Pictures say it all~

Joined Law, Ys, Lx, HF and James down to Marina Area for graduation photo taking last Sunday and visited Pitstop later~ Let the pictures say it all~

For the record, we threw away the Starbucks Coffee after taking this photo. No we did not litter!

Pictionary drawing by Yisen! Guess a person? Answers below~

This one's by Law, guess a place?

Another one by Law. Guess a person as well?

1st Row (L to R) LX, me!, GY, Law

2nd Row (L to R) Kaitian, Astro (her hubby), HF, YS!

Answers to weird Pictionary Drawings...

1) Policewoman

2) Venice

3) President

And I got all correct! Yeah!

Btw, finally got some photos of Sephiroth which I bought earlier and Saber as well from the National Day Sale~

Cya ppl!

Long weekend!

Some of the stuff I did in chronological order~

Wednesday: Met GY for dinner at orchard and played pool with Law after that. My fav. haunt, Pool Junction at Middle Road just revamped their place. They removed 6 of their pool tables and created a cosy lounge / bar, that means fewer tables = longer waiting time for a table. So the 3 of us chilled out at the lounge and Law took this nice photo of my Shirley Temple with a candle behind cos my phone's camera wasn't as good as his~

Finally got our table at about 11pm and played for about 2 hours before heading back home~ Yeah~

Thursday: Mentioned this in my earlier post that I was going to go down to La Tendo to check out its 20% sale and got for myself a cute small version of Saber from Fate/Stay Night. Will try to get a pic of it and upload soon. Then had dinner with Ivan and GY before heading back to Ivan's place. The dogs were happy to see me (i guess...) and one of the older dogs even gave me a small bite to get me to play with him~ Hehe~ Also introduced Ivan to the world of Granado Espada and seems like he's taking it like a fish to water!

Friday: Met up with Agnes for dinner at Fish and Co @ Wheelock Place and got my favourite window seat. There was some kind of National Day Celebration thingy at Fish and Co, there was a balloon sculptor going around making free balloon toys for the customers~ Check out the pics below.

My Baked Salmon with Mushroom Sauce! Oishii!

Patriotic Agnes with her Seafood Platter for 1!

1st free balloon: Teddy bear with Heart. Found this quite nice actually~

2nd free balloon at background: Flower with Stalk and Teddy Bear at the foreground.

The girl who was making the flower was quite skillful and quite cute as well! Haha~

After that, went to Timberland at Taka and bought a pair of walking casual shoes which I had contemplated for a long time.... Having this phobia of shoes ever since I bought 2 pairs of shoes that din really fit nicely. Hope this one works well... The guys (and girl) came to my place for mahjong later and I lost about 6 bucks which was not bad, considering YY and BZ won quite a bit.... Felt a little lucky not to have continued when Law took over my place. Phew~

That's all for now. More updates for the weekend to come when I blog on Sunday I hope~ Off to make my contact lenses, my first step to changing my image! =)

Count on me, Singapore!

Today's National Day! Think the new Floating Platform is going to be quite cool but usually won't be able to get the tickets anyway... Haiz...

A fan of fireworks but too bad everybody ard me has some plans or some sort, so I guess I might be heading out alone later to La Tendo as they have a 20% sale for today only. See if I can grab anything while I'm there~

Anyway here are some questions from my Japanese class that my sensei gave us to see how much we know about Singapore! My team got 10/15 questions correct! How about you?

1. How old is Singapore this year?

2. What is the boarding (starting dare) for taxis in Singapore?

3. How many MRT stations are there altogether (not including LRT but including NEL)?

4. When will the new Ferris Wheel near Marina Bay be ready?

5. Singapore Airlines would be celebrating its __th anniversary this year?

6. What is the official name of Singapore in Japanese?

7. What is the country code for Singapore when dialing overseas call from outside Singapore?

8. When was the Night Safari established in Singapore?

9. When did Sir Raffles Stamford land in Singapore?

10. How many Merlion statues are there in Singapore?

11. What was the Fullerton Hotel used for before it was used as a hotel in 2001?

12. What is the name of the famous Cocktail that was concocted in the Raffels Hotel?

13. What is the model of the Jumbo aircraft due to make its maiden voyage for Singapore Airlines?

14. When were Singaporeans able to take the MRT in Singapore?

15. How much does it cost for a 10min ride on the DHL balloon near Marina Bay?

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1. How old is Singapore this year?
42!

