roasted & grilled

Life on Mars

2007-05-31T22:13:00.000+08:00

Recently, I got hooked on this BBC drama serial called "Life on Mars". The serial is not shown in my country and I tried every single DVD stores to find it but hell no, can't find it means can't it. I almost tried to order online and get it from UK. However as things all seem hopeless, I managed to watch it on YOUTUBE. (that's means paying $30 bucks more for my boardband access) but yeah what the heck I got to watch it. So why do I bother to post all this on my blog site, especially much so that I have not posted nothing on the web....for hmm...many weeks or months..
Prehaps that the reason why..the yearn to live in some form of illusion or probably my life is some much is disillusion that I really wish I'm living another life like Sam in the 70s.
The thing that it may seem funny, I'm born in the 70s lived through my teenage in the 90s but still sometimes felt that I'm been that and done that in the 70s rather in the 90s. Prehaps the 70s form a much deeper impresssion on me than the built up years in the 90s. Listening to my Dad's elvis or my aunt Bee Gees..hmm...life was really good in the 70s. Less fancy stuffs like what we have now,,,
No mp3 but probably the thing in rage..casette.. the floral print shirts, the baggy pants and the disco music really mark the best of an era...
Prehaps I have ovr influenced by the show that I'm talking gibish...but I believe for the brief moment..I'm connected...a connection that I felt good...
Then back to the year 2007..life seems meaningless..work with no real sense of direction..everything looking so bloodily routine and monotonous...
Prehaps I should also just jump out of the building like Sam...
Ha just kidding...life is not like that..TV..you made an impact...but I'm still very much sober...I'm living in the present and not in the past.
Damn,,,,,wish life is just live and let die....

So long......

Our Singapore Ministers

2007-04-10T21:16:00.000+08:00

It's been a while since I posted anything.
The hot debate on the notion of the ministers pay deserves some of my blogging time.

I was asked before whether their increase in pay was justifiable.
I do dare say "NO!"

Let's look at this my reasons.

1) They are in the government sector, less risk so therefore no reason why they should compare their pay to the private sector.

2) The statistics of the jump in pay for private sector reflects only those of the very top management, which means not the majority of the Singaporean get the raise.

3) Ministers are bounded to serve the Country. Their reward is that they are able to progress together with the Nation. They are supposed to be noble and sacrifice themself for the bigger cause. Yet they are now talking about "Monetary" awards.

4) Former NKF director Mr Durai pay package was widely condemmed. Reason: Charities should not have a highly paid CEO. All ministers supported this and let's us now look at this irony.

5)If Minister would "flee" from their post to private sectors simply because they are paying well, then we might as well not have them. This reason is so unjustifiable. Now, I feel that our Ministers are nothing more than Mecenaries.

6)Do they actually deserve it? Let's put a voting through the polls and I'm sure there are Ministers out there which have not done enough to merit such a rise. Increments, yes! But only to those that deserves it. Not just across the board.

3 pair of shoes!!!!

2007-03-29T01:21:00.000+08:00

It has been a long time since I have posted anything. The reason is just plain laziness, coupled by the fact that life has gotten so busy and "monotonic" that it's really not worth putting it on blog.
Anyway, what are the updates?
1) I bought my little xiao hong in Jan. That's my birthday present by the way. A gift that I thought would be appropriate for a 30 year old boy.
2) Xiao Hao got into so acccident and sent for repairs (just like my lost but found blogger's car Chubbygoogoo)

However the main reason why I actually wrote something today is because I have found my long lost 3 Pairs of Shoes.

You mute tobacco !!!!! Took me so long before I hunt down your new blog!!

For those who are interested to go to her blog, forget it! Find yourself!

Anyway to prove that I found it, here some "evidence" it had part of my name plus the sight to look.

Well, that blog name......really match to me, right!

Whatever..anyway so happy to found the babe blog again!!!!!!

Yippeee!

So AG, I have only one thing to say to you..........."Nah!!! No need your help, I got it!"

Ponder this!

2006-12-19T23:36:00.000+08:00

There are times when you look at the world and feel that everybody is so fake. When you are needed or when you have some usefulness, you will be the first to be thought of. When you are “redundant”, you might as well better off fucking a spider.

So cheers to this SUPERFICIAL world!

Used to be chatting machine-ICQ

2006-11-24T00:33:00.000+08:00

It is probably one of the rare occasion when you wanted to “speak” to somebody over the MSN and couldn’t find a single person online. You resorted to ICQ and it started like an ancient program which every single soul in the virtual world had abandoned. You saw a nick by the name of “Regina”. Damn who is she? U mate? Must be one of those in the project group.
Whatever………………………….

Long time no blog

2006-11-18T00:00:00.000+08:00

Being a while since I last blog.
Life is really funny, when you dread each day, the day seems much longer and hence more time for blogging.
Once you felt that you are less busy, you seem to be more occupied with mundane stuffs, hence less blogging.

Happy Birthday, JY!

If your life can speak

2006-10-25T21:24:00.000+08:00

You never know how crazy you can get until you are been pushed to the very limit. It’s times like these that you wish life would just end. All the cursing and swearing seems so irrelevant as you grumble about your pathetic life. Life sucks, yeah! Life sucks big time, as you grows older. You get weary about going on doing the very basic things, things that you would mind doing before and you ask yourself the BIG question. “Just how many times must I continue to do this (eg wake up and go to work)” Infinite times as the sarcastic fate look at you and let out a devilious smile.
FUCK!

You never know what you can find on the street!

2006-10-24T12:19:00.000+08:00

Ha saw these ads yesterday......
Kind of funny

Birdphone in action!

Birdphone in action! Part 2

Hmmmm.......wow......really!??
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Oh! Cheah!

宫我的野蛮王妃

2006-10-18T21:13:00.000+08:00

Currently in Channel U, the Korean drama Princess Hours shown at 7pm had a viewership of more than 30% of the total Singapore population. I have also caught the bug in chasing after this Korean Drama (Oh my Goodness!)
I have bought the VCDs to this series as I got the urge to watch the whole series at one go.
The fairy tale story about the prince and princess is probably why I was hooked onto it.
Perhaps deep down in me, I was also fantasizing about living a life that is more fairytale than reality.
Worth watching for tnese reasons:
1) Being able to feel like a teen once again
2) Great props and sets
3) Great actors and actress
4) Great soundtrack but most importantly
5) Feel alive once again!

5 stars!!!

EQ

2006-10-09T22:40:00.000+08:00

Somedays you wonder why some people just never pause and listen. Miscommunication oftens leads to misunderstandings and often one gets angry and offended by something that wasn't meant to be in that way. Prehaps one should check their own EQ.
Here is mine anyway...

Your EQ is 113

50 or less: Thanks for answering honestly. Now get yourself a shrink, quick!
51-70: When it comes to understanding human emotions, you'd have better luck understanding Chinese.
71-90: You've got more emotional intelligence than the average frat boy. Barely.
91-110: You're average. It's easy to predict how you'll react to things. But anyone could have guessed that.
111-130: You usually have it going on emotionally, but roadblocks tend to land you on your butt.
131-150: You are remarkable when it comes to relating with others. Only the biggest losers get under your skin.
150+: Two possibilities - you've either out "Dr. Phil-ed" Dr. Phil... or you're a dirty liar.

What's Your EQ (Emotional Intelligence Quotient)?

Let it all out!

2006-10-06T22:22:00.000+08:00

Only for the eyes of those above 18 or those who went through ARMY

I’m feeling moody and pissed today! First the haze is back and my eyes and throat are getting the ill effects from the stupid Sumatra fire. NBCB! Why am I suffering from other idiots (some more not from my country) folly!
Second, just received a call from my Division to tell me to go back to reservist 2 weeks later. I asked them, Where is the SAF100 to ask me back? They say “ Opps! Forget to send, will send as soon as possible…oversight!” KNN, you forget to send and now I must go. I ask them what the deal is about. They say that they have an event called the CB challenge! They are asking for 10 people from each battalion to come back for some fun and games! I ask them what game? They say come back draw arms and do advance SOC! CB! Fuck your M! You call such life threatening activity on a 30 year old, one foot in the grave soldier that this is “FUN And GAME!” In true army term, I wanted to tell that Captain, “F you, you understand! Go f a spider!” CB, one battalion got more than 500 soldiers and I must kena! Chao CB!

Book Review

2006-10-03T21:51:00.000+08:00

I have read a new book and thought that it might be interesting to talk a bit about that novel. The title of the novel is “behind everyman” by David Israel which talks about a man reaching the big 30, his career and of course his love life. The book is probably fiction but I have a strong feeling that the author was more or less presenting his own life story.
The whole story revolves the life of a everyday man at work, trying his best to act knowledgeable and competent as well as eye balling on every single babe in his office building. Seriously, that’s very much like what a real life 29 plus bachelor would be doing. Of course, like every good novel, he actually met one interesting girl on the web and they got to like each other. Unfortunately, the girl was suffering from some rare illness where she had to take naps regularly to recover her energy. In other words, she was a 病猫. The girl who felt the stigma that since she was inconceivable, they should not be together, especially since the male character really love kids. During this fragile time, the guy was offered a job that could propel his career forward and he had to make a choice whether to go for the career or her. The guy finally makes the decision to choose the girl.
So what have I learnt from the story that I want to share?

You guess lor………..

