Papa loves Momo beri beri mar chi.....

2012-02-03T11:30:00.000+08:00

Today is a Quote's Day....

Last but not least, some funnies to cheer you up...

2012-01-17T15:34:00.001+08:00

Little Alex got fever again... so for the past 2 days she didn't go to school. She was complaining of sore throat, so I took her to the doctor. When I reached the polyclinic, her temperature was 38.2ºC...

Reached home, make her take her medicine and she went to sleep. The whole day she was almost sleeping. Didn't eat much too, not much appetite.

Little and her fav boy bear... you know, if you were to hide her boy bear at night, little Alex won't want to go to bed until she finds it, haha...

The next day, she is better and she create havoc at home. She keeps on opening the fridge to find something to eat, walks around the house and doesn't want to learn her spelling. So in order have her under control, I told her that if she learns her spelling I shall bring her out.

It was pretty late in the afternoon when she is done, so I bring her just nearby in the west side. She tells me she hasn't been to IMM before... so we took a bus there. Gotta make a big contour cos' it was constructing a hospital complex at the field. In the past, we can just walk across it but now it was more troublesome. Ha! I didn't know that the Jurong East Interchange has changed its location too. I only realized it when I was going home.

Took little Alex for her late lunch/early dinner whatever you want to call it... I asked her what she wants to eat. I have to give her options to choose; rice, noodles, burger, french fries. She choose french fries.. I told her NO!!! she got sore throat!!! So I got for her carrot cake... She ate half and I finished the other half.

Then I took her to the arcade centre. She wanted me to show her how to play, so I took her to learn driving...

See, she is drifting... watch how she change gears..haha...

Actually she want to "buy" the soft toys inside the claw machine. I told her the toys inside cannot be bought we need to catch them. She told me she want to catch, I told her the toys inside are not nice. We need to get those that are nicer ones.. and she was like standing there staring at me. I tell her to leave but she doesn't want. She just want me to catch a bear bear for her woh... So I told her that we need to go somewhere else to buy something. She reluctantly left with me. I was walking at the ground floor, then I saw a stall selling watches. She wants to choose herself... Those that I pick for her she doesn't like... And she finally chose this purple one

Is it nice?

I told her since now she got her watch, so no more bear bear ok? She still wants her bear bear and she pull my hand to go back to the arcade centre. I distracted her by telling her why not we play the drums first?

Then she wants to be a drummer now...

Still she wants to catch the bear bear... I told her why not we go to the playground at 3rd level? And guess what I discover?

A fruits theme playground... Little Alex doesn't want to play with it, so we left the place.

Then she told me she wants to eat cake... I check the directory and there is Secret Recipe around, so we went for it.

Oreo milkshake.. for me.

White Chocolate Macadamia... Little Alex had Iced Lemon Tea too but I think there is nothing special about it so I didn't snap a pic.

And guess what she only eat a few bites and she said she is still full, so I had the rest of the cake myself... niak niak.

A joke...
I went to the store the other day. I was only in there for about five minutes, and when I came out there was a motorcycle cop writing a parking ticket.
So I went up to him and said, 'Come on buddy, how about giving a guy a break?'
He ignored me and continued writing the ticket. So I called him a stupid idiot. He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having bald tires!
Then I really got angry at him.
He finished the second ticket and put it on the car with the first.
Then he started writing a third ticket!
This went on for about 20 minutes. The more I abused him, the more tickets he wrote. I didn't care. My car was parked around the corner.
Hahaha.....

Here's are some random pics I took during the week...

Ocha served in a pot...

Taken at Simply Thai @ Bugis Junction...

Taken @ Marina Square...

Haha.... this is such a cold joke....

So you gotta lose some weight this year...

Hahaha.....

This is so meaningful...

Employees vs Boss...

Since you can save your home anymore, why not take a picture for memorial?

2011-12-19T02:08:00.000+08:00

Last weekend took little Alex out again... She will wake up very early during weekends, esp when the night before I told her that we are going out tomorrow. Lately she will sleep together with me on my bed. She will carry her pillow, cushion and bolster into my room and lay them nicely on my mattress. Oh no, and you are not supposed to disturb it. Anyway, she take my mattress and and I gotta sleep next to her.

So the next day morning, I make sure she has done all her writing for her school work and in the afternoon I took her out. Put on a nice dress for her... Btw, little Alex got quite a number to nice dresses and tops cos' Auntie Annie gave her some new clothing she bought from Taiwan.

I shall not blog about going to Orchard (again!!). I think it's just too plain boring to talk about that every time. However I did bring her to one place which I got plans long time ago, shall blog about it later.

Cos the time is still early as that place will only opens at night, I took little Alex to walk around City Hall...

I was checking out for any nice goodies to munch when I was at one of the bakery...

Dorayaki, 铜锣烧, Doraemon fav food... Little Alex ate half of it. It was not that nice though.

Then we walked upwards to Cathay @PictureHouse. Hang around there for a while... Little Alex wants to take the elevator so we went up to level 5 where the cinema halls are. Snap a few pics of her too.

Saw a BMW car outside, special appearance for the Mission Impossible movie.

BMW 6 series... In fact I can tell you there is nothing so great about 6 series. I have driven it before during my valet days. Even a 7 series BMW I used it to drag the engine, haha. Those were the days...

Then we walk up again to Cineleisure... In fact I just want to check out the movies available at both Cathays.

Alvin and the gang chipmunks...

I asked little Alex where she wants to go after that, she replied she wants to go home. I beat her pat pat ah... We still haven't been to the place we are supposed to go leh. Anyway, we took the MRT; Somerset-Douby Ghaut-circle line to Nicole Highway. We went to Golden Mile Complex for a while... Bought 2 t-shirts for only 400 baht. If back in Bangkok, it will cost about 300 baht or lesser.

It means... I am so exhausted. Exhausted from what? From every thing lah...

Haha... it means cute girl like to have many boys.

I saw one pic which I think I want to share... OMG!!! This cannot be true...

You think this baby is cute? I will NEVER want my daughter to look like this... Old ppl always say baby must be 白白胖胖 mah...Aiyo, this is too 胖 loh.. all the fats inside.

From Golden Mile we walked towards the shop houses on the left... No much things to see on the way, until we reached Arab street. Little Alex is already napping in my arms. I shake her up a little to wake her up. Few months ago I was already planning to bring her here for lunch, but that time when we were here all the restaurants were still closed. Then I figure out most probably it will only be open for business at night. I gotta search for it for this particular restaurant....

And I managed to find it.... After was like 20 mins of walking and recce the place. Just got my pay/bonus so treat the little girl to some nice food.

Can't see the sign clearly?

How about now? I guess you never expect there is an Egyptian restaurant existed here in Singapore, right? Of cos' lah, if you don't search for new places in Singapore.

Egyptian drink called Sahleb... it is creamy milk and cashew nuts.

Fries with cheese... this is for little Alex, in fact. It is not those fries that you see in Mac, not deep fried, so little Alex can eat that. You know what, she she got home she was showing the pic to my mum that today papa took her to eat this and we went to this place. She even can assured to her grandmother that it was not fried so she can eat... haha.

Half chicken BBQ... this is my main dish. The chicken is superb, with spices. Little Alex wants to try some too. I thought it was too spicy for her but to my surprised she still want for more. If I know it I should order one for her too.

After eating, we went home. Along the way I was asking little Alex whether is she happy today. She nod her head... I ask her now I bring her for food, when I am old will she bring me for food too. She pat my hand and say when she grow up and work she will bring me for food. She will buy for me pearl barley(bubble tea) and chicken wing.

Last Tuesday after our morning shift I went in to M'sia via Tuas 2nd link with my colleagues.

Steamed fish...

Prawn with cereals...

Kang kong...

Kailan with oyster sauce...

Tom Yam soup...

Chili crab...

Lemon Chicken...

Deep fried fish...

waiting for the food to be served...

Group photo...

After dinner, we decided to went shopping nearby. I just follow along cos' I don't know any place in JB. Here are some pics for the outing...

Got a big Giant store inside...

this is a dessert shop... The lightings are really beautiful, but from this pic you can really see it.

Not to delay my sleep cos' I need to get up early to bring little Alex to school.

2011-12-15T16:12:00.000+08:00

This is actually a back-dated post, in Nov...

Momo will be wearing this for her concert tomorrow on stage...

I got a headache by little Alex. The night before I told her that she need to sleep early cos the next day she need to wake up early to get dressed up. She wakes up the next morning crying, saying she doesn't want to go for the concert. She wants to go out... I told her we need to go for the concert cos' she has been rehearsing for it just for today. She still doesn't take that, so we got no other choice but to let her dressed in her fav. dress and bring along her costume and let the teachers change for her at the school.

It was little Alex first time putting on make-up and performance on stage. She dance wonderful... From far I can spot her in her little bun on the head the teachers tied for her. She was swirling and partnering with a Malay boy. She wasn't the best dancer there but I feel so proud of her.

After it is all over, I took her out to reward her. I wanted to reward her with a cake for her hard work but she was simply too tired. So in the end we didn't have our cake.

I was thinking of having dessert after my work, so I went to Banquet @ Jurong Point.

Chocolate Fireworks.

And same here, let's see what the little artist little Alex draw for this week...

Something to share with you people out there...

2011-12-15T15:48:00.000+08:00

Anyone watched this movie already? Some people said it is nice and some says it is not worth watching... I dunno.

Cat family taking afternoon nap...

Cat mama not at home?!?

Haha... Now its eyes are opened...

Cat within a cat...

Know what it means? Here.... is Bangkok.

And this one? I swear... I don't have a wife. I didn't know what is the meaning of it when I bought it initially...

Let's see what little Alex draw for this week....

狼大叔的红闷鸡

Some cute pics to share...

常说xx靠得住，母猪会上树....

2011-11-09T01:28:00.001+08:00

Today little Alex got fever so I didn't send her to school. Her body is so hot last nite, stuffed a bullet into her little anus and put her to sleep. Today she wakes up still feeling hot so she just stay at home.

The little girl was walking around the house in the morning, finding for food to eat and playing with my iphone. I told her to sleep beside me, be a good girl. She lie beside me for a few minutes and then she ran off.

So her schedule at home is to watch TV, eat fruits, eat biscuits, eat tibits, drink Ribena.... and last but not least go and disturb the cat family.

See the kittens are having their lunch... yum yum.

Cat mama turns defensive when we get too closed up... She didn't attack us cos' she knows we always give her fish to eat. Little Alex likes to peep at her from time to time.

Sometimes the cat mama will come out from the box and walk around the corridor. I see the chance and grab one of the kittens to take a pic of it.

Still so small and vulnerable...The eyes are still closed. It reminds me of how little Alex looks like after we feed her milk and patting her back to make her burp.

Recently little Alex got a new companion to play with.... Her name is Tutu, 3 yrs old. I tell you Tutu can follow what little Alex said. When little Alex call me "papa" she also follow suit, haha... Her cheeks are so round and fleshy. They have been good friends the moment they saw each other. Little Alex will hug her when they are sitting together. Both of them got many similarities. Both like to go out, both like to scream, both like to act cute, both like to jump around, both like to laugh so loud.

Little Alex likes to teach her bad stuffs. When little Alex jumps around in the MRT, she will follow too. Both of them are so noisy when they are together. When walking, little Alex will want to hold her hand. One will do and the other will follow. At the toys department, both of them will play together. When we are leaving, little Alex will pat her and pull her hand, asking her to go as well.

Both of them are playing with shoes. They will grab a pair of shoes and try them on, then take it off and try another pair,then another pair, then another pair.....

See the shoes are lying on the floor...

Now I know why women will always have the same problem "I got no shoes...." when they already got 1000 pair of shoes.

Now let's see what the little artist draw this week...

Someone shared this shocking article in Facebook... I think I better stop eating instant noodles from now on. This is really bad, man.

One packet of instant noodles, our liver need 32 days detoxification. So little Alex should stop eating instant noodles too....

Before I ends this blog, some quotes to share...

2011-11-01T09:56:00.000+08:00

The cat outside my house just give birth to 4 little kittens on Sunday midnight... Throughout the night I can hear the little kittens meowing outside. Earlier on, the cat even got into our house and refused to go out, no matter what we did to shoo her out. Last resort, we con her using a cooked fish.

2 kittens drinking milk... Can you see the blood stains there?

and another 2 kittens sleeping peacefully

Lately it keeps on raining, so we gave the a carton and some cloth inside... The kids from next door like to play with the kittens. They will laugh and giggle outside my house.

Cat family still sleeping when I peep at them...

Lately I did a computation of friends on my Facebook and this is what I get...

Wow... I didn't know that...

Little Alex likes to draw little pictures when she is in happy mood. After drawing she will throw it away, so before she throws them into the trash bin I took a picture of it first.

Haha, her drawings is so funny... Got all sorts of things... She even include ghost and rocket...

You want to guess what this drawing represents?

Haha... this is what she brought home from school last week. She can even proudly take it out from her bag and show me...

2011-10-26T21:55:00.000+08:00

Yesterday went to Golden Mile again... Got nothing better to do, 555...

I just got to know that Nicole Highway MRT, it was just behind 5 mins walk away. Poor me used to walk from Lavender MRT, so far away. Now got the circle line so convenient...

This restaurant is the largest at Golden Mile... it has a few outlets too.

That time little Alex was running around so I can't really shop around the place. She is at home so I can explore floor by floor.

You know what it means? haha...

I know there is a Muay Thai gym there but I just can't find it. Now I finally locate it...

Saw some females are training there. They charged by per sessions or unlimited sessions, and it's not cheap...

As I was walking along 2nd floor I saw this poster. Prik Thai ka!!! Too bad it was over now...

I tell you, her vocal is really super... I like her songs very much.

Recently little Alex got the mood to draw cute little things on paper... All the faces she drew will have a smiley face.

She even give herself 5 stars for her own work...

Got bunny, fish balls, pineapple, mandarin orange, apple, peach

2011-10-11T16:45:00.001+08:00

Last Saturday was the opening of the whole Circle Line... Been planning to take little Alex to Labrador Park for a long time, and since the station is now opened I took her there for a walk.

I guess this signage was been there for ages already...

Actually it was a wrong move to walk from the MRT to Labrador Park cos' there is actually a bus that will goes there from Harbour Front Bus Interchange. But it was kinda good to make little Alex walk a lot.

I didn't know which way to go so I just follow the pavement to find the 6 inch cannon...

There it is... with soldiers posing too...

Go near to take a pic of the cannon... I oso make little Alex to pose beside it too... She keeps on whining that she wants to eat strawberry, so I told her if she do not pose there she won't get her strawberries....

But what a pity the Japanese didn't come by the South... so the cannons are not used at all...

I went up trying to take any pics but the view is nothing to see, so.....

This is a storeroom for storing ammo... It's sealed up so cannot go in...

We walked and walked following the pavement and we came to the modern park... I thought of letting little Alex to play here but she told me her shoes got sand and her legs is painful so she doesn't want to play.

Can you see there are people fishing at the front?

According to the signage, the bunker is very cramped and hot, and it can only accommodate a few soldiers.

Don't ask me what is this, I also got no idea... i just think of taking a pic of it.

