Thank you for an eventful year. A year wrought with natural disasters and man-made ones. The world is getting crankier, and so am I. Too many things internalized, makes one craz(ier)y.
Still, there are many things to be thankful for. We are still alive despite the many disasters. Family and friends went through the year with minimal health issues. Travelled to Brunei, Macau, Hong Kong and Vietnam and experienced new culture, people and scenaries. Doing enjoyable stuffs with friends like eating, drinking, and discovering new places. Actively blogging. Discovering K-pop and specifically Girls' Generation (and also securing that ticket to the concert, daebak!)
To family and friends, "Thank you" for being you. Happy New Year, and may 2012 brings you joy and happiness.
31 December, 2011
29 December, 2011
25 December, 2011
grapefruit & pomelo
Saw this in NTUC and bought 2 to try. It's a grapefruit from Israel, called Sweetie. Hahaa! With a name like that, it should be sweet, right?
This is the first time I've seen a green grapefruit. Usually, it's like pink in colour, yes? Well, this grapefruit seriously smells like pomelo, the skin texture same as pomelo and it even taste like pomelo...just that it is abit tiny to be a pomelo.
And yes, it was kinda sweet...just like how a pomelo would've been!
Apparently, grapefruit's ancestor is pomelo...so ta-dah, mystery solved! Read about grapefruit.
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| grapefruit from Israel |
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| looks like a mini pomelo, doesn't it? |
This is the first time I've seen a green grapefruit. Usually, it's like pink in colour, yes? Well, this grapefruit seriously smells like pomelo, the skin texture same as pomelo and it even taste like pomelo...just that it is abit tiny to be a pomelo.
And yes, it was kinda sweet...just like how a pomelo would've been!
Apparently, grapefruit's ancestor is pomelo...so ta-dah, mystery solved! Read about grapefruit.
23 December, 2011
chicken mcgrill
Had my first taste of Chicken McGrill yesterday. Since it was expensive, figured it made sense to take some pics before eating it.
It looked pretty nice. What with juicy thigh meat and all :)~
But unfortunately, I've had better ones elsewhere...
Yes, the chicken patty was juicy and tender but it was way too soggy. Huh? Meat soggy? Or, saucy? Too much sauce! Curly fries were a tad too salty as well.
But the pictures turned out well, didn't they?
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| still in its box |
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| feel like biting into this? |
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| curly fries |
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| very curly fries |
It looked pretty nice. What with juicy thigh meat and all :)~
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| doesn't this look yummy? |
But unfortunately, I've had better ones elsewhere...
Yes, the chicken patty was juicy and tender but it was way too soggy. Huh? Meat soggy? Or, saucy? Too much sauce! Curly fries were a tad too salty as well.
But the pictures turned out well, didn't they?
15 December, 2011
snacks from Saigon
Pics of snacks bought from Vietnam trip.
The crispy snack with peanuts fillings was bought from Binh Tay market from an aunty who spoke Cantonese. It's VND28000 for a packet of 30 pieces. SGD1.80 only?! Hahaa, good buy! Bought the Custas from the same departmental store that has the Vinamilk yoghurt, and a box of 12 pieces for VND45000. That's about SGD2.90? Muahahaa!
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| embedded parsley makes a cute motif! |
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| closer view of this yummy crispy snack |
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| peanuts filling |
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| i like custas very much! |
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| yummeh! |
The crispy snack with peanuts fillings was bought from Binh Tay market from an aunty who spoke Cantonese. It's VND28000 for a packet of 30 pieces. SGD1.80 only?! Hahaa, good buy! Bought the Custas from the same departmental store that has the Vinamilk yoghurt, and a box of 12 pieces for VND45000. That's about SGD2.90? Muahahaa!
10 December, 2011
it was fantastic~
Got ticket to 2011 Girls' Generation Tour in Singapore concert? Yeap, you bet!
What else? Oooh, how about a lightstick?