终於等到了！

2006-10-01T00:40:00.000+08:00

今日去了新加坡大会堂听萧白镛的二胡演奏，果然没让我失望。这是一场充满着暴发力的演出。最后一首“满江红” 真的让人听了陶醉期中。棒，非常棒！

Not so lucky after all

2006-09-27T21:38:00.000+08:00

Just went to X school today. Was pleasantly surprised by the relatively light load of documents to check. Just when I felt a slight sense of joy, the P told me there was misappropriation of funds last year. #$%^&! Strike jackpot again!

Quote of the day

2006-09-25T20:13:00.000+08:00

I saw a very meaningful quote that strike a chord in my heart.
It goes like this "There is only one, I'm the one....I cannot do everything, but I can do something..because I cannot do everything, I must do something."

On a totally irrelevant note, Min Huifen and Siu Pak Yung, two top Erhu masters are coming to Singapore to perform on this Friday and Saturday respectively. I could only probably catch 萧白镛 performance of the Man Jiang Hong which was one of my favourite piece since Junior College times. Now the main problem is whether I have a partner to watch such a magnificent performance. All the CO kakees are either married, too busy with their work or simply lost that passion. Sad...sad.......just like 满江红.............

胡琴王见王∶闵惠芬vs萧白镛

One lousy weekend!

2006-09-24T18:16:00.000+08:00

It’s the weekend and I was so hopping that the weekend comes fast. Now it’s Sunday and the most anticipated weekend seems more like a distant past than a reality. Boring is the word that I dread to use on a glorious 7th day of the week. However things really don’t go that smoothly I supposed.
All things seem to go “kaput” since Friday night.
I’m at home trying my best to find a reason to get out and chill. However, nothing materialized, although I did get an invitation from AG to go to do grocery shopping at Mustafa at 11pm. Well, that isn’t much of a great way to “chill” right.
Saturday was not much good either….
Morning, I was woken up by a call from the office telling me of the work that I need to cover. Wow! What a way to start my day!
Then my Malay potatoes cake for lunch doesn’t really turn out right.
Next,my weekend movie show turned out quite a mess! (Brought online tickets and turned out that the location is GV Plaza in Orchard, while I went to the one in Bishan!) Well, at least I’m providing more space for the couples sitting next to Row D7 & 8!
Finally, my football affair turned out to be sitting on the couch with a packet of NTUC nuts in one hand and a Sapporo beer in the other. Luckily, Liverpool managed to beat Spurs 3 to “Kosong” ! Otherwise, I probably would just knock my head on the wall.
Sunday, I was reminded that I’m reaching 30! Army mate invited me to his baby 1 month old party! Guess what, all my mates were either married, getting married, have kids, going to have kids and so on and so forth. No more “chiong” nights! No more KTV! No more Mamasans! No more “G” girls! Well, finally a life of just wife and kids. What a way to tame these animals! (Actually, they still go, I suppose, just that it happens in the afternoon and not night lor)
Now, I’m spending my precious few hours blogging…….Goodness Gracious Me!

Sense & Right

2006-09-16T22:17:00.000+08:00

Take a moment and ponder over this.
Is doing the right thing equivalent to doing the sensible thing?
It makes sense that doing it right would be also be the sensible choice.
However, is it the case?
Is it really true that doing the sensible thing means making the right choice? Or
It it more true in doing the right thing as it is sensible?
In reality, doing the sensible thing may not be the right thing.
Neither doing the right thing would result in a sensible ending.
I'm torn between being right and being sensible.
I'm losing my sanity slowly.............................
Any clues? Help!

Work or leisure?!

2006-09-12T20:17:00.000+08:00

It was a mad, mad week. Had tons of work trying to finish and trying the meet the impossible deadline set. Of course, nothing goes smoothly even after I had "tried" my very best to produce my report by Sat.
"I think your figure is wrong....(pause).......hmm....I cannot see how this figure is obtained....." "I'm not going to review further...." (going to Shanghai)
There! 100hrs plus of manpower work done and that is it!
On an interesting note, I was also out on Sat and Sun acting as companion or advisor to source for digital SLRs...Saw a lot and learned a lot.... and somebody also spent a lot too.
Anyway, dig out some of my Sony Erisson photos after that inspired recee. Here are the photos.
One is taken in the male toilet and is pretty obvious which one I'm refering to.

Chow!

Blah, blah, blah......

2006-08-29T21:22:00.000+08:00

Finally the unpredictable blogger editor is working again. So finally can BLOG about my fcuk up life. Aiyah kidding lah..not fcuk up lah...just super F only lor... where F stands for Father shout, mother shout (Hokkien Kao Bei, Kao Bu!) lah...

I added a new link to a blogger (see side bar). His site is Mada Mada, he's a twenty year old guy just starting to waste his 2 years life in NS and now trying to chow ken his way out of the "siong" Army Life.
To me, the life of the modern Singapore recruit is really like that of a sissy aka bapok. They got servants to serve them their daily meals, wash their plates and they don't even need to clean the cookhouse. They are just short of having the Ah Sum to bathe them and powder them.
Compared to our olden days where we as recruits have to wash cookhouse, bear the temperment Ah Beng cooks who sometimes out to tekang you, give a moutain full of plain rice accompanied by an one inch size stale chicken meat topped with some yellow vegetables.

Also, let's look at the typical life of a solider now.

1) 7.30am wake up go breakfast
2) 8.30am come back and sleep
3) 12.30pm change and go for lunch
4) 1.30pm come back and sleep
5) 4.30pm stroll on the 2.4km track
5) 6pm eat dinner
7) 7pm rest and free time for R&R
8) 11pm lights off!

Now, let's look at a lao jiao soldier some years back.
1)6.45am wake up and stand out platoon level carrying our metal trays for breakfast.
2) 7.15am sleepy Sgt comes out and kao bei that we the Botak "disturb" his beauty sleep!
3) 7.30am Still no breakfast...doing pull ups before breakfast.
8)8.30am Finished breakfast, draw arms
9)8.45am Stand by bed warning order out.
10)9am Panic
11) 9.30am Missiles of toothbrush, kiwi, cup, fork and spoon flying in the bunk
12) 10.45am One hundred and twenty push ups with 200 more to go!
13) 11.30am 3 mins to change long 4
14) 11.45am Push up position again before lunch
15) 12 pm Mount the chee bye pull up bars again, one, one..one...no count, no count...urghh....
16) 12.45pm Lunch over and time for GYM
17) 2pm GYM over and finally 30 mins break
18)2.30pm Trap! Stand by bed again, this time M16 rifle must be clean and shiny
19)4pm Exhausted but SOC time
20) 5pm Still struck at low wall
21) 5.45 pm Still struck at low wall
22) 6pm Crawl back to bunk,prepare for dinner
23) 6.45pm Cannot eat beacuse too shacked
24) 7pm kena to clean cookhouse!
25) 7.15am Private Chow Beng cook ordering us arounf while he kiao ka slipping a icy cold orange syrup drink
26) 8pm Night training... "Program-How to be immune to vulgarities!"
27) 9pm Half deaf with echo of chee bye chee bye....in the background
28) 9.30pm Night snack, one Roti with one super diluted Milo but must sing song to Sgt before you can have a bite.
29) 10.15pm Finally some private time to call you loved ones using the public phone.. wah lau 20 mins before lights out and the queue stretches from Bedok to Jurong.
30) 11pm Lights off!

Wah Kao!

Foul Mood is caused by these!

2006-08-28T23:11:00.000+08:00

A typical day in my work. Piles and piles of rubbish to check through. Can you see my frustration! So sianzzzz............!!!!!.................Urghhhhh!!!!!........

My constant source of frustration!

You'll never walk alone!

2006-08-25T23:40:00.000+08:00

Finally some shopping therapy.
Have bought the current season Liverpool Home Jersey and their T shirt from Mustafa!
Cost $95 for the Jersey and $40 for the T.
Tempted to blow on another piece of Polo.
Here are the beautiful pic of the items bought!

Beloved Liverpool Jersey

EPL

2006-08-21T21:46:00.000+08:00

The start of the new season of EPL is finally here. Last weekend, we witnessed the beginning of a long marathon of English football league, which the winner will walk with not only the coveted trophy but also the realization that they are the best in one of the most watched football league in the world.

The big fours each played their first match of the season on Saturday and Sunday. My beloved team, Liverpool played against the newly promoted Sheffield United at Bramall Lane. The Kops are a real disappointment, having to work hard to earn a draw against the gusty Sheffives. Rafa’s newly assembled team of Craig Bellamy, Fabio Aurelio, Daniel Agger and Mark Gonzalez were no where near their capabilities. Out of them, probably Bellamy looks like a decent buy of the season as he creates some chances for himself and Godly wrong footed Fowler. Even, my pal, a Spurs fan was so disgusted that he asked for beanpole Crouch to come out to replace Fowler.
This match proves one important aspect of the game, that’s you can’t expect magic to happen simply by putting all these new players into the team. This is like expecting a high performance car simply by just buying all the parts without tweaking a thing or two.
On the other hand, our perpetual rivals, Man U has done it through the old, tried trusted method. The team consisting of old birds like Paul Scholes, Wayne Ronney, Ronaldo and even Solskjaer has been so tightly gel together that they played a beautiful game of the English football where they thrashed Fulham 5 to 1. The flairs of these seasoned players, (hate to say it!) are simply magnificent. No wonder, that old bastard Fergie is smiling, which is such a rare sight these days. He must be thinking that there is finally a chance for his soldiers to hit the jackpot for this season.
Anyway, the season is long, who knows what might happened? Let’s just enjoy many more nights of great football, booze and food.

Cheers!

Fireworks!!!

