Happy July!

Hi! Haven't post for weeks already, have been busy with my project lately, got showflat tender and WP submission. In any case i always see July as a long and quite month, partly because there is no Premier league matches to catch only some pre-season friendly matches, speaking of that tomorrow i am going to Kallang stadium to catch Liverpool vs Singapore. I might not be a Liverpool fan, but i still see them as one of the best club in the world, so it is still worth the money to catch them in 'live' action. I am aware they don't come here very often, the last trip they came to Singapore was back in July 2001. Wa! so long ago.

Nice to see my new favourite Man U player Michael Owen scored in his first two games for Man U, hope he can make an impact in the coming new season starting 15th Aug 2009. Cheers!!

Last but not least was my Commencement day in 13th July 2009, it was one of the happiest day of my life which i will never forget those wonderful moments. I have never thought that i will graduated from NUS let alone being a student there. I am really thankful to NUS SDE for opening night classes to allow full-time workers like me to have a chance to upgrade ourselves, if not this special day will never happen. Now my next decision is to decide what am i going to do, i really fancy to do something new, shall see what will happen in the next few weeks. =)

Farewell to my friendly neighbour

Yesterday was my colleague Miss Debora last day in DP, she has been sitting next to me for the past 2 years, she is a friendly person and also good in doing work, all of us will surely miss her alot. She is going for further studies doing a Master in Business in Australia, wish her all the best and success in her new career. Cheers!!! =)

An Arc Condominium

This building has an interesting design to the facade, it has an arc shape at the top part of the building. I have never seen such a unique design before. I will give it an A grade...haha! The building name is called The Arc at Draycott, designed by ADDP Architects and is located at Draycott drive, Orchard road somewhere behind Shaw House.

Nescafe Poster

These eye catching Nescafe poster got three different version, all look very nice. =)

New Shopping Mall Facade

Wow...a brand new dynamic shopping mall in Orchard road had caught my attention, the building facade has tall vertical changeble colour lightings..yes! i am refering to the Orchard Central, a project designed by my company. I haven't visit the shopping mall yet, heard it is a new shopping experience, all the shops are cluster together. I guess there will be more shopping mall of such attractive lighting facade design coming along like the Iluma at Bugis, 313 @ Somerset as well as the ION Orchard...Cool!

Still a fantastic season for Manchester United

Manchester United didn't manage to win the Champions league title for two consecutive year, last night they were outclassed by Barcelona 2-0, the current Spanish champion deserved to win the trophy, they were the better team last night. Even Sir Alex Ferguson and some of the Man U players also praise Barcelona brilliant display.

Well, even i think so too, however, i am not totally disappointed because Manchester United still have a good season, looking on the bright side of United's epic campaign, despite losing a European Cup final for the first time. This season the Reds have won four trophies - Barclays Premier League, Club World Cup, Carling Cup and Community Shield - and almost won three others - the Super Cup, FA Cup and Champions League. Hence, it is still a fantastic season when you consider what they have achieved this year – including their third Premier league title on the trot. So i hope all Man U fans should still feel proud and happy with all the achievement. Hope they will get stronger and pursuit more glory next season. =)

EPL 2008/2009 Champions

Yesss....Manchester United were crowned champions of England for a record-equalling 18th time at Old Trafford after a goalless draw with Arsenal ensured Liverpool cannot now catch their north-west rivals. This was their 11th Premier League title in 17 leagues since its inception in 1992 and were all won under the club manager Sir Alex Ferguson. This is also their second time they won the league for three successive season.
What an achievement for this fantastic club.


Now they can all focus on the final showdown with the Spanish Champion Barcelona for the Uefa Champions league at Rome on 27 May 2009. All the best to Man U. Cheers! =)

Singapore Courtesy Campaign (Kindness..Bring it on!)

These pictures were taken near Fort Canning along Hill Street, i find these Singa mascots very eye catching, cute and funny. Obviously it is all about the Singapore Courtesy Campaign, this time each individual Singa holds a meaningful slogan to raise people's awareness of the need to be courteous and considerate in various social situations. I think our local Courtesy Campaign had started as early as 1980, i still remember clearly my sister once had a Singa puppet when she was very young...HaHa!

Anyway, it is good to see such Campaign still keep going on and pass on to the next generation. =)

My favourite weekend hang out place

I have discover my new favourite hang out spot for weekend soccer match and it is at CHIJMES. This place is a church, but it also have other activities such as shop and restaurant. Weekend is always a favourite spot for many visitors to have dinner over here and mostly are foreigners, another attraction is because they provide 'live' telecast of EPL matches on big screen. I like to dropby here to watch soccer match too, most of the time is because i have to work over the weekend and have no time to rush home to catch the 'live' match. Over here there are many fans cheering or booing the team at the same time, hence, the atmosphere is quite good and i enjoy it. haha!