Little Alex says she want to wash her feet to rid the sand, she even removed her shoes, but I doesn't want to wash her feet with the water from her water bottle so I took her to the toilet nearby.

While on the way to the toilet, I saw this "Dragon Tooth"... It says from far it looks like a dragon tooth.

With this last pic, I come to the end of our nice trip.

I took little Alex by the hand to exit the place... There is when I saw there is a bus just arrived, so I carry her up the bus. She told me she wants to sleep woh. The bus was turning here and there in Telok Blangah, makes many turns before reaching the Interchange. At one point I was worried I might board the wrong bus and ends up somewhere, I even ask the bus driver where the bus is heading to.

Little Alex is still sleeping in my arms when the bus reached Harbour Front so I gotta carry her to Vivocity.

Then she wakes up and she told me she want to eat cake, so I took her to Starbucks.

This nice design was taken just outside Starbucks.

You know, now little Alex can even go to the toilet herself, and she doesn't even want to enter the gents anymore. I grab her with me and she told me she cannot go in anymore. She said she will be good and stay outside "here, she point at the spot". She told me to go and urine and she will wait for me.

Received a shocking news.... Steve Jobs had passed away.... In fact he knows that he got cancer few years ago.

As you know Steve Jobs had passed away on last Wednesday, 5th Oct 2011...

Wah... 500 bottles of milk!!! See the Herbalife logo there? Who says it got side effects, all medicine, not suitable for babies to drink? Little Alex has been taking it for 3 years now...

Haha... this was so funny....

2011-09-21T11:38:00.000+08:00

Been a few good weeks since I last blogged... or maybe less than a few weeks. Nevertheless, I am back again, with more pics.

Let's see what I got here...

I dunno why now got so many cats loitering outside my home. We didn't abduct them here, they came by themselves. And little Alex is so scared to go out from the door now, haha....

3 cats guarding little Alex's bicycle...

this cat is so happy whenever we walk past... he will rub himself against our legs... btw this cat is actually a family cat from downstairs... dunno why he can find its way up here and dun want to go home. His poor owner (a little boy) was crying when it went missing. Now his owner had gotten him back...

This boy is my sponsored child from China... wow... kids really grow so fast. And he got a new football, hehe...

He sent me his hand-print...

Last weekend I took little Alex out on the streets again. She said she wants to eat ice cream, but she got a bit of cough so I told her she cannot eat anything cold. So I took her to eat some cakes.

Dropped by at Secret Recipe @Plaza Singapura...

Cafe Mocha

Golden Nugget

The Golden Nugget is still ok... As you can see, it's peanuts on the top. Ask me and I will give it a 6 out of 10.

We left the place after about an hour cos' little Alex wants to leave. She keep running away from her table. We walked downwards to Clarke Quay area. Have to make her walk more or else she won't sleep early at night.

We make our stop at Liang Court. We seldom drop by there so I decided to take a look at the desserts they got there.

QQ果冻四季冰

十谷湖. This is make from 10 different kinds of grain...

Oh yes, before I forget there is a few pics I want to share. I was walking past School of The Arts Singapore, SOTA and I saw this..

It was actually made from many colourful strings.

And a Porche too... I couldn't take the interior of it cos' there is a security guard sitting there.

Now back to my post @ Liang Court... I saw a Muay Thai gym there. I never expect to see such a school there.

You see the gloves there? There are actually names written on them, which means there are people training there. On the left hand side, there are apparels selling too. Should have went in to take a look but I didn't...

These pics are actually taken a few weeks ago @ Tanglin Mall where they got a flea market. I took little Alex there to take a look.

There is a really big dog tied to the railings and little Alex is so terrified of it. I tried to scare her by catching hold of her and bring her near to the dog. She was screaming like mad, telling me "don't want, don't want papa.." I tell her if she is noti again she will be playing with the dog.

I found this cute pic online. You want to guess what this pics represents? Someone said it means a blonde chick with a cute pussy... haha!!

Little Alex loves her soft toys a lot... See, she told me they are tired and they need to sleep, so she tuck them all in bed and covered them with handkerchief.

She loves the boy bear on the left a lot, and she won't sleep unless she is hugging him. I ever hide it from her and the whole nite she was searching for him. She even give him a name, she said he is brown in colour so she call him brown bear bear.

Recently I got so lazy to blog so there won't be much pics to blog about too. Before I go, there are a couple of quotes that I would like to share.

2011-08-25T16:07:00.001+08:00

Ok...ok... been some time since I last blogged, right? Been waiting and waiting there patiently, right? Here I comes with some news of what's happening...

I went to bring little Alex some place she never been to before... Although Singapore is so small but still I can find some places new to her. Have been taking her out since like 2 yrs already... Haha, still managed to find some places. Little Alex is pretty good, whenever I tell her that today we are going to this new place she will say she want to go with me too.

So we went to Golden Mile... Walked about 10 mins from the Lavender MRT station. The weather is so hot and little Alex is complaining "hot hot.." So I carry her a while and she walk a bit too.

I took her walk the whole place, floor by floor. I wanted to get some snacks there but I didn't managed to find it, so...

Golden Mile... A lot of Thai stuffs can be found here...

As usual, little Alex wants to eat strawberry so we went to the supermarket there to get for her.

The whole place feels like I was back in Thailand... Can't wait to go back there again.

Let's hear a Thai rock song....

Bodyslam - MV คิดฮอด feat.ศิริพร อำไพพงษ์

But I think Bell Nuntita sing Kid hod better... Do you agree? So rare to be able to sing moh lam so well too.id hod Kid hod

Side-tracked a bit here.... Recently we found we got a visitor outside our house... No matter what we did, she just wouldn't go away. Little Alex is so cute, she will open the door to peek at the cat but when she saw the cat coming she will run far far away...

Faithful cat...

Then... we found another cat hiding at the pipe some days later...

This cat is bad... she will bully the other cat, trying to snatch her food.

Last weekend after my morning shift I took little Alex out. She was whining she wants to go out, so to stop her from making so much noise I grant her wish. She always like the idea of going out and not going to school. haha... I think most kids are the same.

Anyway, it is all the same routine thing. Took the bus/mrt to town area, then walk there a bit before going to another place again.

So many thumb drives @ Orchard Central. The sales assistant is not around, maybe he want to the toilet cos' I was standing there like for 2 mins and he is nowhere to be seen. I quickly snap a pic of the thumb drives and walk away. Later when I saw the sales assistant, it was a female girl.

We left and carry on walking...

Haha.... this guy has been performing for a couple of years along Orchard area. Now he is standing like a statue, not moving. If you want him to move, you just drop a coin at the basket and he will move for you.

I always like to try new things whenever I can find. Why settle for the normal, old things? So boring, right?

Macha Milk with Adzuki Bean @ Gong Cha... This is nice, I tell you. Although it's more expensive than other milk tea but I think it's still ok. Just try for the new taste.

Hokkaido Caramel Milk Tea @ Jurong Point. If you were to ask me, I would say this tea is just so-so loh...

My last off day I took little Alex out again. This time not too far cos' early in the morning it was raining and we couldn't go out. By the time the rain stops, it was about afternoon 3pm plus

This time we went to Bukit Timah....

Saw this sturdy looking cow at one of the butchery shop. Little Alex dun want to stand near to the cow so I didn't take a pic of her and the cow.

We went to Beauty World, Bukit Timah Shopping Centre, Bukit Timah Plaza... In fact there isn't much things to see, esp for Bukit Timah Shopping Centre, mostly are maid agencies there. But still we managed to find some thing to "play", we found a Korean supermart. Haha, there is always something to "play" for little Alex and me.

We only stay around the area for about 2 hours and we took a bus down to town area. Had our dinner there and then I took the little girl for hunting for a place to eat cake and relax.

We went to POMO, not suitable...

Then I saw opposite there row of shophouses... So I ask little Alex if she wants to go over and take a look? She say yes so I carry her across the road. Can't let her walk herself cos' the on-coming traffic is pretty fast.

Walk to and fro, but not suitable... I was about to leave then I saw this cafe at 2nd floor... Hmm, never been before so I took little Alex up to check it out.

It was a place for friends to meet up for board games and some coffee/cakes. You can be a member there too, just pay a certain amount of money for 3 hours of board games...

Only got us and another table. Got a few customers came in, take a look and left, or they came in, sit down for a while without ordering anything and left.

(Root) Beer Float

Mind Black & White Brownie

haha, this place is so cool... at the exit down the stairs you can see this...

While going back home, we pass by CHIJMES and I took little Alex inside for a while. She runs about on her own, and I hide myself behind a pillar. She was so steady, you know? She didn't cry or shout but instead she was walking around to search for me. You should have seen her "advanturous" look when she was hunting for me. She walk here and see, dun have me there and she went to another spot to look for me.

Insomnia club.

One of my friends said she like to frequent her own "Insomnia" back in Bangkok. When she comes here end of this year, tentatively she will, she wants to go here too.

We have food for our body earlier part, and now it's some food for our soul.

2011-07-27T12:28:00.000+08:00

Last nite went down town to watch Transformers. Haha, the graphics are really great, compared to when we were young when we watched Transformers cartoon on TV...

Iluma Bugis... I only been there once, with little Alex. That time she was sleeping so I guess she got no impression about that place.

took this shot while I was at the escalator to collect my tickets.
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The show is nice to watch, but the cinema is pretty small and the show is more than 2 hours.
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Some backdated pics...

I come across this book at NTUC @Jurong Point. His philosophy still lives on, to thousands of people, maybe millions of people. "What the human mind believes, the human body can achieve".

How he define DESIRE? Determine, Evaluate, Set, Identify, Repeat, Each day.
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Took little Alex to JurongPoint few days ago, cos I was doing night shift later so we cannot go too far. She said she wants to eat ice kacang so we went to search for desserts and I saw this nice shop selling many kinds of desserts so I think w can try it out.

Mocha flavour...

Bandung flavour..
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Bandung flavour is supposed to be for little Alex but after eating a bit of hers, she wants mine too so we exchange ours. And it was a mistake to order 2 cos' I end up eating both. Should have share it with her...
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Last Tuesday little Alex didn't go to school cos' her school send me a referral letter to have an appointment with the Refraction Clinic @SGH. It seems that little Alex didn't pass her eyesight test that was taken in her school earlier on.
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We were there early and we went for the test again. For us, it's those A, E, F... but for kids it's those pics like aeroplane, burger, bicycle, etc. They are given a list of pics and they are to point out which pics is shown on the screen against the list.
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And little Alex passed the test.... I was told that during in her school, she didn't able to identify the little aeroplane, that's why I will get this referral letter. So she is okay with her eyesight lah... Aiyo scared me sia.
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After that, we went to Vivocity for lunch.

Super Star burger...

I eat the burger and little Alex eat the fries. She seems to like tomato sauce a lot. She wants to dip her fries in it and even dip her little finger and lick it.
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After our lunch, I took little Alex to try out some clothes at one of the boutique for kids, took a few photos for her in the changing room too. It turns out to be pretty nice shots with my iphone but I got grounded by the staffs for taking pics there. So we left the place...
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Then following Sat we went to Vivocity again. This time round we are going to Sentosa...
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We had our lunch at the Banquet first. Little Alex wants to eat fries again, but I told her papa want to eat noodles, so after I taken my lunch we shall go and find our fries.

炒福建虾面

When it comes, I ask her if she wants to eat a bit? She nod her head, so I let her try a bit.. and she end up eating it herself. haha... See, I knew that. Her papa is smarter than her lah...
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So I ordered another one for myself...

小锅面

You must be surprised why there is no noodles cos' little Alex is eating it. When this arrives, she doesn't want the 炒福建虾面 anymore and she wants my noodles, so I gave it to her.
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And you know what, she no longer wants her fries after that. So we took the mono-rail to Sentosa.

Aiyo, of cos we are not in this mono-rail lah... This was taken before we went to Sentosa...

OMG!!! I didn't teach her that, dunno where she learns it from...

*Side-tracked a bit*

This is my latest book I bought from Popular bookstore. 20 millions copies sold worldwide...
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Little Alex got a spanking from me cos' she went missing at Sentosa for a while. I told her to stand there and wait for me but she went missing, leaving her bag behind. I gotta search for her before she appeared again. I ask her where she went and she was pointing to that direction. It seems she went looking for food cos' she was hungry. So we went to that direction and guess what we found... KFC.
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So afterall this little lass is smart, heh?
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After her KFC fries, she told me she was sleepy and wants to go home. So we took the mono-rail back to main island again.
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Took some shots at the promotion there @Vivocity.

You think it's worth? I dunno, maybe... not. But to give your family and kids a sweet memories, I think it's worth.

Little Alex's new dress... She choose it herself so I guess she will wear it.

This is at Sweet Tornado @Yishun. Almond & sesame with 汤圆. This dessert doesn't comes with the 2 汤圆, but I add them to it.

2011-07-19T01:52:00.000+08:00

Bought this real cool stuff @ Jurong Point...
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In fact I have already been eyeing this thing for a long time. I first saw it was at Vivocity. Just when I got the money and I went back, it was gone. It was always on my mind... where can I find it again? Where can I find it again? And now since I found it selling at Jurong Point, I bought it immediately.
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The unique blend of Nature Creation® natural herbs includes chamomile, cinnamon, lemongrass, peppermint, rosemary, spearmint, white willow, yarrow, and yellow-dock root. In addition, flax seed and wheat are added to the blend as the heating and cooling components.
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Full set... It comes with many colours but I was thinking the colours got nothing to do with what was inside then why bother so much about the colours. So I choose this red colour one.

Shoulder pack... very good for me, haha... I tried it once, just 15 mins and I feel so shiok.

for lower torso, good for tummy and lower back ache.

this is good esp for little Alex if she is running a fever. Can use it for her head and neck...
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for the eyes... very relaxing and this can only be used cold.
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Yesterday took little Alex out... In the morning I told her to write her Chinese spelling first before we go out. She dun seems to like Chinese a lot, but still she has to learn. Got a hard time for her to sit down at the table and practice her Chinese.
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Then I bathe for her and we went out. My mother said now little Alex is a big girl already we cannot bathe together anymore. I bathe first then I help her to bathe, but when her grandmother is not around I bathe together with her, to save time and save water mah... haha. Anyway, I dun see what is the problem for that. Some people dun even want to bathe their own kids. I told my mother that some people dun even know how their own kids backside looks like.
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We went to Juroing Point first to have our lunch. She wanted to eat french fries, so we went to Carl's Junior.
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Oreo flavour shake. The fries I skipped it cos' all fries looks the same...
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When the little lass is full and happy, we went to town area. I planned to take her to Bugis/Arab street/Haji Lane. We alighted the train at City Hall and walk to Bugis. Little Alex want to eat grapes, so we went to Cold Storage to see if there are any grapes. There are grapes for sale, but she wants something else. She said she want to eat cherries....
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It was more expensive than grapes but it was worth the money. It was sweet and nicer.
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We gotta find some place where we can sit down... Walked around Bugis Junction and we managed to find a place where not much people will pass by. Little Alex was eating the grapes while I snap pics of her eating. She almost finished 50% of it and I doesn't want to carry it with me so I finished the rest for her.
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Then we crossed over the road and I took her for a walk along Haji Lane/Arab street....
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Nice grafitti, huh?
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I think I should visit it again during night time cos' many of the shops are closed. Those selling clothes are open but those cateries and restaurants are still closed. I think it's a nice place to shop for clothes cos' the clothes are unique, you can't find them at Orchard Road or anywhere else.
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I wanted to take little Alex for, maybe ice cream or some food here but as you can see the shutters is still down.
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Since it was not opened yet so we left and head back to Bugis. We passed by Rafflies Hospital and little Alex says she want to pee, so we went in to look for the toilet. You know what, she can go to the toilet all by herself. I told her that I'll be waiting for her outside and she needs to go by herself.
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And she steadily go to the toilet herself. When she came out, she told me she has wash her hands too.
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Taken @Raffles Hospital. It was Sunday and not much patients there...
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We left the place quickly cos' little Alex is making a lot of noise there. I told her to keep quiet and it is a hospital...
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Then I saw there is this Coffee Bean outlet there, little Alex pull my shirt and she wants to eat cake. I took her in and check out what cakes they have for today... I told little Alex to sit at the table while I order the cake and Iced Blended..
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Red Velvet cake... This is nice. Not too sweet and it's red in colour...
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No much people at the outlet... haha I love it. We stay there for like an hour before little Alex told me she is tired and she wants to sleep. So I carry her in my arms and I told her to sleep for a while before we go home.
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I was walking along Raffles City to find for my iphone4 casing... Little Alex has obviously grown heavier now.
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I and waiting to see wht it got in store for us.

