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Captain Jack —– Pelican July 12, 2009

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Captain Jack Pelican

Captain Jack Pelican

Well, He’s Pirate. But he can’t be Jack sparrow, even though he might be as agile, cos he’s way too fat lar… :p. Pelican is more appropriate, cos it can store food in it’s oversized beak. Just that Pirate has an oversized stomach instead… wahahaha!

Some updates on Pets Villa July 11, 2009

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It’s been a while since i blogged on pets villa here. Well, i’m still going there every week, if you thought i aint. I was there on saturdays last year, but i’ve switched back to sundays.

Btw, pets villa now have it’s own blog! http://www.animalloversleague.com/wordpress. I’ve finally did it some time ago earlier this year after years of procrastination :p. Well, it’s not Internet Explorer friendly, so do use firefox or safari to view it. If you know me well, you know i’m a pro open-source IT geek who doesn’t like microsoft products. So i don’t see i will make it IE friendly for the near future. :p

Just some updates.

Joy, sicked

Joy, sicked

Well, Joy was sick 2 weeks ago (now then i update :p). Anyway, she’s like a cat, cos she likes to rest on top of a cage, which is quite high. Dogs dun usually climb, it’s for cats :p. Hmmm…. she looks like a platypus in this pic :p (her mussel looks like a bill). Don’t kick me hor, Miss A :p.

Bald Ricky

Bald Ricky

Ricky is the most compassionate dog in Pets Villa, cos he cared for the children suffering from cancer in Singapore, and he shaved for them! See this -> Hair For Hope!

Pirate the Snoopy

Pirate the Snoopy

Pirate loves to sleep on top of his kennel, instead of in it. Well, the answer is obvious – he’s just too fat to sleep comfortably in the small dog house. Anyway, heard that he is going back home soon, hmm… they need a walking pillow, i guess….

Puppy eating

Puppy eating

Puppies so innocent

Puppies so innocent

Puppy wants to come out

Puppy wants to come out

Puppies

Puppies

Puppy contemplating whether to come out anot

Puppy contemplating whether to come out anot

We’ve got 5 new black puppies in pets villa! 2 are adopted though, left 3 now. They’re so adorable, omg! Wish i can bring one home to play. Haha… fat hope! Maybe one of them can transform into Sirius Black when he grows up :p

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My workplace July 11, 2009

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Lao Kok Kok Computer

Lao Kok Kok Computer

I haven’t been updating my blog for quite some time, cos i was too busy with a lot of stuffs. Man, think i’m coming back to this blog again, since i’ve promised angela. :p. Alrights! Feels great to be blogging now!

Anyway, just a little update, i’ve graduated from NTU and i’m currently working in quite a big IT company in YCK, as a programmer. Hmm… Life’s getting boring, no shopping centres or anything nearby worth visiting during lunch time or after work. Still prefer working in town, Raffles Place, as of my last internship. Haha, then i can go gym every lunchtime again. Well, my company do have an inhouse gym, just 1 level above my office, but it’s so small and no group ex. Sianz. Hope i can go back Raffles place to work soon.

Lastly, i cant imagine i’m still using a lao kok kok computer with an ancient CRT monitor(see pic above) in such a big company, and there are many others like me!

Abandoned Bull Mastiffs April 20, 2009

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On the evening of 19th April, Sunday, someone discovered 2 bull mastiff at the gates of Pet Movers, Pasir Ris Farmway 3, where we are located. It is said that an old woman left them there and walked away. The 2 dogs are big, and handsome, both unsterilized, their coats are well taken care of, and it is evitable that they have been reared and not strays.

Such act is not only irresponsible, it is also illegal in Singapore. The owner will face a penalty of a $4000 fine for each dog. Fortunately, one of them has a microchip, and we have the microchip reader. We’ll be able to trace back the owner of the dog and get to the owner.

These 2 dogs are currently staying in our shelter for the time being. However, we do not have the capacity and finances to keep them. Yes, we do take in stray dogs in the past, but currently our place is too full to take in any more dogs, and this will only encourage irresponsible dog owners to dump their unwanted dogs. If the owner is not going to get back to us in 2 weeks time, we have no choice but to send them to SPCA. If you know who is the owner of these 2 dogs, please let us know, and let the person know. We will get to the bottom of this and get the owner to be responsible for their actions.

I would like to take this opportunity to stress that Pets Villa will not take in unwanted dogs dumped by their owners. We do not have the capacity to do that. It is the responsibility of the dog owner to take care of the dogs for the dog’s entire life time.

Male, around 3 years old.

Male, around 3 years old.

Female, around 1 year plus old.

Female, around 1 year plus old.

These 2 dogs, though big, are very gentle and good-natured. My phototaking skills didnt do them justice, they look much better in real life, and they reminds us of Dinner, another big, good-natured and handsome dog in Pets villa.

Mike Stern workshop March 11, 2009

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Jus came back from a mike stern guitar workshop wf reina n her fren, raymond. Fascinating guitar performance! Haha.

I even got his dvd. This is my first time attending a guitar workshop at the esplanade.

Anyway, i’m jus blogging from my iphone to waste some battery, so that i can charge it. Well, if u didnt know, i’ve jus switched to an iphone 2 wks ago, n i’m loving it :p

Wan Chai Hong Kong Tea Room 湾仔香港奶茶店 October 30, 2008

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Hong Kong tea restaurants have been popping out in every corners of Singapore, but only a few of them are worth mentioning. For most of the hong kong tea restaurants i visited, they are more disappointing than pleasing. So when my friends introduced me to this Wan Chai Hong Kong Tea Room, i was quite sceptical of the quality.

