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Just some misc shots taken during Evans & Lilian's PreBridal shoot :)

Labels: Brides, Canon 5Dmk2, Friends, Grooms, Humor, Images, Inspirations, Local, Photography, PreWeddings

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Labels: Humor, Images, Inspirations, Tech

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I thought it would be funny to do it after reading it off LilSnooze's and FaerieImp's entries :D

Labels: Humor, Meme, Ranting, Sianzzz

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Saw this very, very, very funny clip from AsiaOne:

Do watch this -


Before it's taken off Youtube :p

Apparently, she went to the loo (just listen carefully) to take a dump (Yeah right... I think she went shopping till she forgot the time and ignored the last min boarding announcements) and the boarding gate for her Cathay flight was closed. Her dramatic entrance could put an NFL linebacker to shame and that more than 3 mins of wailing can make for Golden Horse for Best Drama :D

Labels: Humor, Youtube

Posted by ShutterBug at 00:51 | Permalink | Comments 1

The weather last Wednesday was so absolutely fantabulous that got most of us wondering how come we ain't shooting any pre-wedding or ESessions on such a beautiful day :p It's so funny right... when the weather was so perfect such as this, most of us ain't shooting...

WPN Photographers had our monthly gathering @ the tranquil and lush settings of Dempsey Hill and for the X'mas photo to be uploaded onto the WPN Website. Looking at the photos.. it's just really funny that when you place a group of photographers together for a shoot, you really get some very interesting reactions and photos... and as Ead said in his post, we do belong BEHIND the camera instead of in front of it :p

anyway, here's some previews from Yuhsin:

Labels: Friends, Humor, Images, Inspirations, Photography, Thoughts, Weddings

Posted by ShutterBug at 18:12 | Permalink | Comments 2

Got really bored last night while editing so decided to have a little timeout fun with the web flash application called Yearbookyourself.com

I nearly died laughing@ 5am... :D

Labels: Humor, Sianzzz

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I love their Tsukemen!!! Slurp!!!

Labels: Friends, Golf, Greetings, Humor, Local, Thoughts

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Labels: Humor, Thoughts

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Not been blogging much but I will do soon... meantime, this latest podcast of Mr Brown's really got me LOL and ROFL... at least there's some humor everytime we pass the ever-increasing ERP gantries

2 Many 2 Count - ERP Drift

I wonder if you know,

how they live in Ang Mo Kio

Go to City many gantry

Can't afford your speed too low

Fast and Furious! (Kena!) (Beep! Beep! Beep!)

Slow is dangerous (Aiyah!) (Beep! Beep! Beep!)

I wonder if you know,

how they live in Toa Payoh

Please lah tolong, only Lorong

Not Expressway also tio!

Fast and furious! (Kena!) (Beep! Beep! Beep!)

Spread like Virus! (Aiyah! (Beep! Beep! Beep!)

Many many taxes danglin'

ERP now is randomin'

Keep your speed 'bove 45

Or everybody cashcard won't survive!

Suka suka ERP on

Happy happy gantry can born

16 new ways to gope your 'lui'

see already want to 'pui'!

Gahmen say take MRT

Cos car is only luxury

Build the road for Fallari

Normal car will up lorry

Ji Pa Ban (uh!), Ichiban (uh!)

No million dollars you Lan Lan

CTE is the place to be

Singapore road for VIP

I wonder if you know

How they live in Ang Mo Kio

Reach work early, at 5.30

Spend three hours drink teh-O

Can't be seraious (wah lau!) (Beep! Beep! Beep!)

Live like vampires (ouch!) (Beep! Beep! Beep!)

I wonder if you know

Where the gantry never grow

Where the lorry never worry

Travel freely where you go

Pulau Bukom (Don't have!) (Beep! Beep! Beep!)

Pulau Tekong (Huat ah!) (Beep! Beep! Beep!)

