End Of SGP
Finally that is the end of the 3 Days F1. Nice race. Haha...Results was unexpected. Totally different from the Qualifying Round. Well, I am not really interested in the race but just want to see who win and see who got into accidents. Me bad right. Haha...Actually I also don't support any of them. But I know the the hottest racer is Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) which got a lot of supporters. I admitted that his racing skill is excellent. He is leading in front (top 3) and in between drop back to behind but he managed to catch up and won the 3rd place.
A bit pity for Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) who failed to finish the race after ramming his car into the barriers with just four laps left when he was fifth. Wasted lor. But I think he is quite handsome. LOL...Out of so many racers, I think is more good looking. ;p Well different people have different view. At first I see the racers photos online, don't seem to find any nice looking. But now looking from tv, I find him handsome. LOL...Online photo deceived people. Raikkonen is 27 points behind Hamilton with only three races remaining. I am not sure how is the point system work. Haha...But I don't think he is able to catch up the points.
The most impression is the scary incident @ Pitstop. Felipe Massa was on course to take the championship lead at the time but was given the green light to go when the fuel hose was still connected as he accelerated away. The Ferrari dragged the hose down the pitlane, knocking over mechanics in the process, before Massa stopped and waited for assistance in his Ferrari at the end of the pit lane as the crew frantically ran after him and trying to pull the hose out.
Quite a few kana the drive-through penalty and 2 Renault accident plus Ferrari with the scary pitstop. Seem like there is a lot of mechanical failure, brakes problem etc... Myabe final round, kan chiong liao le. The Ferari team in SIN did not get any point so wasted. It is the 1st time this happened. I think the team must be cursing. LOL...
I want to laugh when I see all the cars following in 1 row. The scene to me is very funny lor. They just followed behind one after another. Maybe the road is really too narrow to overtake. So got no choice, cannot speed up unless there is more gap available. Actually the circuit is not very good leh. I see there is a lot of turns. Also when they run, can see that not very smooth. Heard that there were 5 cars turned wrongly When they were having the practice on last Friday night. Haha...If I am driving, I also cannot figure out turn left or turn right. Because they never block the area that is not able to access.
Total running 61 Laps, so tedious lor. Siting inside the car for more than 1 hr, hot and stuffy. I see the race on tv, I also felt giddy liao lor. If I go round and round, I think I already fainted inside the car liao le. LOL...
♥ Dream Do Come TRUE ♥ @ 2:28 PM
Singapore F1 Grand Prix
Hohoho...I am back from the F1 Track. Wow. It was a super great experience. The World 1st Ever Night Race in Singapore. And that is the big thing which everyone is talking about. LOL...Actually I am not very keen in it as in keen in the races or the cars. The speed is so fast and within seconds it is gone. You can't see anything and you also cannot see the racers lor. I also don't know who is who also lor. Honestly I really do not know who are the racers also. LOL...I can only see the cars colour only. I just went along to join in the fun where everybody is so excited in. I also don't know why they are so excited in it leh. Maybe I don't really appreciate it ba. ;p Can go jiu go lor. If cannot, I also will not die one lor. Haha...Go for fun and also eye opening lor.
As you can see from the screen that is telecast live on tv just now, DHL is one of the sponsors. Most of the tracks advertised DHL and SINGTEL everywhere. Though there are other advertisement as well, such as ING, Bridgestone etc...Haha...And yes DHL delivered the vehicles, equipments and everything to all the races including to Singapore. And so they have 35 tickets (to what I heard is 35 tickets) for grab to attend the 1st night event. It was through a lucky draw style. And so I had filled in the form as well. My colleague Lay Hong helped our whole team to submit their form and she even wrote the form for them as well. And the result came out last Friday, she never got it. While Emellin and Bernard got it. And me also got it. LOL...When I received the result on last Friday, I could not imagine that I had won it because the email did not address the person. It just state congratulation to lucky winners blah blah blah and more information on how to collect the ticket will be send out on tuesday.
Anyway I think I am damn lucky liao lor. Because the lucky draw is for Whole of Singapore DHL which include those from Changi, East, West etc offices. So can imagine there are only 35 tickets only. On Tuesday when I received the email with the details, I sian liao lor. Because 1 ticket only. If it is in pair, at least I can bring someone along with me. Wow liao, 1 person go very sian lor. It is damn sian lor. Then I do not know who else had won it and who is going also lor. Anyway I do not really know the others colleagues so well. So for my team out of 10, 3 of us won it. But they don't want to go leh. What the hell lor, wasted leh. Then they not going, I even no mood to go lor. If I go there, I will be damn sian one lor. And worst still those who win do not want to go but the person who submit for them wish so much to go. Sad leh...
