My new phone,
Samsung Omnia Pro!

Happy Birthday Singapore

It's National day tomorrow and I will be spending it at work! :( It sucks big time beacause I can't catch the National Day Parade. PLUS there will LEOPARD tanks rolling out on the platform this year and the Total Defence Display!

Have you guys joined in The Pledge Moment at 8.22Pm just now? If you are not sure what it is, it's actually the timing for all Singaporeans to come together to recite the Pledge, reflect the meaning and reaffirm their commitment to the nation. Recite the Pledge before you sleep tonight if you haven't done it and especially so for those who haven't done it for years. As a Singaporean, we tend to forget how lucky we are to have the pink IC or 11B. People who thinks that life outside the country is better are absolutely wrong. It's only here where people regards you as one of their own and treats you with respect.

Do recite the Pledge, understands what it means and always hold it to your heart.

WHY?

Simply because you are a SINGAPOREAN!

For those who had forgotten what are exact lines of The Pledge, here it is...

We the citizens of Singapore,

Pledge ourselves as one united people,

Regardless of race, language or religion,

To build a democratic society, base on justice and equality,

So as to achieve happiness, prospertity and progress of our nation.

New Phone

I will get this phone soon!

Nokia E71

Haven't been blogging lately because there are nothing to blog about. The past few weeks were simply monotonous. School, Work, Shows, Dota & occasionally Club. Late night activities has been reduced too since the departure of Darryl Khoo, Kai Wah & Chiu Hao...

Another asshole who leaves the group!

Mr Low Kai Wah.

Always no excuses...

Only when you fly so high up, you could see how big the world is and how much things you could do.

Couple Of Events

Frankie's 23rd Birthday

We celebrated Frankie's Birthday at Darry Khoo's house on Tuesday night. The birthday boy is 23 years old this year. Old, old, old... Darryl Khoo managed to get him a mango cake at the last minute.


The cake is only a quarter because that's all which is left at the cake shop at 9pm!

We managed to give him a better celebration at Starbucks last night. Hope it would cheer him up since he was feeling sad over his relationship. Anyway no worries because you wouldn't walk the same path as us.

Spiritless face!

DK & CH's Departure To Australia

The 2 lucky guys are leaving for Australia to further their studies, throwing the rest of us in Singapore to rot.

Our last 2 group shots. The Armourers + 1 Signaller. Haha...

2 gone, 1 more to go which is Kai Wah. Everyone is leaving one after another and the group is getting smaller and smaller. I guess the fun days will soon be gone too.

Sigh... Another reason to get emotional again.

Won't be online so frequent.
My CPU died on me.
Gotta wait till I assemble a new one.
No Dota, no shows, no msn...
Disconnected to the world.
Argh...

Beer Buffet

Went to Holland Village for a drinking session with the guys and girl. As usual, the girl is Jocelyn Tey Qiu Ling, the siao charbo who can drink a lot. The buffet was very worth it because most of us drink more than 3 pines for just 23 bucks. And that's the reason which got Joel & Wei Sheng drunk. I was almost there too after playing some "3 in 1" game with Wei Sheng.

This is the last few days to get together with Darryl Khoo, Kai Wah and Chiu Hao. These 3 are gonna fly off either next week or the week after next. Lucky bastards who got to study overseas and can chase some caucasians girls. I'm jealous, I want angmos too!

I will be starting school at Kaplan studying ACCA next Friday. I am feeling kind of funny about schooling since I have stopped studying for about 2 years. I don't know if I would ever find back the energy and discipline to study. Not very excited about going back to school since it was not the big 3 Universities that I so much wanted to join. In addition, 50% of the students from the classes that I will be attending will be from China & Myanmar. Sigh... I don't like.

Looking on the bright side, my travel time is only 30 minutes because the school is situated behind Centerpoint. I only need to attend a 3 hours lesson on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. At least I don't get to see the Chinarians everyday.

Things will be different if I was selected for SMU.

P.S. Won't be coming back home tomorrow. Gonna get myself drunk...

