I work I Intro I play I Eat

Hello there ... I'm back from my break from blogging due to work and play. It’s been a really busy past few months …. I have extra OT stuff to do at work, and at home, I need to help my father (and sometimes mother) with stuff and also need to tutor Miss O, my gf. I don't have much alone time to do my stuff, hence the lack of blog posts. I don’t even have enough time to watch my favourite local TV series, Fighting Spiders 2 :( … time for some catch-up TV on MSN or maybe mobtv on Mio (yes, I subscribed it for the English Premier league ....) when I have the time. Watching live Newcastle United matches is something I can’t live without, so that I will always find some time to watch he he. Singtel’s tv connection is not so fantastic though …

Luckily there is a long weekend this week due to (holiday) and I have some extra time to blog, just in time to tell you about this really exciting event coming up in a few weeks time ….


My previous workplace, Marina Bay Sands is going to have 2 really fine clubs opening next year at one of the crystal pavilion, and the iconic Avalon, one of the clubs (all the way from Hollywood) is going to have an event this month during the F1 Singapore Grand Prix!!

The event called GO!, which kick starts a series of events in anticipation of the grand opening will feature world famous DJs and acclaimed music performances, against the backdrop of artwork created by cutting-edge visual artists.


Event Details:

Avalon At Large Invites you to GO!
A Singapore GP Season Event
Event Dates
Thursday September 23rd, 2010
and Friday September 24th, 2010
Tickets
1 Day $70SGD Limited Early Bird Tickets (until sold out)
2 day $125SGD Limited Early Bird Tickets (until sold out)
Tickets are available at http://www.avalonatlarge.com/2010/tickets.php
Featured Artists

• Chemical Brothers
• Empire of the Sun
• Flo Rida
• Santigold
• Above & Beyond
• Steve Angello (Swedish House Mafia)
• Steve Aoki
• Major Lazer
• Make the Girl Dance

Where’s the place
Marina Bay Sands Sands Expo and Convention Center
10 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore 018970
Opposite Marina Bay Sands Hotel (the Towers)

Marina Bay Sands is located at 10 Bayfront Avenue, along the Marina Bay waterfront, in the heart of Singapore, only 10 minutes from Changi International Airport.Marina Bay Sands is located at 10 Bayfront Avenue, along the Marina Bay waterfront, in the heart of Singapore, only 10 minutes from Changi International Airport.

For those who don’t know how to get there:

By Car or Taxi
Taxis and cars may access Bayfront Avenue via Raffles Boulevard or Marina Boulevard (ERP charges apply).
By MRT (Train)
North South Line: Exit at Marina Bay MRT Station.
Parking
Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center Carpark
For more details about this event, go to http://www.avalonatlarge.com/

Are you excited?? I certainly am!! I’m really looking forward to this event and the opening of the 2 new clubs.

This is where you will be drinking and dancing at in 2011….

Shiok right?? Can’t wait for it to open ah!!!

I do not have much time to club these days but when I do, I would certainly make this one of my top destinations to club. =) I love what the 2 IRs (Integrated Resorts) are bringing to Singapore, casinos and all.

Speaking of IRs …

Despite my busy schedule, I also go out and have fun lah … but mostly (okay maybe all) with Miss O. Recently, we went to Universal Studious at the other IR, Resorts World Sentosa and had a great time there. It was actually my third time there (the previous 2 were trips to the casino :p).


It would be a waste not to go Universal studious when it is situated at your country right? No need to take expensive air tickets to other countries he he. Really good for cheapos and poor guys like me. Feel so proud looking at the Universal Studios globe right here in sunny Singapore. I think I felt a tear coming out from my eye when I stared at the globe for the first time ha ha. Taking a picture there is a must I think, and you don’t need to pay tickets to have a pic taken with the globe as it is situated outside he he.


