Video from the trip

This is using an Ixus function where an image is taken every 1 second and the images are played one after another as per normal video.. Effects are quite fun to play ard with. Set the camera on a tripod and took a sunset. However, the video is too big and cannot be posted here.. It's superb.

Great Ocean Road Trip (Part 2)

From the previous post, we left the nature park and went to the most expensive accom for this trip...
It has everything. Even a Jacuzzi.





With complimentary Chocolates...

And Wine...

Lunch at this German town... Hanhdorf, which is also Australia's oldest German town.


Hanhdorf

Unmanned orange stall.. Just put the money there and be honest.

The Car we drove about in.. SUV. Nissan. X-trail.

Some Hay beside the roads.



Guess who we saw on TV there?

THe next morning, visited some wine places.. They call it a cellar.









Red Rooster is like KFC just that it's grilled, not fried. Why Singapore dun have???

A new blog

I'm thinking of setting up a new blog. Most likely it'll be launched in the next few weeks. To add to that mystery, I will not reveal the blog address.. Hmmm.. or maybe I should. Or should I allow only certain readers to read? Maybe I should just keep it a secret.





I kind of slip into a mood where young kids will post such entries and all the friends will go... "huh.. let me know the address.. let me know the address..." And there'll more more hustling and tustling before finally revealing it. But actually from the start already want many others to know.


But Kenneth Teo is diff. This blog is seriously going to be private. It'll be a blog bet Qin and I.

Foreigners in SG

It's back to this problem once again.. Foreigners in SG. Last night, on my way back home, I saw this Indian/Bangla worker just throwing a bottle of ABC stout after finishing it on the grass patch. I was just a few steps behind him. I of course didn't want to confront him as firstly, he may be drunk, secondly, if i really fight with him, I'll dirty my hands. So, just walk off and wait for the bangla cleaner to pick it up next morning before some other drunk bangla uses it as a weapon in one of their fights.

On the way to work on the MRT, I was seating down and I fell asleep. At my destination, I woke up to see a very dusty construction worker sitting beside me and he's sleeping too. I got off and realised that my nice clean working pants was stained by his sandy pants. From the looks of it, it must have been unwashed for 3 days at least. Cos when I was in the army, it took me about 5 days to reach that state of dirtiness. Goodness, I had a hard time cleaning it up before appearing in office that morning. Yet again, another social problem that foreigners bring to Singapore. This time round, it's a Chinaman. Haiz.

With this, I wondered... Instead of complaining, what kind of solution can I think of to resolve this problem.....

Walaaa.. I got it. Actually PAP is really smart. I mean the Singapore government is really number 1. It's simple. See, last time we use to have all those clean and green campaign but now, no more. Why? It's pointless. These foreigners will not change. Firstly, they will come and go. Secondly, they may not be keen to learn anyway. So gone are the days where Singapore prides herself as the cleanest green city. People just throw beer bottles anywhere. I've seen foreigners peeing in public in Jurong area too. Actually, the cost of a Bangla may not be that cheap after all, cos I reckon for every 10 banglas employed, you'll need to hire a cleaner to clean their shit (hopefully not literally).If a bangla cost 1000 a month, it's actually 1,100 a month if you factor in the cleaner. That is assuming the cleaner is a Bangla too, what if he's more expensive? So there are other cost that employers didn't factor in. And also the drop in Singapore's reputation leading to declining tourism? The lost in revenue for that? Already the Tourism industry in Singapore is not doing as well as before.

So what is the solution? We know that Singapore cannot survive without foreigners.. The solution I thought of is.... to.... promote ITE! We make it glamourous so that more Singaporeans will take on manual jobs in the future and the reliance on foreigners workers will fall. That solves it... With more people taking lower jobs, Singapore might still make it in 10-20 years to come. And that is precisely what the Sg Govt is doing. Took at how well the ITEs are marketted. Even for other CMI institutions, it's the same as well.. That's he way man. I use think it's a waste of time and resources to market so well just to boost their ego and keep these street kids out of trouble and untimately save on the resources needed to build boy homes and jailhouses. But I was too small minded. Didn't see the bigger picture. This is the bigger picture...

