looking back at 2010...

Year 2010 will walked into history in about 45min. Given that this shall be the last post for this year, I shall look back at year 2010. Year 2010 is a year full of surprises, travelling, vomiting, lim-jiu-ing, overcoming, "auntie-ing" and... etc etc etc.

Surprises
So many friends and people have been surprised this year, and that include me as well. mk kannah surprised by the "dream like" celebration, laoniang kannah surprised by the secret admirer, dali kannah double (upsize) surprises, me kannah surprised by the pyjamas party and how the cake managed to "survive", so on and so fourth.

travelling
Travelled to so many places (Kota Kinabalu, JB, Batam, Phuket, Melaka, KL... ) within a year. Thanks to friends and family who made it possible. They are such a good and once in a while experience. Those nice nice hotel rooms, nice nice mountain, nice nice sea, nice nice beaches, nice nice food, nice nice people, nice nice shopping products...

vomiting/lim-jiu-ing
This is a year of vomiting for me,i supposed? never in my life have i vomit so much. Aiyah! no choice, lim too much jiu liao! anyway, i just vomit a few days ago. HA! got myself the title of vomit boy in the end. Hope i dun get use to this feeling, and got myself into trouble. Only know how to vomit!

overcoming
The final year of studies is totally a night mare for me. So many course works, assignments, subjects to conquer! and not forgetting my final year project. The project supervisor is totally useless anyway? they gave you no supervision just problems and more problems! anyway, finally complete the studies liao, though not really that happy with some of the results, but what to do! this is life, you cant always get what you want.

auntie-ing
with our life get interfered by people from all around the world. the auntie-nism in me got activated! really miss those days when our public transport seems so spacious, everywhere we go we see singaporean, we know this is singapore, we know we are living in singapore, we know we are protecting singapore, we know this is home. NOW! i feel like i'm just another auntie, walked into a wierd island, full of people from everywhere ard the earth. think i will continue my role of being an auntie when needed.

Anyway! happy new year to everyone!!! have a nice nice year ahead! all the best to me and everyone! yohohoho~ yohohoho~

yohohoho yohohoho~

Cham lor! today is christmas eve, and tomorrow will be christmas le. I dun feel that festive mood leh. is just like another... cooling day? Santa still fails to visit me or comes to visit the town every year. I still don't see the reindeer in our hot climate country, and that makes me doubt whether they really exist.

I start to think christmas is not a day wish and wait for ur wish to be granted anymore. Hmmm... pretty sad right? Dun need to wish liao peep! I think it will be even faster just to get it done by yourself! LOL

Alright, no harm wishing anyway. LOL! Santa i want a lottery ticket that confirm strike! one piece of slip, very light one lah hor? it doesn't take up much of yours or reindeer's energy. WAHAHAHAHA! aiya! think you wont be sending it anyway lah, u r so busy every year. =X

Merry christmas to all~


yohohoho yohohoho~

小人物的心声

大家看新闻（话语）时，不知是否有察觉到，本国的新闻，把许多国家的华语名称都更换了。换的很搞笑！就有如中国历史片常把 Great Britain 称为 “大不列颠”！

而如果大家有长看新闻的话，你应该会听到以下新的名称...

Indonesia （印尼） -----〉印度尼西亚
Australia （澳洲）------〉澳大利亚
New Zealand （纽西兰）--〉新西兰
etc etc etc

为什么本来用了那么久的名称，会忽然便的那么搞笑。某某真的是很好奇！以某某的推理，可能是我国“流入”了大批的“支 那 人”（所谓的外来人才）。而那大国也因为地大，国大，声音大，力大，什么都大！所以有能力嘲笑他人，并用了很古怪的华语名称来“形容”其他国家。实在“哀”啊！活在这地小，国小，声音小，人民小的国家里，我们越来越不能做自己。本来用的名称（从 kopitiam 的饮料 到 国家名称），在短短的几年里，全都快换光了！teh~ 都变成了“茶”，kopi 都已称为 咖啡，米录 都已取代了 tak-Q / milo... 再过几年，当本国以没有任何东西能让他国学习时，或者自己人都渐渐消失时，我国的国号可能也会走向背改的命运，而 “新 jia 坡”这名称将走进历史，取而代之的将会是 “唱 家 坡”。人民将改唱 “我的家（我问天）~ 我的家（我问天）~ 它到底在哪里（甘会冻麦崇治）”

Anway, we are not alone! 香港也似乎面对了与我们同样的问题 - "外" 来人才~

pinky and greeny day

Finally!!! i got my new IC (replaced). I thought there will be a long queue for the collection of IC. Surprisingly, I just have to approach a specific counter and get it straight away. Dun even have the need to take queue no. or spend the rest of your day there.