Once you are inside, it’s like you are in a different world. Everywhere is so movie like with so many nice spots to take pictures. There are also lots of themed rides, shops and places to eat. There are 6 themed locations there … New York, Hollywood, Land of Far Far Away, The Lost World Jurassic Park, Madagascar, Sci-Fi City, and Ancient Egypt. All of themed are unique and will look familiar to movie lovers.


We explored the different location, tried the rides, shopped a little and ate a little (with the free voucher given along with the tickets). My favourite locations are Ancient Egypt and Land of Far Far Away. Both of them have the better attractions at the moment I think. I was a little disappointed with Madagascar and Sci-Fi City as the main rides were not available (although I’m not sure if I dare to ride the Battlestar Galactica at Sci-Fi city, the world’s tallest pair of dueling roller coasters :p).

There is more I can write about my trip but I think you should go there and explore the place for yourself (plus I’m getting a little sleepy already). There is one very important thing I have to tell you though …. Please bring along sunscreen and an umbrella when you are there …. Its super hot (stupid Singapore weather)!!! Will I go there again? Definitely…. but until more rides are available.

Now …

back to life at home …

and my Sakae Sushi Adventures!

As I have been busy these days, and do not go out as often as before (besides work), plus no one cooks at home, I order lots of home delivery for lunch and dinner. Besides the usual, McDonalds, KFC and Pizza Hut, I also order home delivery from other restaurants. Maybe I can make a list for home delivery I order in the future ….


For a healthier choice, sometimes we order Sakae Sushi. It’s less sinful (I think), although a little more costly.

For Sakae Sushi, we usually order either the bentos or the party tray which comes with lots of sushi and wasabi and soy sauce and wet tissues and chopsticks. Recently they also have some new menu items …

We tried 4 of the 6 new items (most with rather cute names) … Sakaelicious Cha Soba bento, Sugoi Crispy bento, premium sushi set and Chirpy Katsu bento. I ate the Chirpy Katsu bento which was really nice and my sis, mum and miss O ate the other 3. The new menu items are welcomed as we were actually quite sian of ordering the same old bentos over and over again. Do try it if you haven already done so :)

Check out the new items at http://www.sakaedelivery.com/newitems.html

Okay ..

I’m feeling really tired now. Time for some rest. It’s back to work tomorrow after the long weekend. Now I have to work at 2 different locations throughout the week, every week …. Sian ahhhh. Hopefully, there is less work to do soon (fat hope).

When is the next holiday ah?

Oh yah, I bought an Ipad recently to pamper myself after working so hard he he. More about that next time :P I use for work and play and love it so much.

Blogged from My iPad pad










Joking lah … I still use my computer for some stuff.

P.S: Sian ah ... it seems like some of my images are not appearing in my previous posts ... my blog logo also gone :( .... hope it appears soon.

(Pictures Taken From: my camera and Avalon at Large)

Our 4 months Anniversary

Helloooo? Blog ... are you there??

Today is our 4 months anniversary …. 4 months of not updating you. :( I’m sorry that I have not touched you for exactly 4 months. I have finally have some free time from work and play and now I’m ready to once again update you. I have been too lazy busy that I have not even changed the boliasia.com header .... its still the Christmas edition!! A lot of things have changed since the last time I blogged. I changed job, found someone special, grew a little thinner than a little fatter etc etc ... I’m to lazy to go into details, but I guess you might be that interested anyway ..



Here are some of the picture updates for the past 4 months. Didn't really take much pictures so not many to post pai seh ....

and some other stuff .....

One thing that never changed during these times is my love for Sakae Sushi. I have been going to the outlets every once in awhile with my friends, family, and Miss O. I also order Sakae food delivery every now and then too when I am too lazy to go out. I like the new menu Some interesting new stuff they have there.



Sakae Sushi isn’t the only thing Sakae I ate recently ... I also went to Sakae Teppanyaki a few times and I really like it a lot! All the food I ordered tasted really good and it is really nice to see the food cooked right in front of you by the great chefs. The garlic rice is a must for every visit and if you have cash to spare, please get the foie gras. It is super nice can ....


