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first of all, happy teachers day..!! wonder how many of you guys went back to our old schools today? unfortunately, i wasnt able to, coz of meetings today and lack of manpower...
i n f o . . .
1) Chicken pie lovers, read here! With a recommendation from my colleague, last sat me dom and derrick visited "Don Your Personal Pie Club", located at China Square Central. Paisei huh, dom and derrick, i lost my way a few times as we walk from raffles place mrt, and made both of you to walk a big round with me... hehe... Anyway, the Chicken Pie is very very nice~!! Crisy exterior, with juicy fillings... big chicken pieces forms the great kou2 gan3, accompanied with half a boiled egg... and all these at $3.80, for a quarter, & $15+ for the whole pie. (a quarter size slightly bigger than a Polar Puff.) Must try!! (cakes and coffee are available too...heard the cakes are nice, havent get to try..)
Don Your Personal Pie Club Pte Ltd
20 Cross Street #01-34/35/36
China Square Central
(Far East Square opp)
Tel: 63274344
www.donpieclub.com.sg
mon-fri: 8am to 9pm, sat/sun/PH: 8am to 5pm
2) Wanton mee lovers, your turn now: today other of my colleague brought us all to his favourite wanton mee stall, at ubi. And no wonder it's his favourite, 'cos it's cheap & good! At $2.50, other than the char siew, you have alot of chai xin, mushrooms, shreded chicken & chicken feet..& it's not only 3 wanton in the soup, but 7 or 8..! Most importantly, it taste good. The noodles neither have the taste of the "powder" (common mistake from other stalls), nor like plastic, but is nicely cooked. The soup doesnt only taste of MSG like other stalls...it's pretty Qing1 Tan4. Unfortunatly, the place wasnt too accessible (it's in the industrial park)...it would only be convenient when you happen to pass by... and the opening hours are short.
HENG KEE Wanton Stall
Blk 3021, Ubi ave 2
First stall to the left in the coffeeshop #01-0139 (if not wrong)
Up to around 2,3pm for weekdays, half day for sat, and closed for sun.
u p d a t e s . . .
1) Bought myself a USB Bluetooth adapter from sim lim the other day. "yeah.,finally can transfer files to my computer liao.." ya right, first my nokia software cannot detect the Bluetooth drive, now the software cant even be installed... nevermind, sort it out slowly...
2) ...but new things are good too. Saw the brand new Kia Rio.. wah, great improvement over the last model... door closed with a nice "thump" and the cabin was not too bad...a bright interier.. The rear of the hatchback seems to look like the new Opel Astra though... a good bargain @ $47000 plus.. hope the insurance would not be expensive (common "problem" for KIAs) ..private cars are better coz at times they can go faster, especially for long highway trips...
3) ...like P-I-E (not pie) which is quite long...guess i was too bored on the road during work that day, cos i start to "measure" the distance while we travelled from one end (TUAS) to the other (loyang)... it's around 45 to 50km... anyway, this shows how "big" singapore is too... haha... but still...
4) ...despite the distance, driving is getting more expensive with the recently rise in petrol price... OMG.. pump in premium grade ones and it's nearly $1.80 per litre...nearly 170% of diesel ($1.053 per litre). Hope that the hurricanes would be over soon, or else things would get really bad.. For now, i can only switch off the aircon (when it's cool) and be light footed... driving seems to get less enjoyable....
5) ....and my sister tries to lighten up the driving experience...as she pasted a doramon sticker on my dad's van window... -_-" Aircon-man with a doramon?? hahaha...
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Dom's 20th Birthday!
First,
Happy birthday to dom~!!
Last saturday, 20th Aug, we celebrated Dom's 20th Birthday, at the Fish n Co Glasshouse branch. As we all know, Fish n Co staff are good at birthday thingy, so it seems to be a great place for birthday celebrations (i'll go to all these later)
Quite a number of people came, and i had really havent seen quite a number of them for a really long time..! The list includes: Dom, derrick, jinie, kathy, jasmine, pearlyn, kent, IZ, soon leong, benji, and me.
Really have to thank kent soon leong and jinie. Coz in order to buy the cake and pass it to the counter at the 1st storey, snd still without to be seen by our birthday girl, they have to come in later after we had enter the restaurant.. Once they arrived, everyone settled down quickly and had a great time catching up with each other, with photos snapped here and there
And there's really a lot of photos... haha... this is the first time i had my entire memory card used up by a single event~! to be exact, 125 of them...and not all moments are captured by the way. And part of the time mine and derrick's camera wasnt with us.. as soon as they were laid on the table, they would be taken and photos are been shot at the other end of the table..haha! Sure you guys had fun! (p/s: hope u guys have no problems getting your shots from the online album!)
