6 Jan isn’t a good day

Woke up feeling hungry (from a not-so-filling dinner the day before) this morning. Had always been a (bad) habit of not having breakfast at home, so off I left for office with a growling stomach.

Saw my bus coming and decided to run for it, only to be slowed down by the pain-instilling knee. (i think it’s a sign i need more calcium?)

[I think what’s worth mentioning was that the little boy I met at the bus stop was cute! He had a Woody toy in hand and kept pressing the button!]

Shopping during lunch was crazy. Spent quite sometime at Esprit trying to find things to buy (the 2 items we wanna buy didn’t meet the min-$150 for the Esprit membership, had to find another item to hit $150 as well as to get a 15% off the items, on top of the sale discount). After almost 30mins, we left with a $153 purchase of which $105 was my contribution lol)

Had an overrun meeting (which I’m perfectly fine with since it doesn’t happen everyday for me) that ended at close to 7pm, didn’t have time for dinner before class. Only managed to eat some nuggets but the stomach wasn’t satisfied (to the extent that it is still growling now as I type).

Was supposed to meet Norman-さん after class, but he forgot to bring the electronic dictionary that he helped me to buy in Japan.

Decided to cab home instead. Got on cab and entered PIE at Stevens to realize there’s traffic jam. All thanks to the powerful Google Map in the iPhone (which indicated the jam started at BKE), the driver exited at Adam. But that’s the start of the other traffic jam! Sigh. Next alternative was to go by Holland.

Thankfully it was smooth traffic. By the time I reached Clementi Road, the meter said “$14.80”.

So a less than $10 cab ride turned out to be $21.50. It’s crazy!

Ended the eventful day with Royce Chocolate’s Nutty Bar. Sinful but I think I need the treat tonight.

And oh the iPhone was lagging terribly as I typed this entry on the WordPress app. Possible due to low battery? It days 8% now.

Sigh. The lack of sleep over the past few days is taking effect now. Feeling super lethargic. Heading off to sleep now, before the stomach starts another war.

Good night , or rather, good morning! 🙂
皆さん お休みなさい!

Nikon D7000

No intention to upgrade my D90 yet, but.. these videos.. are a bad influence (in a good way I hope!).

All these videos are shot with the D7000.

Greenery! Simply love the sharpness!

Fear not from Maia Horniak on Vimeo.

I think.. I need to bring my D90 out more often. 😀

Happy 2011 :)

Year 2010 ended with a good note. Hope 2011 will be even better!

Happy New Year my dear readers! 🙂

Thank you for being part of my 2010 (line stolen from Reenz ;p)!

The end of the world?

Was at the bus stop waiting for bus, while on my way to meet Jodi jie-jie for lunch. When the wind got stronger.

As I was in shorts, it was cold!

Then my mind went blank. Instead of my usual thoughts of “it’s a nice weather”, the mind went “is it the end of the world already? I left house leaving the sister at home alone. What happens if the wind got too strong?” etc.

That thought was random, but I came to realise that we only live once. If we do not put effort into our lives now, we will come to regret in the future.

Overcharging on your (my) ezlink

For the record, I just got charged an extra 4cents this morning on the way to work. I’m gonna make it a habit to blog it everytime I’m overcharged. We shall see how much extra I pay in a year.

[This post is inspired by publictransport.sg. Which I entered my ezlink card number to check the refund amount, to see a statement that says “you have also been undercharged 4cents which the bus operators will forego…”]

Singtel – Samsung: Where Fashion Meets Music

With the launch of Samsung Galaxy Tab, which is currently exclusively available to Singtel, Samsung & Singtel came together and organise a Fashion Concert “Where Fashion Meets Music” & Special Performance by a Korean artiste Se7en.

Samsung Galaxy Tab - Have you tried it yet?
Se7en
Se7en

If you find him familiar, he acted in the Korean drama Goong S as Lee Hoo.

I’ve got more photos on my facebook album, all taken with my D90 with a 18-200mm lens which I borrowed from Zifen 🙂 [ Buzz if you want the high res ones. I’ll gladly share – although they aren’t very professionally taken! 😉 ]

Heading to Genting

Yes I’ll be away for 3 days (Tue 14 – Thur 16 Dec)!