I will try to blog a little more often in the future, but I think most of my posts will be shorter with less pictures, unless there is some major thing I’m covering. I am no longer that bo liao with nothing to do, but I try my best to update okay? =|

From the Christmas 09 to the New Year 10

Oh man, it’s been a long time since I last blogged (again). Miss me?? (dun vomit) Training/work, exploring both the Mio TV and Hubstation HD setup boxes, playing Uncharted 2 on PS3, and celebrations and outings here and there have kept me so busy that I neglected my dear little blog. I have completed Uncharted 2 and there are lesser celebrations at the moment (until Chinese New Year) so I guess I have a little spare time to blog heh. I think I shall blog about what I did during the Christmas and New Year period …

I have already talked about Mio TV in my previous post so let me now talk about the Hubstation HD setup box which I received recently. As mentioned in my previous post, I got the hubstation HD free for 1 year and 3 months free subscription of the HBO pak after being the first few fans who responded to Starhub’s fan offer on their facebook page. =) The Mio TV box is also free as I signed up for the early bird special (free Champions League, Europa League and Serie A for the rest of the season!) he he. I love free stuff! Anyways, it my first time using hubstation and like the Mio TV box, I love it! I like how I can easily record any show anytime I want, and watch another show while recording it. I also like how I can record by series and record HD content in addition to standard definition programmes. It’s so easy to use and definitely very useful for those working and constantly missing their favourite tv shows. I can even rewind live tv!! It is something like Tivo right? Pai seh I never use before. Don’t call me sua ku!

HBO HD is also really cool. It’s HBO in HD!!! Ha ha. All the shows you see on HBO are shown on HBO HD at the exact same time, only much clearer! All the movies look so gooood ….. except the super old ones heh. And yes, you can record the shows on the Hubstation HD =) No need to buy blue ray movies or ahem download stuff and waste disk space heh.

On to gaming .... I bought Uncharted 2 after selling 2 of my old games and I really like it! One of the best games on PS3 I feel. It’s been a long time since a game has kept me interested long enough to complete it lol. I played it on my new, super nice, LG W2486L monitor which I received recently (more about that next time) =) Since I have completed it, it’s time to sell it and get another game he he. What should I buy? Hmmm ….

Besides work, exploring Mio TV and Hubstation HD, playing Uncharted 2, I also had a Christmas BBQ with my UWA mates, watched a few movies, ate Sakae Sushi, played UFO catchers, and had some little drinking outing …

On most Christmas eves, I would usually stay at home and watch TV. I did something a little different this year … my UWA mates had a BBQ session at Pasir Ris Park on Chritmas eve. It was quite a last minute thing but luckily we managed to book a pit.

Everyone had to bring their own bbq item (potluck) and a gift to exchange. I made a poster for the event and posted it on Facebook events he he. We also had discussions there regarding food and stuff so as to avoid bringing the same food. Skali everyone bring hotdogs lol.


I ordered around 200 sticks of satay (my fav food of all time), lots of Otah, charcoal, fire starters, aluminium trays and some other bbq stuff from City Satay … great place to order from for lazy and car(less) guys like me. Fuss free, no need to think, just order and enjoy he he.

The satays and stuff arrived earlier than the planned bbq session starting time, so I went to the place early. My sis soon arrived and we sat at the BBQ pit and waited for the others to come. We didn’t want to start the bbq first out of courtesy …. erm no …. because we didn’t know how to start the fire lol. You know, I’m the kind of person who goes to a bbq just to eat and not cook. =P

Luckily for us and our noisy stomachs, Jun Wee arrived next and we found out that he is the bbq pro. We realised that we only had 1 thong for the food and no thongs for the charcoal, so poor Jun Wee had to use his hands to arrange the charcoal and use tissue papers to start light the fire starters. The BBQ would not be able to start without him man … thank you Master Chef. Luckily, back-up tongs arrived later, and we (okay Jun Wee) were able to add charcoals more easily.