Not forgetting, the food was great! yummy...( see the happy face? haha...)
After we were done with our food, the moment came. The staff came with the cake, and dom was been made to stand on her chair, while the birthday song was sung loudly! Yup, the whole level knew who's the star tonight..!
(The staff are good.. not only they allow "outside" cake, they knew when to bring it up, what to do (cheer and sing), plates and utensils are provided too! And this is widely known, coz other people had similiar celebrations too... That night alone we seen/heard 2 or 3 other people standing and birthday songs/cheers too ^_^ )
Dom was certainly not empty handed too. Check out e picture for the amount of gift she received! (on way back she seems as if she just went shopping)
And of cos, the best is derrick's for sure... Not only it's a specially made (only 1 in e world) MTV of her, it was nicely wrapped up and even "broadcasted" on the spot! Woh, dom was melted... haha!!
After the dinner and spending some time at Plaza Singapura, sadly i have to make a move first.. Heard there's more after it.. The remaining people was chilling out at TCC...wish i was there!
...the night was real fun.. More importantly, glad dom had enjoyed it alot too!!
Happy birthday to dom~!!
Last saturday, 20th Aug, we celebrated Dom's 20th Birthday, at the Fish n Co Glasshouse branch. As we all know, Fish n Co staff are good at birthday thingy, so it seems to be a great place for birthday celebrations (i'll go to all these later)
Quite a number of people came, and i had really havent seen quite a number of them for a really long time..! The list includes: Dom, derrick, jinie, kathy, jasmine, pearlyn, kent, IZ, soon leong, benji, and me.
Really have to thank kent soon leong and jinie. Coz in order to buy the cake and pass it to the counter at the 1st storey, snd still without to be seen by our birthday girl, they have to come in later after we had enter the restaurant.. Once they arrived, everyone settled down quickly and had a great time catching up with each other, with photos snapped here and there
And there's really a lot of photos... haha... this is the first time i had my entire memory card used up by a single event~! to be exact, 125 of them...and not all moments are captured by the way. And part of the time mine and derrick's camera wasnt with us.. as soon as they were laid on the table, they would be taken and photos are been shot at the other end of the table..haha! Sure you guys had fun! (p/s: hope u guys have no problems getting your shots from the online album!)
Not forgetting, the food was great! yummy...( see the happy face? haha...)
After we were done with our food, the moment came. The staff came with the cake, and dom was been made to stand on her chair, while the birthday song was sung loudly! Yup, the whole level knew who's the star tonight..!
(The staff are good.. not only they allow "outside" cake, they knew when to bring it up, what to do (cheer and sing), plates and utensils are provided too! And this is widely known, coz other people had similiar celebrations too... That night alone we seen/heard 2 or 3 other people standing and birthday songs/cheers too ^_^ )
Dom was certainly not empty handed too. Check out e picture for the amount of gift she received! (on way back she seems as if she just went shopping)
And of cos, the best is derrick's for sure... Not only it's a specially made (only 1 in e world) MTV of her, it was nicely wrapped up and even "broadcasted" on the spot! Woh, dom was melted... haha!!
After the dinner and spending some time at Plaza Singapura, sadly i have to make a move first.. Heard there's more after it.. The remaining people was chilling out at TCC...wish i was there!
...the night was real fun.. More importantly, glad dom had enjoyed it alot too!!
3 days quickly
Quick updates of myself... As mentioned earlier, monday i was having flu, and tuesday morning it gotten worse so in the end i was on MC. But well, at least i can sleep for the entire day and to recharge back all the energy i had lost over the past few days... ^-^
Wednesday i was back at office, but still with the tipsy-ness from those pills..grr. The entire office was getting crazy too, 'cos our new director had came out with this "SPOTIN" thing (sounds like "Blogging" ah.), which requires everyone from the entire department (yes all. HQ, maritime, cantoment, Traffic...) to create a webpage in the intranet about themselves...and the dateline is 26th august morning (tommorrow). As all my pic are at home, i rushed out one last night...a 4-page-with-frames webpage...And since i was running out of ideas, i just scanned my security pass for my "face"... hope it doesnt look too corny... ;p
Meanwhile, my lucky sister...just received her pre-launch copy of the Initial D movie DVD too, by post..happy girl haha.. i only have time to watch the "making of"... but it was already good enough! ;) I realised there are many deleted scenes from the movie, and Jay Chou dubbed his own voice for the Cantonese version. And the behind the scenes stuff are...cool.
