Thursday, December 31, 2009
Last post for 2009!
Who knows what to expect? Well, the chinese horoscope seemed to be bad for the past few years (always), so come what may, just bring it on! :)
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Xmas + 2
Looking forward to my '3 french hens!'
Friday, December 25, 2009
Merry X'mas 2009!
Thursday, December 24, 2009
1 more day!
Just tried the demo for Bayonetta earlier.. most awesome! I love the, ahem, 'climax' moves. :P So aptly named! :p
Friday, December 18, 2009
The weather outside is frightful...
... and so is the shopping crowd! Seems like every M/F/S is out in town shopping, or at least, window shopping. There weren't that many people actually buying gifts, or maybe it's just me? :p
Weathers been dreadful too, think everyone i know has had flu the past coupla days. Tis the season to be flu-ey! GP was nice enough to tell me ' i don't think it is H1N1', thanks doc! :
Well, it's that time of year again, i guess one that i actually look forward to. It's scary how time seems to fly. Each year i tell my buddy 'it'll be christmas soon', and in the blink on an eye, here it is again!
What do i like about christmas? It has this 'feeling', this smell, that is different from all other holidays. I guess it's that one time in the year i can give myself a break, spend some time with my family, and also to reflect on things before the new year rolls in a week later! :D
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
What a week! :)
Sunday, November 22, 2009
AFA09
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Been too long!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Level 10! Power up!
Had a small gathering for one colleague who was leaving the company. We decided on Sunset Pub and Grill which was located at the old Seletar Army Barracks. The pub itself was located right beside an airfield runway, and offered a great view of the sunset (hence the name).
The star of the place is their special buffalo wings, which are graded from level 1 to level 10 (although they have a level 30 which if you finish half a dozen, they'll give you a cert).
We started out with the level 2, which was kinda zingy, but tolerable. Another colleague said "why not we try level 8?"... ( That's in the pic above).... not a good idea!
First your tongue gets numb... then your lips start burning... then your eyes start tearing up, and you slowly find it difficult to breathe. Tips? The beer helps, but don't pause cos that's when it REALLY starts to hurt.
What do they drink when someone eats a Level 10 wing? We were told by the staff that they'll order milk. ;)
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Busy busy!
Busy on workfront as usual, must get off ass to hire new help! Plus tons of games to play recently, Batman, RE5, Macross, ODST, Gundam.. urgh, i think we need longer weekends!
Almost end of October too... 2 more months to X'mas!.... jing a ling time again!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
What car you Driving? ;)
10 most unfortunate names for cars
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The End is Nigh!
Perhaps there's a pattern to all this, are we really causing our own doom by abusing the environment, or is this all supposed to happen regardless? Well, i for one don't remember the August/September period being so warm and humid before. Heck, i wonder how well prepared we are if a tsunami hits us, just a small one will be disasterous.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
EFF 1 Rawks Sillypore!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Mission : Impossible
I'm being put up in the small house near the BT lobby, it's called the "GM's house", but don't let the name fool you! It's nothing as glamourous as the other villas, or even those at Angsana. But the basics are all there... at least there's cable, but no internet... (booooooo!)
Well, wifey will be joining me this afternoon, so won't be TOO boring already! :p
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Home Sweet Home!
Saturday, September 5, 2009
The Bee
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Rant rant!
Got a shock news from my colleague that he resigned on Tuesday. Whoa, that was a sucker punch. But then again, his salary wasn't too high, plus he has a 'wife' ( Suzuki Swift ) to support. Plus with the recent cut in pay, it's no joke.
Well, i wish him all the best! He's a great guy, and i hope he flourishes out there. :)
Thursday, August 20, 2009
PS3 Slim
It's nice and sleek now! With a 120GB HDD, it's "33% smaller and 36% lighter..." sweet... ;) Retails at $299, and arrives in Sept! :D
I'll show these pics to my PS3 to make it go on a diet! :p
More news here.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Yo..... Joe?
Overall, not too bad a movie, again, nothing great either. It pays homage to the comics with references here and there (yes, i know breaker likes to chew gum). The downer was the inclusion of Marlon Wayans for comic relief, thankfully he wasn't too off the top, but he still seems too out of place, PLUS what the F were the writers thinking? Ripcord (whom Wayans plays) as a love interest for Scarlett? Hello? Ripcord wasn't even a black man in the first place.