So … besides the delicious satays, what other goodies were available at “The Christmas BBQ at the Pasir Ris from the PM to the AM”???


My sis brought stingrays and squids, Jun Wee and gf (now fiance :p) brought his mum’s specially marinated chicken wings and clams, Iska brought his home-cooked spicy fried rice. Wayne brought sweet potato, marshmallows and some beer, Weida and gf brought drinks, Shawn brought plates, cups and utensils, but was really late so we had to beg from other bbqers, Rayne and husband brought salad and some more beer and Ling Zhi brought Jelly dessert. There was one very important thing missing from the list of food …….. hotdogs!!! We had a discussion on Facebook to prevent everyone from bringing hotdogs and now we don’t even have a single hotdog lol. Is this the only bbq in the world without hotdogs?? The closest things we had to hotdogs were the Taiwan sausages brough by Darren. Only 2 packets though =P


We ate till 12 plus, wished each other Merry Christmas, and had the gift exchange session. I got a towel from Darren. I think I have the same set at home lol. We then tried to form words with the sparkers on the floor but failed miserably lol. Lucky we managed to take some cool looking shots with the help of Jun Wee (again). He adjusted some settings on my camera and we were able to take the pictures of the words “UWA XMAS 2009” formed by sparkers.

After that, we ate some more, drank some more and went home …. after packing the place up of course. Hope we can have some sort of gathering again next year. =)


The day after Christmas, I met up with shawn, Wayne and Iska after my training/work for a movie and chilling out session. Before the movie started, I continued my Sakae Sushi adventures by asking my friends to eat at the Sakae Sushi over at Citylink mall.


As usual we ordered chanwanmushi and drinks to start the eating session. Then we ate some red plates, fried tempura (Ebi), fried vegetables (Kakiage) and fried salmon. The main course was the Chicken Sukiyaki and some donburis (rice with food on top =P). It was my first time eating the Chicken version of the Sukiyaki (usually I eat the beef one), and I find that it tasted just as good as its beef version. The sweet soup is simply irresistible he he. It was a little weird eating at Citylink mall where lots of people are walking around though. I think if everyone were to order Sukiyaki and sit outside, it will attract lots of people to eat at Sakae. It smells so good.

According to the Sakae Sushi Facebook fanpage, they are going to come up with a new chawanmushi called the Ikura Chawanmushi!! I’m so going to try that when it comes out in the new menu.


After Sakae, we went to the UFO catcher paradise (dunno the name of the place - the place with lots of UFO catchers) at Marina Square and I saw a very interesting UFO catcher heh. It’s called Robo Catcher.


Instead of your usual UFO catcher way of “catching” the stuff toys, you are given some time to control a cute robot to lift the toys out of the barricade. You can try to lift the toys up as many times as you want within the time limit. In case you are interested, I took a video of the machine when Shawn was playing lol.


I think we spent more than 10 bucks on Robo Catcher and won nothing lol. In fact, I think I wasted around 20 dollars at that place without getting anything lol.

After wasting money at UFO catchers, we went to watch Sherlock Holmes. I was really tired by then and slept through half of the show =P The rest loved the show though, so I guess it’s my fault for being too sleepy. After the movie and my sleep, we went for some drinking talk cock session.

I had another drinking talk cock session with my sis and Wayne on Wednesday and spent New Year’s Eve at home with dad, mum and kimi counting down (as usual). Watched the countdown show on channel 5 and jumped around with coins in my pocket when it was 12am, 1st January 2010 for good money luck. I also ate some noodles as usual for long life. I know I’m very pan tang (superstitious). At least I managed to see some of the fireworks from my house even though it’s very far away from Marina. I also got to hear some nice songs from Da Mouth. One the songs Na Qu, has been stuck in my head for the past week man …

In case you missed it ...


I like the song and the dance sia =) Get it get it on get it get it on ..... na qu na qu na qu .....