Today... the crazy-ness continues... at 4+ pm everyone in my division (maritime) were busy with their sites... For those early birds, they did nice flash animated pages... those busy ones got a template from the net and edited with their info. One created a crossword puzzle with his info as the answers. One shaped all his stuff into the shape of his initials (and the words cant be seen. too small.) Some just place a photo and 3 lines of text, against white background. Some just place a simple "testing page" or "under construction", only to fill up their "place". The best? "You are not authorised to view this page"... haha...
Should be all back to normal tomorrow?
Wednesday i was back at office, but still with the tipsy-ness from those pills..grr. The entire office was getting crazy too, 'cos our new director had came out with this "SPOTIN" thing (sounds like "Blogging" ah.), which requires everyone from the entire department (yes all. HQ, maritime, cantoment, Traffic...) to create a webpage in the intranet about themselves...and the dateline is 26th august morning (tommorrow). As all my pic are at home, i rushed out one last night...a 4-page-with-frames webpage...And since i was running out of ideas, i just scanned my security pass for my "face"... hope it doesnt look too corny... ;p
Meanwhile, my lucky sister...just received her pre-launch copy of the Initial D movie DVD too, by post..happy girl haha.. i only have time to watch the "making of"... but it was already good enough! ;) I realised there are many deleted scenes from the movie, and Jay Chou dubbed his own voice for the Cantonese version. And the behind the scenes stuff are...cool.
Today... the crazy-ness continues... at 4+ pm everyone in my division (maritime) were busy with their sites... For those early birds, they did nice flash animated pages... those busy ones got a template from the net and edited with their info. One created a crossword puzzle with his info as the answers. One shaped all his stuff into the shape of his initials (and the words cant be seen. too small.) Some just place a photo and 3 lines of text, against white background. Some just place a simple "testing page" or "under construction", only to fill up their "place". The best? "You are not authorised to view this page"... haha...
Should be all back to normal tomorrow?
Monday, August 22, 2005
paisei oh, heez.
There's always a chain reaction for things, so are for tiriness too...
First, friday night i gotten activated for standby duty, after which when i finally gotten home it's already 3am.. Sat we had great fun at dom's bday, but was so tired after it... For the whole of sunday i was at Jurong, and today.... down with a runny nose... *sniff*.
...So that's why you see i havent got to update you guys about sat event (dom's birthday) til now... hehez...paisei huh, will get a nice one up here asap... tomorrow night hopefully oh...
p/s: anyway, i had just uploaded all the 125(!) photos from dom's birthday. ;-) Now all are up at my Yahoo Photos. Please do follow the link on the top left side!! Any photos u want to develop? Drop me a email and i'll email them to u... :)
First, friday night i gotten activated for standby duty, after which when i finally gotten home it's already 3am.. Sat we had great fun at dom's bday, but was so tired after it... For the whole of sunday i was at Jurong, and today.... down with a runny nose... *sniff*.
...So that's why you see i havent got to update you guys about sat event (dom's birthday) til now... hehez...paisei huh, will get a nice one up here asap... tomorrow night hopefully oh...
p/s: anyway, i had just uploaded all the 125(!) photos from dom's birthday. ;-) Now all are up at my Yahoo Photos. Please do follow the link on the top left side!! Any photos u want to develop? Drop me a email and i'll email them to u... :)
Monday, August 15, 2005
bye siemens, hello nokia
last week, i told myself i had enough... my siemens wasnt still quite that stable (ya it hung on me again, and again), it lacks quite a number of stuff, and battery life wasnt that good... But, the trade-in value looks good... so before the price drops any further, why not i trade it in for another brand new phone with more features (from another brand, of coz.) And make it a flip phone too as might well.
A flip phone had been my ideal shape actually... but i always cant find one with a balance between price and features... The new Sony Ericssons (K750 included) are too pricy for me... for the other brands, either they lack in the software (connectivity) or the stuff they have..
So, after some research, the best choice appears... Nokia 6260. Nice price, and it have all the features i need ;)
And saturday, i bought the phone, with my SL65 traded-in and a 2 year plan signed (on my mum's new line) Actually, it was slightly a "risk" for me.. While normally i would find a real sample of the phone and tried it out first, i didnt this time... all my info was from the net.. From what i heard, the major complains were the bad build quality, the difficulty in single hand use, and the camera resolution...but hey, thankfully it wasnt that bad at all..! In fact, the camera was much better than my SL65's... at least i can take up to 640X480, and the colour and viewfinder are much better than the SL65.. Anyway, if i'm really to take proper pictures, i would have taken them with my digi-camera. True, some of the buttons do not feel that good, but it's still acceptable... Overall, the casing quantity feel is good. And guess my palm is big... i could sms with my right hand only.. hehe...