2006-08-11T23:50:00.000+08:00

Latest video.
Just came back from Swisshotel.
Great fireworks! Enjoy

National Day, let's reflect

2006-08-08T20:38:00.000+08:00

Finally got the time and mood to post something on my blog. Tomorrow is National Day and as always, you see tons of Singaporean trying their best to be patrotic by buying the $6 Hang Ten Official T-Shirt. Trust me, by the time National Day Fever is over, the price of the T-Shirt be sold at $2. Prehaps, that the time to buy it and store it for the Next National Day.

Still on the topic of our National Pride Day, Digital Life of the Straits Times was commenting on the topic of flying the flag online, talking about cynical Singaporean bloggers posting on their sites with their old rendition of being a Singaporean. I was quite excited when I saw the headlines as I was half expecting my lohteekaya blog to be mentioned briefly in the articles. Alamak, fat hope lor...Boh leh.. despite the fact that my blog was featured prominently on technorati tag site (First for the last few weeks).

National day probably reminds me of the some of our acheivements throughout the years. For one, we are known as the country with many werid rules, for example No Chewing Gum, No Durians in Buses and blah blah... For a typical foreigner visiting Singapore for the first time, I supposed that they would be a but apprehensive given all sort of law and rules we have. Typically, for the ignorant, Singapore may sound a little communist (hence the reference that Singapore is part of a state in China).
Whatever the case, we have grown accustomed to such "restrictions" and have already assmilated into the "Singapore-a fine Country" culture.
However what have surprised me is that such a culture has seemingly been finding its way to other Asia countries.
For example, on my earlier trip to Hong Kong while visiting the Big Buddha in Lantau Island, I came across a ridiculous law which upon reflecting upon it made me feel so much closer to home.
Here is a picture taken from the coach that was fetching us.
The sign reads." It is an offence in law for a passenger to talk to a driver. "

Yo! Is that true?

Hmm, this is really werid, a law that forbids human interaction?
So I will be breaking the law if I just greet the driver, " Lei Ho?" Come on, which idiot thought of such a foolish law.
This certainly is on par with our chewing gum law, isn't it?

Let's just just reflect on this while we enjoy our country birthday.

Rooftop

2006-07-30T20:09:00.000+08:00

Probably I'm a sucker for such stuffs.

(男)半夜睡不着觉把心情哼成歌只好到屋顶找另一个梦境
(女)睡梦中被敲醒我还是不确定怎曾有动人弦律在对面的屋顶我悄悄关上门带着希望上去原来是我梦里常出现的那个人
(男)那个人不就是我梦里那模糊的人我们有同样的默契
(女)用天线(合)用天线排成爱你的形状ho ho
(女)在屋顶唱着你的歌
(男)在屋顶和我爱的人
(女)让星星点缀成(合)最浪漫的夜晚拥抱这时刻这一分一秒全都停止
(男)爱开始纠结
(女)在屋顶唱着你的歌
(男)在屋顶和我爱的人
(女)将泛黄的的夜献给(合)最孤独的月拥抱这时刻这一分一秒全都停止
(男)爱开始纠结(合)梦有你而美
(女)让我爱你是谁(男)是我
(女)让你爱我是谁(男)是你
(女)怎会有(合)动人弦律环绕在我俩的身边
(女)让我爱你是谁(男)是我
(女)让你爱我是谁(男)是你
(女)原来是(合)这屋顶有美丽的邂逅

Makan, makan and makan

2006-07-26T21:37:00.000+08:00

This post is a repsonse to AG, who has been seeking for some pictures taken in HongKong. Anyway, those that are worth mentioning are these food pics, each with a story to be told on its own.

A delectable feast whipped up in the wee hours of the nights. Started cooking at midnight and the whole feast lasted till 3am. Yup, what you see here is just the leftover stuff in the fridge. Very tasty as two jokers finished all the food plus at least half a dozen beer. Hick!

Another meal whipped up. These time with some planning cos got guests coming mah. Anyway, I think there are more dishes but no time to make. Anyway, got Wee's Tom Yam and Mik's beef rendang curry. Not too bad!

Fab vegetarian dishes from Lantau Big Buddha monestary. Paid HKD100 bucks to visit and sample the dishes. Very full! Must try if anybody makes a trip there. Slightly expensive for the 100 dollar "Donation", but worth a try!

HongKong deep fried pork kunckles. Great but kind of disappointed as I have imagined myself to feast into those like the German Pork Kunckles. Big, juicy and crispy....Hmm heavenly..however this will do just fine in HK.

That's all for the food column.

Chow!

Whatever....

2006-07-26T01:16:00.000+08:00

Just wanted to talk about Hong kong, food and beer. However, tried to use the "hello" software to upload the picutures. Turned out to be a dud. Anyway, it is late. So with that beer picture in mind, cheers!

I am Singaporean

2006-07-23T13:42:00.000+08:00

This is inspired by Mr Brown, “ I am Singaporean” After all National Day is coming, so we should probably have some “ National Pride”.

I have a Japanese name, but I am not a Jap.
My grandfather is from Swatao so is my grandmother.
They talk about China as their homeland, but I don’t feel it that way.
I started school with bright results but ended off with poor results.
I speak good Teochew and my only first English word was in Primary One.
Now, I curse more in Hokkien and Singlish and I become more of a Singaporean.
I loved good food and this is my downfall.
I’m obese but I do not care.
I hated Army especially Reservist. However I still go faithfully.
I can’t pass my IPPT so I attend RT.
My first real job is in a foreign bank but I did not earn big bucks.
I can’t afford all the 5 Cs but I got one at least one C.
I loved my country but I will not attend NDP.
I’m willing to die for my country so says all other MPs wannabes.
I am Singaporean.
So say we all.

Technorati tag: iamsingaporean

Lazy & Hong Kong

2006-07-22T17:08:00.000+08:00

It’s been a long time since I put something into my blog. I don’t deny the fact that I have been overseas for an holiday, but it’s never an excuse for not updating the blog. The main reason is perhaps that of laziness. Yup, lazy, so lazy that each day I look at my tummy, it seems to tell me that I might go into labour anytime.

The trip to Hong Kong has been pretty interesting. One of the things that I have learnt from this trip is that I should take it easy. No more rush slight seeing trips where you attempt at record speed to catch every touristy sights in that limited days you have. My mind nowadays sing a different tune, it seems to be telling me “ Relax lah! Brother! Your body is not made of steel but flesh fats!” Yah Yah, I know, no longer what it used to be. Slop, crouch potato now! (You get the general picture.)

One of my tips for a good trip is to get yourself booked into a service apartment, the kind with a living room, a cosy bedroom and with a little kitchen for you to whip up some snacks. Here you can have the life of a touristy couch potato and tune your mind to the zen like trance of “nuaning” (Hokkien for doing nothing) Heavenly! A hotel will never give you such a lifestyle.

Now where shall I go for my next trip?

Powerful Force

2006-07-05T20:51:00.000+08:00

The end of World Cup is coming near, my Italians are hiting the finals so which means my investment might be giving me returns. Nights of gluing to the TV screen would soon be over. Exhaustion, panda eyes and the last moments of euphoric may soon vanish and the whole world would once again be able to return to their daily routines. However, even the end is drawing near, I could clearly feel that there is one big winner.

Guess who?

It's not the World Cup Champions (Italy but of course), not the fans, but the bookies!
You see, no matter who wins the Cup, they are already the winners!
#$%&, you might be cursing at the thought of that, but still we are still contributing to them despite all said and done.

Irony, isn't it? Just like that lame poster put up by the Singapore Pools, "Play Responsibly." Ya, play responsibly indeed.

Cheers!
(By the time anybody read this, I would probably be down with another $50-$60 and contributing "responsibly" to the Singapore Pools.)

Ommm.....

2006-06-20T22:07:00.000+08:00

Surreal. That’s my feeling right now. There is so much to say yet so little to comment. I felt like a whale in an ocean, no matter how big I am compared to all other marine life, I’m still a tiny speck in the ocean. I wish I can elaborate much further but I couldn’t. Life at this moment looks so clear yet so “blurish.”.

Superband afterthoughts

2006-06-19T21:39:00.000+08:00

19 June 2006, today I finally managed to catch a glimpse of the Singapore Superband on TV. I must first clarify that I’m not a fan of these kind of Super shows, like Super Idol, Super these, Super that. I find it pointless and senseless to watch as it has no direct correlation with my life.
However, I was quite keen to watch Superband simply because I knew one of the wannabe participants. He belongs to the Brods team, consisting of him and his younger brother. Yup, a man approaching 30 going head on with the eighteen, nineteen year olds, singing the song “I’m not crazy”.(actually I think he is crazy to enter to this singing competition) Kudos for his bravery and I must give due credit to him. His singing was quite impressive. (reminds me of his hey days in the secondary school, where he won virtually every year Chinese Xinyao singing competition)
One positive aspect of this show was that it reminds me of this band called “The Cranberries” particularly the song Zombie. Why, you may asked, my answer may just be as crazy and simply quite “bo liao” as it reminds me of this particular girl from this particular Filipino band based in Hangzhou who gave a wonderful rendition of the song. So Wee, if you still remember the band name and their website, just drop a message into my C box.

Mac & Sleeze Part 2

2006-06-16T21:49:00.000+08:00

Following some interest from one of my readers, I decided to complete the whole saga of the Mac & Sleeze. I even show you the phone number of the Massage Parlour as a gesture of my goodwill. So, I guess some of you guys could probably corelate this to a certain Korean Show. Wonder whether this attracts Aunties too?

Exhibit A- Balestier "Beauty & Health Center"

What you may find in exhibit A, well, not very Chang Jin.