2. What is the boarding (starting dare) for taxis in Singapore?
s$2.50

3. How many MRT stations are there altogether (not including LRT but including NEL)?
64

4. When will the new Ferris Wheel near Marina Bay be ready?
February 14th, 2008

5. Singapore Airlines would be celebrating its __th anniversary this year?
60th

6. What is the official name of Singapore in Japanese?
シンガポール共和国 (The Republic of Singapore)

7. What is the country code for Singapore when dialing overseas call from outside Singapore?
65

8. When was the Night Safari established in Singapore?
1994

9. When did Sir Raffles Stamford land in Singapore?
1819

10. How many Merlion statues are there in Singapore?
3, 1 at Sentosa, 2 at Merlion Park near One Fullerton (1 Big, 1 Small)

11. What was the Fullerton Hotel used for before it was used as a hotel in 2001?
Post Office

12. What is the name of the famous Cocktail that was concocted in the Raffels Hotel?
Singapore Sling

13. What is the model of the Jumbo aircraft due to make its maiden voyage for Singapore Airlines?
Airbus A380

14. When were Singaporeans able to take the MRT in Singapore?
1987

15. How much does it cost for a 10min ride on the DHL balloon near Marina Bay?

s$23

D'oh!

Yeah! Caught the much-awaited The Simpsons movie at Sun Plaza with my usual mates on Thursday. Got through quite a bit of trouble to get the tickets cos the bloody Shaw Website was down and the hotline wasn't really.. ermn.. hot....

Anyway, I was practically the only one who was laughing from start to end... Guess the rest of the ppl in the cinema din understand or thought that wasn't funny... lol! Liked the part where Homer and Bart playes Truth or Dare! Keke~ For those who are going to watch the movie, be early so as not to miss the start when the 20th Century Fox part comes up!

Wanna watch Gone Shopping but there isn't anyone to join me.. *sulks* oh well...

Meanwhile enjoy your remainder of your weekend! Peace~

Mahjong frenzy~

Been playing mahjong late till the wee hours in the morning on Friday and Saturday. Managed to escape unscathed each time although there's always a big winner amongst us each night. Managed to make a couple of dollars~ Phew~

Mahjong's more than a social activity to me, I feel. Requires thinking, anticipation, keen observation and probability skills (yes, maths!) And the 1 thing I like about the game is how almost every game is different and you could change your playing style during each round to match your opponents'. =)

Going to chill out at home today and just GE all the way... Just managed to clear my credit card bills after sorting through the wad of receipts accumulated in my box all these while! Heh~

Peace~

日本へ行こう！

After a real busy day at work, I was fortunate to have something to look forward to!

1. Japan Trip!

Collected my air tickets confirmation slip from Pricebreakers at Marina Square just now. Will be leaving for Japan for a week in October! My first real long break from work since Dec 2006! *beams*

2. Dinner with Ash!

Had Carl's Junior with Ash at Marina Square. It's been a while since I tucked into sinful Carl's Junior and had one of my favourites~ Portobello Mushroom Burger!

It was pretty cold in there but at least we enjoyed our burgers and had a good chat! Then we had shopped around in MS, like G2000, Zara, Topshop, etc. I din get anything cos i spent a bomb at the recent sale at Isetan already.. But Ash got a skirt from G2000, and a pair of pants from Topshop! All prepared for her new job next Mon! Jiayou!

It's always nice to meet her for dinner and stuff~ *double beams*

And my first credit card bill is here~ *Gasp*

Expecto Patronum!

Had a pretty late dinner with Agnes at Sakae Sushi @ Wheelock Place last night. Supposed to go to Marina Square last night but i had to make another trip down to Isetan Scotts.. That's because I've bought a Levi's Tee on Thurs but they forgot to remove the security device!

The label said "WARNING, Tampering with the device could release ink and cause injury" It felt like a time-bomb so i placed it carefully back into the bag... So after getting the tag removed, shopped ard more while waiting for Agnes to arrive from her workplace. Delighted to find a G2000 shirt on sale when it wasn't on Thurs! Prompty bought it on the spot. =)

Rushed back to Yishun to catch Harry Potter, Order of the Phoenix with Law and GY, by now my usual movie buddies already~ Despite not-s0-good reviews from friends, I found it entertaining~ Had quite a number of laughs and enjoyed the epic battles at the end. But felt disappointed at how the ending was shown~

But do catch it cos there's that phenonmenonal, much-talked-about kiss between Harry Potter and Cho Chang during the movie. ;) Quite sweet and could see they weren't awkward for that scene. Heh~

Sin....

