Been very busy for the past 2 weeks (work), but on the bright side is that I earned more.

Met up my mum, sister and brother in law for dim sum in Geylang lor 8. After dinner we were walking back to carpark when my mum suddenly wanted to visit Geylang lor 6.

What so special about lor 6 was that I was born and stay there for a year. My family only shifted out when I was 1 year old.

So we just walked over lor 6, guess what? Surprise..surprise the house is still there!

(Geylang lor 6...house 6)

The house belong to my father sister's husband family. So we are distant relatives. What's even astonishing was the house owner and it's occupancy still living there after all this years. They recognized my mom instantly.



(My father.....who sister's husband....brother. He recognized me leh. Wow....never seen him for 36 years! He's 70 years old.)


(Taken from inside the house)


(More relatives)


(Living room)


Born and stay in this house for a year, I have no recollection of it. But my elder brother do. Understand he still come back to visit this place once a while.
Mum insisted on showing me something important; A room.


(This is the room......)


What so special about this room?


(Here the door I was scalded with boiling water)

Well just about was 1 year old, I was accidentally scald with boiling water when I walked out of this room. Rushed to hospital, lucky manage to survive. Because of this accident, I was a small scar on my my left foot due to operation on me.


(37 years later on, I'm back to this "crime" place)


(This is the exact place where I was scalded with boiling water.


(More rooms upstair)


(Storage area)




(There's old photos every where)


(Heard from my mum that this the signboard they used when they sells dim sum back then. They still keep it although they stop the trade long ago)


(Taken in 1947.....the man in circle was my dad. The lady was my grandmother. I really look like my father)

What an experience going back this place!
How I wish this house belong to me, it can fetch 1.7 millions......ouch!

Have not update due to this few days been busy.

However today something happen, I felt I needed to write (Just reach home at 11:30pm)

Hmm.......I think I will not ever make fun of Melvin in my blog anymore. I always try to “disture” him in a very humor way in my blog however he don't see in this way. He thinks I'm treating like a fool all along.

Had a minor incident with him although it got nothing to do with making fun of him in my blog but somehow I gathered all along he is not pleased of what I wrote about him.

Well.......what more I can say.

Will update soon as I'm really very busy this few days.

I saw a man in Bedok.

Immediately, I thought of Melvin who needs some lesson or advise on dressing. As he grew older, he has such a poor sense of dressing, I cannot help but to write about this. So let me show Melvin how he should be dress like.

This is the the highest level of fashion a man can go. Everyone can do it, but not everyone can do it with style.


(I wonder how he sound like)

You know what got into my nerve lately?
Cyclist.

I often see cyclist, cycling on the heavy traffic condition road, on the expressway and some even against the traffic. Cyclists should also give way to motorists. Most of the time, I see cyclists pedal even more quickly and dun give way to motorists turning left or right.

As a car driver, you expect the cyclist to obey the same traffic rules as you and that sort of allows you to anticipate the cyclist's path. But all hell breaks lose when you see a cyclist cycling against the traffic as its path becomes hard to predict. Some dangerous gung-ho cyclists even uses one hand to hold umbrella, the other hand to balance the bicycle, during heavy rain while on the road.

So long you are driving a car and you hit a pedestrian, you are in the wrong at the first place.

Our traffic police has long turned a blind eye to this offense to some extent. It is high time these traffic police get out of their air-con offices and nab the offenders.

When you want TP to catch cyclists who cycle against the flow of traffic, they are nowhere to be found. But when you want to cruise a bit faster on the expressway, there they are hiding behind a corner along the expressway shoulder, waiting to nab you.

I feel that cycling to be ban from both the roads and also pedestrian walkway. Cycling should only be treated as a sport, a leisure, not a form of transport.

Now whenever I see any cyclist, I drive just near enough and horn loudly to scare them. Hahahaha

I broke my record.
My previous record was 17 ships in a month and this month, I have attended 22 ships.

That's the most number of ships I ever attend in a month.
(Average about 15 ships)

My wallet feel very much heavier.......ouch!

Last night I slept at 4am due to working late....at 11:30am, Melvin came knocking on my door. Came over to collect my w800 phone, I guess he's afraid I might sold it away. It fact it true. If he wait any longer, I will sell it away.

Patience is not my greatest virtue.

How much did I sell to him?
$50 only.......freaking cheap.