2011-06-28T23:56:00.000+08:00

So boring... so boring... Now everyone is asleep in the house except me.

Shall update my blog before I go to bed.

Next month will be July...

There are some pics that was taken some time ago and I better get to my pics now...

Little Alex's new bag... It was about the same size as the old one that she is carrying to school...

Dale... I doesn't know is Dale is a male or female... My father bought for her a bear from Malaysia and my mother was saying the bear is a male bear, so little Alex keep telling us she wants a girl bear.

On Sunday, took little Alex out again. She wanted to go to Jurong Point, I dunno why... So we went there first. Shop around there for a while then I conned her to go down to Orchard. We alighted the train at Somerset, thought of taking her for a decent meal but she doesn't want to eat at the place I planned to go. She hold my hand and walk upwards... We keep walking from Orchard Central till ION....

I ask her what she actually want to eat. She told me she wants to eat burger, so we went to Wendy's. I had my burger and share with her some. She had her fries and share with me some. After lunch, we went to Border's.

Tin Tin!!! It was so long ago that I last get to read it... It was during my primary school days that I read Tin Tin. I didn't expect to still find it in Singapore now...

More Tin Tin...

I show little Alex the magazines and she somehow like reading them and wants me to tell her the story. So I tell her a little and then let her read on her own.

I tell her that the books on the shelf are untidy and if she is a good girl, then she should help to tidy them. And she really did...

See the difference now?

We stay at Border's a while more before we left the place to another location.

Basically we are walking up and down the streets, my aim is to make her tired so that she can sleep early when we reached home.

Took some pics along the way...

Hamilton plane...

2 cute bunnies...

Opposite Hilton hotel I saw there is this open house at the Royal Thai Embassy, so I took little Alex there to take a look what's in there.

It sure attracts many visitors with this banner...

Selling clothes at this side... and accessories at the other side.

Too bad now it's no more... today it should be all cleared.

We didn't buy anything there cos' she told me she wants to go to Chinatown... I never take here there before so we took the train and alight at Chinatown station. I bought for her a strawberry bubble tea on the way there. Got a crowd gathering just outside the station so we go and take a look what's happening...

this old uncle is singing 我问天...

Didn't waste much time there, I just snap a pic of him and off we go.

Chinatown street... The sky is still bright, we should have come here after 7pm or so. The time was about 5:30pm still.

haha... I wonder is this is real or not... I guess maybe it's true cos' there are quite a number of customers at the restaurant.

saw this pregnant cat lying on the pavement. Even though it was awake it didn't bother when I was close-up take her pics. Too lazy, I guess...

Chendol... so rich in coconut milk and melaka gula... I think it's worth trying if you ever been there.
After our dessert, I asked little Alex does she wants to go another place to play. She shake her head "No... I want to go home to sleep." So we took the train back home.

I thought she will be dead tired when we reached home at 9pm but she still awake, only managed to sleep around 11pm.

2011-06-21T10:47:00.001+08:00

I got home last Friday and on my study table lies a parcel... A birthday gift for little Alex.

Alexandria's first birthday gift, from 云阿姨...

Who is this 云阿姨 leh? Little Alex god-mother loh.

Let's see what is inside the package...

A big bunch of flowers at the front. I thought little Alex won't want to wear it but apparently she wears it, so...

pong-pong skirt...

I planned to take her go to town area with her but it was raining in the morning, by the time the rain stops it was late morning and it's too late to go down to town. So we headed nearby, to Jurong Point.

Many people there... We went to Billy Bombers but there are quite a number of customers there. There is table for us but little Alex doesn't want to eat there so we left. Nowadays little Alex can tell you she likes the place or not, she wants to eat there or not. Anyway, it's her big day so she calls the shot. We walk around Jurong Point and we went to New York New York.

Bascially there isn't much customers there. Not much customers may not mean a good thing, esp on weekends. But who cares so much... I show little Alex the menu and she flips it like a pro. Very soon, she points to me what she wants to eat.

Bloody Eyeballs... haha, not for the faint-hearted. This is a theme for Halloween... See the blood?

Chocolate Waffle.. This is nice. When it is served to us, it's stil hot.

I took many shots for little Alex when she is eating and drinking. She just doesn't care if you are taking pics of her when she is busy eating her food. Ha! So got lots of ugly pics of her...

See, all finished. She eat the first portion and I only get to eat when she told me "I'm full already".

After that, we went to SAFRA to see what's in there.

Got a book fair... Not much books there. Took a round walk around the whole place, couldn't find any suitable books so we left the place and went back home.

This year is quite a simple birthday for little Alex. No birthday cakes for her... Anyway she has eaten more cakes than the whole birthday add together.

Took her height, and she stand 1.05m tall. Let's see how much she will grow next year.

her gift for me... she made it in school...

2011-06-16T04:07:00.000+08:00

Next Sunday it's gonna be little Alex's 5th birthday...

And this little imp keep on telling me June is her birthday...

She even can pester me to buy her birthday presents...

Not one, but 3 presents...

She wants a bear soft toy, Barbie doll, and crayons...

When she was 1 yr old, she still doesn't know what's going on.
When she was 2 yrs old, she knows there are many food to eat but doesn't know that was her birthday.
When she was 3 yrs old, she knows how to blow her candles.
When she was 4 yrs old, she knows how to cut her cake and sing birthday songs in Chinese, English and Cantonese version.
Now she is 5 yrs old, she knows what she want for her birthday...

2011-06-13T10:27:00.000+08:00

Check it out, this Thai girl, Bell Nanthita. She is pretty, her voice is so sweet, but she is also a......

2011-06-10T11:28:00.000+08:00

Next week is little Alex's 5th birthday.... My mom bought for her a new "laptop". She said the one that I'm letting her use is too heavy and bulky for such a tiny little girl to play. But hey, this "laptop" is just a toy. mine is the genuine one, ok? But anyway, little Alex now seems to like it and she even wants to keep it together in the closet that she specifically want to.

see, and it comes with a mouse too.

All it does it just play music and songs when you pressed the buttons. I think such toys is more suitable for 3 yrs old kids to play. Since little Alex loves it, so....

I told her that now she got 2 laptops and papa only got one, so if she wants to play she should be playing with hers, not mine.
While little Alex went out with her grandma to Clementi Mall, I got the chance to go out and get myself a pair of sandals.

it comes with black and white colour... the black one is nicer but it doesn't have my size.

and little Alex is so tired that she just fall sleep on the couch. Initially she was disturbing me while I was online, then suddenly there is so silence outside. And she actually was sleeping already.

2011-06-03T17:16:00.000+08:00

2011-05-30T19:53:00.000+08:00

Soon little Alex will be 5 yrs old...

Right now she keeps on telling us she is 5 yrs old already.

Saturday took her out again. I ask her if she wants to take the bus or the MRT, she choose to take the MRT so we went to take the train to town. I wanted to take her to San Francisco Coffee for cake but when we reached here, it was closed. Anyway, just in case you doesn't know where is it, it's at Raffles Place just behind UOB Centre. Maybe it's weekend so it's closed.

Then we walked to Far East Square... Had my lunch there, little Alex didn't eat much. She is more interested in eating her cake more.

Strawberry cheesecake

No one's at the counter, haha....

It wasn't surprised that no one is at the counter cos' it's only about 11am, and there is only a few customers in the store.

After my lunch and little Alex's cake-time, we left and we continue walking... Got no clue where are we heading next. i just walk where my legs take me.

Still got no clue where we are going and we end up at Central Mall. She said she wanted to go and pee, so we went to the toilet. Then we continue walking downwards to City Hall. Little Alex said she wants to eat strawberry. I told her we need to find strawberries before we can eat strawberries. We went to Marina Square, walk a big round there, and end up at Raffles City. In fact I didn't really want to get for her but we still went to Cold Storage @ Raffles City. I tell you, she is so smart. She even can managed to find where the strawberries are, took me by the hand to search for it. And there are all the strawberries... I told her it's rather expensive, can we have the grapes instead? She look at me, then we put the box of strawberries back, choose a box of grapes and hand it to me. I told her that we need to pay for it before we can eat the grapes. She took the box of grapes and half-run half-walk to the cashier and queue up. She told me to queue up at this lane cos' the person in front is going to be done with the purchase. She hand over the grapes to the cashier and give her the $10 I passed to her earlier.

We sit outside Raffles City... she is choosing which grape to eat and which one to feed me.

After our grapes session, I ask her where shall we go next?

She said she wants to go home, and the time is only 4pm... I told her why not we go another place to play, it's still too early to head back home. She says she want to go home, go home!!! Okay, so we went home.

In the train, I let her sit on my lap. I guess she must be really tired cos' she even fall asleep sitting.

She is still sleeping when we got home. I lay her bed for her, just put her down and she wakes up immediately. Then she told us she is having fever, no wonder she wants to go home. And she doesn't want to bathe. I told her that she needs to bathe to bring her temperature down, she doesn't want and she runs and sleep on my mattress. I just grab her into the bathroom and bathe her.

During dinner time, she didn't eat much. In fact for the whole day she didn't eat much.

After dinner I went to take a short nap before going to work. Little Alex came and sleep beside me.. So we got a little chat going on.

Little Alex: after K1 is what"

Me: after K1 is K2 lah

LA: after K2 leh?

Me: is SKII lah..

LA: no!!.. after K2 is Pri 1..

LA: after Pri 1 leh?

Me: Pri 2 lah...

LA: after Pri 2 is Pri 3... Pri 4... Pri 5... Pri 6... after Pri 6 leh?

Me: Sec 1 lah...

LA: after Sec 1 is Sec 2... Sec 3.. Sec 4.. Sec 5... after Sec 5, momo go to work... Papa you dun need to work, you stay at home. Momo buy rice for papa to eat.

Me: now papa bring you go out, when papa old will you bring papa go out?

LA: *nod her head* momo bring papa go Vivocity and Jurong Point.

LA: momo big already, momo know how to go to Vivocity.

LA: momo buy 4 rice.. one for momo, one for mama, one for yeye, one for papa.

2011-05-23T11:09:00.004+08:00

Little Alex is still sleeping so I shall blog a bit before she wakes up and start to disturb me.

I find that she loves to draw pictures when she was supposed to practice in her spellings. Anyway, I snap some pics of her drawings here....

Please dun ask me what did she draw... I got no idea too. I think it's good for her to explore in her own. Kids got no lack of imaginations.

When little Alex got full marks for her spellings or 听写, she will come home and show us. She will take out her exercise book and show us the 2/2 and the sticker the teacher give to her. If she gets 1/2, she won't want to show you her exercise book. And when she gets 0/2, then she will hide her exercise book away. When you try to take her exercise book out from her bag, she will run towards you and shout "Stop, cannot see cannot see...." and pushes you away.
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Yesterday took little Alex out again. Long story short... We went to Orchard Road... City Hall... Marina Square. She keep on whining she wants to eat dessert, so we went around to search for it. At last I told her that we cannot find any nice desserts shop around so why not we go and have cake. So we went to Marina Square...

Then I saw Secret Recipes...
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Mixed Fruit Yogurt...

Choco Chip Walnut..

2011-05-18T00:21:00.003+08:00

Today is Vesak Day, little Alex doesn't need to go to school so I took her out. She was so happy that she doesn't need to go to school today, haha... Children are all like that.
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So we took a bus there... We are already in the bus when little Alex said she feels like vomiting so I quickly alight from the bus, just in case she really vomited out. The bus is pretty packed with passengers... We alighted at Jurong East and gotta walk quite a distance to the MRT. The Sun is so hot and she keep complaining "hot hot...".
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We alighted at City Hall, it's time for our lunch and I thought of taking her for some noodles but the shop was no longer there... We ended up at KFC @Funan Centre. After that, we went to Orchard... that is where i initially want to go. Went to ION, went to Louis Vuitton to check out the price for Trevi PM and MM. Only got to know that there is no MM available, only comes in PM and GM. So I left the place and took little Alex to Starbucks. I always frequent the one at Tanglin Mall cos' I get to sit at the couch, haha. We stay there for about an hour before taking little Alex somewhere else.
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Before I continue with my post, let's just side track and take a look at her handiwork lately.
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Dun know what is all the drawing all about. Tell her to practice in her spellings and this is what she draw on the book. Sigh.....
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Let's get to our post again...

We had our lunch and our coffee break, little Alex wants to have her dessert too. I told her we need to get to Somerset for our dessert, shall we take a bus there? She said "no.. I want to walk". I told her it's very hot and it's quite far, she said she want to walk... so we walk. Well, it should say it's me who walk there cos' half way at Takashimaya she was telling me she wants to sleep. I gotta carry her in my arms. She is now a hefty 15 kg little girl. I went to Meritus Mandarin Hotel for a rest. There are some seats at the shopping mall below where I can rest a while.

I managed to get a long couch there, all by myself. Of cos' I am not so selfish to occupy the whole couch by myself, I sit at the corner. There are people who comes and sit beside me, and left, and comes another one. I remember there is this girl who is telling her little brother not to make so much noise cos' 小妹妹 is sleeping, *Shh....*

I doesn't know how long I rest there, I get up and went off. Check it out if there is any clothes to get for little Alex... Nope, so I left the place.

I walked all the way till City Hall, then I wake little Alex up. She doesn't want to wake up yet but I just don't care. I put her down and she was making a lot of noise. Her hair is messy and I pull her to one side to comb her hair. She continue to make a lot of noise until I told her that we are going to have dessert, then she quiet down.

We walked a big round... from Citi link to Marina Square then back to Raffles City (if you know what I mean), and I saw this cool dessert shop @Raffles City.

柠檬草王子 Lemongrass Jelly with Mango & Black Pearls

酷糯米小笙 Black Glutinous Rice with Coconut Ice Cream & Honey Pearls.

The desserts are quite nice, not too expensive too. Usual, little Alex will eat mine and give me hers....