On the very first day of the year 2010, I went to watch a Hokkien concert with my mum and Shawn.


The concert had actors from 2 of the Taiwan hokkien dramas on channel 8, Love 爱 and Unforgettable Memories 意难忘, which are very popular with aunties and uncles he he. I don’t watch the dramas but just accompany mother la lol. Some of them sang really well, some not so good, but I’m sure my mum and all the other uncles and aunties enjoyed the concert he he. For those who have watched the show or have someone in your house watching Taiwanese dramas, I’m sure you will find this song familiar ….


I ask sky I ask sky!!

It’s the main theme song of Love!! The guy who sang it was really good and it sounded exactly like the version I hear on TV every week! That was my highlight of the concert he he. At the end of the concert, everyone got on stage sang the song again lol.

Okay okay, I shall stop here for now (time to sleep!) … in my next post, I think I will tell you more about the really cool LG 24 inch monitor I received from recently. So big, so slim, so beautiful …..

P.S: I still love my HTC Hero!! Please download Handcent if you have an android phone .... its awesome!!

(Images Taken From: Katherine’s digital camera, my digital camera, my HTC Hero, Sakae Sushi Facebook)

I went to Anime Festival Asia 09 & had Power-uped food

Selamat Hari Raya Haji people!! Hope you enjoy your long weekend this week. Public holidays are the best when it falls on Mondays or Fridays right? =)

Last Saturday, I was part of history by witnessing the revelation of the first ever mascots for the Youth Olympic Games. However, the reason why I was at Suntec City was not because of this event …. I didn’t even know it was going to happen until I heard Daniel Ong’s voice at Suntec lol. I was at Suntec City last Saturday because I went to the Anime Festival Asia 09. =)

Shawn had some complimentary tickets and asked if I wanted to go and I said yes immediately he he. How could I miss such an exciting event? Cosplays, maid café, anime, figurines etc etc … hey, I would happily pay for the tickets if he didn’t have them free (provided someone goes with me). So Shawn, Wayne, Ben and I went to Anime Festival Asia 09!

The last time I went for an event with cosplayers was the License2Play event, also at Suntec City. I managed to post only 1 miserable picture of that event, so I was determined to take many more pictures this time.


(The only pic I posted for License2Play last time lol)
As you need to pay to be able to go in (except for us and maybe some others =P), the place was not as packed as License2Play which was a good thing for me. I hate crowds, especially at IT shows where you can’t even walk properly and have to squeeze through people to get to see the products you are interested in. I wouldn’t mind paying to enter IT shows sia he he … dun flame me!

I’m sure if you need to pay, there will be less people who will bring their whole family to look and see and don’t buy anything at all heh. Just use the money from entrance fee to have some lucky draw or instant win thingy for every ticket so that people won’t complain so much =P The last IT show had around 1 million visitors – This equals to 5 million dollars worth of prizes! Actually, if the organizers keep half the money, they would still be giving out exciting prizes lol. People queue up to buy toto for a chance to win 1 mil but have nothing to see, now you pay $5 and can see IT products and get a chance to win 1 mil plus other exciting prizes too! Oh nooo, seems like a good deal …. skali got more people attend the fair instead of the crowd lessening. =P What was I thinking? Maybe they should keep 4mil and give lousier prizes instead … Can I organize my own IT show? There is Sitex this week by the way. I will not be attending this time round he he.

Anywayz …. Back to topic …

Since it was not as packed as License2Play, I was able to take more pictures of the place, cosplayers, displays and all. =) In my License2Play post, I said I wanted to buy a DSLR so that I stand a better chance of taking better pictures and look better when I ask cosplayers to posed for a pic but I haven’t got one yet lol. There were a lot of people with DSLRs at License2Play and I think there are more at Anime Festival Asia .. it seems like almost everyone there had a DSLR! Everyone are becoming pro photographers nowadays huh. However, I had a rather decent compact camera I bought for my trip to Australia in September, and together with my determination to take more pics this time round, I was 10 times more thick skin in asking cosplayers to pose for pics he he. Hope I can have my very own DSLR cam next year so I can take better pictures though.