Labels: Humor, Thoughts

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Labels: BnW, Grooms, Humor, Images, Inspirations, Local, Photography, Thoughts, Weddings

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The Recipe For Ron

3 parts Warmth 2 parts Passion 1 part Dignity Splash of Genius Finish off with a squeeze of lime juice

Labels: Humor

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Labels: Friends, Humor, Thoughts

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from WS's funny post -

maybe we had too much wine... but here's a prelude to the Christmas cheer!

Labels: Greetings, Humor, Us

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linked from Pink Tentacle

Imagine answering nature's call while surrounded all round by an aquarium... I guess this is part of the quirkiness common to Japan and strangely, this toilet is only for female users.... dun ask me why but that lecher of a turtle is not complaining though....

Kinda makes me wonder who is being the aquarium attraction now...

Labels: Humor, Ranting, Sianzzz

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from TokyoMango's blog, I went over to Geisha Asobi's blog and then to Dark Roasted Blend's blog...

Been reading up TokyoMango (by Lisa Katayama, a journalist/ writer based in US and Japan) after an incidental find and entries in her blog cracked me quite frequently with all the quirks of daily Japanese life and stories. Hehehe.. Materials for my next trip to Japan.. hehehe..

and found this post

Labels: Humor, Japan, Thoughts

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hahahha... not always the case but it really sux when it is.

Labels: Humor, Ranting, WTD

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You just have to love Remy in Ratatouille. Who doesn't? ^.^

Pixar films has once again presented a heartwarming animated film about gourmet food, indifference in status and pure lovable comedy in the setting of the upclass city of Paris where one who dares to dream will make their mark one day when given the opportunity.

Side dish: what is 'ratatouille' anyway?

It's definitely inspiring for those who love to cook, entertaining for those who love Pixar's animated films and a must-get DVD when it's released!

Labels: Humor, Inspirations, Ranting

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DBS must be anticipating the older generation living in AMK to be more generous with their withdrawals as seen in this signage @ one of the DBS cash withdrawal machines in AMK hub.

I hope they have it changed by now though.. lolz... ^.^

Labels: E65, Humor, Ranting

Posted by ShutterBug at 09:02 | Permalink | Comments 1

Do bear with the longwinded story :)


Okie okie, there's really no story about the proposal plans, just God's timely blessings and lotsa support from our friends :)

How it all started:

The plan was supposed to be launched during Oct this year on Ms Clover's birthday but since we have decided to go travelling in Aug, I decided to do it early during then. That was back in mid June (yeah... we got the travel bug even after coming back from Krabi barely 1 month earlier)

1st off, I want to give thanks to God for all the wonderful timing and for His blessings in everything. The period when I got the ring was during GSS which allowed me to get the ring ,which I was eyeing on for some time already, for a better price although it still left a crater in my account but praise the Lord for He has blessed me so much. I was very ecstatic when I smsed TehPeng the day I bought it :D

The next was the timing of the vacation. At first we were looking to go to Genting and then to Penang but a quick change of plan occured when Lil' Ms Snooze told me that they are going to Phuket in late July. So I surfed around and saw that Tiger Airways's having a great deal on tixs to Phuket and so Phuket it was! Our 1st choice of accom was Aleenta coz it really looked very good and their beach loft was something I know Ms Clover will like a lot. Sadly, a quick indepth check over emails and tourist reviews confirmed that the beach lofts have no private pools, no TVs and it's situated @ a very remote site off Phuket. That's going to a big no-no for us coz we would like to go exploring and do some shopping as well.

Lil Ms Snooze then suggested the resort they were going to - Phuket Pavilions. It's much bigger, private pool, award-winner and almost same price as Aleenta. As we always book our hotel stays from Asiarooms.com, I quickly booked online and waited with much anticipation f orconfirmation from the hotel BUT I can't believe it when the email reply and sms came the next day informing that there's no more vacancy left in Pavilions....

Really panicked and a little thrown off-course, I quickly smsed teh couple who, by this time, were in Phuket already and staying in Pavilions to inform and check with them if the period that I have planned to go up is indeed fully booked. Apparently Asiaroom.com only allocates a small portion to their clients so their quota is full and therefore I can't get a successful booking thru' them.

