Merry Christmas !!!

Merry Christmas !!! The time of festive holiday has finally arrived, so much christmas shopping to be done, giving presents and sending christmas cards to friends.

My office is so generous that they gave us a day-off on both the eve of christmas and New year, hence, this make the work week shorter, anyway nobody is in the mood of working..haha!

This christmas i won't be clowning around like those youngster in the pub or disco..old already lah! my body too stiff to shake.. haha! We will go for a christmas dinner and watch a movie..and exchange gift. =)

Luckily English soccer don't have winter break, hence, there are still many 'Live' EPL matches to catch over the holiday season, notably Boxing day and the coming weekend. =)

DPA Christmas party...=)

Yesterday was our company christmas party held at studio 2 which is our new office near Marina cineplex. It is my first visit to the new office, the place is very nice, spacious, with white ceiling, and the M&E duct also white in colour, the office look clean and comfortable. The thermal comfort is very good. It is a nice working environment.

Many people turned up for the event, currently the staffs strength is 520..WOW!
The chairman and CEO made some speeches as well as our philpino collegues sang us some christmas songs.
This year the door-gift is the best gift i have ever received, it is a 410 pages book, featuring all the DPA projects from 1967 - 2007. It is a nice book with pictures and write-up of the projects as well as the profile of all the directors and Associate directors.

Beside the gift, we also have a nice buffer, good food and drink..oh..also a new DPA polo T-shirt.
If the event were to be held nearer to christmas i think will be much better, i guess it is because too many staffs will be taking leave in the next 2 weeks that is why they bring forward the event.

Nevertheless, it is a wonderful event hope next year will be a better 1 as well. cheers !!! =)

December = Holiday mood

1st of all..wish my good friend Miss Lee Ailing Happy 23rd Birthday...cheers!!! =)

Exams finally over, can start to enjoy myself, I have already make some plans such as doing some collection by taking pictures of old buildings and old shopping centres in singapore.

Oh..of course will take some pictures of Orchard road Christmas lightings. =)

December =)

Wa...So fast...is December liao! i believe this is the month which everyone is looking forward..haha, but i still can't enjoy myself because i have 1 more exam paper to go on next wednesday, after that is a self-declare hoilday for me. =)

So far i think i did fairly for my exams only, because due to poor time management when doing my exams, got 1-2 questions i have left only a few mins to do...rush like mad. Hope i can learn from this and manage my time properly for my next paper and future exams.

As usual here are some sport news update from me...haha :)

1) ENGLAND didn't qualify for EURO 2008. SHOCKING !!!! 1st time missed out on major tournament since World Cup 1994. =(

2) Manchester United ended their 10 EPL matches unbeaten streaks last weekend against Bolton, they lost 1-0. =(

3) SINGAPORE made it to the 3rd round of World Cup Asia-qualifying round for the 1st time. They are among the top 20 Asian countries. Cheers!!! =)

November = Exams

So fast is November already. I have 2 friends just got married on 11 Nov, Wow...wish them happiness forever.

A friend is taking her Q.P exam tomorrow, Good Luck to you, Magdalene! =)

Still got 1 weeks+ left before my examination start on 26 Nov, very worry and nervous, i will be taking 2 weeks leave to study and to take my exams. Hope the exams won't be too difficult for me. =P

Super Busy Month

Hi...longtime din post liao...this month is super busy...many projects need to submit. Still got 2 more projects to go. Hang on!

Manchester United have picked up their 7 wins of the season after beating Aston Villa 4-1. Cheers!
They are only 2 points behind leader Arsenal.

But England are in trouble in Euro 2008 qualifier, after they lost 2-1 to Russia, their fate of reaching Euro 2008 is not in their hand, England badly need Israel to do them a BIG BIG favour by at least hold Russia to a draw. If Russia go on to beat Andorra and Israel, England will not qualify for Euro 2008. The outcome is unthinkable. No England in major tournament?..OMG. England last missed out on a major tournament was back in World Cup 1994. Hope it won't happen.