Me, World Cup and the Singapore Pools

2006-06-16T21:42:00.000+08:00

Life has been pretty taxing these two weeks. Besides juggling with work and the daily mundane stuffs, there is now the World Cup. Watching the World Cup requires a lot of stamina, especially so if there is a time difference. You forgo your precious beauty sleep so that you can catch a glimpse of the actions. Many times, your anticipation and your enthusiasm for a particular match is often being let down by a “boring, time wasting” game, which leaves you with an afterthought, “What the %#%& did I waste my sleep over this!” Of course, as true Singapore footballers fan, I also try to visit the Government Pension Fund Department to do some investments. So far, I have been pretty luckless, given that whichever matches that I have bother to watch and laid a flutter turns out to be a dub and burnt a whole in my pocket! With the soccer fever still hot, I decided at present time to place another irrational bet on Ivory Coast beating the living daylights of Holland (which by a way, I’m quite a fan ) Bet with your sense and not your heart? Hmm, more likely due to the attractive odds. So in true spirit of the Singaporean Vast Pensioners, let the match begin and shout“ Ho Say Liao!”

Correlation with Mac & Sleaze

2006-06-09T00:33:00.000+08:00

Duh…………..Something just not right when you have to associate the Big M American family fast food chain with 中国妹妹(s) (a description used often by Cyclops). Yup, no doubt, I’m in Balestier Road, the new kid on the block for sleaze. However this is something just too much to bear. I’m not preaching here but hey maybe I’m just too conservative. A family restaurant serving Kids Happy Meal becomes the favourite hunt for Chinese “Massage” girls for their quick bites. Anybody who has studied 好公民 in primary schools could have sense the disparities in that picture. (That’s why there is no Mac Donald in Geylang-if you would have noticed! Mac and Sex don’t match!) What more horrific is that they actually come fully geared, tagged along with their tools of trade. Hey come on, if I’m a parent with kids, how am I suppose to answer when my kid ask, “爸爸/妈妈，为所么姐姐的红色小可爱跑了出来！” Err, am I suppose to answer, that they are providing medical care called traditional acupuncture? I must admit that I’m no Saint either. I mean if you are a 20 something chap caught in the situation where skimpy dressed, fair, voluptuous sex kittens are parading in front of you as if they are doing the cat walk, what would you do? Of course, you see lah! Free show leh!

Anyway, within a hundred meters, there are at least 6 massage Joint. Here are probably some of the more interesting ones. Next time, if you are in that area, look out for these joints cum their associates, Hotel 81s, Fragrance Hotels etc…You may just have an opportunity to attend a real life “好公民” on the spot lesson. Cheers!
%&^*&$!!! Again! Can't upload. What is hell is wrong with the editor! Only 1 pathetic photo. Too bad live with it lor!

Just a street from Mac

Is this beer or toy?

2006-06-07T23:50:00.000+08:00

Just bought this Kirin Beer. Directly imported from Japan. Look at the size. So cute!

X-MEN THE LAST STAND

2006-06-02T22:55:00.000+08:00

Finally, after so many days, I got to catch a movie. Yes, it's $9.50 and there's no rebate. So who cares! Finally I get to watch. No more deliberation whether it's cheaper during weekday, or more expensive during night time.
This time round, I made up my mind and head to the cinema straight.
Alone but felt good. I saw a movie.
As the title suggested, I watched X-MEN 3. Great show? Prehaps it's the liberation that I felt or really that the show is really worth a 5 "Popcorns" ratings.
Anyway, do catch it on the big screen.
I particular like the headlines, "Whose side would you be on?"
Strangely the show really reflect a certain reality of the society. There is just no good or evil. It's how you view it.

Cheers!

PS: I want my Rouge, even she's just ordinary. Dun you agree, Cyclops?

Something just no right :)

2006-06-01T20:28:00.000+08:00

You walk, look and the pause..Hmm something is just not right.
You ponder, think and cast a second look.
Wait a minute, ARKL NE.
What!
When did Parklane turned out to be an "Art Ni".
Hey, Building Maintenance 叔叔，please wake up leh.
Light bulb blow liao!

My late views on Singapore General Election

2006-05-29T23:09:00.000+08:00

First of all, before even I start talking about these pictures, I would like to express my deepest aghast about Blogger Post Editor. It sulks! Editing is a chore, alightment these pictures is driving me to the verge of insanity!

Ok, this is something I conjure when I'm totally bored out! (Me transparent, only there to pay money for the meal whereas the other tow dinners would continue their chit chat!)

SDA

SDP

PAP

PS: By the way, any other user friendly blog editor around? If you knew one, drop me a "Freak Me Out!" Comment. Thanks in advance!

Flash Back

2006-05-24T20:22:00.000+08:00

It's been a long time since I have posted anything on my blog. Really, when you are preoccupied with work, time really flies and all you wanted to do is to stare blankly at the monitor. Yup, no blog, no updates,no ming blogging entries as you try to conserve your tiny little precious braincells. (relate that to Lord of the Ring- "PRECIOUS!") Yup I'm like that hideous creature trying to abstain myself from the evil.
Finally today, my brains have finally managed to pull a sizeable force to let me spurt my 2 cents opinions on my blog. (This is despite the bloody headache I suffering down..."anyone got a Panadol?" Ouch!)
Let me recap what happened to me these few weeks! Memory really fails me but luckily I still got that trusty SONY ERRISION K750i camera phone that can recap memories of my event weeks!

Work has been really stressed. You can probably see it from the picutures. Tons of figures to see, check, verify....blah blah blah..
Head spinning... disgusted and feel like puking..
Really life has never look so grim and scary..
"Ouch!" my head hurts again and damm..this blog editor refuses to aline my pics.. curse #$%^&*!

Me, myself wondering what the heck am I doing!
Look at my hand. So many lines so many worries so much stress!
Save me from insanity!

However on the bright side, there are probably many distractions that have saved me from the dungeon of hell! Good food! Beer! KTV! Good Company! Liverpool winning the FA Cup! NUS BIZAD 40th anniversary, Man of Letters by the famous Singapore DICK Head,errr... I mean Dick Lee. Yup, GOD always done his work, he takes some and gives some back to you. So life is still fair, I suppose..("check! Hey I'm still breathing but oi, head still hurts! where is my lifesaver Panadol!)
Here are some pics to remind me of that!

KTV night! Great singing night at K box! Many funs, light hearted moments, good and bad singings, cold and trembling legs, super sour or super sweet tea, 3 beautiful "Xiao Jies", but not from 大陆. Memorable cat fights! Me being badly stratched all over by the Xiao Jie (must complain to the Mummy for bad service!) and finally get kicked out to take this important piece of evidence.
Wondering whether which is better, K Box or X新天地/新世界/Dynasty....blah..blah.. blah..
Ok, it's a draw between fiesty "O ba Sans" and sweet "Xiao Mei Mei" I suppose! (I know I probably will get a lot of flaks for this comment but who cares! It's my blog and it cures my headache!)

This is a scene from the super memorable FA finals night between the LOSERS West Ham Utd and the Mightly Winners Liverpool! ("You never walk alone!"-Proud to be a Liverpudian!)
This is a wonderful night of booze and glam football! We were trailing behind West Ham but we made a fantastic comeback! Kodos to Stevie!
The night was a scene of passion, with close to 90% supporting the Reds. "Well damm, I was sitting with the opposition, some bloodly Ang Mo West Ham supporter and the bloody Cyclops-(X men)" Never mind! This picture speaks volume and I literally means it, Volume of great looking babes right across the table.. When there are moments of doubts that your team is losing, it is a relief to have a least great babes from the next table as well as "Sexy Bom Bom" waitress to look at and tease. Ahem! "No preversion thoughts by the way, just enjoying the modern Mona Lisa.
(BTW, if you look closely there is one really jude gal in the pics. That kind that man will bring along to show as a trpohy of their manhood. But suay, she is sitting with those buayas Indians instead with the 3 handsome hunks. )

Our drinks that night! Yup! The middle one belongs to that non Liverpool guy. He's a Spur fan who would rather support that team that cause that to lose the lucrative Championship Spot!
(Well, anyway, we are still friends after the game!)
In accordance, first bottle belongs to "Chap who can't watch the World Cup", 2nd bottle belongs to " Anti Red aka Office Boy aka X men creator" and finally the last bottle belongs to "Almost drunk but handsome Iceman"
(If you don't understand the above and you are asking what cock is he talking about? Did he gone bonkers over his headache? Well, never mind and dun ask me to explain!)

This is the night at NUS University Cultural Center. We as the alumni of Business School were given free tickets cum dinner cum freebies to attend the Gala event. It is a night where I really felt "proud" to be a BIZADER! For once after leaving the University for so many years, did I finally find some sense of belonging. Met this Lee Junior from my batch, quite impressed by what he achieved, saw a long lost friend by the name of Meng Wei- very "Chong Yao". Still as sweet and dainty with that watery eyes...Well, you feel the world is back with Lin Ching Hsia and Ching Han when you see her. Saw my colleague (so kapoh who I bring for the event) too with her husband (Poor Husband! Looks out of place when I saw them) Anyway the highlight of the event was the musical. It's quite good actually but there is something that caught my eye instead. It's this refine and quite simply exquisite lady sitting in front of me with her daughter! Wow, stunner man! I tell you. " Very beautiful! Very tastful dressing and like the play says, "Veri Sexy!" She is really gorgeous lady and I dun usually lavish such praises on an "Aunite". Super beautiful Tai Tai and really a swan! (Okie okie, some explaining to do so before somebody call me a Lau Ti Kou or Ham Sub Lo! Hey, when a woman sees a beautiful XX carat diamond, her eye will go bling bling. So this is what happened when men see such a rare artifact!) Anyway, no chance to take her photo but I'm sure her feature and exquisite manners will linger on my mind for a few weeks! Btw, the daughter is quite pretty too but still is a long way to go before she hit the same level of finesse as her Mum! Anyway too small for me too. When I mentioned this woman to my companion, she actually thought I talking about the daughter. Alamak, almost "peng san!"

