Battle Ready Armour
My kids learn strange things from Cartoon Network... Bra = Battle-Ready-Armour
Labels: Humor
posted at 1/23/2005 04:13:00 PM
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Sunday, January 23, 2005Saturday, January 22, 2005Is this how u train a dog?
Never own a dog. Just cats, birds & fishes so far.
Saw a chap at the void deck training his dog in the afternoon. He had the dog, a Jack Russell, on a leash. He took a few steps with the dog beside him. The moment he stopped, he ordered it to do the same. If the dog didn't stop, the chap would pull its leash real hard. So a couple of times the poor thing was like hanging by his collar, with his front legs barely touching the ground. A real mean thing to do to a dog. Labels: Ramblings posted at 1/22/2005 01:10:00 AM
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Friday, January 21, 2005Songs of David Soul
David Soul is better known as Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson in the 70s' Classic TV series Starsky & Hutch. Fans will know that David Soul sings pretty well too. And he's not just an actor who happens to know how to sing.
It is seldom that I like all the songs in a single CD. So this is one rare gem! The songs listing, 1. Don't Give Up on Us 2. Tattler 3. Silver Lady 4. I Wish I Was 5. It Sure Brings Out the Love in Your Eyes 6. Seem to Miss So Much (Coalminer's Song) 7. Let's Have a Quiet Night In 8. Going In With My Eyes Open 9. One More Mountain to Climb 10. Topanga 11. 1927 Kansas City 12. Landlord 13. Nobody But a Fool or a Preacher 14. Bird on a Wire The first 8 songs are sweet old-fashioned ballads and heavy on the strings. After that there's a change in the genre to an interesting mix of blues/folk/gospel vibe. I'm really happy with the songs. The only imperfection is that the 2 songs "Kristofer David" (a song he wrote for his son) and "Black Bean Soup" (Starsky & Hutch sang a bit of it in Episode "Death Notice") are not included. posted at 1/21/2005 01:08:00 PM
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Wednesday, January 19, 2005Sometimes I wonder
Is all this worth it...
I'm so busy. I stopped all free-lancing video & photo projects, deciding to concentrate on my career in the construction industry & family. But even then, I still have so little time to myself. Take for example today (actually yesterday since it's past 12midnite), I woke up at 5.30am, sent both kids to work, dropped Fang off too, and then drove back to office. I reached office at 7.35am and worked till 8.00pm. After that I rushed off to pick up the kids from my mom's place. Grabbed a quick bite while waiting for the kids to pack their stuffs. Reached home at 9.00pm. Got the kids to bed by 9.45pm. Showered, checked emails, and started working on a report again at 11pm till 1.45am. And I'll have to wake up again at 5.30am. Even with the long hours I put in, I can't seem to clear my workload! HELP!!! The weird part is I didn't go look for the projects, they just come. And it's so hard to turn them down. *Sigh* I don't know whether to be glad or not. Perhaps I should look into outsourcing some of the work. Either that or hire more staff. I think I need a course in time management too. But luckily I'm not the sort to get stressed up easily. I guess listening to music while working helps. The phone calls from the kids during office hours cheer me up too. Thank God for the kids! posted at 1/19/2005 02:17:00 AM
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Monday, January 17, 2005THE LIONS ROAR TONIGHT!
We won the Tiger Cup!! I was at the National Stadium. I was there and saw the two goals made by our players! Yahay!!
A couple of days back, Fang told me he got 2 Grandstand tickets to the Tiger Cup match between Singapore and Indonesia. I'm not a soccer fan. I don't know any of the players. In fact I wasn't exactly keen to go the next day being a school day. I even considered giving away the tickets. But finally I decided to go. Why? Because it was a match whereby Singapore already has a 3 goals aggregate lead. Because tickets were totally sold out and I would probably get stoned if someone finds out I give away mine. Because this was probably the last major event at the National Stadium as it'll be demolished soon. Well, it's the 1st time for me. Never been to any soccer match before. And there was only 1 word to describe the mood... Electrifying! I was getting all excited as we walked towards the stadium. The seas of reds was enough to get my adrenaline going. The sight of the stadium covered with people in reds was awesome! You have to be there to feel it! 
