Funny Clips 3

Frozen Woman

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Saturday Part 2

Went out in the evening to meet Jieli, Shilei and Weiting at Jieli's apartment for a mini birthday gathering (Jieli's and my birthday is only 2 days apart). We had some food while watching tv and played Monopoly and Blockers for the next 2 to 3 hours. Thanks to Shilei, Jieli and Weiting for the birthday present, i like the t-shirt design.

After fetching Shilei and Weiting home, i met up with my jc gang for a midnight show. We watched The Devil Wears Prada at Cineleisure and i was almost late.

The Devil Wears Prada is a movie about Andy, a young woman who knows nothing about fashion, working for a top fashion magazine, Runway. Her boss is the fearsome Miranda Priestly who bombards the newbie with work and errands. Andy begins to neglect her boyfriend and friends due to the workload and she gradually transforms to become a fashionista.

The movie is perfectly cast with Meryl Streep as the menacing and domineering Miranda, and Anne Hathaway as the meek, geeky and sweet Andy Sachs. We get to see the various collections of Valentino, Chanel, Prada, Versace, etc and the clothes donned by Anne Hathaway are absolutely gorgeous. This movie questions whether we should spend more time on work or with family and friends, and the answer is obviously the latter. A witty, sarcastic, comical and enjoyable film with good acting chops and character development. Fashion has never looked this good. ***1/2

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Saturday Part 1

Went out with Ks in the morning for a nature walk to accompany him to take photos of the biodiversity of Singapore. Went to the nearby Bukit Timah Nature Reserve for a walk. We took many photos of the different species of trees there.

A view from one side of Bukit Timah Hill

We climbed to the top of Bukit Timah Hill within a short period of time and i would say that it wasn't difficult at all.

Summit

Bottom of the hill

We went into the exhibition hall and took a number of photos inside. I did not know that there are 3 quarries in Bukit Timah nature reserve area until now. They are Singapore Quarry, Hindhede Quarry and Dairy Farm Quarry.

We then headed to Bukit Timah hawker centre for lunch before going to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.

At the entrance (entrance fee $0.50 for students)

Migratory birds at the shallow body of water

Overlooking Malaysia

Sea monitor lizard

-----------------------Tiny crab--------------------------------------Bird---------------------------

Inside a tower overlooking the vicinity

Sticks!

Exhibition Hall

We toured the swampy areas without getting our feet wet and observed some animals like birds, crabs, mudskippers, monitor lizards, fishes and small lizards. We spent an hour and a half inside and proceeded to Labrador Park next.

We went to view the collapsed tunnel from Labrador Park to Sentosa. Too bad we can't go inside the tunnel.

Collapsed tunnel

We then walked along the coastline and headed to the last natural rocky beach in Singapore.

Rocky beach

Dead coral

There wasn't a lot of living organisms to see as the tide had not receded yet. We then went to the bunkers on top of the hill for a look

Replica of the fort with cannon

Bunkers

We headed to Kent Ridge Park for a short while before going back home. Thanks to Ks for the birthday present.

Kent Ridge Park

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BBQ

It's my birthday on Friday and i had my ex-company's BBQ at a condo in Pine Grove in the evening. Quite a number of my former colleagues turned up and we were chatting and eating. Some of us helped to replenish the charcoal and barbeque some food as many people were lazy to bbq. I was aiming for the stingrays and sotongs and we ate quite a lot.

Ex-colleagues

All of us then played a memory game for about 40 minutes until 10 pm. I fetched kp and the gals to Clementi MRT and i headed back to the condo. They had already cleared up the food, cleaned the bbq area and brought back the chairs and we headed up to Victoria's apartment next.

Cute dog right?

Inside our colleague's apartment

We had some wine and ate a bit of leftover food from the bbq. I only drank a bit of wine as i was driving while Terence, Kyat and Jovyn drank cups after cups of wine. The 3 of them got tipsy after their generous intake of wine and some of them become "merlions" afterward. Gs and i helped to clean up some of the mess and supply them with plastic bags.

We left at around 2.30 am and i had the responsibility of bringing the not so conscious people back home. Thanks to Gs for the birthday present.

