashore. The gym was empty, the pool was empty, during lunch the buffet line at the Mediterranean was only opened on one side and all the other major restaurants were closed. It was really cool.And because there wasn't

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We are now well on our way into the 2nd leg of our cruise holiday. We were back in Singapore for a 5-hour stop over earlier and now we are once again out at sea, heading towards Bangkok. It was great to stay onboard while watching the other passengers disembark. Perhaps it was because for them the holiday has ended but ours continues.It has been really good so far. Totally relaxing and stress

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Yippee!!In about an hour we will be on board SuperStar Virgo for an 8 day cruise!Just thought to put in a quick note. =)

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Well it's been a while since my last post and I think it is time I started updating in here again. The therapy is much needed.Several rather events happened during January and I have been coping and adjusting to the new changes.Shortly following my post on making money online, the program that I was in started presenting disturbing problems. Unfortunately the problems gradually got worst and

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Just close your eyes and take deep, slow, cleansing breaths.Breathe in........ breathe out....... breathe in........ breathe out.........Breathe in........ breathe out....... breathe in........ breathe out.........Breathe in........ breathe out....... breathe in........ breathe out.........Calm your mind and slow your thoughts.Concentrate on just simply breathing.

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That proverbial saying can be so true at times. Especially with regards to bad news or unfortunate incidences.Sigh!It sucks to receive bad news just before a festive session that relates to you. And it really sucks when you know there is nothing you can do about it either.I wish there was something I could do. Really I do. But there is nothing, zero, nada, zip, ziltch, that I can do but listen

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I had a rather pleasant day today. Everyone that I encountered were friendly and helpful.You know how sometimes when you go out shopping or to a restaurant or even to the bank, you experience bad service, unfriendly staff, staff who doesn't know their work and are unwilling to find out, and just a generally terrible service experience? Well I've had my fair share of such encounters before but I

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I am finally doing what I have always wanted to do: work on a laptop at a cafe while watching people go by. Having this PowerBook to work on is so liberating! I love it! Should have figured out how to work on a Mac as well as how to connect to the many internet hotspots earlier. Oh well it’s not too late yet.Now if only I can get my hands on Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver & Fireworks for Macs and

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Jane loved going to the playground every weekend. Being an only child, there was no one she could play with at home besides her mother. So she always looked forward to going to the colourful and noisy playground so that she can find friends to play with and talk to.In the beginning Jane was happy playing with the other kids and they seemed happy to include her in their games. All the way home

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Ok now after that earlier post without a point, here's something with a bit more meat.Making money on the Internet by surfing sites.(Warning: this might sound like an advertisement to some so read on at your own risk or click away at your own loss.)When a friend of mine first told me about this program that he found where you could earn money just by surfing sites on the internet, I was skeptical

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I was surfing through various local blogs, as I sometimes do when I have the free time and don't know where else to go, and it dawned on me that there are a big a group of bloggers that are not all that anonymous after all. Well at least not within their rather extended group.I found some common names on Ondine, Packrat and MrBrown's blog. But I wasn't expecting that they would all know each

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Not sure if this really is his blog. It seems to imply that it is.Found out about it from Lost Budgie Blog.Thought that it was an interesting little tidbit to mention here too. Go check it out for yourself and draw your own conclusions.Mel's MusingsUpdated (at 3.20am):Just found this quite by accident. I was curious and followed the link from my stat counter which led me to this site. And then

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This is so cool. I finally managed to setup the Mac to connect to our wireless network system so that I can have internet access anywhere around the apartment. I am no longer bound to my desk. Yay!! Also the Mac will finally be used more frequently now.It's kinda weird working on a Max after being a PC user all my computing life. But for the sake of being practical I am learning how to use it as

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Ok I think I should get this out of the way. We managed to catch the movie last week and it was great. I loved the action, the filming and the animation. Nothing much I can say about the storyline since it's not new. But I think this must be the most violent version of King Kong yet. Not that I am complaining. I loved it. Especially the entire sequence between Kong and the T-rex looking dinosaurs

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For some reason I have found it rather difficult to find anything to ramble on this week. But for the sake of pushing the new year greeting down I guess I'll need to post something. So here it is..................................Maybe I'll have something more rambly to ramble on later.Oh by the way, I've added an Archive/Comments link for the 'Image of the Moment' section for anyone who is

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May your new year of 2006 be filled with hope, laughter, peace, happiness, tolerance, acceptance, excitement, forgiveness, charity, purpose, security, health, abundance and above all else, LOVE.

