Thursday, May 31, 2007
visit to dad's workplace
My brother drove my mum and I to my father's workplace for dinner. My dad currently works at a japanese cuisine stall in Changi Airport, terminal one basement one. It is not as grand as his old workplace, Hisatomo Family Restaurant, but it seems like the business is still pretty good. All the staffs were ex-colleagues in the restaurant, and hence their culinary skills and food quality are probably better than a typical foodcourt stall.
My father was in the kitchen when we arrived. The stall owner saw us first and immediately recognised my mother. My mum chatted with her for a short while, before the stall owner asked if we wanted to try their food. It was an awkward moment because I kind of knew that if I ordered anything, she would not charge me for the food. She recommended some of their all-time favourites, and said she will get me a set containing a mixture of tempuras, cutlet and stewed chicken to try.
When the food was served, there was no sign of cutlet. Apparantly, my dad decided not to cook me any fried food other than tempuras :) The stewed chicken tasted really good though, despite looking pretty plain.
In addition, I had a chocolate milkshake (if you are curious about why would I ever order chocolate flavour, it is because my brother somehow ordered my flavour, strawberry, and brothers just cannot order the same stuff especially when its pink in color hehe), and shared a banana split with my mum.
After that, we just walked around the airport aimlessly, while waiting for my dad to clear up and get off work. Of course, going to Changi Airport means that I have to satisfy my craving for Popeye's mashed potatoes. My brother bought me a two-piece chicken meal with upgraded mashed potatoes to bring home for supper. We somehow lingered there for over three hours in total and parking costed over $4!
When we reached home, my brother told me that I can keep this camera for myself! Yeah :)
- Anonymous (0) 10:41 PM 
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Friday, May 25, 2007
anything or whatever?
There is this new canned drink company in Singapore, which came out with an interesting concept. You have probably seen their advertistments around the bus stops. Basically there are two products - "Anything" and "Whatever".
"Anything" could contain any of six carbonated drink flavours like cola, root beer etc. "Whatever" could contain any of six non-carbonated drink flavours like peach tea, apple tea etc.
I find it quite interesting that they dare to market something that depends on peoples' indecision and love for randomness. I have yet to try their products, but would like to see if they can do well in the F&B business with such concept. However, I think that the can packaging needs some improvement as it looks pretty bland.
- Anonymous (0) 7:23 PM -
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
new wallet
I bought a wallet from The Wallet Shop today. Was looking for the following criterias:
- Small and thin
- Single cash compartment
- Coin compartment
- Synthetic/Leather material
- No frills
If only there is no center flap, it would had been really perfect. However, its white so I gave it some big plus points!
I have been shopping around for a perfect one for quite some time, unfortunately still seemingly unavailable. I wonder why do wallet companies produce all their wallets containing hundreds of card compartments, and do not bother to design minimalistic ones. Same goes to the handphone companies, with their unlimited features that no one bothers to use.
- Anonymous (0) 6:59 PM -
Saturday, May 19, 2007
minor updates
There is actually nothing much to blog. I have been working during office hours and playing games during non-office hours.
Today I played soccer with Benny and Gerald. After that, Gerald and I went to Harborfront for lunch at Yoshinoya.
That is all folks. Hope it gets more interesting soon :)
- Anonymous (0) 11:30 PM -
Sunday, May 13, 2007
touch singapore stl champions
After 11 weeks of competetion in the Summer Touch League organised by Touch Singapore, our team OMD Pukeko topped the table and won the league. Though I am proud to be in this team, I am probably riding on the success of the real pros hehe.
After the final match against PSRC, we went to Lazy Lizard to celebrate. Somehow for unknown reasons, I was quickly found out that I do not drink. Hence, I became a target for forced drinking. Luckily I managed to divert their attention and escape with just three cups of San Miguel beer. The last time when this happened, it was worst.
We got this STL T-shirts from the organisers, which I felt was not particularly fashionable. So I decided to modify it a little: I borrowed a permanent marker from the bar counter, and asked for a signature from the director of Touch Singapore. I even got him to write "Men's Champion! Pukekos" on it!
View Full SizeThanks for the great season: Devon, Clifford, Lixin, Tony, Benny, AJ, Greg, Dan, Jonesy, Bus, Moses, Bao, Huffer, Gobbo. See ya at the National Touch League.
- Anonymous (0) 4:26 AM -
Monday, May 07, 2007
premier league 06/07
The championship trophy is going back to Old Trafford.
- Anonymous (0) 9:03 PM -
you are hired
I finally got a job today. It was recommended by Leben who told me that the company she worked at wants to hire a telemarketer. I was slightly hesitant at first because I will not compromise relationships by pushing insurance/MLM/direct sales crap to my friends and relatives.
Since Leben assured me that I only need to liase appointments for the company, and that the leads are provided, I decided to give it a try. To my surprise, the manager actually has two positions open: Teleappointer and personal assistant!
Wow! It is a job that I have been looking for a while. I took up the personal assistant position immediately. The manager seems like a very nice person to work for and I could probably assist her for the next few months.
So now I can:
1) Earn some money.
2) Monday to Friday job.
3) Aircon room (OMG chao4 geng1!)
4) Learn some useful skills and improve resume.
5) Play touch rugby on Saturday.
6) Go to church on Sunday.
I have been through so many interviews that I almost decided to heck care about work experience, and go back to giving tuition. Many of the interviews are basically spending time talking to human resource personnels from Recruit Express, who never seem to get back to you.
Or maybe I am just very unemployable :(
- Anonymous (0) 2:48 PM -
Saturday, May 05, 2007
hell is exothermic
Below is the answer to one of the questions by a student in McGill University for mid-term chemistry paper:
Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Support your answer with a proof
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyles Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So, we need to know the rate that souls are moving into Hell and the rate they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that most people and their souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyles Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose. Of course, if Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by Ms. Celine LeBlanc during my Freshman year - that "it will be a cold night in Hell before I sleep with you" - and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then (2) cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic.He is the only student who got an A.
- Anonymous (1) 1:52 AM -
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
waht nnessnoe!
Fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too!
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
- Anonymous (0) 9:56 PM -
post-exams thoughts
No I am not bothered to do post-exams thought on exams - that is just stupid hehe. Just some thoughts on some random events yesterday:
1) Labour Day Rallies
Thousands hit the streets yesterday, in many countries, to protest against low wages. There are probably some good reasons to protest when human rights are violated. No matter what though, I still find it kind of ironic. The government give the labourers a holiday to recognise their efforts in nation building; the labourers use the holiday to protest. It is as if the government is helping them to organise a day to hold such rallies.
"Hey labourers, how about we set 1st May as the day for you all to protest against us?"
2) I was sitting on the MRT on the way back to hall from Esplanade. A young lady in her late 20s was standing in front of me. She appears to have a slight bulge in the stomach. Should I give up the seat for her, assuming she is pregnent? It was quite a dilemma because it would be extremely embarassing for her (and perhaps myself) if she is not.
- Anonymous (1) 9:14 PM -