It was real exciting watching the game at such close range. I was totally caught up in the soccer-fever, singing the Ole song, doing the waves, cursing at the referees, cheering and screaming. The whole stadium was alive! And everyone was having a real good time! I did feel pity for the visiting Indonesians. Must be pretty intimidating for them. The Singapore goalkeeper did a great job! And I'm not surprised he's the Player of the Match. The performance of the Indonesian team was kinda lackluster. In fact I didn't see any worthwhile attacks from their end during the 1st half. The game got a bit rougher in the 2nd half. Luckily the Singapore team still managed to keep a tight leash on defense. I totally enjoyed the game. Very glad I decided to go. So am I a soccer fan now? Probably not :) Too rough a sport for a l'tle old lady like me. heehee. Labels: Health, Photography posted at 1/17/2005 01:59:00 AM
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Saturday, January 15, 2005Short Trip to Kuala Lumpur
Had to make a short trip to KL yesterday for a meeting. I woke up real early, at about 5.30am, planning to catch the early shuttle flight to KL. My husband, Fang, was to fetch the kids to school. Bryan woke up fine but Rachel threw a bit of tantrum. She's still not used to waking up so early. Can't blame her. Poor thing. So I stayed to help Fang to get the kids ready for school. By the time I was done, I knew I missed the 1st flight. It was about 6.40am when I reached Changi airport. Found out I missed the 2nd flight too. The next flight was 8.30am. So I got my boarding pass, went through the immigration, took my breakfast at Coffee Bean and then walked around the shopping area in the terminal. I love airports! Everyone is busy yet relaxed, if you know what I mean. I had window seat and spent most of my time looking out the window at the land below. It was a beautiful day for flying. Cute fluffy clouds floating weightless over the green land below. Nice! The total travel time, flight plus KL Express to KL Central, took about 2 hours. And at KL Central, I met a fellow lady engineer who drove me to their site office. After that it was all about work. I did promise myself to visit KL with my family in the near future. I've yet to visit KLCC, the famous twin tower in KL. I finished my meeting and site visits by about 3.30pm. After that they dropped me off at KL Central again, and there I took the express back to KLIA (KL International Airport). Again it was waiting time. Luckily I had my PDA which doubled as a MP3 player. So I was wired for sound. (It'll have to do until my iPod arrives.) There was a large crowd waiting for the shuttle flight. Never knew there were so many commuters. Luckily I managed to get on the 6.50pm flight and arrived back to Singapore at about 8pm. Took my dinner at the airport. By the time I reached home, it was past 9.30pm. One thing I noticed while queueing at the boarding gate . The metal detector at our airport is very sensitive. Out of 10 people going through it, 8 triggered off the alarm. Me included. I was wearing my old Timberland boots with metal lace-rings (?). This pair of boots always give me problems at airports' metal detectors. But it's really comfortable so I always ended up wearing it. KLIA's metal detector didn't go off though. Anyway, it was a tiring day. A nice break from office.. even though it was still work. Btw.. found out in today's papers that the Morning Express split-up was a frank. They will be off for a week and the team will be back on again next Monday. Hmm.. kind of a stupid thing to do. I mean, what if some of the listeners get turned off and decided to boycott them. Sometimes these 3 jokers get too carried away. posted at 1/15/2005 09:39:00 PM
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Thursday, January 13, 2005Changes
I have become so accustomed to the schedule of programs on Class95. The first thing I do when I get into my car is to turn on the radio. It's Morning Express on my way to work and Cartunes on my way back.
But these will be changed. Mark has gone into management (Congrads! But does that mean I'll never hear your voice again?). MX will be taken off the air and this is its last week of broadcasting. I'm not opposed to change. For Class95 it's usually to something better, so that's good. But there's comfort in repetitions. You know what I mean, having something (someone) being there all the time. Oh well. The moral of the story (there's always one) - Never take things for granted. FD, Glen, Rod & Mark. Love you guys! Wishing you all the best wherever you're assigned to! Labels: Ramblings posted at 1/13/2005 08:08:00 AM
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Wednesday, January 05, 2005Saturday, January 01, 2005A Subdued Welcome for the Year 2005
Many local event organisers have scaled back the celebrations for ushering in 2005, as a mark of respect to the tsunami victims. MediaCorp TV has also decided not to telecast the countdown party in Sentosa. Others such as the Downtown East party, will be turned into a fund raising events instead. It's the only right thing to do I guess.
Every year I will spend the last 30 minutes reflecting on the year that's about to end. Well. It's that time of the year again. This has been quite a year. In Singapore, the top news that came to mind immediately are the high profile construction accidents of the Nicoll Highway collapse and the industrial accident at Fusionpolis, outbreak of bird-flu leading to a severe shortage of eggs and poultry, death of Huang Na, and of course the killer waves on 26 Dec 2004. But not all are bad news. The economy has improved somewhat (at least that's what the news said. But I sure don't feel it). PM Goh Chok Tong stepped down with Lee Hsien Loong replacing him as the new Prime Minister. There's a reform in the education system. There's also the Singapore Idol fever. It's a bittersweet year. On a more personal front. Well. I got my weblog set up and was even chosen as Blog of the Week within 3 months after I got it up. Work wise has been quite all right. Despite my never-ending complaints about the construction industry, work pace has picked up a bit. And recently I managed to clinch a few large projects. So workwise, the prospect for 2005 looks pretty promising. Family... all are healthy and happy. A new addition to our family... a male kitten. I wasn't in the mood to write about it because of the recent tragedy. We picked up the stray kitten last week. It's a Tonkinese (I'm guessing from the colors of his coat) and has such pretty blue eyes. It's very frisky. Ebbi wasn't too receptive initially and kept hissing at the poor kitten. But recently she seemed to have gotten used to him. Will try to post some pics at a later. Resolutions? I usually don't make any. That way I won't feel guilty if I can't adhere to them. I do have 1 for this year which is "Do not put off till tomorrow what you can do today." Mine has always been the reverse. Hey! It's 12 already. So here's wishing all a better year ahead. Do not look back but step forward instead. Labels: Ramblings posted at 1/01/2005 12:16:00 AM
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I've been hunting for the CD Best of David Soul when I knew about it while browsing through www. HMV doesn't carry it anymore and was reluctant to order it for me. But I managed to find a last copy at Gramophone. Hoorah!! 
I love the fun and wacky DJs of the Morning Express - Flying Dutchman, Glen & Rod - I can't even count the number of times I laughed out loud while driving. It's my morning fix, other than my black coffee.
Mark Richmond takes the Cartunes. I will send out a song request via SMS before I drive off and wait for it to be played while on the road. Songs are great since these are requests by listeners. And Mark is ever the gentleman and will call me back when the songs I chose are not available.