And so our overall customer service manager Amy want to go for the event and she want to take Emellin ticket. Ok fine. Then Bernard want to pass it to Layhong so that she can go with me. Actually should say I can go with her. LOL...Because she really want to go. While me is going there for fun because I am not very keen in the cars lah. And you know what, the ticket is not normal ticket lor, it is Sky Suite leh...Heard is not cheap lor. It is super x lor. And now is free lor. Although it is only for Friday night entry which is preview (practice) but still better than nothing lor. It is still x if you want to buy and not to mention now the pass is for VIP sky suite leh. If my team mates are not going then I also not going liao le, going there alone very sian one lor. Emellin is on leave so she will not be going. Then Bernard got not much interest in it. So now Layhong is going with me. In fact, we intend to take half day leave to go for the event. If cannot go in, then can go bugis to shop and then go home. But then our new customer care manager Adeline say only can leave at 4.30pm. Wow liao her lor. 4.30pm then release us. Then have to go down to Park View Square to collect the ticket before 5.30pm. And ticket can start collect at 2.30pm liao and got hourly shuttle bus to take us in. And there are individual practice from afternoon till night. And we have to missed that afternoon session. Though not very interested but still feel a bit wasted lah. Another thing is if can take half day, we can go down slowly, no need so rush lor.
Quite a few of us from customer service won the tickets but they are not going lor. Wasted the tickets. So Amy and Helen (sup from key account) took the pass from them. But they last mins chicken out because they afraid the security is tight and cannot go in. Then it say the pass is non transferable. Have to collect in person with the employee pass. For collection no problem because can take the winner employee pass to collect on behalf lor. What they scared is that they will check their pass again at the venue and scarely get detained. LOL...In fact, I was telling Layhong that why not we try our luck, if really cannot go in then we can go bugis shop a while and go back home. But in the end, she decided not to go to try her luck because she say confirm very tight then no point to go down lor. I don't know who they heard from that the security is very tight and blah blah blah...Heard Aishah very interested in going but her husband do not allow her to go, saying if she go, her kids and him no need to eat ah. Wow, like that she jiu cannot go liao le. Wasted lor, because she wanted to go very much also.
So layhong not going, then I also don't intend to go liao lor. Huiping sms me, encouraging me to go even though is going alone. I very sian. Haiz...Then Bernard say never mind, he go with me. Because he also feel very wasted lor. But in the first place, when we have to rsvp by Wednesday, he already told me, if Layhong cannot go, worst come to worst, the 2 of us just go together lor. Because he did ask the organiser if can transferred the pass to colleague but their answer is standard - non transferable. Then Marcus kept asking us to go, why don't go, don't waste, no need to work, just go. LOL...So finally we decided to go together. Today @ 4pm, we had a birthday celebration for Radiah (our team mate). We always have a birthday celebration for our team mate. And that is the cool thing. Haha..Because other team do not have it lor. Our team best because we are united. LOL...After cake cutting le, all siam to go do work because very busy. And I also busy too to clear my files on hand and pass it to my colleague Ivan then I can go off at 4.30pm. Haha...Then my sup William know Yan Li (from key account) is going too so he suggest us to share cab down. If Amy is going hor, then think we will be going down with her taking her car le. Haha...But heng she is not going. ;p Yan Li very scared to take her car. I don't know why also leh. I did took once before, only less than 5mins. LOL...Because just sent me to the bus stop outside the main road.
Yan Li was super excited in the event lor. She like it very much. Even bought with her a matching race track landyard. She scared cannot reach there in time to collect the ticket and kan chiong liao le. Then we also waited quite long for the cab lor. 1 of the cab even refused to go Town area because he say traffic jam. Wanted to give up and call cab but last mins flag one down. Haha...So the 3 of us make our way down to Park View Square. Oh ya, Yan Li was the redraw winner. Because some of the 1st round winner not going and therefore they draw again. Because she is redraw winner therefore she can see the email who are the rest of the winners. She was rather surprised to see Bernard going, and we told her actually he don't intend to go and she say us so wasted. Should go mah, VIP pass not cheap leh, blah blah blah...We reached there around 5.10pm. And we saw Kitty (from e-commerce, she came down after going over to her client side). Oh she told us most of the company around the town area are off work early or half day work only wor. I say wow so good sia. How come we don't have. LOL...I think because of the F1 lor, maybe too noisy liao lor or maybe their company very thoughful for their staffs because of the crowd or road closure. Anyway she had just collected her pass. And the 3 of us went to 20th Floor to collect tickets but then the door is locked, cannot go in and so we go up to 23rd floor recep to change our employee pass to get into the 20th floor. Then finally went in to the collection room, they have to check our employee pass and so our pass is with the recept lor. By the way, there are 6 envelopes on the table and we are the within the last 6. Wow it mean the rest all had collected the pass and maybe had gone down to the venue liao le. LOL...
So the lady follow us up to 23rd floor to get our employee pass back and gave us our F1 pass. Just a pack of pass and information in a big envelope. LOL...Like very grand. Ya lah, VIP mah. ;p Yan Li is collecting the pass for Ee Ling (from telesale) on behalf and Ee Ling said she will come down and meet her later. By the way, we all don't know who is Ee Ling lor. Because she is new girl. LOL...The 4 of us (Kitty, Yan Li, Bernard and me) do not know where to take the shuttle bus but we just stood and waited outside the building. We did saw other people waiting for the shuttle bus too. But we do not know them. Haha...While waiting we open up the pass which is inside the envelope and we did not see any name printed on it. Because we thought they have the name printed onto it. LOL...And it turn out not what we thought. Anyway the Ee Ling last mins told Yan Li that she is not coming and say sorry to her.