So maybe life is not too bad after all!
Still where that 3 pairs of shoes blog? I still can't locate her. Maybe should put a 寻人启事 on the blog soon!

Bye from now!
(Ouch, my head still hurts and still no Panadol!)

Shout it all out!

2006-05-11T22:13:00.000+08:00

Blogger has always been a great avenue for dissent net citizens to voice their bloody 2 cents worth of cock & bull. It probably serves as the Ying & Yang balance like in the Martial Arts Tai Chi.
Lately, I feel that blogging has probably caused much distress to the blogger themselves.
Why?
Just 2 weeks ago, one of blog site I frequented has closed its doors. Through a contact of mine, the main reason for shutting it up is that she felt her privacy has been intruded. She felt that her colleagues would have cast a different light once they knew that she was on the web. Well, some of you would probably argue that if she is afraid that her private life is known to public, then why bother to hang your life story for all out to see.
However, the very purpose of a blog is to ensure that everyone and anyone is able to let it loose on the web.
Lately I felt the heat too. I dread the idea of people asking me for my blog address, simply because as more of your friends/relatives/colleagues knew about it, the harder for it to become an avenue for out pouring of emotions.
So pissed!

Words of Inspiration

2006-05-07T18:56:00.000+08:00

“Love is not blind -- it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.”

“The less we look with our eyes, the more we will see with our hearts.”

“Love is when you give 60% and take 40%.”

“Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”

“If you truely love something, let it go, it'll come back if and when the time is right.”

“Nobody is perfect until you fall in love with them.”

“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”

A Night Out

2006-05-07T18:50:00.000+08:00

Sometimes you never know life can be quite simple.

Enjoyment could probably be just a nice dinner and a champ.

Pass Liao!

2006-04-26T23:02:00.000+08:00

That probably means graduated...another chapter of my life closed.

Reflections

2006-04-24T01:57:00.000+08:00

It is now almost 2 am in the wee hours of the night. I’m lying on my bed reflecting on my life. It is scary.
I’m gripped with this fear that my life would be senseless in years to come. I thought of what I would be doing in the next 2 years, 5 years and 10 years down the road and all I can see is a grim patch of darkness. I seem hopelessly loss. I’m unsure what my future holds, the cruel reality of life is kicking in and I’m sucked to this cold harsh society.
Damn! Life could have been better if I would lose all my sense of thoughts and logic.
Hope this entry will serve as a reminder to me to really do something worthwhile with my life.
I STILL have no idea what I’m heading to………..

You’ll Never Walk Alone

2006-04-19T21:38:00.000+08:00

When you walk through a storm

Hold your head up high,

And don’t be afraid of the dark,

At the end of a storm,

There’s a golden sky,

And the sweet silver song of a lark,

Walk on through the wind,

Walk on through the rain,

Though your dreams be tossed and blown,

Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart,

And you’ll never walk alone,

You’ll never walk alone.

The Big 30

2006-04-12T22:18:00.000+08:00

They say the Big 30 is scary.

Do you think it is scary?

Portobelle.........................

Shanghai & Hangzhou in Panorama

2006-04-05T23:09:00.000+08:00

Shanghai in Panorama

Nanjing Road in Shanghai
Nanjing Road in Shanghai Part 2
Night view from Century Garden Shanghai

Hangzhou Xi Hu

Shanghai Urban Development Casting

My holidays-Part I Bangkok

2006-03-29T09:19:00.000+08:00

Some photos to share!

Pig trotters in a resturant in Bangkok. It was pretty out of the way but the food is fantastic. We have to pay a 50baht just for entertance fee. The resturant could probably seat a least 500 people and it was fully booked! We managed to squeeze through and enjoy a great dinner, tasty German Beer and a wonderful live band.

Here is the address for the Place

One of the election candidate. We notice that she was vandalised the next day with a moustache.

The protesters! We are marching right behind them!

I'm off to Bangkok & Shanghai

2006-03-25T07:05:00.000+08:00

Hi to all ,my female readers,
I'm off to Bangkok & Shanghai! Finally get a chance to get out of work and enjoy myself. This is something so refreshing. So gals, don't miss me and I hope to get to do some posting there. Be safe!

Cheeers! Yippee!

Chapter 1

2006-03-06T21:10:00.000+08:00

Chapter 1

The life of humans has always been fascinating. Humans are considered the world most intelligent creatures, the most complex, the most brutal, the most talented living life form on Planet Earth. We have the uncanny ability to comprehend, develop and create that we ourselves played the role of GOD for other creatures. We tend to look at the world itself as a problem and have from the beginning of time, asked ourselves questions like what, why, where, how and …..We do not appreciate the world as nature would like to see; picturesque, lovely and bright. Instead we probe deep into mother nature and seek the meaning of our existence. Is life, however that complicated?

My 20 over odd years in this world has brought me a new perspective. Life has sort of shine through the barricade of human technologies and through this light I saw that Life could be easily be explained by logic and simple thinking. No need for Einstein’s theory or Dawin’s Evolution. Life is not complicated. Life is nothing but an apple and an orange.

My concerned friend.

2006-03-01T22:32:00.000+08:00

Last blog extract…………

lohteekaya says:
hi................i'm dying...........
lohteekaya says:
really sick now.....
MY R2-D2 says:
then why are u online?
MY R2-D2 says:
should be resting shouldnt u?
lohteekaya says:
er.........blog ..
MY R2-D2 says:
blog????
MY R2-D2 says:
u can update it another day what!
lohteekaya says:
anyway..is that's all the sympathy I gonna to get?
lohteekaya says:
okie.....many thanks............lor....
MY R2-D2 says:

MY R2-D2 says:
ok what are u expecting?
MY R2-D2 says:
i'll try to match ur expectations.

Sick!

2006-03-01T22:25:00.000+08:00

It’s been a while since I gone blogging. Life has been tough so far. Tacky decisions to make as well as trying to find inspiration for my first chapter of Apple & Orange. The week has been bad for me, going down with a persistent fever which now translate to a full blown virus infection of flu, cough, sore throat and fever.
The only relief I could find is probably a cold Sunkit orange which helps to ease that dryness in my mouth.
Till I get well next time, this is all I could muster for the blog.

Apple & Orange Foreword

2006-02-16T22:47:00.000+08:00

Akan Datang….

A night out

2006-02-06T23:39:00.000+08:00

Just see pictures..................

Sober

Euphoric!

Bored

Turkish tea before the strong stuffs

Chinese New Year Afterthoughts

2006-02-02T22:52:00.000+08:00

The Fengshui Master had said that this Dog year is a bad year for those born in the year of dragons. Bad for career switch, bad for love life, bad for gambling or "investment".
Well, they also said that the last New Year, the dragons would enjoy a state of great prosperity.

Heck these, I said..
My whole of last year was in a shambles...bad luck in "investments", extremely unluck in 4D and toto, all misses in EPL bettings, plus a definite luckless games in Mahjong....
Well, this New Year kicks start another round of celebrations, with the gung ho Cheena lion dance, a bit of drinks, many cash exchanges on the makeshit tables for "Ban Luck", plus the all time favourite Mahjong.
Well, true enough to repel all the sayings, I'm quite lucky.. Hit all for Mahjongs.. No loss...
So where the "suayness" the Great Fengshui Master said???
I'm going on a bang, so it's definitely the year to look for a new change of job, a new relationship..
Anyway, the New Year is full of surprises.
For one, I made a great steamboat dinner for Gary, Ben and his wife Lynellte.
Well, interestingly, Ben had a craving for steamboat as he had missed his reunion dinner (poor fellow-got posted to a trade fair in Germany) and Lynellte managed to hit back from KL just in time for my pepper butter prawns.

Well, I got a rave review for the excellent prawns and the great soup!
This has finally made my day..
The last time I made any food was exactly a year back, where my top shell Thai salads has the ladies asking me for the recipes.

Cheers to a great new year ahead..
GONG XI FA CAI 今年會更好﹗

Comments

2006-02-02T22:48:00.000+08:00

The blog is now opened for comments..
Kindly leave sensible comments, please.. if you have any..

下雪

2006-02-02T22:45:00.000+08:00

就快要下雪　心開始凝結該怎麼迎接　我們最後一個　聖誕夜我害怕下雪　愛將會凍結因為妳說過　雪讓人有等待的感覺
說好兩顆心要乘著雪　相約在那擁抱的季節　冬天來得太狼狽　爽約了諾言　白茫茫的世界碎成雪　所有快樂都已流成淚　而我一個人面對　整夜的心碎終於在下雪　意味著離別我心頭的雪　不知還有多久才融解
白茫茫的世界碎成雪　所有快樂都已流成淚而我要怎麼面對　整夜的　心碎

Origin of New Year

2006-01-24T13:47:00.000+08:00

Extracted
The most popular legend surrounding the origin of Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, revolves around a great beast called Nian. In Mandarin Chinese, nian means year.
On the eve of Lunar New Year, Nian — whose mouth was so huge it could swallow people en masse — would prey on human beings. Everyone was terrified, until one day an elderly man appeared and offered to subdue the monster.
The old man then challenged Nian: I've heard you are very capable, but instead of people, can you swallow other beasts of prey that are more worthy opponents? Rising to the occasion, Nian swallowed man other predators, simultaneously ridding people of dangers to themselves and their livestock.
The old man was then revealed to be a god. Before disappearing, he advised the people to put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors, light torches and set off firecrackers at the end of each year. This would frighten Nian away should he try to return, for he was afraid of the colour red, fire-light and loud noises. With Nian gone and other predators frightened off, people resumed lives of peace.
Nowadays, Chinese hold red to be a colour of happiness and good fortune, while firecrackers are lit to ward off evil spirits.