2 days now, and no problem. Been using siemens since my first phone, so i wasnt too used to it at first... but now i'm adapting it fast... indeed nokia is user friendly ^-^ More importantly, no screws up, no data lost, no hangings, very stable.
But.. if the package includes a data cable, it would be perfect... For the whole of yesterday, i been living with a few phone numbers and a empty set only.. haha..until i'm able to borrow shufang's laptop to transfer in my address book (exported from SL65) and a few ringtones and stuff ...gonna buy a USB-bluetooth soon.
Nevertheless, one happy owner now. heehe. ^_^
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Wednesday, August 10, 2005
camera away
I realise that i have more events coming up real soon that requires the need for my camera (and my hand is getting itchy too...)
so, during lunch time today, a trip to Canon service centre @ Keppel Bay Tower
Perhaps as today is a school holiday, there are quite a number of kids in the quite crowded waiting area (as u can see in the foreground, a kid and a pram... there are more) Of cos, other than kids and fathers, there are white collars, well dressed ladies, and some pros too, with their dSLR... woh.
Anyway, the service was quite not bad... Despite the number of people there, waiting time wasnt too long actually. Plus, there are cozy sofas, newspapers, and free flow of coffee (from a coffee maker) to make waiting time seems short.
(Just to add on, the best i had seen so far is Hewlett-Packard's, at Alexandra Technopark... for this, on top of the sofa and coffee, there's even "cater-style" snacks and internet access from several computers...and free parking, if you drove there. That's why last time, you get 4 person from my office just to service one PDA... haha..i'm one of them)
Back to my camera... fault found to be Lens problem... and as it's already soo long after warranty, it's $130 (includ. service charge)... Guess i would fix it first, since getting a new decent camera would cost me 400,500 dollars...
and they would contact me again in one week.. hmm... who knows, scully they would give me the offer like my colleague's. But even they dont, it's ok, 'cos i do like my present camera... she had seen soo much stuff together with me, over this short 2 years....
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so, during lunch time today, a trip to Canon service centre @ Keppel Bay Tower
Perhaps as today is a school holiday, there are quite a number of kids in the quite crowded waiting area (as u can see in the foreground, a kid and a pram... there are more) Of cos, other than kids and fathers, there are white collars, well dressed ladies, and some pros too, with their dSLR... woh.
Anyway, the service was quite not bad... Despite the number of people there, waiting time wasnt too long actually. Plus, there are cozy sofas, newspapers, and free flow of coffee (from a coffee maker) to make waiting time seems short.
(Just to add on, the best i had seen so far is Hewlett-Packard's, at Alexandra Technopark... for this, on top of the sofa and coffee, there's even "cater-style" snacks and internet access from several computers...and free parking, if you drove there. That's why last time, you get 4 person from my office just to service one PDA... haha..i'm one of them)
Back to my camera... fault found to be Lens problem... and as it's already soo long after warranty, it's $130 (includ. service charge)... Guess i would fix it first, since getting a new decent camera would cost me 400,500 dollars...
and they would contact me again in one week.. hmm... who knows, scully they would give me the offer like my colleague's. But even they dont, it's ok, 'cos i do like my present camera... she had seen soo much stuff together with me, over this short 2 years....
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happy national day~!
belated... ;p.. didnt get the chance to touch e keyboard last night
Happy 40th national day!!
wishing everyone here all the best for this coming year,
more good news, more peace, more improvement in all our "weak" areas.
For those who are able to watch the parade at padang yesterday, hope it was great and memorable!
For those who miss it, it's ok, there's still next year ;)
take care everyone!
Happy 40th national day!!
wishing everyone here all the best for this coming year,
more good news, more peace, more improvement in all our "weak" areas.
For those who are able to watch the parade at padang yesterday, hope it was great and memorable!
For those who miss it, it's ok, there's still next year ;)
take care everyone!
Sunday, August 07, 2005
ThaiExpress-less (And happy Birthday Soon Leong)
First of all,
HaPpY bIrThDaY SoOn LeOng!!!
