Phuket Day 2

To compensate our lack of sleep the night before, we woke up after 12 noon the next day. And their time is like one hour before Singapore so we actually slept til 1pm. Shiok I tell ya!

We headed to Central Festival Shopping Centre or "Big C" coz the building resembles one.



And I had my first cup of expresso ever:



My palm is there to show you how small the cup is. And it's really just half a cup, I was drinking whip cream most of the time.

A decent brunch at 500 baht (S$21):



I simply can't get enough of their prawns...

They also have Man U wor



This can be considered the Paragon of Phuket



And their Swensen ice creams are dirt cheap! Can't say the same for Haagan Dazs though.



Mine's the one on the right. Mango A-la mode, whatever that mean. The green stuff is actually sticky rice and you prep it by pouring a small cup of hot coconut milk in.

And because of these, we ran out of sufficient cash to ta pao KFC AND take taxi back.

Given the matter of life-and-death over having their KFC, we had to withdraw 500 baht via the ATM with my credit card.

Yes, I cash advance to eat KFC.

Night came quickly and we went right for our first foot massage of the day. It was at some pasar malam. About 4 bucks for 30 mins.



And how not to cap a night in Phuket without seafood dinner!



As good as it looks on pic, this dinner is pretty sucky. Not all restaurant food are nice. Plus my throbbing headache didn't appetize me either.



Loot of the day!



The adidas there damn cheap. Those two top, $8 a piece. OMG!

Yes, that is also my first couple t-shirt. So Chweeeeettt!

To be contd.....

Phuket Day 1

I think even my camera was asleep when I took this pic. We woke up before 5am to prepare ourselves and make our way to the new Budget Terminal for our flight to sunny island of phuket.



It reminded me of my sec sch days, when I had to travel to school in darkness.
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Anyway, we were damn ahead of schedule when we reach the budget terminal.

The place wasn't as bad as the name implies. It looks pretty decent. Maybe coz the place's new. Our departure actually coincided with their grand opening.



The entire terminals sort of belongs to Tiger Airways since none of the other budget airlines are keen to migrate over. I can see their point. It's so far away from the main two terminals. Transit would be a logistics nightmare.



For those who are new to Budget Terminal, expensive Han's isn't the only place to fill your stomach.



You could try Killiney Kopitiam in the departure hall, ran by staff who can't make a decent hot milo to save their life.



There are reporters within, interviewing everyone in their path about their views on the new terminal. Annie and I wasn't spared. But with 3 hours of sleep, I don't think our thoughtless answers and pale face stands up to the scrutiny of the editors.



And how to make this budget terminal the Uniquely Singapore feel?

You give out goodie bags of course! *ROAR*



Oh yah. And we took photo with a gigantic M The things you'll see at the airport nowadays.



And actually get a chance to stroll onto the runway and into the plane.

It's a pretty cool experience, if it doesn't rain. And luckily for us, it didn't



And if you didn't notice, the sun's not out yet.. *yawn*



1 hours and 40 mins(plus another 50 mins airport transfer) and we finally arrive at Patong,Phuket.



Our hotel is in Patong, the hippest beach front in Phuket. But then again, we also realized that Patong is a very big place and our hotel happens to be at the backlane, bordering around the perimeter.

Still, it's quite a decent place. Not as good as the one we stayed in last year but passable.








Breakfast sucks though. Taste like dog food.

Our hours were mostly spent wandering around Patong.



Going to the beach....

She loves this pic

Farming....



Buying tonnes of garlic...



Ok, I wished I had.

And of course, ending the day with a sumptous seafood dinner that will otherwise cost me an arm and a leg in Singapore.

Let's see what's on menu:

We have Tom Yam Goong



BBQ prawns(I swear they look bigger in real)



Mussels in tomato Puree (This a thai dish?)



And my all-time fave



YUmmY!

My loot for Day One:



Mine is the orange tee shirt. Somehow this pic don't really do it justice. I can't tell why.....

"To be cont'd...."

Back from Phuket!

4 days 3 night of fun and relax ended as abruptly as how my alarm clock woke us up on the day of departure.

Still as dead tired. So I shall blog about the rest later. *And show you our loot!*

Zzzzzzz......

My new ride

Object: Hyundai Verna 1.4a Black

ETA: May/June

Excitement level: YIPPPPEEEE!!!!

I is Stephen Chow

Ha ha ha. This is fun!

My House

From Google Earth:

Life's choices

Life is about making choices isn't it.

Different decision made will inevitably leads to a different outcome.

And of course many of us are not expert decision makers. We may say the wrong things, commit the wrong act and simply make a bad choice.

There is one movie that I'd seen and it epitomize what I'm talking about. It also happens to be one of my favourite movie. It's called "The Family Man"

SYNOPSIS -- Jack Campbell (Academy Award ® Winner Nicolas Cage) is a single,
wealthy Wall Street trader living the high life in New York City. All that
magically changes one morning when he wakes up in a suburban New Jersey bedroom with a wife (Tea Leoni) he never married and two kids he never had - the life he would have led if he had made different choices as a younger man. Find out what it takes for a single-minded businessman to become The Family Man in this
wonderful comedy about second thoughts and second chances.

