Monthly Archive for November, 2006

In the arrrrrmy!!

Published on November 30, 2006 in Usual Ramblings. 10 Comments

Made it to the Kranji camp yesterday with Joon Hong and some other colleagues who were also ’selected’ to attend the New Man Briefing and thereafter to ICT. Apart from the briefing, nothing happened much actually but somehow I feel that the army I served in way back yonder is so much different from what it is now.

Back in those days they will force you to do things you don’t want to do…now, they will PR their way or coax you to agree doing things you don’t want to do. I went like “Wassup with that man” and wondered how those trainers convince those new recruits to drop twenty during their BMT nowadays. “Please please its only twenty push ups…its good for your health you know…imagine what your girlfriend will say if she see your bulging muscles from all the push ups you do?” What the f**k?

And to top it off, national service is going only for two years instead of two and a half. Yeah I may have done only two years back then because I was not educated enough to do the usual two and a half, but I had to change some of my plans back then which were not very easy and hoped that I will succeed…now all they do is just go in and serve two years. What the f**k?

But all in all, I am glad to go back to the new 3G (pansy type) army considering that I will be spending my next 10 years in reservist there. The senior officers were nice, there are lots of food around and my colleagues say I look good in uniform…those perverts…

Yeah I look hot…whatever…

Anyhoo I was glad to attend the briefing yesterday though. We sat nicely air-conditioned room with Bossa Nova music piped in while waiting for the briefing to start. There was tea break…food was catered for us…woah!! And I managed to get some afternoon sleep while the boring briefing was going on. All that during working hours…it just can’t get any better than that..

One of the many “bo liao” things you do during a boring briefing…taking pics of your boots

No treasure chest

Published on November 28, 2006 in Things that suck. 7 Comments

I finally opened up my drawer yesterday stashed with my old army uniforms, mess tins, NS booklet and other crap which have not seen activity in years. Yes I must admit it is a pretty lugubrious moment when I fearfully opened the drawer and peeked in. Its one of those moments you knew you have opened a Pandora’s Box and I swore I almost saw much trouble reeking out and showing me the next 10 or so years of pain.

Yes, LCP Jason Ho is about to embark for another unnecessary journey of serving his country (AGAIN) in the name of the dreaded “Reservist”. I will be attending a “New Man Briefing” tomorrow and was told to report in “FULL UNIFORM”, which by the way, I have not heard of that term in years.

Pulling out the old No.4, I half suspected that I might need to pop over to the army market and purchase a new set considering that I might have gone quite horizontal over the last few years. But much to my surprise, and I really mean surprise, I was able to fit nicely into the camouflaged clothing of despair. However my joy..ironically was short-lived as my boots have completely disintegrated into little bits and pieces of black and white (don’t ask me where the white comes from).

So I guess I will be popping down to the old army market tonight and pick me a nice pair of army boots. I wonder if they have those Gucci ones I always wanted…hmm..

Cupcakes

Published on November 28, 2006 in Usual Ramblings. 10 Comments

Was toasting my 1A curry puffs in my office pantry yesterday morning when I looked up and saw the sky. I love them cloud formations..reminds me of cupcakes..yeah..guess I was hungry. The curry puffs were good tho…mmmm….

Speaking of food..I wonder if Sam’s house have any beef left…they make the meanest beef steak ever!! Woah!!

Swinging..and not golf-related

Published on November 27, 2006 in Usual Ramblings. 13 Comments

Taken from a Yahoo article, not really my cup of tea but hey…who knows…people do change..snigger~ :p

Swingers swap sex partners in prudish Singapore
By Wee Sui Lee

SINGAPORE, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Every two months, dozens of couples meet in a pub in Singapore, have drinks, mingle, and then decide whether they want to sleep with one another.

In Sydney or Seattle nobody would bat an eyelid, but the couples are part of a thriving underground swinging scene that is an anomaly for a country where oral sex is illegal and Playboy magazine is banned.