2011-05-05T11:11:00.005+08:00

Took little Alex out last Sunday... Didn't know where to take her cos' she has been to almost all the malls in town area. I think maybe she will like to go to Vivocity cos' it has been ages since we went there. I mean I did went there before but not with little Alex for a long time already.
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She got 2/2 for her Chinese and English spellings so I promise her to give her a treat and a drink. You cannot bluff her cos' she can remember whatever you promise her...
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Forget what is the name of this cake... something banana something chocolate...

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Anyway, it doesn't matter so much now. I find this cake very sweet although it's nice to eat.
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Saw this armour, so snap a pic of it... Dunno promoting what show or event.
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I side-tracked a bit now.... Posted a back-dated pic.
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This is a Ford car... I think got like 100 yrs old now... Or maybe not so old lah... I snap this pic oso forget to take a pic of the sign that introduced this car. It was really sunny and hot at that time. The interior is really old and antique, man.
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Ok, back to my post now... Vivocity got nothing much to do window-shopping. There are many ppl but if you got no money, you can't buy anything, right?
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Then I thought of bringing her to somewhere east side... Initially I plan to take her to the airport (again?!?!) but when the train reached Tanah Merah station, I didn't alight so we went to Tampines. Just at that instant, I was telling myself why not take her to Tampines? Afterall there are 3 shopping malls there.
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We went to Tampines One as our first stop. That is the damn place where I work in 2008 as a valet during weekends. The basement carpark only got over 200 lots, where got enough? Tampines Mall got over 800 lots and Century Square got over 600 lots. Just after 12pm and the whole carpark is full. I have never been there before shopping, so it was my first time. We walked from this floor to the next floor. Got $900 from the Government for the Election so I buy some new clothes for little momo.
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We went to Fox cos' there is a promotion there.
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She choose this top herself. I told her what she like papa to buy for her and she went "missing" only then appear with this top.
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I told her to get another top cos' if I buy 2 then it will cost $13.90 each. And she choose this one, with high heels shoes.
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this dress is what I wanted to get for her. I think she need to wear dresses more... The black dress, the white top is I got it from her wardrobe to add on.
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You know, yesterday I was fetching her from school and we were sitting just in front of a shoe shop. Little Alex actually went in and start trying the shoes there. She took them off the shelves and try them on. She even went up to the sales assistant and ask her to let her try this black shoes this white shoes. She even lead the sales assistant by the hand to the other side to try another pair or shoes. The whole scenario is just like what you see in the malls those ladies trying out the shoes. One pair after one pair... I think when she grows up, she will be like those... Now she already shows she is like to buy hair clips and hair bands.
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This pic is actually some time ago...

Lose Weight Now - Ask Me How

2011-04-21T06:52:00.000+08:00

Lose Weight Now - Ask Me How

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2011-04-21T06:51:00.000+08:00

What is Herbalife

2011-04-20T11:52:00.003+08:00

Just got home from last nite night shift... Can't sleep right now so I just update my blog a bit.

I saw in the Newpaper an article about Richard Branson... Ha, it was really so fun of him losing a bet with AirAsia that he had to broad the plane and serve the passengers for 13 hours flight.

If I had the money I would want to book the flight. I mean which chairman of a company will do business so fun, esp of a company which is 8 billion dollar? Get his signature too....

There is another article of him too...

2011-04-14T11:04:00.000+08:00

The Definition of Wealth by Brian Tracy

If you want to be wealthy, you must understand what wealth is. Here is the best definition of wealth you will ever find. Wealth is "cash flow from other sources."

Make Your Money Work for You
What this means is that you are not wealthy just because you earn a lot of money. You are only wealthy when your money works for you. To become wealthy, your main job is to acquire money and then put it to work making more money for you.

Add Value Continually
The key to creating wealth is simple. It is called "adding value." Successful people are those who are always looking for ways to add value in some way to a person, a company, a product or a service.

Do It Faster
Here is an example of adding value: Domino's Pizza. The founders of Domino's Pizza took a common food, offered by thousands of little restaurants, and added a value to the pizza by delivering it more rapidly than anyone else. The added value of speed enabled Domino's to create a billion-dollar empire and made the founder of Domino's, Tom Monahan, one of the richest men in the world.

Buy It Cheaper Somewhere Else
Another way to add value is to buy something in one place at one price and then make it available in another place for another price. For example, buying a product or service manufactured in Europe or Asia, importing it to the United States, and making it available to people to whom it was not available before is a way of adding value for which you can charge a higher price.

Improve the Life or Work of Others
All manufacturing and marketing is based on this principle of added value. All importation and distribution aims to add value. Performing a service that enhances the life or work of another person adds value. A dentist who takes away pain is adding value. An accountant who saves a client money on taxes is adding or actually creating value. A salesperson who introduces a new product or service to a customer that helps that customer in some way is adding value. All financial success, especially business success, is based on adding value. It is based on the old saying, "Find a need and fill it."

Combine and Recombine the Elements of Value
All successful business is based on someone bringing together the factors of production, such as labor, capital, raw materials and management, and creating a product or service that a customer will pay a price for that is in excess of the cost of producing it.

How Fortunes Are Made
Adding value is the way that all fortunes are made. Whenever you see an opportunity to give people what they want at a price greater than it costs you to produce that product or service, you see an opportunity to make a profit, build a business and begin moving toward financial success. Almost any business or occupation can make you financially independent if you can find a way to add enough value.
Action Exercises
Here are two actions you can take immediately to add more value to your time and activities:

First, take the time to be absolutely clear about what it is that people want and need to improve their lives and work. The clearer you are about their real needs, the easier it is for you to satisfy them at a higher level.

Second, look for ways to add value to what you are doing every day in every way. Never be satisfied with the status quo. One small idea to add value can be the starting point of a great fortune.

Profits Are Better Than Wages by Jim Rohn

My mentor, when I was 25 years old, dropped a phrase on me that changed my life forever when he said, “Profits are better than wages. Wages will make you a living. Profits can make you a fortune.”

You know it is a bit difficult to get rich on wages, but anybody can get rich on profits. Profits change your whole attitude, even if you start part time—whether it’s part time on your entrepreneurial business, network marketing company or service business.

It can be a landscape business in the summer or hanging Christmas lights in the winter. It can be training, consulting or tutoring. It can be your hobby, such as painting, writing, crafts, woodworking, computers or cooking. But once you start investing even part-time effort into your own business, you will find how much more exciting it is to get up in the morning and go to work on your fortune, even if you’re only spending a few hours a week doing it.

How empowering it is to be able to go to work on your fortune every day rather than going to work to pay the rent. Now it is noble to go to work to pay the rent, but if you could also parcel out part of your time, go to work to make your fortune. Your whole attitude changes. Your spirit changes. It is in your voice. It is in your face. It is in your gestures. And then you can say, “I am now working full time on my job and part time on my fortune because I found a way to make profits.” Wow!

And I will know what you mean.

The Great Leadership Challenge by Jim Rohn

If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself. Leadership is the ability to attract someone to the gifts, skills, and opportunities you offer as an owner, as a manager, as a parent. What’s important in leadership is refining your skills. All great leaders keep working on themselves until they become effective. Here are some specifics:

Learn to be strong but not impolite. It is an extra step you must take to become a powerful, capable leader with a wide range of reach. Some people mistake rudeness for strength. It’s not even a good substitute.

Next, learn to be kind but not weak. We must not mistake weakness for kindness. Kindness isn’t weak. Kindness is a certain type of strength. We must be kind enough to tell someone the truth. We must be kind enough and considerate enough to lay it on the line. We must be kind enough to tell it like it is and not deal in delusion.

Next, learn to be bold but not a bully. It takes boldness to win the day. To build your influence, you’ve got to walk in front of your group. You’ve got to be willing to take the first arrow, tackle the first problem, discover the first sign of trouble. Like the farmer, if you want any rewards at harvest time, you have got to be bold and face the weeds and the rain and the bugs straight on. You’ve got to seize the moment.

Here’s the next step. You’ve got to learn to be humble but not timid. You can’t get to the high life by being timid. Some people mistake timidity for humility. But humility is a virtue; timidity is a disease. It’s an affliction. It can be cured, but it is a problem.

Humility is almost a God-like word. A sense of awe. A sense of wonder. An awareness of the human soul and spirit. An understanding that there is something unique about the human drama versus the rest of life. Humility is a grasp of the distance between us and the stars, yet having the feeling that we’re part of the stars.

Here’s a good tip: Learn to be proud but not arrogant. It takes pride to build your ambitions. It takes pride in your community. It takes pride in a cause, in accomplishment. But the key to becoming a good leader is to be proud without being arrogant.

Do you know the worst kind of arrogance? Arrogance from ignorance. It’s intolerable. If someone is smart and arrogant, we can tolerate that. But if someone is ignorant and arrogant, that’s just too much to take.

The next step is learning to develop humor without folly. In leadership, we learn that it’s okay to be witty but not silly; fun but not foolish.

Next, deal in realities. Deal in truth. Save yourself the agony of delusion. Just accept life as it is. Life is unique. The whole drama of life is unique. It’s fascinating.

Life is unique. Leadership is unique. The skills that work well for one leader may not work at all for another. However, the fundamental skills of leadership can be adopted to work well for just about everyone: at work, in the community, and at home.

On Learning to Lead by Zig Ziglar

My wife and I were in Sydney, Australia, and we had an opportunity to attend a performance of the Sydney Philharmonic Orchestra at the famed Opera House. When we arrived thirty minutes early, the orchestra members were already warming up. As they warmed up, the music sounded like noise to me.

At one minute before eight, the conductor walked onto the stage. Immediately everybody sat up straight. As he stepped onto the riser, everybody came to attention. At eight o’clock he raised the baton, and when his arms came down, the music started. What had been noise a few seconds earlier became a beautiful melody.

The orchestra leader had converted a team of all-stars to an all-star team. No one instrument dominated any other; rather, each harmonized with and became part of the others.

The conductor had, for a number of years, been a musician in an orchestra. He had learned to be obedient and follow the orchestra conductor when he was a performer. In short, he had learned to obey so that later he could command. I once saw a young man with a T-shirt emblem proclaiming, “I follow no one.” What a tragedy! Because until he learns to follow, he will never be able to lead.

The Promise of Spring by Jim Rohn

Fortunately, following the turbulence of winter comes the season of activity and opportunity called springtime. It is the season for entering the fertile fields of life with seed, knowledge, commitment, and a determined effort.

However, the mere arrival of spring is no sign that things are going to look good in the fall. You must do something with the spring. In fact, everyone has to get good at one of two things: planting in the spring or begging in the fall. Take advantage of the day and the opportunities that spring can bring.

It is the promise of spring that as we sow, so shall we also reap. Faith further provides to us an irrevocable law decreed in heaven which assures that for every disciplined human effort we will receive a multiple reward. For each cup planted, a bushel reaped, for every good idea given to another, many shall be given to us in return. For every demonstrated act of faith, a multiplicity of the rewards, and for every act of love given, a life of love in return.

Just remember it is a natural characteristic of springtime to present itself ever so briefly, or to lull us into inactivity with its bounteous beauty. Do not pause too long to soak in the aroma of the blossoming flowers, lest you awaken to find springtime gone with your seed still in your sack.

With the intelligence, wisdom, and freedom of choice given to us as humans, exercise the discipline to plant in spite of the rocks, weeds, or other obstacles before us. The rocks, weeds, and thorns of the world cannot destroy all your seeds if you plant massively enough and intelligently enough. My suggestion is to choose action, not rest. Choose truth, not fantasy. Choose a smile, not a frown. Choose love, not animosity. Choose the good in life in all things, and choose the opportunity as well as the chance to work when springtime smiles on your life.

Spring shows us that life is truly a constant beginning, a constant opportunity, a constant springtime. We need only to learn to look once again at life as we did as children, letting fascination and curiosity give us welcome cause to look for the miraculous hidden among the common.

Get busy quickly on your springs, your opportunities. There are just a handful of springs that have been handed to each of us. Life is brief, even at its longest. Whatever you are going to do with your life, get at it. Don't just let the seasons pass by.

2011-04-11T14:22:00.000+08:00

一个女司机被强奸后（这不是笑话！）我希望大家都能看到这个故事，有些东西，有些道理，却往往可以从一个短小精悍的故事里面体会得到。这是一篇让人看完后心很冷的故事。真的希望这真的只是个故事....因为心真的很难过.... 　　山间公路上三名持枪歹徙居然盯上漂亮的女司机，强迫中巴停下，要带女司机下车去玩玩，女司机情急呼救，全车乘客噤若寒蝉。只有一中年瘦弱男子应声奋起，却被打伤在地。男子气极．奋起大呼全车人制止暴行，却无人响应．任凭女司机被拖至山林草丛。半个时辰后，三歹徒与衣衫不整的女司机归来。车又将行．女司机要被打伤流血的瘦弱男子下车。男子不肯，倔持起来。喂，你下车吧，我的车不拉你！中年男子急了，说：你这人怎么不讲道理，我想救你还错吗？你救我？你救我什么了？女司机矢口否认，引得几个乘客窃笑。中年男子气极，恨自已身无大侠之力！救人未救成，可也不该得此被驱逐下车的结果呀，他坚决不下。再说我买票了，我有权坐车！司机扬起脸无情地说：不下车，我就不开。没想到的是，满车刚才还对暴行熟视无睹的乘客们，却如刚刚睡醒般，齐心协力地劝那男子下车：你快下去吧，我们还有事呢，耽搁不起！有几位力大的乘客甚至想上前拖这中年男子下车，使人想起莫泊桑笔下《羊脂球》里的情节。三个歹徒咧着嘴笑，得意地笑了。其中有个黑皮无赖毫不知耻地说：哥们把她玩恣了！另外两个歹徒也胡言乱语：她是我对象，关你屁事！一场争吵，直到那男子的行李从车窗扔出，他随后被推搡而下。汽车又平稳地行驶在山路上，女司机掠了一下头发，按响了录音机。车快到山顶，拐过弯去就要下山了，车左侧是劈山开的路，右侧是百丈悬崖。汽车悄悄地加速了，女司机脸上十分平静，双手紧握着方向盘，眼睛里淌出晶莹的泪水。一歹徒似乎觉察到了什么，说：慢点开，慢点开，你他妈的想干什么？！女司机并不说话，车速越来越快。歹徒企图扑上去抢方向盘，汽车却像离弦的箭向悬崖冲去...... 第二天，当地报纸报道：伏虎山区昨日发生惨祸，一中巴摔下山崖。车上司机和十三名乘客无一生还。

After watching this 2 clips, what is your emotion?

2011-04-09T01:34:00.001+08:00

Little Alex is so funny today... She is really so cute and funny.