Searching the world.. the "house" will be found..

As we continue our house search... I did some research and this is what I've found. This is a list of the major crimes that have happened in Singapore. There may be some that are left out though. If you know anymore, pls leave a comment. I know the prices of these houses are slightly lower than mkt rate.

1. Block 757, Woodlands Avenue 4 - Mr Pay Boon Chye burned to death by Brother-in-law
2. Block 114, Geylang Lorong 3 – Murder of Liew Hong Mei
3. Block 303, Canberra Road - Murder of Madam Zaiton Abu Bakar
4. Walkup apartment in Balestier Road - Murder of Parents by Somrata Sae-Tang
5. Blk 225 Serangoon Ave 4 (2nd or 3rd floor, unsure) - One-Eye Dragon Murderer Case
6. Block 24 Marsiling, 8th Floor (China National Ong Pan Hui, 15 killed by Stepfather)
7. Block 349 Yishun Ave 11 (Murder of 3 Chinese Women)
8. Block 12 Toa Payoh Lorong 7 (Adrian Lim’s Case)
9. Block 74 Whampoa Drive 16th Floor (Murder of disc jockey Manap Sarlip by wife’s 16-yr old lover)
10. Block 82 Whampoa Drive (Murder of Madam Susilah S Kanapathy)
11. Block 181 Stirling Road Void Deck (Murder of Smael Meeral, an indian woman in her early 30s)
12. Block 23 Jalan Membina
13. Block 29 Havelock Road (Dead infant)
14. Block 18 Ghim Moh Road, 3rd Floor (Murder of 37 yr old Secuirty Guard Mohamed Azanil)
15. Block 470 Tampines, 12th Floor (Family suicide)
16. Block 535 Ang Mo Kio (void deck)
17. Block 128 Toa Payoh Lorong 1 (near only, not in the block)
18. Block 11 Haig Road (72 yr/o man killed by son)
19. Block 295 Compassvale Crescent (Multi storey carpark, Deck 4B)
20. Block 185 Boon Lay Ave (Mdm Tham Weng Kuen, 69 yr, robbed and killed at home by neighbours livning one floor below)
21. Block 64 Commonwealth Drive, 4th Floor
22. Block 69 Circuit Road
23. Block 228 Pending Road (void deck)
24. Block 501C Wellington Circle (Murderer of Madam Tan Chiang Eng by her maid Rohana)
25. Block 31 Bendemeer Road, 8th Floor
26. Block 132 Jalan Bukit Merah, #02-1322
27. Block 65 Teban Garden Road (11th floor lift lobby)
28. Block 4 Holland Close
29. Block 124 Ang Mo Kio Ave 6 (void deck)
30. Block 175 Bukit Batok West Ave 8 (woman killed by husband)
31. Block 16 Jalan Tentaram 16th floor (Murder of Filipino, Mr Filojfido Bernard Montemayor, 27)
32. Block 508 Ang Mo Kio Ave 8 9th Floor
33. Block 38 Chai Chee Ave (Murder of 75-yr-old Wee Keng Wan by maid Barokah)
34. Block 154 Mei Ling Street (16th floor)
35. Block 79C Toa Payoh Central (Murder of Retiree Koh Sam Hong, 73)
36. Block 94 Henderson Road (Murder of 36-year-old China national by a colleague)
37. Blk 215 Bukit Batok St 21 Void Deck (Murder of Mr Ng Hui Khiam, 34)
38. 3rd Story Unit of Viz@Holland – A Condo under construction near Holland Village (Murder of Indo Maid Ms Yulia Afriyanti, 25 by Blangadesh Construction Worker)
39. Dalvey Estate – Murder of Manik Ram Shahani, 73 by his daughter’s boyfriend when objection was voiced over their relationship.
40. Paya Lebar Crescent Bungalow – Murder of Mr Tan Lead Sane, 34 by his brother’s wife.
41. Power substation at Block 154, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 (Murder of Miss Jeevitha Panippan)
42. Bukit Batok St 34 Block 336 #05-297 - Murder Case
43. Blk 923, Hougang Ave 9, 4th Floor - Murder of Annie Leong (Anthony Ler's Case)

Stomp

Just read this article in Stomp.sg.