I'm also quite surprise that the new NRIC look rather different from the previous one. Firstly, my photo look younger! hahahaha! not that LAO uncle photo anymore. wierd eh? i dunno why i look so old when i took that photo (previous ic) in primary or sec sch! If i show that IC and said it belong to my father, no one will not believe me lor.

Besides the photo, some info is not shown in the new IC anymore. MY BLOOD TYPE! blood type info used to be shown in the nric de, but not the new nric. Hmmm..... maybe the garment afraid that organisations or employers hire people base only on blood type... den emotional people like the ABs can only stick to mediacorp... WHY? because we are TOO DRAMA liao! hahaha!

Oh! and the word "REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE". It used to be black, but now this wordings are in bling bling PINK. and instead of only one photo, there are another small photo below the main photo...

Finally feel like i'm officially singaporean again. becoz all these while i either carry no identity cards around =X or carry my 11B act as if like I'm some military personnel. HAHAHA! so.... since now i got my pink nric, i feel like this is my ORD-II. I'm civilian (SG) again! Ha!

Anyway, after collecting my IC, went to jason's graduation parade @ PLC. haiyo! everything is still to "rush to wait, wait to rush". So many things have changed in the "outside" world, but this kind of situation just never change. waited for one hour plus then the whole parade finally start. they should have start it on time, then those poor parade people may not have the need to kannah rain liao lor. purposely wait for the rain to start huh?. Hello?! GOH is not the rain leh!

with nothing to do while waiting for the parade to start, can only take pictures... take pictures... take pictures (they are roughly the same scene anyway) and... gossip~ aiyah! this is me lah hor? LOL! anyway, the food at the reception is quite nice. i feel like going for a second round, but the queue just never stop for the vegetarian side. by the time i'm about to go for my second round. most of the dishes already FINISHED! ::>_<:: wah lau! typical singaporean we have, and the whole fridge of ice cream also run out just within 10minutes. 10 minutes only leh!!!! anyway, some interesting part: - dunno what the mc is talking about. they are mumbling throughout the whole event - saf band so chuey today. the trumpet just "hun" throughout some song. (for eg. bii~ bi~ bii~ bi~ biiii~~ bi~ becomes bi~ bi~ _ _ _ _ biiiiiii~) one word - CHUEY! - some funny scenes at the distingush honour (prize) presentation ceremony - aunties at the back keep on whinning - uncle keep on saying there are no markings on the parade square. but... hello?! the parades squares are full of yellow tape - when parents are changing the ranks, the whole parade square is full of umbrellas and seems like in a chaos. that scene look like something that we can only see outside "guang yin miao" at "si ma lu". HA! - etc etc etc.


some photos to share; these are taken during the "wait and wait" session and also during the parade.

Leader's square in the 1950s


Leader's square... NOW


a particular company line in the 50s...



in the 80s...


NOW...
wah~ building still the same!!!and "bu mei bu hui" also came to the parade! HAHAHA! actually just some magic performed by my phone





parade forming up ever since 1950s...

still forming...

finally fomed!

this uncle waited for 60yrs for the parade to form up... bu mei bu hui wait till she passed away and become ghost liao~


if i didn't see the specialist creed, i only know that they "recited": i..... i.... i.... WITH MY LIFE!!! LOL

the chaotic scenes that i have talked about previously... remind me of "si ma lu" guang yin temple during rainy days

Playing with my life

My sore throat sort of recover, in a better condition as compare to yesterday. But the symptoms of the flu are rather severe, my nose keep on "running" non stop, forming the next "natural" water fall. Initially I have no intention to get out of house to attend my RT. But... Thinking that there might be rain, and all the exercise might not be that strenuous, i decided get myself ready to get out.

