Exam Hall

Exam Hall for Psycho

That's Expo Hall 7, a small hall considering that I'm the last person in my column and its only desk 30, column 1, and starting from 1/4 of the hall distance away from the door.

So take that, multiply by.. 6, u'll get the magnitude of my big papers. (Psycho was my elective btw).

p.s. I'm still trying to grab a clear shot of the liquid paper offence warning. Its really.. AN OFFENCE!!

Nike Flash Flood

Basic Office Essentials to Surviving a Sudden Downpour

1) Umbrella
2) Towels *checked
3) Standby tees *checked
4) Standby pants
5) Dry and clean socks
6) Slippers *checked

Well, its not actually the 1st time I was drenched on the way back to office after lunch. Only this time, my Nikes turned into a fish tank.

We're stuck at the "sheltered" bus-stop, which doesnt actually do its purpose when the wind changes the rain direction. My jeans were totally wet behind even thou I was hiding at the pillar from the rain. We had to get someone to fetch us some umbrellas so as to embark on the seemingly long journey back to office.

The umbrella only managed to keep my hair mostly dry. My jeans were all wet when I accessed the office with my pass. My Nikes weigh a ton. I threw them off me once I reached my territory. Off goes the dripping wet socks b4 I commence dancing on the carpet to dry my feet, leaving footprints all over like some tribal art.

I wandered abt in my slippers the rest of the day. The wet jeans had a towel to keep them from catching a cold while my area stink of rain. The jeans only started drying when I was waiting for a bus home, dats like 4 hrs since the rain, with my Nikes cheapened by the red plastic bag, whilst wearing my "metal-toe ultra stiff" safety shoes, sans the socks.


The Plastic-Bag Bagged Nikes


The stiff safety shoes that gave me some abrasions for wearing without socks

I need to get some extra socks and pants in my office for emergencies.

The Books of Innocence

One and only

That's my autograph book for my secondary school days.

6 yrs ago.

Bcos everyone was using ready-bought autograph books, I decided to make a unique one for myself. The cartoon on the back cover was compiled from different places and traced into one picture. I spent quite a bit of time drawing the front cover with reference from the comic. He was my favorite character at that time (n still is in my top few manga yandaos list).

Functionality-wise, I could disintegrate the book and distribute the colored papers to different ppl at the same time, so the book wun get stuck at some slow-poke's ass. It was also to prevent the empty pages which happens with bound books when frens flip to any page they like n start scribbling.

I jus flipped thru it. Its damn funny when u start to recollect wat image u were portraying at that time, and the crap that ur frens wrote.

I got questions here.

Why everyone LOVE MY HAIRSTYLE?

I mean, its like, floffy and all, is really a disgrace when I looked at the pictures now. Only perhaps on good (seldom occur) haircut days, I get a decent boyish cut with layers and all.

WHERE GOT NICE??

I feel like puking.

Growl.

And hor... Almost every "letter" I had, there's bound to be either, 帅哥, yandao or cool. And the guys actually put, "I think u will look better with long hair, ur very short hair kinda destroy ur feminine image."

MWAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHHA!!!!!!!!!

Guys.. 帅哥 is not I call myself one. Is the girls call me one.

So 帅?? (puke)

Maybe I'm the minute population of girls with short hair. Its machiam my trademark already. And my "slopecut" which a few like to brush their hands across to get the prickly feel. I can remember only 3 more girls with boyish haircut along the corridor. And that time, butches n lesbians were not that accepted yet. AND I'M OBVIOUSLY NOT ONE!!

Si nangs, my hair is long now, how, feminine already?

And, EVERY LETTER has basketball in it. Ya ya, I'm a 球痴. Basketball good wat, can skip boring physics for competitions.

And my 'O' level results were mainly a coincidence and I dun think I'm hardworking (AHHAAHAHAHHA the 3 teachers that wrote in my autograph book, u were WRONG!!). I'm definite abt it, since I'm distracting myself from my Psycho notes at this moment.

Everyone's writing their likes and dislikes, and a paragraph of comments for some, a photo if they feel like it, and maybe a song lyric. That was the trend at that time.

Jus that some people dun have color sense. Milky pastel peach pen on light backgrounds? I can barely read.



That's my sticker-filled profile page. Yup I still like Steve Kerr, still like Matt Damon, still like Owen, handwriting's still the same messy pattern.

Nothing's changed.

Except perhaps.. my hair?



And since I've already distracted myself, might as well do it somemore. I dug out my primary school autograph book from beneath a stack of exercise books in some ulu cupboard which I seldom open. (The secondary one is on the bookshelf jus next to my table. Very accessible).



I cant remember who some of them were. No photos, no paragraphs of comments. Jus bio-data, a lot of empty pages and A LOT OF FOLDED CORNERS!!! Nothing to write oso mus fold corner n write inside "nothing to write". That seems to be how bo liao we were as kids. (On fold:"Dun open har.." On inside:"Tell u dun open liao") MWAHHAHAHAH.

I suppose this autograph book signing thing is out of trend. With friendster n wat not, it seems like, "Eh write a testi for me lehh" is more commonly used than "Eh, sign my autograph book lehh".

For now, a testimonial for me anyone?

(sidetrack a para: I saw Ms Thng at the wake. Its either she shrunk or I've grown. When is she so short? And so thin? Mother of 2!??!?! Full-time housewife still.. hmm..)

"No More Naughty Boards" - A Tribute to Mr Wong Kiow of JSS

Err.. I've nvr been taught by him b4. Or have I? Cant remember. I had a flurry of Maths teachers in Sec 2, imagine changing at least 3 (I can remember 3) teachers for one subject in a yr. No wonder my maths is borderline case.

He was a stern discipline master, and a fierce maths teacher. Who could forget his roaring voice from the 1st floor thundering all the way to the 3rd floor, where we were, for making a ruckus during class breaks. And those who had their Maths exercise books torn by him and had to redo assignments. And those who got whipped by him for misbehavior. Even me, the law-abiding (like real) student is scared of him.

I always remember his "naughty boards" (mispronounciation of notice boards).

Mr Wong Kiow passed away today.

I received the sms in the afternoon, so not sure wat time and wat causes.

And to think that he jus retired last yr. After 40 great yrs of service in JSS.

Too sudden. Too sudden.

A Walk Down Toys 'R Us

While waiting for my bro to fetch the ezlink card to this blur sotong yest, I took a walk ard toys 'r us.