It's all in a day.

2006-01-13T00:22:00.000+08:00

The time is now 11.42pm. I’m listening to Gold 90.5 FM. Great Jazz from Charles! Oldie but simply great! The kind of music that suits the mood in such a cold weather. Life feels good at this time of the day, perhaps it is the fact that you have basically unwind and you feel clean, relax and in the mood.
Life is really quite a mystic. Each day is like a cycle, the mood changes so often that you something have the feeling that you abnormal.
However, it is quite elementary, my dear friend.
For example, we shall look at a typical cycle of a working man/woman (least people say I’m sexist)

0700hrs-0800hrs- You feel drowsy everything is blurred, you can’t differentiate the reality from dream.

0800hrs plus- Awoken by the clock, your dream bubble immediately explode and you woke up with a grunt. You curse in your thoughts, Damm! Nabeh! Boring! Sian! Must go to work liao!

0900hrs: Reach work place. You look around. Piles of work. Your enthusiasm whatever that is left is immediately dissipated among the thick chunk of file.

0900hrs-1000hrs: You try to act busy. You really can’t work. Your mood is lousy. Everybody looks dead.

1000hrs-1100hrs: You managed to squeeze an hour work. Phew! Your brain is fried. So many brain cell died think of solutions for the company, which you can better well spend on analyzing the TOTO sequence of the week.

1100hrs-1200hrs: If you are Girl: Being to be nosy, start a small talk with your colleague on what to eat, your sex life, that guy from that department you hate. Blah! Blah! Blah!
If you are a guy, you are wondering why those ladies are whispering and then laugh loudly! Curse! Distraction! Wish you are born without your banana and have two water melon instead. You can probably understand them and join in the fun!

Pause at this moment. I’m hearing a disturbing sound coming out of the radio. Hey when did GOLD 90.5 played erotic music? The girl in the background is like having an orgasm. Wrong man! DJ! You are spoiling my writing mood.

1200hrs-1400hrs: Your mood indicator shows that the rain has just stopped and the sunlight is coming through. You see light! It’s lunch time! Horray! Finally! Half day gone! Here’s the reward!

1400hrs-1800hrs: You try your very best to squeeze in another hour of work. However, you are feeling worse ever minute passes by. You shout in agony! Why! Must change job! Curse again!

1800hrs: Ordeal immediately lifted. You throw your work one side. Bochap! There is always tomorrow, you said out in your thoughts as you tried to lessen the guilt that you have basically done nothing at all the whole day.

1800hrs to 1900hrs: You curse again! Stupid JAM! Stupid people! Why must you guys go home at this time! You selfishly declared. Mood turns foul as you wind your way out of the Maze.

1900hrs onwards: You try to unwind. Yeah relax. You took a paper to read or you stone at the Sofa watching the TV show, your mind wonder to your little own fantasy world. You feel calm and can almost feel the sea breeze at your face. You hit Zen!

2300hrs: You decided to do something meaningful before you go and see your Z monster. You do not want to waste such a beautiful moment. You called your love mate. You engaged a small talk. You laugh! You smile. A sense of warmth immediately surrounds you. You felt bliss, blessed….

2345hrs: You went to the Z land. The phone is still smudge tightly at your ears. Your dream begins once again!

So this is life of a Singaporean. In fact, this is probably the lives of many city workers throughout the world!

Cheers!
Wishing everybody a very happy, well deserved dream!

Reflections

2006-01-07T20:39:00.000+08:00

It has been more than 7 days since I posted my last blog. Many things happened during this period. The obvious being the transition from year 2005 to 2006! Yup! It's the New Year and everybody would have the usual New Year Resolutions!
I'm always feel that New Year Reso is so lame. It has always been something that nobody is able to acheive. Like for example, to lose weight. This has been an almost holy grail for girls throughout the world and sad to say prehaps only 10% acheive that resolution.
This year hopefully I would acheive my resolution.
1) Acheive a more balanced life
2) Less drinking
3) Find a girl that loves me, and
4) Lose that weight

So how much can I achieve?
Prehaps none... but then what the heck! At least I didn't wish for World Peace!

What else happened during the last 7 days?
1) My birthday! Thanks for all the friends and well wishes.. Thanks for that wonderful steamboat dinner (felt so blessed that I was constantly being fed-there goes my New Year Reso), thanks for the beer (another reso gone done the drain..)
plus all those SMSes from everybody....the band of brothers.. etc.. etc..

2) Reservist- strange that I really enjoy my reservist. Prehaps that bond we shared among the bros is so strong that we dun mind marching in the hot sun for a particular division commander that is a complete stranger to us.

3) Warcraft! Damm! Celebrated 2006 playing warcraft!!! Siao!

Ok that's all for blog!
Will start positng foodie stuff soon.

Some more thoughts

2005-12-30T01:03:00.000+08:00

It is now 1 am....
THe background is playing Jeff Chang music...the kind of love songs that accompany me when I grow up from secondary to JC...
Many fond memories then.. life as a student seems so bliss now when you look back..
You do not think much..focusing your energy on studies.....
You do not worry much,,you live each day wth some much gusto that you wonder why the Gods would be jealous of you.
You make friends with kind intentions..simply because you want to be in their company...
How have life changed in a mere ten years....
Life becomes a little more sucky, a little more dull, a little more political, a little less loved, a little sadness, and many many little negatives...
Why?
Why has life changed so much in such a short time?
I am still me...but am I me?
I would be absolutely disgusted with myself if I see myself now ten years ago..
I would probably not want to grow old then..
I would probably choose a different life...
I would even probably end my little life then......
I guess there is always a thousand of " what if "..........
However life still goes on..no matter whether you like it or not.....
Even contemplating sucidal thoughts..........but prehaps just chicken out...........
So no matter how dreadful, you just have to drag yourself.......... and hope maybe, just maybe...
one day.........you would go back in time.... to find back that old lovely self again.....

The end.

Mount Kinabalu

2005-12-30T00:54:00.000+08:00

It's being a long time since I logged on to my blog and posted something.
Prehaps it's the joy of finishing exams that has distracted me from posting.
anyway, here are some worthly, earthly comments to be posted.
Just came back from Mount Kinabalu.. (anyway those who technically goes to my blog should have known already)
My feelings of the trip is
Beautiful, cold, deadtired, disappointment.

Beautiful-nothings beats the wonder of mother nature. She has created the prefect art in South East Asia through Mount K!

Cold-One fleece jacket one winter jacket, I'm still feeling cold

Deadtired- Zillions of steps and rocky sprial upwards never ending.......

Disappointment-Never reach the summit.. Weak minded.. drop out just before hitting the summit.

I think I watch Harry Potter

2005-12-19T01:37:00.000+08:00

It’s been a while since my last update.

Just watch Harry Potter! Finally after yearning to watch that show weeks back, I got to watch it with my cousin.
It’s not too bad and is probably worth the $9.50 ticket.

However there were just these disturbances that just really spoilt the whole mood in watching the show.

First, I got this Malay couple just smack in front of me.

They were pretty ok in they dun speak, or engage in XXX activities but for the love of God! Please stop turning that bloody phone on and on and on. The light from the screen is so glaring that I swear I can see that little pimple on that girl’s face!
Finally this girl (no offence to Malays) has this bloody long disgusting Potinanak hair swirling round and round on my knee. (Please, if you are the Malay girl reading my blog, kindly note that your hair do not smell like Pantene or you do not have that look in that commercial! I also dun think your boyfriend will get aroused by that obiang move lor. So you might as well sit still and watch the movie)
Anyway the broomy hair just kept stirring on my knee. (How I wish I got some chewing gum and stick those hair in place.)
“Suay” you know to have a broom sweeping like this. No wonder never “kena” 4D.

Second, I got this mother who bring her 3 precious kids to watch Harry Potter sitting right behind us.

Holy Chirst, they are just simply HORRIBLE! (To put it bluntly in Hokkien, SI BEI KA NA SIA kids!!!!!)

You got 1 who kept pushing the seats. You got another who kept providing sound effects by his never ending potato chips munching .
However, you got the ultimate, the little smart aleck who is providing every bloody single narrative he could think off , assuming that he is the MAN OF THE SHOW. Not only that, he keep asking why this why that? Why Harry Potter is called Potter on his jersey and not Harry? Why there is a H on the banner? Why did the bad guy do that? Why that so and so didn’t die…

Na beh! He ought to be in the debating team and represent Singapore in the “Ten Thousands Why” Contest.

But that’s not all, they also drop their bottle (glass! You know, that kind that will smash like a thousand piece of Jigsaw Puzzle) So the rest is history as you can imagine! “Piang” and yes providing that “much needed” sound effect again)

So if you are that mother reading my blog. Here are some wise advice that you can pick up.