I was watching TV at the living room when she comes and beat me. The conversation goes like this:

Little Alex: papa papa this year I am 5 yrs old, this year I'm am K1, after K1 is what?
Me: after K1 is K2 lah..
LA: after K2 leh?
Me: after K2 is SKII lah...
LA: (stun for a while) no papa papa you say wrongly, after K2 is Pri 1... SKII is used to wash face one, wash here and here.. (pointing both of her cheeks)

2011-04-04T13:32:00.005+08:00

Okay, little Alex is in her school now... Today she got Chinese spelling, so when she gets home later we shall see how many marks she get. Just before I take her to school, she knows the words so I think she should have no problem. Last week, she got 2/2 and I treated her to a meal. I told her if today she scores 2/2 then over the weekend, I will treat her to eat cake and drink something. If she gets 1/2 then she only gets to drink no cakes. . She asks me "what if I get 0/2?" . I told her 0/2 will ganna beat backside till red red.... . My mother bought for little Alex some new toys for her. She loves to cook so now she gets to prepare pizza for us. She will slice it and serve to you, and you better eat it or else she will get angry and start jumping around.
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Cool set of pizza, huh? I was laughing when little Alex was drinking from the bottle of chilli... haha! . . She also has her little fishing game. I know this game set was like been existing for like 30 years already. Little Alex enjoying fishing so let he be. She doesn't really know how to fish it up, all she did was she will catch the fish up and open its mouth and put the hook in... "ahh! I catch it..."
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You know what, when I got more fish than her, she will grab my fish and put them at her side. . . Last Saturday, I took little Alex out again. I already planned to take her to Marina Bay Sands. The previous week, it was raining so we didn't make it there. This time we have to go there, no matter what. When we left home, I wanted to go to Somerset first. We took the MRT, and little Alex is whining that she is hungry. I told her to wait till we are at Somerset then we can find food there. She doesn't want to wait for so long, so we alighted at Tiong Bahru and we had lunch at KFC. She ate my whipped potato, coleslaw and a piece of chicken. She is sure very hungry, man... . After lunch we went to City Hall, ready to explore MBS... Little Alex was running all over the place.
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Saw this statue... Looks cool, so snap a pic of it. I also snapped it with little Alex posing but she doesn't look good in the pic, cos' she is trying to touch the statue when I tell her to look in front.
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Me and little Alex chased it and this is where the starting/ending place. You need to pay a fee and someone will row the boat for you.

Saw this dog statue, can you see little Alex's hand there?

This is the talk of the town, Lion King...

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Little Alex said she wants to eat strawberry so we went hunting for it at MBS. We managed to find it at the supermarket but it was damn expensive. $20 a packet, organic woh... I took little Alex out of the place and she doesn't want to leave. She keep on pointing her finger back there, I told her we can get it cheaper at Raffles City.

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I couldn't find any strawberry there, instead I bought for her blueberries. I tell her big ones are papa one, small ones are momo one. We are sitting along the way between SMU and City Hall MRT. .
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Then I ask little Alex where shall we go next. She said she want to go playground, so I told her we are going to Orchard Central to see if there is any nice clothes for her. When we got there, the stall was not there anymore. So we left the place, to Plaza Singapura cos' now little Alex said she wants to buy sticker.
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I got a hard time find stickers for her, floor after floor we searched... finally managed to get for her stickers. Phew....

Take a pic of little Alex in front of a giant shoe...

2011-04-02T02:38:00.002+08:00

What is Self-Esteem? by Joseph McClendon III

Self-esteem creates the feeling of confidence. Napoleon Hill once said that great self-esteem comes from simply taking the successes of the past, focusing on them, and projecting them into the future. When we do this, we use those references as the foundation of whom we are and what we think we are capable of. It is this focus that makes us feel better about ourselves and the actions that we will take.

Imagine you were in charge of a newborn baby boy. It was your duty to make sure that his little soul got all of the nourishment, love, education and physical attention that he needed to grow up happy, healthy and successful. Imagine that for your efforts you also would receive health, happiness, love and riches beyond your wildest dreams.

Very young children at play are the most confident beings and have an abundance of self-esteem.

You wouldn’t go to the child and say, “OK kid, unless you do everything right, and be cute and smart and witty, and everybody likes you all of the time, then you’re not going to get anything from me.” Instead you, like most of us, would probably just do it. We would make sure that the baby had all that he needed whenever he needed it. Most of us would probably do it just out of caring alone, regardless of the rewards.

At feeding time, would you feed the baby with no strings attached? Of course you would. You wouldn’t say, “OK kid, unless you do something clever, or sit up, or recite your ABCs, or perform flawlessly, you won’t get your food.” You’d feed the baby because he deserves to be fed, and loved and cared for. He or she deserves it because they are a human being and a part of this universe. When the child tried to walk or talk and failed at first, you would praise him for the effort given, thus teaching that child’s nervous system to keep trying.

You deserve exactly the same treatment and consideration from yourself. You deserved it when you were born and you deserve it now. You are that child and you respond the same way. Too many people get the idea that unless they are clever, attractive, witty, or as highly paid or attractive as other people, that they know they are un-deserving of love and respect. They somehow believe that unless they get it right all of the time, then they are not deserving of praise or acknowledgment.

Self-esteem is NOT pervasive. It does not have to mean anything about your whole life. It’s just a feeling about a particular occurrence that happened in the past, attaching it to now and projecting it into the future. The feeling that is produced by doing that is a feeling of negative or positive esteem.

A life often self appreciated is a life well lived.

The Promise of Spring by Jim Rohn

Fortunately, following the turbulence of winter comes the season of activity and opportunity called springtime. It is the season for entering the fertile fields of life with seed, knowledge, commitment, and a determined effort.

However, the mere arrival of spring is no sign that things are going to look good in the fall. You must do something with the spring. In fact, everyone has to get good at one of two things: planting in the spring or begging in the fall. Take advantage of the day and the opportunities that spring can bring.

It is the promise of spring that as we sow, so shall we also reap. Faith further provides to us an irrevocable law decreed in heaven which assures that for every disciplined human effort we will receive a multiple reward. For each cup planted, a bushel reaped, for every good idea given to another, many shall be given to us in return. For every demonstrated act of faith, a multiplicity of the rewards, and for every act of love given, a life of love in return.

Just remember it is a natural characteristic of springtime to present itself ever so briefly, or to lull us into inactivity with its bounteous beauty. Do not pause too long to soak in the aroma of the blossoming flowers, lest you awaken to find springtime gone with your seed still in your sack. With the intelligence, wisdom, and freedom of choice given to us as humans, exercise the discipline to plant in spite of the rocks, weeds, or other obstacles before us. The rocks, weeds, and thorns of the world cannot destroy all your seeds if you plant massively enough and intelligently enough. My suggestion is to choose action, not rest. Choose truth, not fantasy. Choose a smile, not a frown. Choose love, not animosity. Choose the good in life in all things, and choose the opportunity as well as the chance to work when springtime smiles on your life. Spring shows us that life is truly a constant beginning, a constant opportunity, a constant springtime. We need only to learn to look once again at life as we did as children, letting fascination and curiosity give us welcome cause to look for the miraculous hidden among the common.

Get busy quickly on your springs, your opportunities. There are just a handful of springs that have been handed to each of us. Life is brief, even at its longest. Whatever you are going to do with your life, get at it. Don't just let the seasons pass by.

2011-04-02T02:05:00.002+08:00

2011-04-02T01:33:00.001+08:00

Herbalife science and innovation 2011

Are the ingredients in the products good for me? YES!

Are all the ingredients listed on the labels really in the package? YES!!

Do you know where the ingredients come from? YES!!!

2011-03-31T01:30:00.003+08:00

Fast game, now it's almost 2am... Little Alex is sound asleep, my father is sleeping, my mother is sleeping too. Everyone in sleeping, except me. And I am working morning shift later...So just a fast update then I shall go to bed again... . Bought a new bag for little Alex @ Kiddy Palace. There are a few choices to choose but I think she might like this one. When she got home after school, I show it to her and I ask her if she likes it or not. She likes it, then she proudly went to show her grandmother...

Still ok, not too expensive... Little Alex got full marks for her Chinese spelling so gotta reward her a bit.

. . Yesterday I got a package from all the way from U.K. Oh ok, it's a book that I bought online... Now I find shopping online is pretty fun and convenient, esp you want to find stuffs that are rare and "going to extinct". Somehow or another, there will be someone who has it and selling it too. . Check it out at this website.. http://www.abebooks.com/

I still haven't read it yet, when I'm done then I shall share here, ok?

I saw this quote while waiting for someone at Boon Lay MRT station, so I snap a pic of it... I think I ever post it before, but who cares. You got to see it again.

2011-03-30T11:10:00.004+08:00

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<<没有车没有房>> 黄金剩女版
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Then someone come out with their own revenge lyrics...
拜金的目光灑落在妳的臉龐
看看周圍的剩女個個似豺狼
剩女的願望就是身體去換房
嫁老外是最大的願望
問妳有沒有胸問妳有沒有樣
我媽媽她也問你處女是原裝
假如妳沒有胸假如妳也沒有樣
趕緊靠邊別裝處女郎
我就有車我就有房
還有好女人在身旁
不如願就上演上吊的戲
碼當小三我不是你的郎
妳沒有胸妳沒有樣兒
別想把哥哥拉上床
拜金女你不就穿的挺時尚
妳別裝純情我不把妳包養
妳沒有胸妳沒有樣兒
妳還想結婚當新娘
三從四德妳會的沒半樣
憑什麼都是男人在扛
你說我色狼我承認也無妨
罵我好色我會很堅強
女人總得有個女人的模樣
沒胸沒樣你別想找新郎
啦啦啦...

2011-03-29T11:24:00.002+08:00

haha... last night when I got home from work, I checked how much marks did little Alex got for her Chinese spelling... 2/2. Can you figure what words she is writing? 生气 and 高兴.. ok lah, not too high expectations from her... At least got the similiarity there. . . Last week I went to Cineleisure to catch "The Man From Nowhere", I saw this Lotus car parked next to my car. Not my car as is mine, but the car which I was driving. Snap a quick one before the owner appears.

Cool looking, huh?

2011-03-25T15:52:00.000+08:00

Wow... Look at that!

2011-03-22T22:39:00.002+08:00

Just got home from Cineleisure...

Just now catched "The Man From Nowhere". This show is really nice.

2011-03-22T10:39:00.002+08:00

Just sent little Alex to school... now got nothing to do for the time being. Later need to listen to audio training, so today I shall blog about little Alex's children.

this one is call 大头. Sometimes little Alex will bring her go out put in her bag.

this one is call 魔鬼... It was actually a gift from one of my KL friends.

this is snake. It is a given to her by one of the 7-Eleven staff, can't remember which 7-Eleven now... So being cute and noti oso got privilege one.

this is Tweety Bird. I can't remember why I bought this for her now... Little Alex seldom bring her out, dunno why...

this is cunning bear bear... how we got him is actually someone thrown him away at the staircase so we wash it clean and give it to little Alex.

this one is call CJ7.... I bought it at Changi Airport T3.

this one is Hello Kitty, everyone knows lah... Little Alex use to say " papa fever momo fever tweety bird fever bear bear fever, etc.. hello kitty no fever" then I will ask , her why hello kitty no fever leh, she will reply me why hello kitty got fever leh... i will tell her cos' hello kitty got drink water so she got no fever loh...

this one is call 小叮当. It was my birthday gift for her 2nd birthday...

this one is the latest member, his name is call Momo anak. I bought it at Sun Plaza...

So much for the introduction, it's time to lie down for a while.

2011-03-22T07:50:00.002+08:00

Little Alex is sleeping, still sleeping.... cos' it is raining outside now. So nice to sleep, huh? In my last post, I couldn't upload the new dress I got for her. So here it is...

It looks pretty long, right? I thought so too when I first saw it, but it only reaches her knee level... It was supposed to cost like $30, according to the girl tending the stall. But at the stall it was selling for only $10, so I buy it. The texture is nice and little Alex loves to wear it.

I think I should buy more of such dress for her. Better not wear too much pants and tee shirts.

Last nite when I reached home, my mother was telling me what this little lass did....

Little Alex dunno from where found a red packet, put a $1 coin inside and give it to my mother, wish her "Happy Birthday". Then she also roll some veggies and wrap it up with some paper, treat it as some flowers and tuck them to my mother. haha...

2011-03-20T01:55:00.006+08:00

Yesterday took little Alex out. When I reached home after my night shift, she was already waiting for me in the living room. She was eating ice cream, when she saw me she give me her ice cream. She said she can't finished woh...
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So I quickly push her into the bathroom to bathe and we went out. I planned to take her to the Coffee Club at Takashimaya, so we took a bus to Boon Lay MRT station. When we reached Bouna Vista station, she was making a lot of noise so I alighted there. "Hey, why not we go to the Coffee Club at Holland Village?" So we went there. The weather is really hot and I'm wearing black, sweating all over.
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I checked out the menu first before entering, to make sure I can utilise the M1 voucher I redeemed. I asked to be seated at the 2nd floor. Basically we are the one customers at the 2nd floor. Little momo was whining that she wants to eat cake and I oso promised her to treat her cakes. She was saying she want a small cake dun want big cake cos' small cake is cheaper. She will keep on repeating that she cut one for papa, one for mama and one for yeye.
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I show her to menu asking what she wants to order, she was like scanning through the menu and very quickly she was pointing to this Berry Smoothie. I also ordered for myself a drink and of cos' not forgetting her cake. I got for her the most sinful most delicious cake of all, Muddy Mud Pie.
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Berry Smoothie

Green Apple & Mojito Mint, that is for me...

Muddy Mud Pie, see how sinful was it? It was a wonder how not to gain an extra kg after you consume it, haha...
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When the Berry Smoothie and Green Apple & Mojito Mint arrived, little Alex wants my drink. She pushed hers to me... I tried to snatch it back but she doesn't let me. So I gotta con her a bit...

This Muddy Mud Pie, basically it was a ice cream cake. I tell you, it was really nice and it was so sweet. Little Alex was eating it till her hands and face was stained with the chocolate. She obviously not able to finish it all by herself, so I help her... hehe.

We are eating there for quite a long time. Little Alex was playing with the mud pie. Instead of it looks like a mud pie, it becomes a mud pie (if you can visualise it how does mud looks like). It becomes a pool of.... Okay, I cut it here.

Then comes a mother with her new born baby. Little Alex keep looking at them, I told her that is how she looks like too when she is newly born. We finished up with our mud pie and I took her to wash up a bit. We left the place after footing the bill and I took her to walk around Holland Village a while.

Then we took bus #7 to Orchard. It was raining when we arrived there at Somerset. Little Alex was sleeping on my shoulders, you know something nice happens when I was at the traffic light. One girl offers me her umbrella to cross the road while she share with her friend. Initially I turned her down but she keep on passing me her umbrella, so I guess it would be kinda rude to refuse her anymore. We went to Somerset @313 to take shelter from the rain first.

Little Alex wakes up and she is hungry, so I took her to find something to eat. She said she want to eat fish ball, so I got for her. She is indeed very hungry cos' she finished all 3 in one go. Normally she will only eat 2 and keep the last one in her bag.

She is still hungry so I took her to have her lunch. She dun want to sit in the tall chair, she said she won't run around... But she still runs around. I had to catch her back, put her on the chair... and she runs away again. And guess what, she vomitted. It was lucky cos' I knew it was coming and managed to turn her away but it still stains her dress. I had to take her to buy a new dress... I was thinking where to get a new dress in Somerset area, then I remember there is a flea market at Orchard Central. And true enough, I got her a nice blue dress for only $10. I took her to the toilet to change into it while I washed off the stain from her old dress. I was finding for the toilet and I ask little Alex where was it. She coolly point to the direction... Smart girl.
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She loves her new dress and she was like dancing around. I told her not to jump around again or else she will vomit again. We went to City Hall, I was thinking of taking her to Marina Bay Sands. We exit via Esplanade, along the way I took some pics of the display there.