The bus was hidden at the side of the building and we do not know it, almost missed it. Because we saw a group of ang moh walking toward there and another group also unsure and they went to ask and then told us the bus is at the other side. So we proceed to the other side to board the bus. Actually the distance is very near, it is within walking distance. Oh ya, when we are waiting just now, we heard the loud zoom zoom of the practice. Wow, so far also can hear. Haha...Inside the bus, there is this ang moh (so called organiser) give us a guide about the place that we are going and providing us with neccessary information. Heard the suite pass cost about thousand dollar leh, but I not sure is that true or not. Just know that it is very x only. To me several hundred is x liao lor. Not to mention thousand lor. Everyone was like so excited. Me is just excited to see how the grand place look like only. The 4 of us just took our own sweet time walking slowly behind the group of people from same bus. We came to the entrance. There are 2 types - Normal and VIP. And there are Express Lane for those without bags. We went to the VIP lane. Firstly they will punch a hole at your pass (attached to landyard and hang onto my neck liao le). Then proceed to open up your bag and check bag. Then move on to the security to scan your body using a stick type. 随便随便 scan and check only lor. Er, or maybe it is because it is me who is always so lucky or because we are from the VIP lane. Just like that, the security is worst than when I go to NDP lor. LOL...And they never check our pass at all lor. Not to mention to check our identity lor. We did tried to follow with the group of people. But then we lost them halfway. Because think they walked too fast liao ba or maybe we really took our own sweet time to look around. Haha...
Wow we ma jiam came to a fun fair. So many on-going activities. Got sexy ladies street dancing. Then got a stage with singing and dancing and performances. A lot of stalls selling merchanises and foods and drinks. LOL...We came to the stand, but do not know where is our location and we asked the guide around. Then we took the lift to 3rd Floor, the door open and tada right in front of us is the DHL door. We are at the Turn 2 Sky Suite. Right to the end of the block, corner room. Haha...All the 3rd floor is the sky/club suite and the 4th floor (which is the highest) is the open air terrance viewing. Ground floor is those normal stand. Total there are 4 blocks/areas.
Corporate Hospitality Suites Catch the high-octane action amid the air-conditioned comfort of individual corporate hospitality suites. Strategically located on the top floor of the Main Grandstand and around the circuit, these deluxe suites range from single, double and triple storey entertainment suites that can accommodate up to 50 people, and can be tailored to suit your needs. Complemented by gracious service and premium cuisine, guests can also step out to the private balcony to enjoy the action up-close.
Wow the room was like so class. Because I never been to such place/event. Then there are a lot of people inside already. Total there are 5 tables. And we sat the one nearest to the door, I mean just next to the door that we came in because the rest are all occupied liao le. The buffet dinner start at 6pm and we reached about 6.30pm. Then after putting down our bags, we all busy taking photography and went to the balcony to look at the surrounding. Haha...I took a lot of video clips. Then I suggested to them that we go and have our dinner first because the practice will start at 7pm. So after dinner, can go out to look at the practice. If not, they will missed out the practice when they are eating. Haha..
The foods are western kind, lamb with rice, beef, chicken etc...Still not bad lah. I love the fish fillet and my favourite carrot and vegetables. I took a bit of everything except the potato and the beef. Not because I cannot eat, it is because my plate is full le. Then I did not go for the 2nd round. I aiming the desserts more. Wow the dessert look so yummy. Bernard ate the dessert and appetizer first while me jump to main course first. Haha...Then when the practice start, all rushed out to look at the track while me still busying eating. And I am the only one siting at my table lor. The rest all gone out to see see lor. Haha...Bernard came in and asked me if I go out to see le mah, I say later. He say me, when I finished eating, the rest come in and I go out, the race finished liao le. Haha...I say got chance lah, got 2nd practice mah, later I go out first to see and then come back for the supper. Anyway the 2st round practice ended about 8.30pm lor. Still got time lor, I can't be eating for 1 hr lor. LOL...After main course, I went for my desserts, chocolates, puffs etc...Nice leh...And there is a selection of cheese and I tried all of them. Some is nice, some yuck. Not nice. Oh ya, the food is prepared by the Oriental and Regent Hotels. So so only leh. Maybe it is western kind, we are not used to it ba. Then my orange juice like very diluted lor. Ai yo so stingy lor. But I guess the rest are having champages and wines mainly lor. But I did not take any leh. I only drink plain water and orange juice. Bernard also say the orange juice very diluted and then he change to sprite and he say diluted also, like add water to it too. Very funny lor, Bernard say me make sure on tue I must run more when I play badminton on coming tue. LOL...He say me eat a lot. I only took 1 serving of everything only leh. I where got eat a lot. Because when everybody is out to watch the race, I still busy eating at the table.