Parachute Troopers


Errr.. Wat do they call this?? Pinball? Get the Ball in the Hole?

I remember the 50 cents Yakult we used to buy at the primary sch canteen that comes with free toys like the above. Ya we buy for the toys, not for the nutritional value of Yakult. Hmm.. good marketing tactic ehh. Those parachute troopers were hot once, throwing them up and watching them land. Its only $1.95 for 5 soldiers now.


The "Ohh So Nostalgic" ABC Blocks

I had a set of these. All worn n tattered with the saliva and stuff. Passed to my cousins already I believe.


A working knitting machine!! Kids these days..


The many different playdoh toys

We used to only have the doh to play with. And maybe a few simple moulds.


I think these little wooden furniture r quite cool. But I cant figure out if its DIY built like Gundam models or jus little furnitures all built n ready to be abused.


Big boxes of Star Wars themed Lego sets


Art sets with a lot of crayons going for less than $10

Like small kids know the difference btwn the various shades of red.


Young scientist experiment kits series


These educational stuff r quite interesting.

As the world becomes more affluent, kids have more toys to choose from, and abuse.

I still like my parachute troopers and flag erasers anyday.

Movie Day

Movie 1: JP, 11.30am.

Da Vinci's code

So Dark The Con of Man

Yes Yes Yes. I've WATCHED it, after a last min offer, booking online, blah blah.

Verdict: Not that fantastic. Blame it on the stupid media with all the hype that only raises expectations but fail to live up to it.

Silas is definitely UNCONVINCING. He's not outraged enuff like in the books, and he does not portray the evilness and commitment to his beliefs as strongly. The bleached hair and pale skin only gives him a slight resemblance to Eminem, not an albino. Albino's skin is totally white, perhaps a bit of red veins, and not light yellowish. Where's the red eyes oso?

There isnt much focus on Leonardo's involvement in the Priory of Sion as well, and Tom Hank's hair looks more like a wig.

Its a 149min show, 2 hrs and 40 min going by GV's screen times, and it only made me stop short of falling asleep. The book is still better, the movie's too summarized, too safe.

Movie 2: The Cathay, 6th floor, 5.25pm

M:i:III

Funny its still a sold-out screening after so long, or maybe its the only theater (new oso) in the central screening at such convenient time. Others r either at 3pm, or at 9pm.

Tom Cruise, as Tom Cruise, is still Tom Cruise. So yandao~ Even thou he's rather old already. But he seems eccentric when he's agitated.

And ya, for RR, the cute guy in Hunt's squad IS the Jonathan Rhys Meyers, he was in Alexander and Vanity Fair. And Maggie Q is a Hawaiian, which is y her ang moh so good lah, american father, vietnamese mother.

I love the advanced tech and the resourcefulness of the agents. SO many gadgets~ hehhhehe..


Cathay Tickets

GV tickets r darn expensive, for the uncomfortable chairs, and tight legspace, and the bobbing heads of the patrons in front. Its $20.20 or something ard that range, for 2 weekend tickets, compared to The Cathay, with its addictive seats, sold out show, wide legspace and wide handrest going for $19.50. + the original tickets - the waiting time to que for the booked tickets. Cathay for me anyday!

Dangerous Road

At the road divider jus outside my office. Yes its the same area where the bus almost knocked me down.


Close up

It happened yesterday actually, but only had the chance to take the photo today. Somehow a lorry had buanged into the divider (no one noes how since we din have any witnesses in the office, security guards, perhaps) and almost went into the opposite traffic.

Pity the trees, they're jus planted. The railings too, built not long ago.

Movies I wanna catch..

MI3 -- YAAA I HAVEN WATCH.. Bcos everyone watch already!! GROWL!! Now who wanna watch with me?
Poseidon -- SAMMMMEEEEEEE
Da Vinci Code -- everyone seems to have partner to watch with liao..
X-men 3 -- hmm...

So who wanna watch with me??? I so pathetic mehh.. -.-" Nan de i wanna watch movie...

Bored Again..

Your Personality Profile

You are elegant, withdrawn, and brilliant. Your mind is a weapon, able to solve any puzzle. You are also great at poking holes in arguments and common beliefs. For you, comfort and calm are very important. You tend to thrive on your own and shrug off most affection. You prefer to protect your emotions and stay strong.

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You Have A Type B+ Personality

You're a pro at going with the flow You love to kick back and take in everything life has to offer A total joy to be around, people crave your stability. While you're totally laid back, you can have bouts of hyperactivity. Get into a project you love, and you won't stop until it's done You're passionate - just selective about your passions

Do You Have a Type A Personality?

You Should Be a Painter

You have the vision, patience, and skill to bring your unique visions to canvas. And you're even tempered enough not to cut your ear off in the process!

What Sort of Artist Should You Be?

Your Power Level is: 53%

There's a good chance you feel pretty powerful, and with good reason, you're already fairly successful. Keep developing your goals and skills, and you'll be surprised by what you can really achieve.

How Powerful Are You?

You Are External - Believer - Empowered

You feel your life is controlled externally. You tend to attribute most things to luck or karma. You don't own your successes or your failures. You tend to take life as it comes, but you're also apt to feel helpless. You are a true believer in luck, fate, and karma. You believe that life is a game of chance - not a game of skill. You either consider yourself very unlucky or very lucky. No matter what, you don't feel like you can change the hand you were dealt. You have a good deal of power, but you also know the pecking order. You realize that working the system does get you further. You know who to defer to and who to control. When it comes to the game of life, you play things flawlessly.

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Your Inner Blood Type is Type B

You follow your own rules in life, even if you change the rules every day. Sure, you tend to be off the wall and unpredictable, but that's what makes you lovable. And even though you're a wild child, you have the tools to be a great success. You are able to concentrate intently - and make the impossible possible. You are most compatible with: B and AB Famous Type B's: Leonardo Di Caprio (eeee)

What's Your Inner Blood Type?

Your Five Factor Personality Profile

Extroversion: You have low extroversion. You are quiet and reserved in most social situations. A low key, laid back lifestyle is important to you. You tend to bond slowly, over time, with one or two people. Conscientiousness: You have medium conscientiousness. You're generally good at balancing work and play. When you need to buckle down, you can usually get tasks done. But you've been known to goof off when you know you can get away with it. Agreeableness: You have low agreeableness. Your self interest comes first, and others come later, if at all. In general, you feel that people are not to be trusted. And you're skeptical that anyone else really feels differently. Neuroticism: You have medium neuroticism. You're generally cool and collected, but sometimes you do panic. Little worries or problems can consume you, draining your energy. Your life is pretty smooth, but there's a few emotional bumps you'd like to get rid of. Openness to experience: Your openness to new experiences is medium. You are generally broad minded when it come to new things. But if something crosses a moral line, there's no way you'll approve of it. You are suspicious of anything too wacky, though you do still consider creativity a virtue.