There are more than 10 swingers clubs in Singapore, most of them private, some of them online. With more than 6,000 members, the Web-based United SG Swingers is one of the biggest. “There are a lot more people that are open to the idea. It’s so widespread now,” said a 42-year-old Singaporean company executive who only wanted to be identified as Jack.

“Swinging is all about sex. It’s satisfying the urge to have casual sex and doing it with somebody you’re comfortable with,” said Jack, who has been swinging for 10 years.

For all their enthusiasm, few swingers tell family and friends about their lifestyle, although the practice is not illegal in Singapore.

“In Singapore, most people will perceive us as perverts,” said a 39-year-old publisher who has been swinging for five years. “Look at our government policies, they say: ‘Let’s open up.’ But our policies have always remained very conservative.”

Wealthy Singapore, which has consistently ranked near the bottom in a global survey of sexually active nations, has been struggling to shake off its reputation for prudishness.

On Friday, it opened Sexpo 2006, the country’s second sex exhibition, featuring an array of toys and seminars.

SINGAPORE SWING

At United SG Swingers, people share erotic photographs, exchange personal ads and correspond about the next gathering. It is a close-knit community in which couples recommend good sex partners and criticise those who aren’t.

A police spokesman confirmed that swinging is not illegal as long as it is done behind closed doors, is consensual and no money changes hands.

This year, the organizers of United SG Swingers started holding “on premise” parties, where couples can engage in group sex in houses and hotel rooms across Singapore.

At these parties, the bedrooms have a strict clothes-off rule and the “hard swingers” can engage in partner swapping. The “soft swingers” are couples who stand around and watch, or have sex with their own partners in full view of others.

Couples who swing say that seeing their own partners in action keeps their passion burning.

“It’s like looking at cake and wanting to eat it,” said the main organiser of United SG Swingers, 37-year-old IT specialist Josh, as his 32-year-old wife nodded in agreement.

But some swingers disapprove of these parties, saying they can degenerate into orgies.

“You can’t establish pure friendships when there’s a large group,” said Ishak. “Genuine swingers would want to establish trust — you can’t trust a person just by meeting them one time and then think they can do it with your wife.”

A 34-year-old Australian who attends swinging parties told Reuters that Singapore’s scene is just evolving.

“It’s very innocuous here, it’s not like other countries,” he said. “Compared to Australia and Europe, it’s more discreet and less lively. Singaporeans are pretty reserved in a lot of ways.”

Stars of CCTV

Published on November 25, 2006 in Usual Ramblings. 21 Comments

Before you start digging your nose, scratching your crotch or want to keep that handphone some dude left behind in the bus..you guys better watch out!!

Seems that SBS did learn something from the Gomez incident during the election and perhaps Mr Brown’s “Bah Chor Mee’s” podcast. While alighting a bus near my office, I noticed that the SBS management has decided to install CCTVs in their buses to keep an eye on you naughty bastards. And if you deny…they will just do a Bah Chor Mee on you and show you the video while denying your apologies and asking you for an explanation.

So commuters beware for you could be featured in Channel 8’s new segment on “Naughty things people do in buses caught on tape”…very much like AXN’s “Caught on tape” series.

Ah crap!!

Published on November 24, 2006 in Things that suck. 6 Comments

Don’t know about you guys but I can’t stand it when I forget to bring my phone out. Never have I felt so completely useless and offline. Uggggghhh!!

And to make things worse, it is a Friday and my friends may have party plans for me and are trying to call me. I might be missing out on some happening party that will end up with a threesome with Fiona Xie and Debbie Wong or something to that effect..dammit!!

HUAT AH!!

Published on November 22, 2006 in Usual Ramblings. 8 Comments

Taken from The Straits Times Interactive

Civil servants to get 2.2 months year-end bonus

The Government will pay civil servants a year-end Annual Variable Component (AVC) of one month, a special Bonus of 0.2 months and a Non-Pensionable Annual Allowance (NPAA) of one month, also known as the 13th month or annual wage supplement in December.

