It's been AGES since I last blogged.
After I came back from Sydney, I started work almost immediately. Perhaps it's cos of how laid back life in Sydney was, I had a really hard time coping with the fast pace of my work. Still struggling to cope.
Right now, I think that I've been so overwhelmed that my mind has finally decided to switch off. Happy feelings don't last. Sad feelings don't stay either. Memories don't remain in my head. I have a hard time recalling what I did over the weekend. At the end of the day, I just feel complete numbed, and my mind is blank. I'm in desperate need of some time to get away and relax...
How could I have been so STUPID as to think that I could cope without taking a break from Nov 2008 to Apr 2009, after slacking in Sydney for 9 months?? All I can do now is to hit myself on the head and drag myself through these last 6 weeks before my annual leave. =(
Friday, February 20, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Hog's Breath Cafe... Not to my liking at all. But nice outing
Last Sat, we went to meet up with Gladys' USYD classmates at Vivocity. Had dinner at Hog's Breath Cafe, and what a disappointment it was.
Although we ordered medium rare steak, the first time it came, it was well-done. Of course, we rejected it and asked for it to be changed. The second time it came, it was medium-done to well-done still. Finally, the third time it came, it was still OK (medium rare to almost medium-done, but we felt that if we rejected it again, we'll never get our food). By that time, the rest of the group were almost done eating!
And honestly, the steak wasn't nice. Definitely not worth the price that we paid for it. Mind you, Hog's Breath does not charge cheaply.
And then there's the bill. I paid with my AMEX card and so was supposed to enjoy a 10% discount. When the bill came, I decided to check my bill properly. On the bill, it came up to about 190+ (after discount), but on my AMEX bill slip, they charged me 200+! I was quite pissed by then. After the waitress brought the bill back, I went over to the counter and asked for the manager. The guy at the counter just raised up his hand like saying he's the manager (very unprofessional way). So I complained about the food and the bill, and all he could say was "I'm so sorry" in a rather insincere manner. So I complained further saying that they charge us service charge, and yet give us this. I don't know what I'm paying the service charge for. Again, all he did was to say "I'm so sorry" in an insincere tone again. Finally Gladys also couldn't take it when he presented the bill to me again, and also commented that "Wah. Service charge of $16+, so much." Finally he mentioned that what he can do for us if we want is to take off the service charge. So of course I told him, yes, please do that.
No more Hog's Breath Cafe at Vivocity for me anymore. Bad experience...
What was good though, was the gathering. And we took so many photos!
As usual, the photographer is missing from most of the photos. :)
Strong wind... from the ventilator.
Rather random shot of a kid playing.
Ermm.... What are they doing?!?!
Just a sample of the many photos we took that day. I conclude that photo taking is the number one activity whenever this bunch of girls meet. Haha.
Although we ordered medium rare steak, the first time it came, it was well-done. Of course, we rejected it and asked for it to be changed. The second time it came, it was medium-done to well-done still. Finally, the third time it came, it was still OK (medium rare to almost medium-done, but we felt that if we rejected it again, we'll never get our food). By that time, the rest of the group were almost done eating!
And honestly, the steak wasn't nice. Definitely not worth the price that we paid for it. Mind you, Hog's Breath does not charge cheaply.
And then there's the bill. I paid with my AMEX card and so was supposed to enjoy a 10% discount. When the bill came, I decided to check my bill properly. On the bill, it came up to about 190+ (after discount), but on my AMEX bill slip, they charged me 200+! I was quite pissed by then. After the waitress brought the bill back, I went over to the counter and asked for the manager. The guy at the counter just raised up his hand like saying he's the manager (very unprofessional way). So I complained about the food and the bill, and all he could say was "I'm so sorry" in a rather insincere manner. So I complained further saying that they charge us service charge, and yet give us this. I don't know what I'm paying the service charge for. Again, all he did was to say "I'm so sorry" in an insincere tone again. Finally Gladys also couldn't take it when he presented the bill to me again, and also commented that "Wah. Service charge of $16+, so much." Finally he mentioned that what he can do for us if we want is to take off the service charge. So of course I told him, yes, please do that.