Met up with Clara for dinner today at town. Tucked into a nice dinner of Soft Shell Crab pasta at Spaggedies! Yummy~ She had Crayfish with Ink Pasta~ looked damn delicious sia...

Chatted quite a bit, mostly about YCK cos I kind of left YCK since Feb already. I didn't tell many about my exodus from YCK but ppl shld know it by now. But oh well...

After that, we had dessert at Bakerzin and enjoyed some nice dessert with my favourite sin, cheesecake. Hee... Didn't realised she was a foodie like I am. Going around, looking for good food to eat! *High Five!*

Cheers to good food! =)

More than meets the eye!

Finally managed to catch Transformers after half the world has caught it already... -_-

I find it not bad although there has been mixed reviews from everybody I've asked. As GY said after the show, it was kinda confusing who was fighting who during the epic battles.. Basically I got Ratchet and Bumblebee mixed up at first, cos they were both yellow. Could identify Optimus Prime by colour and Megatron by his ugly face (yes, ugly) But kudos to Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg for adding familiar stuff to the movie like how Megatron calls Optimus Prime "Prime". Very nostalgic indeed~ =) Another catch-it-if-you-can movie recommended by me!

On another note, kept seeing so MANY couples out at Marina Square today.. which made me think of one question.. "Would I be able to find my true love one day?" Sigh... =(

Weekend's almost over and another week at work looms ahead~ Hopefully there's something to look forward to mid-week else I'll go mad!

Reminiscience~

Dropped by IRAS after my appointment at the National Skin Centre to visit my ex-colleagues. Just happened so that the temporary place that was set-up on the first floor to handle the hordes of taxpayers was still in use during this period, I stepped in even after they were closed and was delighted to see them there!

Looking ard the place, it reminded me of the short but enjoyable 3 months I worked there with my great colleagues. Thus the title of my post~ (Means remind of or something in that manner)

Then met up with Angie for a while, who was my instructor and mentor in IRAS back then and we had a short chat before she had to go back and finish her reports (which was way after office hours) Nice to meet up with you, Angie!

By the way, this weekend is Live Earth day! Do wear green if you're heading out today to support the event for awareness of global warming!

Peace~

Can't he just die right?

Just caught Die Hard 4 at AMK Hub with Law and GY.. First time catching a show there. Seats are nice and comfy and not too large! Just nice for small sized ppl like me~

The show's not bad... There's Maggie Q, explosions, computer geeky hacker stuff, more explosions, corny one-liners, government agencies being screwed left right centre and all the top brass can only say "there's nothing we can do" Haha!

Bruce Willis is so cool in the show that suddenly you wished you had a dad like him, but when the lights come on after the show, you're plunked back to reality in an instant~

Catch if you can! =)

The thing about taxis...

The day went pretty well as planned~ Met Irene for shopping and dinner at Bugis Junction and she bought quite a bit of stuff! But there was the GSS around and I think she scored quite a few discounts~ I din get anything though cos the stuff I was looking for wasn't on sale...

Had dinner at V8 Movie Cafe and ended up watching part of Seoul Raiders while eating! Haha~ More shopping and we parted cos she was meeting her sister for (more) shopping and I to my buddies at Pitstop~

The games we played were not too bad. Here are my reviews~

Jurassic Jumble: A cross between PIT, Heart attack and Dog and Bone (literally) Provided loads of fun for everybody~

Gift Trap: A supposedly simple game with too many rules to remember. Didn't even finish the game. Changed to a new one in 5 minutes flat.

Imaginiff: Quite a fun game I played before. Lets you get to know more about the ppl you're playing with, plus loads of laughter. Always a good ice breaker and easy rules to pick up.

SWAP!: A card game something like Uno with 1-2 extra special cards with the oh-so-gd-touse SLAP! where everybody pools their hands together at the centre of the table a.k.a Heart Attack and the person who played the card chooses his weapon (inflatable mace, toy hammer, hand, fist, karate chop...) to strike down on others. Definitely evil~ but fun!

