I'm curious...Looking at the site meter report, I seem to have lots of readers/fans *ahem*ahem* out there reading my blog but somehow or rather I don't get any comments at all...I'm curious, really curious....why are my readers so shy shy one or perhaps it's not a fan but more of a stalker???? *shudder* *shudder*

Anyway, to all my readers/fans/stalkers/admirers/ out there, Nice meeting you and thank you for visiting me. It would be even nicer if I can get to hear from you all....I'm a nice person in nature and I don't have any criminal record, be it murder or just a parking offence....so, feel free to talk to me, yes?

Weekend is here and we are going to a pot-luck dinner tomorrow. Can't think of what to cook (surely not my lasagne again). AL is thinking of baking the bread pudding (like the one that Mau baked last Sunday) I'm not good/I don't like sweet stuff so I guess he has to bake it himself....

Toodles!

Singapore

I'm finally back from my shopping spree in Singapore and my legs are aching like hell.....We are proud of the hotel that we stayed though very basic but much better than the lousy Grand Central...Strand Hotel is located at Bencoolen Street and a walking distance to Orchard as well as to Bugis/Bras Basah......

Plaza Singapura was the most visited place in my list (I went there at least 2 times daily during the my 3 days stay in Singapore) cos that's where I bought my craft items, at Spotlight... The 2nd most visited place was Bras Basah Complex where I spent the biggest chunk of my Singapore dollars at Art Friend (rubber stamps, inkpad and all that stuff)

Albeit the short stay, I managed to do the following:
1) Bought my craft materials from Spotlight , Prints and Art Friend
2) Bought 2 blouses & a pleated skirt from Chomel
3) Bought several T-shirts from Hang Ten
4) Shopped at Marks & Spencer
5) Sightseeing at the Esplanade and Merlion Park

Talking about the Merlion, we walked all the way on the last day of our stay just to find that the ever famous icon of SIngapore, the Merlion was closed for touch-up and restoration.....and the thing that impressed me was the way they keep the renovation and dirty works as discreet as possible....Instead of just cover it up with some unsightly canvas or plywood (like what we normally get in Kuching), the Government actually took the effort to camouflage it with a very artistic painting.










The Merlion hidden behind....














The first stray animal found in Singapore city....and a smart one too...

Fancy keeping guard of it's bronze counterpart..

Men vs underwear

I was having a casual talk with a female acquaintance and she brought up something amusing and at the same time good to think about issue. Her man apparantely does not wear underwear to sleep and she remarked that it is similar to why women does not wear bras to sleep!

It has never occur to me the similarities that she mentioned, as to me, underwears/panties are something that we cannot live without, be it the lacy bits or the serviceable types (Leggy's illustration of a full cotton underwear!!) I can accept the fact that some men are never in good term with his underwear, thus, no underwear regardless of the time and day of the month. What I can't seem to digest is man who wears underwear during the day but rip them off the moment he hit the bed...to sleep, I mean.

Anyway, I spotted an interesting site and it really surprised me further to note how big a deal is underwear to men, even to extent of doing a public poll....View the current results

However, I would like to specially present this part to this acquaintance of mine with this message: Your Man is not NORMAL!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA

Do you sleep in your underwear?
Yes (45%)
No (31%)
Sometimes (22%)
20137 total votes

Ok, aside the worldwide survey, feel free to participate in my short and precise survey here:

1.Your Age Group
a) 10-19
b) 20-30
c) 31-40
d) 41-50
e) 51-60
f) Past your menopausal age

2. Do you wear underwear to bed?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Sometimes

3. What kind of underwear you normally wear?
a) G-string
b) Loose Boxer
c) Tight athletic Boxer
d) Tanga
e) The old Apek Blue Cotton Boxer

4. What is your favourite color of underwear?
a) Black
b) Blue
c) Green
d) Red
e) White
f) Colourful/stripes

You can either post your answers in my comment box or if you are the shy type (especially those who choose the answer E for Question 3, you can email me

This is just for fun, ok? I'm not representing any brands of underwears nor am I an underwear maniac!!

I AM SICK

So angry!!!! 2 more days to my trip and I am down with severe cough, flu and sore throat...

Aloy said he might have to leave me at the Changi International Airport Quarantine Department if I don't get well by Thursday...What a meany!