20th years old le orh....
ok, last nite, derrick, dom, pearlyn, jasmine, issac, soon leong and me had a quick meet up for dinner, for soon leong bday in advance. We went to the esplanade bay area cos there would be fireworks that night (hey leong, that's ur bday present.. hee) but wow... alot many other singaporeans think in the same way too.... so u can imagine the crowd there last night...
sigh, i miss my camera..!! (see previous entry)
The fireworks are simply spectacular..! There's one which are made up of red and white, which i find it nice and reminds me of our flag.. hee. And of cos, the finale, which was a continuous chain of fireworks...very captivating..
With digi-cameras and camera-phones so common, you expect everyone was busy snapping pictures throughout. Personally, i find the view -- all the small bright LCD screens in foreground, and the giant fireworks in background -- actually makes a very nice photo... again, where's my camera...haha
After the sky had cleared, we went on for dinner, at ThaiExpress (Esplanade branch). My previous experiences with this restaurant was not bad, but after this visit last night, guess it would be a real long time before i would ever step in one again.....
What happened?
Allow me to sum up in a timeline..
~8pm
Start to Queue
Waited for real long
There are empty tables inside, but queue not moving
People going from another entrance and occupy the tables
~9pm
Finally given us table.
Placed our order in a short while
Need to wait for 30-45mins for our food ah? ok lor..
~930pm,
Drinks are finally here...
(doubt they take 30mins to boil water right..)
around 1015pm
First dish finally arrive...
1030+pm
Last person's dish is served (it's only a simple chicken rice)
1100pm
Finish dining, bill please
Huh? $130+ ?? only 6 of us ok.
Made up of cancelled orders and... the bill for the previous table.
in the end? only $75+
1130pm
finally left Thai"express"
(For full details, please visit Pearlyn's Blog.)
what a long dinner...2.5hrs for waiting. even longer than a wedding banquet...
p/s: nevertheless, enjoyed the night with the guys!! If not for the long wait, i guess i wouldnt have so much time to interact with them, especially soon leong! catch up again soon..!
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HaPpY bIrThDaY SoOn LeOng!!!
20th years old le orh....
ok, last nite, derrick, dom, pearlyn, jasmine, issac, soon leong and me had a quick meet up for dinner, for soon leong bday in advance. We went to the esplanade bay area cos there would be fireworks that night (hey leong, that's ur bday present.. hee) but wow... alot many other singaporeans think in the same way too.... so u can imagine the crowd there last night...
sigh, i miss my camera..!! (see previous entry)
The fireworks are simply spectacular..! There's one which are made up of red and white, which i find it nice and reminds me of our flag.. hee. And of cos, the finale, which was a continuous chain of fireworks...very captivating..
With digi-cameras and camera-phones so common, you expect everyone was busy snapping pictures throughout. Personally, i find the view -- all the small bright LCD screens in foreground, and the giant fireworks in background -- actually makes a very nice photo... again, where's my camera...haha
After the sky had cleared, we went on for dinner, at ThaiExpress (Esplanade branch). My previous experiences with this restaurant was not bad, but after this visit last night, guess it would be a real long time before i would ever step in one again.....
What happened?
Allow me to sum up in a timeline..
~8pm
Start to Queue
Waited for real long
There are empty tables inside, but queue not moving
People going from another entrance and occupy the tables
~9pm
Finally given us table.
Placed our order in a short while
Need to wait for 30-45mins for our food ah? ok lor..
~930pm,
Drinks are finally here...
(doubt they take 30mins to boil water right..)
around 1015pm
First dish finally arrive...
1030+pm
Last person's dish is served (it's only a simple chicken rice)
1100pm
Finish dining, bill please
Huh? $130+ ?? only 6 of us ok.
Made up of cancelled orders and... the bill for the previous table.
in the end? only $75+
1130pm
finally left Thai"express"
(For full details, please visit Pearlyn's Blog.)
what a long dinner...2.5hrs for waiting. even longer than a wedding banquet...
p/s: nevertheless, enjoyed the night with the guys!! If not for the long wait, i guess i wouldnt have so much time to interact with them, especially soon leong! catch up again soon..!
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Friday, August 05, 2005
is this yours??
Does this look familiar to you? Had you lost a pair of earrings recently and just could not find it? Had you sat in my van recently?
If it's all a "yes" to above, please call me. This might just be your earrings.
By the way, they were discovered when my dad was cleaning up the van. Was found in the gap of the rear bench, suspected to had been dropped off from the pocket.
Had already asked my sister and shufang too... does not belong to them..
so, if you are the owner, do inform me and i will get it back to you..
Thanks!!
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blank screen, blank shots... oh my god!!!