BUT!!! haiyo, heaven is not on my side today, the rain only lasted for about 20minutes. So.... RT is back to RUN RUN RUN! JUMP JUMP JUMP! Before going for my first run, i thought my body is not ready to handle the additional physical stress from a run. Therefore, i'm mentally prepared that i may just fall out any moment. Guess what? in my current situation, i'm still able to run a total of 4.6km plus those additional static activities. Wah! unbelievable!!! xiaoming must have transfer his energy to me! This is like testing my stamina... or should i say playing with my life?

HA! But..... think i really used up all my energy in today's RT session. I straight away head for my bed after I have reached home. den kun for about 2 hours to recharge my battery.

Anyway, there was a damn scary incident just now. I was at level one, waiting for the lift. But the lift somehow got stuck at level 7 and couldn't come down. I was like "Wah lau! newly renovated/developed lift so ko-yat one ah? so fast spoilt liao?" Fortunately, after minutes of waiting, the lift finally show signs of coming down. In the end, when the lift approaches level 1.... ... ... i saw a long haired lady standing very near to the door. She was wearing red, and she let her hair down. the ventilation in our new lift seems rather strong too. Why? her hair is dancing in the lift! wah lau! i thought i saw a female ghost! she was alone, long black hair, pale looking face, no emotion and her hair is even flying all the way. i was so scared that i took a step back. Auntie ah! u r trying to sia si ren meh?

My advice to everyone... please! please! please! don't let ur hair down if u r wearing red. and please don't be so fierce looking when u r wearing red. MACHIAM LIKE GHOST AH!

Sick enough to "die"

This late morning, i was awakened by the miserable feeling of my throat. Gosh! It is so dry that the it seems like having a drought in there! Since my body is also kinda warm, i thought it was due to the hot weather out there.

However, after drinking so many cups of water, the dryness just wont go away. The throat is constantly having "pain" and my body sort of feverish. It was then when my body have got some form of "pain", I noticed... I'm SICK!

Argghhh! my throat is BURNING! It is so "Gang Kor" (Xin ku in Hokkien). Is like something stuck there, and you have no ways to get it off. Thinking that taking some "pipa gao" and have a good nap might help, i went to do so. But NO LOR! After taking a nap, my throat is even TERRIBLE! I feel as if some chef is slicing your throat from the inside!!!! MY THROAT IS SOOOO DRY! MY THROAT IS BURNING!!! I feel like dying!

Phobia of watermelon

Was watching kangxi (yesterday's episode), and it was about what some artists have phobia and are afraid of. Some things that they have phobia of may sounds ridiculous, but it somehow brought back memories on one of the phobia that I once had.

Well, I once have phobia of watermelon. Pretty odd right? The moment someone serve a plate of water melon or mention that word, i must "SIAM" or make my way to the gents.



There actually is a story behind it, and it happened when i was around the age of 9? (around primary 3)...
It was new year, and as usual, grandma cut fruits for all of us. Nothing, except water melon for that night's "fruit tasting" session. As I was sibey "tam jiak" at that age, i ate plenty of watermelon. Not sure how much i actually ate, but it just made me fell sick that very night! I suspect my stomach got too full, and for that whole night i kept vomiting. Ever since, that "awful" taste of water melon kept haunting me for about 5 or 6 years.

I know it sounds absurd. And should blame myself for being too "tam jiak", instead of pushing the blame on watermelon. But you know? water melon has got this very strong watermelon smell. Especially when you eat it till that white-green part. That taste of the juice is erm.... how to describe? If it was in the past, i might use "euw~" to describe it. And now? Hmmm.... they are... usually bland lor. LOL!

For that 5 or 6 years, whenever someone mention watermelon to, it will remind me of that "awful" taste and I would have that feel of vomiting. Anyway, I manage to get over it during secondary sch days. I forgotten how and why I got over it. But if i did not remember wrongly, my first approach is to try it a little by a little, and never to eat too much.

Anyway, there is still some phobia that i can never overcome... clowns and cockroaches!!! EEEKKKK!

Poke Ur Birthday

Found this interesting facts about my birthday through pokemybirthday.com : Site that Pokes Your Birthday!