It's about Malays learning the Chinese Traditional Lion Dance.

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=50015

Then there was this comment by merrycherry:
"looks more like the malays are at it again for some quick fast money as usual. Trust me, they're just in it for the good fast money. Seems like this race only knows how to smoke, litter, drive motorbikes, go ITE, eat KFC or work in menial positions in F&B line.
I'm so gonna get it from others here but honestly, you know what im saying is the truth. "

And as you can guess it, more comments came pouring in.
NurmaN1285 said:
"merrycherry,u think twice before u talk abt other races.before someone whack you "

yatblaster said:
"Merrycherry, I am pretty confident your brain's located at your butt. Obviously you don't have Malay friends. Please do yourself a favour and kill yourself. The world can do without people like you"

theusual said:
" agree to a certain extent with the chink by the username of 'merrycherry'. These motorbike guys are so annoying it gets on my nerves. "

Stomp_Kotek said:
"Yeah...i totally disagree with the racist comments that you guys have posted. I have analyse the situation & below are some of possible reasons i can think of:
1)They are attracted to the uniform because its green
2)Hala lion - to venture into malay market, no longer chinese tradition
3)Love the beat of the drum as it goes 'bomb bomb bomb'
3) "

and lots more comments.

Any foreigner who read stomp is going to have a very wrong impression of Singapore....

Night Cycling

I know that this should be filled with pictures. However, it's night cycling, so what photos to take? Just a brief sumary and my thoughts on this event.

Organised my some folks in W302. It was meant to be a leisure ride but it soon turned into a tough and grueling journey to "faraway land"

We started at Macs at East coast and we planned to celebrate Tammy's birthday there too as she was unable to come to S1. So the people there were Ruix, Nic, YX, Ci zhuan, Lester, Annabelle, Rach, Reid, Tammy, Son, Qin and I. We celebrated Tammy's birthday just outside the bicycle shop and after some waiting Yuans Xing arrived. Malcolm had wanted to come but we advised him not to as malcolm will be late after his wedding dinner. Well, that was very sound advice indeed as noone expected that the simple night cycling would turn out to be a 6-hour battle, hanging on for dear life...

After departing the bicycle shop at about 10.45pm, the aim was to head towards changi village and then tour around the area. Since my camp was near by, I though we could visit some ofthe interesting landmarks there. After cycling for a half an hour, I felt something up my butt.. The seat had been much harder than I expected and my butt was beginning to hurt. However, it's all still comfortable. But somehow I knew that it's going to be a rough ride down the road....

After stopping at bedok jetty, we continued and after some navigation, we finally reached the runway. Our spirits were still high then and felt that all things are possible. I used to think who would be so crazy to cycle here when I drove down the raod beside the runway, but who knows, I'm here today, cycling... It was indeed tough as the road was endless. It was like crossing the desert. Halfway, my chains came apart and had to stop. Thank God for ci zhuan who placed them back... Then Ruix's waterbag burst and we had an emergency as all the contents in his bag was wet. Still nothing could stop us. Finally, we arrived Changi village at about 1 plus 2am... Shared a Nasi lemak with Qin and after some ball kicking and frisbee throwing, and of course ah kua watching, we left and went to the old changi hospital. I was leading the pack as I was familiar with the area. Then we saw lights from the hospital... Wow.. interesting. INDEED. There were visitors and they were all exploring the area with torchlights and all. So that's all the ghost we saw. Then we went to have a look at Hendon camp. For Honour and Glory.. Ka Pui. Then we continued on..

After that, with bleeding butts, we went back to east coast. It's such a long journey.. Along the way, we met with more adventure with Son's bike's chain giving way..

Finally, all sweaty and tired and sleepy, we completed the last leg of the race..

Then it was a long journey back to Jurong. I drove in Rach's vehicle...

Now, my butt is still sore and my tighs are both filled with Lactic acid.. they are not pain from muscular ache, just too much acid. Something that I've never felt before even during NS days. But no, I didn't have any mega cramps during that 6 hours.