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Your Luck Quotient: 51%

You have an average luck quotient. There's been times when you've been extremely lucky... but also times when you've been very unlucky. You probably know that you can make your own luck in life, if you're open to it. So listen to your intuition as much as you can. It's right more often than you might expect.

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I Ambition-ded

My Ambition

This is a topic ALL school-going kids will have to crack their brains and use their limited vocabulary to write a compo on, in all languages, english, chinese, malay, tamil, etc etc for foreign kids.

Its a compo where teachers will issue to kids out of 1)coursework; 2)curiosity; 3)nothing else creative and lazy to think of others.

And the kids' ambitions?

The usual (maybe bcos they copied from some 10 yrs series):-
Teachers (bcos got "role" model marking these students' papers)
Doctors (bcos they "took away" these students' illness and the misconception that they earn big bucks)
Police (bcos can catch bad guys like wat mama says)
Lawyers ($$$$$$$$$)

Or the extraordinaries (the kana influenced batch):-
Singers (SG Idol, Project Superstar, Campus Superstar, Super Band...)
Astronauts (Some fantasy kid)
Wizard (Harry Potter)
Super Hero (Power Ranger and wat not)
President (Mwahahhahha!!)
Mama/Papa (depends on how the fella write, could be for the hard work put in for the family or could be something as simple as,"I wanna be like Mama can sleep all day and no need go school.")

In those masak-masak days, few will noe the difference btwn an office-slogging executive and a supermarket cashier. So we'll all envision ourselves to be doctors and teachers and will eventually end up doing so in the future.

So where do we end up 10 yrs after writing that little piece of compo? 70% of the kids will evolve into office bees with tags such as marketing coordinator, lab assistants, IT support, business analysts, blah blah blah. 20% will make it to be doctors, police, teachers, firemen, army sign-ons, musicians, etc etc. The remaining 10%.. I dunno.

I wanted to be a fashion designer. When I was very very young, aka in kindergarten times, I used to make "bags" out of envelopes (since my dad works in envelope company, I have rejected envelopes in abundance). Bcos I was the eldest kid ard, no other kids to play with, and for some reason, I enjoyed going school (!!!). Even after school oso masak-masak play school. My "bags" are sturdy. No sewing required! Jus glue and staples and those can hold a few storybooks and have multi-compartments for every need that I imagined. Maybe that constitutes to why I'm super picky over bags.

But I believed I did a compo on being a teacher when I grow up. Either jus so as to "fit in", or that I dunno wat to write abt being a fashion designer. Shall go n dig out my pri sch compos when I'm free.

Anyway, later on in my life, when I was choosing my poly course, I almost/very nearly chose to take fashion design in TP. The only thing that prevented me from choosing TP was the distance. I couldnt visualise myself taking feeder bus to MRT station, taking MRT from one end of Singapore to the other, then taking feeder bus to TP again. Dats like 2 hrs journey, 4 hrs to and fro, EVERYDAY! No WAY!

La-Selle was another option. But it was a misconcepted place for ppl who couldn't get into poly and it was super expensive. The latter was the main reason for not choosing to go there for design.

The other reason for not pursuing design was, Singapore is not conducive for would-be designers (then). Its not a $$-attracting kinda job. Either u make it big, or u end up working in office like other diploma holders. (Ya, I already noe how to think $$-sense then, althou I still ended up choosing marketing (no no its not a mistake!!))

So came and went the 3 yrs in poly, where I build up my hopes of becoming a retail manager/supervisor so that I can run ard Singapore to the retail frontline of the biz (influenced by my Sportslink manager) or work in an advertising company (as do a lot of other marketing students hoped).

But in life, u can only accept wat u're given. I actually do not have much aim when I graduated from SP. I went for a few interviews recruiting for marketing positions. I got one for sales and marketing assistant, which lasted me less than a mth, b4 I escaped from that unreasonable place.

For the next 1 or 2 mths or so, I thot of being a bball coach. But to be a qualified coach, one needs to undergo a course, which totals up to ard $4k. Only then will u be certified and schools will accept ur applications (that's really how "paper-important" the Singapore education system is). Job oso dun have, where got $4k!??!!

Then, I even thot of being part of the police force, preferably in CID. But I fear the rigorous trainings in the academy to build up the finesse for chasing after criminals. I hate running get it! I smoked thru my bball trainings ALL THE TIME! I'm pretty regretting my decision after watching 迷云二十天 and now the 至尊红颜 where Felicia Chin is a CID. So fun one meh?? So cool!?!??!?! I wan I wan!!~

Instead, I'm stuck in a cubicle, in a "historical" building (to be renovated soon but I dun wanna move to 2nd floor!!), doing boring accounts (not my forte!), hunting for mysterious cancellations which the related ppl are not replying my instant messages and people are directing me all over (if i have the bloody access to find it in SAP, u think i so free to wait for ur reply?), getting thrown shit every now and then, backup-ing people when they're going on holiday which means I learn more things n become multi-purposed and automatically became those ppl's backups, defending against gunfire from Customs, etc etc etc...

Note to kids: The compos u once wrote will hold no meaning if u dun work towards it. And if u wanna be a pilot, WATCH LESS TVs! (Maybe kids now write they wanna be Bill Gates or some fella who's in the media)

*Sigh* I could have had a brand of my own if I had ventured into fashion design.

The Almighty White Liquid

LIQUID PAPER.

Err is to Human. But mankind is able to correct the errors with this great invention from Bette Nesmith Graham.

AND I WAS BANNED FROM USING THIS WONDERFUL MISTAKE CORRECTING INVENTION DURING EXAM!??!?!!

Apparantly I've been detached from the schooling system for too long to know that they have a new ruling other than not bringing hp into the exam hall. But LIQUID PAPER!??!! Dats strange. Why cant?? Not as if people will cheat by writing notes on the correction tapes (ya correction tapes disallowed oso).

And not jus UOL, those JC students r oso not allowed to use correcting materials. Wanna see our mistakes issit.