Took lotsa of photos and will try to upload them soon... Hee

Left at abt 1030 and proceeded to Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf down the street for coffee and chillin out~ and chatted and chatted till about 1.

Here comes the frustrating part. Tried to get a cab home and empty taxis refusing to stop, making a beeline for the nightspots or waiting for booking calls instead, leaving poor us stranded somewhere along North Bridge Road.. One Maxicab stopped and we were delighted initially cos the 6 of us could fit in and we all stayed ard the same area.. but he wanted to get us to quote a price instead of using the meter. It's common sense for him cos he'll be ferrying 6 ppl and if he went by the meter, he could earn a bit more from each person instead. We deliberated and he drove off saying he'll find a better deal somewhere..

His licence plate number is etched in my mind already and I'm considering whether to report him or not, cos ALL taxis in Singapore should run by the meter no matter maxicab or not. You already pay extra for using a maxi cab and you still want to extort us???

We were running out of ideas when I tot of calling my sis for phone numbers of other not-so-popular cab companies. Thanks to my sis who gave me quite few numbers from Smartcab, Transcab and Silvercab. We managed to get 2 cabs from Smartcab at abt 2 in the morning!

Ride home: 25 mins
Waiting time for the cab in all: 1 hour+

Well, this is just Singapore for you.....

Fortunately the rest of the day was great! Thanks to all yeah? =)

Here's a pic of my current family in GE in my favourite V of Victory pose~

Good days and bad days~

Good day:

Met Ash for dinner at Cafe Cartel at J8 on Thursday and got a chance to use my new Citibank Visa~ Keke. Ash just came back from Japan and she managed to get a box of 白い恋人 (should be able to guess the meaning from the chars right?) chocs for me from Hokkaido! Thanks Ash!

Then later we went for dessert at the basement, forgot the name le.. something like 味-something-园, nice dessert stall and we tried the black sesame paste, which was pretty ok~ =)

Bad Day:

Bad day at office the moment I stepped in in the morning... Can't really reveal much but basically something wrong with my program, no damage done, problem was resolved after 2 hrs later, reputation and confidence loss... Haiz.. then whole day no mood to work, felt a little disappointed...

Nobody like bad days, but we all need bad days to remind us of the good days that we've enjoyed right? And there's something to look forward to everytime, like I'm going to meet Irene for tea later and meeting my buds at Pitstop for a night of fun and games ;)

お見送り

My title means "to send someone off (usually someone going overseas)" i think... Suzuki-sensei, who had been teaching me for the past 2 years left Singapore early this morning for Japan and then going to New York to teach Japanese. A few of us went to the airport to see her off and wished her all the best for her new job!




From L to R: Eddie, Me!, Suzuki Sensei, sOx and Wins


Me and Suzuki Sensei!

Here's wishing you all the best, sensei! Keep in touch! =)

Fantastic Four!

Caught it with Law and GY last friday at GV Yishun. The show's not too bad~ Great for the family, the kids and even ppl like me. Silver surfer's one of my favourite characters in the Marvel Series. Powerful, cool and noble with a cause...

Catch it if you can! Now waiting to watch Shrek 3 (if it's still ard..), Die hard 4.0, Transformers (No money to buy...)! Wahaha~

Happy Birthday Irene!

Met up with Irene for dinner at Newton Food Centre yesterday evening. Planned to dine at Orchard but she suggested Newton instead. It's been a while since I've been to Newton ever since it was renovated. Place looks good, but still can't stand the touts pestering us here and there. The thing is the more the pester the more turned off I become.

Found a nice little spot (away from the touts) and had fishball noodles with satay. The noodles were normal but the satay was pretty ok. We actually met up to celebrate her bdae which was on Sunday and I got for her a Care Bear! One of her favourites~ =)

We went on to walk around Orchard cos she wanted to look for a makeover studio and check out the price. Not really sure where is it in Orchard, and ended up finding none. Anyone who knows a good studio, please tell me thru SMS, MSN or my chatbox in my blog, k? Thanks!

To Irene if you're reading this: Happy birthday once again! =)

=)

Went to Pitstop on Sunday with Law, GY, Elaine, Yunyun and Huishi. Yunyun told me she'll be bringing a friend along, but i din expect to see one of my fellow ex-course mate there. Hehe. First time for all 3 ladies to Pitstop and glad they really like the cosiness of the cafe. Great job, Eve!

