One More Month to World Cup 2010!

Woohoo! Soccermania is here in a month's time! Gonna have some sleepless nights watching soccer hehehehe.

9th May 2010, Sunday

After lessons, KW, JH and I went to Iluma to watch Ip Man 2. The highly-rated sequel to Ip Man didn't disappoint us at all. Plenty of fighting sequences to pump up the adrenalin. Woo! No wonder so many people liked Ip Man 2 more than Iron Man 2. Dunno why they release both IM at the same time. Now also release IM2 at the same time. Wanna make people blur is it?

After movie, JH decided that we should try the Japanese maid themed Tora Steamboat Restaurant. It was my second time to try it. This time the maids were totally different from a year ago. And they wore either black or red maid costumes instead of just the black ones a year ago. We had Business Class buffet which cost about $28 per person. ShiokZzz ate quite a lot. Die loh I'm gonna fail my IPPT next week argh!!!

Late at night I was gonna try streaming the Chelsea vs Wigan match but somehow the tvants doesn't work. SianzZZz... so I went to do all the housework I could do before I went to fetch my family from Terminal 2. They were finally back from a week's trip to Hokkaido. They brought back one whole box of foodstuff. And they managed to find the JLPT N3 textbook I asked them to buy for me. According to a forum, this book can't be found in Singapore and therefore I since they were going to Japan, I decided to ask them to help me get the book. Wooohooo! But then I realized that it was only one out of three books for N3! The one I asked them to get was only for vocab! There were other books for grammar and kanji! Faint........ Shall try my luck at Kino to look for the grammar one at least. That's the most important book to get -_-...

And as we drove our way home, Chelsea scored a total of 8 goals to prevent Man United from being four-year champions. What a magnificent display of power! Next up is World Cup!

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Fantasy Scifi Soccer Weekend!

What a good way to enjoy the weekend!

Just back from a long day of Jap lesson, Iron Man 2 and Chelsea vs LiverBOO!

30th April 2010, Friday

Who would have thought that someone would actually create a video games and anime concert, right here in Singapore? After I missed all those video game concerts like Video Games Live, I tell myself I shall not miss another one! And this time it's the inaugural Fantasy Comes Alive! concert held at NUS UCC. And luckily Nicholas mentioned about it that he was going to this concert. I would never have heard of this thing coz it seems like there isn't much publicity about this concert. Luckily I went to help out PY for the volunteer shooting last weekend. Looks like 好心是有好报的 haha.
I also managed to jio Zhongming and Kong Hooi along, who were also quite hardcore gamers. Nic was able to get half price tix for us so we all got the $50 tix. What a bargain! It's a total of $25 + $3 booking fee for a $50 seat. We were at row M, which is considered very near already. The VIPs were seated in the same rows as us. The composer for several games like FF12 and FF Tactics was just a short distance from us. He went up to stage to say a few words and everyone cheered ecstatically for him.
The songs played were from very popular games and animes, with those notable ones and those that I have heard/watched are Chrono Cross, Castlevania, Bleach, Neon Genesis Evangelion, FF8, Megaman, Tetris. I was unfamiliar with the other half of the playlist but it was still quite an enjoyment. Those musicians on stage were truly brilliant, with some of them playing a solo part in some of the songs. I snapped a few pix inside the hall and also recorded some songs using my digicam, but someone more pro actually recorded everything and posted them on YouTube the very next day hahaha!
The whole concert lasted for around three hours! Woot what a steal! They gave us encores after encores. Played the opening to Neon Genesis Evangelion again at the end. It's the one I love the most out of all the songs. And here's the video of that song which someone took and posted on YouTube!

At the end of the concert, there was a queue to get autographs from Hitoshi Sakimoto himself. Nic and all his enthu frenz all queued up for the autographs, so I also joined in to get it hahaha. They even got interviewed by the crew of Animax and they were so enthu to shout some slogans for them. Woot awesome! Hope to see more interesting and popular songs next year!

2nd May 2010, Sunday

After Jap lesson, I went to watch Iron Man 2 with JH, KW, NZ, Kim and Nana at Iluma. Hmm not much plot for this movie, no wonder so many people said Part 1 was better. The post-credits scene showed Thor's weapon, meaning another sequel is coming up. Marvel superheroes sure make good money.

We guys then had dinner at Empire State, before NZ went to meet his frenz at Yishun while the rest of us went to meet KW's frenz at Boat Quay, all for one purpose - to watch the Chelsea vs LiverBOO match. Initially KW wanted to go to the Chelsea pub Turnstyles but it was pretty full already, so we ended up at The Penny Black. Quite a cool place just good enough to watch a nice game of soccer. But it all turned out that LiverBOO was there to give the championship to Chelsea instead. Gerrard actually did a backpass but got intercepted by Drogba and poor Reina had no chance of saving it at all. Then Lampard finished it off to make it 2-0. Game over! Lol KW was enjoying the match while the LiverBOO fans can only hide their faces in shame.