4th Oct 2007

4th October 2000, today in 7 years ago i was enlisted to serve my 2 years & 4 months National Service. This date will never be forgotten, because it was the most low-morale day of my entire life. I still remember i woke up at 6:30am, in fact i didn't sleep well that night. All my family members accompany me to Pulau Tekong, the journey seem very long to me, along the way they kept telling me to takecare of myself, be careful and alert.

I never enjoyed a single day during BMT, everyday got scolding and punishment whether right or wrong. Luckily i was being posted out to unit in Singapore after my BMT. At least you feel more at home in Singapore.

Time flies so fast, 7 years had passed, however, all those NS days and my buddies i can still remember it clearly.

England 3 Israel 0, England 3 Russia 0

England qualifying for Euro 2008 is now back on track again after their 2 impressive victories over Israel and Russia, which England won both matches with a 3-0 scoreline at Wembley Stadium.

Micheal Owen was the man of the match for both games, he scored 1 goal against Israel and 2 goals against Russia, which added his goals tally for England to a 40 goals mark, which was an impressive achievement.

Gareth Barry, Shaun Wright Philips, and Emile Heskey had also played well for both the games, which gave England manager a headache whether to stick to these players or to replace them with Frank Lampard, David Beckham and Wayne Rooney when they are back from injuries for next month crucial match against Russia (away) and Croatia (home).

England currently is 2nd on the table, 3 points behind leader's Croatia, a victory over Croatia can see them goes to the top of the table. Russia is 3rd place with just 2 points behind England, their next home match against England is very important, with only 3 qualifying matches remain for group E, only the top 2 teams will qualify for Euro 2008, Croatia, England, Russia and Israel all still stand a chance to qualify. So the race is still on and is going to be very tight for these teams.

Hope England will wins their remaining fixtures and qualify for Euro 2008. =)

September already.

HiHi..is September already...time flies.

I have been busy with my work these days, it is already the 4th week of my semester. I have received most of the tutorials and assignments from all my modules.
Start to get more and more busy very soon.

Anyway, life goes on, there was a special function happen to my company 3 days ago, we had a DP's staffs photo session, we took pictures outside Marina Square and also inside the Esplanade.
Approximately 500+ staffs gather together to take photos...Wow so exciting! =)

Manchester United 1 Tottenham Hotspurs 0

Manchester United finally got a victory in this new EPL season after a disapointing start of 2 draws & 1 lost. To add further embarrasment before yesterday match started, Man U was in the relegation zone at 19th position. Now they are 10th in the table. Hopefully they will climb up to the top soon.

The winning goal came from new signing's Nani who scored a beautiful goal outside the penalty's box. Next match is against Sunderland at the stadium of light. Hope they can pick up their 2nd win.

Cheers ! =)

My boss kena Dengue ! =(

Today received a shocking news...my boss Mr Suneeth infects Dengue fever..poor thing.
No wonder the whole of last week he kept complaining his body was aching & had fever. He is now resting at home, we in DP also write in our warmest regards message to him and wish him recover soon.

School starts already!

Hi...nearly 2 weeks din post...abit lazy...haha!

Firstly, school started already, this time we are having 3 modules with the full-time students
1 module with Real Estate 4th year students & 1 elective module with some students from other faculty. Finally our class look more like a class, with more students, in the past our lessons were mostly conducted in small classes with only 12 students.

Secondly, My fav team's Manchester United had kicked-off their worst start of the season since the Premier league was formed in 1992. 2 draws & 1 lost was a shocking results. But i have faith in them & i believe they will bounce back fast starting from this week...with a victory over Tottenham Hotspur... =)

Dinner at Upper Boon Keng

Today I went to have dinner at upper boon keng with Siddiq, Hasanah, Fransiska, Zong Han, Zairi and his gf. We ate mutton soup, chicken satay, malay food and nasi goreng...yum yum!

