Now back into the subject of generators (man I love ‘em long time), I figured I generate a little something for my twin sis Fel. By the way, Fel, you still got them tickets I made yeah?
Good old days man…good old days…
Monthly Archive for January, 2007
Like KC said…think we just opened up a can of worms..wahaha!! Interesting stuffs they have in England tho…eh..KP..u got them in England yeah?
Think Kai Pheng has friends in high places man…anyhoo..Happy Birthday Maggot!!
Oh btw, I made an emblem/sign/logo/whatever after yesterday’s successful session at The Shrine.
Top Text: Seize the beer! | Bottom Text: What the gods want happens soon. (Petronius)
Oh man..how I love them generators…
This is totally wicked awesome. I was going home from work yesterday when I passed by a playground in my estate and was pleasantly surprised to see a recycling bin there. Yeap that is right, guess the town council or waste management people finally woke their asses up and did the right thing by encouraging us to reduce, reuse and recycle.
Time to get another bin separate junk from recyclables, cause the Ho family is going to start recycling.. 
I got a surprise call from my security counter early yesterday morning at work telling me that there is a package for me to pick up and no I can’t wait till afternoon or my next break to drag my fat ass down to do so.
So yeah being the lazy man that I am, I reluctantly left my cubicle and the tumult of office work on the 23rd floor and headed to the first thinking that whatever that package was, it better be reeeeaaaal good. There at the security counter, I was greeted by a MacDonald delivery guy who handed me a breakfast pack. Yes it was a pleasant surprise (coz its food right?) and was even more pleasantly surprised to learn that Lyn (my boo) got me a nice breakfast from MacDonalds.
I guess it was because she knew I was trying my best to lose weight by going on low carbo diets and less meat (oh God kill me now) and figured its time to reward me with a nice breakfast. Yeap, the festive season’s beef had gotten me so fat and I could have sworn I look like a cow from some angles…but that is another story..which I won’t be blogging about anyways.
But you know what made the breakfast taste even better? Jealous colleagues wondering why their other half don’t give them the same treatment. This is oh so sweet…okay enough bragging for today…
The bunch of us Club 624ers popped over to Ian and Eva’s home to christen their newly purchased and installed Bang and Olufsen system. If you are thinking that they bought those more economical models like a 24 inch flat screen with a simple player and speaker systems..you might want to throw that idea out of the window.
Our beloved couple hooked up their entire house with three or four floors of state of the art and new models B&Os. This would probably mean that they have now “spoil the market” and any other entertainment system that we see in the current market would really suck…big time.
As we went through the list of what they have purchased, two things caught my mind. One was a pair of UFO typed speakers that runs 500w and four amps per speaker and..check this…a 65 inch plasma.
Not small man..really not small
That’s right all 65 inch of pure entertainment…and the first thought that came in my mind when I saw it was…”Not small man”. Yeap…I stand corrected…every other entertainment system would probably now suck. Now if you excuse me, I am going back home and spit on my 21 inch TV in my room and whine about how tough my life can be since I can’t afford a good entertainment system…
If there is one thing I like about my divisional retreats apart from the amount of food available, it would be the activities. And this year’s activity for our retreat in Batam is the nice one-hour pampering and massage in my own personal villa. Oh yeah…think I will take up their offer on a nice three-hour package one day.
Erm..no specials by the way..u perverts… 
Yeah I got me own villa..too bad it was raining tho..or else it would be totally sweet!!Â
Yeah I am kinda pissed off. Lyn (my boo) and I were turned away at a cafe in Holland Village last week because we brought our two dogs along. Considering that I have never been a dog owner, I was rudely awakened and the next thing I knew…I left in the half with half a mind to flick them.
After much research online, I learnt that restaurant owners need to get a permit from the government to allow pets into their restaurants/cafes. And what caught me by surprise is that the agency in charge of approving such permits belong to my statutory board under my ministry. I guess this is probably one of those low key information that didn’t get much media attention which might have attributed to my ignorance. Oh well…
Still in the subject on my quest to bring our dogs to pet friendly eating establishments, I surfed further online and picked up some places that not only allow dogs into their areas to eat but serve pet food as well. So the very next day, we brought them to Urban Pooch at Balestier for some outdoor fun and were so impressed that we are seriously considering bringing them there on a weekly basis.
Left: Urban Pooch with the cafe on the left and dog nursery on the right | Right: Our happy customers Milky (left) and Omu (right)
Just an FYI for pet owners. If you are looking for a list on where to bring your dogs and not be turned away by those damned restaurant/cafe Nazis…check out this list I picked up from GGGRRR. Let me know if this needs updating yah?