Ok ok, not the foamed heart though. Super paiseh to carry it and wave it around la... *shy*
And the tshirt, only wore it when was at Singapore Indoor Stadium. =P
Was at my seat at about 715pm and the show wasn't scheduled to start till 8pm. Another girl sat next to me on my right, and she was separated from her elder sis. Hard to buy the tickets, ya? A young chap sat two seats away on my left hand side, and he was also separated from his friends. But of course, with or without friends, everyone there that night, we were one big family of fans! YAY! And behind me, was a group from Soshified. WoOOhooO!
Sones from Thailand, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia were also present that night. Parents accompanying their teenage kids were also seen, and they bought the most expensive tickets, yo!
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| ticket, checked |
What else? Oooh, how about a lightstick?
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| why not get the whole package, hahaha! |
Ok ok, not the foamed heart though. Super paiseh to carry it and wave it around la... *shy*
And the tshirt, only wore it when was at Singapore Indoor Stadium. =P
Was at my seat at about 715pm and the show wasn't scheduled to start till 8pm. Another girl sat next to me on my right, and she was separated from her elder sis. Hard to buy the tickets, ya? A young chap sat two seats away on my left hand side, and he was also separated from his friends. But of course, with or without friends, everyone there that night, we were one big family of fans! YAY! And behind me, was a group from Soshified. WoOOhooO!
Sones from Thailand, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia were also present that night. Parents accompanying their teenage kids were also seen, and they bought the most expensive tickets, yo!
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| still waiting... |
At approximately 8.20pm, the stage has some hidden movement. The crowd screams! The covers on central stage was lifted and we saw this:
When the girls are finally revealed, the concert begins!
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| crowd is excited and the Girls are in there! |
When the girls are finally revealed, the concert begins!
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| concert begins! sowoneul marhaebwa~ |
The energy level from the crowd was super good! Anytime any of the girls start singing, we'll scream. Camera zoom in on one member, we scream! All the fanchants, we scream! Anytime any member does an expression, we scream!
On my right, her bias was Hyoyeon. So anytime dancing queen comes within eye sight, my neighbour screams! Behind me, Taeyeon fans, so same thing, they scream whenever Taeyeon comes into view! Sunshiners everywhere as well!
Happy to cheer for all members and they know it because we saw them smile when we were loud! Buahahaha!
Tiffany need not worry about muffled response from audience. During Lady Marmalade, when she and Taengoo pointed the mic to the audience and said, "Scream Singapore!~" We ROARED~ WOooOOO!
For the intro part, Sooyoungie sounded really good speaking in English, so does Seohyun. Hyoyeon, Taeng, Yoona can't really converse in English though. Yuri charmed the audience with her Mandarin~ Tiffany was the groups' spokeswoman for the night. ^_^
The concert format should be mostly the same throughout the tour. Seen the Japan tour concert footages before, so roughly know what to expect.
YulSic did their pinky promises. So sweet. Maknae was cute and came to our section many times and waved, so did Yoona! Hyoyeon also! *cue screams* I think the crowd dieded and went to soshi heaven everytime pretty Hyo points to the audience as if she can see them, and smiled ever so brightly! Yuri did her kkab arm flapping dance (but with a straight face) when she stood near our section. Hahaha, kutes!
Taeng was super cool with "Devil's Cry". Lots of pyrotechnics during the concert as well.
(not from SG concert, but just to show Devil's Cry)
One incident happened though. Tiffany nearly tripped because there was a pink carebear lying carelessly on the stage floor (thrown from audience) but she didn't see it till too late. Kinda dangerous! Perhaps crew can assist to remove potential hazard from the stage when necessary? But yeah, Taeyeon did pick up a Dookong. Hahaa! And Hyoyeon picked up a big toy flower. Saw one of the girls threw a rilakkuma back to the audience in mosh pit, wonder why is that?
