2nd day of the Lunar New Year.

Woke up and before I knew it,....I was at Clifford pier 9:30am sharp. At Clifford pier for what? Collect “Ang Pow”

Nah, attend ship lor. What luck I have for my ship came on the 2nd day not the 1st which I thought it was a blessing.

Finished work and met up with Bear at 1pm. Went to Newton for lunch before catching a movie Orchard. As expected only non-Chinese stalls open for business so not much variety to chose from.



Holly molly, I have absolute no clue of Bear's expression meant.



So after a good lunch went to watch “fearless” the movie which revolves around the true life of martial arts fighter Huo Yuanjia. Huo Yuanjia was born 1868 and died in 1909. His death is widely believed to have been caused by poisoning. Huo Yuanjia was a legendary martial arts master.

After the show, Bear told me Huo Yuan Jia was the first ever martial arts master follow by Bruce Lee. I asked him how about Wong Fei Hong. You're not gonna believe what Bear told me.

Bear said, “Wong Fei Hong don't know about fighting. He is not even a martial arts expert. He's actually working in Tuina doing foot massage.”

If what Bear said was true, perhaps Wong Fei Hong's famous Mo Ying Gerk was invented when he rub the customer's foot too fast therefore it becomes shadowless kick.

A happy and prosperous Lunar New Year to everybody!

We welcome The Year of the Fire Dog.

Fire Dogs are natural leaders. Fire Dogs are popular, charismatic people, always surrounded by a group of admirers. Not only admired for their vibrant personalities, these Dogs also possess a sexual attractiveness that makes them irresistible. These people are adventurous and vivacious, yet, honest and openhearted. However, because they are so active, they are generally not the settle down type.

I like the possess a sexual attractiveness part and by the way I'm born in the year of the DOG. Woof woof.

The rest of my family came about 11:30am and pay their respect and New Year's greeting to my mum. Together we had our steamboat lunch and everybody stay for dinner as well. Surprising they stayed until 9:00pm before leaving.


(My brother in law playing Chinese chess with Jo)

The Lunar New Year is the most significant festival for ethnic Chinese around the world no doubt, and it is a very jubilant occasion for me since young. It's has always been and always will be.
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It's time for our traditional reunion dinner. On this eve of Chinese New Year, the reunion dinner for all immediate family members. Family members even living afar would rush back home for this dinner.

A fully assembled family symbolizes a united family.

This year my brother in law brought his niece back for reunion dinner with us. Her name is Wensi and she's an American. My brother in law's sister married to a “ang moh”





The kids playing video games while adults do the cooking.

Brought them to the playground.



I must say, Wensi is very well in manner to my surprise.


(She is five yo and Jo is six)

No matter how early we start the preparations, mum thinks there are always not enough time for cook. Hey this builds up towards the excitement of celebrating the new year.

Like last year, I am extremely thankful that I do not have any vessel to attend. I got to enjoy my dinner with my family.
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After lunch and just outside international plaza, I saw this!



Apparently someone called the police after discover a suitcase left unattended. Usual procedure like the area cordoned off with white/blue police tape. At this point, the police were satisfied that everything is under control.

What could in the suitcase?
Another human body or even a bomb?


(Can you believe she's waiting for cab?)

Don't be fool the vicinity was clear of human traffic, in fact people were walking up and down the street with the “bochap“ written all over their faces. Some were standing meters away from the suitcase waiting for taxi like the lady in the picture. Other cross the road to take a closer look.

I actual heard some office workers saying, “Cannot be bomb lah, Singapore very safe one”

Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cured stupidity and formal education positives fortifies it. No wonder our government hired foreigns talent.

Our streets in Singapore are general safe. It's only the people who make them unsafe like terrorists. Will terrorists ever target Singapore? I see why not?

When thieves rob you, do they see your skin colors?

Was invited to Tiananmen by my supplier. This is the first time there and also it a high class KTV UNLIKE most of the KTV I went to. Most nightclub the hostess would butterfly her way from room to room often derive the majority of their earnings from tips...of course their sideline as well.