We run in and out of the balcony to look at the practice. Then when they went out to the balcony, they will put on the ear plug which is given to us at our table. But I did not put it on leh. I just go out as per normal. Indeed the noise made by the motor is very noisy. But still okay leh. Maybe because I long hair ba, can cover my ears. Haha...Oh ya they have Häagen-Dazs ice cream also. Got 4 flavours - Vanila, Chocolate, Macadamia Nuts, Mango & Passion Fruits. I took the chocolate and the macadamia nuts. Yummy Yummy. Most of the time, I will just sat at the table, watching the tv. Siting outside also cannot see anything lor. The cars zoom zoom, I also cannot see who is who lor. So watching from the tv is best. Can see a lot of things and other turns also lor. And what is more, inside is air conditioner lor. And got foods and drink. So can eat and see lor. Just sit there, relax and enjoy lor. Haha...There got different fruits also. But never cut one lor, such as apple, banana, grapes and oranges etc...Just grab one and bit them lor. Yan Li support Lewis Hamilton. Oh popular guy, though I do not know him but I know his name.
And do you know our big boss Dan McHugh, CEO of DHL Express for Asia-Pacific is there with his family also lor. Kekeke...Then I think the teenager boy look so bored siting there. We are making fun that, on monday we will see Bernard moving into the fish tank (Amy's office look like a fish tank) and replacing Amy. LOL...I asked him go lah, go and introduce yourself. Oh ya, you know why Amy wanted to come, because she want to get to know those big shots. Then we were saying heng she not here ah, if not we we jia lat lor. Too bad, we should take photo with the CEO mah, whaha, then maybe put it on newsletter and wow, Amy will be shock sia. Oh ya, there is professional photographer ang moh leh, er not sure where he is from, or maybe from DHL. He kept taking photos. Haha...And the whole room are mostly ang moh lor. Maybe they are from regional office or maybe from the main office (not singapore). Maybe some are guests invited by DHL or what. Anyway I do not know any of them lor. Not to mention me, my colleagues they all who worked longer than me also do not know them lor. They only know 1 staff from Fiance and 1 from IT department. The rest they also don't know. Wow if I really come alone, I will sian dao cannot sian lor. Because nobody to talk to mah. Heng Bernard came. At least we can entertained ourselves lor. Haha...We talk a lot of 废话, super funny lor. And we made so many comments this and that.
Oh ya the whole venue hor, is filled with a lot of ang moh lor. I see the tv hor, ma jiam we came to the 马场 except that they are not viewing the horses, they view the motor cars. Haha...The view was really look like those we saw on the tv. Majority are ang moh lor. I think most of them are foreigner ba. I think they are more interested in this type of event. Anyway I don't see the fun in it leh. Because the road like very narrow though it occupied 4 lanes already. And then buildings is everywhere. Like very crampy leh. Ok lah, I know this is a street race so cannot compare much. And this is the 1st street race they ever held. Something different from the other races that they had. Singapore really did a lot for the F1. The lighting, the environment and everything. Oh ya, I heard that the racers are complaining the road are very bumpy and narrow for overtaking. Haha...But if they think the other way, it can be challenging because something different. If every time run the same type of track then it will seem nothing liao lor. But If you asked me, I can say that the place is not suitable for racing lor. Area is too small already. Unlike the races from other countries, they have spacious venue. Different environment. And I heard a lot of hotels room are fully booked liao le. Wow liao, so rich lor. I really want to damn those people who pay $$ to go lor. What the hell, so x also want to go. And it is counted in hundreds and thousands one lor. 真的很会享受. Wow liao lor. Haiz...And Yan Li told us that for the tmr event, the guests are mostly from banks - World Banks. And those who want to find a gold turtle can try their luck. Just buy 1 ticket (though is x but if really get to know any jiu earn back liao le) and go find one. LOL...
The place is not secure enough lor. We can wandered anyhow lor. They never check our pass or anything. We can just go into the room because they don't know us, we also do not know them. Haha..We can go to other room to eat le and come back. But we never do it lah. You think we siao ah. Then those at the normal stand also can come up as freely as they like lor. Because I told you, nobody check lor. But I don't think they dare to go hun into the VIP room lor. Oh ya the toilet is at 2nd floor. And you know what, it is built like those in normal shopping centre. 1 room with few Toilet Cubicles and a few basin. Not like those 1 by 1 itself (those that have the basin inside the 1 box). Heng is like that, because I don't like to use those squeezy and dirty toilet lor. Haha...There is a open air terrance leh. I love that. Very nice. Can see all the nice scenery on top. Wow...Beautiful lor. Mel know DHL has a room over here and she was looking high and low for it and she finally found us inside the room. She was working part time as the recep. She is recruited by the SQ. And she is serving SQ Ambassadors. Heard is 20 tables. Wow.