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Some funny clips

Gorilla



Sea Monster

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Movie

Went to watch Hard Candy with Edwin and Derrick at Cineleisure on saturday night. The movie is definitely one of a kind as it showcases a superb cast that features several controversial themes. The story is about 2 people hooking up in a chatroom, a 14 yr old girl and a 32 yr old guy. They meet up at a cafe and proceeded to the guy's place next. However, the girl is not what she seems to be. She drugs the guy and ties him up, punishing him for being a paedophile.

Haley, brilliantly acted by Ellen Page, is the innocent and naive looking girl at first, her transformation next is entirely shocking as the psychopathic, dominating female filled with hatred. Patrick Wilson also gives a stellar performance as the captive who is manipulative yet pitiful in his plight. Some scenes depicted are stomach churning, disturbing and very painful to watch as the actors make the scenario intensely real. Entirely engrossing, exploitive and riveting, the director makes use of sharp imagery as well as unique cinematography to enhance its visuals. An amoral film which makes you think about what's right or wrong. ****

Went to River Valley Rd (near Great World City) for supper next. Our Makan Place serves quite delicious food.

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Friday!

Had lab in the morning and we saw the remnants of the fear factor challenge organised by MAE Week. Warning! Images may be disturbing for some.

Worms Galore!

Close-up picture

We had lunch next and i went for my elective, MVITWOAS. We all were taught the correct posture, the correct breathing technique and some good techniques to extend the range of our voices.

Fuli and I went for Fei Yue Shi Kong Concert in the evening and it is an annual concert organised by my CCA. It showcases the local songwriting talent and there were quite a lot of songs sung by talented singers.

Picking the lucky draw winner

Derrick Ho was the special guest for the concert and he sang 2 songs after the 13 original compositions were performed.

Sugianto and Derrick Ho performing

The award presentation was next and the judges presented the prizes for the winner of most popular song, best song composition, best song writing, best music arrangement, etc.

Shi Kang Jun (3rd from right) is one of the judges as well

It's a pity that he did not perform any songs coz he would have rocked the house. He is definitely one of Singapore most talented singers. The concert ended quite late at 10.45 pm.

I met up with my JC friends for supper at Adam Food Centre next. As we did not have any plans next, we decided to go for a ghost hunting trip again!

Edwin parked his car at my house and we proceeded to Jln Bahar then Lim Chu Kang Rd. We wanted to turn into the cemetery roads but they are completely dark and looked quite eerie. We also did not want to disturb the dead as it's the 7th lunar month also. I drove into the bumpy murai rd for a while and drove to Sarimbun next. The roads were completely dark and no vehicles were in sight. Clarence, Edwin and Meibin were sitting at the back of the lorry and they were feeling quite cold from the wind. We alighted at near the deserted police coast guard sentry building and went to feel the sea breeze.

Fogging of my camera lens

We stayed there for a short while and went to explore more places next. We drove to the very eerie 'phe bua' training site for NSFs where there are only deserted buildings. We of course did not dare to get out from our vehicle to explore the empty and completely dark buildings.

Phe Bua training site (light from my lorry headlights)

Neo Tiew Rd was next and we went to the same road (Neo Tiew Crescent) where Terence and I had a bad experience. Of course, the road could not be found again.

I drove to the Kranji Reservoir carpark and we were at the back of the vehicle chatting. We then saw a couple drive into the carpark and they parked at the opposite side behind the bushes. We were naturally curious to find out what they were doing and we intentionally drove past the car.

The windows were all foggy but we could see the female face at the rear seat of the vehicle and the guy should be lying down at the rear seat. We then left the place promptly as their public act of affection was exposed.

Back of my lorry

We then headed to the 24 hours noodle house at rail mall for our second supper. Reached home at 4.30 am after sending Terence and Gs back.

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Funny Clip

Just For Laughs - Mad Singer

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Schooling

Been busy in school and at home installing everything and transferring everything to my new computer. It has 250 gb of hard disk so i don't have to worry about running out of space. Finally, i can have a fast com after using my 4 yr old laptop which has a few stuck keys and prior to that was a 866 MHz computer that is about 7 yrs old.

I hate my core modules coz they are all related to physics! Arggg.... aerospace dynamics is sucky (hard to understand, full of formulas, lecturer talking too fast), circuits and electronics is confusing, fluid mechanics takes some time to understand, mechanics of materials & maths 3 are still manageable, and lab 2A is a waste of time.