Played quite a few games. Some interesting (The Igloo game, can't remember the name), some fun (Imaginiff..) and some outright lame (Ugly Dolls!) We all pretty much enjoyed our time there and here are some pics~

All of us~

Elaine and Yunyun

Hmm...

Had dinner at Xing Wang HK Cafe and walk-walked around Marina Square later. Thanks to Law, who recommended a place for us to chill out at a nice bar in Marina Mandarin Hotel..

=)

GE Raid Party at ZOUK!

Joined Law, GY and James yesterday to go on down to ZOUK for the Day Raid Party for Granado Espada. First time at an official launch so didn't know what to expect. Heh. Wasn't really planning on going cos I had to go for my A07/08 (Uni class) BBQ gathering later in the evening but Law had persuaded me to join them anyway..

Went to Great World City for lunch and reached Zouk at about 3, even though the event started at 2. Here are some of the pics I took during the party although most of them are quite blur.. I need a better camera...








Nasty Hill Giant at the entrance


Phobitian War Chieftain


There was also a cosplay parade as well!


Here's a Muskeeter...


And an Elementalist...


2 lovely Scouts with a pirate


There was also a FHM gamer babe you could take on 1v1 (in GE) She was nice to smile for the many cameras clicking away at her. =)


Me with my favourite Grace Bernelli~


Solune Faction~
From L to R: Darkon Family, LawHain Family and LupusArctos Family and me (missing)

Managed to catch some of the cosplay characters while on the way out! Heh~

Female Wizard. Law thought she looked great~


Female scout 1.


Female scout 2. I prefer this scout though~ LOL!



But she's definitely number 1 for me in the party. *Starry eyed* (*-*)

Peace~
Level 32, Janzer family, Solune Faction, Pachebel server

That's what frens are for...

Realised that it's been a full week since I've blogged! Mainly due to 2 reasons

1. Down with a bad cough I got since coming back from Malaysia.. Must have been all the good food eaten there. Haha!

2. Granado Espada. Busy playing and trying to catch up with my mates who've been levelling up so darn fast. Wonder how they do that...

Just read the papers today about this pair of sisters who have 16,000 friends between them. I was like "OMG?" Reading on, I found out that some of the "friends" are pure online friendships, that is, haven't met up face to face before... And ppl are dying to add them as friends. Been to their friendster to take a look and the vlog (video blog) of one of the sisters dancing in skimpy clothes might have been one of the factors...

Last I checked, my Friendster body, I mean friend count is 277 and contacts on MSN is 283. Not too bad, I think, comparing to the ppl around me... =)

Might as well take the opportunity to thank all friends who have showed care and concern for me when I need it. You all rox~ Heh~

Peace~

Kukup!

Just came back from M'sia for the weekend! Joined YS and his friends (14 in all!) on a short trip to Kukup, a nice little town situated near the coast. The drive up took about 2-3 hours in all. I got to know new friends along the way as well! =)

Photos to be uploaded soon as soon as I have the time to touch up on some of them and if I can pry myself from playing Granado Espada in the meantime... :P

OK! Finally uploaded the album online. You can take a look at it by clicking on the link below!~
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/559309658FtEQds?vhost=good-times

For those who wanna download the picture,
1. Click on the pic
2. Select Full Size at the right hand side of the page
3. Wait for the pic to load fully.
4. Right click on the pic and choose Save As...

There you have it! =)

Parlay?

Just went to catch Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End with Law just now~ And despite bad reviews from friends and newspapers, I still think it's great. Johnny Depp simply shines once again as Captain Jack Sparrow. Wouldn't be able to imagine someone else taking over in his place. It would be like so "un-Jack-Sparrrow"! Haha!

Great cinematography and jokes, but i was a little confused with the numerous deals and pacts that went on with different people in the show but it wasn't all that bad. For those who are going to catch the show soon, stay till the VERY end! Wins waited for like 15 mins but i think the credits ended slightly longer than that. Not much but it wraps up nicely. There could be a part 4 i think, contrary to what some of my friends feel... =)

同窓会、二番目！

The title means "The 2nd Reunion"! Had dinner with my Japanese senseis at Kotobuki Restaurant at Liang Court last evening.

The evening started badly when I was late in meeting the rest of the students first and din manage to get a table at the planned Marutama restaurant, when I'm the organiser...