Yan Li had been missing in action. Don't know where she had gone. Did not see her most of the time. Only the 3 of us there. Then got 1 ang moh came to us and say that we are very quiet and chat to us. And we introduce ourselves. And he say he is from GCS. We all stunned, don't know where it is from. We know is Global something something. LOL...Kitty left about 10.30pm. So only left Bernard and me. And we had our supper buffet. Not nice de lor. The yam with scallop not nice. The orange and pumkin soup not nice. Only the apple pie is nice lor. Whaha...Watched the 2nd practice again - 1st round from 7pm to 8.30pm, 2nd round from 10pm to 11.30pm. Actually I do not know how many round they need to run. Keep going round and round. Haha...
Oh ya Yan Li MIA is because she went out to pick her friend. Remember she got the Ee Ling pass and she did not come. So she do not want to waste and called her friend to come to watch the 2nd round practice. Haha...Bernard is not staying till 11.30pm and initially I intend to stay till 11.30pm with Yan Li. But Yan Li got her friend (who is driving) and we are not going the same way. And anyway nothing much to see liao lor so I went off with Bernard about 10.50pm. Before we left, we catch some glimpse of the race the last time at the corner. Then another ang moh suddenly put his arm on us. Scared dao us lor. Because that corner just outside the door is dark mah. Then suddenly someone tap you mah. Haha...He also introduce himself from GCS and we asked him what does it mean and he tell us is Global Customer Service. Orh...Then he say he stay at Grand Hyatt at Orchard Road. Think he is a bit drunk liao le. Because we can smell the alcohol breathe and he walked a bit shaky but still alright.
And so we left the place. So many people are crowded at the merchandise stalls. So many bags in their hand, ma jiam no need $$ de lor. And the merchandise are not cheap also lor. And we followed the crowd where they are going. Intend to take chartered bus but is super long queue and crowded. So in the end, we just walked to the Golden Mile. And I took my direct bus home lor. While Bernard went to meet her girlfriend at Golden Mile. I reached home about 11.30pm. I am having headache when I am in the bus. Wow, slow reaction, after effect from the noisy motors. Haha...
The photos that I took is nothing, think you can take a look at their photos instead. Clear and up close.
Formula One Auto Racing
♥ Dream Do Come TRUE ♥ @ 11:55 PM
Magic Show
Recently I have been watching 綜藝大哥大之大魔鏡 MAGIC SHOW. It is about magic competition in Taiwan. And everytime they have 3 Magicians as their judges. Usually will be Nian Li Ren, Luo bin, Cheng Guan Sheng and Liu Qian. A lot of people say that Liu Qian is the 台灣最帥魔術師. Er ya I agreed lah. LOL...He is the most nice looking magician among the others lor. I feel that he look a bit like Eric Sun Yao Wei when I first saw him on the tv. But when see him longer le, not anymore liao le. Haha...He also look quite young, the most I think is 30+. I not sure how old is he lah, but don't think he is in 40 years old ba. If he is 30+, then his magic is considered very good liao le. Because you have to train the magic for a number of years to be successful in magic, I think have to train at least 5 or 10 years. So I think he is very good lor. Haha...
I have more impression of him than the other judges. That is because he always say the contestants like shits, can say until very bad and the contestants all look so sad, disappointed and want to cry liao le. He always will have the most comments one, 舌 like 毒蛇. Everyone is quite scared of him because he seldom say good things one. LOL...But nevertheless his comments is very valuable. Because it teach the newbie how to improve in their magic. They are really newbie, 2 years to 5 years learning the magic. But really lor, some of the magic is like shit lor. LOL...But some are indeed quite good. And can imagine so many people are learning Magic lor. Think he got high expectation.
Now SCV is showing the 3rd season of Magic Show. I have watched till the episode where final 15 have appeared. Each episode, there is 5 contestants and 2 will be out. So all make up to be in final 15. Next episode will be exciting because out of 15, 7 will be out and left the final 8.
Ch U is now showing the 1st season of Magic Show. So you can watch it on every sunday think is 9.30pm till 11pm. There are 2 contestants in the 1st competition and 1 will be out. The winner remain and will sit on the chair. Follow on next episode another contestant appeared to challenge the winner and the winner will be able to sit on the chair. If the winner managed to win 3 consecutive in a row, the winner will be successfully entered into the round. So this will be in challenging method. 2 person and 1 will be out. Well the 1st season of Magic Show winner is also very handsome lor. I should say young and handsome. LOL...Then the judge will say him that his weakness is too handsome. Because everybody will look at him instead at his magic. Whaha...By the way there are only 2 judges for the 1st season.
Normally after the competition, there will always have a small section of perfomance by one of the judge. Their magic is amazing. I am very impressed. I wondered how they do it. Really must watch it. Really very nice. But I prefer the 劉謙 magic because the way he talk while he perform is much nicer than the rest. Then he is more nicer looking than the rest also lor. The rest all uncle uncle liao lor. LOL...But most importantly, I think his magic is power. And you will notice he will always say the same words and doing the same action. Very funny lor.
Last time, I watched this vcds called "Breaking the Magician Codes". It show how the magic is being done. And to be exact, to tell us how the magic is being made up. All the magic is fake one lor, just trying to cheat the people. LOL...I used to think that magic is an illusion and fake. People will always asked how did they do it. Well, I also don't know. Because I really don't know. It is true some magic is play cheat one, because Quan did show us his 'Magic' to us before. LOL...But do you believe in Magic? And how did they do it? I really wondered.