No more Hog's Breath Cafe at Vivocity for me anymore. Bad experience...
What was good though, was the gathering. And we took so many photos!
As usual, the photographer is missing from most of the photos. :)
Strong wind... from the ventilator.
Rather random shot of a kid playing.
Ermm.... What are they doing?!?!Just a sample of the many photos we took that day. I conclude that photo taking is the number one activity whenever this bunch of girls meet. Haha.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Looking back on 2008
OK. I know that it's already mid Jan 2009, but although I've always been wanting to post this entry, I kept forgetting or pushing it back due to other stuff.
2008 has really been an eventful year. On a global scale, there were all the crisises that happened: China earthquake, India terrorism holdup where a Singaporean was killed, beginning of the Financial Crisis, just to name a few. In my memory, there has never been such a scary year, with so many major events happening. One major event which was not bad was the US Elections where Obama came out as the first black president of the US. Hopefully he'll be better than George Bush.
In my personal life, there had been so many events too. Gladys went overseas for studies and came back. I finished my HYP and graduated. I went on to finally joining DBS, on the Management Associates Programme, and made a bunch of new friends. Gladys and I developed to a further level in terms of our relationship, and actually made the decision to buy a house! OK, the house buying part was actually in 2009, but the decision and the search started in 2008.
No matter what, life still goes on. 2008 has been a year of changes for the world, and for the two of us as a couple and as individuals. How will 2009 be? I can only hope that it'll be better, as well as work on making it better.
2008 has really been an eventful year. On a global scale, there were all the crisises that happened: China earthquake, India terrorism holdup where a Singaporean was killed, beginning of the Financial Crisis, just to name a few. In my memory, there has never been such a scary year, with so many major events happening. One major event which was not bad was the US Elections where Obama came out as the first black president of the US. Hopefully he'll be better than George Bush.
In my personal life, there had been so many events too. Gladys went overseas for studies and came back. I finished my HYP and graduated. I went on to finally joining DBS, on the Management Associates Programme, and made a bunch of new friends. Gladys and I developed to a further level in terms of our relationship, and actually made the decision to buy a house! OK, the house buying part was actually in 2009, but the decision and the search started in 2008.
No matter what, life still goes on. 2008 has been a year of changes for the world, and for the two of us as a couple and as individuals. How will 2009 be? I can only hope that it'll be better, as well as work on making it better.
Monday, December 08, 2008
One slight disappointment with iPod Touch
After all the fun and joy with the iPod Touch, I finally found one thing that I'm really, really disappointed with. Random acts of setting the wrong date and time on the iPod Touch. After doing some Googling, then I found out that it seems to occur whenever iTunes is open when Windows go to sleep or hibernate mode, wakes up from sleep or hibernate mode, and the iPod Touch is synchronised with iTunes in such situations.
In order to prevent such a thing from happening, I can't leave iTunes open if I'm charging the iPod Touch for a long period without using the computer (in case the computer goes to sleep with iTunes still open, and when I wake it up, the connected iPod Touch will immediately sync with iTunes), and when Windows wakes up, I'll just have to close iTunes and open it again before I plug my iPod Touch in.
The amazing thing is that it's such a common problem that has been around for a long time, yet Apple is doing NOTHING about it. Sigh... Sad.
In order to prevent such a thing from happening, I can't leave iTunes open if I'm charging the iPod Touch for a long period without using the computer (in case the computer goes to sleep with iTunes still open, and when I wake it up, the connected iPod Touch will immediately sync with iTunes), and when Windows wakes up, I'll just have to close iTunes and open it again before I plug my iPod Touch in.
The amazing thing is that it's such a common problem that has been around for a long time, yet Apple is doing NOTHING about it. Sigh... Sad.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Celebration over my leave period
Wow... How time flies. More than a week has passed since Gladys came back to Singapore and I'm back at work already! Of course, we did lots of things throughout the few days of holidays that we had. She reached back Singapore on 19th Nov night, and I took leave from 20th to 26th Nov to accompany her.