Things to do in Singapore (if I'm not retain at the Quarantine):
1) Buy rubber stamps and other craft materials at Art Friend, Bras Basah Complex
2) Get my supply for my next project - Dad & Mum's wedding anniversary invites
3) Buy beads, stickers, papers and any other embellishments from Spotlight Plaza Singapura
4) eat Chicken Rice at Thomson Road
5) Eat other international cuisines
6) Eat Old Chang Kee Fishball
7) Buy lacy lingerie
8) Look for the mini polo mint sweets in a giant polo case
9) Buy shoes and some baju
10) Buy persimmons

That should be enough to cover my 3D 2N trip

It's Monday

Good morning Monday, Good morning Computer, Good morning People....

I'm feeling very high spirited today merely because I'm going to Singapore this Thursday for my long deserved short holiday...and I'm gonna spend like there's no tomorrow on my craft materials. Also, I need to have my wardrobe changed, so I shall be heading down to Orchard for that! Leggy told me that I should reward myself with something that I really like since I have done something big that she's proud of!! Sorry Readers, no sharing on that!

I have just got an email from my supplier in KL informing me that she's sending my order today and should reach me by the 20th.....Couldn't wait to use the magnetic alphabet rubber stamps but I suppose judging on the estimated time of arrival and the lousy postal service, I don't think I'll get to see my order until my return from Singapore!!

Food Review

Was supposed to post this last Friday but I forgot the name of the shop until Mau went back to the place and got the name for me. (Thanks Mau!)

Ok, Mau and I went to Xuan Ye Delicous Food for lunch last Friday (it's a cafe ala resturant style located opposite Star Cineplex, next to Sin Hua Travel)I first heard of this eatery from Leggy but never get to go there until now.

We were surprised to note the reasonably-priced menus and the variety of dishes, ranging from Western to Chinese. People are friendly and very helpful. The only problem I had was the difficulty in communicating since they only speak Mandarin (Despite being a handicap in communicating with them, they still took time to explain to me on all the dishes in their simple yet understandable English) Anyway, I ordered it's deep fried pork chop noodles and Mau ordered it's steamed pork with chinese sausage and rice....And all their dishes came with a bowl of hot seaweed soup and an awful lot of seaweed in the soup instead of just a few strains like some shops (Yeah yeah, I don't take seaweed but i love the soup tho) Between the 2 dishes + soup, 2 cans of Cincau, superb customer service and nice ambience, we were charged RM11.50 only

Steamed minced pork with chinese sausage. Notice the seaweed soup??? That's a lot, rite?? Mau insisted that I took the photo with a bit of action, thus the hands.

Deep Fried Pork Chop with Noodles - Sorry for the puny looking noodles....It was not like that when it was served....I was too hungry I actually stirred the noodles before realising that I haven't took the pix.

A little girl of about 4 years old wearing a pyjama (presumed must be the tawkay nio's daughter) was seen "helping" in serving the customers. I know, I know, this is actually child labour, but I was just too impressed with their service to report them!! :-)

Thumbs up for the good service, good food and good price! Will sure go back there soon.

BAD DAY

What a day to start.......reminds me of the Song Bad day by Daniel Potter (How I wish I can take a holiday now!!)

Anyway, it was supposed to be a good day today, with me being able to wake up by myself (even before the alarm clock went off)

Then, it started with several motorists who irritates me by being so slow and unalert causing me to lose my temper and honking at least 4 times this morning....then the massive jam at Keretapi. (Bloody hell, where did all the motorists came from)...the jam was so massive that I was stucked at the peak of the flyover for at least 15 mins and then it started to crawled and it took me about 40 mins to travel from my home to the traffic light at Jalan Keretapi..

That's not the end.....I'm getting mad with the never-ending construction in front of a chinese school and in fornt of Tadika Sri Keria....They have actually stopped constructing the road few weeks ago and it's an accident-waiting-to-be-happened zone with the numerous unsmooth road and lots and lots of potholes....man!

So, who shud I blame this time??? Definitely the Football fever and the opening of school term!!!

On a more happier note, I've just received an email informing me that my order of rubber stamps from US has finally arrived!

Names translation

This is fun! Spotted a website where it will help to translate your first name to Japanese...I was so thrilled at trying just to find out that Japanese doesn't recognise my name! Shucks! So, I have to settled with a name closest to mine and this is how it turns out:

This is how my more-or-less-name should look like in Japanese:

I'm a mandarin-challenged person but I can more or less gauge what the above character is in Mandarin (People said Mandarin & Japanese are similar leh)...Anyway, I think it shud be "Muk Er Tou" (meaning Wood Two Knife)...HAHAHAHAHAHAH........