We have a nice dinner, having fun and share some jokes, especially Zairi, the joker of the night...haha! They are aware that i am going to attend my evening part time course from next week, so they specially arrange this dinner for me, so nice of them..so touching..Thank You guys...You are wonderful. =)

Super Van

Manchester United's dutch goal keeper Edwin Van der SAR became the hero on last sunday Community Shield against Chelsea, he made 3 consecutive penalty saves and Man Utd won the game 3-0 in the penalty-shootout.

He is also my fav player, nice to see him made those saves...Yess! =)

August is finally here.

Yess...August is finally here, got a public holiday to look forward, i guess most people will want to take leave on friday as well so it will be a long weekend for them. I am consider that too...haha!

School is going to open soon, ahhh..3 months of school break so fast over liao. I will be in year 3. As usual 5 modules and have to go to school from monday to friday, so tiring anyway i am use to it le. But this sem there will only be 4 exams papers to take so i guess can concentrate better. =)

As for my work, always busy lah!...haha

Next week EPL season is coming back, Wa! can't wait to watch those soccer matches during weekend. A number of clubs are buying good players to strengthen their teams, so the competition is more intense to make the EPL more exciting.
My prediction: Manchester United will retain their EPL title. =)

Somebody is watching you & me.

Today i was shifted to a new seat, finally got a chance to sit next to a gal..haha =)
The location of the seat is away from my boss and shield from the corridor where all the directors and big bosses walk around.

Just as i thought it was so good that i can even do my MSN during work, however, i received a bad news that the office is trying to install CCTV at every bay. We will be watched at most time by the adminstrators. Ahhh! Siao bo! They think we are working in the bank huh? =(

Slow & Busy July

July is such a long and dry month, still got 13 days to go. School also going to start soon, on 13th August, haiz...3 months of 'school holiday' going to end liao. =(

Today just know that 1 of our colleague is leaving us by end of this month. He is with us for 1 year, due to personal reason he choose to quit. Anyway, wish him all the best in his future. =)

As usual lah!..busy schedule awaits me. This friday got a DC submission to submit, is 1 of our new project at Toh Tuck road, Good LuckView is the project name. HaHa!..sound so old fashion and tradition.

4 more new projects...3 more new members.

My workloads are getting heavier & heavier, my boss told me we are getting 4 new projects plus the current Trillium project added up to a total of 5 projects. Siao liao lah...so many authorites submission & construction drawings need to do.

Our project team are recruiting more menpower, last monday got a new guy coming to our team, he will be here for 6months. Today a new gal joined us too, her name is Mary Jean from Philippines, both of them will be helping me doing the technical stuffs, on 23rd July another new gal graduate from NUS is also coming in to assist us.

So many new faces..as a veteran got to take care of them...haha :)

Anything & Whatever.

Today in the office my colleague cracked a joke, she says the Technical Officer is 'Anything' and the boss projects are 'whatever'...so, as a small fly in this project team, we will do 'Anything' being assigned by the boss 'Whatever' projects....haha...what a joke. But i agreed with her. :)

1st Half of Year 2007 Review

Wow... Is July already, half of year 2007 had gone. Time flies so fast, really scary.
Lets see what have happen around me for the past 6 months.

8th Jan 07....Back to school (Year 2, 2nd sem).
9th Jan 07....A heart-broken day for me. (T_T)
26th Jan 07...My good friend Siddiq 25th Brithday and also DP D&D at Sentosa (but i didn't go).

14th Feb 07....still waiting for my 1st Valentine day with someone special in 30yrs.
17th Feb 07....My good friend Yangkhang 28th Brithday.
18th Feb 07....Chinese New year.
20th Feb 07....My good friend Juliana 23rd Brithday.

3rd March 07...My friend/colleague/former Poly classmate - Puipui's wedding. :)
4th March 07....My friend Paumoy 30th Brithday.
23rd March 07...My friend Fransiska 22nd Brithday.
26th March 07...Nightmare began (Rushing for Main Con Tender).

