Lots ppl have been asking me this question...
"What happen to you, simon?" they would ask...
"Simi??" i would query them back...
"so long never update blog..." they would answer...
Good point... My blog is dying, and it's been donkey days since i last update my blog... So, what's happening to me??
Well, the only explaination i could think of is that morning, i wake up, go work, and ever since i took over 3 person's job, changing of office location, orders picking up, going meetings, doing deliveries, after knock off, is go home sleep, or go out, and when the computer's on, i been using the time for Mafia wars, especially with the new country " Moscow" just came out to conquer, there's simply no time to go to blogger.com and type all these nonsense...
Understand?? No?? let me summerise the summery.
I am simply too lazy to go update my blog.
Got it??
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Read this news recently...
SingTel, Starhub submit bids for rights to broadcast EPL matches
By Ian De Cotta, TODAY Posted: 29 September 2009 2122 hrs
And today, i saw this news...
SingTel wins rights to EPL, ESPN STAR Sports
By Channelnewsasia.com Posted: 01 October 2009 0806 hrs
Bye bye starhub cable, hello singtel mio??
Pity the ppl who just signed the starhub cable contract to watch the EPL and ESPN, and now, they have to sign on new contact with Singtel mio plan and carrying on the existing starhub cable.
Especially the coffee shops, the pubs which now have to switch sides in order to retain their customers.
Politics... the never ending war between singtel and starhub... And yet, i still dun really see the effectiveness of this war to us as consumers...
I think i shall still stick to my present life style of being not a football fan... It saves me a lot of trouble.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
YEAH!!! Thanks a lot to SM, who help me to find somethings that i wanted for a long long time!!!
And it has proven true again that i am an ITI... :(
Another story....
Went in to Malaysia yesterday night in ZX's car, and guess what?? We only stopped for around an hour to eat, and his car was "bombed". 6 "bombs" on his rear, and about 6 more "bombs" on the roof of his car...
The best part?? His car just finished washing about 10 minutes before we stopped to eat.
Anyone got medication for birds on diahorria??
And it has proven true again that i am an ITI... :(
Another story....
Went in to Malaysia yesterday night in ZX's car, and guess what?? We only stopped for around an hour to eat, and his car was "bombed". 6 "bombs" on his rear, and about 6 more "bombs" on the roof of his car...
The best part?? His car just finished washing about 10 minutes before we stopped to eat.
Anyone got medication for birds on diahorria??
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
NDP 2009 Family day Part II
After the parade, comes the show.
By then, the skies turn dark.
And it's time to make full use of one's imagination on lightings!!
For the show segment, there's lots animation on the giant screens which will really capture your attention, and hence, not much focus was on the performers or dancers.
THe animations was really eye catching. Poor performers... no one's gonna watch you all. :P
The pyrotechnics (fireworks) were great. Especially during the grand finale. The burst were so much that you would have thought you were in the middle of a intense battle, that would have break even the bravest soldier.
Grand finale.
Only thing that bothers me about the fireworks is that, if you have realised it from the photos above, all are the same colour.
Errr... organiser, can add more colour into the pyrotechnics?? Especially at the grand finale??
Perhaps, during the preview and the actual day, there would be more variety.
well, judging from the amount of pyrotechnics, perhaps the SAF would consider using the fireworks for exercises... And during the fireworks period, there's so much camera flashes from the spectators, that if you are standing in front of them, in their direction, you would have thought you were under fire from a whole division of infantrymen, if the flashes were muzzle flash.
I wonder how's their photographs will turn out.
By then, the skies turn dark.
And it's time to make full use of one's imagination on lightings!!For the show segment, there's lots animation on the giant screens which will really capture your attention, and hence, not much focus was on the performers or dancers.
THe animations was really eye catching. Poor performers... no one's gonna watch you all. :P
The pyrotechnics (fireworks) were great. Especially during the grand finale. The burst were so much that you would have thought you were in the middle of a intense battle, that would have break even the bravest soldier.