Did i mention Duke was boring? They could probably take all his scenes out and it wouldn't have made a difference. Still some saving points here and there, Snake Eyes was cool, but woefully underused, and of course, we're watching the movie for the Baroness (drool) who was so gosh darn cool for 2/3's of the show... till she started spazzing and all...
Oh, Scarlett is super hot, but after lip locking with Ripcord, i don't think i'll even d/l this movie. Entertaining movie for which there'll sure to be a sequel. Do something about ripcord, and i'll consider getting the bluray for part 2. I give this a 6.5/10.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Minutes to Midnight! :p
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Perseid Meteor Shower
"The Perseids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle. The Perseids are so called because the point they appear to come from, called the radiant, lies in the constellation Perseus. The stream in this case is called the Perseid cloud and it stretches along the orbit of the Comet Swift-Tuttle. The cloud consists of particles ejected by the comet as it passes by the Sun. Most of the dust in the cloud today is approximately a thousand years old. However, there is also a relatively young filament of dust in the stream that was pulled off the comet in 1862. The rate of meteors originating from this filament is much higher than for the older part of the stream."
We're gonna get this about 2am today, more news here.
Asian undersea cable disruption slows Internet access
Read the full story here.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
On the Fringe!
Saturday, August 8, 2009
MMmmm... M Burger...
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Well it's about time! :)
Check it out. :)
LucasArts teasing X-wing, Tie Fighter Announcement
Sunday, August 2, 2009
CThulu Rises!!! 6 Insane Discoveries That Science Can't Explain
Friday, July 31, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Just a dream...
Suddenly, my 'phone' rang, and i saw that it was my buddy who called me, so i answered with a 'yoz what's up!'.
There was a pause, and i heard his voice, almost breaking, but saying : "my mum passed away ben"... i was really shocked, and felt sick to the stomach... i woke up shortly after, and almost immediately SMS'ed him, before realising it was just a dream.
I still felt kinda ill after that, like my mind was telling me something like that happened. Well, i believe that all of us will pass one day. The day will come when my own parents, siblings and relatives will all pass to the other side.
But in dreams, death is only symbolic. It usually means change or growth in some way... buddy, didn't mean to freak you out man, sorry about that!
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Gone too soon...
Thursday, July 2, 2009
RoboGeisha!!!
Friday, June 26, 2009
R.I.P Jacko...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
The Pacific
Watch the trailer here.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Almost Friday!
Following a short anime series called K-ON!, it's basically about 4 girls and their friendship during their formation/revival of a defunct school club called the "Light Music Club". The songs are catchy, and the tunes are fun. :)
Well, on 1/2 day leave tomorrow, i don't really have anything planned! : But thankfully it's Friday.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Breaking News! - Attaku!
In response to the threat posed by North Korea, Japan has unveiled it's top secret project against the communist threat. "We were forced to speed up this project as the north korean's missile launches have destabilised the peace in the region" says Japan's Minister for Defence, General Amuro Rey.
Codenamed "GUNDAM", this 18m tall robot is poised to go active anytime soon, and hopefully will kick Kim Jong Il's keester into the next world! :p
... but seriously, check out the real thing here, it was built to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Gundam... man, it'll be a sight for sore eyes!
Monday, June 8, 2009
That's Life...
Sunday was spent visiting my grampa, who has been in hospital for almost a month. From the first day he was admitted till today, he has made a amazingly marked improvement; his speech is more coherent and his sentences make a bit more sense now, he can chat and carry out simple conversations... and sometimes say funny things... :p it'll take some time for his motor skills to come back, and rehab is needed. He'll prob go to THK hosp at AMK for a month or two. For a man of 82, who's gone through so much in life, it's sad for this to happen; he wanted to travel to a few places still. But regardless, we'll stand by him...
Life's like that, you never know what surprises there are around the corner, and we always 'never have the time' until you realise it's too late... I guess it's the human condition.. or is it complacency? Well, hope this week will be fine.. it's just another week again though! Time ticks away....
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
To Boldly Go...
Monday, May 25, 2009
Shoryuken!
Was on leave today, so had lunch out with my wifey. Weekend was spent at a preview of the circle line... yes, rode the train from Serangoon to Bartley, then to Marymount and back to serangoon... It'll be good when it opens this week, at least it'll be easier to go back home from Bishan! :)
Caught Wolverine over the weekend, so-so show, the effects are nothing we've not seen before. Pacing was ok, but man, was gambit gay! And the bone claw thing... always found the idea cheesy... :p Well, it's gonna be a short week, office is closed this Friday for "Eat (with) your family day"... ;)
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Dreams?