Lots of concert filler videos; sweet ones, fantasy ones, suspense thriller ones, uplifting ones and one realistic one. The one featuring Key from Shinee was a hoot! He plays an everyday guy who's delusional and thinks that the Girls are with him everywhere. Perhaps, the Girls' had become an integral part of each SONEs life.
Happy Day
Jessica looks like a Barbie doll during her 'Almost' segment. Kwon Yuri performed her 'If' dance stylishly, Hyo grooved to Rihanna's "Don't Stop the Music", Yoona did the pole thingy, Sooyoung classy in 'Sway' and Sunny danced the disturbingly suggestive choreo (to Britney's 3) while thankfully, maknae Seohyun was innocently charming and sweet doing tap-dancing while TaeNy powerful vocals were heard in Lady Marmalade.
Very soon (almost too soon!), the concert came to an end but not without a fight. Tiffany (naughty Pani!) tried to trick us by saying that Forever is really the last song. Seriously? NoooOOOooo! But we fans knew better. We stayed. We chanted. We screamed again and again. So the Girls came back out for final encore. wOoHoOO!
They did 3 more songs for encore, and we did the epic fail of a pink Kallang wave... =_=''' Hehehe, but still thanks to the hardworking Soshified members. You guys did great!
The concert ended on a Fantastic note (literally, because the end song is really seriously called "Fantastic").
Overheard on my way back in the MRT, a conversation snippet between a mom and her teenage daughter.
Mom: Who was the one dancing to "Sway"?
Teenage daughter: Sooyoung, mom. Sooyoung...
Mom: Who was that one, Taegon? (imagine some mangled pronunciation of poor Taengoo's name)
Teenage daughter: It's Taeyeon, mom. TAEYEON! Hyoyeon was the one who is good in dancing, and Jessica was the one that sings very high...(daughter sounded kind of exasperated but still wanted to let her mom knows who is who in the group). And Tiffany is the one that speaks the most tonight.
Actually, not bad for parents and kids to bond over midst of spazzing over their idols. ;)
On a side note: The lightstick was pretty cool, especially when the entire stadium was waving it.
Happy to cheer for all members and they know it because we saw them smile when we were loud! Buahahaha!
Tiffany need not worry about muffled response from audience. During Lady Marmalade, when she and Taengoo pointed the mic to the audience and said, "Scream Singapore!~" We ROARED~ WOooOOO!
For the intro part, Sooyoungie sounded really good speaking in English, so does Seohyun. Hyoyeon, Taeng, Yoona can't really converse in English though. Yuri charmed the audience with her Mandarin~ Tiffany was the groups' spokeswoman for the night. ^_^
The concert format should be mostly the same throughout the tour. Seen the Japan tour concert footages before, so roughly know what to expect.
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| Girls dancing |
YulSic did their pinky promises. So sweet. Maknae was cute and came to our section many times and waved, so did Yoona! Hyoyeon also! *cue screams* I think the crowd dieded and went to soshi heaven everytime pretty Hyo points to the audience as if she can see them, and smiled ever so brightly! Yuri did her kkab arm flapping dance (but with a straight face) when she stood near our section. Hahaha, kutes!
Taeng was super cool with "Devil's Cry". Lots of pyrotechnics during the concert as well.
(not from SG concert, but just to show Devil's Cry)
One incident happened though. Tiffany nearly tripped because there was a pink carebear lying carelessly on the stage floor (thrown from audience) but she didn't see it till too late. Kinda dangerous! Perhaps crew can assist to remove potential hazard from the stage when necessary? But yeah, Taeyeon did pick up a Dookong. Hahaa! And Hyoyeon picked up a big toy flower. Saw one of the girls threw a rilakkuma back to the audience in mosh pit, wonder why is that?
Lots of concert filler videos; sweet ones, fantasy ones, suspense thriller ones, uplifting ones and one realistic one. The one featuring Key from Shinee was a hoot! He plays an everyday guy who's delusional and thinks that the Girls are with him everywhere. Perhaps, the Girls' had become an integral part of each SONEs life.
