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Sunday, August 29th, 2010
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Trip to Malacca and back.
Sunday, August 29th, 2010
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Took up Fen’s suggestion and joined them on a road trip to Malacca from 6-8 Aug. Glad I didn’t back out at the last minute hehe ;P
7 of us, 2 cars, 3 hrs ride. Totally enjoyed myself, despite having aches on the small thigh from too much of walking.
Reached Malacca at 7pm, checked in and off we went for dinner.
Makkota Hotel Meleka - where we stayed
Across the road from Mahkota Hotel (where we were staying) is Mahkota Parade.
Mahkota Parade
Had Nandos for dinner, since most of us had never tried the Singapore version before. Food was pretty ok, but service was equally bad as Singapore’s (heard from those who tried the SG version). LoL.
Nandos Chicken - Dinner for Day 1
It was a pretty rushed dinner, we had less than 45mins before we had to get incepted. Inception was nice! Felt like we were all in the 2nd/3rd level of the dream. All for just RM8. That’s cheap compared to what we’re paying in Singapore!
Back at the hotel, by the time all of us showered (we had a 3-bedroom apartment with 2 bathrooms), tired but not wanting to turn in. 4 of us ended up playing Big-2 & Saboteur (it’s a nice game!) till 4am.
Got woken up by their voices at 8. Was in a groggy state – how can they be so alert after only 4hrs of sleep?!?!?! I need 9!
:S
Headed over to Datarang Pahlawan (on the other side of Mahkota Parade) for Breakfast. Nasi Lemak was so-so, you can find better ones in Singapore.
Walked around the shopping mall and I emerged with cutesey stuff for the kids. LoLs.
Spotted inside Datarang Pahlawan
Saw this fountain and I couldn’t stop snapping!
Fountain inside Datarang Pahlawan
Went back to the hotel ‘coz we had to change to another apartment (due to the lack of 3-room ones for the 2nd night, we had to change to 2 of 2-room ones). And this was what we saw from one of the apartments.
The Eye of Malaysia 
After a short rest, we headed out. Again. This time to the other side of Dataran Pahlawan – the red church (Christ Church Melaka).
Bukit St Paul - Christ Church Melaka
I do not know much about the history about this historical building, except that this is a must-see attraction in Malacca.
Jonker Street - Gai Cheong Gai
Jonker Street (right across the church) is where most of the activities are.
[I'm gonna exclude photos here, since we went to the same places ]
Took a short break at 三叔公, where the guys had the Durian Chendol. Spent the entire afternoon at Jonker Street, walked over to the Baba Nyonya Museum to find it closed for the day.
Headed off for Peranakan dinner near the Museum, and more walking around Jonker Street. The night market was so bustled with stalls! Very different from day time!
Back to hotel at 11pm. Our feet were all too tired and were aching from all the walk since morning.
The 3rd and last day started only at late-morning, since we had to check out by 12noon.
Chicken Rice Ball! - Brunch for the day
Drove off and parked near the Baba Nyonya Museum, where we proceeded with more walks (again). The trip into the museum proved interesting to me, since I’m quite a fan of the Nyonya culture – no thanks to the Channel 8 drama Little Nyonya. No phototaking was allowed, but here’s our guide for the day. She’s a Nyonya!
Our Nyonya Guide @ the Baba-Nyonya Museum
By the time we left the museum, it was almost 5. Headed off for a quick dinner and off we go – heading home at last!
Yummy Laksa! - Dinner for Day 3
I had a good trip! When are we going to Penang, to continue our Peranakan trail?
Khakis for the trip to Malacca! <3 you guys!
You can view the rest of the album on my Flickr
How stupidity actually made my day
Saturday, July 31st, 2010
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Of course it didn’t! Unless it’s some interesting stupidity
Work is catching up on me. Just like how age catches up on everybody.
So on Tues, I decided to pay a visit to my hairdresser. Took a few minutes to decide on what to wear – I never wear skirts/dress when I visit the hairdresser so my bottoms selection was quite limited that day.
Called to make an appointment at 3.
Was real busy at work, but thought I needed a break since I OT-ed on Monday. Out of office I went, at 6.30pm.
Usual route – take bus to the next bus stop at Far East Shopping Centre, cross the road & take 502.
Waited almost 10minutes at the bus stop, no bus. Knowing that bus 502 stops at the bus stop behind Orchard MRT, I took train to Orchard instead.