... anyway, next thing i knew, i was looking across something like a savannah, i can still remember what it was like, it was dawn, and there were some animals in the foreground. There was something like a river in the distance, and beyond that, there were two trees.
Both trees had a beautiful shaft of light shining down on both of them at an angle. I told myself i had to take a picture, so i took out my cameraphone (yes, my phone :p) but before i could take the view, the light shining on the tree right in front faded away; there was still light on the other tree.
But the large tree now had a backdrop of thousands of stars against a purple sky... man, it was beautiful... i could almost smell the clean air.
Am i going crazy? I dunno, but it was all so vivid and real.... :)
Monday, May 18, 2009
Monday post!
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Update for the week..
He had some haemorraging in the brain so he's under observation. He's not out of the woods yet even though he looked pretty ok just now, he couldn't talk, but could grip our hands, and opened his eyes to see us. I guess it feels better now that i have seen him, it sucks not knowing how he is. :p
We'll all praying that he recovers, and with rehabilitation, gets better.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Happy Mother's Day!
Friday, May 8, 2009
Latest Haul and a visit to the rc doc...
VF-11B and VF-1A Max also out... ouch. :p
On another note, learned a few things today :
1) 6ch CCPM helis are REALLY loud.
2) At full throttle, you can lose your limbs if you're not careful
3) 6ch CCPM helis crash REALLY HARD.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Home again!
This is the 8th ICT, next will be a 3 day low key sometime in June 2010, wow. Is it me, or is cookhouse food progressively getting worse? It was ok for the first 3 days or so ( briyani, etc ), then they started having crappier and crappier food for the last 3 days. Urgh, they should just stick to all food being fried, and all will be ok!
Well, back to work tomorrow, a different battlefield! :P
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Post for the weekend...
Friday, May 1, 2009
IRON MAN MK II
Check out the review of the MK II here.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Back for the weekend!
Day one was first aid and weapons handling tests, we had a night's off, so went to clementi and IMM to walk. :) Got up early this morning to wait ( see? it's becoming a theme ) for the bus, and headed to PLC for a simulated shoot. It was a 'high-tech' shoot, impressive technology, but man, millions of dollars and as my buddy says, no better graphics than quake?
Well, i didn't get to shoot at all cos i was sitting at the back juggling beteen 'tasks' (can't elaborate here in case this page is seen.. ;p )
Haha, my question is, wtf do the amphibious tanks drop the men off 200m from the shoreline, and expect them to swim ashore? :)
Sunday, April 26, 2009
This weekend! :D
Friday, April 24, 2009
Games to look forward to...
Seems to be slow flow of games coming in, but some to check out are Velvet Assasin, Bionic Commando, COD:MW2, Ghostbusters. Battlefield : BC2, Halo 3 : ODST, Lost Planet 2 and Dead Rising 2! (Notice how many are sequels?)
Replayed COD4 recently, man, now that's a good game i feel, all the elements of a good game are there, more importantly, the pacing is great.
Then again, if the formula works, there's no need to change it; case in point, DoW2 and CoH:ToV... :p
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Sweettt.... New Mazda 3
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Adieu and all the best!
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Another day.. :)
Saturday, April 18, 2009
First Post!
Recently got into RC helis... i'm no pro mind you. My only other experience is with the PicooZ micro copter. My buddy recently got a very cool Syma S002 copter, which is a 3 channel beast compared to the Picoo... plus it flew really well!
That got me looking for a copter too (thanks buddy! :p), and after browsing through the web, i decided on the Esky Lama V4 chopper... man, i didn't know what i was getting into! Suffice to say, a electric RC chopper is a different thing altogether.
This is the Lama V4...
... not this. :p
The Lama V4 is a 4-channel co-ax copter, so no tailrotor needed. It's ready to fly outta the box, so just charge the battery, and off you go! Simple right? No way! It's pays to spend a few hours to get a hang of the controller and the four channels - throttle, rudder, elevator, aileron.... as they say... "simple to learn, difficult to master"!
Getting this is my first step to another class of choppers, the 6-channel ones......... considering a TT Mini Titan or the Align Trex 450/500... but i really gotta think carefully... expensive hobby! :)