Happy Day
Jessica looks like a Barbie doll during her 'Almost' segment. Kwon Yuri performed her 'If' dance stylishly, Hyo grooved to Rihanna's "Don't Stop the Music", Yoona did the pole thingy, Sooyoung classy in 'Sway' and Sunny danced the disturbingly suggestive choreo (to Britney's 3) while thankfully, maknae Seohyun was innocently charming and sweet doing tap-dancing while TaeNy powerful vocals were heard in Lady Marmalade.
Very soon (almost too soon!), the concert came to an end but not without a fight. Tiffany (naughty Pani!) tried to trick us by saying that Forever is really the last song. Seriously? NoooOOOooo! But we fans knew better. We stayed. We chanted. We screamed again and again. So the Girls came back out for final encore. wOoHoOO!
They did 3 more songs for encore, and we did the epic fail of a pink Kallang wave... =_=''' Hehehe, but still thanks to the hardworking Soshified members. You guys did great!
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| Sunny's shocked reaction, Jessie laughs and Sooyoung pretty, Yuri's cute and the chodings behind |
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| Girls lining up to bow and saying goodbyes~ |
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| crowd waving our goodbyes~ saranghaeo~ kamsa hamida~ |
The concert ended on a Fantastic note (literally, because the end song is really seriously called "Fantastic").
Overheard on my way back in the MRT, a conversation snippet between a mom and her teenage daughter.
Mom: Who was the one dancing to "Sway"?
Teenage daughter: Sooyoung, mom. Sooyoung...
Mom: Who was that one, Taegon? (imagine some mangled pronunciation of poor Taengoo's name)
Teenage daughter: It's Taeyeon, mom. TAEYEON! Hyoyeon was the one who is good in dancing, and Jessica was the one that sings very high...(daughter sounded kind of exasperated but still wanted to let her mom knows who is who in the group). And Tiffany is the one that speaks the most tonight.
Actually, not bad for parents and kids to bond over midst of spazzing over their idols. ;)
On a side note: The lightstick was pretty cool, especially when the entire stadium was waving it.
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| pretty, right? |
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| missing the tip after all those vigorous waving... |
Girls, we'll meet again at the next concert in Singapore! Meanwhile,
Jigeumeun So Nyuh Shi Dae!
Appurodo So Nyuh Shi Dae!
Yeongwonhi So Nyuh Shi Dae!
Appurodo So Nyuh Shi Dae!
Yeongwonhi So Nyuh Shi Dae!
07 December, 2011
05 December, 2011
back from short vacation~
Back from trip since Saturday. Was fun, and yeah, managed to survive road crossing in Vietnam, yay!! Hahaha! All in all, spent less than SGD700 inclusive of air-ticket, hotel and expenses there. Hehehe.
Here are some of the charms of Ho Chi Minh city:
Posted Day 1 too.
Here is Day 2 and Day 3.
Here are some of the charms of Ho Chi Minh city:
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| crossing road with scooters and car coming at you... |
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| Saigon telecom |
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| ca phe |
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| pho bo |
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| cheap local beer |
Posted Day 1 too.
Here is Day 2 and Day 3.
30 November, 2011
post MAMA 2011
Best Vocal Performance (Solo): IU, Good Day
Best Vocal Performance (Group): 2NE1, Lonely
Best OST: Baek Ji Young: That Woman (Secret Garden OST)
Artist of the Year and Best Female Group: Girls Generation
and the biggest winner of the night
Album of the Year, Best Male Group, Singapore's choice for Most Favourite Korean artist: Super Junior
29 November, 2011
to use or not to use, that is the question
Article on cosmetic, suncreen chemical raises cancer risk. Read here. Use also may get cancer, don't use also may get cancer. How?
woot~
Congratulations to Girls' Generation (SNSD) for winning the Best Female Group and Artist of the Year for 2011 MAMA (MNET Asian Music Awards)!