With me being the muddle-headed, messy handwriting person I m, I endured 2 papers without liquid paper. I pity the examiners for all the cancellations they had to face. No No, I pity myself more, cos the examiners r jus not gonna give marks for anything they cant read. 0.0!!

The exam was held in... SINGAPORE EXPO! I was in Hall 1 for both papers. It was FREAKING HUGE! We had to check our seats on the notices outside. The font is damn small, so many degrees courses to search thru. I was sitting near the exit for the past 2 papers thankfully. But still, doing exam in a concert hall is still unnerving. Being a virgin at UOL big exams, I entered thru the front door, or 1st door, or watever u call it, to check out small font of the row number pasted on the walls. I was at Row 3, 3 rows from the door, and so I walked down to my seat.

132

Walking down 131 seats is damn tiring. And I'm like only 3/5 of the hall. So assuming there's 200 seats per row, there's 30+ rows (make it 30), its abt 6000 candidates!~ DATS a 大场面! (The most I've been to was for SAT i think, some JC's hall.)

The accounts paper went down the drain. I jus hope I can pass. I still hate accounts when the balance sheets CANNOT balance. Gimme 34 points I'll be happy. For I did not finish the paper, nor attempted all the questions I'm supposed to do. I left out 1 section A question, started a section C question but din complete in time, the P&L and B/S for section B cannot freaking balance and I did the freaking P&L twice bcos I forgot to add depreciation in (AND CANNOT USE LIQUID PAPER) and worse, I forgot if I need to add depreciation or not, so jus add in. The same goes for investment althou shortly b4 the exam end, I remembered that it SHLDN'T be in, but no time to recalculate already. I knew it was wrong when my P&L had profit of 1 million+ when it was a loss of 300k the previous yr. Lemme pass, lemme pass.

And I freakingly cannot remember all the financial formulas. I had read it jus before going to the exam hall. Somehow it jus all wandered ard the huge hall and outta my reach. Lemme pass, lemme pass.

I did a lot of cancellations for accounts. Cancel until no time to do. Dun ask me y I din use mankind's greatest stationary invention, the pencil. I was afraid I write, erase, after dat no time to use ink to write over, then examiner wun consider pencil-written answers as the absolute answer, no marks. ARGHHH!!

Sociology wise, I approached section D question with the incorrect focus. Y din I remember the question is in SECTION D!??! Dats a Bureaucracy question!!

"Power is ultimately economic power." Explain and discuss.

I simply put all the ideas of the 3 sociologists in, then analysed it using my logic, and worse still, I din study much for bureaucracy, I din even write dat in. I tackled it from the owner dominating power over the workers' perspective, and how economic power is able to help other countries prosper or decline. Bureaucracy arhhh.. Dats a 30 mark essay!

I think its crazy. How to write 2 30 marks essay in 3 hours!?!!? Section A was rather easy for me, since I've learnt it twice (Marketing Research), then comes Section B and C, choose to answer one question from either sections.

Compare a idealist explanation for social change with a materialist explanation.

I hope I answered it in the correct way. Think I spent too much time on section A, writing paragraphs for 2 or 3 marks questions.

I'm so out of touch with exams. Cant grasp hold of the timings well still. And I was rather sick doing the Sociology paper. Sniffing all the way.

Psycho and Mangerial Econs end of May. Giving myself a small breather 1st. (The small breather will turn into a huge huff and puff..)

*Point of note: MY SLIDERMAN T-SHIRT IS SPOILT!! The color ran!! And to think that its was the nicest and fitting-est shirt I bought from tw. Any solutions for getting the ran color off from a white base?

Witness The Power of Minority Influence

*Today is 7 May 2006. Time now is 8pm. Entry postdated to avoid my layout from going haywire*

WARNING: PLS EXIT IF U'RE NOT THE ESSAY READING TYPE. Its too long for u to handle!

"Moscovici claimed that majority influence in many ways was misleading ? if the majority was indeed all-powerful, we would all end up thinking the same. Drawing attention to the works of Gabriel Tarde, he pointed to the fact that most major social movements have been started by individuals and small groups (e.g. Christianity, Buddhism, the Suffragette movement, Nazism, etc) and that without an outspoken minority, we would have no innovation or social change" - Copied and Pasted from Wikipedia on Serge Moscovici

Conformity is the degree to which members of a group will change their behavior, views and attitudes to fit the views of the group.

The group can influence members via unconscious processes or via overt peer pressures on individuals.

Group size, unanimity, cohesion, status, prior commitment and public opinion all help to determine the level of conformity an individual will reflect towards his group. - Copied and pasted once again from Wikipedia on Conformity

How apt it was that my Psycho lecturer was going thru Social Influence this morning. This is so going to help me remember for my Psycho exam come end May.

Yesterday, aka Polling Day, aka The Big Day for Singaporeans, was spent studying frantically for my Sociology exam after which I was glued to CNA for the results (Even thou my ward went uncontested). GE2006 went the landsliding the same way as GE2001, Low and Chiam retained their wards, but with increased support. 82 seats to PAP, 2 seats to Opposition.

Politics wasnt my time-abuser in the past when I couldnt vote/was not exposed to Sociology, Psychology and Economics/dun surf news sites. This GE 2006 is procrastinating my Sociology revision! Ok Ok, at least I'm practicing my essay-writing, debating and theory application of my Sociology, Psychology and Economics at the same time. (Self-consolating...)

I wasnt particularly interested in post-result press conference, since there's nothing exciting anymore after the results are released. But bcos our media is so monopolized, every channel, other than Channel U, which was already closed, I switched, I saw Mr PM. Y didnt anyone broadcast the press conferences of the Opposition? The statements they'll release after losing could be news-worthly too! Like the "undemocratic voting" (below). (Actually I din know if they did show any other press conference after 2.40am, which is the time I got bored with the issue repeatings and off the TV but I assume they didnt.)

N do we need that many channels to see one single press conference at 2 in the morning? It jus goes to show how Pro-Active they Position themselves. Y choose to give us selected coverage/info and not give us the full picture, Ruling Party AND Opposition? Isnt media supposed to bring us total coverage?

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Where is the insights from inside Opposition? Unless access to info is restricted(But u're the MEDIA! U're able to widespread their statements! They will be too happy to have u ard!), the media shld be able to inform the public!

Opposition = Competition. Competition is good. It engineers social change. Lets compare the progress of a walkover ward (E.g. Hong Kah) and a contested ward (E.g. Potong Pasir). The walkover ward gets its upgrading projects going in due course while the contested ward gets more money for more upgrades (Unless the ruling party treats the opposition ward as not belonging to Singapore - Whatever happened to One People, One Nation, One Singapore?).