Luckily the senseis din mind that we walk over to Liang Court and find a place there hopefully. We were fortunate to find a place that could accomodate 13 of us! and we even got a private room with traditional Japanese seating arrangement where you can stick your feet below the low table. =)

Had an enjoyable dinner and lotsa fun chatting, cracking jokes (that's me only) around the table. The dinner was actually a farewell dinner for one of my sensei who's leaving for america soon. So we started giving presents. Some of us (including me) got a rolling-ball pen with her name engraved on it. =) She was really delighted to recieve the presents from everybody!

Took quite a few photos and here's the link to the album! I also included photos sent by the same sensei who's leaving for America as well. Enjoy~

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/559196115ttHadB?vhost=good-times

Cheers!

By the way, I made a video which is a slideshow of all the photos taken with classmates and senseis from Japanese 3 and Japanese 4 to give to the different senseis yesterday. The song I used was from YUI, titled Good-Bye Days, which is also the soundtrack of the movie "Midnight Sun" YUI acted in as well! The Youtube video below is the MTV for this song. Enjoy it too!

The four letter word that will drive women crazy..

No you slimy monsters out there, not that word! It's S.A.L.E

Was at the Isetan Private sale on Thursday. Didn't feel like going at first cos I felt a bit ill from the Indian lunch I had earlier in the afternoon... But I'm glad I did go in the end!

After breaking through the THRONG of sale-crazy women (and men) at the entrance and on the first floor, I managed to reach the third floor (Men's apparel and shoes) alive albeit a little knock from someone...

First stop: Levi's!

Always wanted to own a pair of Levi's jeans ever since... And now it's 30% off. So GO GO GO! Surprisingly, not too many ppl there and the queue for the fitting room was like 2-3 ppl each time. Silly me had no experience at a sale, so I had only 1 pair of jeans with me each time to try and kept on re-queuing after getting another pair.. LOL

Kept on eye on the new Redloop jeans which cost like almost 200 bucks but sanity came in and i went for a 525 but later 512 instead. Yeah!

2nd Stop: G2000!

Stopped by to get a couple of dress shirts as ppl are beginning to realise how often my shirts repeat across 2 weeks... Hm... Decided on an all white cufflink and a normal striped one.

Was about to go off and look for my sister (needed her Isetan card to get another 3% disc on top on the 30%) when I saw some cufflinks going for 35%. I got myself one pair to replace the plain ones that came with the G2000 shirts I had. My sister managed to find me (reception was bad so calls and SMSes took some time to get through..) and picked one pair for me which looked like chessboards!~ cOoL! (Might post pics of them soon, I hope)

All in all, spent about $190 just 2 days after my payday.. Very bad.... but it's worth it~ =)

Priceless~

Caught this with Ashlyn, Weihao and Huishan on Wednesday. Gotta say this show's worth the full 7 bucks I paid for. It's sexy and funny without making it overboard. Audrey Tautou is at her best, playing Irene, a gold-digging hooker but the real star I felt was Gad Elmaleh as Jean, a lovestruck waiter who falls hopelessly in love with Irene.

Catch it before its run ends!

I also caught 28 weeks later too on Sunday with the boys. Din really enjoy the first show "28 Days Later" but the sequel is pretty decent. Us forces re occupy Britain after the deadly Rage virus is wiped out and refugees stay in containment areas and u guessed it... the virus breaks out and all hell turns loose. Kinda reminds me of what US is doing in Iraq right now. occupying it and making it a "safe" place for the Iraqis to live in... Not too bad though. The scary scenes are that scary so they're pretty safe for ppl who are generally afraid of horror movies. =)

My steals for the past month

No, I'm not a thief... My definition of 'Steal' means something I hanker after each month and I finally get it after some consideration. After setting enough aside for my parents, travelling costs and basic expenditure (makan, misc) , I usually pick something to get something for myself each month. Something to pamper myself with for working hard~ (Hyak hyak) Here's some stuff I bought recently.

Creative Zen V Plus 8GB (to replace my Creative MuVo 512MB from donkey years ago)

adidas canvas tennis shoes! Not a steal actually, I was forced to get this when the sole came off my heel one day while at work... But not bad a steal at 47 bucks~ (original at 59)

adidas Firebird jacket. My latest steal, been wanting to get one of these for ages...