(Took a shot and before effect)


(After, I put a frame on my ppc phone)

Trying out my ppc phone camera


(Effect is not as good as my previous W800)


(Not sure how to adjust the brightness yet)


(Old veg's baby girl....I put a frame on it)

I have this mapking disk but don't know how to install. So went to the vendor of Mapking, they help me to install into my ppc phone; the Singapore and Malaysia map.

Mapking is a GPS navigation map. It is designed to be used with devices such as a PocketPC, Smartphone and a GPS receiver. The software is nominated "Best Software 2006

The Mapking map for Singapore is quite easy to use (user friendly) and about 90% accurate. It has included some postal-code in search mode but not yet extensively. The software for Singapore is not yet bug free. The annoying part includes the inability to recognize the merging road.

The voice navigation is pretty useful indeed, telling you to slow down, if any bend ahead or there's a speed camera, and going make a left/right..etc

I will rate 4 stars out of 5 for Singapore Mapking. With this, I will never get lost in Singapore and Malaysia again. I'm gonna have much fun on this device....woof

What is my most embarrassing moment?

It happen to me back in 1993. Was with a group of friends drinking in Boat Quay. Drink beer, whiskey and all sort of other alcohol mix. I was so drunk that I went up the stage in this pub, took a guitar and tried to sing. My friends had to pull me away.

So freaking embarrassing...man.

So what are my friends most embarrassing moment? In random order, let's start with Ah Lam.

Ah Lam


Ok, it happen to me just few weeks back. My new girlfriend called me up and asked if I wanted to hang out her house. I was bored out my mind, so I jumped at the offer.

As I arrived at her house, I was hoping we would be alone. She invited me in, gave me a kiss and then a sexy look which made me turned on and thinking that we will be heading to something.

She grabbed my hand and brought me to her room covering my eyes and saying "I have a surprise for you, why don't you make yourself comfortable".

So I of course had a feeling what she meant. She then left the room to give me time and said she would be only five minutes. I began to take off my clothes thinking wanted me strip naked for her. Five minutes, she called me to come out into the living room.

I walked out all proudly of myself into the living room butt naked and saw three shocked faces looking upon my body. She didn't tell me the surprise was wanted me to meet her parents!


Rachel


A few days after I passed my first-aid certificate, I was out shopping when I came across a crowd standing round somebody on the ground. I wrestling my way through, shouting "Stand clear, I've done CPR!"

As I trying to get to the fallen man, a police officer appeared and dragged me back.

"Madam”, he barked, "we are in the middle of arresting this man, so please stand clear!"


Stephanie


Ai yo, talk already so xia suay.

I am the best insurance adviser in Singapore, some say in Batam. Easy got myself into the insurance million dollar round table but I cannot convince Nick to buy life plan from me.

Ok....seriously I was pulling something out of my hand bag and out with it comes a tampon, this occur in front of strangers along a busy shopping mall. D'oh!


Bear


I got this incident....when I was still quite young then my family had a maid. I was in my room naked, checking my penis in the mirror.... forgotten to lock the door. Then the maid walked in without knocking. I was too stunned to do anything.

Imagine her shocked look, looking at me holding my small penis. After that, she said sorry and left.. closing the door behind her.


Old Veg


Last weekend, me and my wife invited both our family over at a chalet have some fun and BBQ as well. It's starting late, all have left except for my mother in law.

Ask her to stay for the night but she wouldn't want to stay overnight. So I told her I will be turning in for the night first. My mother in law gave me a hug and said she would be leaving soon also. My chalet got 2 floors one you know, so I went upstairs and sleep.

2 hours later, I saw light were off (downstairs) but my wife is not with me. I yell for my wife, and there reply, “ I'm in here honey".

Must be her watching TV all by herself. Next thing, I wanted to surprise her. Took off all my clothes, and went downstairs naked with a massive hard on.

Switch on the light, there she was sitting at the sofa watching TV with my mother-in-law. (She changes her mind about leaving)


Melvin


Being beaten up my wife is the most shameful and severe kind of thing already. What can be more embarrassing then this?

I don't know. I really don't know.


Ah Khoon


Don't talk liao.
Si buay Ma Lu, I tell you.

I likes to spend time sunbathing tio boh? One fine day, it happened that there this group of really cute girls playing by the side of the pool.

I wanted to impress them, so I make my entry into the swimming pool by plunging myself at a 45 degree angle. Plunge it like a spear, should be macho right?

