Viva VaVroom!

Stumbled upon a weekend motorshow outside of Takashimaya while walking around town with my classmate. Took a couple of shots while my friend checked out the wheels on display.


Well, I'm not much of a car enthusiast but this Lamborghini's paint job totally blew me away...

Love Thy Neighbour

Wow, didn't know that the estate that I live in has celebrities for neighbours. Case in point, saw these posters on the notice board at the lift lobby of where I live:Quite an act of shameless self-promotion but hey, you've got to have the balls to do this if you want to make it big! Wonder if there'll be a mob of fans invading the neighbourhood soon...

Some pointers in life according to Maui philosophy....

Saw a guy wearing a t-shirt at a Burger King outlet in town. Back of his tee had some interesting pointers in life according to some Maui philosophy. Couldn't remember exactly all of them but here's a list of those my friend and I recalled:

1. The best things in life are not things
2. The man who dies with the most toys.. still dies
3. You can be rich too; either earn more or desire less
4. Age is relative; once you're over the hill you pick up speed
5. Don't judge a day by the weather
6. No rain, no rainbow
7. Be honest, speak the truth, you'll need to remember less
   

Binge and Purge!

Another day of gluttony as we celebrate the near end of our post grad days. Today, we headed to Mingles cafe at Velocity, Novena Square for an ice-cream buffet.

After several rounds of hokey pokey, macadamia, cookies and cream, chocolite and banana scoops on waffle bits, the ice cream buffet progressed on towards a sausage onslaught...

Urp! Thank god I have voluntary RT twice a week...

NUS canteen tour of duty

Sigh... This is the last week that I'm an NUS post-grad as come Friday the 13th they will strip me buck naked of my access and matric cards and toss me out onto the streets to rot and die! Nah, kidding! But this means no more discounted subway sandwiches and cookies or the good food at good prices from the canteens (will miss dearly the Vietnamese and Bak Chor Mee stall at Biz canteen for ever piling my plates and bowls whenever I turn up at closing time).

So for this week, I'll go to the canteens with my classmates to bid a fare adieu to those who have fed us through those days where we worked hard to code but our codes hardly worked.

We pay tribute to Edward 'Next Please' the Great at the Biz canteen who never failed to entertain us whenever we queued up for his western fare.

And we will never forget the sumptious (yet cheap) claypot cuisines at the Science canteen, the main reason for us to go down all the way from the other end of campus.

Other food stalls that I will miss include:

• The Nasi Padang stall @ Biz canteen
• The Middle Eastern stall @ Biz canteen
• The Indian Food stall @ Engineering canteen
• The Ayam Pangang stall @ Engineering canteen

And etc, etc, etc. Oh well, time to binge! Binge! Binge before Friday.

Cosplay @ Ngee Ann City

Met up with my school mate again for another round of cosplay action. Place was packed and I think there were lots more participants this time round.

Seems like the maid and gothic lolita looks are the in-thing...

FYI, this person's a guy...

Whoa! Was starting to get really hungry after several rounds of walking round the venue getting photo opportunities. Met up with more of my friends and we split to Adam Road for dinner...

Tulang...

Indian rojak and roti john plus stingray and satay which aren't in the pix as by the time they came I was too engrossed in the food. THIS IS BINGING! ARWOO! ARWOO!

Vader's Fist: The 501st Legion

Went down to the cosplay held in the front of Ngee Ann City today. Place was packed and had security up the ass as the event venue was to be visited by several members of parliament. Had to have my camera bag and personal items scanned in order to be let into the venue. As I jostled with the crowd to make my way to the cosplay area I chanced upon a booth where they were recruiting people to join the empire. Hmm... will I be deployed to the Death Star after my training or serve on a Star Destroyer?

You will be issued with your uniform and helmets immediately upon signing up

"Don't be a rebel scum! Join the Stormtrooper Academy!"

There was simply no escape from the recruiting officers of the 501st legion. However, I used a Jedi mind trick to convince them that I was an imperial guard sent undercover to infiltrate the cosplay event to capture rebels dressed as anime characters. Stay tuned for the next field report...

Back in school...