I have an event coming up tomorrow and now, 1 day before it, my Canon A60 camera had decided to call it a day.... Just tried to on it..but instead of the colourful LCD display, i get a blank black screen.... "aiya, nevermind, think only the display spoil, i just try to live with it first lor..." ....and i shot a photo to try. And? it turns out to be a black picture...
so the 5 minutes quick diagnostic results? Lens/chip problem. Damned...she's totally down now.
Bought her on August 2003, second hand. She was nearly new, 'cos the previous owner had gotten her as freebie from a purchase. Started with a "mileage" of 60 shots when i first got it, the counter now reads 4031 shots, after nearly 2 years of usage.
Heard from my colleague previously that when his Canon A70 failed (similiar problem i think) and he took to the Canon service centre, it's was beyond economical repair (BER).. so they gave him an offer of topping up $120+ to get a brand new A95 (the set only, without the rest of the package) , while they will keep fhe spoilt camera (for spare or whatsoever, i dont know).
would i get a similiar offer like this, this time? hmm...
but for now, derrick arh....gonna depend on your camera again liaoz.
so the 5 minutes quick diagnostic results? Lens/chip problem. Damned...she's totally down now.
Bought her on August 2003, second hand. She was nearly new, 'cos the previous owner had gotten her as freebie from a purchase. Started with a "mileage" of 60 shots when i first got it, the counter now reads 4031 shots, after nearly 2 years of usage.
Heard from my colleague previously that when his Canon A70 failed (similiar problem i think) and he took to the Canon service centre, it's was beyond economical repair (BER).. so they gave him an offer of topping up $120+ to get a brand new A95 (the set only, without the rest of the package) , while they will keep fhe spoilt camera (for spare or whatsoever, i dont know).
would i get a similiar offer like this, this time? hmm...
but for now, derrick arh....gonna depend on your camera again liaoz.
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
taxi = hazard?
Were you struck in the so-called (by the EMAS) "massive traffic jam" today on ECP after rochor road? Perhaps i'm one of the witness of the cause of the accident, but i guess it had left an impression in me now... b'cos in all my (young) years, this is the first time i saw an car accident happening in front of me... (previously only the "after effect")
5+ pm today... i was with my colleague on ECP, on the way from office to marina south, for the national day carnival (yes i'm involved...anyone wants to go?? Details later...) As we were chatting, i noticed that there were some clouds of sand on the opposite side of the highway... And because of these sand, a taxi, on the right most lane, stopped to still. The next 4 or 5 cars behind stopped too, but not for the 6th one (a taxi)... It was too late, and it just went into the car infront...and a '98 Mitsubishi Lancer (my favourite model...again..) went right into this taxi, immediately... everything happened soo fast, a series car accident all right in the view of me and my colleague...
So, after around 30mins at marina south, work done, left for home.. I got a ride from my colleague to Pasir Ris. As we entered the highway from marina south, the jam had already extended to here..(it's off-office peak, to make matters worse...) When we finally reached the spot of the accident, then i realise it was worse than what i saw... There's already an ambulance there, so there's injuries...(earlier i still thought there's werent any injuries...) There's another (Brand new) Mazda 3 onto the back of the Lancer too... and the front of the Lancer was partially below the rear of the taxi... so u can see the extend of the impact... but thankfully, it didnt reach until the windscreen, or else the injuries would be even more worse... But the best thing is that, the very first taxi, which stopped on his path unnecessarily, was gone.
Heard from my colleague that it's always the most troublesome matter in cases like this... If your car is being crashed from behind, yes you can claim from that guy's insurance company, but you have to claim from yours first (while the companies sort out the case for months...) But once the other company had paid back your company, then you can enjoy back the No-claim rebate (taken as no claim) ...But if you are the person crashing onto others' car and when they claim from your insurance company, not only you would lost the rebate, you might have to pay a higher premium next year.
And if it's a case of multi car pile up, and if you are the one in the middle, good luck. The case will be much more complicated... it will depends on the action of the person infront.... to claim from you? or not.
But in many cases, the person who caused the accident might not be there...so you just become the innocent one.... Like in my colleague case 2 years back...During then, a BMW cut into his lane abruptly... he e-braked and avoided a crash, but his rear was smashed by a Taxi... his brand new Toyota Corolla was only 2 months old then... and the BMW? sped off.
Hence, no matter what, in an accident, it's always trouble, headache, and heartache.
Pity the drivers involved today on ECP...
And...moral of story for all drivers... :
always keep a safe distance from the car infront, and look far...