Competition oso brought extra income back into our pockets (Budget surplus refers to the excess money that was collected by the govt thru taxes, fees, etc and was not used). Assuming if there was no contests, govt would be redirecting a higher % of surpluses to foreign investments rather than consumption as it provides a higher payout (GDP = private consumption + government + investment + net exports).

But the govt subsidy would eventually be returned back to the economy and spark a temporary economy growth thru increased consumption, thus beautifying the next quarter's growth report.

Foreign political analysts and several opposition parties including the Workers' Party of Singapore and the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) have argued that Singapore is a de facto one-party state. Many consider the form of government in Singapore to be closer to authoritarianism such as illiberal democracy or procedural democracy rather than true democracy. Reporters Without Borders ranked Singapore 140th out of 167 countries in its 2005 Worldwide Press Freedom Index. It has also been alleged that the PAP employs censorship, gerrymandering and the filing of civil suits against the opposition for libel or slander to impede their success. - Copied and pasted from Wikipedia

I salute the Hougang and Potong Pasir residents for supporting the Opposition even thou the voting slips are serial marked to increase obedience. This is an example of consistency in minority influence. Chiam and Low had secured their place in Potong Pasir and Hougang respectively through commitment initially, then as a recognised figure, representing the residents in their wards actively.

The 6 brave kamikaze workers had also won in another definition. They gave Mr PM the lowest winning margin for PMs given that they are in fact, young and inexperienced, and can impact Mr PM's confidence so deep that he starts to blabber, hesitates his speech and becomes shaky. I wonder if Mr PM lost his ward, will he still be the PM?

The close Aljunied fight was the most exciting to watch. Its a 44% for the Opposition. That's 6% to a deunce. The small winning % could be attributed to Cynthia Phua, who was always going ard, election or not, with her family building rapport with the residents as stated by a resident. (I DUN SEE MY MP WALKING ARD!! I NVR EVEN SEEN HER IN PERSON LOR!)

And the strong turnout for WP's rally, was yet another minority effectiveness eg. Sylvia Lim, thru this GE, had convinced, gained acceptance and established her recognition with 44% of Aljunied residents. Its already a big win for the minorities. Long run, they might win this GRC if boundaries remain status quo.

Regarding the Gomez thing, I was away from Singapore, so I nvr knew the whole story. After I came back, its still on Gomez Gomez Gomez and his stupid form. And following that, The Infamous Bak Chor Mee Podcast, which I nvr heard, and only know that it was from Brown and Miyagi production studios TODAY! (yup yup rather slow, considering that I regularly read their blogs. I din listen to their podcasts lah..)

Its not the 1st time that WP screwed up in Aljunied during Nomination Day anyway. They had their nominations rejected in 2001 when they declared incompletely, so wats so special this time round?

The opposition had increased support in this GE, even though they contested more wards (going by averages, less wards = less voters = each voter holds a higher %). What does it signify? People want change. Changes for the better. People are changing. People want a better voice. People want to be seen on a micro-context. People are smarter.

Focusing on winning party's post-result press conference (out of nothing else), its rather, well I'll say, claiming the victorious flag and putting down the Opposition. It was aggressively attacking the Opposition's efforts and the voters who supported the other party.

If the results of 2001 (75%) was not benchmarked upon due to terrorism threats and poor economy, was the Asian Financial Recession of 1997 or the Early 1980s Recession forgotten?

2006, our economy had already picked up and flew away. Biggest problem now would be the rising oil prices. Recession? Where??

Stop the 'OVERWHELMING' 66.6% support. Overwhelming, overwhelming, overwhelming. Its only borderline B3 and a decline from the previous election. Stop window-dressing ur results. Its 1 out of 3 people that voted the other party! Close to half! N with the aging population, the old time mindset and support is going to make way for the new young. Time to restrategize and reflect on the attitudes.

The new young, being always out of home, would require different methods to reach out to them. With internet media being so widely accepted by this target audience, they shldnt be disallowing podcasts and blogs. Society is changing, leaders need to change to react to these changes too.

Mr PM seems to be addicted to pulling down his stairs. How does he noe that most people who supported him in his ward are young people? Link to the serials n one can guess the answer, even if it might not be the answer, the serials will only make people think negatively althou it might jus be used for control and authentication purposes.

Of the 66.6% (its so satanic!), how many of these conformed interally or outwardly only? How many are influenced by the serial numbers and majority effectiveness? How many are due to OBEDIENCE?

"Exactly two-thirds of Singaporeans voted for the PAP, a margin better than what the Prime Minister had expected, which was 60-65 percent."

Shouldnt it be eligible/contested/votable Singaporeans? What abt the other half of Singapore that had been trampled over? Forsaken? Walkover wards do not get to choose. So ur population shld only consist of those contested wards. That statement would only be true IF the Opposition fields enuff people to contest the whole of Singapore.

N y is Mr PM's malay better than mandarin?? Was he excluded from the Speak Mandarin campaigns?

Marxist's social conflict theory states that individuals and groups (social classes) within society have differing amounts of material and non-material resources (the wealthy vs. the poor) and that the more powerful groups use their power in order to exploit groups with less power. In this case, the ruling party has obviously more resources (finances, media, talents, power, etc) than the minority.

Lastly, if the parliament is representative of people's choice, shouldnt it consist of 34% Oppositions, since 1 out of 3 voted for them??

Now that the excitement is over, the dust has settled, boundaries will be redrawn yet again, will there be 2 teams going ard garnering support thru addressing the needs for the next election in the same ward during the 5 yrs?

I'm waiting to see some post-results courtside action.

If there's one thing that backfired, it would be the education system. The new young got too smart.

(It was a good essay practice. But.. I need Wikipedia during exams!! And I took TOO LONG!)

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SDP says poor results due to "undemocratic" elections
By Pearl Forss, Channel NewsAsia

SINGAPORE : The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) has said its poor showing at the polls was due to an election which it describes as "undemocratic".

In a statement read to reporters at the SDP office at Serangoon Road, shortly after the results were announced, Ms Chee Siok Chin, said in democratic elections, the losing party would congratulate the victors and extend them its best wishes.

But she said in an election as undemocratic as this, the SDP does not concede anything to the People's Action Party (PAP).

Three reasons were cited.