Early April 07..still rushing on our tender drawings (worked for more than 2 consecutive weeks).
Mid April 07....still rushing for the 2nd batch tender and addendum. (fainted).
20th April 07....Finally got to take leave to study my exams which start on monday, OMG!
23rd April 07....whole week exams.

2nd May 07....Exams finally over. Cheers!
8th May 07....DP celebrated 40th Anniversary at Rep poly. Got pay-raise also! heehee.. =)
9th May 07.....My friend Xinhui 28th Brithday.
13th May 07....My fav club's Manchester United was crowned EPL champion. Cheers!
18th May 07....I am 30yrs old le! Haha!
26th May 07...Exams results was out..1 C,3 B-,1 A-. Must try harder!

June the workload was still quite okie...i can say is more relax than the past few months.
hmm...except abit boring...no more league soccer to watch.

Hope the remaining year 2007 will be much better. :)

Transformers movie

I went to watch the movie yesterday...it is an exciting and amazing 2hrs+ movie and is worth watching. I give them 2 thumbs up!

The Autobots are really fantastic especially the Optimus Prime, he is the best in this show. :)

Transformers

Today is the movie's Transformers 1st day showing in local cinemas. Ok ok! if you are one of them who haven't watch the show..just like me, i would like to run through some of the heros from the Autobot that you will be seeing in this show, and also showing the different between themselve in the movie to the cartoon shown back in the 80s.

If you are one of the transformers craze like me back in the 80s, you can obviously tell that some of the Autobots in the movie when transform into a vehicles, they are different from the original cartoon character. Bumblebee is not the beetle-car we have known all the while although it still remain in yellow colour. Ratchet has also changed from an Ambulance to a 4 Wheels Drive, One of my favourite the Iron-hide has also changed from a red-van to a Jeep. Only Jazz remains as a sport car, and of course the leader, Optimus Prime still transform into a truck. :)

Nevertheless, hope that this will be a great and exciting movie. Can't wait to watch over this weekend. :)

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Today i went to watch the Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer at my hometown's cinema, Lot 1. This movie is better than part 1, mainly because of there are 2 villains this time, Dr Doom and the mystery Silver Surfer.

In fact , I don't really think that the Silver Surfer is an overall bad guy in this movie, he was just on a mission to destroy the earth, but later in the movie he did help the fantastic 4 and also saved the earth from destruction. The villain is still the evil Dr Doom.

The movie is more exciting this time, I like the part when the Human Torch was chasing after the Silver Surfer...cool man!

Nokia Handphone

I was chatting with my friend regarding the new Nokia Hp model N76, the design is very nice & unique and is also very expensive...haha..even if you sign up a 2yrs plan it still cost you $538.

To me i don't think i will spend so much money on a handphone, its not necessary. I am currently using N70, guess what?..so far i only use it to make phone call, sms & sometime listen to FM radio & take pictures, thats all. I brought it at $298 after signing a 2yrs plan. Worth or not?...i am also confuse.

I have carry hp for 7yrs already, so far only have 4 sets, 3 from Nokia & 1 from Sony Ericsson, so far i still prefer Nokia brand, & my favourite is still the retro model 8310. Haha...Hey! if i am not wrong it was the 1st hp equipped with FM radio and also the last black & white hp model. :)

Happy Birthday to MeiYan

Hello..long time din post. 1st of all, Wish my friend's MeiYan a Happy 26th Birthday, currently she is not in singapore, she went to Taiwan to enjoy her holiday. :)

Yesterday we arranged to meet a former team mate for a dinner, his name is John Chia..he left us nearly 2yrs ago, wow..time flies so fast. Hmm...He is still the same, soft-spoken and polite..haha!

My Intercontinental Championship belt :)

Yesterday i went to Queensway shopping centre to do some shopping and i happen to see this wrestling belt in one of the shop selling toys & action figures and i brought it.

If you are one of those wrestling fan from the late 80s to 90s you will probably know this belt. Yes! It is the Intercontinental championship belt, a few of my favourite wrestlers like the Ultimate Warrior, Bret Hitman Hart and Mr Perfect had also won this title belt before.