Don't ask me what does this means...

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In fact I was already walking towards Marina Bay Sands when the sky begins to rain. So I decided not to go there anymore. It was quite a distance through. We still need to reach Helix Bridge before reaching Marina Bay Sands. So I carry her and cross over the road to Marina Square.

And there is another surprise there...

There is this mega balloon exhibition going on. Everything is made from balloons. Many people are posing and taking pics there. I took little Alex a tour inside.

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Then little Alex was telling me she wants to go home, and the time is only 4 pm. So okay, we went home. She was sleeping when we are inside the MRT. I guess she is too tired from all the walking.

2011-03-17T12:10:00.000+08:00

Ground Down or Polished Up by John C. Maxwell

A few years ago a friend was telling me about stopping at a junkyard to get a part for his car (today they are called recycling centers; back then junkyard was still an acceptable term!). As he was making small talk with the owner, he asked him where he got his inventory, assuming most came in as a result of automobile accidents. "I get a few of my cars from wrecks," the man said. "But most of them end up here because they are just worn out."

That story made me realize the same is true with people. When I think about the leaders I know, good leaders who are no longer leading, I realize that a few of them had been in wrecks of some kind. But the vast majority had just worn down. Life seems to grow increasingly difficult, and none of us escape the daily grind. However, I've noticed that people tend to respond differently to identical pressures. That has led me to this conclusion:

Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds you down or polishes you up depends upon what you are made of.

There are several skills that, if cultivated, will allow you to face the same stressors you face today and be better for the experience.

The Ability to See the Big Picture
If you can't see what you are doing now as part of a long-range goal, you'll wear out. Imagine how long an athlete would be able to endure the pain of practice if they couldn't see the game in their mind's eye. Imagine how long a farmer would endure the hot sun of summer toil if he could not envision the harvest of fall.

The Ability to Defuse Worry
I'm convinced that it's not the work of life, but the worry of life that robs so many of their strength and breaks down their resolve. The only surefire remedy for worry is confidence.

Worry consists of creating mental pictures of what you do not want to happen. Confidence is creating mental pictures of what you want to happen.

Any golfer who has ever stood on one side of a water hazard thinking, don't hit it in the water, don't hit it in the water, can describe the result of the former. You'll be going wading very shortly! Good golfers have learned the knack of shaking off the last shot, good or bad, and approaching the next one with confidence. The same goes for leaders.

The Willingness to Quit Seeking Security
A ship that never leaves the harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are for. Too often we are devastated by failure that could have almost been predicted. The willingness to make mistakes, lots of them, is one of the prices we must pay for the advancement of a worthy cause.

The Ability to Gauge When Enough's Enough
No one expects their car to run forever without stopping to fill the fuel tank, but when it comes to our physical body, we foolishly refuse to stop when it's time to rest, refuel and recreate. I believe that too much of the wearing down I see is self-inflicted.

The Wisdom to Choose Your Associates
Most of us have far more choices than we think when it comes to the company we keep. Even when we must work with negative people, we can choose to avoid being reduced to their level. Life is hard enough without having to go through it with negative, critical or lazy people.

Ground down or polished up? The choice is really yours to determine.

Creating Your Character Is Like an Artist Creating a Sculpture by Jim Rohn

Could creating your character be likened to an artist creating a sculpture? In my opinion, I believe that character is not something that just happens by itself, any more than a chisel can create a work of art without the hand of an artist guiding it. In both instances, a conscious decision for a specific outcome has been made. A conscious process is at work. Character is the result of hundreds and hundreds of choices you make that gradually turn who you are, at any given moment, into who you want to be. If that decision-making process is not present, you will still be somebody. You will still be alive, but may have a personality rather than a character.

Character is not something you were born with and can’t change, like your fingerprints. In fact, because you weren’t born with it, it is something that you must take responsibility for creating. I don’t believe that adversity by itself builds character and I certainly don’t think that success erodes it. Character is built by how you respond to what happens in your life. Whether it’s winning every game or losing every game. Getting rich or dealing with hard times. You build character out of certain qualities that you must create and diligently nurture within yourself. Just like you would plant and water a seed or gather wood and build a campfire. You’ve got to look for those things in your heart and in your gut. You’ve got to chisel away in order to find them. Just like chiseling away the rock in order to create the sculpture that previously existed only in your imagination.

But do you want to know the really amazing thing about character? If you are sincerely committed to making yourself into the person you want to be, you’ll not only create those qualities but you’ll continually strengthen them. And you will recreate them in abundance even as you are drawing on them every day of your life. Just like the burning bush in the biblical book of Exodus, the bush burned but the flames did not consume it. Character sustains itself and nurtures itself even as it is being put to work, tested, and challenged. And once character is formed, it will serve as a solid, lasting foundation upon which to build the life you desire.

2011-03-17T00:51:00.000+08:00

Our own Singapore Youth Olympic athletes

2011-03-14T12:18:00.000+08:00

Little Alex got her new toy, and every night she will bring it out and cook. You know what, she really knows how to cook. She will fry the veggies and cover it with the lip.. Then she will serve it to you, and you have to eat it or else she will be angry with you. So I have to entertain her every night when she cooks for us.

And you know, she even has the air of a great cook... When she is cooking, you cannot disturb her. No one is supposed to come to her kitchen and interfere with her cooking. You cannot touch her pan, her stove, her plates, etc.

I like to poke her with the knife, haha... She will tell me "papa poke momo, momo will bleed many many blood, then no more momo already.."

2011-03-10T16:21:00.000+08:00

Will you eat 16 packs of sugar?

2011-03-09T08:11:00.000+08:00

Sunday took little Alex out on the streets again... It has been some time since I took her out, cos' all the previous weekends are spent at home coaching her spelling for the tests the following weeks.

Since she has done pretty well in her English, so I decided to reward her a bit.

I treat her to a Hershey pie... She was busy eating and refused to look into the camera. I had to hold down her hand to snap a few pics. I told her to leave some for me, and she really did.

This is "how" much she leaves for me to eat.... 'darn'

But never mind lah, she is my little Alex mah.

Actually I thought of bringing her to Coffee Club for some cakes and maybe some nice cold coffee but I think I shall leave it for the next time. Till then, we can have some little time over the weekend. After my payday and bonus is coming on the way, can take little Alex for something nice. I think it's time to change her Spongebob backpack and ger for her some nice clothes.
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Thought of bringing her to the Singapore Discovery Centre, you know I can put her in front of the mirror and make her disappear, haha. After that we can have lunch at Burger King or Pastamania nearby. I think Pastamania will be better cos' she likes to eat mee/noodles.
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Did I mention to you before that now little Alex learninng how to play laptop? Still remember I got for her a laptop from M1 loyality program a ASUS laptop that doesn't comes with a CD-ROM? Yeah, she will take it out and wants to see her own pics. That little lass will even ask me to teach he which is the ON button... where to press to see herself...
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Ok, time to take her to school now.

2011-03-07T04:39:00.003+08:00

Can't get back to sleep, and since little Alex is sound sleeping in her own dream world so I just post some interesting quotes here...

Good nite, blockhead. Well, you are really a blockhead if you cannot figure out what those means.

2011-03-03T10:29:00.003+08:00

Just a small packet of biscuits...

This little packet of biscuits got a great story to share...

Last nite I was about to go to work, and little Alex is watching TV alone. I told her to close the door for me, she quickly get up and run to the kitchen, opens the drawer and took a small packet of biscuits and hide it behind her back. Then she pushed me out of the door and quickly close the metal grill gate. She passed me that small packet of biscuits and told me "Put inside your bag, eat it when you are at work".

Then she give me a flying kiss and continue to watch her TV programme...

2011-02-26T07:56:00.003+08:00

Little Alex is getting bigger and smarter...
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Now she has spelling tests every week, let's see how she fare...
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I got no idea why some if the pics are still rotate to the right. I already get it done when I upload them here. Anyway, little Alex is so happy whenever I went to fetch her from school. When I received her at the door, she will pull my hand, took out her exercise book and show me the stickers the teacher pastes for her.

Now she insists to bathe her own, she doesn't want me to wash for her. Even when she needs to wash her pat pat, she will push me out of the bathroom. She insists to dress herself, she knows which is front and back. In the past, she doesn't know how to differentiate which is which and she will wear panties the other way round or the top inside out. Now she can tell me "this is front, this got the little tag so this is the back".

Soon, I guess she can go to the toilet on her own already...
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Last Friday I went to the World Vision gathering for new sponsors @ Central level 4 NPVC. I thought some food will be provided but when I reached there, there is none. Anyway, it's only 1 ½ hrs meeting.

Can you spot where am I sitting?

At least during this 1 ½ hrs, we get to know where our money goes. In order to help the children, we need to help the family and the community as well. So our money actually goes to develop the area, help the community to be able to grow crops and plantations, buy tools, educate the farmers how to grow crops better, provide education to the children. The whole project will take about 10-15 yrs. Once the aim is achieved, then World Vision will move out and concentrate on another area.

It is like "teach a man how to fish instead of giving him a fish".

2011-02-23T17:38:00.000+08:00

2011-02-09T07:35:00.003+08:00

Read All the Books by Jim Rohn

All of the books that we will ever need to make us as rich, as healthy, as happy, as powerful, as sophisticated and as successful as we want to be have already been written.

People from all walks of life, people with some of the most incredible life experiences, people who
have gone from pennies to fortune and from failure to success have taken the time to write down their experiences so that we might share in their wealth of knowledge. They have offered their wisdom and experience so that we can be inspired by it and instructed by it, and so that we can amend our philosophy by it. Their contributions enable us to reset our sail based upon their experiences. They have handed us the gift of their insights so that we can change our plans, if need be, in order to avoid their errors. We can rearrange our lives based on their wise advice.
All of the insights that we might ever need have already been captured by others in books. The important question is this: In the last ninety days, with this treasure of information that could change our lives, our fortunes, our relationships, our health, our children and our careers for the better, how many books have we read?

Why do we neglect to read the books that can change our lives? Why do we complain but remain the same? Why do so many of us curse the effect but nourish the cause? How do we explain the fact that only a small percentage of our entire national population possess and utilize a library card—a card that would give us access to all of the answers to success and happiness we could ever want? Those who wish for the better life cannot permit themselves to miss the books that could have a major impact on how their lives turn out. The book they miss will not help!
And the issue is not that books are too expensive! If a person concludes that the price of buying the book is too great, wait until he must pay the price for not buying it. Wait until he receives the bill for continued and prolonged ignorance.

There is very little difference between someone who cannot read and someone who will not read. The result of either is ignorance. Those who are serious seekers of personal development must remove the self-imposed limitations they have placed on their reading skills and their reading habits. There is a multitude of classes being taught on how to be a good reader and there are thousands of books on the shelves of the public libraries just waiting to be read. Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary. We must not permit anything to stand between us and the book that could change our lives.

A little reading each day will result in a wealth of valuable information in a very short period of time. But if we fail to set aside the time, if we fail to pick up the book, if we fail to exercise the discipline, then ignorance will quickly move in to fill the void.

Those who seek a better life must first become a better person. They must continually seek after self-mastery for the purpose of developing a balanced philosophy of life, and then live in accordance with the dictates of that philosophy. The habit of reading is a major steppingstone in the development of a sound philosophical foundation. And in my opinion it is one of the fundamentals required for the attainment of success and happiness.

"Don't just read the easy stuff. You may entertained by it, but you will never grow from it." —Jim Rohn

The Best Gift to Give Yourself and Others by Jim Rohn

I’m often asked the question, "How can I best help my children, spouse, family member, staff member, friend, etc., improve/change?" In fact, that might be the most frequently asked question I receive, "How can I help change someone else?"

My answer often comes as a surprise and here it is. The key to helping others is to help yourself first. In other words, the best contribution I can make to someone else is my own personal development. If I become 10 times wiser, 10 times stronger, think of what that will do for my adventure as a father... as a grandfather... as a business colleague.

The best gift I can give to you, really, is my ongoing personal development. Getting better, getting stronger, becoming wiser. I think parents should pick this valuable philosophy up. If the parents are okay, the kids have an excellent chance of being okay. Work on your personal development as parents—that’s the best gift you can give to your children.

If you have ever ridden in an airplane, then you might have noticed the oxygen compartment located above every seat. There are explicit instructions that say, "In case of an emergency, first secure your own oxygen mask and then if you have children with you secure their masks." Take care of yourself first... then assist your children. If we use that same philosophy throughout our whole parental life, it would be so valuable.

If I learn to create happiness for myself, my children now have an excellent chance to be happy. If I create a unique lifestyle for myself and my spouse, that will be a great example to serve my children.

Self-development enables you to serve, to be more valuable to those around you; for your child... your business... your colleague... your community... your church.

That’s why I teach development skills. If you keep refining all the parts of your character (yourself, your health, etc.) so that you become an attractive person to the marketplace, you’ll attract opportunity. Opportunity will then begin to seek you out. Your reputation will begin to precede you and people will want to do business with you. All of that possibility is created by working on the philosophy that success is something you attract by continually working on your own personal development.

"The reason why most people face the future with apprehension instead of anticipation is because they don’t have it well designed." —Jim Rohn

Establishing Dreams and Goals by Jim Rohn

One of the amazing things we have been given as humans is the unquenchable desire to have dreams of a better life, and the ability to establish goals to live out those dreams. Think of it: We can look deep within our hearts and dream of a better situation for ourselves and our families; dream of better financial lives and better emotional or physical lives; certainly dream of better spiritual lives. But what makes this even more powerful is that we have also been given the ability to not only dream but to pursue those dreams and not only to pursue them, but the cognitive ability to actually lay out a plan and strategies (setting goals) to achieve those dreams. Powerful!

What are your dreams and goals? This isn’t what you already have or what you have done, but what you want. Have you ever really sat down and thought through your life values and decided what you really want? Have you ever taken the time to truly reflect, to listen quietly to your heart, to see what dreams live within you? Your dreams are there. Everyone has them. They may live right on the surface, or they may be buried deep from years of others telling you they were foolish, but they are there.

So how do we know what our dreams are? This is an interesting process and it relates primarily to the art of listening. This is not listening to others; it is listening to yourself. If we listen to others, we hear their plans and dreams (and many will try to put their plans and dreams on us). If we listen to others, we can never be fulfilled. We will only chase elusive dreams that are not rooted deep within us. No, we must listen to our own hearts.

Let’s take a look at some practical steps/thoughts on hearing from our hearts on what our dreams are:

Take time to be quiet. This is something that we don’t do enough in this busy world of ours. We rush, rush, rush, and we are constantly listening to noise all around us. The human heart was meant for times of quiet, to peer deep within. It is when we do this that our hearts are set free to soar and take flight on the wings of our own dreams! Schedule some quiet “dream time” this week. No other people. No cell phone. No computer. Just you, a pad, a pen, and your thoughts.