Grand finale.
Only thing that bothers me about the fireworks is that, if you have realised it from the photos above, all are the same colour.
Errr... organiser, can add more colour into the pyrotechnics?? Especially at the grand finale??
Perhaps, during the preview and the actual day, there would be more variety.
well, judging from the amount of pyrotechnics, perhaps the SAF would consider using the fireworks for exercises... And during the fireworks period, there's so much camera flashes from the spectators, that if you are standing in front of them, in their direction, you would have thought you were under fire from a whole division of infantrymen, if the flashes were muzzle flash.
I wonder how's their photographs will turn out.
Monday, July 06, 2009
NDP 2009 family day
NDP.
National Day Parade.
A day which took almost a year to organise, involve thousands of people, SAF, school kids, working personnal, in fact, involves people from all walks of life, be it in marching contingents, dancing participants, ushers, marshallers, traffic control, crowd control, temperature screenings, and of course, the back stage crew, who put up all the props, the wiring, the audio, the lightings...
In fact, to me, the most work (physically) are actually the back stage crew, who put in so much effort, but got the least recognition, and the SAF personnal, who did lots back stage work, without any recognition.
All for the our nation's birthday celebration.
I went for the last CR (combine rehersal) and was impressed with all the displays.
All along, the only part that interest me during NDPs is only the Parade segment. And coming out of the Marina Bay are yesterday night, i was impressed. The show segment was impressive. In fact, the whole celebration was very nice, except for the marina bay wave part where a car and motorcycle was involved.
The pre parade display, with the 5 hosts
(mediacorp celebrities) was a bit dull, with not much spectators co-operation to heat up the event. Perhaps, the NE show with full of hyeractive screaming primary school kids will be more interesting to watch.
And personnally, i like the "terrorist incident" segement
, the sea display.
Too bad, there's ain't a air show segment only whereby the chinook chopper flew close to the bay area 
and the 2 AH64 Apacha Choppers.
The freefall was the same every year, but it never fails to bring out much screamings from the spectators.
Imagine jumping out of a perfectly working aircraft. They got guts... (Salute them).
Next come the parade.
The same every year, with 2 exceptions. 3 F-16 bomb bursts with full afterburners.
And the firing of the 21 gun salute. It's done on the bay instead of hard solid ground.
. Impressive.
And the parade wise, well, even thought it's the same every year, the smartness of the guard of honor contingents and all the other supporting contingents, the uniformed groups, other civilian contingents, the SAF and Police bands, all make the march past an interesting part to watch.
Imagine the hours they had put in trainings.
Okie... I shall end here on the part I of the NDP 2009. I shall come to the show segment soon (hopefully).
Stay tuned.
National Day Parade.
A day which took almost a year to organise, involve thousands of people, SAF, school kids, working personnal, in fact, involves people from all walks of life, be it in marching contingents, dancing participants, ushers, marshallers, traffic control, crowd control, temperature screenings, and of course, the back stage crew, who put up all the props, the wiring, the audio, the lightings...
In fact, to me, the most work (physically) are actually the back stage crew, who put in so much effort, but got the least recognition, and the SAF personnal, who did lots back stage work, without any recognition.
All for the our nation's birthday celebration.
I went for the last CR (combine rehersal) and was impressed with all the displays.
All along, the only part that interest me during NDPs is only the Parade segment. And coming out of the Marina Bay are yesterday night, i was impressed. The show segment was impressive. In fact, the whole celebration was very nice, except for the marina bay wave part where a car and motorcycle was involved.
The pre parade display, with the 5 hosts
(mediacorp celebrities) was a bit dull, with not much spectators co-operation to heat up the event. Perhaps, the NE show with full of hyeractive screaming primary school kids will be more interesting to watch.
And personnally, i like the "terrorist incident" segement
, the sea display.