On the 20th, we went to Singapore Flyer! And we had dinner at an Italian restaurant. The view on Singapore Flyer was quite nice at night. Although I had been on the Flyer before with colleagues from DBS, it's still nice and different when I'm on the Singapore Flyer with Gladys.
First, we had an exchange of Christmas presents. Early exchange, cos both of us couldn't wait to get our hands on the gifts. Haha. Her pendant, and my iPod Touch:
Our food!
This is what happens when you play with your food too much.
We actually took a video where Gladys played with the food, but I'll have to edit it before putting it up here.
And finally, the Singapore Flyer! I didn't have the good camera with me the last time, and couldn't take good photos. Finally this time I had my good old Fujifilm S6500fd and was able to take some nice photos.
And then it was off to Batam for us! Spent a few days there just rotting. There was really nothing much to do there. Just there to forget everything and relax. I shall upload the photos after Gladys passes them to me.
Before we knew it, we were back to work. Phew...
On the 20th, we went to Singapore Flyer! And we had dinner at an Italian restaurant. The view on Singapore Flyer was quite nice at night. Although I had been on the Flyer before with colleagues from DBS, it's still nice and different when I'm on the Singapore Flyer with Gladys.
First, we had an exchange of Christmas presents. Early exchange, cos both of us couldn't wait to get our hands on the gifts. Haha. Her pendant, and my iPod Touch:
Our food!
This is what happens when you play with your food too much.
We actually took a video where Gladys played with the food, but I'll have to edit it before putting it up here.And finally, the Singapore Flyer! I didn't have the good camera with me the last time, and couldn't take good photos. Finally this time I had my good old Fujifilm S6500fd and was able to take some nice photos.
And then it was off to Batam for us! Spent a few days there just rotting. There was really nothing much to do there. Just there to forget everything and relax. I shall upload the photos after Gladys passes them to me.
Before we knew it, we were back to work. Phew...
Friday, November 14, 2008
It's here!
Santa Gladys has David Good Boy (DGB) on her Nice List this year, and since DGB had a bad day today, Santa Gladys decided to show him his Xmas present to cheer him up! (-^_^-)v
It's from Sydney Apple Store!
What's in the bag???
TADA!!!
Can these count as 3 presents?
It's the 16GB iPod Touch 2G! And it's MORE FUN than the funnest iPod ever, cos it's DGB's iPod. =P
Front view... You can see me + camera in the reflection. Lol.
Super-slim side view!
The back of the packaging.
I know it looks like a sad, sucky grey in the photo, but it's actually a very cool metallic finish (gun metal colour).
The Incase Slider Case complete with the fake cardboard iPod. =P
Can't wait to meet your new iPod huh?
Just 5 days more!!
It's from Sydney Apple Store!
What's in the bag???
TADA!!!
Can these count as 3 presents?
It's the 16GB iPod Touch 2G! And it's MORE FUN than the funnest iPod ever, cos it's DGB's iPod. =P
Front view... You can see me + camera in the reflection. Lol.
Super-slim side view!
The back of the packaging.Yesterday, I was cracking my head over which is the best case to get for DGB. So I went down to Apple Store today and spent about 2 hours trying on all the different cases (the staff at Sydney Apple Store rock!!) and in the end, I decided on this Incase Slider Case. Was gonna buy black, but I spotted this NEW COLOUR at the last minute and bought it instead.
I know it looks like a sad, sucky grey in the photo, but it's actually a very cool metallic finish (gun metal colour).
The Incase Slider Case complete with the fake cardboard iPod. =P
Can't wait to meet your new iPod huh?
Just 5 days more!!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
A teaser for David...and a little for myself
Now that I'm going back to Singapore soon, what does David have to look forward to apart from seeing me and taking a break from work? Hmm... How about...
Incase slider case in black.
This one's easy to put on, has a coating at the back for better grip, but it's made of hard plastic, so it's less protective and might break more easily, plus reviews of the slider case for 1st Gen iPod Touch said that it leaves SCRATCHES.
Incase hardcase in black.