Poke My Birthday on 29.August.1985

On your Way to Your Birthday on 29.August.1985:
You were born on Thursday on 29.August.1985 and you think this is your oldest day of your life history but you are sadly wrong. Let's surprise you:
23.October.1984, Tuesday, (Your birthday -310 days):
On 23.October.1984, Tuesday, your father has produced the semen that will be half of you soon.

He produced 1000 sperms every second of his life and you will be be lucky one out of 500 million sperm he sent on their way in the conceivement. You may find interesting to know that if he had drunk (or not drunk) coffee on this Tuesday morning, you might born completely as someone else (for instance in the opposite sex) as kafein changes the speed of male sperms.
7.November.1984, Wednesday (Your birthday -295 days):
Today your mother ad her last menstrual cycle and started building up the egg, that will be the other half of you.

After today, she will not have this cycle again for a very long time (thanks to you!). She spent Wednesday as moody, anxious, short-tempered and you should be glad, you were not around her that day!
22.November.1984, Thursday (Your birthday -280 days):
Your mother's egg is ready to build the other half of you and your father and your mother got together to make you.

But there is still no "you" around so don't get excited much. It can take several hours for your father's sperm to reach your mother's egg and now it is just on its way out.
23.November.1984, Friday (Your birthday -279 days):
Out of 500 million sperm on their way to your mother's egg, the sperm which built you has won the race by coming first and the sperm and the egg is became one to make your very first cell. Do you see how lucky your half (the sperm) be by winning coming up first among 500 million other rivals? Never tell you are not lucky anymore!

We can call Friday, 23.November.1984 as your "first day alive" because this is when you are a living entity, an embryo, congratulations! Although you are just a 1 cell creature today your unique DNA is also formed so your future destiny like your sex, height, physical apperance, intelligence, characteristic and vulnability to certain dissesases is already been determined.
7.December.1984, Friday (Your birthday -265 days):
If your mother is an intelligent women, she would have suspected that she is pregnant at 7.December.1984, Friday. She is not very sure yet but she is suspicious. We hope she was excited and joyed, not worried.
14.December.1984, Friday (Your birthday -258 days):
Today your mother is telling your father about her pregrancy and he is celebrating to be a daddy!

Day 14.December.1984, Friday is also important in that, your heart has pumped for the first time today. We don't know if it is a coincedence that your father learned about you in the very day, your heart first pumped!
28.February.1985, Thursday (Your birthday -182 days):
Your parents could have lawfully got an abortion until 28.February.1985, Thursday so this is also an important day of your life. Today they decided you should live!

We are glad they didn't otherwise, we'd lose one site visitor in pokemybirthday.com.
29.August.1985, Thursday(Your birthday):
You are born to a cruel world. Happy birthday little buddy! We hope you remember to enjoy your life which was a big journey from day minus 310 to today.

PIAK!

Finally got my ear pierced. Well, i did inform my mom that i gonna pierce my ear. But she seems not pretty much interest, or does not have much reaction. Maybe she thought this will be another "talk only, never act" case. Tuesday (7 December), the third day after i got my first ear hole.... my mom still never notice it, or should i say... is she don't have the chance to see it?

Sunday: Reached home at around 11plus, and mom already in bed. She did woke up and talk to me, but she didn't see it due to "angle" or blur vision (as she just got up for "toilet" break)

Monday: She was away for work, and I was out from evening till 2plus (which is one hour ago). So... by the time i reached home, she has already in deep sleep liao. Sooo.... still no chance to see again. HAHAHA!

Tuesday (nor or later): hmmm.... i think she may or may not see it. Since i will be away from evening till night for RT. So.... the earliest timing she can notice it is.... 9plus or 10pm? Not very sure if she will notice it or not. Depend on fate liao lor. 不打都打了 hahaha!

Anyway, there isnt really much pain when i got my ear pierced. only feel that impact and the kinda loud "PIAK" sound. the next thing that you know is....you need to pay $ liao. HAHAHA! Hmmm.... and not to the extend of a need to cry or saying KNN in your heart. But the other two (friends) do feel some pain. Hmmm... i do feel a little bit of something/pain, but is like 20minutes later when i nod my head. HA! Slow-Mo ah?