Love my electives though. Mind Over Stress is quite an interesting module as it combines health with psychology. Did you know many diseases that people develop are linked to stress? Did you know that your mind can influence your health as neurons and the immune system are linked by neuropeptides? The factual events provided by the lecturer were very insightful as well.

My other elective, Magic of Voice in the World of a Singer was very slack indeed and we even had group discussion to know each other better. She showed us some music videos of different singers and let us see how different singers can bring out different moods for the same song. Our lecturer is quite a well known voice teacher and she should be joining the Mediacorp Academy to groom future artistes next year. There will also be song presentations as our continual assessments.

Luckily, there are interesting electives that can bring life to the boring and dry engineering modules i'm taking.

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Batam Day 3

Day 3 Batam (4/8/06)

We had our breakfast at 9.30 am and some of us went swimming after that. We then packed our stuff and checked out of our rooms at 12.30 pm.

Jim and I at the balcony of Jieli and Ryan's room

Harris Resort

At the lobby

We booked our return ferry tickets and went to the Japanese Korean restaurant for our lunch.

Delicious appetizers and lunch spread

The food there was quite good despite the fact that we were the only customers in the restaurant. A minibus then brought us to the ferry terminal and we bought some foodstuff there. The ferry terminal is very empty and there wasn't much things to buy as well.

Empty Waterfront Ferry Terminal

We waited for around 1 hour before the customs was open.

Leaving Batam

On the ferry back to Singapore

To wrap up the trip, Batam is quite a laidback island and it is ideal for people who just want to chill out in the resort or hotel. There isn't much of a shopping scene there but it's good for people who want to get cheap Polo Ralph Lauren clothes and Levis jeans. The food there is cheap as well but it's hard to find good food among the rows of shophouses, outlets and roadside stalls. People who are interested in watersports will be disappointed to find that the seasports activities are not vibrant and the prices are not considered cheap also.

Bintan or Bali should be better in comparison with Batam.

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Busy Day

Went for a ktv session with Ks at Kbox Cineleisure for 3 hours and we headed to Chinatown for some shopping.

Next, i met up with my sec sch friends at PS for dinner and we headed to Pastamania for dinner.

Dinner

We then headed to Mind Cafe at Selegie Rd opposite Paradis Centre. We ordered a package of six that comprises of 2 hours of games, 6 drinks, 2 snackers and 1 tidbit. We then started off with a warm-up game that requires us to identify many different shapes and colours on the cards while grabbing a totem placed in the center of the game. Quite an exciting game but beware of other people's fingernails when grabbing the totem.

Board Gaming

We proceeded with Cluedo next and were taught by Shilei on how to play the game. It's rather confusing at first but we gradually learnt the tactics and Kp and i managed to win the game.

Jenga Truth or Dare was next and we all managed to stack it up until quite high. The questions and dares written on the wooden blocks were rather lame and we went for another game after Jieli toppled the stack.

We played I'm The Boss next and were taught by the staff how to play the game. It's quite a fun game when we try to sabotage the others by sending a character packing, recruiting opponents' characters and possessing an opponent's deal using power cards. It was a fun gathering and we stayed there for a total of 3 hours. The cost per pax is $11.50 inclusive of an extension of one hour.

I headed to the newly renovated Newton Food Centre next to meet up with my jc friends for supper and there were a lot of people eating there. Most people including me were late except Jim and Edwin and we chatted all the way until 3 am. I'm quite disappointed with the food at Newton Food Centre. The hokkien mee which we ordered was way too salty (there were even a number of food awards given to the stall), the sugar cane juice was way overpriced ($2), the stingray was barely enough and the seafood was 'ok' only.

I'm not going to Newton Food Centre again. There are not enough parking lots anyway.

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Body Aches and Dinner

Had lessons in the morning and went for ippt in the evening at Bedok Camp with Ks, Jy, Zy and Kr. They started the ippt later than the stipulated timing and there wasn't a lot of people taking compared to Maju Camp.

We cleared the 4 stations and i was aiming for a pass as i didn't train for ippt since reservist which was 2 months ago. After running, panting, perspiring and aching, i finally managed to pass the ippt with an incentive of $100. Ks, Jy and Zy got silver while Kr and i got a pass. I will be able to clear my 2nd year ippt after my birthday later this month.

We also saw one of our sgts Weijie when he was clearing his RT and we all headed to our ex-PS Sgt Colin's newly opened restaurant at Siglap after our exercise. It was located among the private houses and rather difficult to find. Luckily, Zy knew the directions and we reached there within 15 mins.