Been a long while since we last went on such trips, even though there’s only 3 families going – 2nd aunt & small-aunt 🙂

Backlogs will (yes WILL!) be cleared when I’m back!

When (some of) the usual suspects met up recently, they were talking about this data-plan in Malaysia, that is capped at RM5/day. So I asked my colleague for more details, and she sent me this link which left me in a “wow” mode 😀

I’m so gonna get one when I reach Malaysia, lest the addiction in me acts up 🙂

Meanwhile..

Be Right Back :)

Must See! Must Do! Must Go!

Have you seen it yet? Singapore Tourism Board’s 2011 Calendar!

STB Calendar 2011 - Cover
STB Calendar 2011 - Wall
STB Calendar 2011 - Stickers (I love these stickers!!)
STB Calendar 2011 - 2011/2012 Highlights
STB Calendar 2011 - Jan
STB Calendar 2011 - Feb (My pesonal favourite! Romancing Singapore :))
STB Calendar 2011 - Mar
STB Calendar 2011 - Apr
STB Calendar 2011 - May
STB Calendar 2011 - Jun
STB Calendar 2011 - Jul
STB Calendar 2011 - Aug
STB Calendar 2011 - Sep
STB Calendar 2011 - Oct
STB Calendar 2011 - Nov
STB Calendar 2011 - Dec
STB Calendar 2011 - International Holidays

Kinda surprised to see the page on International Holidays! Makes it so convenient!

Now there’s no reason not to See, Do & Go!

Cisco Flip Video™ launches 3 new devices

Remember the post about the Cisco Flip Video™ I posted 4 months ago? They recently announced 3 new ones!

The new generation Flip MinoHD (1 Hour and 2 Hours); and Flip UltraHD (2 Hours), all feature user-friendly simplicity, enhanced High-Definition (HD) video quality, hardware-based image stabilisation and more ways to share videos using the pre-loaded FlipShare™ software.

Model UltraHD
( 2 Hours)
MinoHD
(2 Hours)
MinoHD
(1 Hour)
Colour Black Black Silver
Recording time 2 hours 2 hours 1 hour
Memory 8 GB 8 GB 4 GB
Video Recording High Definition video, at 50 frames per second, with Image stabilization
Software All comes pre-loaded with FlipShare™ 5.9
Battery 3 replaceable AAA batteries Internal Li-Ion battery Internal Li-Ion battery
Suggested Retail Price (in SGD): $359 $349 $279

The new Flip Video camcorders will be commercially available from the following retailers in Singapore: Challenger, CyberActive, Harvey Norman, Hai Chew Electronics (Sim Lim), Gain City, Juzz1@Esplanade Xchange, Parisilk (Holland Village), South Asia Computer (Funan), Sprint Cass@T1,T2, Dufry@T3, Best Denki (at selected outlets at Parkway Parade, Junction 8, Vivo City, Ngee Ann City and Great World City), Tangs Orchard Techno Bay, 12buy.sg, The Network Hub (Educational prices available at http://www.mine.com.sg).

You can follow Cisco Flip by becoming their facebook fan (http://www.facebook.com/FlipSG) .

Planning for Korea trip [Part 1]

Yes I’m going Korea! woohoo~

Inspired by Carolyn & Lewis’s trip to Korea in Oct. So I’m doing my own research, for a 100% free-&-easy trip 🙂

Air tickets have been bought, at ~$576. Thanks to Cathay Airlines – HSBC Platinum card promotion.

With this place as my main agenda, activities shall be planned around here.

Everysing @ Myeong-dong

Found this fabulous Korea tourism site while googling for everysing. It’s pretty similar to our YourSingapore site. It has almost all the information that you’ll probably need. [That was where I got most of the info I needed for my production-brief for Carolyn!]

If you’ve been watching the recent K-Drama Personal Taste on Channel U, the place where the female lead is staying at, looks pretty cool eh? Yes.. I’m planning to make a visit to Sanggojae! Its actual name is Bukchon Hanok Village, a village with 600 years of history.

"Sanggojae" in Personal Taste

Korea here I come!! 🙂