WOooHoo!
WOooHoo!
27 November, 2011
Reminiscing: Heaven's Coin
This is one Japanese drama that was a good companion during my first year in uni. It's also known as "Die Sterntaler" (German title) or 星の金貨 (hoshi no kinka). Was hooked on this drama so much so that me and my hall mates watched it during our exams even!
Fell in love with its main actress; Noriko Sakai (as Aya who is deaf/mute), as well as its male lead; Yutaka Takenouchi (as Takumi). I don't really like the 'actual' male lead Takao Osawa (as Shuichi). Yutaka is the other half of "Beach Boys".
The trials and tribulation of Aya (nurse) reminds me of Oshin. She's so unfortunate in the drama. It even stretches to 3 seasons...but the first season was the best.
The drama was so good that it bagged its lead actress and actor (Noriko Sakai and Yutaka Takenouchi) the Best Actress (5th Japan Drama Awards) and Best New Actor award (33rd Golden Arrow) in 1995.
Heaven's Coin theme song, Aoi Usagi
Here's a link to the drama synopsis if interested.
Fell in love with its main actress; Noriko Sakai (as Aya who is deaf/mute), as well as its male lead; Yutaka Takenouchi (as Takumi). I don't really like the 'actual' male lead Takao Osawa (as Shuichi). Yutaka is the other half of "Beach Boys".
The trials and tribulation of Aya (nurse) reminds me of Oshin. She's so unfortunate in the drama. It even stretches to 3 seasons...but the first season was the best.
The drama was so good that it bagged its lead actress and actor (Noriko Sakai and Yutaka Takenouchi) the Best Actress (5th Japan Drama Awards) and Best New Actor award (33rd Golden Arrow) in 1995.
Heaven's Coin theme song, Aoi Usagi
Here's a link to the drama synopsis if interested.
22 November, 2011
19 November, 2011
camera is back
The camera is now fixed. The process was quite fast, from the day it was sent to service center and the quotation was received in about 2-3 man-days and once confirmed to proceed with repair, it took just another 2 man-days.
But the service center had some issues with their application that updates customers' info. Took 2 men and some 10-15 minutes or so, before the issue is resolved.Technology sometimes, can be unpredictable.
But the service center had some issues with their application that updates customers' info. Took 2 men and some 10-15 minutes or so, before the issue is resolved.Technology sometimes, can be unpredictable.
16 November, 2011
discount?
Was at the MRT sushi shop to takeaway some sushi. Outside the shop, there was a group of youth carrying what appeared to be giant sized vouchers.
One of them approached me when I was inside, so decided to take some time to listen to his sales pitch. The gist of a long story cut short:
1. Pay $9.99 for the coupon first
2. There are about 2 pieces that entitles the user $5 discount per min. $10 purchase, then 4 pieces that allows you to buy sushi box that's below $1.60 at $1 price and capped at max. $6 discount per voucher.
3. There are probably 6 pieces of vouchers that lets you have 50% off second bento/platter/sashimi.
4. The discount vouchers for min. $10 purchase all expire this year, while vouchers for 50% off the second bento set expires early next year.
5. All vouchers are for 1 time use only.
So, assuming I paid $9.99, then in order for me to get back that amount, I need to spend another 2 x $10 (using the min. $10 purchase to get $5 discount). So in total, I will have to pay upfront $30 just to get back what I've paid for the voucher price? So only when I'm paying the next $10 ($30+$10), then the 'real' discount starts. So at $40th dollar, I can start to 'enjoy' the discount.
So assuming I save $6 (using the buy at $1 for items priced at $1.60 or below, so $10 gets me a discount of $6). Total percentage saved at this point=($6/$40) x 100=15%
But at $30th dollar, we got back the $9.99 (round up to $10). So, in this case, the discount is higher. Total percentage saved =($6/$30) x 100=20%
50% off the second item (assuming its the same value), really means you're just getting 25% discount in total.