There are always a few movies that will occupy your thoughts at the end of it. This is one of those for me.

It also clearly exemplfy what I wrote earlier. Just like Jack Campbell here.

He paid a price in staking a relationship with the women he loves to pursue a path towards a high paying career.

Fortunately he was able to witness what he had missed out on had he not made that choice. It is a wonderful life with the women becoming his wife and two lovely kids.

He wasn't at Wall Street. Instead, he worked in a car tyre's shop and was their best salesman.

And he starts to love it in no time. It was a kind of lifestyle that no amount of money could buy.
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Making lots of money sure feels good. But do you know what you are missing?

Birthdate & Work

Your Birthdate: November 13

You're dominant and powerful. You always need to be in charge. While others respect your competence, you can be a bit of a dictator. Hard working and serious, you never let yourself down. You are exact and accurate - and you expect others to be the same way. Your strength: You always get the job done Your weakness: You're a perfectionist to a fault Your power color: Gray Your power symbol: Checkmark Your power month: April

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Dictator?? That's a first time.

But I do agree with this description, very obvious especially during my school project days.

And next month is my power month. I wonder what that means.

Cleo Most Eligible Bachelor Finals 2006 review

I just attended the *yawn* event at MOS earlier this evening.

The results were already out so basically you get to see the more popular ones sashay frequently on the stage, get to play mindless games to stoke the horny women in the front roll.

I also got to see some invited performers like Sylvester Sim(He sure looks cockier in real-life), Kelly Poon(She needs to cut down on the make up) and one more dunno what's his name.

Mark Zee(The guy who dated, and dumped, Rachel from Eye for a Guy) was there too, with about 6 babes surrounding him. With companions like that, who need Rachel! haha.

And after enduring 3 hours of non-stop female oriented lametertainment(and I MUST have 2 gays standing in front of me, with one keep bending over *face palm*), I came to realised what is the few criterias one must possess to be the hottest guy around. Who knows, you may be in the next edition of Cleo.

So this is what you need:

1. A gaunt face. None of the guys have baby fats on their cheeks.
2. Sharp nose
3. Thick, manicured eye brow
4. Eye bags for that puppy look
5. And most importantly, you must talk like an ang-moh.

The last one is the deciding factor. You talk in your Singlish or Hokkien accented English, sorry hor. Wan Pao eligible Ah Pek contest is next door.

How best you can slang and how best you can look like an ABC will corelate with the decibel of the audiences' applause.

Now if you excuse me, I need to practise my Engrish....

Health Q & A Session

Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is this true?

A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it... don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of yourcar by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.

Q:Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?

A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.

Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?

A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!

Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?

A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.

Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?

A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain...Good!

Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?

A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!!... Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?

Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?

A : Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.

Q: Is chocolate bad for me?

A: Are you crazy? HELLO. Cocoa beans! Another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-good food around!

Q: Is swimming good for your figure?

A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.

And my fave:

Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?

A: Hey! 'Round' is a shape!

If tomorrow's the end of the world...

How would you spend your last day alive? What would be your thoughts, who would you want to be with?

How many times had we spent all our efforts at work and work, neglecting the very people we are working to give a better life to?

Being ahead in the rat race may gives you a lead in your bank account but how much money is needed to buy lost time?

So take a step off the accelerator and enjoy the glide. Bask in the ambience of stressless happiness.

Cleo Most Eligible Bachelor Finals Invites

Anybody keen? Have free invites to giveaway.

The event to be held tomorrow at MoS. Starts at 7pm

My xbox FINALLY sold

Goodbye xbox. We had some good moments. But it's time to bide you fairwell.

I'm sure your new owner will treat you good.

Nov 2004 - Mar 2006

Drivers and maid users

Don't you feel there are some resemblance between the two?

The first one, I'd personally witnessed. They can be your good friends, very tame people whom you know for all your life.

But put them behind a wheel, you would think your army sergant's soul entered their body. Once they put their car into D(emonic) gear, they will turned into the most obnoxious person who starts to talk in the most colorful language about to body's anatomy and parents.

The same goes for maid users. Some of these people are well known and very established in their careers. They had been through and overcome all kind of stressful situations to reach where they are but somehow a maid from overseas is a bit tad difficult to handle.

You need to use cig butts, hot burning oil, iron, all kind of household utensils to stress-test them. Just like the lab coat guy in Dynamo commercial, trying his best to abuse the white shirt.

But there's no Dynamo to relieve the maid.
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How come these normal people can all of the suddenly become violence-loving, supremely agitated individuals? Is it the rat race environment? The genetic food that we eat? The polluted air that we breathe? Our education system?

Personally I think Singaporeans are like a piece of highly stretched rubber band. Very tense all the time. "Stretched" by money problems, work demands and relationship problems with partners who are also facing the same shit. A little more pull, SNAP!