Men come with thick wads of money in their pockets and hopes of a raunchy time with the hostesses, as they prefer to be known.

Normally tips start from $50 and above. Once inside the rooms, things get really heated up. Hostess flirt, sit on your lap, do sexy dance, let your hands auto roaming their body and sometimes they even strip themselves to naked. If the price is right, sex can even be perform inside men toilet. No kidding.

They are focus in their objective, which is to earn as much money in the shortest time possible. In other words, “No Money, No Honey”.


(Tiananmen)

Like I said, this is a high class, high end nightclub and here there no handy panty. No touching, no naked, no nothing. Girls here get booked by hour. The hostess will NOT butterfly room to room. Once booked, they will sit with you for the whole session.

Got hear news about Mamasan didn't declare earnings of $325,000 somewhere in 2004? She works in Tiananmen.

Popular hostess easily earn more than five figure a month what a new graduate earns in half a year.

Time: 1945hrs.

I was late, shortly after arriving my host insisted getting a hostess for me. The mamasan send 15 girls inside our room to let me choose. Just imagine, 15 girls parade in front of you and so I anyhow chose lor.........the biggest breast available. Haha.



You might be wondering why on earth men will pay premium price to be here rather than those “fun” KTV.

Because unlike cheaper KTV lounges, high-end clubs like this keep up an appearance of propriety allow NO raunchy activites between clients and hostesses between in their rooms. Here is mostly for businessmen entertaining their clients.

Also superiority over other KTV is that the "mummy' and her girls are skilled in public relations. They attended to your every needs.

So what kind of topic you talk with the hostess? Not much really because I usually let my hands do the talking at cheaper KTV. Haha

Found out she's from China, Ling Ling is her name, 24yo and etc. I told her I worked in Macdonald.....selling burger. Earning RMB800 per month and the host who invited me is actually my customer when I sold him my burger.

She believed every word I said, except earning RMB800 per month part. I told her actual it was RMB800 per day and she told me, “Ya....I also heard that working in Macdonald or KFC in Singapore earn this kind of money.”

Hahaha. Quite a conversation.

Another thing is before I came here, heard that girls here are very pretty and elegant. Just one word, disappointed.


(Ling Ling)

What's my damage for the night? Nothing......free. To be honest, I never like going to this place and there is only ONE out of so many times I really enjoy myself.

Forget her name liao but I remember we engaged in deep tongue kiss; fighting of the tongue from 2300hrs to 0230hrs.
Ouch!

Every year without fail on this day exactly 0730hrs, Old veg (Chong) will call me. It is the unwritten ritual which we have been doing this for the past 10 years! You see, it's our birthday. Both of our birthdays fall on the same day, so we would call each other to give our birthday greeting.

First thing like to wish a very happy 34th birthday to Brother Old Veg.

Also would like to thank these guys who called and sent birthday greeting to me like Rachel, Stephanie, Ah Mei (Photo later), David and Toh.

Went to JB with Bear our fave playground, had our fave curry fishead for lunch. Nearly get myself a Levis t-shirt however no size. In the end, we end up buying nothing. Since this is not our first trip there, I shall do a fast forward.




(Taking a break)

As usual took taxi to some other shopping places and finally giving ourselves us a treat in body massage. Massage improves the flow of blood relaxes the muscles and also useful for specific ailments such as depression, neck and back pain.

By the time we finished, it like 6:00pm and dinner time liao. This alley is nothing fancy but the surrounds and the ambiance are it strongest point.




(On my right)


(On my left)


(This kind of food can't go without beer)

Made our way back to the causeway and one of my friend asked me have a drink at one of our regular place (pub).

Time: 2100hrs.
Place: Tanjong Pagar.

One of the waitress (Ah Mei) knew about my birthday. Together with her sister, they brought me a birthday cake and sang me birthday song.