So assuming, you're getting a discount of say $36, it will also means $108 is paid to vendor.
Did I get the vouchers at the end? Nope, because it wouldn't work for me. I would like a voucher that lets me enjoy a discount immediately upon use.
One of them approached me when I was inside, so decided to take some time to listen to his sales pitch. The gist of a long story cut short:
1. Pay $9.99 for the coupon first
2. There are about 2 pieces that entitles the user $5 discount per min. $10 purchase, then 4 pieces that allows you to buy sushi box that's below $1.60 at $1 price and capped at max. $6 discount per voucher.
3. There are probably 6 pieces of vouchers that lets you have 50% off second bento/platter/sashimi.
4. The discount vouchers for min. $10 purchase all expire this year, while vouchers for 50% off the second bento set expires early next year.
5. All vouchers are for 1 time use only.
So, assuming I paid $9.99, then in order for me to get back that amount, I need to spend another 2 x $10 (using the min. $10 purchase to get $5 discount). So in total, I will have to pay upfront $30 just to get back what I've paid for the voucher price? So only when I'm paying the next $10 ($30+$10), then the 'real' discount starts. So at $40th dollar, I can start to 'enjoy' the discount.
So assuming I save $6 (using the buy at $1 for items priced at $1.60 or below, so $10 gets me a discount of $6). Total percentage saved at this point=($6/$40) x 100=15%
But at $30th dollar, we got back the $9.99 (round up to $10). So, in this case, the discount is higher. Total percentage saved =($6/$30) x 100=20%
50% off the second item (assuming its the same value), really means you're just getting 25% discount in total.
So assuming, you're getting a discount of say $36, it will also means $108 is paid to vendor.
Did I get the vouchers at the end? Nope, because it wouldn't work for me. I would like a voucher that lets me enjoy a discount immediately upon use.
15 November, 2011
repair in progress...
Canon called today, and gave the quotation. Problem lies with the battery connector which they say is oxidized badly. Probably that's why it erroneously detected low batt because battery current can't flow through...To fix this problem need to change battery box and battery connector. These two parts total cost is quite reasonable, but the service cost is quite high. In fact, higher than the total parts put together!
Anyway, repair must proceed no matter what. Otherwise, no camera to use... *sobs*
But this will also mean that the same problem may occur again. I think the technical guy was trying to tell me how to clean it up, but by that time my mind had already shut off...due to lack of sleep...
Forgot to ask how long will the repair take though...
Anyway, repair must proceed no matter what. Otherwise, no camera to use... *sobs*
But this will also mean that the same problem may occur again. I think the technical guy was trying to tell me how to clean it up, but by that time my mind had already shut off...due to lack of sleep...
Forgot to ask how long will the repair take though...
12 November, 2011
out of service
Will be camera-less for at least 7 man-days due to camera being sent in for repair. Not sure how much it's going to cost, so need to wait for them to call. Nowadays the Canon Customer Service Center at Keppel Tower (Harbourfront) has evolved from being a one person receptionist show (way back in 2004, I think), to the current big place where there is a coffee machine for public to get a cuppa hot coffee to drink while waiting for their turn. There are 8 counters to service customers. Good eh?
Most of the people there, brought their big big DSLR and lenses, while I am still with my powershot A2000IS. Mine looks like child's play!
Most of the people there, brought their big big DSLR and lenses, while I am still with my powershot A2000IS. Mine looks like child's play!
09 November, 2011
camera
My camera is dying soon... battery newly charged up, after a short while, the display shows battery depleting...*sobs* Here's a link for similar problem but different camera model... still powershot series though..