Latest results: Man Utd 2 Man City 0

Manchester United are within reach of clinging their 3rd successive Premier league title, a victory over Wigan this thursday will almost seal it.

Rome, here we come!

Manchester United will go to Rome to defend their Champions League trophy after beating Arsenal 3-1 at the Emirates stadium and 4-1 on overall aggregate. Yeah!!!

Man U clearly dominated the game and by 60th min they were 3-0 up, Darren Fletcher red card was too harsh and allowed Arsenal to score a consolation goal through penalty. Even Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger also insisted the red card was very harsh after television pictures clearly showed Fletcher played the ball cleanly.

Now awaits either Chelsea or Barcelona. Hope is Chelsea...give them a chance to revenge...HAHA!!!

Bread Vending Machine

Wow...even Gardenia bread also come in vending machine liao..that's cool. This picture was taken under my flat communal space. I think the vending machine serve a good idea for those who has forgotten to buy bread when they are on the way home or come home very late. But i do hope they will change the bread everyday to ensure it is fresh.

Exams is coming, this saturday got one and the next will be on 8th of May. Only two papers and both are quite far apart. =)

End of my school days.

Today is our last lesson of the semester and is also our last lesson in NUS, 4years of studies finally come to an end, now just wait for the exams to come. Now recall back, 4 years of part-time studies was tough and tiring, but at the same time, time also flies very fast, i cannot believe 4 years like that passby liao. I can still remember my 1st lesson was about visualisation of some images. From year 1 to year 3 we almost have every sem 5 modules to clear...siong ah!..ZZZzz

Over the years there are some modules i like and dislike, i really don't like the Introduction in statistic, don't understand what the lecturer was talking about and i got a D grade for that module, shame on me. The second nightmare module for me was the Building Structure, i can hardly figured out the calculations and all the bending and turning moments (very physic), lucky i got my classmate Roslan to help me and i got a C grade, very satisfy lo. I like the Project management module, but i didn't score well for that module, i got a B only. I also enjoy the Singapore Studies module, the two tutorials were very meaningful to me and i am quite happy with my writing, I got a B+ for that module.

Over the years i have met and made good friends with my own part time classmates, Simon, JinJin, Minfen, John, Mavis, James, Roslan and Naz, all these people are very fantastic. Is really nice to work with them, sharing info and of course some complains..haha! There was hardly any friction among us, except a minority which i won't mention here. =) I want to say a big thank you to you guys for all these years of our hardship pursuing our dream and the degree...its really nice to work and do projects with you guys.

A degree can have alot of meaning to everyone, some see it as an extra education which you won't learn in your work. Some see it as a stepping stone for better career prospect. Some just want to feel secure with a certificate for a rainy day or want to change line.

Nevertheless, whichever is your reason, I wish everybody all the best for the coming exams and have a great career ahead. =)

Cheers!!!

CK

Happy Birthday Mag!

Happy Birthday to you..Magdalene! =)

It's the 29th of march liao...so fast...have been quite busy lately with my assignment. It's a final push to my final semester, in less than a month time will be my examination, this time only left two papers to take. We managed to get our IP project done on time, however, during presentation, we are being criticised by one of the lecturer that we didn't put in enough effort in this project. Haiz...what to expect from us?..We are part-timer mah! Anyway is over liao. I guess i am getting my dissertation final draft back from my supervisor next week, hope not many amendment to do because it is only 3 weeks away from the final submission.

Here are some soccer update. Glad to know that Manchester United will drawn against FC Porto in the 1/4 final of Champions league, it is an easy draw as compare to other teams who have to face tougher opponent. But their league form is not doing well lately, losing two matches in a row and let in six goals, now they only lead 2nd place liverpool by a point, however, Man U still have a game in hand. Hope they quickly get back to form and start winning matches again.

Integrated Project

I am enjoying my semester-break this week and this will be the last semester break of my NUS part-time course. Two weeks ago i have just submitted my final draft dissertation, after that submission i am quite relax and mainly focusing on my Measurement III tutorials. However, vocation is over soon, this coming week will be a stressful week for us, all the Building students will be put to test on what they have learnt throughout the 4 years course by applying the knowledge through an assignment call the Integrated Project. It is a 5 days assignment the question will post to us in IVLE on monday morning and by friday afternoon we need to submit the report. Time is very tight and constraint for us i really hope everything can go smoothly.