Think about what really thrills you. When you are quiet, think about those things that really get your blood moving. What would you LOVE to do, either for fun or for a living? What would you love to accomplish? What would you try if you were guaranteed to succeed? What big thoughts move your heart into a state of excitement and joy? When you answer these questions you will feel great and you will be in the “dream zone.” It is only when we get to this point that we experience what our dreams are!

Write down all of your dreams as you have them. Don’t think of any as too outlandish or foolish. Remember, you’re dreaming! Let the thoughts fly and take careful record.

Now, prioritize those dreams. Which are most important? Which are most feasible? Which would you love to do the most? Put them in the order in which you will actually try to attain them. Remember, we are always moving toward action, not just dreaming.

Here is the big picture: Life is too short to not pursue your dreams. Someday your life will near its end and all you will be able to do is look backward. You can reflect with joy or regret. Those who dream, who set goals and act on them to live out their dreams, are those who live lives of joy and have a sense of peace when they near the end of their lives. They have finished well, for themselves and for their families.

Remember: These are the dreams and goals that are born out of your heart and mind. These are the goals that are unique to you and come from who you were created to be and gifted to become. Your specific goals are what you want to attain because they are what will make your life joyful and bring your family’s life into congruence with what you want it to be.

2011-02-07T17:47:00.002+08:00

Some late pics...
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In fact it should be posted last week, before CNY but my wireless device suddenly went berserk and it died... Natural death, woh. You know, now it still kicking and alive... then you go to bed kissing him.... the next morning you wake up and he didn't wake up... you tried to wake him up but he didn't... No vital signs of surviving, no pulse, no chance...
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So during the few days of CNY I have to learn how to survive without Internet access... Maybe then I can save many many money cos' I didn't surf net during the night. My power bills can go down, like from $200 to $50 loh... You siao ah!!! 10 days only leh, you tink 1000 days meh...
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Anyway, see what pics I took on the CNY eve when I took little Alex out. She doesn't want to go to school lately, cos' she claimed that her teachers always scold her in class. Well, she isn't telling a lie cos' it's true that the teachers always scold her. According to them, little Alex doesn't seems to be following what they told her to do. She keep doing her own things in class... Well, this can be good and bad, in both ways. If you know the story of Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein. They both like to day dream in class and was branded morons and idiots. But I think that little Alex could be pretty far from that calibre yet, so right now it's bad for her to do that, in class.
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So I took little Alex to Orchard Road... So many ppl there. I wanted to take her to Vivocity but she doesn't want to go.
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Year of the Rabbit, a big fat rabbit here...

I can't figure it out what design is this, but anyway I still take a pic of it.

We went to Carrefour @P.S to shop around. So many ppl are shopping at the last minute. My planning is to drag some time in there so that little Alex and I can go home for dinner later. I put her in the shopping cart and push her around. But when we passed by the strawberry section, she said she wanted to eat. I tried to con her that we are buying it when we reached home but she didn't buy that, so we ended up choosing what box is the best to buy. You know, stuffs on offer tend to be mouldy or whatsoever. True enough, we saw some boxes are really infested with moulds. Little Alex was like pretending to be a typical auntie choosing the strawberries... She point to this box and say "mouldy..." then the other box and say "mouldy..." I managed to find 2 "best" boxes and show to her to choose which one she want. She will lift up her hand, swing it to the back and then point the one to me. So that's the box we are getting.

And you know what we are queueing up at the counter with only one miserable product to pay, whereas the others are loading their carts with lots of stuffs. The cashier was like asking me "only this one?" and I said "Yes..." She kinda give me that sheepish look.

So we are sitting opposite Park Mall to eat our strawberries. Little Alex loves to eat them and she alone ate about 70% of them. I peel off the leaves for her to eat and I was busy taking pics of her greedy look, niak niak....

My mother told us to be back home for dinner at 6pm, we reached home about 6:30pm. Little Alex was sleeping in my arms when we are taking the train back home. I laid her down and she wakes up already. So I push her into the bathroom and wash her pat pat, then we had dinner. As usual, little Alex wants to eat what's in your plate...

2011-01-28T01:34:00.005+08:00

Been some time since I last blogged...

Just update a bit here since the most naughtiest girl on Earth is sleeping soundly, no one will come and climb onto my lap and press my laptop anyhow...

Recently I did something I never done before...

I bought a book online, from Amazon.com....

Nice book, though. Not very long the story.

When to Orchard few days ago to Triple One Somerset, done the things I need to do then when I was walking I saw this decoration @ION...

Can you see that it looks like a rabbit folded in paper?

Some more rabbits...

Do you find the smile on the rabbit face is a bit weird?

Maybe not so nice hor....

Then I went to West Mall to catch a movie, Season of The Witch... It's still early so I watched this performance by a group of China artists.

Enjoy the drum beat performance...

2011-01-26T12:51:00.003+08:00

How Do You Measure Success?
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Quality of life, in America today, is often measured by the amount of money you make. Success is defined by the kind of car you drive. By the neighborhood you live in. By the toys you own. After all, he who dies with the most toys wins. True or false?
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Life was difficult before remote controls and automatic door locks. Skiing was so boring before the new shape skis hit the market. Fishing without a carbon-fiber rod was next to impossible. And the best part of life today is that big-screen plasma HDTV, the one with the universal remote that controls everything. It’s the best escape devised yet from an otherwise dull evening.
In contrast, the people of the remote Himalayan country of Bhutan were recently rated as having the poorest quality of life of all but one other country in the world—after all, their average annual per capita income is only $500. Ironically, however, when you visit the country, there are no beggars, only beautiful, snow-capped peaks, virgin forests, and clean air. The crime rate is extremely low, no one is in a hurry, and there is a strong sense of community. You might almost think that instead of depending on their belongings to entertain them, they’ve learned to enhance their lives by building relationships with each other.
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Be careful to avoid the trap of “the more you buy, the more you need.” Because oftentimes, then, the more we think we need, the more unhappy we are with what we have. So this year, before buying those new golf clubs, stop and think. Will that $1,000 bring you more happiness through a bag of irons, compared to a few days off with your family, or as a donation to an organization, or a person who is trying to make a difference. It’s your choice. It’s how you measure it.
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10 Attitudes of Top Achievers by Brian Tracy
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If you think the same way as the top achievers think, you can begin to get the same results they do. Here are 10 psychological and practical ways to mirror the attitudes of top achievers.
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1. See yourself as a consultant rather than a salesperson. Believe that you are a problem-solver with regard to your product and how the client can best use it.
2. Become a doctor of selling. Act in the best interests of your “patients” and have a high code of ethics.
3. See yourself as the president of your own sales corporation. Accept 100 percent responsibility for your results.
4. Commit yourself to being the best in your field. Dedicate yourself to lifelong learning.
5. Be ambitious, hungry, and determined to use selling as a steppingstone to the success you want in life.
6. Have integrity. Be honest with yourself and others.
7. Engage in thorough preparation prior to every call.
8. Be an excellent listener; be extremely customer-focused.
9. Have tremendous courage. Be willing to face your fears of rejection and failure, and overcome them.
10. Be highly persistent. Start your workday earlier, work harder, and stay longer.
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To make these changes work you must walk, talk and behave consistently with them every hour of every day.
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It is Up to You by Jim Rohn

One of the first things successful people realize is the old adage, “If it is to be, it is up to me.” That is, for you, the fact that your success and your course is up to you. This doesn’t mean that you do it all alone. It simply means that you take responsibility for your life and your career.
Too many people today look at opportunity and figure it is up to someone else to make sure they get it. They look at financial security and hope that the government will make sure they live safely in retirement or in case of disability. They wait and wait, figuring that it is up to someone else. And then the wait is over, and it is too late to do anything. Their life is over and they are filled with regret.
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This isn’t true for you however. You know that you must take responsibility for your life. It is up to you.
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The fact is that nobody else is going to do it for you—you must do it yourself.
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Now, some people may say, “Jim, that’s a lot of responsibility.” Friends, that is the best news you can ever hear. You get to choose your life. Hundreds of millions of people all around this world would give anything to live in the situation you do—just for the chance to have the opportunity to take control of their destiny. “It is up to you” is a great blessing!
Here’s why:
1. You get to chart your own destiny. Maybe you want to start a small business and stay there. That’s great because you can choose that. Maybe you want to create a small chain of stores. Maybe you want to have a net worth of $100 million. That’s okay too. The idea is that you get to choose. You can do whatever you like. Different people have different dreams and they should live them accordingly.
2. You can reap what you sow. Sleep in and go to work late and reap the return. Or get up early and outwork the others and earn a greater return. Place your capital at risk and earn a return—or place it at greater risk and perhaps reap a greater return. You decide what you will sow and thus what you will reap.
3. No one else can stop you from getting your dream. Yes, there will always be things that come up and people who may not like what you are doing, but you can just move on and chart your own course. There is great freedom in that.
4. You experience the joy of self-determination. There is no greater pride than knowing you set your mind on something and accomplished it. Those who live with a victim mentality never get to experience the joy of accomplishment because they are always waiting for someone else to come to the rescue. Those who take responsibility get to live the joy of seeing a job well done.
Let me ask you a question: Where will you be in five years? Ten years? Or 25 years? Do you know? Do you have an idea? Have you ever dreamed about it or set a goal for it? Are you willing to take responsibility and recognize that, “It is up to you?”
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You will be wherever you decide to be in those timeframes. You decide. It is up to you.
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Personal Development: The Plan by Jim Rohn
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As we all know, our results are only as good as our plan. My mentor, Mr. Shoaff, taught me that it’s not what happens that determines the major part of our future, because what happens, happens to us all. Instead, he taught me that the key is what we do about it. If we start the process of change by developing a plan, doing something different in this next year than we did the previous year, it won’t matter how small those efforts start.
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Start doing different things with the same set of circumstances—the ones we’ve always had and cannot change—and see what miracles occur. If we start the miracle process and change ourselves, then everything changes. And here’s what is interesting: the difference between success and failure is so subtle. Let me explain by giving you my definitions of failure and success. Here it is: Failure is a few errors in judgment repeated every day. The man says, “Well I didn’t walk around the block today and it didn’t kill me, so it must be okay.” No, no, it is that kind of error in judgment that after six years has him out of breath and panting as he walks from his car to his office. You can’t make those kinds of mistakes; it will end up costing you.
Now, here is my definition of success: A few simple disciplines practiced every day. Do you see the distinction? A few disciplines. Here’s a little phrase we’ve all heard: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” And my question to you is, “What if that’s true?” How simple and easy is that plan?
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The fact is, when you look at successful people, you will almost always discover a plan behind their success. They know what they want, they work out a plan that will get them where they want to go, and they work their plan. It is the foundation for success. We as humans have the unique ability to effect change in our lives; it is through our own conscious choice when we engage in the miracle process of personal development that we are able to transform our nature and our lives.
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So, what are some good ideas on developing a plan that will work well and take you to the finish line powerfully and in style? Here are some major points to keep in mind:
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Develop the Plan for You. Some people are very detail-oriented and they will be able to follow an intricate plan closely. Others are a little more freewheeling and aren’t really “detail” people. That is okay too. In all the years of my speaking to audiences worldwide, people have asked the question, “What plan is the right plan?” And my answer: the plan that fits you—your plan, the one you develop that is unique to you and for you. You see, each of us is unique and motivated by different factors, and you’ve got to develop one that is right for you and fits you. Some plans will not be as intricate as others, but we all must have a plan, along with goals in that plan, to move us along the program. If you are a free spirit type, don’t tell yourself you are going to spend two hours a day with a book and tapes and journal. It probably won’t happen and you will get discouraged. Whatever your personality, your strengths and your weaknesses, develop the plan around them! This is not a one-plan-fits-all proposition.
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Establish Times to Spend Working on the Material. It may be every Sunday night. It may be 20 minutes each morning. It may be in the car listening to the CDs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Whatever it is, set the times and do it. In your step-by-step plan, put down points that you can accomplish every week. They should be specific and achievable. Develop the discipline and take those steps every day, which will move you closer to your goals and where you want to be.
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Keep a Journal. Take notes. It may be on paper, it may be on a micro-recorder. Mr. Shoaff taught me not to trust my memory, but to write it down, to find one place to gather the information that effects change. And that advice has served me well all these years. Record the ideas and inspiration that will carry you from where you are to where you want to be. Take notes on the ideas that impact you most. Put down your thoughts and ideas. Brainstorm with yourself on where you are going and what you want to do. Record your dreams and ambitions. Your journals are a gathering place for all the valuable information that you will find. If you are serious about becoming wealthy, powerful, sophisticated, healthy, influential, cultured, unique, if you come across something important, write it down. Two people will listen to the same material and different ideas will come to each one. Use the information you gather and record it for further reflection, for future debate and for weighing the value that it is to you.
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Reflect. Create time for reflection—a time to go back over, to study again the things you’ve learned and the things you’ve done each day. I call it “running the tapes again” so that the day locks firmly in your memory so that it serves as a tool. As you go through the material in this plan, you will want to spend time reflecting on its significance for you. Regularly set aside time. Here are some good guidelines for times to reflect: At the end of the day. Take a few minutes at the end of each day and go back over the day—who you talked to, who you saw, what they said, what happened and how you felt, what went on. A day is the piece of the mosaic of your life. Next, take a few hours at the end of the week to reflect on the week’s activities. I would suggest at least a half hour. Also during that weekly time, take a few minutes to reflect on how this material should be applied to your life and circumstances. Take a half day at the end of the month and a weekend at the end of the year so that you’ve got it so that it never disappears, to ensure that the past is even more valuable and will serve your future well.
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Set Goals. Your plan is the roadmap for how you are going to get to your goals, so you have to have them. Of all the things that changed my life for the better (and most quickly), it was learning how to set goals. Mastering this unique process can have a powerful effect on your life too. I remember shortly after I met Mr. Shoaff, he asked me if I had a list of my goals, and of course I didn’t. He suggested to me that because I lacked a set of clearly defined goals that he could guess my bank balance within a few hundred dollars... and he did! Well, Mr. Shoaff immediately began helping me define my view of the future, my dreams. He taught me to set goals because it is the greatest influence on a person’s future and the greatest force that will pull a person in the direction that they want to go. But the future must be planned and well-designed to exert a force that pulls you toward the promise of what can be.
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Act. Act on your plan. What separates the successful from the unsuccessful so many times is that the successful simply do it. They take action; they aren’t necessarily smarter than others, they just work the plan. And the time to act is when the emotion is strong. Because if you don’t, here’s what happens: it’s called the law of diminishing intent. We intend to act when the idea strikes us, when the emotion is high, but if we delay and we don’t translate that into action fairly soon, the intention starts to diminish, and a month from now it’s cold and a year from now it can’t be found. So set up the discipline when the idea is strong, clear and powerful—that’s the time to work the plan. Otherwise the emotion is wasted unless you capture the emotion and put it into disciplined activities and translate it into equity. And here’s what is interesting: all disciplines affect each other; everything affects everything. That’s why the smallest action is important—because the value and benefits that you receive from that one little action will inspire you to do the next one and the next one.
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So step out and take action on your plan, because if the plan is good, then the results can be miraculous.
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And that is very exciting!
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This Is Classified by Ron White
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It must be really interesting to be in the CIA, Naval Intelligence or some top-secret organization. Imagine knowing the nation’s secrets—wow! I bet that has to carry with it tremendous pressure, but it must also be neat having access to the inner workings of what is really going on in the world. Well, I guess I will just have to live vicariously through James Bond movies or Matt Damon in the Bourne Identity because I will never walk in those shoes.
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Listen to this next part closely...YOUR LIFE IS NOT CLASSIFIED DATA!
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What do I mean? A friend of mine and I were out at a restaurant recently and he had noticed a beautiful woman. I said, “Go talk to her.”
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“What would I say?” he asked.
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“Anything!” I replied.
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“Nah….”
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“Okay, I will get it started but after that you are on your own.” He looked up with hope in his eyes.
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I went over to her table and said, “How are you?”
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“Good, and you?” she replied.
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“Well, I got some great news today.”
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“What?” she inquired.
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“I just saved a ton of money on my car insurance with a 15-minute phone call!”
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She laughed and I introduced my friend and left. Hours later they were engaged in a deep conversation that would have never taken place if my friend had followed his plan of living his life as if it was classified. Get out there and talk to somebody!
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I have watched salesmen stare at the telephone, instead of picking it up and telling someone—anyone—about their product. Your product is not classified! Get out there and make some cold calls!
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Failure in business is guaranteed if no one knows about your product or service. However, fortunately for you—you are not sworn to secrecy. Although sometimes I think some business professionals believe they are! Make cold calls, join a leads group or Chamber of Commerce. Pass out your business cards at every opportunity and make sure that everyone knows what business you are in. If not, close your business and join the CIA because you are much better at keeping secrets.
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If you have a top-secret clearance for the safety of the country, keep your mouth shut about it. If not, talk to that stranger. If in sales, pick up that phone and a million-dollar sale might be a few minutes away.
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Yet if you remain frozen as if you are handling classified information, you will not only lead a boring existence, you will soon be out of business!
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Now, let’s all get out there and live a little. Maybe even rent a James Bond movie to remind ourselves that our lives are not classified.