Although the biggest prize in the WWE is the World Heavyweight Champion, the Intercontinental belt is more like a second prize championship title, but i still like this belt, maybe because i always like to be 2nd not 1st..heehee (humble)! I like the name, because it sound so special. I also like the design, which is simple & nice. However, in 1999, the WWE has changed the design of this belt, the new 'look' is quite similar, except shape of the globe has changed from round to oval, but i still prefer the classic version.

I remembered i even tried to make a miniature one before, by drawing on a white paper, coloured it with a gold marker and paste it on a card-board..haha! so silly. Now i finally got a more 'real' look-alike belt (slightly smaller than the real one) and is kept in my display cabinet. :)

I drew up as a wrestling fan, although it is not real, it is more on entertainment, but i enjoyed watching these brave men doing all those dangerous stunt, manoeuvre and acting. However, i have cut down watching wrestling ever since i started to work and doing my part-time course, but i still visit the web-site & catch the latest news & happening.

http://www.wwe.com/

2007 NBA Champion: San Antonio Spurs

Hello! Get tired of my soccer news?..ok lah! make some changes. The 2007 NBA finals has comes to an end yesterday when San Antonio Spurs swept aside Cleveland Cavaliers 4-0 in aggregate in the best of 7series games. Cheers!!!

It was their 4th championship since 1999 and third in five years. The Spurs joined the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and the Chicago Bulls as the only teams in NBA history to win at least four NBA championship titles.

I like to watch NBA back in the 90s when my favourite player Michael Jordan was still playing for the Chicago Bulls, ever since he retired from NBA i haven't been catching the games anymore, but every year i am still interested to find out which team had won the NBA title.

Here are the past champions which i can recalled since 1990. :)

1990 - Detroit Pistons
1991,1992,1993 - Chicago Bulls
1994,1995 - Houston Rocket
1996,1997,1998 - Chicago Bulls
1999 - San Antonio Spurs
2000,2001,2002 - Los Angeles Lakers
2003 - San Antonio Spurs
2004 - Detroit Pistons
2005 - San Antonio Spurs
2006 - Miami Heat
2007 - San Antonio Spurs

1984

Few days ago, while doing my mini Singapore sale shopping, i came across this Nike Polo T-shirt, this shirt is so special to me that it made me wanted to buy without a 2nd thought. At the back of the shirt printed a neon light letterings ''NIKE 84''....it is the number 84 that attracts me.

1984, was one of my favourite year. Many things have got to do with this special year.

1) I was primary 1 and i met 1 of my best friend on that day till now..wow..is 23 years of friendship already.
2) Former NBA star Michael Jordan was signed up by the Chicago Bull.
3) France won the European Championship.
4) Former WWE Superstar Hulk Hogan won his 1st WWE World Heavy weight champion in Jan 1984.
5) My 2 good friends, Ailing & Juliana was born in that year...heehee. :)

Another music CD to my collection. :)

Today i brought a Michael McDonald 's greatest hit collection CD, I like one of the song inside, 'Sweet Freedom', is a very nice song, happy tune, which pretty suit people like me who is still single with lots of freedom...haha!

Well, inside this CD still got other nice love songs which can also be heard from Gold 90.5 FM, 1 of my favourite music station.

I am planning to get another CD from Sir Cliff Richards, his love songs are good too. However, i am quite disappointed that till now i still can't find this song 'wish we were hero' from Melissa Manchester, if you know this song, you will agree with me that it is a nice sad love song.

I wish i can turn back the clock.

Today chatting with a friend through MSN, find out that she is still single. She is 23 and is not eager to find a boyfriend. I asked her don't you think is a waste of youth? Haiz...don't be like me, can't find a girlfriend through out my 20s (20-29).

Now think back really feel regret, you see, you only get to live those 20s age once in your life time, once is over is gone, you can't turn back the clock. Year after year very fast 1, now i am 30 year old le, getting harder to find a suitable one. Same or near your age 1 mostly attached liao...wanna find young 1..scare they find you too old...haha

How i wish i can turn back the clock. Haiz...