Soooo …. Let’s see what I took this time round!


We walked around the place looking at the lovely figurines, artwork, anime related stuff on sale etc and I took some pictures here and there.


There were different areas for different interests like the Bandai Kids Land for kids, drawing booths for wanabe (mostly very good) artists, toys, a stage for events like the cosplay championship and the I Love Anisong concert.

It seems like there are lots of figurines and other products of Anime which I have not watched before so I was a little lost. I only knew those older anime like Dragon Ball and Naruto (which I still watch) he he but was still able to appreciate the beauty and cuteness of the things on display heh. Gotta watch more Animax on TV on Mobile to update myself =P It seems like they are showing the latest episodes (same week as Japan!) of Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood and Inu Yusha The Final Act every week.


I took some pictures of figurines I know and don’t know as they all look really good and kawaii. I used to buy a lot of these stuff when I was younger but I’m too poor now ha ha. I still buy gashapon items and play those UFO catcher machines though. Don’t think I will grow out of them lol.


Dragon ball, Gundam, Naruto, Ghost in the shell and other Anime related figurines and models – I’m sure Anime lovers would be able to find something they like. I see a lot of $100 plus Bleach swords being snapped up by Anime enthusiasts … rich sia.


As much as I enjoyed looking at all the exhibits, cosplayers and stuff, I got to admit that the highlight of the day was the Moe Moe Kyun Maid Café. =p I have read about these places and saw videos of the maid cafés in Japan but it was my first time actually visiting a maid café. I know there is one at Chimes, but I have not been there before. There were strict restrictions regarding taking of photos and other hanky panky actions but I managed to risk my life and take a few pictures he he. Don’t believe me .. see this video!




Sorry, the last pic is not from the maid café but one of the artworks being displayed he he … couldn’t resist posting the pic =)

Everyone had to order a meal to be able to dine 1 hour in the café, so all four of us ordered a meal which includes a free Polaroid picture with one of the cute maids!! Food ain’t that important as the experience so I won’t talk about food lol. They greeted us masters (they really called masters lol) when we were shown to our seats and drinks promptly arrived. Okaerinasaimase, goshujin-sama!! Aka welcome home, master!! If you ordered coffee like my lucky friend Wayne, the maid will help you add sugar and milk to your liking … that’s what I call excellent customer service!

It was fun seeing the maids serve other customers while we were waiting for our food. All of them were friendly, pretty, cute and made sure we were happy with our food. When our food arrived, the maid who served us POWER-UPed our food!! She said some things which I can’t hear properly (probably due to being stoned by shyness) and casted a spell on our food to power it up! We were all shocked as it was our first time experiencing this and the food definitely levelled up in terms of taste after the power-up lol.

Don’t believe me … see the video!!!


I’m in the video, but only for like 1 to 2 secs in the background lol. My friend Shawn was the star of the video clip though he he. See to the end to check out his very “honest” answer when asked which is better – food or the maids?

We have to go back next year for some more power ups!!


After more Anime Festival Asia exploring, we got hungry again and went to the Sakae Sushi at Suntec City for some Japanese food!


There was a 1 for 1 red plate promotion for Sakae Sushi’s 12th Anniversary on when we visited the outlet so we ordered some red plates along with the standard chawanmushi and some other sushi and ala carte food. Still thinking about the lovely maid who powered up our food, we tried to power up our food at Sakae Sushi too lol. I don’t if it’s due to our power up but all the food tasted really good ha ha. Favourite food of the day – Soft Shell Crab Crepe.




After eating till my pants was tight at Sakae Sushi we went back to Anime Festival Asia for a little more exploring and shopping.


I bought a pack of UCC Evangelion coffee and a big pillow for my sofa. I know the design is a little pervy (see above) but the pillow is very comfortable. I sit on it when watching tv with my father in the living room he he.