I was taken surprised by this wonderful and very kind gesture. I wish I could offer myself to repay their kindness. Haha



HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NICK!
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I'm forced to clear my leave. After taking days from 16 Jan to 19 Jan, I still left 14 days of leave from last year! Alas, what am I doing to do with my free days? This is my first day of clearing leave and lucky for me Bear asked me for dinner.



Went across Bugis and tried this Sichuan “ma la” steamboat dinner buffet. Cost only $15 per person and it was rather reasonably priced considering the amount of services and food that one could devour himself with.



Bear was writing what we want.



Look at the chili soup which comes submerged under 5cm of chili oil. To see damage level could do, I surrendered after just one sip. The drown the fiery feeling on my tongue that borders on numbness from the extremely spicy soup- made with a huge amount of peppercorns, ginger and dried chili

“Ma la” is literally translated as “numb hot”. The thick, murky-orange soup looked harmless enough, but it was so spicy it was positively inhumane.



Even Bear who loves spicy food couldn’t take it. By the time dinner was over, he couldn't not taste anything with his tongue .That’s what I call a tongue-numbing experience.

I find that Sichuan “ma la” steamboat is excellent and very good value......a superb places to eat where the emphasis is on both quality and value.

After dinner went to Suntec city as Bear needs to buy shoe.



Bear looked so womanish to me. Holding a shoe with 2 hands?

I was surfing internet when I came across this female blogger trying to find a perfect date for her friend. So I send her an email.

Please click the below link and read before going further (Very important)
http://elvina33.blogspot.com/2006/01/wanna-be-her-valentine.html

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Dear Elvina,
I am writing to you after reading your blog. Allow me to introduce a very special friend of mine too, Ah Bear. Although how soft-spoken and blur person he may be, I am convinced he make the perfect Valentine's Day date for your friend.

You wrote Cheryl is patient, very kind and extremely "teasable".

Well, Bear happen to be an ardent enthusiast for that particular flavor, “teasable” although he doesn't know how make fun of someone playfully. Trust me, he knows all about the act of teasing because he constantly been the receiving end of being mock......by me.

Before any further introduction, let me attach picture of him.



Please do not look at the outer wrapper of the package, inside is a fully furnished world around him called muscle. I can assure you that your friend will be as safe as on board the Titanic with him as Valentine's date.

He's straight (although I have my doubt) and currently single. .....in fact he never had any girlfriend before. Clearly, his social skills need to be refined but no worry as he has some basic skills which some women love. He is a great friend, a good listener with an amazingly patient personality. He can just sit there like a person suffers from three delusions (1) smile (2) nod (3) stare.

If you still don't think Bear is the right person for her, let me yet attach another picture of Bear.



Understand you have strict criteria for the date for your friend.
You wrote.....

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- Someone who can connect with her intellectually
- Pleasant looking
- Makes her laugh; someone with a sense of humor
- Trustworthy
- Good tempered
- Preferably someone who drives (cos she stays quite out of the way)
- Financially stable
- Well-spoken
- Level of Horniness - 8/10
- Romanticism will be a BIG plus

Unquote”
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Allow me to address all this issue on Bear's behalf.

You want: Someone who can connect with her intellectually.
He may be not intellectually as you expected but he make up in his shortcoming as a good listener with an amazingly patient personality like I said. With his head nodding and drooping, always this will be one of his most powerful tools to connect with the Cheryl.

You want: Pleasant looking
Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.

You want: Makes her laugh; someone with a sense of humor.
Looking at Bear will cause you giggle uncontrollably like you're having a seizure.

You want: Trustworthy
Look no further, Ah Bear IS the man.

You want: Good tempered
Bear has a handicap that is his good tempered. Being bully by me for more than ten years, I can vouch for him in front of my dirty pair of underwear.

You want: Preferably someone who drives (cos she stays quite out of the way)
Drive? He ride bicycle. But in this world, there a thing call TAXI.

You want: Financially stable
He is financially stable but forgive him for not winning the lottery last night. Rest assure, he's not in debt.

You want: Well-spoken
Soft-spoken and well-spoken is almost the same thing. Sama sama.