Today, finally realised what an extended warranty from Harvey Norman means. It means, you'll still have to send to Canon customer service, get a quotation and then confirm whether that repair work is under warranty or not. If not, then pay it yourself. May have to pay diagnostic fee as well... *sobs* If it's covered under the extended third party warranty, then still have to pay for the repair first, then make a claim back. *sobs*
Below are the two models that I'm considering for now, if still getting Canon. Ixus 230 HS is the latest model and its difference with powershot sx230 is the zoom (8x versus 14x) and GPS where people also had complained about. If GPS is turned on, it means the number of shots taken before battery is dead is just about 150 shots. That is pretty low since I've managed to do 700 shots with the old A2000IS.
Today, finally realised what an extended warranty from Harvey Norman means. It means, you'll still have to send to Canon customer service, get a quotation and then confirm whether that repair work is under warranty or not. If not, then pay it yourself. May have to pay diagnostic fee as well... *sobs* If it's covered under the extended third party warranty, then still have to pay for the repair first, then make a claim back. *sobs*
Below are the two models that I'm considering for now, if still getting Canon. Ixus 230 HS is the latest model and its difference with powershot sx230 is the zoom (8x versus 14x) and GPS where people also had complained about. If GPS is turned on, it means the number of shots taken before battery is dead is just about 150 shots. That is pretty low since I've managed to do 700 shots with the old A2000IS.
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| powershot sx230 (@$499) |
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| ixus 230 HS (@$399) |
06 November, 2011
bread
Bought some buns from Mama Bakery. Used to be owned by a Japanese elderly lady, but I think the business is sold to someone else for quite some time already. Retained similar breads though.
The lobster bun tasted pretty weird. Not sure what they sprinkled at the top of the bread (dark brown bits), but it tasted weird! Not the typical Japanese curry bun curry... so, will not be buying this anymore.
The cranberry cream cheese was good. As good as previous owners'.
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| lobster bun (behind) and cranberry cream cheese (front) |
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| curry lobster |
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| cream cheese~ |
The lobster bun tasted pretty weird. Not sure what they sprinkled at the top of the bread (dark brown bits), but it tasted weird! Not the typical Japanese curry bun curry... so, will not be buying this anymore.
The cranberry cream cheese was good. As good as previous owners'.
31 October, 2011
SNSD Girls' Generation Concert Update
Ooh, 5500 tickets really sold out within 4 hours of sale on 29th Oct. Cool! RITS (Running Into The Sun, yeap that's Beatrice Chia's company), planned a second night concert on 10 Dec. Read it here.
Good luck to those to haven't gotten their tickets yet!
Good luck to those to haven't gotten their tickets yet!
29 October, 2011
SNSD/Girls' Generation Singapore Tour - Sistic Booking
SNSD (소녀시대) or Girls' Generation Singapore Concert ticket sales starts today for OCBC cardholders. Here's the Sistic link. Not a good experience though. Internet sales started at 10am but had blank page loading... the system seemed not able to handle such a load. Hehehe, many many SNSDs supporters in SG? SONEs (소원) unite!
Up till 10.16am, then only managed to get into online booking. But, all tickets are in red! Means "seats unavailable"! Serious? So many managed to book during the first 20 mins? Really? Or maybe they're releasing tickets in batches? Not sure how the online ticketing algorithm is for STIX. But interesting to know though ;)
Anyway, as the page was reloaded a couple of times (before the system kicks the user out periodically), noticed that some of the tickets for different different categories are available for single seats every now and then (depends on luck also!)
So first few tries, don't know what happened but managed to secure Cat 6 tickets (balcony I think, but I was selecting other categories...), so was considering whether to just get this one instead cannot get any. But can't even proceed to next step (though timer says user has remaining 5+ mins to consider) as suddenly, the system kicked me back to selection page. Bummer.
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| no more seats on first day of priority sale? |
Something was not quite right with the system too. Sometimes will see the captcha portion, sometimes don't. If it doesn't appear, most likely will be kicked back to the same page again and again and again till timeout or bandwidth exceeded etc. So be patient and load the page till the captcha appears.