Therefore it's really God's blessings that Lil' Ms Snoose and Teh Peng were there during that time and they quickly helped me reserved their pavilion as well as even arranging for their butler to service our stay when we go up in Aug. (Thank you guys!)

Again, we experienced God's blessings during the week running up to leaving for Phuket... remember I blogged about the rising Thai Baht? Well, the Thai Baht dropped steadily during the week leading up and was back to the range of SGD$ 46 for every 1000 THB. Even as I blog now, the THB has started to climb back up again.

The proposal - here comes Murphy's Law:

Well, Ms Clover was obviously blown away with the stay @ Phuket Pavilions and we had a grand time just relaxing on the 1st day by the pool and during dinner in 360 (the restaurant in Pavilions)

The 2nd day was pre-planned when I was still in Singapore. While exchanging MSN info on Phuket, Lil' Ms Snooze showed me Ratri Jazztaurant and my 1st impression was seriously good (and they have live Jazz music - even better!). Again, I made my reservation for dinner over email with Jay (the owner) and was replied after 2 days with a confirmation :D

My plan initially was to propose over drinks & a slow dance after dinner to the tune of 'Quando Quando Quando' played by Manolo and his Jazz band. Before all that, I was quite jittery and definitely feeling an increasing stress coz what if the plan didn't go as well as I have envisioned or whatever hiccups are there... Xiao Long Bao did sms-ed me a while back when I announced that I will be doing the proposal in Phuket that it need not to be perfect, just take it easy. I also remembered replying that I will keep it simple and sincere. Ha, the real thing wasn't as easy.

Dinner @ Ratri was very good. Ms Clover was overwhelmed with the beauty of the place, the good food and the amazing live music. I had initially wanted to ask the band to play 'Quando' and to my surprise, just as I was about to ask, they launched into it! Ha! God's perfect timing again BUT Ms Clover was quite lethargic and I just couldn't persuade her to dance. Fizzied... Can't really propose like that also... so Plan B.

Back at the Pavilion, I was setting up the bedroom with the ring on the bed and was taking some photos of the ring when I heard her walking into the room. Darn! I swiped the ring quickly into my hand and told her that I was photographing the fabric on the bed. Fizzled again... Plan C

by this time I was like, HOW NOW?

Okie, so I did the next best thing. We sat on the bed, talked and joked a little and then I asked,
"Do you love me?"
"Yes"
"Darling, would you marry me?"
"No"
"No?"

Hahahah.. yupz, her 1st answer was NO....

she followed up with this: "unless you jump into the pool now, swim to the further corner and ask me again, maybe I will consider..."

No hesitation... slide open the doors to the pool from the bedroom, jumped into the freezing waters, wade to the end of the pool and yelled my question to her again...

Ha, the rest was history :)

Labels: Clover, Friends, Humor, Proposal, Thoughts, Us

Posted by ShutterBug at 01:13 | Permalink | Comments 14

Dunno if anyone caught this (or I'm reading old news) -

THAI COPS PUNISHED BY HELLO KITTY (06 Aug 2007)
article & image from BBC News

Police chiefs in the Thai capital, Bangkok, have come up with a new way of punishing officers who break the rules - an eye-catching Hello Kitty armband.

The armband is large, bright pink and has a Hello Kitty motif with two hearts embroidered on it.

From today, officers who are late, park in the wrong place or commit other minor transgressions will have to wear it for several days.

The armband is designed to shame the wearer, police officials said.

"This is to help build discipline. We should not let small offences go unnoticed," Police Colonel Pongpat Chayapan told Reuters news agency.

"Guilty officers will be made to wear the armbands in the office for a few days, with instructions not to disclose their offences. Let people guess what they have done," he said.

Further offences would be dealt with using a more traditional disciplinary panel, he said.

but all the same, it's damn funny... Bad kitty... baaaaadddddd..... ^.^

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Labels: Humor, Ranting, Thoughts

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