Perth - back to basic

Revisiting Perth is like revisiting basic...This is the place where I learnt how to fly...This is the place where I got the nasty chicken pox, alone in the isolation box...This is the place where Huimin spent a total of 25days for her holidays.. So much feelings for Perth, and it is all coming back to mi like to "Tidal wave"...

Armed with EOS400D that i recently purchased, took a train to Fremantle and had my dosage of Kaili's fish and chip.. not too bad, still tasted good....supposedly plan to catch a dosage to Littel creature pale ale, but looking at it....Nah, i will not die if I do not drink beer for a day....

Additional info - Perth is known to be the most remote and isolated city in the world. Slow pace of life and everything shuts down by 5pm....

Enjoy the pic




































Top to Bottom :
1 Lone busker
2 "Mine Mine"
3 Looking at it while drinking my mocha latte
4 Lenses cover
5 A yellow man @ the train station

:)
aliying

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My mother had watched it, Jeffrey mother had watched it, Daniel mother had watched it

I had not watched it, Jeffrey had not watched it, Daniel had not watched it.

Finally, I am watching it coming Friday(The plan)

:)

aliying

The acquisation is complete!

The EOS400D is transacted today!

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aliying
offically changed from convectional to digital photography

Behold the new credit card Zen!

Behold the new Zen! Enough gadget alreadi!

Holding on to :Fujitsu E7010/palm treo750v/Zen Vision W/ IPOD nano/ PS2

Next acquisation : 2nd hand EOS400D

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aliying

Zurich with Ben Poon KK

Footpath



















A piece of Singapore in Switzerland?
























Just mi



























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Luzern, South of Zurich, Switzerland

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aliying
Home
Feeling not so okie..watching young Uma Thurman movie

"situation cool"

As I am waiting for huimin, I had time to reflect upon myself.

Recently, I am learning to become more "cool" - not cool in the sense like elvin ng, that kind of handsome cool, or aliying doing hiphop dancing or beatboxing.
Not cool that I am the "tia" IC and always kanna challenge by others to drink

I am learning to be "situation cool" - for eg, when somebody overtake mi, I am cool abt it(maybe that guy is in a rush)

when somebody talks, I am cool abt it...(I ensure, be sure and very sure that I bit my lips so that the other people can finish his or her sentence wihout mi interrupting)

I am learning to be cool, whatever the plan changes, it is not a big deal, it shall be a small deal....

I am learning to be cool(that I may not agree with his or her idea, but it is not going to kill mi if I follow or agree to it)

I am learning to be cool, that I think b4 I act, speak, continue the flow of conversation, stay relevent...

Still find it v difficult to achieve, but I can see progress.. slowly but surely...

On the sidenote, tink I am thinking too much.. There are a lot of little things in life that we can enjoy - walk along east coast park, talk to each other, having a short dinner with my families and how can I ever forget my usual dosage of kopitiam beer with ah frey!

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a "cool" aliying
@NUS
listening to a just ORD NUS guy buaya to 2 just finished JC girl...Lima Oscar Lima
blog created using my palmtreo750v

Today is the day i saw the most of my batch boys

In Singapore, I saw Ah Sean, KT and Yang today at one shot. In addition, I met Hans and Ben

Ah Sean - Frankfurt
KT - Rome
Yang - Osaka
Mi - came back from Jakarta
Hans - from Nagoya
Ben - together with mi to jakarta

air travel is simply amazing, bringing people together and away continuously....

:)
aliying

palm treo750v revolution

I am in the midst of revolutionising my pda phone - spb plus, spb diary, full shutdown capablity, bejeweled, soduku, etc

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an organised aliying

不能说的秘密 / secret

National Day - I went to watch 不能说的秘密 / secret with Min, Ah Frey and Peanututu. Maybe I had been listening to Jay Chou's song since 1996. (I am not really his super hard core fan, but found most of his music smoothing to my ears and enhance my listening pleasure...more importantly, his songs keep mi thinking and self reflect) Maybe I had most of his CD and countless mp3 inside my Ipod. Maybe he was human after all....Maybe we had something in common....hey hey!!!

This review is therefore ...bias....but it is indeed a better movie that I had watched till now....

Simple, sincere piece of work, doing what he do best by playing the piano instead of drifting (Initial D) or chopping people up(菊花台), being himself and very humane, nice twist at the end of the story (108steps from the piano room to the classroom, a simple yet genuine secret, do find out yourself), reaching to the very soul of people...

