Alex's blog points me to this 'One Week Job' project where this graduate wants to take on 52 jobs for a week each anywhere in the world, and donate the wages earned to charity while trying to find out what he is passionate about. His friend goes around with him on his job and together they produce a 10min video clip every week about his stint.
I don't think he'll be successful trying to find out what he might be passionate to work in, but he'll sure have a hell of an experience. I read the site materials and the blog and I get the impression that he's an earnest young man curious about the world and wanting to have the chance to see as much as he can out there, and it is just nice to read about such people's adventure, compared to the wasted lives of so many other silly ang mohs or the boring settled paths of young Singaporean adults.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Family
It's quite bad, but I never really have the time to be with family usually, so I'm glad to be able to have meals more often with them this holiday. On Saturday, Dad and mum drove to pick up Ah ma and we had a lunch at this vegetarian 'deli' inside this Metta Welfare Association somewhere in Tampines.
The food was superb! Sometimes eating good Chinese vegetarian food makes me feel as if I could give up meat, but only if I get to have those tasteful well made dishes of course ha. Their pineapple fried rice was very good for only $3! Mum enjoyed their hor fun too. We had this 'golden mushroom' or something with pine nut dish, delicious!
Mum likes this 'yam ring' dish too, a staple of the Chinese vegetarian cuisine. Their version had all sorts of vegetables in it: capsicum, pine nuts, cashew nuts, chestnuts, carrots, 2 different types of mushrooms, lian zhi and bai guo. Cost us $20 for this dish though.
Big brother is in Japan right now and my Dad seems to be enjoying the use of his Ford Focus car. I tried it too - the steering is more edgy, you get a slight booming noise with initial acceleration, and it is apparently a petrol guzzler. The most irritating thing about it is that the signal lights switch is on the left hand side, and I unwittingly used the wipers several times when I wanted to signal, argh.
All's good la. Dad is having a long break and think he will be driving a cab soon (he does drive like a cabby, much more adventurous than me!), and mum's hoping to go Australia next year for her dream farmstay. Heard big brother is applying to be a Mercedes salesperson, more money to be made there than in property? And my young niece is now a very comely young lady in secondary school, though she and her sis needs to read more for school.
Perhaps I should go on a family trip to Australia with them next year? Hm...
The food was superb! Sometimes eating good Chinese vegetarian food makes me feel as if I could give up meat, but only if I get to have those tasteful well made dishes of course ha. Their pineapple fried rice was very good for only $3! Mum enjoyed their hor fun too. We had this 'golden mushroom' or something with pine nut dish, delicious!
Mum likes this 'yam ring' dish too, a staple of the Chinese vegetarian cuisine. Their version had all sorts of vegetables in it: capsicum, pine nuts, cashew nuts, chestnuts, carrots, 2 different types of mushrooms, lian zhi and bai guo. Cost us $20 for this dish though.
Big brother is in Japan right now and my Dad seems to be enjoying the use of his Ford Focus car. I tried it too - the steering is more edgy, you get a slight booming noise with initial acceleration, and it is apparently a petrol guzzler. The most irritating thing about it is that the signal lights switch is on the left hand side, and I unwittingly used the wipers several times when I wanted to signal, argh.
All's good la. Dad is having a long break and think he will be driving a cab soon (he does drive like a cabby, much more adventurous than me!), and mum's hoping to go Australia next year for her dream farmstay. Heard big brother is applying to be a Mercedes salesperson, more money to be made there than in property? And my young niece is now a very comely young lady in secondary school, though she and her sis needs to read more for school.
Perhaps I should go on a family trip to Australia with them next year? Hm...
Friday, December 14, 2007
Days in Bangkok
Wow. It was an incredible day of shopping right from the airport. We got to the city’s excellent backpackers hostel Suk 11 and went out immediately to start feeding our shopping urges.