The party said rules were changed and introduced before and mid-way through the elections. For example, SDP's podcast was banned.

It alleged the media waged a relentless campaign especially against the SDP.

And third, it claimed the lawsuit by Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Mr Lee Hsien Loong silenced the SDP and prevented it from engaging and questioning Health Minister Mr Khaw Boon Wan on the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) issue.

All this, it said, is over and above the fear that voters face and the vote-buying measures of the PAP through the Progress Package.

The statement went on to say the SDP would contest the next General Election and will start work now.

But when asked which area it plans to focus its efforts on, Ms Chee declined comment.

The SDP had fielded seven candidates in this election.

Mr Ling How Doong, who contested in single seat Bukit Panjang, obtained 22.82 percent of the votes, losing out to PAP's Teo Ho Ping,

The SDP's six-member team in Sembawang GRC obtained 23.3 percent of the votes cast by residents there.

Earlier, its candidate Ling walked out of a counting centre after complaining about extra table lamps in the counting hall.

He said: "You should go there, take a look at the ceiling lights, even a blind man can see with the lights, yet they put four more lights there. They put at four corners, so they start the lights and do the counting. I told them, if you don't (switch) off the lights, we are not participating in the counting, we left." - CNA/de/ch

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PM Lee calls on Singaporeans to close ranks after election
By Hwee Goh, Channel NewsAsia

SINGAPORE: It was a decisive win for the People's Action Party (PAP) in the Singapore General Election.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who received a 66.6 percent nod from Singaporeans, thanked voters for "a very strong mandate."

While two single-seat wards remained firmly in opposition hands, the PAP stopped the opposition from winning a through a Group Representation Constituency.

Mr Lee also called on Singaporeans to close ranks and move ahead.

Make Singapore a "shining red dot," he said.

Mr Lee was speaking at the 2am post-election news conference on Sunday.

Exactly two-thirds of Singaporeans voted for the PAP, a margin better than what the Prime Minister had expected, which was 60-65 percent.

Mr Lee said this was not to be compared with 2001's 75 percent because of the spectre of terrorism and a poor economy then.

Besides that year, this is PAP's best showing since 1980 and slightly higher than 1997's.

Mr Lee said: "During these nine days of campaigning, many issues have been raised, many proposals hotly argued, many passions aroused.

"Now that the elections are over, we should come together again as one people. Our unity and cohesion has been one of Singapore's key strengths and you must continue to make it so.

"But I want also to continue to encourage open debate on issues because neither the PAP nor the government nor the opposition has all the solutions and answers to problems. But we have enormous talents in Singaporeans. And each has something important to contribute. We should tap and engage this for the good of Singapore."

The Prime Minister was flanked by 9 other party members who reflected not just a cross section of representation but also a next-generation team in place.

The conference centred very much on the future, and looked ahead to "an exciting Parliament."

Mr Wong Kan Seng said: "We have a new leadership today and in Parliament, with election of 24 of them, you'll find that this parliament will comprise 80% of new MPs elected since 1997 and that is a significant change. If you consider how other countries develop, you'll find that we have continually self renewed ourselves to stay relevant and that policy must continue."

The Deputy Prime Minister also thanked overseas Singaporeans for taking part in the election, and hoped more would do so in future elections.

As for the next general election, Prime Minister Lee said it would have to depend on what is happening in the region and the world, and the new faces would have come into their own.

Mr Lee said: "We're not sitting here wondering what's going to happen, waiting for it to happen. We are going to make things happen and the way to do that is to have a strong team who can work together to make things happen.

"In the next 5 years, they will establish themselves, they will learn the ropes, they will get the hang of it. By the next election, they will be old hands, experienced, some anchor persons, key members of the team."

This begs the next question: when will a cabinet reshuffle be announced?

The Prime Minister has earlier indicated four new faces will become office holders. - CNA/ir/ls

Taiwanians from a Tourist's Point of View

Finally the Doggy is done with its 8 days recollection. I shall supplement with my findings on the culture (aka the way they behave)there.

(This is gonna look a bit like RR's entry in her blog. But I, being ME, do not do summaries. I'm bad at those. My summaries normally end up looking like an essay.)

Taiwanese (where did I get the word TaiwanIANS anyway) are Very Orderly

I actually dun see much sign boards reminding people to stand at the right side of escalators so that others in a rush can overtake on the left side.


Right side (Can see some ppl overtaking on the left)


Right Side!

Look at Singapore. With all those promotional campaigns abt standing on the left side of escalators to faciliate movement, etc, how do the people in Singapore (I'm not using Singaporeans bcos there's too much "imports" in Singapore already, who noes who're the ones who dun follow the rules) behave??

How many times have u not been able to rush up a flight of escalators bcos someone is standing in the middle/friends are standing side-by-side and chatting away/lovers are hugging/kids are running here n there, etc? Countless times for me, esp when I'm rushing for drum class, up the several flights of escalators. I hate all these inconsiderate people, esp lovers, STOP HUGGING OR KISSING IN THE MIDDLE OF ESCALATORS CAN??

In Taiwan, doesnt matter if they're lovers or kids, most, if not all, follow the right hand rule. And it doesnt only apply to MRT stations. They do it EVERYWHERE. I'm amazed at how considerate/rule-obliging/orderly they are.


Queing for MRT NEATLY

The lines at the platform are drawn in 2 rows, signifying 2 queues. Note how neatly they stand. We have those lines too! How we stand? Crowd crowd crowd behind the line, door open, seize every opportunity to get into the train, blocking those that are alighting.

When their MRT comes, they DO NOT rush in. They patiently wait for passengers to alight b4 boarding even thou the door-closing sound is already beeping. I normally see the "platform master" checking if all commuters are safely in the train b4 whistling to signify all clear. For us, commuters jus RUN and SQUEEZE and overfill the train whilst the train master jus close the doors to hint those that r halfway in (or out) that they shld either stay in (or out). And people in Singapore have a habit of crowding at the door and not moving to the centre of the carriage. Centre got ghost issit?

We all know that Singapore is a world-acclaimed clean country. Roads clean, govt clean, toilet clean (depends where), everywhere clean. But how many campaigns did we run to remind people to throw their barangs into the proper place? How hefty a fine we have to pay for littering? How many rubbish bins we have so that people have no excuse to say that the rubbish bin is too far away so they jus throw on the floor?