Too bad, there's ain't a air show segment only whereby the chinook chopper flew close to the bay area 
and the 2 AH64 Apacha Choppers.
The freefall was the same every year, but it never fails to bring out much screamings from the spectators.
Imagine jumping out of a perfectly working aircraft. They got guts... (Salute them).Next come the parade.
The same every year, with 2 exceptions. 3 F-16 bomb bursts with full afterburners.
And the firing of the 21 gun salute. It's done on the bay instead of hard solid ground.
. Impressive.And the parade wise, well, even thought it's the same every year, the smartness of the guard of honor contingents and all the other supporting contingents, the uniformed groups, other civilian contingents, the SAF and Police bands, all make the march past an interesting part to watch.
Imagine the hours they had put in trainings.
Okie... I shall end here on the part I of the NDP 2009. I shall come to the show segment soon (hopefully).
Stay tuned.
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Thoughts from TV show
I am not really a fan of Korea drama shows, but sometimes, the TV programs on TV are so damm stupid that i have to resort to either 1) turn off the TV, 2) watch some shows that i am not a fan of... (read: Korea Shows)
RIght now, it's one of those times, when i am resort to watching Korea drama.
And the "meaning" of the shows struck me.
The scene is about a son who just started a small eatery business. And his father is worried about him, to the extend that he cannot sleep until his son comes back safety...
He wrote all his heart in a small diary, all his worries on his business, worries on if he will get any scalds and burns, as he is quite clumsiness, worries on him driving alone late at night back home. And the father also realised the fact that he's getting old and staying up late is affecting his health.
And then the son came back. The father only asked why he's back so late, and quietly stepped out of the house to help the son carry the stuffs back in.
The son response? The moment he saw his father's room lights are still on, commented that his father is giving him stress, by not sleeping.
When the father stepped out of the house to bring the stuffs in, all the son did was to throw a bit of temper, and getting the father back to bed.
From a TV viewer point of view, well, it's the generation gap of father and son.
It's nature that parents worry about their kids, what they do outside, how successful they will be, all the way from studies, to career, to relationship and setting up a family.
But to the kids, all those worries and concern will translate into stress for the kids. The higher the expectations, the higher the stress. A kid will not understand the amount of the worries of the parents on their child and similarily, a parent will not understand the stress level of their kids.
So, what is the best remedy for this kind of situation? I am sure all or most ppl out there will face this situation right now, or perhaps, in the future.
Think abuot it, folks... Be understanding to each other...
RIght now, it's one of those times, when i am resort to watching Korea drama.
And the "meaning" of the shows struck me.
The scene is about a son who just started a small eatery business. And his father is worried about him, to the extend that he cannot sleep until his son comes back safety...
He wrote all his heart in a small diary, all his worries on his business, worries on if he will get any scalds and burns, as he is quite clumsiness, worries on him driving alone late at night back home. And the father also realised the fact that he's getting old and staying up late is affecting his health.
And then the son came back. The father only asked why he's back so late, and quietly stepped out of the house to help the son carry the stuffs back in.
The son response? The moment he saw his father's room lights are still on, commented that his father is giving him stress, by not sleeping.
When the father stepped out of the house to bring the stuffs in, all the son did was to throw a bit of temper, and getting the father back to bed.
From a TV viewer point of view, well, it's the generation gap of father and son.
It's nature that parents worry about their kids, what they do outside, how successful they will be, all the way from studies, to career, to relationship and setting up a family.
But to the kids, all those worries and concern will translate into stress for the kids. The higher the expectations, the higher the stress. A kid will not understand the amount of the worries of the parents on their child and similarily, a parent will not understand the stress level of their kids.
So, what is the best remedy for this kind of situation? I am sure all or most ppl out there will face this situation right now, or perhaps, in the future.
Think abuot it, folks... Be understanding to each other...
Monday, June 22, 2009
Yesterday
Ever had a sunday where you had no appointments, no plans, and absoluting nothing to do?