Unfortunately I forgot to tie my swimming truck, so I'm inside the pool, naked from the waist down, in front of all the crowds and my swimming trucks were floating 5 metres away from me.


Roger


Well, was walking around Bugis during lunch 2 years back. My eyes very sharp, spotted 2 chio lady buying stuffs in a accessory shop in less than 1 minute.

Was looking at them while walking until I bang into a lamp post. All the people who saw.....laugh at me leh. :)


Ah Toh


My most embarrassing moment happened when I was in primary school. That times I don't know why I'm very shy and timid kid and dare not tell my teacher I need to go toilet.

Ended up shitting in my shorts......and still keep quiet until the whole classroom filled with my BO.


Joe


Uncle, my most embarrassing moment is when you take this picture.

What did I do on Sunday and Monday?
(No time to write, quick summary)


(My third visit on the same IT show with Bear)


(Try my new ppc phone camera)


(Meet Stephanie for dinner)


(Smooth talk me into buying saving plan for her)

After work, I went back to the IT show because I saw something I really wanted last night. Reached the place at 2pm, brought it, went home. Short and sharp.

What did I buy?

I brought E-Ten Glofiish X500 GPS smart phone at a whopping of $1,000/-

This is the 2nd most expensive phone I ever buy. The most expensive still was my first phone ever, ericsson 388 which cost me $1,300 in 1995.

The E-TEN glofiish X500 is a quad-band GSM phone with EDGE, including
- 400 MHz Samsung Processor
- 128 MB Flash ROM, 64 MB SD RAM
- Megapixel camera with flash light
- WIFI 802.11 b/g
- FM radio tuner
- only 143 g weight

This device includes the fantastic SiRFStar III GPS chipset which features quick satellite acquisition times and low power usage.

Wow, that’s quite a feature list.


(It world's thinnest PPC phone with GPS and WiFi up as to date)


(Box is nothing out of the ordinary)


(Inside the box we find the device, USB charging cable, USB PC cable, stereo headphones with built in microphone, leather case, quick start guide, and software. Also included, Singapore and Malaysia map)


(And here it is - the glofiish X500. Notice the use of brushed aluminum around the edges of the screen, with silver-metallic plastic adorning the rest of the body)


(The microSD slot on the glofiish X500 is accessible from the bottom of the device)


(2MP camera sensor, self-portrait mirror, and flash)

The downside is, I find it extremely difficult to sms.

IT SHOW 2007, as promises lots of bargains and if you can bear to brave the crush of people, you might want to check out it out. Bear and I are going to check it out right about now.

We need eating first in order to have strength to jostle for elbow room as we expect this place to be a human traffic jam at all times.


(Bear when eating have only one expression. See below also)


(Different food, same expression)


(Obvious overjoy with overflow of foods. Can see how he gain so much lard)


(This place is call “bao today”)


(People mountain, people sea)

I'm looking for laptop and mobile phone, unfortunately we could only walk only for an hour or so as they're closing at 9pm.

Today I met up with one of my AIA adviser. Brought my accident and hospital coverage from her back in 2002 when I haven't know Rachel and Stephanie yet.

In 2002, she asked me to buy a fund ($10k) from her using my CPF. Told me it require to lock in for a period of five years which in turn will guarantee me $12.5k at least if not more.

Now 2007 later, she told me I will get back 9k only. I still remember when she told me it GUARANTEE, she uses her right hand to pat her own chest or maybe her breast to assure me everything is good.

I waited for 5 years (cannot sell) and now telling me I'm getting back $9k? I am so freaking piss off.

Don't get me wrong, it's not that I'm a sore loser.

I have brought funds also from Rachel and Stephanie but I do not mind if I make any loss because it's all high risk fund but not that bloody guarantee safe return fund that I needed to lock in for 5 long years.

Damn...making me lose all faith on insurance adviser. After telling me the above matter, she still got the cheek to say she will help me.

She: I know you lost 1k that's why I'm here to help you.

Me: Help? How?

She: Invest in this plan. U get your return 9k back and you only need to top up 1 k to make 10 k to invest.

Me: Sure earn? (Me testing her to see what was her respond)

She: Sure, that's why I'm here today to help you.

Me: In that case, how come I don't earn (Refer to the fund)

She: Ai ya..it like that. Market not good meh.