City
01. Orchard Road, California Pizza Kitchen at The Forum
02. Orchard Road, NYDC at Heeren (lots of dog lovers working there…)
03. Robertson Quay, Chameleon Japanese Restaurant
04. Robertson Quay, Home Beach Bar at Robertson Quay Hotel
05. Robertson Quay, Sketches at Robertson Walk (courtyard)
06. Robertson Quay, Tamade at Quayside (by the river)
07. Orchard Road, Spinelli’s at Heeren.
08. Orchard Road, Starbucks at California Fitness Centre.
09. Prinsep Street, Mr. Bean.
10. Esplanade, California Bistro (Owner is a dog lover, water in bowl is avail)
11. Grand Copthorn Waterfront, Cafe Brio’s (Outdoor)
12. China Sq Central, Chiangmai Palace (Thai ala-carte buffet)
13. Boat Quay, Pasta Fresca
14. Dempsey Rd, Dempsy Hut
15. Harbour Front City, Breeks
16. Selegie – Coffeeshop @ old Rex theatre (mackenzie road)
East
01. East Coast, McDonald’s Restaurant
02. East Coast, Gelera
03. Kallang, McDonald’s Restaurant (next to Kallang MRT)
04. Kallang, KFC Restaurant (next to Kallang MRT)
05. Siglap, Gelera
06. Siglap, Starbucks Cafe
07. Turquoise Bistro (nxt to big splash), (they give your doggy a bowl of water)
08. Downtown East, Burger King.
09. Downtown East, Janet’s Cafe.
10. Downtown East, McDonald’s.
11. Tanjong Rhu, Cosy Bay (Willing to hold dog party before 5pm)
12. Tampines Mall, Fish & Co (dog must be in bag)
13. East Coast (Seasports Centre), Pasta Fresca
14. Siglap, Vie Bar
15. Bark Cafe..at upper changi north road..in front of Changi museum
16. Hong Kong Cafe, 380 East Coast Rd (I put my cola in a bag, and sat outside. nobody say anytin….)
17. Beach Hut at East Coast Park (just don’t put your pets on the table)
18. BFD also at East Coast Park
19. Puppatoos at 201 Telok Kurau Road (with dog must sit outside)
20 Living Hope Methodist Church
Central
01. Balestier Road, Urban Pooch (turn left into the small lane after the only mobil petrol station, at the end of the lane)
02. Bishan Park, The restaurant near the Dog Run, and several other places at Bishan Park (Bishan Park 21. and also across the main road, there is a little pub at Bishan Park 1)
03. Thomson Road – Novena Square, california bistro & Deli
04. Upper Thomson Road – 10 Jalan Leban, Romano Ristorante Tel: 64536818 (Dogs offically allowed, Great pasta)
05. Upper Thomson Road – 138 Casuarina, Kopi Tiam (good yu-tou-lu and doggie can sit on chair)
06.
West
01. Bukit Timah Area, McDonald’s Restaurant at King Albert Park (opposite Ngee Ann Poly.. free parking, i think)
02. Bukit Timah Area, Cafe Les Amis and Halia Restaurant inside Botanic Gardens
03. Bukit Timah Area, Dempsey Hut (Across Botanic Gardens.. go in from Minden rd, opposite Ministry of Foreign Affairs.. nice place to chill out)
04. Holland Village, Most of the shops there
05. Holland Village, Cafe Rosso (they serve your dog with a bowl of ice water!)
06. Holland Village, Vietnamese resturant (Pho Viet??)
07. Queenstown – #01-580 Queensway SC, McDonald’s Ridout Tea Garden
08. Queenstown – Anchor point, Oscar’s Food court
09. West Coast Road – Ginza Plaza, McDonald’s Restaurant
10. Jurong West st 61 Blk 651 Coffeeshop (dog can sit on chair)
11. Holland Village, Thai Express (proper dog water bowl provided!)
12. Queenstown – Dot Cafe, 60 jln penjara (beside queenstown remand prison)
13. West Coast – Tong Shui Cafe,no. 7 Jalan Mas Puteh (outdoor)
North
01. Sembawang Sun Plaza, Coffee Bean (Note: Most Coffee Bean has a No Pets Sign)
02. Sembawang Sun Plaza, Mos Burger
03. the coffee shop along sembawang road (beside alphapets)
04. the coffee shop (formerly yishun seafood village) opp sembawang shopping centre)
05. the coffee shop near sembawang shopping centre (opp pet shangrila)
06. Yishun Blk 848, Coffeeshop
07. Yishun Blk 925, Coffeeshop
08. Yishun (near st. 81/82,) Buddy Hoagies Cafe – Its @ a CC come police post
North-East
01. Serangoon Gardens, Cafe Cartel
02. Serangoon Gardens, Happy Daze (but heard soso onli)
03. Serangoon Gardens, Brown Box
04. Coffeeshop near Kovan, (Selling Puggol Nasi Lemak)
05. Bliss Cafe at Punggol Park (Great Steak!,free parking)
06. Blk 701,Hougang ave 2Coffeeshop, Yummy Tom yam soup and prata!(carpark infront)
07. DockSide Bar in Punggol Marina
Now go spoil your dogs, you know they deserve it…
Well I finally did it. After a night of Texas Holdem at Ian and Eva’s place, Lyn (my boo) and I joined my colleague whom I addressed as “Shaggy” in Phuture and then to Dragonfly at St. James Power Station.
Yup you read it right…I visited the ol’ Canto and Ah Beng’ish Dragonfly. We were quite reluctant to party there initially but considering that I won’t be seeing my colleague for the next few weeks due to an overseas trip and ICT, we figured we might as well join him just for a little while.
Upon entering Dragonfly, I could have sworn that I was watching a “Ge Tai” during the Hungry Ghost Festival. We have a singer named William Scorpion wearing a white singlet bearing his tatoo singly wholeheartedly and cringing away (but that could probably be me) accompanied by a tattooed bare bodied guitarist playing away with screaming fans trying to touch him. If that ain’t all wrong, an old Ah Lian was also present to sing a duet or two with William Scorpion and entertaining the crowd between and during songs. Yup, it can’t get any better or worse than that..depending on how you see it.
However, I must admit that I couldn’t understand a word that the entertainers were saying or singing. Its not the articulation but rather my horrible Mandarin language skill (or rather the lack of it). Anyhoo, we still stayed on for about two hours or so with our mouths opened wide in amazement before heading home.
Yes it is an experience for me but I think I would not be heading there anytime soon. Too canto, too Ah Beng, too cheena…no go for me man. Will stick to the Bellini Room for the mean time.
Yeah, its like a freaking “Ge Tai”
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