This totally rawks man!! And yeah..I can see the sudden influx of friends becoming my good friends and good friends becoming like my brudder and sistas…slowly wait hor :p

Anyhoo, I need to plan my Taiwan trip next year..so that is where my money is going to…and perhaps some nice things for Lil’ ol’ Chevy…oh yeah!!

Back to the zoo…

Published on November 22, 2006 in Usual Ramblings. 2 Comments

Alrightee then…after my blog misadventure which rudely interrupted my zoo trip article, I figured I might as well republish that story again. Problem is that i can’t really recall what I wrote apart from lazy animals who love to eat and sleep and poor bastard baby Komodo Dragons running for their lives after hatching…yeah that is about it.

However, I do remember uploading some photos on monkeys, tigers and Lamas (I think). So anyhoo, here are the pics…again…

Hacked!!

Published on November 21, 2006 in Things that suck. 7 Comments

Yeah just in case you guys didn’t know yet my blog was temporarily hacked by some team called The Maniac & Crime from Santaj.org yesterday night. It was pretty much of an adventure for me trying to get my blog up again.

As much as I should be pissed about it, I was in some weird way…quite honoured actually. I mean the only frequently loyal supporters and contributors to this blog are KP and Fel whom by the way…much thanks to them for informing me of this. This goes to show that there ARE more people out there reading the crap in my blog (you can’t be that bored yah?).

As for the hackers, give them a break yah? They are probably the un-sexed, unloved, beaten and abused their third father (and more fathers to come) and needed to vent all their anger big time. And considering that buying a computer with network is cheaper than seeing a shrink, guess what they do? They go out testing the vulnerability of other people’s website. Seriously guys…you all really need a hobby and a role model. And since we are at it, go get some…FAST!! I think the ‘ladies of the night’ are cheap from the country you come from…judging that there is really nothing better for you to do other than to snoop inside other people’s website admin.

I always thought that the type websites that would get hit by hackers would probably be:

those famous ones like Al Jazeera or Microsoft or some crap like that and
perhaps websites which are owned by people who like to piss other people off..like Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden, the whathisname North Korean Dick-tator, that Raffles School girl…etc etc…yeah…you get the point.

Considering that I have only pissed two people off in my blog, namely KP and Fel, who yes I have just mentioned are frequently loyal supporters, I reckoned that my blog should fall in the “Famous Website” list. Who knows…probably my blog was hacked by a bunch of Ah Bengs who prefer to zhng bikes and hates tricked out cars (mine is not JDM dammit!!) and they wanted to make a statement. But hey..what can I say..I am famous…I think!!

Apart from leaving their “oh so artistic” mark on my blog (have you heard of the word designers? Have some pride in your work dammit!!), they disabled my admin account meaning that I was unable to log in and clean up the mess. But not to worry though, after an hour or so surfing around for answers, I was able to change my password at the server end and on my way for more bitching sessions.

Way to go guys..very artistic

Anyhoo, much thanks to the team from The Maniac & Crime (here is their email address by the way th3maniac@hotmail.com) for allowing me to go deeper in understanding how to better toggle my SQL and blog. Here is my gesture of appreciation to you.

much love…much love..

Congrats K2

Published on November 19, 2006 in Usual Ramblings. 2 Comments

Fellow Chevy team mate who first introduced me to a whole new world of “tricked out” Chevrolets after I got my Aveo just got hitched. Congrats bro…

Some dude edited the wedding videos and published them in Team Chevy’s website. Video includes a convey of 16 Chevys picking up the bride. Not bad ah..macam mafia like that..cept it ain’t Beamers…:p

Check it out here:

Dialup (1.8mb)

Med Speed Broadband (9.2mb)

High Speed Broadband (21.4mb)