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Another Tiring Weekend, Sort Of

Slept for about 4 hours, then woke up at 7am to prepare to help out Peiyi with another of those volunteer events together with Nic. Nic and I helped to take photos for the day. We gathered at Shan You at Katong as usual, and the bus took us to Buangkok, to a place called SILRA - Singapore Leprosy Relief Association. It's a home for those elderly who suffered from leprosy but have since recovered. There were about 40+ volunteers visiting these 45 elderly. Peiyi and the organizing committee organized games and a little food fair for them. Quite interesting to interact with them. I spoke to a few, some in Cantonese, some in English. They were very happy to see us. And one kept thanking us for visiting and organizing this event for them. I wonder what their unfilial kids are doing out there. Ended just before 12. Freaking tired liao cos only slept for 4 hours. But if you see the smiles on those elderly's faces, it's all worth it. Damn you 不孝子/女!

In the end we took the bus back and Nic and I rested ourselves and filled our stomachs with food from Spageddies at Bedok. Don't try the ramen or Jap food there! Sux! Order Western food rather than Jap food!

Nic having fun shooting around.

This auntie got ticket number 100! Got a Colgate as prize. Look at her radiant smile!

Some of the cute young volunteers singing their idols' songs to entertain the elderly.

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La Viva

16th April 2010, Friday

La Viva? Oh it's the name of a Spanish restaurant located at Chijmes. BK, HM and I met up for a little dinner outing and so we decided on one of the many restaurants at Chijmes. After walk around the whole place, we decided to patronize the very restaurant we see when we entered Chijmes. Quite a good ambience with Spanish decor and lighting. The waitresses were very polite too. The dishes were quite nice too. We ordered a few tapas and a paella, plus a jug of Sangria. Amounted to $125 for the final bill woot. Pretty ex for a little bit of food, but ok lah since it's Spanish food, can try try. But we all agreed Tapas Tree @ Clarke Quay would be a better place for Spanish food.

After that, we went to Raffles City's Mac for some ice-cream and more talking cok session before we went home.

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Weekend Burnt

Damn tiring weekend. Haven't been waking up at 4+am since dunno when. I joined Hock in his AD wedding photography journey from gatecrashing to the final church wedding.

Quite an interesting yet exhausting profession. Which is why Hockie has got tired of it and is looking for a job with a stable stream of income. And since DSLRs are so cheap and good nowadays, there has been more competition from other AD wedding photographers than ever before. Still, as a part-time job, it's really quite a lucrative business.

It was quite a budget wedding for the couple of A & D, and with minimum sabotage from the sisters. There were only 4 sisters and 2 brothers for this gatecrashing. And the couple went to Clarke Quay for a bit of photoshoot before having a church wedding at St. Theresa's Church at Kampong Bahru yesterday. The whole thing ended at 4pm. Phew almost 12 hours. But according to Hock, it was one of the least tiring of all those wedding photography he did.

So many animals and insects came to congratulate the couple.

Coincidentally one of the wedding couples' parents were saying they wanted to buy 1026 for lottery since the wedding day was 1026 on the Chinese calendar, whereas my unit number was 1026 too. And the 1st prize was 0162! Too bad nobody bought System Roll. Otherwise it's a whopping $2000 prize! Dammit! But luckily I thought of buying iBet and so got a meagre win of $83. Minus off the amount I spent to buy, I can't even treat my family to a nice meal at some restaurant. Hahaha... but small win is also a win right? Seems like my luck is changing for the better woohoo! Tio toto next? Wahahha!

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ABU vs NBU again!

Hehe just applied the anti-glare film set from Power Support to my iPhone! JH got it online with a price of $25 for 2. So we shared 1 each. Nice sia. No more oily surfaces!

Ok yesterday I met up with Nic to watch Clash of the Titans at PS. I even watched the 1981 version the night before, just to make sure I can make a good comparison between the old one and the new one. I would say there's plenty of action in the new one, cos of plenty of CG, but somehow the old one gives a better picture of the whole story. And they twisted the story for the new one. And Andromeda played by Judi Bowler in the 1981 version is much prettier hahaha! There were many mythical creatures in each version but some were only exclusive to each version's.

1981: Pegasus (only one white), Vulture, Satyr(Calibos), Cerebus(2-headed), Gorgon(Medusa), Scorpions, Kraken + a Metallic Owl

2010: Gargoyles(from Hades), Pegasus (one black and many whites), Djinn, Gorgon(Medusa), Scorpions, Kraken + the Metallic Owl made a cameo hmm...