It's been an exciting (and mentally draining) five months and I'm glad to be back in school for the next two weeks before starting a new job in August. Most of the documentation required for the last lap of my course are almost done except for some extras here and there which seem to come in on an ad-hoc basis.

Anyways, I've compiled a playlist of songs that I'm currently listening to while I'm in the labs. It's player-friendly so enjoy!

My Top 10 Demotivators for Office Survival

I noticed that many organisations have motivational posters put up around the office to encourage their staff to go the extra mile. But I'm wondering exactly how many people actually stop midway in their work to look at these posters and ponder on their messages.

Maybe I'm alone on this but I'm pretty desensitised to these posters as I've been exposed to them since national service. However, what I do find interesting and amusing to read in-between work are demotivational posters . For the new and uninitiated, here's an example:

Of course your HR department would never put these up around the office but hey, I seriously think it has a better effect since humor's a good way to help unwind while you're working on your deadlines.

And here's my favourite list of demotivational messages:

1. Apathy: If we don't take care of the customer,maybe they'll stop bugging us.
2. Blame: The secret to success is knowing who to blame for your failures.
3. Cluelessness: There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.
4. Consulting: If you're not a part of the solution, there's good money to be made in prolonging the problem.
5. Demotivation: Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people.
6. Mistakes: It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.
7. Power: Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. But it rocks absolutely, too.
8. Pressure: It can turn a lump of coal into a flawless diamond, or an average person into a perfect basketcase.
9. Procrastination: Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now.
10. Worth: Just because you're necessary doesn't mean you're important.

Free to good home: Kitten goes or husband goes

Found this actual newspaper ad while surfing through digg.com. Wife is literally taking his word for it when she put up this ad. Talk about having two extreme options if you ask me. The source of this ad can be found here.


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Whats wrong with this picture? Uh oh.....

It's quite obvious what's exactly wrong with this pic. I suspect that the person responsible for this may have never used them before hence the little boo-boo.

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Lessons in Corporate Life

I received an email from a friend with several stories related to lessons in the corporate world. Here are two of the six that I found amusing.

Story 1

A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy."

"Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull. "They're packed with nutrients."

The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree.

He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree.

Moral of the story:
Bull Shit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.

Story 2

A little bird was flying south for the Winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field. While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on
him.

As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to realize how warm he was. Thedung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.

A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him.

Morals of the story:
(1) Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy.
(2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend.
(3) And when you're in deep shit, it's best to keep your mouth shut!

What a long tongue and lotsa sliva's good for...

"Hurry up dude! I have to mail my cable payment..."

Mannequin Mischief...

Saw the movie Zodiac with a friend at Cathay on Saturday night. Movie had an excellent storyline focusing on the characters involved in the investigation rather than on the serial killer himself. Although often slow at times, Zodiac portrays the obsession of the characters involved in the case directly and indirectly and how it results in their journey on the downward spiral.

On our way out from the theatre, we walked past a This Fashion outlet on the way to Plaza Singapura and chanced upon this in their shop displays...

"Yeah baby! Reach out and touch yourself..."

Marketing ploy or mischievous prank, this was quite freaky especially when you're looking at it at 1.00 am in the morning.

Thursday nite headbanger's ball...

Just discovered BlogMusik, a site that allows you to create a playlist based on songs stored in their database. Selection's pretty good (by what I've found) and you can create an account to store your playlists. Cool thing about this is that you can listen to your playlist of songs anywhere as long as your computer's connected to the internet.

Well, enough of my driveling. Here's my songlist, enjoy!

On the subject of body parts...

Hmm... It seems that even action figures are not spared.

Texan Revolution Autoshow @ Police Academy

Decided to check out the motorshow held at the old police academy the weekend. Place was packed with car and motorcycle enthusiasts equipped with cameras. Highlights of the event included motorcycle racing:

"Okie guys, last one to finish cleans the porta loos..."



"Eh Macik, mee siam satu mai hiam!"

Professional drifting demos:

"Raise your hands if you'd like to smell more burning rubber!"

"Ole!Let's do this El Matador..."

And of course, no motorshow will be complete without a race queen competition...

"No points for guessing who the sponsors are..."

More race queen contestants...

And even more race queen contestants! But I didn't stay to find out who won though because my nose was protesting from excessive inhalation of burning rubber...