Just had one yesterday.
Just spend the whole day, lying down, sleeping and watching TV... Oh yes... indeed... Watching TV movies. A marathon. Movies marathon. 4, to be exact...
First is "Seabiscuit" which is a really inspirational show. One that can move ppl to tears.
Second is Jackie Chan's action movie, "Police Story III, Super Cop".
Actually, after watching the second movie, i felt like taking a nap, and out of habit, i channel surfed, and to my horror, the other channel was showing "Seoul Raider".
Decisions, decisions. Continue watching or nap??
And i hate making such decisions on such a decision-less day. Ended up deciding to watch till i sleep.
And i did not sleep. Finished watching the third movie, and the sun is getting ready to "extingiush" itself in the sea, i channel surf again, and "Finding Nemo" caught my eye.
So, i continue watching.
And after the movie end, another show captured my attention.
"Crimewatch".
So, yesterday, on such a lazy and totally unplanned day, a long which i had not enjoyed for a long long time, i spend a totally of 8.5 hours in front of the telly.
Almost the same as my working hours.
Somehow, my working hours seems much longer then yesterday.
Haiz~~~
Yesterday, all my troubles seem so far away
Now it seems they are now here to stay
Oh i believe, in yesterday.
Yesterday. Where is yesterday?
Just had one yesterday.
Just spend the whole day, lying down, sleeping and watching TV... Oh yes... indeed... Watching TV movies. A marathon. Movies marathon. 4, to be exact...
First is "Seabiscuit" which is a really inspirational show. One that can move ppl to tears.
Second is Jackie Chan's action movie, "Police Story III, Super Cop".
Actually, after watching the second movie, i felt like taking a nap, and out of habit, i channel surfed, and to my horror, the other channel was showing "Seoul Raider".
Decisions, decisions. Continue watching or nap??
And i hate making such decisions on such a decision-less day. Ended up deciding to watch till i sleep.
And i did not sleep. Finished watching the third movie, and the sun is getting ready to "extingiush" itself in the sea, i channel surf again, and "Finding Nemo" caught my eye.
So, i continue watching.
And after the movie end, another show captured my attention.
"Crimewatch".
So, yesterday, on such a lazy and totally unplanned day, a long which i had not enjoyed for a long long time, i spend a totally of 8.5 hours in front of the telly.
Almost the same as my working hours.
Somehow, my working hours seems much longer then yesterday.
Haiz~~~
Yesterday, all my troubles seem so far away
Now it seems they are now here to stay
Oh i believe, in yesterday.
Yesterday. Where is yesterday?
Paintball competition 2009
Okie, okie.. got one "fan" screaming at my tagboard for me to update my dying blog.
Dunno why, but my "mood" to update blog is dying off... No inspirations, no time, no mood or perhaps, just plain lazy...
Been to quite a few duties, and let me talk about one in this post...
Paintball competition.
Yep. Paint balls, not paint your balls.
Held at Pasir Ris Park.
About 100 meters away from where i took this photo about 1 year back.
Able to guess who is he??
Okie... Back to topic... Paint balls.
Okie.. let me focus on their equipments...
The paintball equipments are fastinating. Their "SBO" looks cooler than the SAF type, their masks makes them look something like this...
Errr... minus the top part...
And while the players are busy trying not to get bruise all over their body, (when hit, sure blue black one)
we entertain outselves...
By taking photos...
Can you see what VKP is pointing at??
And after a while, i got interested in the paintball "ammo"
Which is a green ball with orange paint inside...
Started to do all kinds of "experiments" on it.
Well, if you ask me if there's any conclusion to the "experiments", i can only tell you this...
"I had forgotten the results".
Dunno why, but my "mood" to update blog is dying off... No inspirations, no time, no mood or perhaps, just plain lazy...
Been to quite a few duties, and let me talk about one in this post...
Paintball competition.