More to come soon! =)

Maximum Spider!

Just caught Spidey 3 at GV Yishun with GY this afternoon! Gotta say it's not bad, it almost follows the original storyline pretty closely 'cept for a few things here and there.

Eddie Brock isn't actually that of a small size. He was in athletics first before switching to journalism. So he's pretty huge size and he was a reporter with another newspaper company instead of the Daily Bugle as well. LOL. Shall not reveal anymore about the movie lest someone sues me already. Out of 5 stars, I would give it 4 stars! So catch it soon before the run ends.

One thing I find it cool though. I'm a fan of mindless, useless trivia, you see. (Think along the lines of Matrix and LOTR)

Spiderman 1: Spidey faces off against 1 villian, the Green Goblin
Spiderman 2: Spidey faces off against 2 villians, Harry Osborn(?) and Dr. Octopus
Spiderman 3: Spidey faces off against 3 villians, Venom, Sandman and The New Goblin (Harry Osborn)

Cool, eh? The next sequel might have the emergence of another villian, the Lizard who is *gasp* Spidey's professor! He has one arm missing if you've noticed... (Again, another trivia) and tried to use reptilian DNA to regrow his arm. Bad move coming, as you see it. Also hope to see my al time favourite villian of Spidey too! Carnage! Whose name is Cletus Kassidy, a murderous serial killer and Eddie Brock's prison cellmate later. The symbiote that became Carnage was spawned from that of Venom... Hohoho..

Carnage, more insanely powerful than Venom and Spiderman COMBINED.

To end things off, got a nice Youtube video of Spiderman vs Venom in a video game. (Think it's Marvel vs Capcom 1 from the background stage) This also explains the title of my post too! It's one of Spidey's special moves where he leaps onto a wall and hits the enemy for 5 times. "Maximum Spider" is something I personally utter when something serious happens. Haha. Enjoy! P.S Check out the last special move that Spidey does at the end of the video. Those who watched the movie should be able to identify it. *winks*

Updates for the past week~

Haven't had time to blog this week so I'm giving everything in a nutshell here.

Took leave on Monday but din go anywhere cause my right foot hurts again! I'm guessing it could have been the sneakers I wore on Friday to work. Just when I could walk normally.. Sianz..

Went for Peiling's bdae celeb on Wednesday at Sizzlers' @ Suntec. Supposed to meet there at 7 and almost everybody was late! One thing I cannot stand is ppl being late (for too long). The manager kept coming to our table to remind us that the kitchen would be closing at 8.50pm and the salad bar at 9.00pm. Think it's important to remind us cos the cost of the main entree comes with access to the salad bar... Anyway, everybody came in the end and finally celebrated Peiling's bdae. =) Happy bdae, Peiling!

My Mushroom Cheese Steak at Sizzlers'! Yummy!~

Met Huiru for dinner on Thursday at Bugis and we had a great dinner together at Aji-Tei. I tried the Nagoya Special Miso Katsu (Cutlet) Set and it was not bad. We went for the specialty desserts later. She's planning to go to Taiwan with her friends soon, so I gave her a few tips about accomodation and getting around. Haha~ Suddenly reminded me of the good time I had in Taiwan for my grad trip. LOL

My Mocha Sundae Anmitsu + Huiru's Sundae Anmitsu!

Difference is mine has green tea flavoured icecream instead of vanilla.

Helped Ashlyn to book a hostel room in Hokkaido cos the website was almost entirely in Japanese. Suddenly become the Japanese Transalator.. although my level is far from being good... Going to pass her my shopping list soon! Haha~

And last night (Friday), I was about to leave my office when the sole of my shoe came off! *stunned* So i went to Raffles City (rendezvous point) to get some shoes for replacement immediately and got myself a pair of adidas canvas tennis shoes, which kinda looks cool! Anyway, some of us gathered to celebrate Val's bdae at The Post Bar @ Fullerton and got to know some of Val's friends who are connected to me in some way! Singapore is too small! One is working in the same company as my sis and is currently undergoing training by her and the other fren's colleagues used to be my ex-coursemates in ECE back in NUS! Had fun and drinks last night and I taught the 请你跟我这样做 game from the 齐天大胜 variety show. And it seems that they had fun, especially Val! Happy birthday, Val! =)

I shouldn't be going out this weekend. Gonna rest my feet at home~