Birthday Bash

Happy Birthday to the Virgos..



Yuanzheng and Moi Celebration at K-Garden



Thiambao Birthday Celebration at Barstop

Backpacking Trips

These few days, I'm certainly sucked into the dynamics of traveling. I am really fortunate to have resourceful friends who is really turning into travel advisers. In Benny, he is able to fish out the good websites for information. In Stuart, the discussions they shared over email is simply enticing the pack of 4. We are screaming, we cant' wait to go. Let's go tomorrow, but we do have to wait for Benny to complete his studies, after all, we are planning a 2 months trip.

Things that I learn
1. Visa - I like to think that Singapore has done a good job in keeping good diplomatic ties with other countries. Singaporeans are granted 3 months stay in Japan. Bravo. Whereas flying into China will grant a 30 day visa while embarking onto China by LAND will give a 14 day visa.

2. While in the comfort zone of being born in Singapore, the longest journey within Singapore may just be the result of a traffic jam on weekends. A long wait of the MRT is really the result of the crowd during after office hours. Imagine taking a train for 49 hours to go from Guangzhou to Lahsa. Whilst, there may be other activities to do on the train, I seriously do not know how my body for react to the long ride, considering I only been through 14 hours bus journey from Singapore to Thailand, HatYai.

There should be more things to learn from this. I could really sign off by saying, EVERYONE IS IGNORANT, ONLY ON DIFFERENT SUBJECTS.

Taller in the morning

Do you realized that you are actually taller in the morning. I was amused that my rear-view mirror was in a lower position when I was driving in the morning so I think I may actually be taller in the morning. Once I Googled, and I found out I was actually right. But it was too much scientific information to digest.

Layman's question
Medical Explanation

Of course, the explanation is really...There is a slight difference in height from the morning to evening but it may not be measurable. While the body is resting at night the discs take in water to replenish and nourish them.

Plan is out 4 TIBET

Even when change is the only constant. We must and should have a plan. So what's the plan?

Tentative date of departure for China - April 2008 (Avoiding the crowd for Beijing Olympics 2008 in August)
Get to Guangzhou via AirAsia (estimated SGD 150)
Get to Lhasa via the railway (estimated SGD 180 for about 57 hours covering a distance of 4,980 kilometers)
Visa permits (estimated SGD 100 for entry into Tibet, may need to go for visa rush for China since we planning to stay in China for say 1 month.
Take rail or bus to Beijing to see the preparations for the Olympics and enjoy the culture (Got to tell people I been to Beijing during the Olympics year)
En route to Shanghai (Enjoy the food before taking ferry to Japan, Osaka if money permits.)
Visit places in Japan and come back to Singapore via JAL or ANA. (Make it a comfortable trip back to Singapore)

Railway information
Ferry to Japan, Osaka

So, the immediate plan is to save money and look forward for the date.

Rainie Yang with Jellyfish hairstyle 缺氧

This song got very strong similarity to Fan Xiao Xuan's Oxygen (氧氣) They use similar techniques to sing the songs. Taking in deep breaths and letting the breathing be heard in the singing. Compare between the 2 MVs. One shot this year and another one way back in 1998. Well, both songs got something to do with oxygen.

David Copperfield in Singapore

View the above video, it is entertaining but I really think it is a trick somewhere with the lightings and such. If he really could do it. I say, David Copperfield had sold his soul to the devil.

Btw, he will be in Singapore from the 2 and 3 of November for David Copperfield, World of Wonder performance. Anyone interested?

Books community

I was really taken aback by the power of the "law of attraction". I was thinking of getting a new book to read after completing NAPOLEON HILL's Think of grow rich. It is really a interesting book but I'm just so much of a reader. I chanced upon borders and times bookshop and brought 3 titles home.

After a conversation with friends, I got a few more books back at home.

Titles in my hands now
1. Rich Dad Poor Dad (Robert T. Kiyosaki)
2. Cashflow Quadrant (Robert T. Kiyosaki)
3. Think and Grow Rich (Napoleon Hill)
4. The Secret (Rhonda Byrne) - Law Of Attraction
5. The Secret Revealed (James L. Garlow) - Look at the book above from a Christian's perspective
6. Freakonomics (Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Bubner)
7. Tuesday with Morrie (Mitch Albom) courtesy of Terry Peh
8. Men are from Mars, Women from Venus (John Gray) courtesy of Terry Peh
9.Crucial Conversation (Stephen R. Covey)

Listed above are the titles I have in my hands, any friends interested in any of the above, contact me. Or anyone has any books to recommend me to read, pass it to me some day.

Homecoming

I had to make a trip to our Changi International Airport to fetch a business friend. After finding a car park lot in the especially crowded terminal 2, I made my way to Arrival Hall. What greet me was not my friend when I first step into Arrival Hall but this young lady.

There was this young lady with teary eyes, looking past me. The look was faint with the tears yet focused.Looking beyond me me was a Chinese man with his "supposed" mother. The old lady was on clutches but determined to come welcome the young lady. The young lady after brushing against me, dashed to the man and they had a big hug.

He who never leave home, never know the joy of returning.

I wondered how long she was away but she definitely missed her family her in Singapore.

Singapore Bay Run Pictures.

(Btw, Army friends if you look carefully, Col Lowerence Chua is behind me)

Oh, the certificate and photo came in for the Singapore Bay Run. I look pretty shagged yeah? Haha.. it takes a few races to perfect the look and the victory gestures with both hands. Now that I got the victory sign with both my hands, its really time to perfect the look(shagged but satisfied look). It does not matter to me anymore that my eyes are not visible in photos, its really small and I know.

Well, the timing for this run is not exactly good, but the timing is a nice number 02:01:18:18(official chip timing)

Hope Torture

The best thing one can do for someone who loves her is of course loving her, loving each other. right? To reciprocate and love each other.

But if she doesn't love him, she shouldn't leave any hopes for him because even the smallest hope can be a tremendous torture to him. Now this is HOPE TORTURE. Kill off any amount of hope no matter how small and the girl may be doing a credit to the guy.

Tribute to the 2 South korean whose were murdered in Afghanistan

The Fray - How To Save A Life (from Grey's Anatomy)

Ex-hostages say they were given gift of life

Yup, 19 South Korean Hostages were finally freed after 6 weeks in the hands of Guerrillas in southern Afghanistan.

Only after they were freed that they know 2 of their fellow men were killed in demand of release of Taliban prisoners. It is cruel ain't it, considering these South Korean were Christians(Doctors and medical staff) on a mission to help the misfortune in Afghanistan, with their kindness being returned with ruthlessness.

Now that the hostages are free, the Saem-Mul Presbyterian church at Bundang on the outskirts of Seoul has also come in for strong public criticism for organising what was seen as a reckless trip.

The group ignored foreign ministry warnings against travel to Afghanistan, where more than 1,000 South Korean Christians were deported en masse last year because of security concerns.

Let us hope that kindness will beget kindness, but well if kindness is not returned, continue to do good ANYWAY, cause it will eventually turn out good.

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