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In less than 24 hours the new year of 2006 will be here. At this point I think it's appropriate to bring back the 3rd and final post from my old blog that I had saved. I wrote about choices and what making them meant to me then. Now more than a year later, as I read it again, it serves as a sobering thought while I contemplate on where my priorities, goals and plans should be heading for the year

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Just saw the movie 'The Chronicles of Narnia' with the hubby last night.I must say that I was rather disappointed by the movie. The actors that portrayed the 4 kids and the white witch were terrible. The acting was extremely stiff and the expressions did not vary much. To me, the best acting came from the beavers and the lion. There was a real sense of weight and believability to the CG

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Well Christmas this year was not too bad. There was a bit of mad rushing around for us during both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. But other than that everything else for ok.Christmas Eve:This was one of the most rushed Christmas Eve I've ever had. And the weather was far from helpful. Having last minute wrapping and a bunch of things to carry didn't help either. So got my bro to come pick me up

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To all who have dropped by, is currently viewing, and will be surfing through....Have a Blessed Christmas! The Christmas weekend is finally here! Yay! It's been a crazy week of last minute shopping and wrapping of presents. I am sooo looking forward to the dinner at my mom's and spending Christmas day at Philip & Sheila's.

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The result of the frantic last minute shopping done in the past week. Took a picture of the loot before I started wrapping last night. But the list is still not complete yet. I still have a few gifts to buy and I need to get them all by today!I would be enjoying the opportunity to go shopping everyday more if it wasn't for the time constraint and stress of trying to get the best gift for each

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Read about this on mrbrown's.It's an auction on ebay for an 8-ft long model of a Star Wars Rebel Attack Cruiser built out of LEGO blocks. The detailing on this model is awesome. It never ceases to amaze me the stuff that can be built from LEGO bricks. It seems that they can be fitted together to form almost anything.They have been around for a long time. I remember playing with these little

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Another new addition to the list: Cute OverloadA site dedicated mostly to posting images of really cute animals. Some of the images really make you go 'aawwww'.

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A new addition to my list of bloggers: man of lettuceFrom the view point of a Sydney cab driver.It's an interesting read especially with the recent racial riots in Sydney. Gives a perspective that is not mentioned or covered by main stream media.A snippet from one of his recent posts about what's happening in Sydney: Like all Australians my passenger loved the beach yet was worried his planned

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Some background info about the current 'Image of the Moment'.It was taken at the musical fountain on Sentosa island quite some time ago. I was still using the Canon D60 then. There was no Photoshop effects done to the image. What you see here is exactly what I got that night. We were learning how to take multiple exposures using a digital SLR. It was great fun as the techniques are quite

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Here's another post from my old blog that I could not delete. Had quite a laugh while reading it again. This was first posted on July 02, 2004.Just spent 30 mins pruning myself. I am blessed with hair in all the wrong places! As I contorted myself to facilitate the removal of the offending follicles, my mind wandered as it always does (helps to cope with the pain). And it came to rest on this

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I've just added a new site under 'Other Folks Who Blog' called Lost Budgie Blog.Interesting postings on world affairs, both widely known and lesser known. Offers his own views and comments on events and happenings that he comes across.Racial unrestCommunity violencePolitical statementsCorporate commentsetc.Good read if you are into such stuff.

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I got an Open Water Scuba Diving course for my birthday from my hubby this year. It's something that I've been thinking about doing for a very long time. Finally I got to experience first hand what all the fuss was about. And it was GREAT!The feeling when you are breathing underwater and swimming with the fishies is just incredible. There was some anxiety just before the first two dives but after

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The six of us have know each other since we were kids. Now out of six, 4 are married and 2 are mothers. How time really flies.It is interesting how the topics of our conversations, when we managed to meet up, has evolved over time, according to what stage in life we were at. We used to talk about movies, exams, boys and other girlie stuff when we were teens. Then when we each started working,

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Yay! I got my 3rd payout from 12DP today. Can't wait till end Jan to withdraw my principal sum plus profits. After that it's all profits!Yay!!

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In early November, I played host for 1 day to 2 Japanese youth on their 1st visit to Singapore. They are part of a group of 13 youths who came over on a cultural exchange program.Since it was close to Hari Raya Puasa*, I thought it might be an interesting experience for them to visit Geylang Serai*. This was the best time to go since the main road was decorated with lights and there was a big

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After reading through posts from my old blog again, I decided to bring back three that were too good to delete. I'll be posting them separately over time. Here's the first and my favourite. I can still remember how immensely stressed out I was by this incompetent manager from the Equinox. It was posted on July 29, 2004.===I had one of the most frustrating conversations with the banquet manager in

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In August of this year we said farewell to one of the best teachers I've ever been taught by. He was our Japanese language sensei. He had completed his three year contract at the mission centre and has to go back to Japan.It was a great experience learning from him. He was extremely patient. Really humorous in a slightly geeky, 'Mr Bean' sort of way. But his teaching methods and notes was the

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Well I'm back! For the few who have been to my old site and still remembers it, you will notice a whole different look and a different title. But all the old posts have been archived away where no one will ever read them again (hopefully). Might bring a few of the better ones back .... but probably not...Oh well.... Yay! To my new and improved site.ROARS!!!

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