In an environment whereby anger can only be vented in front of a keyboard(at best published in The Forum), there is only so much steam one can let loose.

Alas, these can easily be solved the Stardom Dreamer's way.

You like to drive like a demon? We will let you do that! And at the same time pit your skills against your fellow drivers.. In a Destruction Derby Arena~~! *gasp* = an adult version of bumper cars.

Swearing at the appropriate time will gain you points for time extension!

Or you think mutilating maids are your cup of tea instead. Not to worry! We can have TAE(BO) workout classes! Not Tae Kwan Do Boxing! That is so yesterday. TAE(BO) is Torturing & Abusing Exercises (Belts Optional)

You can use not only hot oil and iron, we even have brooms, remote controls, forks, pails ensuring a total workout that caters to everyone.

Gym day

Bu Zhi Bu Jui, my gym membership is going to expire soon.

Been quite faithful in going there at least once a week. From a oh-piangz PE shorts and baggy tee to a super short runner shorts and tight fit sports singlet. Size maybe remains the same but image certainly got improve. Haha.

My intention initially was to visit the gym at Safra Town Club but slowly migrated to the one at Mount Faber. It's newer and the jacuzzi you don't have to be speed past the entire gym half naked to-and-fro.

Surely it was just my sentiments. The crowd at Mount Faber also went up by a bit. Now got ladies somemore with their ladies special membership, Yoga sessions, kickboxing. Sometimes I wonder if I'd entered Amore.

But I think the ladies initiative is good. Helped to balance the ratio a bit.

Now you can easily tell the men from the gays when one sweaty body walked past in her sports bra.

"We're not gay! We're babes...!"

Me got flown aeroplane

#$%^@

Bloody waste my time. Don't want to buy still go and click on Buy Now at my auction.

So here it is again...

Do you feel your life is getting boring?

Is work giving you too much pressure?

Is your partner not giving you enough pleasure?
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We know what you need. You need a.....
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..... Microsoft Xbox(modified) Clear edition that comes with a matching controller a dozen over critcally acclaimed games!(2 are originals. The rest are, well.. games.)


What are you waiting for! It's an offer not to be missed! Respond here and you'll get the Stardom Dreamer exclusive privilege! (I'm still trying to think of something)

Xbox sold!

Sorry people. I got myself a buyer.

Yahoo Auction is fun.

Now if only the buyer would start replying to my email.

It's Razr time

Having gone through a few days without much entertainment(previously drawn from my O2) on the train towards office, I suddenly have plenty of time to admire the scenary and ponder about my life.

In a sense I must really be grateful. New technologies may not always make your life better. Just look at the world around us. So many intrusive high tech gadgets. It started with pagers then cell phone, internet, blackberry, emails, msn, video games, cable tv. Time is really becoming a luxury.

And the first thought that arised during my bestowed "extra" time was.................... Why the hell did I choose Razr?

Why didn't I go for a Sony?? Why didn't everyone go for Sony? The design is nice. They make their own cameras and invented walkman so these embedded features in their cell phone should be good. And it comes with a news reader!! *face palm*

I really need some transit entertainment.

Time for a commercial

Do you feel your life is getting boring?

Is work giving you too much pressure?

Is your partner not giving you enough pleasure?
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We know what you need. You need a.....
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..... Microsoft Xbox(modified) Clear edition that comes with a matching controller a dozen over critcally acclaimed games!(2 are originals. The rest are, well.. games.)


What are you waiting for! It's an offer not to be missed! Respond here and you'll get the Stardom Dreamer exclusive privilege! (I'm still trying to think of something)

Day 1 of Razr V3

Oh yeah! After 1 year plus, I finally escape the clutch of my O2 GIANT! No longer am I embarassed about the big flat protrusion on my pants anymore.

Feeling lighter from the missing GIANT, I toyed with my phone trying to aclimatize myself with the new features and functions. I was Soooo excited~~! for about 20 mins...

There is a reason why the Razr can be so slim. It is really just a phone full stop. Yes there is a camera but I don't think my fellow passengers on the feeder bus will fancy me entertaining myself taking pics of them dozing.

Normally I would be reading the Straits Times (and a lot of others news) downloaded onto my PDA. Now I don't have that.

There are games but it kept me occupied for like 5 secs.

It might had been better if I'd gotten a Sony mp3 phone. I sure didn't feel better when I noticed their upcoming collection.

I should have persisted with the Nokia N71. It got news, mp3 player, fm radio and whatever razr has.

Now please excuse me while I think of some new uses for my Razr to console myself. (It may make a good money clip)

Goodbye O2... Hello Moto!!!

Oh yeah! A new phone to replace my current one. Most of my poor pics posted are actually taken with my old 2. I hope my new Razr won't disappoint.

That is secondary. Now I won't look like I carry my wallet in my front trousers.

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Love Confectionary

Saw this shop after my dinner today. You can't help wondering about the history of this place. Must have carried a heart-warming story.