Dining

The price is very reasonable for its ambience and the quality of the food. My chicken chop was very thick and juicy. We spent quite some time chatting and catching up with each others' lives.

Group Photo of NS Men

My body is aching badly! I need to exercise more!

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Batam Day 2

Day 2 Batam (3/8/06)

We woke up at 9 am and had our breakfast buffet at 9.30 am.

Breakfast @ Harris Cafe

We went back to our hotel rooms to discuss our activities for the day and Jieli and her bf, Ryan, arrived at Batam shortly. The both of them were here for a 2 day 1 night stay and were staying at Harris Resort too.

The 7 of us played some card games while the hotel staff were preparing their hotel room. While the both of them were unpacking their luggage, the 5 of us headed down to the beach to take a look.

Deserted beach!

Another view of the beach

We walked over to the sea sports centre to take a look of the activities offered.

Sea Sports Centre

Kept monkeys

We decided to go on an hour of speedboat ride around the island. It costs $120 for an hour in the speedboat. Rather expensive but we went for it anyway.

Jim & I

I'm driving the speedboat!

Terence is driving the speedboat!

Speedboating!

The driver or tour guide let each of us drive the speedboat and we were happily speeding and turning the speedboat around the seas while avoiding ships, kelongs, fish catchment areas, etc. It was quite fun and easy to control the speedboat with just the steering and throttle.

Kept parrot at the sea sports centre

I guess we were the first customers at the sea sports centre and there wasn't much people except for the staff there. We headed back to the hotel to rest and relax for a short while before meeting up with Jieli and Ryan for our second session of Go-Kart.

We took the minibus there and i was the photographer for the first round of Go-kart as i did not drive at first.

Gearing up

Go-Kart Centre

I'm with the go-karts

After the race

We were still itching for a second round of racing and we all paid for another race. The race today was much more fun than yesterday's race as there were no wet patches on the road and i was drifting successfully compared to yesterday when we all keep skidding. I only realized that i can drift in the middle of the race as i started to get more daring and accelerated instead of braking at the bends. The positioning of the body played a part as well as the go kart is light and i have to lean right at left turning bends and vice versa.

At the last round of the race, i was overconfident and i skidded while negotiating a sharp bend. Clarence overtook me as a result and was the overall winner. Ha... Gotta beat him next time.

We walked back to the resort and cleaned up before heading to Megamall via cabs.

Taken in the elevator overlooking Batam Ferry Terminal

We had lunch at A&W (no longer existing in Singapore) and went shopping next. All 5 of us got a pair of Levis jeans each as it's quite cheap there. The prices range from S$40 onwards and i got myself a blue-black jeans that costs 299,000 Rupiah ($52.60). I didn't have much money left to buy other stuff and we spent the rest of the time window shopping.

We all then took cabs to Nagoya for seafood dinner. We walked around there for a while and brought Jieli and Ryan to a Polo Ralph Lauren retail shop. PRL clothes there are cheaper compared to other countries as there is a PRL factory in Batam.

We asked the hotel staff at Formosa Hotel for the whereabouts of good seafood and we were walking around the not so populated streets and many idle taxi drivers approached us for rides. Batam is not exactly a very safe place but if you are travelling in a large group, it should be relatively safe.

We found Windsor Food Court by chance and there were a lot of people dining at the open air food centre compared to other eateries with very few people inside.

The moment we stepped into the food centre, at least 2 females approached us and ushered us to a table with the stall's menu. Next, at least 8 females swarmed our tables when we sat down and asked us if we wanted any drinks. We told them to come back 5 mins later as we wanted to order our food first.

A picture of the beverage girls swarming another table

The first time I see so many people in Batam! Windsor Food Centre

We ordered steamed fish, scallops, sambal squids, prawns, vegetables, hot plate tofu, sweet & sour chicken, mixed vege soup, etc and had a very full meal for just around S$10 each. We can never get this sort of price in Singapore i think.

After our full meal

We took cabs back to Harris Resort and we all played card games with Jieli's direction as she had brought Absolut Vodka for the card games. We all drank finished the 300 ml of alcohol in less than an hour and of course no one was drunk. Clarence, Gs and Ryan faces turned reddish though. We turned in at around 2 am.

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