**I sense she's a complete idiot by now. Fast forward our conversation, I show you one example that talking to her make me vomit blood**

She: See..(refer to her funds charts), this fund now is $3.70. You can buy this.

**By now, I'm getting really upset**


Me: Look, I will buy fund hovering about $1.00 to $1.50 as the fund you mention may has reach her full potential. So for example if I buy at $1.50/- when it about $2.00, I could sell it. Not when it like the price is $3.70/-

She: But who knows it may rise again.

**My idea is to buy low, sell high. It may not work HOWEVER by buying "cheap" on what you invest in, you greatly reduce the chances of losing money**

Me: It will go down as well. Work both way.

She: But if you do this, you'll be making a loss.

Me: Tell me about how I will make a loss (See what her view)

She: Buying and selling price is different, you know?

Me: I know lah. You go moneychangers whether to buy or sell US$ also different rate mah. But tell me how I make a loss.

She: For example you holding 10k of India equity fund. Selling price is $1.70 but when you buy back it will cost you $1.90 if you trying make a quick buck

Everything is all clear. Confirm she's a complete idiot. By now I wish I had myself a dildo so I can stick into her...you know where.

Which idiot will sell and buy back the SAME fund and the SAME time? Of course after selling, will invest in another fund.

How I wish I was given the chance to ask her to invest. You know what will I say?

Me: Why don't you get a dildo?

Me: Have you thought of investing a dildo?

Me: You need a dildo.

Then she goes on how I need insurance coverage like saving plan, worry about my retire, worry on how my future medical bill......bah..bah...bah.

In my not-so-humble opinion, when I'm old and dying, will I'll be happy with what I've done with this life? With this picture I've painted? What if I'm not, would that make my whole life a mistake?

But I'm not worried about that.

You see, I've been taught to ask "What problem do I have at this very moment?" and the answer is always none. If there is a problem I either accept it or deal with it.

What's worry got to do with it?

If I had everything I plan or wanted right now, how would I feel?
Happy? Something more to strive for? Something to live for?

Like everyone else, I got to work to survive.

Here's a story,
A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him, ‘ Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?’
The crow answered, ‘Sure, why not.’

So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Moral of the story is....To be sitting and doing nothing you must be sitting very, very high up.

Me and Ah Lam have been mobilize.

We're activate to attend advertisement survey. My appointment is 12pm while Lam is 12:30pm. So what is the story?

Well, whenever any company require survey, they would call this lady. And this lady in turn would find people to attend the survey.

This lady will get commission for every person who attend and the person will get a token of appreciation (money) from the survey company. To be honest, I really don't want to attend if Ah Lam is not involve. Si buay sian if you were to go alone.

Time: 11:55am.
Loc: Thomson road.

As you could see Ah Lam is charging his way like a sergeant into the battlefield.



Once we're here, we asked to take seat first while waiting for the interviewer. I scanned the room, I saw there were few other people waiting for their turn.





Just 5min later, I was called to a room. There, this female interviewer asked me to watch TV. First there was Dove commerical, then Kodak commerical, then Coke commerical....and etc.

After 8 or 9 commercials, she paused the video.

Interviewer: Let's get started, what are the commercial you can remember?

Me: There's the coke commercial, the DHL and err......(Memory is my weakest point)

Interviewer: What the the commercial you like most?

Me: I like coke commercial.

Interviewer: And?

Me: No more...

**She looked bewildered**

Interview: Which commercial you dislike?

Me: Kodak

Interview: And?

Me: No more.

**She looked even bewildered this time**

Interviewer: So what do you dislike about this commerical?

Me: (Anyhow hatam)

Then she continued the video and asked some more question but I will skip all this. So 25 min, I emerged out of the room with this.



(Easy money.......time for enjoyment)

We got free money, we got time, so what are we gonna to do next?


(Wash hair)

Oh yeah........the survey fees paid for us.


(Just $15, we get our hair wash, our head massage)


(Face massage as well)


(Not to mention, back massage. It worth every single cent, I tell you.)

After our wonderful experience, went to Kallang Baru to look for Toh. Has been a year since I last saw him. Understand now, he has a shop there selling fruits.


(Look at the dishes on the table, courtesy from the survey fees again.)


(I spend the remaining afternoon selling fruits. I did sold some oranges. It was fun trying to be a fruits seller for a few hours)

Lastly, Toh was surprised that the older I get, the better looking I become. hahaha