You want: Level of Horniness – 8/10
Not sure. You have to ask him yourself. I know mine though. Whenever I feel horny, I know that my 2 hands are my best friend. I give myself a 10/10.

You want: Romanticism will be a BIG plus
He is the modern Romeo. Once he wrote a poem for a girl. It goes like this, “You jump, I jump.”

Lastly, I am not very good at promoting my friend in a flowery way. Nevertheless, I hope I could get a favorable reply from you. I believe Bear and Cheryl will have much fun if given the chance.

Yours,
Nick How
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Ever heard of a song “Money for nothing” by Dire Straits?

It goes like this,
I want my...I want my...I want my color TV MTV



I saw color TV campus superstar. Nice....very nice.
They got audio (nice song to listen) and visual (zhaogeng) to the max.

Words Women Use

Fine
This is the word  women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.

Five minutes
If she is  getting dressed, this is half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given 5 more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.

Nothing
This is the calm before the storm. This means "something" and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with "nothing" usually end in "fine".

Go ahead
This is a dare, not permission. DON'T DO IT!

Loud sigh
Although not actually a word, the loud sigh is often misunderstood by men. A "loud sigh" means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you over "nothing".

That's okay
This is one of  the most dangerous statements that woman can make to a man. "That's Okay" means that she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.

Thanks
This is the least used of all words in the female vocabulary. If a woman is thanking you. Do not question it, just say you're welcome and back out of the room slowly.
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Just opposite Parco Bugis Juction, we went to this restored building with 6 storey of shops. Selling mostly stuff you can find in Bugis Village. Nothing new, nothing interesting.



As usual, Bear is very enthusiasm in discovery new places but to me new places are like the old since they offered the same variety like in Bugis Village.

Went to Orchard found myself a polo-t from Mambo. Thank God, I may really need to consider Alan Delon if I still can't find one.



Eat dinner at this place....food sucks.

Oh yeah, there was this couple in their twenties who sat beside us just after we took our sits. As usual, woman wants to order, man gives in.

2 minutes later the waitress came back with the menu and said, “Mdm, the kid's meal you ordered is for 12 yo and below only.” Upon hearing this, I force myself not to burst into laughter. Trust me, I nearly collapse. You should look at the man's face.....priceless.

The lady desperately trying salvage the embarrassing situation by doing what Arsene Wenger do best, “I didn't see that”

I didn't see that.......yeah right. Anyway after meal, along the street of Orchard road I saw this.



Give a man a guitar and he'll be singing a song. Put a man in Orchard road with a guitar and he'll be begging in the street.
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When NKF first started charity tv on show, it was a success instantly. From once a year charity tv show to now at least 3 or 4 times. You not sick, I also get fed up.

Now, there are Singapore Idol, Star Idol, Project Superstar, Campus Superstar, Super Host and Super Band.

Is this really so interesting? I don't know.....I really don't know. I'm sick and tired about all this programmes. When Singapore Idol started, I thought it was nice, then came Project superstars. Since we have English competition, Mandarin version is inevitable. Also it's fresh, new and gives all the young people chances to show their talents.

Then the Ming Xing Ou Xiang, then Super Host, and Xiao Yuan Superstar. Later this year we have Singapore Idol 2 and next batch of Project Superstar.

Hey, I'm Super Sian and Super Tulan.

Mediacorp should come up with new ideas instead of trying to milk in from an overused formula. Once they hit on an idea which sells, they will milk it to death before moving on only when the public is exhausted by it.

There's a sucker born every minute, the foolish continues contribution their hard earning money. (SMS)
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Have you ever walk behind someone walking so so slow that you have to hold yourself back from stabbing them?

I have and I thought to myself......hey move it long your fat ass. Don't block the earth from spinning.

You ever walk next to a stranger who wants to walk the same speed as you?

I have and I thought to myself....get the fuck away from me. What are we....on a date here?

Why do I think this way? Hmmm.....

Anyway, I present you Japan magic.

Part One.

Part Two

Part Three