Euro 2008 qualifying match: Estonia 0-3 England

Yes!!!...England got the result they needed last night with a 3-0 victory over Estonia . Goals from Joe Cole, Peter Crouch and Michael Owen have kept England qualifying for Euro 2008 dream alive.

Although they are still 4th on the table, but they have closed up the gap to 3points behind leader's Croatia.

England need to win the remaining 4 qualifying matches in order to finish top of the table. Next match is against Israel on 8th September 07. cheers! :)

England Team:
Paul Robinson, Jamie Carragher, Ledley King, Wayne Bridge, John Terry, David Beckham, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Michael Owen, Peter Crouch.

Match-Making..HaHa!

Today my colleague plans to introduce me to a gal from the other team. I know who is she and i know her name too, immediately i told my colleague...''she?..cannot lah!...haha!'' because i think she is too young for me...hmm...maybe i should say i am too old for her lah!...anyway impossible lah!..keke!

In fact, deep in my heart i already got a gal in mind, i like her for a long time, just didn't got that gut & courage to go after her.

Siddiq, i think you know who i am refering to...and i think is about time for me to make the move, as i always tell myself, you never try you never know, don't make yourself feel regret oneday. :)

England must win tonight!

England have to win tonight Euro 2008 qualifying match against Estonia to keep up with leader's Croatia. They are currently 4th on the table and are 5 points behind Croatia. Fail to beat Estonia will be a disaster and might even face the possibility of failing to qualify for Euro 2008.

England last missed out on a major tournament was back in 1994, when they failed to qualify for the World Cup 94 held in USA.

Hope they can come away with a sweet victory.

cheers ! :)

Movie Mania Marathon Month.

This month got many nice movies to watch, just finished watching Spiderman 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean 3...still got Shrek 3, Ocean's 13, Fantastic 4 rise of the Silver Surfer and Transformers waiting for me to watch. :)

and in July, one of my favourite, Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix...HeeHee!

Busy Monday.

Today is such a busy working day for me. Rushing to get our new project ''Kim Seng Plaza'' Unit layout plan done. It has been changing & revising serveral times, because client didn't like that layout. So i have to spend almost the whole day working on the option plans, even din go for my lunch.. :(

I guess it is due to the standard we have achieved to our Trillium project which is very successful, hence, the same client is expecting to get the same standard or even better scheme. My boss is so stress. Haizz...

Hopefully, our latest revise scheme is able to please the client. :)

International Friendly Match: England 1-1 Brazil

England were denied a famous victory over Brazil at the new Wembley Stadium in this morning friendly match.

David Beckham set up a goal for captain's John Terry to score in the 68th min. Unfortunately Brazil able to get an equaliser in the stoppage time. Haiz..no luck!

England Team:
Paul Robinson, Jamie Carragher, Ledley King, Nicky Shorey, John Terry, David Beckham, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Michael Owen, Alan Smith.


All the best for their next Euro 2008 Qualifier against Estonia, which is more important. :)

Back to work !

Got back to work after a holiday, notice many staffs are taking leave to make it a nice long weekend.

Today our team got a new member, her name is Debora from Indonesia. I heard 2 more new female staffs are coming in to join us soon...heehee!

Crunchyroll.com to my rescue.

Being introduce to this web-site ''Crunchyroll.com'' by my good friend, Juliana. :)

You can find many clips on Music, Drama, games & Anime.

I enjoy watching the Anime....Doraemon 1979, my fav, lots of episodes waiting for me to watch..HaHa!

What a way to spend my weekends watching Anime, as there are no more soccer matches for me to watch for the next 2 half-months.

Making my Blog Debut on 31st May 2007..haha!

HiHi....I have always wanted to do a blog for a long time...finally make a decision to try this out.
Hopefully i can share with you my thoughts, view & everything i like thru my blog. :)