Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Labour Day @ Labrador Park

It was a very sunny day, 1st of May, the labour day in asia countries. My church organized an outing to the Labrador Park at the West of Singapore.

Darren is the key person that book the BBQ pit and ordered the BBQ stuff. Darren and I reach there earlier than anyone else, to receive the BBQ food and stuff from the vendor. And well, the pit that we've booked isn't that near to the car park and we really need help to carried the 2 big boxes of chilled food and another box of BBQ accessories.

While we are walking to the pit, there are these 3 workers who helped us to carry those stuff voluntarily. Only until we've put all at the resting point beside the pit, they've asked me to give them some money for their "hard work". This is really.... And even more, when Darren came back from washroom, he told me that he had given another few bucks for them to buy softdrink. Oh man, these people are really spoilers. Lesson of the day, there's no free lunch.

I've taken this photo along the way, and I'm not sure what they are doing and it looks like they are digging some shell creatures for fishing.

Ah Pek Wesley Lee!

The very first thing that we do when Siew Voon, "the water supplier" came, make the ribena drink and chill it!
This is the pit that we've booked, Berlayer Battery. It was very very hot even until early evening. And Sean said that it is always the case, when we go for outing, everyone prayed that it will not be rainy, so God answered our prayer with a big hot sun. :-D

Ah Pek Lee in action, showing us how to play the "freebies", of which he had learn from his daughter.

That's Andy's soccer ball, he had tried to pump it and accidentally broke the pumping needle and at the end we have a flatten ball instead.

The sea view, you'll see all sorts ships though.

John Calvin, posturing while Darren take a shot with his aging but still working faithfully Canon G2 Camera.
The ladies and the kids, while the guys went for soccer.

Xue Yin with John Calvin

Andy with his sun glasses (at the very left), see him in action for the game.

Darren! The teacher to be in the coming months.

The little boy must be wondering why these adults play with a flatten rather than playing with him with his smaller version but inflated one.


Another batch of the crowd came, Darren's friends with family. I'm really bad to forgot their names.

Sean, taking the risk of falling off the staircase to take the haning spider with his Canon 400D.

And follow by all others with thier gadgets.

The jeti, viewed from the top of the hill.

Wee Tat, posturing as the thinker - Le Penseur.

Trying to shot the special sunlight effect with my humble A95.

Finally the party starts, we've started to grill the food. Shown here are the volunteers that grilled the meat for all of us. (well... some of them is not well done grilled!)

Catch the sunset.

Finally, my wife made it here after work. And we all enjoyed the time in groups chit chating.

Heros who give your block a new look


These are the Heros! They won't work during the rainy days due to their job nature, but they've no excuse for the hot sun. These was taken 2 weeks ago, and it was a very sunny and hot saturday.

While I enjoyed the shield and windy air in my little kitchen, I've start to sweat when I go near the window and take these pictures. So much so that I wish I could give the 3 guys some chilled drink, but that would probably make distract them and make it dangerous on the job.

He simply refused to be in the shot, look at the cars at the car park, they are well covered before the painting work begins.
Here you go! They are coming up!

Friday, May 09, 2008

Woody Woodpecker!

Hi everyone, I'm back! ops.. no.. I've never been away!

Thursday, May 08, 2008

KFC Fish Zinger!

KFC stands for?....

Definitely all of us know, its Kentury Fried Chicken by Colonel Sanders! But, I bet that your kids might not know of it and likelihood that those below 10 years old won't know either unless it was taught explicitly.

That's what KFC actually wanted! Health conscious people will always say eat less or none fried food, eat more veggie. And yet, the big fast food name itself says Fried Chicken, which they indeed deep fried chicken in pressure cooker. That's why they've tried their best to "re-brand" it as KFC.

This is my wife favourite Zinger burger! Did your saliva started to drip now?
You can still see its Big KFC in the logo.

And ... as consumers are turning to eat the healthier meat - Fish from the Oceon, KFC presents the FishOle. That's one of the very early moves that KFC venture into non-chicken meat. And you'll notice that the KFC wording is very much smaller.

And as of now, we'll see the new Fish Zinger in KFC stores! It features whole fish fillet and hohoho! I couldn't find the wording KFC anymore in the logo!

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

MAS - Now everyone is flying!

AirAsia came into the malaysia domestic flight market in December 2001, it brought the promising slogan to Malaysian "Now Everyone Can Fly!" and subsequently it had expanded into international market in the Asia region.