Check out some of magic videos performed by Liu Qian in 综艺大哥大 below.
劉謙Luchen Magic - 2007.12.22 (燃燒的鈔票)
劉謙Luchen Magic - 2007.12.29 (玩命時刻)
劉謙Luchen Magic - 2008.02.02 (魔戒)
劉謙Luchen Magic - 2008.04.19 (繩結神結,神秘的積木)
劉謙Luchen Magic - 2007.11.17 (恐怖的透視)
Check out this Taiwan Magician website and blog below.
國際冠軍魔術師劉謙Welcome to Lu Chen`s Magic World
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越看越帅 and very cool lor. ;p But when he is young, not very nice lah. But as the years goes by, he look more handsome wor. I think all guys is the same ba, the older they are, the more handsome they are. 男人四十最有魅丽 like Andy Lau they all. Haha...
♥ Dream Do Come TRUE ♥ @ 9:00 PM
Photo Uploaded
Finally I managed to upload my holiday photo at the Face Book. If you like, you can check them out at the Face Book. Haha...
♥ Dream Do Come TRUE ♥ @ 9:54 PM
Batam Trip
Hooooo....I am back from my batam trip. Tired and sleepy. LOL...But I missed the place, missed the room, missed the fun, missed the spa, missed everything. Oh, how I wish I can stay there for a week. Then I can really really have a good rest over there. So relaxing, away from the city, away from Singapore , away from work, away from everything. I must be day dreaming again. Haha...
Our Journey Start Now...
5 girls set off on 13th September Sat and 2 of them return yesterday and 3 of us return today 15th September Mon. For Claire, Janice and me is a 3 days 2 nights short trip. Well for Amelia and Ping is a 2 days 1 night short trip.
Day 1 - 13th September 2008 - Sat
I woke up at 6.45am, washed up and have breakfast, slacking and watching tv. Final packing of my bag. Then left house @ 7.35am. Go ATM to withdraw $$ for the ferry fees. Then met Janice and Claire in the mrt and go down to Harbour Front together. Claire went to Cheers to buy mineral waters to bring it over to Batam. LOL...Then we met up with Amelia and Ping at Harbour Front Center KFC. They are having breakfast. And they could not finished their 1 set of meal. Claire also ate the KFC breakfast too. Haha...While Janice and me went to collect our boarding pass. Quite crowded at the counter. And they printed some of our names wrongly. Haiz...Then have to reprint again lor. Later went back to KFC to have breakfast. . Janice and I shared 1 set because we did eat some at home liao le. The honey bread is nice, can fight with Popeye liao because so similar except different taste, one is coated with honey and another one eaten with jam. After that it was time to set off liao le. Whahaha...So excited. We waited quite long at the departure hall. While waiting, we went to duty free shop. Saw Volka selling @ $27 and 2 bottles @ $49. Wanted to buy and bring it over to enjoy over the island but in the end we decided not to get it. Because heavy leh. Finally the vessel arrived - Ocean Flyer. Nice, big air conditioner seating. It was almost full house. So many people going for holiday to Batam too. LOL...Journey to Batam Waterfront Terminal is about 45mins. Well I did fall asleep while on board. But not totally asleep lah, just closed eyes only. Because there is a group of girls behind us kept talking and talk so loudly, I can even hear what they talk about lor. Noisy lor.
Finally we arrived the Waterfront Terminal, we were met by the friendly Harris staff in orange shirt holding a board showing and directing those who is going to Harris to walk to the left side. And there is another 2 Harris staffs who will collect our passport and help us to stamp our passport (Express Clearance). We handed them the passport and they will help us clear the immigration. And so we left the hall. Want to exchange $$ but could not find any money changer. And the Terminal looks a bit rundown. Haha...Saw Jco Donuts at the corner and a shop that sell snacks and kueh lapis. But we did not get any. The place was so quiet lor. Nothing much to see also lor. We just walked toward the entrance and then another staff (oh btw, did i mention that orange shirt is their uniform) guide us to a small van and drove us to the harris resort. Just a few mins on the van and we reached the place. Quite near to the Terminal, I think about less than 5 mins on the van only. Harris is just on the left side of the Terminal. And Holiday Inn is on the right side of the Terminal. Just the 2 resorts and the Terminal at the WaterFront City and nothing else, ok lah, maybe some shop houses and restaurants outside the Terminal which we did not go but there is plenty of trees and bushes everywhere. LOL...
Wow upon arrival, we were warmly welcome by the staffs. Welcoming us into the lobby. We were served with a welcome drink - Pinky milky drink think is bandung . And they also gave us wet towel to clean up. I hold the drink in my left hand and the wet towel in my right hand. Both hands are full and they gave a resort guide and I got no hand to take and then they put it over my neck (the pocket was with string) and then they offer cookies too. Seem nice and yummy but I got no hand to take leh. LOL...Some were dancing with the clown. Very entertaining. There were quite a lot of people in same ferry as us and checking in as well. The front office assistants were busy helping those people to check in and we normally do not like to rush and we just wait for the crowd to clear before we check in.