We also went to Marina Square for some UFO plushy catching. The shop has so many kinds of machines which tempted me to spend over 10 bucks. I only got a really small cookie monster scooped up from one of the machines in the end he he. The bigger one in the pic above was given by Shawn the pro UFO catcher. Sorry, I really can’t resist spending money on a UFO catcher when I see one.

Okay it’s the end of today’s post …


Wait a minute ….


Where are all the cosplay pics??


It will be posted in my next post ha ha … sorry, this post is getting a little too long (too many pics and talk cockness!) so I decided to split it into 2 and dedicate an entire post to the cosplay pics I took he he.

Here is a little preview …

I promise that the pics will be better than my single license2play pic he he.

Next post coming up very soon!!

(Images Taken From: My Digital Camera)

The Birthday Steamboat

Last week, I celebrated my birthday in traditional fashion. Another steamboat at home with my family! I think I have been doing the same thing for many donkey years but I still like. A nice simple celebration with my father, mother and sister =) Steamboat rocks!! This year’s steamboat is sponsored by my sister as a birthday present to me. Thank you Jiayi!!

Before the steamboat, I had a yummy salt-baked chicken for lunch. My father bought it from Tampines Mall along with my birthday cake he he.

In the afternoon, my sister and I went to the supermarket to buy the food for the steamboat plus some other of my favourite food. We bought quite a lot of food and the cashier thought that me and my sister were going to eat all the food by ourselves lol. We got back just in time for dinner and prepared the steamboat! Okay most of the preparation was done by my sis he he.


We had prawns, various mushrooms, slices of pork (shabu shabu styled), cheese hotdogs, shark meat (dunno just try), toufu, vegetables and some more. Just put them all in the pot, and let it do the magic …. My favourite food in the steamboat?

I love it when steamboats have this kind of fishball and will usually take a lot of it. Delicious! But that’s not all ….. Besides the steamboat we also had Satay and nuggets!


Satay is one of my favourite food of all time and fortunately we were able to find a stall selling them at one of the coffee shops. They were really good!! Nice tender chicken and mutton satay!! I can eat at least 50 sticks of satay if anyone once to sponsor me thank you. The nuggets were quite tasty too. We bought the cheese flavoured once out of curiosity and used the oven to make it crispy. =)

So the night was spent eating the steamboat, watching some tv and blowing my birthday cake.

Thank you papa, mummy and sis for being with me on my birthday!! I hope this tradition continues forever.

Presents time …

This year, I have the usual ang paos from my parents and Fei bought me a t-shirt he he. I also had an early “birthday present” from Starhub …

The kind folks over at Starhub gave me a Nokia 5800 to try out the TV on Mobile service. So kind of them to do this. They also waived off my caller ID service fee for six months when I recontracted my plan … totally unexpected and cool. I love surprises! Hubber for life! Ha ha. The TV on Mobile service was smooth and easy to use on the Nokia 5800 - just sms to 6757 and click on the link they send you =) …. Too bad I was already planning to recontract my phone line and get the HTC Hero, so I passed the Nokia to my mom who wanted a new phone. I prefer capacitive touch screen la pai seh. I downloaded a cute theme for her from the Ovi store lol.

I didn’t know the Nokia has its own store like the iPhone’s app store now ….so sua ku la me heh. At the moment, Apple’s store is much better though =P. Even the android market I’m using now is not as good. I’m getting used my new HTC hero now though and I’m loving it the moment. Too bad we don’t have paid apps in Singapore yet. When will it come out ah?? For now, I can only be a cheapo and download those free apps he he. The Nokia 5800 supposed to come a card which will enable me to download unlimited music for a year but I lost the card!! I wanted to try out how it actually works, but too bad I don’t have the chance now. =(

My dog Kimi also had a birthday present for me ….

She changed her bed sheet for the week to match mine. So sweet and cute!! Thanks Kimi!!

(Images Taken From: My digital camera)