Probably depends on luck too, as the tickets may seem unavailable due to people who are holding them and making decisions. For example if a user managed to secure say the tickets in two different browsers and he/she only intends to purchase say 6 tickets, then it means the total tickets being held up could be 6 x (number of browsers opened when user wanted to try his/her luck). So this will deprive others of having a chance to select their tickets.
So be patient, and no worries because sales to public starts on 1 Nov 2011. Still have chance #2 to watch the girls perform on 9 December in Singapore Indoor Stadium!
Probably depends on luck too, as the tickets may seem unavailable due to people who are holding them and making decisions. For example if a user managed to secure say the tickets in two different browsers and he/she only intends to purchase say 6 tickets, then it means the total tickets being held up could be 6 x (number of browsers opened when user wanted to try his/her luck). So this will deprive others of having a chance to select their tickets.
So be patient, and no worries because sales to public starts on 1 Nov 2011. Still have chance #2 to watch the girls perform on 9 December in Singapore Indoor Stadium!
coffee or tea
Couldn't resist ordering this:
Quite nice and a change from the usual coffee. But given a choice, would've preferred coffee still.
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| hahaa, my namesake.. sorta.. well, not quite but amusing still |
Quite nice and a change from the usual coffee. But given a choice, would've preferred coffee still.
27 October, 2011
26 October, 2011
conversation with taxi uncle
Had an interesting taxi ride yesterday. The taxi uncle smelt like cigarette smoke, talks animatedly and is about 50 years old.
He was telling me about his 'girlfriends', how girls always sticks to him, how easy it is for him to have girls coming at him either at clubs, beaches etc. Also interesting stuffs like how he became an 'uncle' to his ex-gf that is now married to a caucasian man, and how he still goes out with them. I mean, that is like kinda of weird, no? He was in relationship with the girl before and now that the girl is married, he still goes out with the married couple? He said obviously the caucasian guy didn't know about their past. I pity the groom, I guess.
Then he bragged about his stay in Bali where he mixed alot with the beach cowboys. How Japanese women will pay for everything like food, gifts, etc. And how the locals will resell the gifts.
Looks like he's having alot of fun in his life! He said he even did it in his taxi before. I was like -_-
Then he said, he has dettol'ed everything.... yeah, whatever!
He was telling me about his 'girlfriends', how girls always sticks to him, how easy it is for him to have girls coming at him either at clubs, beaches etc. Also interesting stuffs like how he became an 'uncle' to his ex-gf that is now married to a caucasian man, and how he still goes out with them. I mean, that is like kinda of weird, no? He was in relationship with the girl before and now that the girl is married, he still goes out with the married couple? He said obviously the caucasian guy didn't know about their past. I pity the groom, I guess.
Then he bragged about his stay in Bali where he mixed alot with the beach cowboys. How Japanese women will pay for everything like food, gifts, etc. And how the locals will resell the gifts.
Looks like he's having alot of fun in his life! He said he even did it in his taxi before. I was like -_-
Then he said, he has dettol'ed everything.... yeah, whatever!
24 October, 2011
away
Will be in KL in a couple of hours time. Back on Tuesday night. Meanwhile, take care and have a good week!
23 October, 2011
My Waterway @ Ponggol
Explored Waterway @ Ponggol today. It is Singapore's longest man-made waterway, which incidentally is opened to public today.
Some view of the waterway and park.
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| free shuttle from Ponggol MRT for today only |
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| signage |
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| special activity for today, sand-sculpting |
Some view of the waterway and park.
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| No barriers? Careful not to let children wander too near the water |
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| no demarkation for bicycles and joggers? |
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| longkang with nice pebbles |
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| resting hut for weary visitors |
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| activities during opening day? |
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| short bridge |
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| overview of waterway |
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| HDB flats as backdrop |
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| end of exploration |
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