Three and a half inch floppy

Oh my goodness, have not used these in years!

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A Longer Look

Enjoying this morning's view.

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Chopsticks from Japan

Kumxia the aunt who bought them for me. First time out at Newton Circus.

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A New Loo Experience

I have heard from many iPhone users that game apps have revolutionized the loo experience. Gone are the newspapers and the magazines, Angry Birds have taken over.

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Yummy Mini Choc Muffins

Kumxia colleague's girlfriend for these Choc-fully yummy muffins.

By the way, rain has broken over Formula BMW Pacific's practice run. Will this year's race be the world's first wet night street race?

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Chopstick Cigs

This is how my colleague keeps his smoking habit from his wife!

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Rain looms overhead

This is the sky over Singapore's Grand Prix city track as the Formula BMW Pacific practice session starts. I wonder what the weekend will be like?

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People Charm

Kumxia the friend who gave me this. She said that it's meant to ward off negative people and attract positive people. But it hasn't been working well lately.

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Flat Rubies

Most all red rubies I have had come served in bowls. This is the first time I have it in a plate.

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An Uncomfortable Edit

Last week Fata and I watched an episode of a show which we have seen for 7 seasons, 10 if you count the spin-offs. At the end of that episode, I had an uncomfortable feeling, like there was something wrong with the show… like the edit just wasn't right… something felt 'off'…

The next day, on the way to work, there was a spirited exchange while I tried to explain to Fata that discomfort about the previous evening's episode. I couldn't verbalize what it was exactly that caused the uneasiness.

Was it because there was no scene that established the talents' arrival at a different location? There were always the gratuitous in the airplane and at the baggage carousel scenes an the earlier seasons.

Was it because there was not enough explanation of where they were at or going? Or the pacing wasn't as exciting as before? The dialogue wasn't as tense/witty/engaging? There was definitely a problem with the chronology, there was a location where one of the talent was seen wearing a glove on her left hand, but the explanation for the left glove happened only three-quarters into the segment.

But to no avail, Fata didn't get it, so I had to leave it at that.

Almost a week later, a chat with a colleague revealed that he had the same discomfort with that episode and the episode after that. He even said that there were strange shot sizes used in the edit. He figures there must have been a different editor on these episodes cos the 'feeling just wasn't right'.

Yippee! Someone who knows what I mean! :P Kumxia!

Yummy Wanton Noodles

Delicious wanton noodles from Lavender Market. Kok Kee Wanton Noodles.

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MH - 100 million points!

Yippee! This happened sometime yesterday :)

Back to nature

A late afternoon bout of stream fishing yielded a single inch long baby.

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Classic Electric Switches

Found this row of black gems at the popiah skin store along Joo Chiat Road.

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Dixie in Chinatown

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Almost Here

Singapore's 3rd formula one grand prix is almost here.

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Temporary lollipop holder

Had to find a lolly stand while I had a sandwich.

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A good start

View at breakfast.

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Breakfast

At the crowded corner coffee store.

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A good Chinatown dinner

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Test post with HTC Wildfire

Just wondering if this works :p

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Our very own Man Vs. Food

A Sunday morning at a local hawker center (Old Airport Road) turned into our very own episode of Man Vs Food, that food show on TLC.

Our formula:
MIL + hawker center = Man Vs Food

3 adult sized bellies =
1 fish ball noodles +
1 minced pork noodles +
1 soup prawn noodles +
1 fried prawn noodles +
1 oyster omelet +
3 hot desserts +
2 ice blended soursop drinks +
1 latte +
1 five-spice fish sausage +
1 coke light

Marvel-ous Fun!

Create your own Marvel Super Hero at:
http://marvel.com/create_your_own_superhero

this is mine :P

Behind Every Job - Tonight!

In Fata's words -

what a cool number to feature Alpha Biofuels , 8 sep, 8pm, channel 8.
888! Huat Ah!

Watch tonight's 'Behind Every Job'!

A double dose of 'worst'?!?!

Refer to earlier entry:

http://kumxia.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-worst-discovery.html

More than a year and a half later, this worst returns, looming threatening close... I have called out for help on my end, someone had better respond! :(

An easy dud?

It was a relaxing Thursday evening at Overeasy. The walk from work left me glisteningly warm, a glance through the menu yielded an IBC Root Beer Float, the very thing to settle me into the great view.

When the drink arrived, it was small. It was in a glass that's way too small for an ice cream float. At this point, I could only attribute it to the fact that I have that great talent at picking duds.

Oh well… the first mouthful of chilly root beer mixed with strands of melting vanilla ice cream was just what I had thought it would be. When I picked up the spoon to poke at the ball of vanilla iciness to better homogenize the taste, there was an unfamiliar thud at the base of the glass.

Through the murky goodness, there was a serrated edge of something familiar… more digging around produced a bottle cap.

Showed the 'prize' to our waiter who hurriedly apologized with an excuse that it was a busy night. The manager came after our insistence, and he had the same mouthful. It was beer for the rest of the night for me!

So beware! Over busy evenings at Overeasy, at the Fullerton, could get you more than you pay for, good or bad.

MH - Mystics

Yippee! Got the whole Mystic half in Z's Tower, but NO Torn Mystic Page. Now it's back to Seasonal Garden at least twice more...

MH - Zugzwang's Tower Key

It's off to Z's Tower with Z's First Move Trap, Molten Shrapnel Base & SB+ Cheese!

Defining WHATEVER!

Whatever - a highly functional word for reacting to most things negative, unhappy, resigned...

A word I've used a lot since I was 10 years old, not so much in recent years 'cos age and experience has showed me other ways of handling and showing that unthrilling feeling.

Just a few weeks ago, an event led me to define the word. Or rather re-define the events that will lead to this reponse.

Like Fata had said, you were put in line to wait for the meteorite of happiness, you miss it without you even knowing it had passed, then there's a barrage of reasons why you were deliberately not included. Do I concentrate on 'as long as they are happy'? No, it's just 'whatever'.

Not the most favorable reaction, but it's upset me how the event played out, how we were informed that we've missed the bus - too bad!... If we were told earlier how it was meant to play out, maybe I wouldn't be so disappointed? Or is it the pages of 'this is the way it is' that gets to me.

As long as they are happy, you say? I say, whatever!