 

 

I was quite surprised to see that it’s fully packed when we reached there, even though it’s a friday night. And the queue was like quite long, that makes me think that either their food is really good or their service is just too slow. Nevertheless, the service is quite prompt, and the waitress have the initiatives to provide us the menu to decide what to eat while we are waiting. Though the queue is long, we didn’t have to wait very long until we got to our seats, maybe around just 10 minutes or less.

 

As the name suggest, their milk tea is really good. Its rich and smooth, combining the tea’s fragrance and the mild creamy taste of evaporated milk. The flavour of the milk tea is perfect, and it’s not like the other milk tea you get from coffee shops and even other hong kong tea restaurants. I’ll give 5 stars just for this milk tea alone.

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Bedok Market Place October 13, 2008

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The eastern part of Singapore is filled with many places of great local delicacies. From Liang Seah Street at Bugis, all the way to the Nasi Lemak at Changi Village, this part of the island is dotted with many great eating places, livening up the street scenes of Singapore to live up to its name as a food haven.

Bedok Market Place is one of the food havens i get to know about just quite recently, it is located near Bedok Road, around 200m from the main road, which is the Upper Changi Road East. It’s somewhere between the Tanah Merah MRT station and Expo, and it’s quite within walking distance from the Tanah Merah MRT station.

Bedok Market place is like lined up with many eating outlets, serving local delights of roti prata, satay, roti john, zi char, western, etc etc. There’s a whole stretch of tables lined up in front of the shops, and customers are free to seat anywhere along the stretch and order food from any of the stalls, without restrictions, like a hawker center. As most of the stalls are operated by the malay communities, the food here are mostly halal certified, attracting lots of malay folks to dine there with their wide variety of choices. Nevertheless, it also attracts many non-malays to gather there for dinner and sessions of chit chatting. Tables are plenty, and if you can’t find one along the stretch, there is another whole stretch of tables along the other side of the shops.

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Updates!!! September 18, 2008

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I’m finally updating this blog again. So long since i’ve last updated.

Well, just a brief summary of the recent events.

Yatta!

Yatta!

Yeap! The week before school starts, i was participating in my hall’s FOC, this time i’m involved as a programmer subcom and senior attached for OG Yatta! Well, this is the first time i really participated in the camp, cos i didn’t do so in my 1st and 2nd year. Even for last year, i’m only around at night and weekends only, cos i’m doing my attachment during that period. Nevertheless, the camp is fun! I had a great time, and got to know many new friends.

Chek Jawa Trip

Chek Jawa Trip

Then some time around 2 weeks after school started, i went for a trip to Chek Jawa with the fcbc ntu people, here’s a link to an entry i wrote -> http://loventu.blogspot.com/2008/08/chek-jawa-trip.html

Ah Beng

Ah Beng

Titan

Titan

Dew

Dew

Yeap, I’m still going to Pets Villa every week, just that now i go on saturdays, cos I need to go service on sundays. And now, i’m bring out 3 dogs at a time, instead of just Ah Beng and Titan. The new addition is Dew. Cos i like big powerful dogs, haha! He so looks like a rottweiler. Nevertheless, he’s actually very “Lam Nua”. He always like to relax at one corner when i bring him into the dog run.

Anyway, i can bring out 3 dogs at once becos now i dun need to leash Ah Beng and Titan anymore, they’ll respond to me when i call them back, so no sweat. But i’m having Dew on the leash, except when he’s in the dog run, of course.

Nokia E65

Nokia E65

Last thing to add, my panasonic phone died. The story goes by that i’ve been charging it too often, and i have been plugging out the adapter before the charging is done. And so the battery life deteriorated disastrously. Then one day, while i’m charging it with a NEC charger at home, i noticed the battery actually became bloated! OMG, I quickly removed the phone from the charger. And so it was, i didn’t use the phone anymore, so i was phone-less! Thank God, i got this spare from from my sis, who got it from her bf. She took it from him long ago, wanted to use it, but couldnt find the time and trouble to learn how to use it. And so it’s now in my possession, haha!

It’s a Nokia E65, a smart phone with wifi, but a lousier camera then my panasonic. I love the wifi, downloaded lots of java apps with it through the school wireless. Got a presenter software to control powerpoint slides, a KJV bible app, live messenger, etc etc. Thank God for the phone, i really like it, especially the sleek design and the leathery back. Just too bad the camera a bit cmi, it’s 2 megapixel, but the color quality is not there, and it took like 10s to take a shot. After i click on the shoot button, the image will only be captured around 10s later!!! OMG!!

It wasn’t as smooth at the beginning. It keeps giving me error message that the phone couldn’t detect my SIM card. So i experimented the phone with other SIM card, as well as my SIM card with other phones. It works well in all these cases! Hmmm.. It seems like my SIM card just couldn’t interact with this phone. Nevertheless, last sunday after service, i went to M1 shop to replace my SIM card. And yeap, i have got no more problems after that. Thank God!

Well, tats all for my little update! :)

The MagicBox July 16, 2008

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This is a review from todayonline, about the show magicbox, which is going to be played in esplanade this whole week until the 20th of July. I’m going for it.

Oh, btw, the performer, Lawrence Khong is actually the senior pastor of my church. Read this review

赤壁 Red Cliff Review July 16, 2008

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This is one of the most “woo ha” show in town this season. Chinese movies are getting more and more interesting than before nowadays, with huge budgets, good looking casts and interesting storylines that wont make you fall asleep. I used to limit chinese movies to vcd and dvd, but now i don’t. It’s getting more worthwhile to enjoy the beautiful scenaries, drum-beating sound effects in the movie theatres.

The show is around 2 hours and 15 mins, but i don’t get bored a single moment. There aint no draggy scenes, even the dialogues are very engaging. The warring scenes and peaceful scenes are splitted proportionately, resulting in a nice mix of heart-throbs and heart-warming moments. This is a show i would say die die must watch.

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