We had a BBQ last night and Chloe was there with us. Schweet!:D
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Archive for November, 2008
All of us had reasons to make our lunch a little longer than usual. Wendy, Daniel and me had lunch at Tiong Bahru Market before heading down to the newly opened Marina Barrage. Getting there can be a little challenging as the amount of construction works around the area makes you feel like you are driving through the desert. They seem to have very limited parking space as well.
Other than that, I think the Marina Barrage really wow-ed me. Be it the “roman pillar” lookalike walls or the “9-shaped” architecture. The most attractive area I’d say is the gallery. It’s really very well done up. I’ve never really seen a dam in action before, so this mini one is quite a spectacle to me. I stood there for quite a while, just watching the water move through the opened crest gates. Amazing stuff.
With a fantastic view of the CBD and Marina Bay area, I think this will be another hot spot for photographers, wedding couples, firework shooters… etc. Landscaping wise, I think Hort Park is much better:)
Here’s a picture of the CBD area. No photos of the architecture, my hp ran out of batteries.
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Been really on my ass (literally) working through the pile of work. It’s one of those days that one feel that you can keep working forever. Better capitalise on that feeling now before I slump into that holiday mood. Updates will be a little slow for now… housekeeping in progress.
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Today, I see hope in this world. Nah, not because Obama is going to save the world. While I was exiting the petrol kiosk, a Nissan Cefiro actually gave way to me!! To top it off, a lady driver. Thanks, whoever you are:D
Kenji and Kago, our resident doorbells. The black one is the smarter one. Reminds me of the election…
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So Obama won the election and becomes the first black president. That’s good. Heard alot of good things about him, from his policies to his tan. As I was having my dinner just now, I had some random thoughts coming in. Presidents of the United States of America. I am a very channel 8 person, so I used to watch the chinese news alot and I know the political figures by their chinese (translated) names.
Bush = 布史 (that’s the original one)
But I have this habit of “modifying” people’s names… so I called him… 不死. This was ok… until his son became president as well… so we had more fun, because it’s not easy to differentiate both presidents (having the same name) in mandarin. So we referred them as, 小不死 and 老不死.
Now with this new president, his chinese translated name isn’t too confusing. But if you say it too quickly (or maybe you have food in your mouth), I think it’s going to sound like Ohmama or Osama…
Alright folks, enough work for today. Going to sleep now.
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That Russell Peters DVD is not helping with my ever increasing laugh lines. Last Saturday at Dennis and Anne’s wedding, I was talking to Dennis about his surprise performance during the dinner and he told me he’s really nervous. I just said to him, “be a man!”. That flower girl (I don’t know how old she is, probably about 4?), picked it up immediately and told him… “be… a man!!”. I laughed so hard, but felt really bad for the parents after that… I don’t know how many hours of rehab they’ll have to put her through to “unlearn” that:P
That’s the thing. A few years back when my friend had their first kid, they invited me for their baby’s 1st month party and that was it! She claimed that I’m too dangerous for kids when they start to learn how to speak, which I did not deny:P I think I am equally dangerous to people of all ages:P
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Ever seen someone so funny that you can’t crack jokes after that? I just met one yesterday. In fact, two. Russell and his opening act, Angelo. It was way too funny. Best part is, this show contains all brand new materials.
Sitting in the front row, yes, it’s an experience, but I think it can get rather stressful especially when his eyes scans towards your area. He looked straight into my eyes and said, “white guy, what’s you name?” For a moment, I was totally stunned, so stunned I can’t even remember the color of my skin. He was actually pointing to the white guy seated behind me. A sigh of relief… man, if I’m white, he’d be neon white!
All in all, two thumbs up for the great show!! Love it to bits.
After that, we headed for some durians at 717. For the guys who called me this morning, this explains why the voice sounded a little sexier.
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A super fun one nonetheless, stretching all the way to Monday. Technically, I shot two weddings over the weekend, but I felt like I attended two instead. Great weddings with lots of surprises and fantastic guests all round. Congrats and thanks to Dennis and Anne, Terry and Wenxin.
After the wedding last night, I literally concussed on my couch while “trying” to catch the final F1 race. I knocked out just before the flag off and woke up just in time to see Massa cry. Read the news right after that and felt really sorry for him. Oh well, I hope he’ll get better next year!:D
The highlight today will be, Russell Peters!!:D Can’t wait to see him tonight. Beeeeeeeeeee a MAN, do the right thing! I’m wonderling if we’ll be having durians tonight… ah… 猫山皇… MEEEEEEEEEOOWW!!
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