First, I dragged Karen to this row of sports merchandise shop near the National Stadium and bought myself 2 high-end Yonex rackets costing a total of $285SGD, THE buy of my visit here! Those two babies would have cost me over $400 in Singapore, and I am raring to try them out on the court.
Then we trawled the bewildering row of shops at MBK center for a while. Karen was more interested in this complex opposite the place which offers a great range of fashion wear at good prices, and I have to agree that many of the stuff there is so cute I’ll probably squeal in delight if I’m a girl. Back at MBK, I bought a really cute ‘Darth Vader’ 2GB thumbdrive, with the figure molded out of clay over the hardware. Damn cute.
And the food here must be mentioned. I had to go back to trying the stewed pork rice and the Thai iced tea every time I come here, and regret not having the stomach to get the mango with glutinous rice dessert.
On the streets, we got 2 bottles of the sweet orange juice to quench the thirst, a packet of goreng pisang, and 3 delicious fried chicken drumsticks on the way back. Am gonna get that mango dessert tomorrow night just outside our hostel!
I spent a cool $10000 Thai Baht just on the first day! *gasp*
We went for a tour to the city of Ayuthaya yesterday, to see the temple ruins in that area.
We pretty much get the same picture wherever we go, and the day ended with a boat ride back to Bangkok with a so-so buffet lunch on it. Then some walking around Siam Paragon, probably the most upmarket shopping mall in the country.
Stay tuned for more updates!
First, I dragged Karen to this row of sports merchandise shop near the National Stadium and bought myself 2 high-end Yonex rackets costing a total of $285SGD, THE buy of my visit here! Those two babies would have cost me over $400 in Singapore, and I am raring to try them out on the court.Then we trawled the bewildering row of shops at MBK center for a while. Karen was more interested in this complex opposite the place which offers a great range of fashion wear at good prices, and I have to agree that many of the stuff there is so cute I’ll probably squeal in delight if I’m a girl. Back at MBK, I bought a really cute ‘Darth Vader’ 2GB thumbdrive, with the figure molded out of clay over the hardware. Damn cute.
And the food here must be mentioned. I had to go back to trying the stewed pork rice and the Thai iced tea every time I come here, and regret not having the stomach to get the mango with glutinous rice dessert.
On the streets, we got 2 bottles of the sweet orange juice to quench the thirst, a packet of goreng pisang, and 3 delicious fried chicken drumsticks on the way back. Am gonna get that mango dessert tomorrow night just outside our hostel!I spent a cool $10000 Thai Baht just on the first day! *gasp*
We went for a tour to the city of Ayuthaya yesterday, to see the temple ruins in that area.
We pretty much get the same picture wherever we go, and the day ended with a boat ride back to Bangkok with a so-so buffet lunch on it. Then some walking around Siam Paragon, probably the most upmarket shopping mall in the country.Stay tuned for more updates!
How to thwart a 'Qian Bian Wen Da Ti'...
(Roughly translated from Chinese dialogue)
TF: "EH! Ask you this question: Why does penguins have a white belly but is black everywhere else?"
YH: "Dunno?"
TF: "Aiyah, you're not even making an attempt to guess!"
YH: "Oh I know! It's for camouflage purposes! Fishes beneath the swimming penguin will see white as the sun shining through the water, while predators above the water will see black as the depth of the water below!"
TF: "Eh, this answer seems correct hor, but why so scientific one! No la, it's because their fins are short so they can only rub their bellies when they bath!"
TF: "EH! Ask you this question: Why does penguins have a white belly but is black everywhere else?"
YH: "Dunno?"
TF: "Aiyah, you're not even making an attempt to guess!"
YH: "Oh I know! It's for camouflage purposes! Fishes beneath the swimming penguin will see white as the sun shining through the water, while predators above the water will see black as the depth of the water below!"
TF: "Eh, this answer seems correct hor, but why so scientific one! No la, it's because their fins are short so they can only rub their bellies when they bath!"
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Off to BKK...
Off to my holiday trip to Bangkok for a week starting tom...