However one of the female staff saw us and came out of the counter and came over to us. We were shown to a seating area to rest while waiting for her to get our check in done. She took the hotel voucher and checked in for us. They were very friendly and helpful. Their uniform is in bright orange, it gave us a very nice, refreshing, bright and sunny impression. Hehe...A very nice welcome. I love it.
Time to check in to our room. Amelia and Ping are staying in Room 439 a Japanese Suite. While Claire, Janice and me in Room 534, just a normal room. Well the highest floor in the resort is only 5. And the lift and corridor was rather stuffy, no air con like that. Maybe it is because opened air to the lobby and the hot air came in. But it is okay lah, not a big problem as long the room air con is working fine. Oh ya, our card got problem and we could not get in. We thought maybe we had taken the wrong card and I went to find Amelia and ping but then they were happily playing inside the room and could not hear my knock. So I went down to reception to get my card done and get into the room. Then the housekeeping came and helps us to set up the extra bed and that is a sofa bed. Haha...It was a sofa and then he open it up and become a bed. Oh ya, we gave an S$2 tip to the guy for helping setting up the extra bed. Our room balcony is facing the swimming pool. Nice and beautiful. Hehehe... Actually we had an early check in, it is about 10am (Batam Time). Rest a while in the room, turn on the tv and got a lot of channels lor, got Disney Channel, HBO, Star Movies, MTV Asia, Sports, Ch 8, Ch U, Ch 5 etc...So good lor, better than at chalet lor. Later we went down to find Amelia and ping in their room. Then I realized initially they also cannot get into their room with their card too. The staff helps them to get into the room. Same problem as us but I got no staff available to help us. Wow their room is super nice. Er well, Amelia had upgraded her room to Japanese Suite for $70 per night. Super big and nice lor, no wonder when I knock on their door earlier on, they never hear lor. So big lor. I love the bath tub outside the balcony. LOL...Nice and cosy lor. We wow very long inside the room. Then we went down to the cafe for our lunch.
They have different sitting areas and we could not decide where to sit and the staff came over to help us, he asked us if we like indoor or outdoor and we prefer air con place and therefore we chose to sit indoor, which is more meant for night lounge. The sofas and armchairs were all so comfortable. After looking at the menu, we realised that the tables were too short for us to have our meals, thus we changed tables. We kept on changing tables until our drinks arrived, but the staffs were so friendly that they waited until we settled down before serving our drinks, not to mention we kept on changing positions. Free set lunch or pizza from the package we took. All of us choose the set lunch and it comes with rice and fruits. I ordered a nice and yummy Chendol as my dessert. Whaha...Oh ya we are seated inside a nice and cosy lounge with a big tv. We can enjoy the food while watching tv but then it was showing Star Movies and the show was not nice at that time leh. Btw, we are the only group inside the place. When we almost finished eating, then came in another 2 couples. Hehe...But we had eaten finished liao le, so we make a move. We charged the bill to our room and I signed the bill for my room while ping signed the bill for her room because it is booked under us.
Claire, Janice and me went to our room to get something and then we walked to another building which is in Yellow colour. And went for our spa appointment liao le. That building is a leisure place where ktv, bowling, dino club (kids room), table tennis, foot reflexlogy etc are located at. The relaxing activity is finally here. Our long awaiting spa is here. And it was at the top floor. The staff at the spa counter was very friendly and attended to us immediately. She was very good and answered all our enquiries. LOL...Because we were not sure the different types of massage and which massage is better. And she recommended us. Claire will be doing it alone. While Janice and me together. We were showed to a room and then change our clothes and start the body scrub. Er, actually was a bit pai say because have to take off clothes mah and they gave us disposable underwear. Full body scrub. So shiok lor. Haha...Then later move to a hut to bathe first and then to do Indonesian massage. After that have a soaking bath inside a bath tub. Nice and fun. With lots of bubbles...The water almost overflows. Then shower again and finished. Sad. So fast. It end with a choice of ginger or green tea and I choose green tea. It is a 3hr package that starts from 1pm to 4pm. Like not enough, still want somemore. Too relaxing liao le lor. The spa was very, very good; the masseurs were very efficient and professional. I almost fell asleep during the body scrub and massage.
After that went out and saw Amelia and ping, their appointment is from 4pm to 7pm. Then the 3 of us walked back to the resort. Went to look at the POLO shop just at the lobby and then went into a souvenir shop and Claire bought a Harris Slipper. And then went to a small snacks shop to take a look and again Claire bought some snacks. The snacks were rather expensive lor. Like Potato Chip cost about S$2.50 lor. Oh ya all the $ spend at the resort is in Sing Dollars. Then we went to our room to slack and watch tv. LOL...And then wow super hungry. And the Kampong Buffet Dinner only starts @ 7pm to 10pm. But we are damn hungry liao le. Actually want to wait for Amelia and ping but then cannot tahan the hungry liao and we went down to the pool side to have dinner first. Before heading to the poolside, we went to the reception to make reservations for the shuttle to Nagoya . The girl was very friendly to us. I think we asked her a lot of questions and she listened and answered all our questions. Haha...I saw a basket of cookies at the counter and I took some and ate. LOL...Hungry hungry liao le. But a bit like lou feng lor, maybe put too long liao le. But it is still nice leh.