In Taiwan, we had to hold the empty cups/empty food carriers/tissues, etc etc for perhaps a few streets b4 we could locate a rubbish bin. Its worse at the nite markets, with maybe only one centralised rubbish bin and u might have to ask the shop assistants if u can throw the rubbish at their place while u shop. They have a rubbish truck (with loud melody to announce its arrival) which patrol the street every now and then, collecting rubbish from the shops. With all these inaccessibilities and inconveniences, their streets can still rival their counterparts in Singapore. A few cigarette butts here and there and some chewed 槟榔 occasionally would be the only objects that could be found on the floor.

Maybe its the effort of all these considerate acts, we din see cockroaches having a party even late at night (they always hold party at my void deck when I return home from sch). But the few that we see are truly huge, big and black. Still we do not need to dance along (avoid stepping on them) with the cockroaches while returning to our hotel.


Underground MRT without protective door

Its kinda scary when the wind jus blows when the train is coming and when its approaching, it comes at fast speed. Wat if it derails? Budden looking at this picture, I'm trying hard not to laff at the way we've been protected and the way we still behave whilst being protected. Is the govt protecting us due to the way we misbehave (play ard on platform) or are we behaving in this manner bcos we're safe from the trains (protected mahh.. so safe.)?

(Some MRT stations along the 木栅 line have protective doors even thou the station is above ground. I'll presume its due to political issues.)

But despite being orderly, one can mark a sharp contrast with the motorists on the road.

In Taiwan, motorbikes seem to be the common transport. They're in abundance everywhere! Most often than not, u'll see mothers riding the scooter with the kid standing or sitting in front of the mum or 3 person on a bike. The helmets there oso come in various colors n designs, going for as cheap as NT100. Safety-wise, I doubt its practicability.

True, people in Singapore and Taiwanese honk whenever they have the chance. People in Singapore honk at every single opportunity when the traffic is slow, when someone cuts into their lane, when someone is blocking, while they're mouthing the F word, etc etc. The main reason I see Taiwanese honk for, is to announce to commuters from blind spots, turning out from small alleys, etc that they're passing thru. Its more of a signal of safety than a show of frustration.

But apart from the safety honks, motorists are rather irritating there. It gets on our nerves when we have to make way consistently for motorbikes or scooters or cars or even trucks to squeeze thru in the nite markets. They make things worse with their exhaust splurting out carbon monoxide into the already not-well-ventilated space.

The drivers get worse on the roads. Although they're not speeding like the dashdevils in Singapore, motorists on Taiwan road are typically too efficient. They DO NOT wait for the green man to change to red nor even for the pedestrains to finish crossing before they turn into the road. They could be squeezing in the gap btwn u and the person in front, or wheezing past ur butt, so much so that u have to either wait in the middle of the road for them to pass by in front of u or walk faster to prevent ur butt from being scratched.

But they cant really be blamed totally, since the traffic lights we see does not have standardized timing for pedestrains to cross. Some could have as little as 15 sec while others have as much as 90 sec, with not a big difference between the length of the road to be crossed.

I recall seeing an instance where the lights are red, the lights for the other side change to green, one of the motorist on the side where the lights r still red move forward and out of the line. Abt 3 bikes follow behind. Then they hesitated as the vehicles on the other side starting moving. Then.. THEY JUS DASH ACROSS, past the red lights, past the on-coming vehicles on their right.

With all these road hazards terrorizing the streets, its nice to see people VOLUNTEER (well, the volunteer word is printed at the back of their vests) to control the traffic at some junctions and help school kids or elderly cross the road.

Taiwanese are Very Environmental Friendly

So much so that convenience stores requires u to purchase plastic bags from them even thou u could be buying heaps of purchases, or that pharmacy which only provide plastic bags if u're buying sanitary pads. Or the bookshop at C.K.S. Airport, which wraps ur purchases in nice little recycled paper packages that makes u feel like u're going to post the parcel instead of reading it urself, althou the rest of the bookstores uses plastic bags. I wonder how many natural habitats they saved from being polluted with plastic bags? No wonder their streams and rivers are so clean.

The public toilets there, normally would not be affixed with a toilet roll holder, meaning most public toilets there do not have toilet paper provided. And the tissues sold at vending machines outside the toilets costs NT10 each. Its SGD$0.50 each! Only those toilets in big shopping centres provide toilet papers but they oso do their part in energy conservation. The one in Miramar had 2 different flush settings. They actually have a tea table inside (dunno for wat) and their wash basins are sensor kind (waste less water as it stops once the hand is out of the sensor).

If I didnt see wrongly, I came across an escalator in one of those MRT malls which is not operating in the afternoon. There was a sign which wrote something like "Escalator not in operation due to energy conservation". Service downtime were 10am to 4pm and 10 pm to 4am if I din remember wrongly. If it were to happen in Singapore, people will be cursing and swearing and complaining to the media in hope dat threatening bad word-of-mouth and bringing down their reputation will get a favourable response.

Most places we see in Taiwan have rubbish bins that comes in pairs, one for recyclable trash (althou I cant define wat is recyclable), the other for normal trash. That's their enthusiastic attitude towards environment protection.

We may be green physically but we're not green mentally. I sometimes wonder how many trees have I wasted unwillingly due to all the permits and documents that I print for compliance sake and throw them away after 7 yrs. I tried to recycle them until I was told not supposed to bcos of confidentiality. Thats dunno how many trees wasted (cos print on one side) due to some stupid compliance law lor. I'm so gonna propose to change my printer to a duplex one. Save paper, save storage space, save me from stapling the permits, save the trees, save the earth!

Taiwanese are Very Friendly/Helpful/Approachable

Either they have lost tourist radar installed in their input processing system or we simply look like we're helplessly lost, they always appear to help us find back our bearings. Very initiative I'll say. There's even an instance where we're on the bus looking at the map to see where the bus will lead us along which route and the guy sitting across the aisle asked us in the best english he can summon (still broken) to ask us where we're going. We noe perfectly well where we're heading to and we definitely dun look like we're lost. Taiwanese always noe where is where.

People in Singapore, on the other hand, will definitely not approach people even if they look desperately lost. Ok, most I mean. There'll still be some minorities who would do dat. N with our funny road names and thousand of street names within such a small country, I'll guess 5 out of 10 people being asked to give directions will have totally no idea where the street is. Some might even lead the tourist on a wild goose chase, going round n round without finding the destination and have to ask another person.