Basically this blog is pretty quiet cos most of the time I'm out having fun these days.
ODAC camp
A great success! My kids feedback that the mobile camp was the best that they ever had, not bad for a first attempt at organising a large scale activity! But then it'll be hard to top this achievement in future years though. Glad that they enjoyed the intro session to bouldering, will definitely give them the chance to learn more climbing skills this coming year. As expected, kayaking is not something they really like, but it's necessary to build character ha.
Playtime
Been trying to go to gym once a week, playing badminton twice a week. Still coaching the polo junior team, but think my playing days are numbered cos the rest of the alumni simply disappeared. For the first time, I finally joined Jacob at OBS to playboat, and it was wonderful to get back into that experience again. I could never find the motivation to continue playing by myself, guess you need to be in that clique to continue enjoying the sport. Strangely enough, I think I am closer to getting the floop than ever before, even after such a long break! Must be due to Jacob's excellent boat.
Work
I told myself to do work related things during this holiday for the next year but it is quite impossible actually, with all those distractions. I was thinking of doing work leisurely during my stay in BKK but don't think that's gonna happen too, sigh.
Anyway, now that things are so relaxed, I can't imagine how I got so stressed during term time. Maybe this is a time to reflect on how I can be more productive at work, like quitting aimless internet surfing in the office haha. Have a feeling it's a feeling of stress that leads to the low-spirited moods, all thanks to the unhelpful upper management at my workplace. In fact, this management helped made up my mind about going over to the MOE specialist track as soon as I can and get out of the factional conflicts of the school environment.
Oh well, to hell with the negative vibes. Enjoy the time while it lasts, I'm going shopping and eating next week, even if it makes me lazy and unfit.
Basically this blog is pretty quiet cos most of the time I'm out having fun these days.
ODAC camp
A great success! My kids feedback that the mobile camp was the best that they ever had, not bad for a first attempt at organising a large scale activity! But then it'll be hard to top this achievement in future years though. Glad that they enjoyed the intro session to bouldering, will definitely give them the chance to learn more climbing skills this coming year. As expected, kayaking is not something they really like, but it's necessary to build character ha.
Playtime
Been trying to go to gym once a week, playing badminton twice a week. Still coaching the polo junior team, but think my playing days are numbered cos the rest of the alumni simply disappeared. For the first time, I finally joined Jacob at OBS to playboat, and it was wonderful to get back into that experience again. I could never find the motivation to continue playing by myself, guess you need to be in that clique to continue enjoying the sport. Strangely enough, I think I am closer to getting the floop than ever before, even after such a long break! Must be due to Jacob's excellent boat.
Work
I told myself to do work related things during this holiday for the next year but it is quite impossible actually, with all those distractions. I was thinking of doing work leisurely during my stay in BKK but don't think that's gonna happen too, sigh.
Anyway, now that things are so relaxed, I can't imagine how I got so stressed during term time. Maybe this is a time to reflect on how I can be more productive at work, like quitting aimless internet surfing in the office haha. Have a feeling it's a feeling of stress that leads to the low-spirited moods, all thanks to the unhelpful upper management at my workplace. In fact, this management helped made up my mind about going over to the MOE specialist track as soon as I can and get out of the factional conflicts of the school environment.
Oh well, to hell with the negative vibes. Enjoy the time while it lasts, I'm going shopping and eating next week, even if it makes me lazy and unfit.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
New toy!
I've received my Lego Ferrari!
It came in a nice big box, pieces in different packets, a manual and a set of car decals.
Karen and I assembled in 2 hours or so.
I love the view from the back, rear lights and all.
Right hand drive for us!
It'll be looking pretty on my table in the coming year!
It came in a nice big box, pieces in different packets, a manual and a set of car decals.
Karen and I assembled in 2 hours or so.
I love the view from the back, rear lights and all.
Right hand drive for us!
It'll be looking pretty on my table in the coming year!
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