Man U set new English football record for clean sheets

My favourite Man U player Edwin Van Der Sar has created a new record in English Football last saturday. The goalkeeper had gone 12 matches without concealed a single goal, of course, the keeper cannot claim all the credits, the defenders and the rest of the team members also made important efforts to help to preserve this unbeaten record. The last goal concealed was against Arsenal in 8th Nov 2008 which Man U lost 2-1 to Arsenal. After that the Man U goalkeeper had not went to pick a ball out from his goal net. The 12 matches including tough opponents such as Chelsea, Aston Villa, Everton and Tottenham Hotspurs.

With 15matches left, hope there are more clean sheets to comeby and remain unbeaten till the end of the season. =)

Happy Lunar New Year!

Happy Lunar New Year!!!

May the year of the OX brings you more joys and happiness!!! =)

2days ago i went to Bugis Junction to do my last min shopping and i managed to capture some nice photos of the Illuma Urban Entertainment Centre, a new shopping mall just next to Bugis. The facade of the building is very interesting. From my understanding from Woha Architect website, the building incorporates an interactive façade, where visitors can use mobile phone technology to send messages, images and graphics onto the building, an electronic version of the concrete and glass pixels of the Duxton Plains façade, and i able to see flower graphics and chinese new year wishes in mandrain characters. Wow...amazing!!!

Cool Bus

Recently i board a bus (no 80) and the interior design of the bus caught me by surprise, it is like a build-in bar inside the bus and the arrangement of the seats is totally different from a normal bus. Amazing!!!

I am not sure whether you have seen this before, but it is something new to me, however, i think the design has taken away more seating capacity and some might even find it difficult to stand beside the seat with the passengers, hence, I believe this is the only bus with such a design.

Maybe SBS can try one with wooden bench just like those buses in the 50s and 60s, so that this can let the new generation to try out how it feel to sit on the bus without cushion...haha!

Happy Birthday to Schuen.. =)

Today i went to celebrate my friend's daughter 1 year old birthday, her name is Schuen, and i find this little girl very cute. It have been almost a year since i last saw her when she was only 1 month old. Me and my friend brought a tricycle and a mini mouse softtoy for her birthday present. I also take this opportunity to meet up some old friends at his house, it is good to see all of them. Sometime it is really difficult for me to try meet up with them, with my busy work and my part-time studies, hence, whenever there is a such an occassion i will try to turn up.

Happy New Year !!!! 2009 !!!!

Hello ! Happy New Year !!! so fast this is the 9th year of the new millennium, still remember clearly when people were talking about Y2K and some outbreak of some kind of computer virus that could damage many systems, some even predict it was the end of the world..etc..haha. Well..8 years had gone by what have you achieved or done so far? I love to recall some fond memories of my life..well since this is the year 2009 let me try to recall what had happened to me in 1999, 1989 & 1979.

1999 - I was a 22 year old young man...but too old for national service and i haven't served during that age..haha. During that year I was still in my 2nd year Polytechnic course. In May/June 1999 i went for my 2nd attachment course to one of the lighting consultant company where i met 3 new friends from Temasek Poly and we have fun working together during those short duration. My time during my poly course look very short, probably because we always rush for submission that was why time passed by so fast. Oh! of course my beloved Manchester United completed the treble by winning the league title, FA Cup and the European Cup.

1989 - I was a 12 year old boy studied in the extended stream (6E2..I still rem) haiz..if not i will be taking my PSLE le...i was very playful, don't really want to study hard..almost everyday after school i went cycling or shopped at our neighbourhood shopping centre with my friends (last time don't have big shopping mall like Jurong point, Tampines mall or Lot One hor!) sometime we brought some tibits and sat under the void-deck stone chair and chat until late evening. Sometime we even went to catch some movies at Savoy cinema (now the building become a kopitiam liao..=( ), during those days each ticket only sold at $3.50 or $4.00...so cheap! that's why i could afford...haha! Actually many things happened during that year, we had our very 1st identity card and also kena by the infamous injection known as BCG (am i right?)..haha!!

1979 - I was only a 2 year old kid, err..can't really remember anything..the only thing i remember was i have a playmate and it was only when i am about 3-4 years old then i knew that the playmate was actually my own brother...haha!..so slow.

Well..just sharing some little history of my life...hope year 2009 will bring me more fun and joy...and hope you also have a wonderful year! =)

Cheers!!!
CK