DO NOT BRING UNDERAGED KIDS TO SEE A MOVIE

LEARN TO CONTROL THEM BEFORE YOU BRING THEM TO SEE A MOVIE (in fact, learn the art of raising kids before you allow your husband to touch you)

IF YOU NEED TO BRING YOUR KIDS TO SEE THE MOVIE TAKE THAT FRONT SEATS SO YOU WON’T DISTURB OTHERS

AN ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE TO TAPE THEIR MOUTHS AND LEGS SO THEY ARE RESTRAINED

LASTLY, DO NOT BRING THEM TO WATCH THE LATE MOVIE! THEY ARE KIDS THEY NEED TO SLEEP. (You know they are tired when they kept yawning (SO BLOODILY LOUD) and say that they wanna to go back home.

BRING THAT DEAD HUSBAND OF YOURS ALONG. YOU CANNOT MANAGE 3 IDIOTS!

It’s late now!

So goodnight!

Stress and fried rice

2005-12-11T01:30:00.000+08:00

Credit or reuters?

Was super stressed out.......
I dun think I can pass my exams even after endless hours of mugging..
F**k, why make the exams so difficult!

Went to watch TV to relax..
Went to listen to music to relax..
Even went to whip up a plate of fried rice to settle my exhausted brain..

Damm..dun work leh...

Have to resort to bottles of Corona and some lan gaming of warcraft III in Novena to settle my nerves.

Anyways thanks to W. A . S for listening to my complains.

Still at the end of the day, still got a ton to study.. hope Tee Kong Po Bi!

It's late now...must go to see the Z monster!

STRESSED OUT

2005-12-07T23:24:00.000+08:00

STRESSED OUT!

I AM VERY STRESSED………..
Time is running out and I cannot finish……..
Urghhhhhhh………………….

What is stress?

Stress' is a term used to define the body's automatic physiologic reaction to circumstances that require behavioral adjustments. Confronted by a threat - physical or emotional, real or imagined - the hypothalamus causes the sympathetic nervous system to release epinephrine and norepinephrine (also known as adrenaline and noradrenaline) and other related hormones. When released into the body, these messengers propel you into a state of arousal (your metabolism, heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate and muscle tension all increase). This is known as the fight-or-flight response as named by Walter B. Cannon, M.D., of the Harvard Medical School at the turn of the last century.

Mee Siam-Yummy!

2005-12-06T18:41:00.000+08:00

MEE SIAM (Chinese style)
(adapted from makantime.com)

Ingredients:
600 g prawn - shelled.600g rice vermicelli (soaked in hot water for 3-5 mins)
600g bean sprouts (washed and get rid of its root if you so wished)
3 tbsp. dried prawns (finely pounded)
300g shallots )
20-30 dried chillies (finely pounded)
1 slice blachan 1 tbsp salt 1tbsp sugar (A)
1 tbsp smg + 1-1/2 bowls of water (B)

Method:
1) Heat oil in pan and add the pounded dried prawn, stir-fry and add "A". Fry till fragrant and until the oil appears. Set aside 4 to 5tbsp of this mixture for the gravy.
2) Add "B" and shelled prawn and bring it to boil.
3) Add rice-vermicelli and fry over high heat, then add in bean sprouts.
Stir-fry till rice-vermicelli is cooked - should bed dry, fluffy, andthoroughly mixed with the ingredients.

Ingredients for the gravy:
2 big onions - thickly sliced.
4-5 tbsp,preserved soya beans - finely smashed or pounded.
5-6 tbsp sugar1 egg-sized tamarind (assam)

Method:
1) squeeze Tamarind with 1 bowl of water then boil it in a saucepan.
2) Put all the remaining ingredients and bring it to boil again and then simmer for about 20 minutes.
3) Add the 4-5 tbsp mixture (see step 1 above). Boil for another five minutes to serve hot.

Ingredient for Sambal
10 tbsp chilli paste )1/2 tbsp blachan - finely pounded )
1 big onion - finely pounded )
Sugar and salt to taste
1 tbsp tamarind, squeezed with 1/2 cup of water and strained.

Method:
1) Heat the oil in a pan. Add pounded onion and fry until fragrant.
2) Add tamarind-juice, and cook for another 3-5 minutes.
3) Add sugar and salt to taste.

To serve:
1) Place rice vermicelli on serving plates
2) Garnish with wedges of hard-boiled egg, diced bean-cake, chives, limeand spring onions.
3) Add gravy and top up with sambal.

More H stuff!

2005-12-05T19:11:00.000+08:00

Something happened on 3 December Night (sorry 4 Dec Morning between 1am to 2am to be exact)
It was an experience……….
The gals would condemn, the guys would hmm…….deep down in the heart….concurred.
Drank a glass of warm Martell, saw and experienced and leave before it’s too late.

Cheers!

Night of Havoc

2005-12-03T16:49:00.000+08:00

1815-Dinner at Canton Wok (廣東飯店)
2015-Finish dinner plus 2 bottles of California Vin Rouge with colleagues
2030-Reach office again! Proceed to WineBos 1 Pink champagne & 1 Peter Lehmann Cab Sav
0000-Hit BarStop with 2 Carls
0230-Slump to zzzzzz..................
1900-Army's friend wedding dinner! booze again...

OH NO!

Hic!

Meaning of life-bored?

2005-11-28T21:33:00.000+08:00

Let’s break from the food and wine stuff for this entry. Let’s talk about the meaning of life for change.

I just got hit by this dazzle of thoughts yesterday night. (actually it’s more like in the morning today…0020 hrs to be exact.)

Life is bored! What do you do?

You pick up the LIFEFORD dictionary hidden between the left and right hemisphere of the brain.

You flip the copies in front of you.

1st edition: Boredom (noun) I don’t see that big woman staring at me today and say “So cute!”

2nd edition: Boredom (noun) Why am I alone in the cot?

3rd edition: Boredom (noun) Where that pesky kid whose hair I loved to pull?
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28th edition: Boredom (noun) Call the person who will make you happy and talk till midnight!

THAT IS BOREDOM TO YOU!

Way to deal with boredom!
Take a bottle of jolly good Vodka.
Pour about 50ml.
Squeeze half a lime.
Stir in a bit of sparkling ribena.
Throw into a couple of ice cubes for good measure.
Stir & shake.
Gulp it down!
Still bored?
Repeat process till you see the light at the other end of tunnel!
HIC!
Cheers

More on Chilli Crabs

2005-11-22T19:51:00.000+08:00

Recipe for Chilli Crabs

Ingredients
500g Sri Lanka Crabs or mud crab
8 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
8 fresh red chilli, roughly chopped
1 egg
2 spring onions, cut into finger length
1 tsp freshly squeezed lime or lemon juice
1 small bunch coriander plant (decoration)

Mix together for Sauce1 cup of water, 5 tbsp tomato ketchup, 1 1/2 to 3 tbsp sugar, or according to taste, 1 1/2 tsp cornflour, 1 tsp pounded brown preserved soya beans or dark miso (optional), 1/4 tsp saltMethodHeat the oil in a wok or shallow saucepan over high heat. Add garlic and stir-fry for 1 minute. Add the chilli, stir-fry till fragrant. Add crabs. Fry well till shells start turning red, add sauce ingredients stir well, cover with lid and simmer till shells are red. Break eggs into the wok and streak with a fork, simmer till cooked. Squeeze lime juice over and stir in spring onion.

Wine to complement:
For this hearty meal of crab, I would recommend a bottle of Hardys Riseling. This particular Riseling is fresh with a lemon lime citrus undertones. The palate is soft with a delicious lingering sweet finish and would not overwhelmed the sweet spicy taste of the Crabs.

Singapore’s unofficial “national dish” - chilli crab

2005-11-22T17:54:00.000+08:00

Extracted: chennaionline.com
It was in the 1950s that a great cook - Madam Cher Yam Tian - created a great recipe for preparing fresh-from-the-sea crabs. She and her husband, Lim Choon Ngee, set up a food stall selling sea crabs on the seashore, everyday from dusk till the wee hours, by the light of a kerosene lamp. This was the first version of the Singapore chilli crab.
The twist in the tale? Madam Cher’s food stall was located near where the famous East Coast Seafood Centre now stands, with all its restaurants cooking up a storm of chilli crab every night, without a thought for Madam Cher, the creator!
With a hearty gravy made from fresh red chillies, tomato sauce, fresh eggs and spring onions, chilli crabs are best eaten with your fingers. Don’t bother to try looking genteel - use your teeth to crack the shells, suck out the succulent meat, and if you have to, hit the extra-hard shell on the tabletop to break it!
Let the gravy run down your arm, clean it up with cubes of French bread or Chinese buns (known as mantou), that are served as a side dish. All in a chilli crab meal’s work!

More on Beaujolais Nouveau

2005-11-21T23:18:00.000+08:00

A recipe for good food using good wine!

Beaujolais-braised Beef Short Ribs
Andy D’AmicoNice Matin / Marseille

Serves four
Marinade:4 lbs. Meaty beef short ribs, trimmed of excess fat. 4 cups Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau 2005 3 Onions, chopped1 Carrot, chopped1 Rib celery, chopped12 cloves Garlic, smashed with the side of a knife 2 Fresh sage leaves2 Bay leaves
Braise:1 TBS Olive oil½ cup Diced salt pork1 Onion, chopped1 Carrot, chopped3 cloves Garlic, smashed with the side of a knife ½ cup Sliced mushrooms3 Tomatoes, peeled, seeded, chopped (or substitute canned )Peel of 1 orange 3 Fresh thyme sprigs2 Bay leaf3 ClovesFlourSalt
To make the marinade: In a 2-quart, non-reactive saucepan, mix together the wine, onions, carrot, celery, garlic, sage and bay leaves and simmer for 15 minutes. Set aside to cool completely. Put the ribs in a glass or ceramic dish large enough to hold them comfortably. Pour the cooled marinade over the ribs and turn several times to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 16 to 24 hours.