....and i will drive carefully too....
5+ pm today... i was with my colleague on ECP, on the way from office to marina south, for the national day carnival (yes i'm involved...anyone wants to go?? Details later...) As we were chatting, i noticed that there were some clouds of sand on the opposite side of the highway... And because of these sand, a taxi, on the right most lane, stopped to still. The next 4 or 5 cars behind stopped too, but not for the 6th one (a taxi)... It was too late, and it just went into the car infront...and a '98 Mitsubishi Lancer (my favourite model...again..) went right into this taxi, immediately... everything happened soo fast, a series car accident all right in the view of me and my colleague...
So, after around 30mins at marina south, work done, left for home.. I got a ride from my colleague to Pasir Ris. As we entered the highway from marina south, the jam had already extended to here..(it's off-office peak, to make matters worse...) When we finally reached the spot of the accident, then i realise it was worse than what i saw... There's already an ambulance there, so there's injuries...(earlier i still thought there's werent any injuries...) There's another (Brand new) Mazda 3 onto the back of the Lancer too... and the front of the Lancer was partially below the rear of the taxi... so u can see the extend of the impact... but thankfully, it didnt reach until the windscreen, or else the injuries would be even more worse... But the best thing is that, the very first taxi, which stopped on his path unnecessarily, was gone.
Heard from my colleague that it's always the most troublesome matter in cases like this... If your car is being crashed from behind, yes you can claim from that guy's insurance company, but you have to claim from yours first (while the companies sort out the case for months...) But once the other company had paid back your company, then you can enjoy back the No-claim rebate (taken as no claim) ...But if you are the person crashing onto others' car and when they claim from your insurance company, not only you would lost the rebate, you might have to pay a higher premium next year.
And if it's a case of multi car pile up, and if you are the one in the middle, good luck. The case will be much more complicated... it will depends on the action of the person infront.... to claim from you? or not.
But in many cases, the person who caused the accident might not be there...so you just become the innocent one.... Like in my colleague case 2 years back...During then, a BMW cut into his lane abruptly... he e-braked and avoided a crash, but his rear was smashed by a Taxi... his brand new Toyota Corolla was only 2 months old then... and the BMW? sped off.
Hence, no matter what, in an accident, it's always trouble, headache, and heartache.
Pity the drivers involved today on ECP...
And...moral of story for all drivers... :
always keep a safe distance from the car infront, and look far...
....and i will drive carefully too....
Monday, August 01, 2005
zoo, hostel, national library
Sunday... a long day.. but a great day ;-)
(started at 8am plus)
Morning
Earlier, my department suggested a welfare event to visit the Zoo.. and since yesterday was the Home Team family day at the Zoo, my dept guys decided to combine ours with the major one too... (save the work) So, yesterday morning, me and my colleagues, with the free tickets, visited it. Wow, guess i havent been there since my primary school days? and in comparsion of what's in my memory, the place looks so much different now...! Also with the number of staff and families there, the place is soo crowded... what was printed on my ticket suggest that the package is for more than 5000 people... o_0
Anyway, here are some of the pix i took ;) enjoy!
family of wild pigs
kids-are-excited-with-her-hops-Kangaroo
rare white tiger
camel's lunch
zebra -- my sister did not spot the Zebra at night safari previously...so i took this for her. haha
Horse ride -- the only in singapre? (as they claim)
Many many penguins
penguins... pretty cute eh them
And of cos... how would i miss out "myself??"
Polar bear very lazy, not swimming... sleeping on the open...hehe!
there are some other sections too which i had missed out (due to time)... ie the fragile forest...perhaps next time on own bah?
noon
After the zoo, i went straight down to causeway point to meet shufang. Woodlands...is where i lost my way again, at the confusing HDB block 700 plus carpark...hahaa.. need to be more familiar next time! But...in the hurry, i realise that i forgot to close the ERP IU cashcard cover after i had parked in the hdb multi-storey carpark ;-p... and with the frequent cases of car windows being smashed by thieves for the cashcard....this is certainly one of those worst moments i had, when i recalled about the cover, only at causeway point after lunch.... if any thing happens to the family van, i can forget about the keys for a long time...! so, as i try to relax myself, shufang bought her stuff, and we rushed to the carpark...thankfully, nothing happened...phew.... lesson learnt... in future, check cashcard before leaving!