Somehow, I was often asked to give directions. Not sure why, even thou some people will still ask to ascertain if I'm a Singaporean. Do I have an accent in my speech? I dunno. Back to the direction giving. I'm not as street-wise as I look ok. I can still mix up Jalan Bahar/Jalan Besar/Bras Besar, nor do I noe where Prinsep Road is. I can walk from Far East to Chinatown but I'm not able to tell u wat bus to take. So most of the time, I'll reply in the negative. But if they have a map, I'll try to locate n bring them to the place. Or if I'm walking in the direction oso, I'll get them to follow me. But still I might point tourists to the wrong direction and find out only later (opps!).

Taiwanese are Bad at Guessing the Hometown of Tourists

For the 8 days we're there, we've became Hongkies, Taiwanese, Japanese, Malaysians. Only once when the shopkeeper at 五分埔 guessed correctly that we're from Singapore (but that is after we conversed to each other with English cham Mandarin). When did our accents sound like Hongkies anyway?

N I think for most of them, they do not noe what kind of a place Singapore is, except those who had been there for holidays. Some of them have a concept that Singaporeans dunno how to speak Mandarin. So when I started replying them in Mandarin, they'll be amazed at how "pronounciation-perfect" (their standard not very high. I is far from perfect) we were. They were stunned further when we conversed with them using our Hokkien cham Teochew against their 闽南语. We were very comfortable (language-wise) in Taiwan. Mandarin we understand, dialect we understand, english oso no sweat!

Taiwanese are Very Charitable

On the 1st day, we met someone raising money for stray cats and dogs on the streets. She went on continuously asking people to donate, then thank them even they dun donate, politely, and CONTINUOUSLY!! Rather suspicious bcos we dunno where the money would go to in the end and the woman's thank yous are very exaggerated, but still, people donate, thou not much.

Most receipts in Taiwan are standardised. From pharmacies, bakeries, bookstores, etc etc, they all use receipts from a common manufacturer, which was running a lottery printed behind the receipts. Results are released every 2 months and I'll guess u claim the prize with the winning serial of the receipt.

Receipts being receipts, for 2 months, its gonna be a heap of receipts to check thru for any winning ones. Not a lot of people will keep receipts for dat long. We actually noticed boxes located in shopping centres for people to donate the receipts and the proceeds will go to charity. The boxes were rather full, and there's a notice pasted outside the box indicating the accumulated amount of money that was won and donated from that box. The one at the airport was abt NT300k donated. For ONE box. Wow.

Other Points of Notes

Despite how flavor-enhanced their food were, I did not notice any hint of garlic appearing in the veggies or meat. Now who was the one who says garlic can bring out the fragrance of the food? It still tastes jus as good WITHOUT garlic! *Drools on thought of the cabbage at Alisan*

Taiwan society (and media) is rather open. They have quite a few religious channels with monks or nuns reading scriptures. They even have porn on their tv channels! Wat? Encouraging birth rates?

Generally people in Taiwan are well-groomed and figure-conscious. Our stay in XiMenDing brought us sights of many fashion-chasing school girls and punkish/celebrity-looking hunks. Although their food can be rather oily, there aint much obese people around. Might be due to the cold temperatures they have or they're jus plain weight-conscious.

Ok thats it for my Taiwan essay. I wanna go again!!

Taiwan Trip in details
Taiwan Expedition Day 1
Taiwan Expedition Day 2
Taiwan Expedition Day 3
Taiwan Expedition Day 4
Taiwan Expedition Day 5
Taiwan Expedition Day 6
Taiwan Expedition Day 7
Taiwan Expedition Day 8

Taiwan Expedition Day 8 - Guest-Blogged By 浪迹天涯小狗

浪迹天涯小狗 very hardworking, diligently brought u 8 days in Taiwan within 4 days (dun follow the dates at the top, its been manipulated).


浪迹天涯小狗 & 斯多碧琳

29th April 2006

Our flight was at 6pm in the evening, but we checked out of the hotel at 11am. The mistress bought so much dat she had 3 luggages to manage. The few boxes of biscuits bought at 奋起湖 is unexpectedly heavy for BISCUITS.


The mess of our hotel room at 金师饭店.

We took the MRT to Taipei Main Station and left our luggage in the lockers there and travelled back to 西门丁 in search of 阿宗面线. Somehow all the frens that have been to Taiwan couldnt exactly direct us to the 阿宗面线 place, so we walked quite some unnecessary distance b4 raising the white flag and asking the locals.


阿宗面线

To faciliate others, the mistress had taken photos of the landmarks ard 阿宗面线.


Firstly, turn right from 西门丁 station and walk until u see this building.


Turn right when u see the building above to go into this small alley.


There u are, 阿宗面线 with its usual crowd of people standing and eating outside the shop.

Maybe it was due to the high expectations that we had even b4 coming to Taiwan, that we din find it superly out of this world. The 阿宗面线 doesnt contain any orrhhs. It was done with pig's intestines or stomachs. NT40 per bowl.

We went back to Taipei Main Station to collect our luggages.


美真香 has ventured into the Taiwan market. There's a 新加坡 wording at the signboard at the side too.

On the way, we bought some Mister Donuts after being attracted by the que n wondering if its really as nice as the que shows.


The que outside Mister Donut. QUE FOR DONUTS!!


There u go, the mistresses' Mister Donuts, crumpled from the clutching of donuts in one hand, struggling with the luggages on the other.


Pon De Double Chocolat


Custard French which the mistress ate up b4 taking pictures to gian people.


Choco Custard

Conclusion: Its not too sweet nor oily. The mistress would give it 4 outta 5.


That's our flight!


The seats of Jetstar Asia flying to Taipei. Pretty reasonable for the price. The air-stewardess had a bad command of Mandarin, which almost made me burst out laffing whenever she got stuck at some phrase.

As the weather was not all bright and sunny, we encountered quite a few turbulences due to the wind. We landed at 11pm at the Changi airport.

The mistresses' 战利品s:-


She went Taiwan for these!


Suddenly she realised she bought a lot of MONKEY tees! The blue and the pink one at the back are printed with monkey cartoons. There's still another black color tee, with monkey design oso!


The CDs she bought. The 何以奇 CD was due to the incessant bombarding of 让你飞 on radios, TVs, or the music in shops. The whole CD actually only dat song nice. Her voice is not as good compared to 同恩. The other CD is her 堂本刚's Endlicheri*Endlicheri.


She bought quite a few pairs of studs n earrings there.


Here's Doggy saying bye to Taiwan, and the readers! Till the next trip!! Cya~