Think i'm sort of paranoid over the possibility of any infection or blaa blaa blaaa... HOPE NOT! MUST NOT! google around for information and I found this:


这是一些打完后的耳洞护理

• 打完耳洞后，洗脸、睡觉时都要避免挤压耳朵，并保持耳洞干燥通风。
• 保持每日旋转耳针，避免耳针与皮肤粘连，促进伤口愈合。
• 坚持每日涂医用酒精消毒，这一点对刚打完耳洞的人非常非常重要。
• 耳针和针托不要扣得太紧，否则容易引起肿胀，最好留有一定的空隙 打耳洞的第一天，打完两小时之后转动耳钉，这个时候耳洞还很小，所以要忍住疼，这样耳洞就转开了。尽早的换上塑料，金银制的耳钉，最晚三天。再晚容易发炎。再接下去的几天擦点消炎的东西，如果怕粘，就擦酒精，不过有点疼，怕疼得可以擦点红霉素眼药膏，一周之后大概就定型了，谨记在扎了耳洞的一个月内不要总是换耳钉，这样会让刚恢复的耳洞周围的皮肤受伤，感染，这都是经验之谈。
• 然后是用酒精擦耳朵 （不用摘耳钉）。 一定要用医用棉签，一天擦2~3次，睡觉前一定要擦一次
• 最好尽量不要沾水。洗头发，洗澡一定要注意。

在穿耳洞后的一、两个月内每天用棉签沾酒精擦拭耳洞前后缝隙（耳钉不要摘），将灰尘、细菌清理干净，然后轻轻转动一下耳钉，让酒精渗入耳洞内起到消毒作用。

三个月后一周至少两次护理耳洞（耳钉可摘可不摘），如果摘掉耳钉擦拭时可轻轻挤一下耳洞，如果有分泌物就清理干净，再把耳钉戴上，每次摘耳钉或戴耳钉前都要先用酒精棉消毒耳钉，再摘戴，这是个好的卫生习惯。

打耳洞初期，要坚持佩戴耳钉，否则一夜间便能长上；三个月后可以每周休息一二天；半年后伤口愈合，就可随意佩戴了。


Anyway, sort of sia suay when i first turn it. I thought it will be quite painful, so i took a deep breath before turning it. But after turning it for quite some time, I didnt feel anything actually. So i thought only my hand moved, but not the earing. After confirming with derek on the "process", then i know i already turned it liao. haiyo!

hmmm....think there is new things to buy for next new year liao. but i need to settle somrthing more important now... my cravings! Suddenly, I have got crave for Azuki. WHERE TO FIND AZUKI this timing? Rrrr....

ajmll

More fries please =)

Many years ago, McDonald's french fries were proved to be vegan. But then, some years later, news reported that McDonald's french fries were in fact not vegetarian at all. They either contain beef fat in them, or it uses natural flavouring powder that contained beef extract (depending on the region).

In the end, vegetarians were outraged by the news and decided to sue Mcdonalds instead. The lawsuit eventually went successful. To some vegetarian out there, they feel that these fries are not even "safe" to be consume. No one knows if the cooking oil used is "pure" or recycled. Some decided to "boycott" the brand just for safety.

Recently, I decided to check up on this topic again. Well, I'm glad that Mcdonalds (local) already posted these information on their website.

KENG & "SHARE"

THE TWO CHAO KENG CLOWNS
Can you believe that there are people who can even CHAO KENG while doing warm up exercises?! Asking them to move their arms or move their legs seems to be tooooo difficult for them. It is as if those exercises are going to break their bones any minute. The way of chao keng can totally make one goes speechless. Simple warm up exercises such as side stretch (put ur left/right hand over your head, then bend towards the right/left) also can keng?! Pretty amazing right? This particular guy, whom I've just seen during the RT session, simply PLACE his hand on top of the head... then his body never even move at all. Machiam like his hand weight at least 70KG, too heavy to lift up, must rest it on his head. WA LAU! I see liao feeling like slapping that guy. Side stretch only leh! and exercise just started leh! need to KENG until like that meh?

Then ah... This person de friend also KENG! Do jumping jacks only also wanna KENG! The way he KENG totally turn him into some idiot clown! He simply swing his left hand and lift his left leg up... then swing his right hand and lift his right leg up. Wa liew eh... I see liao damn pek chek. Is do jumping jacks leh, not asking you to do jumping clowns or perform in some circus.