At the hostel... due to some reasons, shufang had changed her room to another block in hall 7. Just next to the carpark now, it's seems to be a better one cos there are more air flow now compared to the previous one.., and her roommate seems to be a nice girl too (althought i havent saw her yet...hee..she was outside) Hope that she would have a good time now! take good care...
late evening
Third and last thing for the day... After bidding good bye with shufang, i set off for Bugis, to meet up with derrick and dom... hey to think of it, it's really a long time since we 3 meet up! Really just like the good old times ;-) Derrick suggested to go to the new national library, so we had a meal there at Hans... not a bad place to chill out! And many laughs during dinner too ;) After dinner, we checked out the reference section... quite a number of school old yearbooks are there! Good when you had lost yours, or just want to check out your friend's "young looks"... hehe! There's also the archive of old newspapers in microfilm, dated all the way back to 2 centuries ago! Interesting to me... (ok la, i havent try them before...haha)
(Anyway, if you recalled, i mentioned previously that i would take photos on my next visit right? This time, my camera is all ready with battery, but i do not have enough time to take cos it was very near the closing time (9pm) then... .so... hehe...)
After it, we had a quick shopping at bugis and city hall, for dom's presentation. (good luck dom!! for your presentation! hope it went great!!) Then, i had to make a leave first, cos i have to rush down to pick up my mum from her workplace....luckily no jams at CTE..hee.
(got home at 11pm)...
tired? certainly. But had a great day ;-)
(started at 8am plus)
Morning
Earlier, my department suggested a welfare event to visit the Zoo.. and since yesterday was the Home Team family day at the Zoo, my dept guys decided to combine ours with the major one too... (save the work) So, yesterday morning, me and my colleagues, with the free tickets, visited it. Wow, guess i havent been there since my primary school days? and in comparsion of what's in my memory, the place looks so much different now...! Also with the number of staff and families there, the place is soo crowded... what was printed on my ticket suggest that the package is for more than 5000 people... o_0
Anyway, here are some of the pix i took ;) enjoy!
family of wild pigs
kids-are-excited-with-her-hops-Kangaroo
rare white tiger
camel's lunch
zebra -- my sister did not spot the Zebra at night safari previously...so i took this for her. haha
Horse ride -- the only in singapre? (as they claim)
Many many penguins
penguins... pretty cute eh them
And of cos... how would i miss out "myself??"
Polar bear very lazy, not swimming... sleeping on the open...hehe!
there are some other sections too which i had missed out (due to time)... ie the fragile forest...perhaps next time on own bah?
noon
After the zoo, i went straight down to causeway point to meet shufang. Woodlands...is where i lost my way again, at the confusing HDB block 700 plus carpark...hahaa.. need to be more familiar next time! But...in the hurry, i realise that i forgot to close the ERP IU cashcard cover after i had parked in the hdb multi-storey carpark ;-p... and with the frequent cases of car windows being smashed by thieves for the cashcard....this is certainly one of those worst moments i had, when i recalled about the cover, only at causeway point after lunch.... if any thing happens to the family van, i can forget about the keys for a long time...! so, as i try to relax myself, shufang bought her stuff, and we rushed to the carpark...thankfully, nothing happened...phew.... lesson learnt... in future, check cashcard before leaving!
At the hostel... due to some reasons, shufang had changed her room to another block in hall 7. Just next to the carpark now, it's seems to be a better one cos there are more air flow now compared to the previous one.., and her roommate seems to be a nice girl too (althought i havent saw her yet...hee..she was outside) Hope that she would have a good time now! take good care...
late evening
Third and last thing for the day... After bidding good bye with shufang, i set off for Bugis, to meet up with derrick and dom... hey to think of it, it's really a long time since we 3 meet up! Really just like the good old times ;-) Derrick suggested to go to the new national library, so we had a meal there at Hans... not a bad place to chill out! And many laughs during dinner too ;) After dinner, we checked out the reference section... quite a number of school old yearbooks are there! Good when you had lost yours, or just want to check out your friend's "young looks"... hehe! There's also the archive of old newspapers in microfilm, dated all the way back to 2 centuries ago! Interesting to me... (ok la, i havent try them before...haha)
(Anyway, if you recalled, i mentioned previously that i would take photos on my next visit right? This time, my camera is all ready with battery, but i do not have enough time to take cos it was very near the closing time (9pm) then... .so... hehe...)
After it, we had a quick shopping at bugis and city hall, for dom's presentation. (good luck dom!! for your presentation! hope it went great!!) Then, i had to make a leave first, cos i have to rush down to pick up my mum from her workplace....luckily no jams at CTE..hee.
(got home at 11pm)...
tired? certainly. But had a great day ;-)
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