Yep. Paint balls, not paint your balls.
Held at Pasir Ris Park.
About 100 meters away from where i took this photo about 1 year back.
Able to guess who is he??
Okie... Back to topic... Paint balls.
Okie.. let me focus on their equipments...
The paintball equipments are fastinating. Their "SBO" looks cooler than the SAF type, their masks makes them look something like this...
Errr... minus the top part...
And while the players are busy trying not to get bruise all over their body, (when hit, sure blue black one)
we entertain outselves...
By taking photos...
Can you see what VKP is pointing at??
And after a while, i got interested in the paintball "ammo"
Which is a green ball with orange paint inside...
Started to do all kinds of "experiments" on it.
Well, if you ask me if there's any conclusion to the "experiments", i can only tell you this...
"I had forgotten the results".
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Handsome suit
Have you peeps watch the movie "Handsome Suit" yet?
It's about this ugly guy that can make ugly girls cry when they accidentally touch, wore a suit, that can transform into a very handsome guy that can make girls oogle, scream and went absoluting crazy when they saw him.
Looking at the girls reaction when they saw ugly guys in handsome suit, i think the name of the movie should be renamed to:
"HUM SUP BU"
It applies perfectly, ain't it??
It's about this ugly guy that can make ugly girls cry when they accidentally touch, wore a suit, that can transform into a very handsome guy that can make girls oogle, scream and went absoluting crazy when they saw him.
Looking at the girls reaction when they saw ugly guys in handsome suit, i think the name of the movie should be renamed to:
"HUM SUP BU"
It applies perfectly, ain't it??
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Photos from NCOC
NCOC just finished... some photos which i managed to took... Wanna see more photos? can go to the zone blog... i try to upload them ASAP. No promises...
Do you believe the flowers were taken at night?? with no lights at all... Hard time focusing on them... Even manually... Cannot see them...
And below are the photos i taken before and during the hike...
I was that bo liao...
Do you believe the flowers were taken at night?? with no lights at all... Hard time focusing on them... Even manually... Cannot see them...
And below are the photos i taken before and during the hike...
I was that bo liao...
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
U turns in GPS
Dear readers, if you happen to have a GPS device, using M*pKi*g as your GPS OS, becareful.
Don't be surprised that you will receive lots "letters" from the traffic police, if you use the routing system, and always miss the turnings.
Coz, in that software, all intersection are able to do U turns, while in reality, not all juctions can do U turns.
So, well, think about that...
Don't be surprised that you will receive lots "letters" from the traffic police, if you use the routing system, and always miss the turnings.
Coz, in that software, all intersection are able to do U turns, while in reality, not all juctions can do U turns.
So, well, think about that...
Monday, May 25, 2009
NIght Cycling
Last friday nite. 3 crazy guys got together to do some crazy stuffs. Something that i had never imagined myself doing. First time doing it somemore...
Night cycling. Whole night cycling.
Though the distance is not that great, (as compared to NTU round island cycling) from East Coast to Changi Village and back, it still seems a great distance to covered, especially for old ppl like me.
Especially when the 3 crazy guys (ZX, AB and me) did not have sufficient rest and was quite tired even before the cycling, and it's been ages since i last touch a bicycle.
Crazy, ain't it?
Here's the photos.
KT, which mastermind us to go for the night cycling...
The bicycles, which was rental, and not in a so-good condition. KT's bike got problem from the beginning...
A group photo taken while waiting for the "late comers"...
A group photo, minus the photographer...
And so we go...
Taking a break while waiting for the others to catch up. That was when KT's bike got problems...
No flash, long shutter speed of the scenery. It's totally dark... This was taken while we played our first game...
Our bikes...
Taking a breather...
Playing games...
The jokers...
Having much fun...
Reached halfway point, Changi Village!!!
Nasir Lemak, here i come!!!
And after supper, basically i was not in the mood to cycle. A late night and a full stomach makes anyone tired and sleepy.