2011-01-04T07:33:00.002+08:00

Now is 2011... A brand new year ahead... Some pple says they are going to have a great 2011. If they don't work hard during 2010, they will not have a great 2011. What you reap now is not what you sow yesterday. What you reap now is what you have sowed for the past one year... You dun enjoy the fruits on the tree which you planted last nite, right? What grow on the trees is what you have planted 20 yrs ago.

Last Saturday is a day for me and little Alex. She is a little imp now. Her brain can twist and turn very fast. Currently she is sleeping with my mum at nite, and I have to sleep alone.. sob sob Anyway, it doesn't matter so much cos' I can stay up late at night whenever I want to and won't have to worri if the lights will affect her sleep. So the day before (Friday) when I took her down to the playground, I tell her that tomorrow we are going out so tonight who she wants to sleep together with? Her little finger, very swift, points to me. I ask her why not sleep with grandma and she shake her head.

And guess what, at night she still sleeps with my mum....

The next day, we went to buy a calendar for myself. Little Alex was running around at Borders, in circles. There is a post Christmas sales where many items are off 40%. I got my calendar at 40% off too, together with a gift for little Alex. Initially I didn't want to get for her, but she keep on pulling my hand to there. I walked away and she comes pulling my hand again. No matter how I pacify her, she just doesn't buy it. She looks like she really like to so much so I get for her. I told her to carry it herself. (sorry, no pics of her gift...)

Daily quotes from Richard Carlson, for 365 days.

Every weekends, so long I'm not working, I will take little Alex out. We have been to almost all the places that I can think of. Well, not almost all but to many places. There are still some places which we haven't visit before.

Little Alex will sometimes tell us she wants to go to Vivocity, though...

So I took her to this newly opened shopping mall, Nex @ Serangoon.

A garden at the parapet...

There are many shops to patron and food to eat. Not bad for a walk. We didn't stay there long, maybe just an hour or two.

2011-01-01T07:08:00.002+08:00

Welcome to 2011!! Here's are 58 Noteworthy Resolutions for the year 2011.

1 Stop procrastinating on your goals
2 Spend more time with your family
3 Widen your social circle – Meet new friends!
4 Become more organized
5 Exercise more and keep fit
6 Lose weight: Achieve your ideal weight
7 Eat more healthily
8 Wake up early every day
9 Be on time
10 Express gratitude to people who have made a difference in your life
11 Do volunteer work
12 Do more kind deeds
13 Further your education
14 Learn a new language
15 Cultivate at least one new skill that will enable you to perform even better at work (presentation skills, public speaking, effective writing, etc)
16 Be emotionally generous
17 Drop caffeine
18 Reconnect with old friends
19 Make at least 5 positive, like-minded friends and foster strong relationships with them
20 Take your family out on a vacation
21 Revamp your room into your personal, inspirational haven
22 Run a marathon
23 Don’t bad mouth other people
24 Stop complaining
25 Be a more positive person
26 Be your real self
27 Read more books
28 Read one meaningful self-help article a day
29 Visit the holiday destination of your dreams
30 Deliver your best performance at work ever
31 Double your business revenue (for business owners)
32 Get a career switch to a better career
33 Or better still, pursue a career of your true passion
34 Earn a million dollars
35 Earn a billion dollars (for those who have achieved #30)
36 Find your soulmate
37 Move out and get your own apartment
38 Get out of debt (if you are in debt)
39 Save more money
40 Help other people achieve their dreams
41 Get rid of clutter
42 Take up a class in something of your interest (dancing, singing, roller blading, ice skating, swimming, photography, web design, rock climbing, piano, guitar, yoga, pilates, etc)
43 Drink more water
44 Reduce your alcohol intake or quit drinking altogether (for people who drink)
45 Quit smoking (for smokers)
46 Learn to see the positive side of everything
47 Turn every challenge into an opportunity
48 Let go of any past baggage
49 Meditate daily
50 Go on a Vipassana Meditation Retreat
51 Write a book
52 Visit a new place you have never been to
53 Stop beating yourself up when bad things happen
54 Love yourself more
55 Start your life handbook and use it document everything it takes to live your best life
56 Limit your mass media exposure – Stop watching television or reading the papers (remove negative stimuli from your environment)
57 Take time out to rest and rejuvenate every week
58 Live every moment to the fullest!

2010-12-31T10:57:00.001+08:00

Wah! Guess who we had for our Herbalife Event in Malaysia?

Is she pretty or what?

2010-12-28T14:58:00.003+08:00

Belated post....

This is supposed to be Christmas Eve... but never mind lah. I better get it posted before 2011...

Last Friday I went to Orchard, little Alex is at home with my mum. Can't possibly bring her along cos' I think she will go missing later and I can't catch her back. You know, she can go running so fast and daring.

The whole of Orchard is so packed with people. Even you want to take photos oso so difficult.
The passer-by will just walk in front of your camera, although some will stop and wait for you to finish taking.

This Christmas tree is taken outside Lucky Plaza or Tangs...

Tangs... It was reported that this year Tangs got the best decorations...

Then we thought of seeing fireworks at Esplanade, so we took the train to City Hall.

With many candles....

From Esplanade, we decided to walk to Marina Sands Bay.

Can you see the Flyer?

This Christmas tree is made up of lights that will change colours....

Haha, finally got the chance to visit the casino liao....

The Ferrari shop is closed and we can only take photo outside. Anyway, even if it's open, we also are not allowed to take pics inside. Talking about it, while momo god-mother is standing there, there comes a kid and he just stand in front of it. His parents still got the cheeks to tell him to stand closer to the racing car. I was like.... what the f#$%, man.

Mini racing car... I think little Alex can sit inside it.

Nice pose, huh?

2010-12-28T14:04:00.002+08:00

Just now I was trying to register the new ASUS laptop for Windows 7, and i got a shock of my life... It doesn't have a CD drive!!! It prompted me to create a Recovery DVD, I touch and find, dun have woh... and I have to connect to an external DVD drive if I want to create one.
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Might as well forget it, man.
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Anyway, it's for little Alex to "play" with, so I guess she oso doesn't know what is a CD drive.
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Talking about this little Alex, She is getting her new bicycle. I think it's time for her to do a bit or cycling here and there, cos' the kids at the playground don't really give way to her. They would hog at the slide below and little Alex couldn't slide down. So we decided to get her a bicycle.
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Lately she has defected to my mum. Now little Alex doesn't want to sleep with me at nite. I lay her bed for her, beside mine, and she would get up after lying down for a short while, took her pillow and went to the room next door....
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I just bought a DVD player and little Alex can listen to her 打工仔... She just loves to hear this song. Just in case you're wondering what song title is that, it's 許冠傑 's 半斤八兩.
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Last few weeks, little Alex is sick and the doctor told us to give her only 4 ounces of milk, just in case she will cough and vomit. My mother tell her to drink only 4 ounces of milk, and I once give her 5 ounces of milk. She will run to my mother and tell her "papa give me 5, not 4..."
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She drew on the wall with her colour pencils and when my mother questioned her who draw on the wall, she will quickly bao-toh "papa draw one/yeye draw one.... not momo draw..." Last nite my mother couldn't find her sweets and little Alex told my mother that "papa took your sweets... you go and scold him later". It was covered by the newspaper....
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Yesterday I had a meeting the teachers session at her school. Her form teacher said little Alex is very quiet in class and there are times where she will just sit and stare at her classmates when doing their writing. Initially the teachers thought she can't understand what they told her to do or she can't speak/listen. Later they discovered she is really smart. They said she actually understands very well, it was just that she doesn't want to write and not doesn't know how to write. When they told her that if she doesn't finish writing then later she can't go to the playground, she quickly finishes hers.
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Now every morning when she wakes up, she will go and wash her hands and rinse her mouth by herself.

2010-12-14T10:35:00.003+08:00

Yesterday I went to China Square Central to collect my free gift. It's a ASUS laptop, from M1 cos' I choose to renew my contract with them for my wireless broadband internet. I got no idea where is China Square Central. Check out the directory then I get to know it was actually next to Far East Square. In fact I even went there before with little Alex once.

Damn, it's nicer than mine. I choose to get the laptop instead of having my subscription half by 50% cos' I intend to give it to little Alex. She is going to be 5 yrs old next June, cos' most probably she will be able to utilise it. It's using Windows 7, and I got no idea how Windows 7 operates. Some feedback that it's not so good, but what to do...

You know what, now little Alex knows how to bathe and wipe herself after shower. She would show me her hands and want to to squeeze the lotion in her hands. Then she would rub her hair and her body. After that when I showered her, she doesn't want me to wipe her, she would stretch out her little hands asking me to pass her the towel. Then she will wipe her head, her arms, her body... So cute!! But nah nah, there won't be any video clips of her showing her butt. Little big girl now...

Last Saturday got my bonus, thought want to buy a new pair of shoes for myself @Vivocity... Then when I knew there is a World Vision Gift there, I ended up giving winter boots for 5 freezing kids in Mongolia, warm blankets for 4 children in Myanmar, rice seeds and fresh milk for 5 children in Vietnam...

C'mon! Share with those who need it more than us. Rather spend the money buying unnecessary branded goods. Someone bought you Addidas instead of Nike, and you are unhappy... Sounds familiar?

Mother Theresa said it so well "If everyone of us will to JUST clean our own doorstep, the world will be clean".

Hurry, till 22nd Dec...

2010-12-11T08:28:00.006+08:00

On Thursday our company gives us a treat at Straits Kitchen @ Hyatt Hotel.

Spot this big Christmas tree at the lobby...

Chilli crab!! Yum Yum...

Roasted chicken...

what i got in my plate...fried carrot cake, fired rice, veggies, steam fish..

prawns, otak otak, mutton, beef, chicken...

my sugar cane juice...

po-piah.. someone can't finished it so I help him...

black chicken soup... very nutritious...

satay... 3 chicken and one beef...

last but not least, black seasame and coconut ice cream...

Lots of glassware...

Plates, bowls, etc...

It was a night of eating and eating. I was so full that I almost can't stand up, nearly want to puke out. Luckily I didn't or else I will need to pay it myself, haha.

So much thanks to Bryan for getting me this wonderful book. I couldn't make it the training and I send him a request to help me get the book. Can you imagine a Nobel Laureate in Medicine talks to you on the stage personally? It was like you having Albert Enstein today...

Today at the Popular bookstore, I bought another wonderful book... I already had the Guide 2, now I bought the Guide 1.

2010-12-04T14:14:00.004+08:00

Last nite, little Alex and I went for star glazing...

Just bought 3 packs of luminous stars from Popular bookstore... In fact I got this idea long long ago, when little Alex is still little momo. That time she is still a baby so she might not be able to appreciate the stars, unlike now.

While she is still in school, I pasted the stars all over the ceiling. So when she is home, I took her by the hand and switch off the lights. Her face is filled with grins and I told her to lie on the mattress for a nicer view.

See the big star below the smaller star? Yeah, that's Papa star and Momo star...

Twinkle twinkle little stars...

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Little Alex even wants to show her grandmother... She went to tap my mother's hand and pull her into the room, then she points to the stars.

Maybe I should also include the crescent moon and planets... What do you think?

Soon will be getting my bonus, time to get a bicycle for little Alex too.

2010-11-30T09:47:00.003+08:00

See how handsome my company doctor is? How about yours?

2010-11-28T06:55:00.003+08:00

Saturday took little Alex out again...

Same thing again, she keep on saying she wants to go to Orchard Road, and she can even tell me to take bus #174 and #502. When she saw either one of the buses, she will run and point her finger, shout "174/502.... momo want to take.."

This post won't be a long one, cos' it's the same routine again. We dropped at Tanglin Mall... then walk all the way downwards.

But this time round we manage to bounce into the flea market @ Tanglin Mall. Took little Alex to the toilet cos' she want to pee.

The Starbucks there is crowded and no empty tables for us. Not even the wooden tables outside the coffee chain, so we left.

I thought this time why not we try something else instead of Starbucks every time, so I took her to Spinelli.

Classic Carrot Bar.

Little Alex is so greedy. She ate with her fingers, she ate with the spoon, and she drops bits and pieces of it on the floor. I told her to eat with the spoon only, and eats it slowly. I didn't want to bother with her too much, she is a big girl now... I read my magazines and she is also busying eating her cake. Oh yes, I forget to take a pic of the Banana Spin Coffee... So she is busy eating her cake and sipping her coffee.

Then she tapped me on the hand and pushed to her the plate "momo give papa eat..." This is what remains on the plate for me....

After that we left Forum Gallery and walk downwards. I was thinking of checking out at the Cold Stone Creamery at Orchard Central but it is still under renovation.

While on the way downwards, I took some more pics...

A Christmas tree made of coke cans. This was taken at Rendezvous Hotel. Little Alex wants to pee, so I took her inside.

Another Christmas tree... It was really that special about this Christmas tree design though... The reason why I took a pic of this tree is cos' I saw there is one unattended SMART adult translink card lying on the parapet. I guess could be purposely left there by some tourists who doesn't have any clue where to get the $1 refund, so I "helped" him to get the refund.

This Christmas tree was taken at City-link. There should be a star right on top but I obviously didn't capture it. I only realised it after I snap it and I wanted to retake it again but little Alex saw what I was trying to do and she lie prone on the floor to see the screen. So I just carry her up, smack her butt and left.

Now it's the pics of the lightings...

Can you figure out where are the 3 locations? No prizes for correct guess...