The bus stop at the MRT exit doesn’t have bus 502 – no indication on the LED next-bus-arrival display, no 502 number on the sign board. Thinking it might be the other bus stop (there’s 2 bus stops at the MRT exit), I walked over.
Nope, bus 502 doesn’t stop there either. Time check: 6.50. My appointment was scheduled for 7.30pm.
Checked gothere.sg. It told me 502 stops at the bus stop nearest to the exit. Checked the iPhone app tranSGuide. It told me the same thing. Thinking maybe gothere isn’t updated, I took bus 190 to the one opposite Far East (where I usually take 502). LED display doesn’t indicate 502. Neither does the sign board. I must have been in a very confused mood. Told myself maybe because it’s express service, so the LED / sign board don’t indicate.
4 buses of 190 came and went. No sight of 502. Time check: 7.10
It finally came to me that, I should check SBS guide.
La la la.
SBS website says. 502 has changed its route!! Time check: 7.15
Would be real stupid to cab down. There’s peak hour surcharge.
So I decided to head home instead. -_-!
I feel so stupid. Should have checked out the route before leaving office, but I was too busy!
Lesson learnt. ALWAYS check bus routes. No site is 100% reliable.
Fragility of life
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
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You know I’m a Super Junior fan when the iPhone is filled with their songs / videos. And the frequent entries on them. Sorry but I do not mean to flood your (RSS) timeline with their news
Have heard about the freak accident 4 of the members (and 2 of their managers), and read about how Kyuhyun felt about it in a recent telecast. But had never went to find out what exactly happened, until I clicked on the last video in this blogpost. And then lots of thoughts came to my mind.
Possibly due to the recent craze over them, the daily dosage(s) of watching their weekly performances and the on-loop playlist of all their albums the entire day, that there’s a sense of 亲切感 (closeness) with them. Feels like they’re your brothers and it hurts when any of them gets injured. Any of you elfs has the same feeling too?
One reason why I love them, is their 执著-ness about life, and the close-knitted bond among them. How Kyuhyun fought hard to stay alive, how all of them continued to perform to the best of their ability. This group seems to be accident prone, somehow. I haven’t done any research, but I remembered my sis telling me other members got into (other) accidents too. Like Heechul, who got into an accident while on his way to visit another member (whom I can’t remember who now)’s dad who was in hospital. The accidents may have impacted some of them, but the close-knitted group continued to stay together and give their best performances.
Now that I think of it, life is really fragile isn’t it? You really can’t predict what will happen, you can’t prevent accidents from happening (you can control yourself but you can’t control others). But what’s more important is treasuring the present, and to embrace whatever things/events that might happen to you.
Knowing how to walk out from past (bad) experiences, is what makes one a stronger person.
And that is the reason why I love them.
Syupeo Junieo 슈퍼주니어
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
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Maybe.. I should do an arrangement of the members based on their birthdate. Always at a lost who’s older / younger. Only knew (at any instant) that the oldest is Teukie and the youngest is Kyuhyun.
Leetuk – 1 July 1983
Heechul – 10 July 1983
Yesung – 24 Aug 1984
Shindong – 28 Sep 1985 (easily remembered!)
Sungmin – 1 Jan 1986
Eunhyuk – 4 Apr 1986
Donghae – 15 Oct 1986
Siwon – 10 Feb 1987
Ryeowook – 21 Jun 1987
Kyuhyun – 3 Feb 1988
Alright, now I won’t get the (age) sequence wrong!
Food Trail
Sunday, July 11th, 2010
I realise..
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
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I realise..
that I get emo quite easily these days
that I’m not as patient as I used to be
that I’ve lost the capability of good finance management
that I’ve also lost the capability of good time management
that I’ve started to look forward to weekends on Mondays
that I’ve been having Monday blues very frequently these days
that I’m no longer looking forward to work (gonna get killed for posting this)
that this peak period is way beyond my capability
I think I need a break. From everything.
Recognising the members of Super Junior
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
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I didn’t mean to flood with Super Junior posts, but I didn’t want to flood my browser with the Youtube tab everytime I open it. :p
Yes someone sent me (I think it’s Jiayun! Cannot remember already.. she sent me so long ago!) the link to youtube, on the “biography” of the different members. Do NOT play the videos embedded below if you don’t want to see their un-artistey look.