I believe many of us had enjoyed and benefited from the low cost flight, not only travelers but also the local tourism industry too. Truly, my trip with friends to Kota Kinabalu a few years back was not possible without AirAsia very low cost flight.

And as of this month, MAS, Malaysia Airlines, had come into the picture to lure customers to its domestic flight services with 0 ringgit promotion.



As I chat with my colleague who sent me the news, I've came up with the slogan, while AirAsia says "Now Everyone Can Fly", I think with MAS, it is going to be "Now Everyone Is Flying!"

I did a quick search for a flight from KL to KK, and indeed, there is 0 ringgit flight!

Well, you got to pay tax as well, which end up MYR120.00, which is rather... still worth it!

How about AirAsia pricing? Here we go, it is cheaper!??

I've chosen the economy promo price of RM39. There is also another one at RM100, but of course we compare how cheap we can go here. So plus all the Tax and this and that, it ends up RM110.50, which is RM9.50 cheaper than MAS.

But wait!... you still need the luggages! since it is a no-frill flight, you will be charged extra for your luggages. And it goes like this, say, you check in Bag 2 for RM6.


Oh no... you got to add RM0.50 more to get a Roti Canai on your AirAsia flight from KL to KK!


:-D.. that's provided that you don't opt for Xpress Boarding!

M1 Video Call = Voice Call Rate!

Dear customer, from 1 May, video call is at voice call rates. Customers on Free incoming call plans enjoy free incoming video calls. More info at www.m1.com.sg

This is the SMS that I've received about 2 weeks back. So, you can voice call me now! (hmm... but let me know first, as I've turned off 3G mode to prolong my battery per charge life.. haha)

So far I've only tried to "play" with 3G video calls, other than I, I hardly use it and I've no reason why I should be using it. Yaya.. I know it is sweet to talk to your spouse with video calls (ensure a ear phone is used), so you guys that is dating, that's for you!

Do comment on if you got any better idea of what to do with Video calls, I would be keen to know!

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

漁夫之寶 Fisherman's Friend Gummy!


Very first, please excuse me for posting poor quality photo, as I've lend out my A95 camera for my sister in-law for her coming Taiwan trip.

Yeah, this is the Fisherman's Friend Chewing Gum! I bought it from Johor the last weekend, which I thought it was the new packing of Fisherman's Friend Lozenges, but to my surprise it is chewing gum! There are 2 favours that I've got, the Strong Mint and Eucalyptus Menthol.

Here is a video commercial of it:


And the conventional one:


I'm going to give it a try or pass to my fellow 3rd floor colleagues :-D

regards,
choongseng

Monday, May 05, 2008

Wouldn't it be nice if the world were Cadbury

I've loving Cadbury! My wife was laughing when the Cadbury commercial shows on TV, not because she is fond of it, but because she was "astonished" to see me laughing at it when the car gear broken and the driver ate it. :-D...

While I couldn't find the exact commercial that was shown in Singapore TV, here are some others from youtube. Hope you enjoy them:

The Surfer:

Wouldn't it be nice if the world were Cadbury?
You could surf inside a chocolate tube
Ride your board across the wave forever
Get wiped out and never get a bruise
And if a shark came up and tried to bite you
You could say 'I'm chocolate - I invite you'
Wouldn't it be nice?

Soccer Super Star:

Wouldn't it be nice if the world were Cadbury?
You could be a soccer super star.
Referee would blow his chocolate whistle,
A shot a goal would even break the bar.
And if you went and scored the winner
You'd win the cup and eat it for your dinner.
Wouldn't it be nice?

In the space:


The Holiday/Car Trip (the same ads as in singapore TV, but different audio):

Wouldn't it be nice if the world were Cadbury?
Riding in the car would be a tasty treat.
Changing gears would soon become a problem
Cadbury dairy milk is so good to eat
When you arrive at your destination,
You'll be greeted with an exclamation!
Wouldn't it be nice?

And a search on youtube, this lady is so fond of it too!


Some screen shot available http://www.cadbury.co.nz/cadbury_home/downloads.asp too.

Apparently, there are many more which is missing from the list above! If you found any more, let me know!

The song "Wouldn't it be nice" was originally from The Beach Boy, you could find out more info on it from wikipedia.

regards,
choongseng