To prepare the braise, preheat the oven to 250°F.Lift the ribs from the marinade and pat dry with paper towels. Sprinkle lightly with flour and season lightly with salt. Strain the marinade through a fine-mesh sieve, discard the vegetables, and set the marinade aside.
In a heavy, enamel-coated, cast-iron pot (or casserole or Dutch oven) place the ribs snugly in a single layer, heat the oil and salt pork over medium heat until the salt pork melts and the oil is hot. Brown the ribs a few at a time, turning with tongs so that they are evenly colored on all sides. As the ribs are browned, set them aside.

When all the ribs are browned, pour off all but 2 tablespoons of the fat. Add the onions, carrots, garlic and mushrooms and cook for 3 to 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Add the tomatoes, orange zest, thyme, bay leaves and cloves, stir, and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the browned ribs and the strained marinade to the casserole, cover, and bake for approximately 2 ½ hours or until the meat slips easily away from the bones.

Carefully remove the short ribs from the casserole and discard any bones that have separated from the meat, set aside to cool. Strain the braising liquid through a fine-mesh sieve into a 2-quart saucepan, pressing on the solids to extract as much liquid as possible, place uncovered in the coolest part of the refrigerator.

When the meat is cool enough to handle slip off any bones that are still attached to the meat, carefully cut off and discard the rubbery tendon that is attached to the bottom of the meat. Cover the meat and refrigerate.Lift the layer of fat congealed on top of the cooled braising liquid and discard.

Set the saucepan over medium-high heat, bring the liquid to a boil, and reduce until the sauce is the consistency of thick cream. Strain again.

When ready to serve, return the meat to the sauce and heat gently over a slow flame until heated through. Season with salt & pepper and serve.

Serve with creamy polenta, potato puree or buttered noodles.

Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau 2005

2005-11-21T22:56:00.000+08:00

Finally the day where every decent wine lover would be waiting for! The arrival of the Beaujolais Nouveau 2005! I have managed to get hold of this young wine in Isetan Scotts today at a price of SGD27.90! I have tried the 2003 bottle which to me was a smashing fruity wine. At that time, my cousin went all the way to Africa to get me a bottle.
For those who wish to know more about the wine. Here are some information.

Extracted: From a wine enthusiast
"This Wednesday (16 November), starting at about 10 p.m., quite a few of us will be standing in line at wine stores, bars and restaurants, empty glasses in hand, waiting to taste the Beaujolais Nouveau wines that will be poured precisely at midnight. We will not be alone, for at midnight their own time people in New York, San Francisco, Paris, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Soeul, Singapore and Rio de Janeiro will also be waiting for a sip of these super young wines. "

Extracted: intowine.com
AT ONE MINUTE PAST MIDNIGHT on the third Thursday of each November, from little villages and towns like Romanèche-Thorins, over a million cases of Beaujolais Nouveau begin their journey through a sleeping France to Paris for immediate shipment to all parts of the world. Banners proclaim the good news: Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé! "The New Beaujolais has arrived!" One of the most frivolous and animated rituals in the wine world has begun.By the time it is over, over 65 million bottles, nearly half of the region's total annual production, will be distributed and drunk around the world. It has become a worldwide race to be the first to serve to this new wine of the harvest. In doing so, it has been carried by motorcycle, balloon, truck, helicopter, Concorde jet, elephant, runners and rickshaws to get it to its final destination. It is amazing to realize that just weeks before this wine was a cluster of grapes in a growers vineyard. But by an expeditious harvest, a rapid fermentation, and a speedy bottling, all is ready at the midnight hour.

Beaujolais Nouveau began as a local phenomenon in the local bars, cafes, and bistros of Beaujolais and Lyons. Each fall the new Beaujolais would arrive with much fanfare. In pitchers filled from the growers barrels, wine was drunk by an eager population. It was wine made fast to drink while the better Beaujolais was taking a more leisurely course. Eventually, the government stepped into regulate the sale of all this quickly transported, free-flowing wine.In 1938 regulations and restrictions were put in place to restrict the where, when, and how of all this carrying on. After the war years, in 1951, these regulations were revoked by the region's governing body—the Union Interprofessional des Vins de Beaujolais (UIVB)—and the Beaujolais Nouveau was officially recognized. The official release date was set for November 15th. Beaujolais Nouveau was officially born. By this time, what was just a local tradition had gained so much popularity that the news of it reached Paris. The race was born. It wasn't long thereafter that the word spilled out of France and around the world. In 1985, the date was again changed, this time to the third Thursday of November tying it to a weekend and making the celebration complete. But wherever the new Beaujolais went, importers had to agree not to sell it before midnight on the third Thursday of November.

On a more technical note, the wine is strictly speaking, more properly termed Beaujolais Primeur. By French and European rules, a wine released during the period between its harvest and a date in the following spring, is termed primeur. A wine released during the period between its own and the following years harvest, is termed nouveau. Well, enough of that! It is a triumph of marketing and promotion, mostly due to the efforts of Georges Dub œuf. The largest negociant in the region, he is a tireless promoter of Beaujolais and Beaujolais Nouveau. More than a fifth of his annual production, about 4 million bottles, is Beaujolais Nouveau. All in all, in the last 45 years, sales have risen from around a million bottles to more than 70 million bottles. Apart from the fanfare, what makes Beaujolais Nouveau so popular? And especially in the U.S. where consumption of red wine is less than 30%? Simply put, Beaujolais Nouveau is as about as close to white wine as a red wine can get. Due to the way it is made—the must is pressed early after only three days—the phenolic compounds, in particular the astringent tannins, normally found in red wines, isn't there, leaving an easy to drink, fruity wine. This, coupled with the fact that it tastes best when chilled, makes for a festive wine to be gulped rather than sipped, enjoyed in high spirits rather than critiqued. As a side note, it makes a great transitional wine for anyone wanting to move from white to red wines.

Franck Duboeuf presided over the official uncorking at New York.

Gulp is NOT the Way!

2005-11-20T13:32:00.000+08:00

BEER TASTING AT ITS BEST
Extracted from germanculture.com.ua

Here's How:
Choose your favorite kind of beer, or the kind mostly advised by your friend.
Open the bottle.

While pouring the beer into the glass, listen to the mild sound of the flowing beer and the soft noise of escaping carbonic acid.

Enjoy the vesicles rising up and over the glass and building into a gorgeous foam crown.
Inhale the full bouquet of the beer flavor.

And now ..... take the first desired sip.

Taste all beer ingredients: the grain, the hop, the water and the yeast.
Feel your first impression gradually develop as the beer covers your tongue from the tip to the root.

Define the unique taste of your beer with the aftertaste remaining on the tongue.

You will be surprised to find a variety of different taste nuances -- all in only one beer!

Food on thoughts

2005-11-20T02:47:00.000+08:00

Health benefits of Beer
source: Prerna Salla

Beer and its magnificent research Studies have revealed that beer can produce the same benefits as drinking wine. Whether you prefer ales, lagers, stout, bitter or wheat beers, studies show that one drink a day for women or up to two drinks a day for men will reduce your chances of strokes, heart and vascular disease. It’s no secret that the stroke is the 3rd leading cause of death in the U.S. and the leading cause of serious, long-term disabilities. What’s interesting is that it was proven that those who drank one beer a week compared to those who drank one beer a day experienced no variance in reducing stroke risks. It is said that light to moderate drinkers will decrease their chances of suffering a stroke by 20%. A researcher at the Texas Southwestern Medical Center reported that those who consume moderate amounts of beer (one to two a day at the most) have a 30-40% lower rate of coronary heart disease compared to those who don’t drink. Beer contains a similar amount of ‘polyphenols’ (antioxidants) as red wine and 4-5 times as many polyphenols as white wine. At times pregnant women were also allowed to have beer during their pregnancy to facilitate the baby and help him slide out easily from the mother’s womb. Alcohol has also been attributed of its ability to increase the amount of good cholesterol (HDL) into the bloodstream as well as help to decrease blood clots. As a conditioner too, beer has excellent results on adding up to the shine of your hair. As it contains vitamin B6, which prevents the build-up of amino acid called homocysteine that has been linked to heart disease, you're sure to have a healthy hear too. Some interesting facts for you to ponder upon. * Beer is nutritious if consumed in moderation * That beer is fat-free and cholesterol free? * Beer has a relaxing effect on the body thereby reducing stress. * It can help you sleep better * It helps prevent heart disease and improves the blood circulation * It has proven to have positive effects on elderly people. It helps to promote blood vessel dilation, sleep, and urination. On an average beer contains the following: 0mg of cholesterol 0g of fat 13g of carbohydrate 25mg of sodium protein, calcium, potassium, phosphorus and vitamins B, B2, and B6 The health risks of beer Ever heard of the ‘beer belly’? In a German study, Gerard Klose said ‘dangers begin to emerge in men measuring more than 94 centimeters around the middle, and become "really risky" at a girth of 102 centimeters’. ‘Too much fat’, he said, ‘makes diabetes, certain forms of cancer and heart disease a distinct possibility’.’ It’s no secret that high levels of fat accumulated on the body is unhealthy and can cause serious illness over time. An article in the London Times reports that fat that collects around the internal organs to form the typically male beer belly will also find its way into the bloodstream and in turn, raise your cholesterol levels. This leads to heart and vascular disease and strokes. So its best to drink in moderation. Cheers to that! Hic!