Ryeowook
Ryeowook
Name; Kim Ryeo-wook
DOB: 21 June 1987
Sub-groups: K.R.Y, SuJu-M
Yesung
Yesung
Name: Kim Jong-Woon
DOB: 24 August 1984
Sub-groups: K.R.Y, SuJu-H(appy)
Leetuk
Leetuk (on the right)
Name: Park Jung-soo
DOB: 1 July 1983
Sub-groups: SuJu-H(appy), SuJu-T(rot)
Donghae
Donghae (on the left) (Photo credit: Lester Chan)
Name: Lee Dong-hae
DOB: 15 Oct 1986
Sub-group: SuJu-M
Heechul
Heechul (centre) (Photo Credit: Lester Chan)
Name: Kim Hee-chul
DOB: 10 July 1983
Sub-group: SuJu-T(rot)
Sungmin
Sungmin (Right)
Name: Lee Sung-min
DOB: 1 Jan 1986
Sub-groups: SuJu-T(rot), SuJu-H(appy)
Siwon
Siwon (Right)
Name: Choi Si-won
DOB: 10 Feb 1987
Sub-group: SuJu-M
Eunhyuk
Eunhyuk
Name: Lee Hyuk-jae
DOB: 4 Apr 1986
Sub-groups: SuJu-T(rot), SuJu-H(appy)
Shindong
Shindong (Right) (Photo credit: Lester Chan)
Name: Shin Dong-hee
DOB: 28 Sep 1985
Sub-groups: SuJu-T(rot), SuJu-H(appy)
Kyuhyun
[I'm sure you can search for his photos online. He didn't come Singapore for the Singtel-Samsung Galaxy S showcase.]
Name: Cho Kyu-hyun
DOB: 3 Feb 1988
Sub-groups: K.R.Y, SuJu-M
Super Junior (was) in town!
Monday, June 21st, 2010
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When Huishan asked me if I’m interested in the Super Junior showcase, I went (to myself).. “who’s Super Junior?” (Despite having their poster in my room’s wall for the past years). Nevertheless, I said Yes!, seeing that I seldom reject invitations to concerts. So I went!
Before leaving house, I read DK’s entry on Super Junior. That was the FIRST time I watched their video. First time hearing the song “Sorry Sorry”. And I was impressed by their performance. A group of (currently active) 10 members, the dance was perfect! Very neat performance they had!
It was at the venue (Marina Bay Sands) that I realised, it was actually the Singtel-Samsung Galaxy S showcase (coz I only had ticket to the showcase and not the media release)!
While waiting for them to appear, I was playing around with my D90. Haven played much with it, need to find out what/where are the buttons/features. LOL. Turned out that the lens that I brought along didn’t perform as good as expected, my Canon Powershot SX120IS was so much better!
Enough said, here are some of the (better ones) photos!
Heechul, Yesung, Leetuk
Siwon, Leetuk
Heechul, Siwon
Dong Hae, Eun Hyuk, Sungmin
Ryeowook, Yesung, Dong Hae, Eun Hyuk
I think I have their names correct. 9 of the 10 members were in town, Shindong isn’t in the above photos (couldn’t find a nice one of his in my cameras!). KyuHyun wasn’t in town.
Oh! Today’s (21 June) is Ryeowook’s birthday! They had a mini celebration for him during the showcase.
Happy Birthday Ryeowook! (With Sungmin & Heechul)
Happy Birthday Ryeowook!
Did I mention.. I’m now a fan? I’ve got their albums & posters. Songs on the loop in my playlist. Videos played repeatedly. Geesh!
Thanks DK, Singtel & Samsung for the invite! I had fun!
Samsung GALAXY S
Saturday, June 19th, 2010
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SuperJunior was recently here for the launch of Samsung’s new phone – Galaxy S. Had a chance to play with the phone, though it was only a short 5-10 minutes. And I’m totally sold.
What attracted me to the phone?
- I thought it look like an iphone – iPhone lookalike
- Sharp colours on screen – better & nicer looking photos, comparing with Huishan’s Omnia
- Camera has the beauty-shot mode – a mode that Victor kept telling us about, when he was holding on to the review unit of Samsung NX10
- Record HD videos! – very awed with this! HD leh!
Because it is an Android phone, I thought it might be a good idea to try it out. Having been (stuck) with my iPhone 3G (which I admit I had very wonderful memories with) for a year & a half, I think I need a change. :p
Samsung Galaxy S is currently solely available with Singtel. Ranging from $0 to $768 with contract. I can’t wait!
Oh! Here’s a photo of the 9/10 members of SuperJunior who came!
Mr Yuen Kuan Moon, Executive Vice President, Consumer Group, SingTel and Mr Sung-Hyun Moon, Managing Director, Samsung Asia together with Korean pop sensation, Super Junior.