I wanna sleep.
But we still have to cycle back. The process of a long long journey... The Changi Airport perimeter fence area was the killer. A long long journey, with spiders to be seen...
Yep.. spiders...
Spotted by KT, and while the rest are taking a break,
we shot macro.
Basically, i was not in the mood to shoot. Super tired and sleepy, slowly made my way back to the finish line. My ass bore the blunt of the pain, the fats did nothing to cushion the seat.
Finally, FINISH LIAO!!!
It's so tiring that almost everyone wanna just lie down and sleep...
While AB looks like the bicycle seller... :p
So tired that someone can even sleep while sitting down...
And finally, a group photo after the whole tiring event, minue ZX, who went to shit. :P
Yep.
And i had learnt 4 lessons that night.
1) Changi beach is dominated by Malays at night.
2) JC students like to do stupid stuffs in the middle of the night.
3) When your ass is feeling pain from cycling, you might want to ease the pain by standing up on your bike, when you sit down again, it's gonna pain a lot more worse. When you are bua tahan, just get off the bike and push.
4) I managed to survive the night cycling after all.
And i was asking myself the same old questions that night...
WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN I CAN BE AT HOME SLEEPING COMFORTABLY?!?!?!?!
But i am a sense of satisfaction, knowing that i can survive the event, when i myself doubt my ability to cover the whole distance before the cycling started. At least, i know my fitness level had improved.
Night cycling. Whole night cycling.
Though the distance is not that great, (as compared to NTU round island cycling) from East Coast to Changi Village and back, it still seems a great distance to covered, especially for old ppl like me.
Especially when the 3 crazy guys (ZX, AB and me) did not have sufficient rest and was quite tired even before the cycling, and it's been ages since i last touch a bicycle.
Crazy, ain't it?
Here's the photos.
KT, which mastermind us to go for the night cycling...
The bicycles, which was rental, and not in a so-good condition. KT's bike got problem from the beginning...
A group photo taken while waiting for the "late comers"...
A group photo, minus the photographer...And so we go...
Taking a break while waiting for the others to catch up. That was when KT's bike got problems...
No flash, long shutter speed of the scenery. It's totally dark... This was taken while we played our first game...
Our bikes...
Taking a breather...
Playing games...
The jokers...
Having much fun...
Reached halfway point, Changi Village!!!Nasir Lemak, here i come!!!
And after supper, basically i was not in the mood to cycle. A late night and a full stomach makes anyone tired and sleepy.
I wanna sleep.
But we still have to cycle back. The process of a long long journey... The Changi Airport perimeter fence area was the killer. A long long journey, with spiders to be seen...
Yep.. spiders...
Spotted by KT, and while the rest are taking a break,
we shot macro.
Basically, i was not in the mood to shoot. Super tired and sleepy, slowly made my way back to the finish line. My ass bore the blunt of the pain, the fats did nothing to cushion the seat.
Finally, FINISH LIAO!!!It's so tiring that almost everyone wanna just lie down and sleep...
While AB looks like the bicycle seller... :p
So tired that someone can even sleep while sitting down...
And finally, a group photo after the whole tiring event, minue ZX, who went to shit. :P
Yep.
And i had learnt 4 lessons that night.
1) Changi beach is dominated by Malays at night.
2) JC students like to do stupid stuffs in the middle of the night.
3) When your ass is feeling pain from cycling, you might want to ease the pain by standing up on your bike, when you sit down again, it's gonna pain a lot more worse. When you are bua tahan, just get off the bike and push.
4) I managed to survive the night cycling after all.
And i was asking myself the same old questions that night...
WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN I CAN BE AT HOME SLEEPING COMFORTABLY?!?!?!?!
But i am a sense of satisfaction, knowing that i can survive the event, when i myself doubt my ability to cover the whole distance before the cycling started. At least, i know my fitness level had improved.
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