Warm up exercise only, and yet both of them can KENG here and there. How about the rest of those strenuous static exercises? You're right! KENG ALSO LOR! Feel like slapping this two guys. If you wanna keng, you might as well go to the very back, Stand there, don't do anything lah! or simply declare yourself a last minute status/excuse lah. You are just wasting the very limited space that others are trying to find.

DISGUSTING WAY OF "WASHING UP"
After washing up, I walked to the basin to "style" my hair. But I'm very disgusted by the act of some "uncle"who is using the basin behind me...

The postion is like that:
--- BASIN 1 --- --- BASIN 2 ---
( no people ) ( "uncle" )
VERY SMALL WALK WAY
( momo ) (another guy)
--- BASIN 3 --- --- BASIN 4 ---

You can believe it what that uncle is doing at the basin. He washed his armpit at the basin! I repeat again... WASH! not WIPED! WASH!!! he lifted up his hand, then spread the water to his armpit. Though did not do it infront of me, but the scene is very disturbing. Some more he spread the water with so much force that some droplets of water "land" onto my leg! Aiyer! I JUST FINISH WASH UP LEH! feel like slapping this "uncle" also. If you wanna wash ur armpit, do so at the shower cubicle lah! Is not as if there are no showering facilities! Do you need to be soooooo "sharing"? Share with us the correct way of washing armpit? Totally buay tahan!

Rrrrr!!! Phase 2 of RT is like so many days. Though I'm not going there from monday to thursday! But 3 sessions per week is like going there everyday lor. ::>_<::
momo wanna run faster, momo wanna jump further, momo wanna pull better!

Beware of Lucky Numbers!

All the while, I have been thinking of keeping my spare "m1" number till next year... and most probably port it over to other telco such as Singtel. However, I recall something, which is known as "Lucky Number" or "Golden Number".

Though all Telcos in Singapore offer number portability, but I remember reading articles on customers that have to pay extra charges upon porting their number to other service provider.

Well, after google-ing around. I'm right! Most cases happened to customers who were initially under m1. When these customers received their final bill, they did not expect to pay something that is known as 'lucky number fee levy'.


News Article: Blindsided by irony of 'lucky' levy for number portability
Source: AsiaOne

ABOUT two years ago, my wife, teenage son and I went to a MobileOne (M1) open house at Jurong Point atrium to sign up for an M1 line.

We selected the phone we wanted, chose from a list of numbers and signed the contract.

The sales promoter only highlighted to us that should we prematurely terminate our contract or downgrade our plan before the end of the two-year contract, we would be required to pay a penalty.

Note that I was just given a list of numbers to choose from and no special mention was made about this list. It was the usual practice of choosing a number from a list and nothing was said about the number I chose being a 'lucky' number when I signed the contract.

When my contract ended last month, I signed up with SingTel, taking advantage of the number portability scheme.

Imagine my surprise when I received my final M1 bill and it showed a charge of $100 for a 'lucky number fee levy' to port the number to SingTel.

There was nothing lucky about the number I chose. It was a random choice from a list. I would not have chosen that number or signed with M1 if it had been highlighted to me that the number was not portable or I would have to pay a fee of $100 to port it.

What is the point of the Infocomm Development Authority pushing for number portability if telcos can put in a clause in their contract that says otherwise?

This is the first time I have heard of a 'lucky number fee levy'. So to those about to sign a new contract with a telco, you should check if there is a cost involved if you port your number - in case the sales promoter conveniently forgets to mention it, as in my case.

'unlucky' number or just pay up and blame myself for being unlucky. What irony - and all because of a 'lucky' number

What are 'lucky' numbers?
According to M1's website, "lucky" numbers are defined as mobile phone numbers containing one of the following:
- have four similar last digits (eg. 3333);
- contain repeating numbers (eg. 4545, or 5445);
- have numbers that appear in sequence (eg. 4567).


Gosh! I don't remember the m1 promoter telling me this "levy" thing as well! From the source, I'm sure my spare m1 number (9XX67676) should be a "Lucky" number liao. Hmmm... Think is time for me to re-consider whether to keep this spare number...