Anyway, those mandarin literate people out there - Pls correct me if I'm wrong in the translation....

This blog has just made my downhearted-boring-depressed day much more meaningful!!!!

Have a great weekend to one and all!

Mt Singgai

I know this is an overdue post.....I totally forgot about it until today. Anyway, we went mountain climbing cum personal retreat to Mount Singgai at Bau on 2-6-06.

Introduction:
Mt Singgai is a pilgrimage centre and it was actually selected as one of the pilgrimage spots during the Jubilee Year. It's also known as CMPC (Catholic Memorial Pilgrimage Centre). There are 12 stops as you climb up to the peak and at every stop, one is supposed to observe the Station of the Cross. (Btw, there are 14 stations of the Cross) The last 2 stops are at the peak with as u approach the church...Lodgings are provided at a very minimal rates for those who wish to spend the night....There is also a canteen to cater for your daily meals, and of course, there are several praying stations for those who wish to spend some quiet time with God...The most amazing thing about CMPC is that all the infrastructure and lodgings and what not are built on a gotong-royong (community-based) basis whereby each villager will go up every weekend carrying several building materials and build the whole community up there, all thanks to the leader, Mr Vincent Eddy. It's open to members of the public, but non catholics are reminded to maintain utmost silence throughtout the journey up to the peak.

Scenario:
We went up at 7.30am and by the time we reached the feet of the mountain, there were several cars parked at the empty land. We started our journey, stopping at every station for a rosary and prayer.. There were several climbers passing us, not stopping for prayers, carrying loads and loads of food and drinks, talking loudly and merrily (and from my assumption, they were there for picnics and obviously non christians) That's not all. As we arrived at the peak of the mountain, we decided to go to the Grotto for a short prayer and there, again, we noticed several youngsters (obviously a non-catholic again) sitting there and talk loudly without even giving consideration to the prayerful atmosphere....I was totally upset at a boy who went up to the grotto and started washing his hands and face using the water from the fountain next to the statue of Our Lady. Anyway, let's not judge the whole population over a minority of visitors who did not behave....I do met several polite climbers too!!

Message to visitors:
1) This is a pilgrimage centre. Please respect the place by not destroying the religuous articles placed there
2) The mountain belongs to the community and you are just a visitor. Please do not take anything that's not yours, ie the durian buds, durians or even the nice looking fern
3) Please be quiet when you are at the peak...majority of us are there for retreats.
4) Please help in carrying the bricks up....please do not carry for fun and then just throw it away along the way. It cost them money.

Photos:

The steps going up the hill

Christ the King Chapel

The first beam of the church

the Arch to the Amphiteatre

06-06-06

As I was browsing through the church notice last Sunday in church, I couldn't help noticing the long list of wedding masses yesterday. What is so great about getting hitched on a working Tuesday, I thought.... Then, after much thoughts, I realised that it was not the Tuesday that the couples are interested in, but the date..

Honestly, there were at least 7 knowned weddings yesterday, what more the unknowned ones. I was caught in a jam yesterday evening on my way back from work due to the overflowing of cars attending receptions in various hotels & restaurants in the city.

So, what's so great about the triple 6???? Apart from the nice arrangement of numbers (060606), I don't find any significance resembling the number 666, but I do came accross an extract from the bible signifying 666 as the numbers for the devils....Even the movie The Omen was launched on 06-06-06.....Not sure about the chinese belief though....Perhaps someone can tell me????

A piece of advice here for young couples who are preparing to get married - Don't miss 07-07-07, 08-08-08, 09-09-09 or maybe even 10-10-10........I would go for 88-88-88......Don't u think that's an even nicer number????

Life

I stumbled upon a very inspring yet emotional blog of a very young girl who recently passed on from cancer. She recorded her life story from the day she discovered that she had cancer, her ups and downs, the treatment and finally her resting. It totally amazed me to see such a strong willed girl who fought her life for the sake of her family, her friends, her partner and most of all, her sanity.

I just couldn't hold back my tears reading her last and final blog.

Life....Reading her blog just made us realised how important our life is... Reading her blog also confirmed that not all bloggers are exhibitionists!