After the movie, I went to HarbourFront Mac to study for the kanji test for the next day until KW and JH arrived. We then went to the foodcourt for dinner before heading to Peppermint Park.

Since we only had 4 tix, we did a kawarimi no jutsu to bring in the rest of us into the pub. Luckily the operation was a success. The whole pub was much more crowded than the previous ABU vs NBU match. Plenty of MU fans as expected, but plenty of Chelsea fans as well.

This time it's Manchester United vs Chelsea at Old Trafford. Can really see that MU ain't playing very well. Without Rooney they're like a bowman without a bow, a warrior without a sword. Kinda sucky. And the goals scored weren't very beautiful either. Very kelong referees. Let the winning goal scored by Drogba to be valid, even though he was offside. And there were supposedly two penalties. Sucky game lol but quite entertaining nonetheless. We were at Peppermint Park @ St. James once again for the ABU vs NBU match organized by the New Paper. Cool man. This time round I got the NBU T-shirt. Now I have both shirts hahaha. I even wore my pirated MU jersey bought for RM$10 in Malaysia lol, although I dun really support both sides.

We played the prediction game and none of us won anything. Suay sia. JH guessed the 1st half's score of 0-1 correctly but din managed to get picked for the Loreal hamper worth $300. When the match ended at 1-2, Chelsea fans were ecstatic. And they suddenly asked for Mr. LKW. KW was stunned for a while, then he went up to the MC and took pix with TNP people, Ivan Lim and some other lady. KW put a prediction of 0-9 and hence they decided to reward him for being such a Chelsea fanatic. They will give him $90 cash + 1 year free pass to IMH hahaha. Rox man 无缘无故 tio $90. Therefore after the match we went to Toastbox and he treated us to some teh and snacks haha. Nice soccer-watching session!

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又是病猫一只

短短的两个月内又生病了。真是可怜。只能怪天气象女人的脾气一样，一时热，一时冷，琢磨不定。今天既然旷了课。根本不想踏出家门半步。现在也咳得半条命。*cough cough*

21st March 2010, Sunday

After lessons, Jiahao and I went to have tea-break at MOS Burger. Then I went to find my parents at Suntec, where we then picked up Cindy at her school before going to the new Aston's Specialty outlet at Beach Road. It's only 2 months old, and there wasn't a huge queue outside like the one at Katong.

After the dinner I rushed down to Peppermint Park @ St. James, where the ABU vs NBU event was held. It is a live screening of the Manchester United vs Liverpool match. There was some pre-match chill-out thingy. We were to guess the time the first goal was scored, as well as the half-time and full-time scores. Winners get to win cash and hampers! Woot! For a mere $15, we get either an ABU/NBU T-shirt, a goodie bag, 3 drinks, and finger food. Pretty awesome deal. So there we were Aaron and gf, Charles, Eileen and me watching the match with 95 other fans. Rowdy fans they were. According to Charles, the guys who kept chanting songs and cheering throughout the whole match were from SMU gym club members. Pretty nice atmosphere to watch a soccer match though. The match ended with Man Utd 2 Liverpool 1. What a shame for Liverpool lol. I thought they could at least give a draw. Let's see what Chelsea can do in the upcoming clash of the season, where the championship could be decided on that match alone.

27th March 2010, Saturday

Went to check out the World Cosplay Summit Singapore held at West Coast Plaza with Hock. Haven been to WCP at all, so it was a pretty good chance to go there and also to be able to capture pictures of cosplayers at the same time. We had a bit of food at the dim sum restaurant before going around for a shooting spree.

There was even a live performance by the Singapore Wind Symphony. They played songs like Pokerface some more. They even had a medley of Final Fantasy songs. Cool stuff! I took the video too. May upload it soon.

So after that we went to Suntec for the Jobsdb Career Fair. Hock is looking for jobs so this should be good for him. But then when we reached the place, we found that it's not very useful at all. You can actually just log into their website and apply online instead of going down there. What a waste of time and space. We then went for dinner at the Suntec foodcourt. DON'T ever order the ramen from the Japanese food stall. $5 and SUX BIG TIME! I met Sin Shoo there who was having dinner too. Still looks the same. Then I ordered some Potato Salad from another Jap stall. With combo of soup and side dish is only $4.80, and much nicer! WTF!

And so after that we decided to walk around to Esplanade to catch what Singapore is doing during Earth Hour. By the time the clock becomes 8:30pm, most of the lights on the buildings in the CBD area were off. There was even a concert of sorts near the padang. Plenty of people had gathered there for some celebrations and fun, mostly burning candles when the lights all went off.

Saw a few celebrities like the two magicians, JC Sum and Ning, the magic babe, as well as Jamie Yeo. We then walked around taking some pix before retiring for the day.

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