It feels good to go dating again

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aliying

Aug had always been a good month

Things to look forward in Aug

1. meet up with my NUS classmates
2. meet up with Ben and Coy
2.5 meet up with my SIA guys
3. meet up with my contractor daniel
4. I will be in Singapore for National Day
5. I had finished Harry potter and the deathly hallows alreadi!

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aliying

sun @ mac

Min, parents and myself bought the niece and nephew to west coast mac on Sun morning.

Noisy they are, adorable they are

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aliying

chillout with a coke...

Had dinner at new garo jap rest near chun tin road, bukit timah...Min, Shan, Mr Chua, Ah frey and peanututu.... Afterwhich we went over to Maple pub to have a drink. Because I am on standby, i did not touch a single drip of alcohol in a smoke free pub....Felt a bit funny though, but professionalism supersede personal enjoyment...However, I still enjoy the nice chat and the companionship offered to mi

Thought of the first time we were at Dragonfly for the first time....
Compare :
a glass of coke at Maple: $5.50
12 bottles of Heinkein at Dragonfly each betn Ah frey and myself: $150
Both experience : Priceless

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aliying

thoughts

when you win something, you lose something

when you lose something, you win something

"anonomyous captain"

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Chong Eng

feeling ...good

Feeling good cos...
1. met up with my NUS classmates..good to hear that everyone is fine.
2. met up with Ah Frey and peanututu @ Bakerzin to suan the management trainee...
3. cleared my line check exams. at least do not feel so uptight now...relaxeds
4. going back to Singapore from Incheon today...and to spend quality time with Min.
5. I am drinking alot of water...


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aliying
Incheon
1345hrs Local

The forever friend bear attack on earthlings

Behold, the powderful Bear monster!

easily contented...

Are u easily contented? I was looking at the sundaytimes and I came across an article abt a man who is easily contented. He is not urgent to find a new job n he can continue to live a simple life without spending too much.

Now looking at myself, I start to wonder if I am contented with my life. Enough money? Enough credit car, change a new notebook, upgrade to a dslr?climb big mountains? The possibilities are endless. I come across as a person who wants to seek new challenges, but it may seem that on the other extreme, i am a person who will never be contented with the achievements and keeps wanting more
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Min is a v impt person in my life as she is a very easily contented person. She is able to keep mi down to earth and prevents mi from "falling over to the dark side"....

Going to catch the sneak of harry potter tonite! Need to find out who is luna lovegood cos i kind of forget who she is after reading the book in 2003

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aliying

my second blog entry using myb palm treo750v

got myself a pda phone and was really happy abt it. However, the nightmare began as it was not as idiot proof to use as it meant to be.. Missing out the original cable,trying to get the wireless sdio card working..damn shacked out.. I realised that when I am stuck with a prob, it tends to bother mi and I am pushed further and further in to solve the prob. Not too good not too good.. The solution(which is not easy)is to pull the plug and set the correct mindset - don't think abt it anymore! Put it aside and get a life! This is definitely the better aliying.

Now on the mrt train, it feels quite good to be able to look around, observe what other people are doing, reflect abt myself and need not worry abt the traffic ahead..somebody is drving the train, not mi driving the car... But the warm and outdated tibs bus ride is not fantastic,not fantastic.

Not sure why, but i am really feeling tired...yet another sign of getting old..sleep so much yet still feel tired... Buck on.aliying!

aliying

Holiday!

It had been a long long time since I updated my blog...I was away from sillypore for a good 18days.. hong kong,new york,KL and batu pahat...the makan is so good.... Definity the highlight of the year! Came back from leave, got myself settled down and it felt so good to write an entry..let my pic talk!


















Holiday in Hong Kong with my family - Dim Sum, shopping, ladies market, da yu shan






















Holiday with Min @ New York - Statue of Liberty














Our wedding bro and good friend - Stefen Chow, boat ride to Statue of Liberty














Our wedding bro and good friend - Colin Mark Holmes, Chinatown, NY















Bryant park, NY















Holiday 3 of 3 - KL














Got the waffles and root beer!, KL














Butter hey po, begger chicken, etc....













JB makan b4 we made our way back to Sillypore - sitting : Aliying and Ah Frey
standing : Alimin and peanututu



the nex two weeks is kind of critical to mi as I am undergoing a series of "exams" so to speak.. here are some things to look forward for his month..