Paris

After staying for 3 days in London, my sister and I took EuroStar to Paris. EuroStar is an express train which took us 2 hours from London to Paris. We woke up 3am on Tuesday just to catch the 5.30am train. We slept the whole journey and missed a great deal of beautiful sceneries along the way. We were way too tired especially when we slept at 12am the night before.

Paris, well known for their fine dining & pasteries.

Musée du Louvre

The world most famous and visited Museum in the world. The Museum is able to contain 380 000 objects and 35 000 artworks. Imagine how big the Museum is! One day is never enough for you to see everything, let alone appreciate it.

Lourve Museum is also one of the filming ground for the movie, Da Vinci Code. The painting of Mona Lisa is in here too!

Excited people?

Too bad I'm not going to post the picture! Bleh...

The Pyramid as well as the main entrance to the Museum.


I have taken some of the more famous sculptures and paintings to share. These artworks are priceless. If you are planning to get rich in a dishonest way, Lourve is the place to strike! Haha...

The Napoleon room was showcased in the Museum too. The pictures below are exactly the furnitures and lighthings that was used by the previous King of France.

Mona Lisa

The painting was hung in a huge viewing gallery which was so crowded. I had to squeeze my way through just to catch a glimpse of the portrait. The painting was quite pale, very different from what we saw on the Internet and Tv shows, probably due to the long-time exposure to the surrounding air.

Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel

It is an Triumphal Arch to remember Napoleon's military victories of the past. It was situated not far away from Lourve Museum.

After the visit of the two attractions, my sister and I took a stroll along a bridge across River Seine. That is where she decided to get herself drawn by a street artist. She thinks she is Mona Lisa?

The picture turns out to be so unlike her and she paid 20 Euros for it. Haha...

Arc de Triomphe

Another Triumphal Arch that we are seeing here. It is twice bigger then Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel. Plus, we are able to go up the Arch to take a look at the city view.

Beneath the Arc is the tomb of an unidentified soldier of the First World War. The eternal flame is to burn in memory of the dead who were never identified in the two World Wars.

And up we climb to the top of the Arch,

And up,

Still up!

And we finally reach! We climb a total of 284 steps before we reach the observation level.

The view on the top of the Arch is fantastic. We could see stretches of roads winding up and down the city. The buildings in France are exceptionally well-designed and crafted out. It is a city of inspriations and dreams.

Notre Dame Cathedral

A Gothic Cathedral which is widely considered one of the finest piece of French Gothic architecture in the world.

At the bottom left of the collage, there are several organs which were installed and still playable till now.

And we climbed again, this time to the top of the Cathedral.

One of the 5 bells in the Cathedral which mark the hours of the day and for various occasions and services.

Eiffel Tower

Again, we are going up to the top but we are taking elevator this time round. No energy wasted to get to the top.

The night view of Paris is different from the day. It is purely romanctic. Definitely a good place for couples to visit. Too bad I went with the wrong person! Argh...

Singapore is 10 745 km away from Eiffel Tower. Luckily I am home now!

Ferry Rider Along River Seine

We had a ferry ride along River Seine for a sightseeing tour.

There are a total of 37 bridges across River Seine in Paris. I remembered that when we were passing one of the bridge, the tour commentor said, "The bridge that we are going to pass is the most romantic bridge in the world. Close your eyes and make a wish when passing through the bridge, it will come true within the year." And so I made a wish. Hopefully it will come true because it doesn't seem so right now! Sigh...

Musée d'Orsay

Another Museum we visited. It was formally a railway station but it was reconstructed into a Museum because the short platforms were unsuitable for longer trains. The Museum is well-known for their impressionist masterpieces by the famous artists.

Moulin Rouge

We caught the performance from Moulin Rouge on our last night in Paris. In Paris, you shouldn't miss the cabaret of Moulin Rouge. A freaking awesome superb marvelous musical entertainment by their performers. It is 101% entertaining and they are renowned for their strip-tease.

***Most of the time, the female performers are not covering their top***

Too bad, photographies are not allowed inside. Nothing to share with you all.

Or maybe I have!

Hehe...