This one's similar to the slider case, except it's translucent and is a snap-on case rather than a slide-on. So probably less chances of scratching the iPod Touch in the process of putting it on. Once again, it's plastic - less protective and more prone to breakage.
Well, ya, this Belkin silicon case in purple is just a THOUGHT. Although David likes purple, this is probably a little too girly for him. Haha. It's cute though!
So many to choose from... What a headache... Maybe I should just get him PINK...
What I like about it:
Sigh... What should I do?!?! I love the iPod Nano design more, but I love the Sony features more. BTW, I'm not considering the 8GB iPod Touch. Just threw it in purely for comparison's sake.
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The funnest iPod ever!!
So, I've been thinking a lot about which case to get for David's Xmas iPod Touch. At first I wanted to get him one of those leather folio cases, but then I found that they're bulky and seem to interfere with the sensitivity of the touchscreen. After much deliberation, I decided to go for the fitted cases + screen protector instead, so here're a few contenders:.
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The funnest iPod ever!!
Incase silicon protective cover in black.
This one's a little bulkier (less bulky than the leather folios though), but more protective than the rest. The protectiveness is definitely suitable for David, but silicon means that it'll be a dust magnet.
This one's a little bulkier (less bulky than the leather folios though), but more protective than the rest. The protectiveness is definitely suitable for David, but silicon means that it'll be a dust magnet.
Incase slider case in black.
This one's easy to put on, has a coating at the back for better grip, but it's made of hard plastic, so it's less protective and might break more easily, plus reviews of the slider case for 1st Gen iPod Touch said that it leaves SCRATCHES.
Incase hardcase in black.
This one's similar to the slider case, except it's translucent and is a snap-on case rather than a slide-on. So probably less chances of scratching the iPod Touch in the process of putting it on. Once again, it's plastic - less protective and more prone to breakage.
Well, ya, this Belkin silicon case in purple is just a THOUGHT. Although David likes purple, this is probably a little too girly for him. Haha. It's cute though!
So many to choose from... What a headache... Maybe I should just get him PINK...
So while I was looking at iPod Touch, I started feeling very tempted to get something for myself to replace my pathetic Aigo MP3 player that has a FM tuner but only plays 99 songs!
Don't you just love ALL the new iPod Nano colours? I'm totally undecided now. I love the look of the iPod Nano, but I like to listen to the radio from time to time, but iPods just don't have FM tuners!! Grr... I wonder if I should just get an 8GB Sony NWZ-S738F/B from Sydney International Airport DFS for a little more than an iPod Nano...
It retails in Singapore at S$319, but I can get it at DFS for just A$199, which is very cheap considering the exchange rate now. Shall pop down to Sony Centre to have a look after my paper tomorrow.
It retails in Singapore at S$319, but I can get it at DFS for just A$199, which is very cheap considering the exchange rate now. Shall pop down to Sony Centre to have a look after my paper tomorrow.
- Built-in Noise Cancelling System
- Better batt life - 40 hours(music)/10 hours(video)
- Digital FM Tuner
- Music transfer by Drag & Drop
- Easy to charge via USB connection
- Comes with Sony in-ear earphones
- Similar size to Nano
- Fast charging (3hrs full charge)
Here's the price/size/weight comparison:
8GB iPod Touch: A$299 / 110 x 61.8 x 8.5mm / 115g
8GB Sony NWZ-A728F/B: A$199 / 89.5 X 42.9 X 7.5mm / 46g
8GB iPod Nano: A$180 / 90.7 x 38.7 x 6.2mm / 36.8g
8GB iPod Touch: A$299 / 110 x 61.8 x 8.5mm / 115g
8GB Sony NWZ-A728F/B: A$199 / 89.5 X 42.9 X 7.5mm / 46g
8GB iPod Nano: A$180 / 90.7 x 38.7 x 6.2mm / 36.8g
Sigh... What should I do?!?! I love the iPod Nano design more, but I love the Sony features more. BTW, I'm not considering the 8GB iPod Touch. Just threw it in purely for comparison's sake.
Tell me what you think thru the poll in the side panel. (-^_^-)v
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