NuS class outing,
spend time with Min,
attend lum & sizhen wedding,
meet up with vincent.

hope to clear the exams "soon soon smooth smooth steady steady"

:)
aliying

2am in New York

I am typing this using my trusty notebook and hooking up in the Efung's apartment's wifi.

The last few days in NY had been a great experience for min and myself. I had been to some cities, but nothing beats the New Yorker experience - passionate, fair and exciting...

Was at Ground Zero, which is just at the door step from Efung's apartment. Minds start to recollect what happened during Sept 11. Tragedy or conspiracy - you decide

Efung is a living example of a modern new yorker, as well as newly found friends of Min, Sailing and Aloyious in Cafe Wha. (Yes, I am out there drinking in moderation again). Listening to a six piece band, singing "I will survive" and a bride-to-be having a hen's nite doing the butt shake. I had been to St James live performance, but that cames hardly close to what I experienced in cafe Wha! www.cafewha.com

NY is so full of "life"...so full of "passion". Everyone is proud to be a piece of NY and the city never sleeps. Subway wriggle through the underground 24/7, hip hop dancer doing extraordinary street dancing, a saw violinist who uses a saw to play music, visit the Museum of Modern Art and listening to a 3 piece band playing bossa nova music while relaxing with my coffee and New York Cheesecake,

Had such a great time catching up with Efung. I obesrved that although NY is a fast paced society, it had several "slow yourelf down" installations. An example is the cheesecake cafe that we had been to earlier. Sitting there makes mi start to think - about the family who are based in Singapore. I also ponder about the major decisions that I made till now.

I also reflect on my character. Fair vs Nice. Which one do I want to be? Everbody wants to be the Mr Nice guy, but do such a person ever exist in the first place? Do nice guy always finish last? Sometimes, it is nice of you to be tactful, but does it provide you with additional problems? How abt the Fair guy? He is assertive, dare to speak up, able to communicate effectively and provides a win win situation for both parties? This is what I learn today and I am going to experiment with this for a while - be a FAIR guy.

So much things to do in New York, yet so little time!

:)
aliying

life in NY...great so far!

Dear all,

life in NY had been great to mi so far....here are some of the things that had happened till now...

5 jUN 07
Did my personal best of a continuous flight to NY direct... a total of 18.5hours of flight time. Min and I were very lucky to be able to get on board the flight as the flight was really full. The airbus 340-500 ULR flight was really impressive, in terms of the aircraft type and the service rendered to us... So many people are snacking away with bread, tibits and eating instant noodles...tough job tough job for the cabin crew.

Finally arrived at Newark, then took a while to figure out the way to Penn station and took a cab to Stefen's place. My first impression of NY are - fast pace, modern, artistic...
fast pace because all the New Yorkers seems to be rushing around all the time...I hardly see anyone standing around or chatting with people...they just move!

Modern because there are so so many high rise buildings - gothic yet modern

Artistic - hip hop dancing in the subway, yang qin + trumpet + guiter performance, rapper, art pieces, library(the NY central library ie NYCL is such a cool place to be in to create a fashion statement)

Efung just came back from his photography lessons and it was such a great feeling to be able to meet up with a good friend overseas...Hugs and kisses

06 Jun 07
We made our way to the statue of liberty. I am actually expecting it to be bigger...but nevertheless, "been there done that" is our mission for that.. The statue was a gift from the people of France to the people of America. Temperature wise, although it is summer, it is still rather cold with the wind chill factor, say 14-22 deg. we walked to Times square and had a coffee at Bryant park. It FEELS so good to be able to relax our legs in the middle to the city, have a coffee and spend quality time catching up. Had yakitori near NY University to round up the nite.

07 Jun 07
Factory outlet shopping the whole day - Man, 220 shops to choose from - the list of boutiques, you do not want to know...shop shop shop...never shop the whole day in my life b4. Start at 10am, end at 830pm.

08 Jun 07
Fri is "visit the museum free"day. Will be making our way to Museum of Modern Art, Gul museum, check out the music scene at Cafe Wha tonite, with finger food, good live music and beer. Supper may come at the Corner Bistro - serve cheap burgers, fries and drinks at approx 10USD.

Things to come
Central Park
Union square
Empire state building
Brooklyn Bridge
Chinatown

:)
aliying