After that, we went to the poolside and the staffs were very friendly and kept asking us to go in. The foods were quite nice. Got rice, noodles, curry vegetables, vegetables, potato etc.... Ox Tail Soup and a special soup (LOL....yes it is special soup, with a man inside and when you open the cover and scare you. Yes I am scared by him because never thought of that much mah.) Got BBQ section, just choose our foods and hand it over to the staffs and they will bbq for us and served it to us. Haha...Got squid, crabs, prawns, sausage, beef steaks, chicken wings. Got appetizer - differents salad, quill eggs, dried beancurd etc...The buffet comes with a choice of drink and I took Mango Drink. Got deep fried popiah, banana fritter etc...It is cooked on the spot, so it means you will have a hot serving, and it is yummy. Got ice cream also, think got 3 flavour but I did not eat leh. Wow me so nan de leh, normally I will want to eat the ice cream but this time I never take the ice cream. Instead I took the dessert, a few varieties of cakes and I love the cookies. Hehe...How I wish I can bring the 2 big bottles back with me. LOL...Very nice and yummy lor. Oh ya, as we have 5 people in our group, 3 of us went for our dinner first and we took a table for 3. When our 2 friends came looking for us, the table around us were either reserved or taken; but the staffs were very kind and they took away the reserve tag and joined that table with ours. That is very kind of them to help shift the table. Haha…
The environment was nice, poolside dining. Got live band performance and on-going activities. They have made the place very lively. And they were really extremely friendly and kept asking us how is the food and how is everything. Haha...Amelia, Ping and Claire were dragged by them to dance with them. Well, Janice and me insisted don't want to go. LOL...And we took photos and video of them. Ping dedicated a song "More Than Words" and they sang it live. The band is considered not bad. Know a lot of songs - English & Chinese as well. Then got one Ang Moh who was with their family at another table came out to play the guiter and sing song. Wow power leh. He sing very nice leh. LOL...Cool leh. Too bad, he is not handsome or young but is an uncle liao le. ;p. We had an enjoyable night. We left the place almost at 10pm. Oh ya, did I mention Batam time is 1hr slower than Singapore . So it means it is 9pm in Singapore . Again we charge to room and sign for the bills.
We went back to our room respectively after that. Slacking, watching tv and bathing and time for bed time. Claire fall asleep first and followed by Janice. Left me sitting alone there watching tv - Ch U Guess X 3 and the anime after the variety show. Then sleepy liao le, want to go bed le. Suddenly received call from ping and they were still awake and guess what, they were hungry liao le. Ask me if I want to go down and join them in their room. LOL...In the end I never go because next day have to wake up early lor. So I decided to go to bed at about 1.30am (Singapore Time).
Day 2 - 14th September 2008 - Sun
Woke up at 7.30am (Batam Time), washed up and gave Amelia they all a morning call. And we met them at the lobby 8am for breakfast. Breakfast was nice. Hehe...Fried Bee Hoon, sausages, roasted chicken (so strange, early in the morning eat chicken), vegetables, potato, salad, plain congee (add your own ingredient), different types of cakes, muffins and bread. You can toast your bread too. Pancakes (cook on the spot), sunny eggs & scrambled eggs cooked on the spot too. There are different types of cereals available for you to choose. Dessert is Black Glutinous Rice Pudding with coconut. Don't forget the fresh fruits too. Hehehe...Wow we ate a lot of foods.
After breakfast, Claire and Janice went back to the room to slack while me follow Amelia and ping back to their room. Slack inside the room and then went to soak our feets inside the stone tub outside the balcony. Super shiok. Haha...Time was very fast, and I was about to go off at 10.20am back to my room to prepare myself and go out to town le. Amelia and ping continue to slack in their room and they are going back to Singapore today 4.30pm ferry.
So we went down to lobby to gather at 10.50am and took the shuttle bus out to the Nagoya Town . Along the way, we saw the Go Kart tracks, mini motor bikes. Ai yo, wasted leh, never go down to beach to see see. Next time we gather more people and go there to have combat war leh. Shiok leh, air gun.....LOL...Oh ya, the road are a bit uneven and narrow. Like xiang xia type. Haha...The journey to the town is about 30mins. It is a big shopping center. Actually there is a lot of shopping center at Nagoya Town but we did not go to other place and we only stay at the main shopping center. A lot of shops inside the center but then for clothes wise, there is no big sizes for us. It is not cheap even they have big size clothes available. Some items are very cheap, like bags and the foods. LOL…We bought a lot of keychain as souvenir. Janice bought the most because she going to give them to her colleagues. Claire and I bought about 4 – 5. Then we went to hyper mart. We push a shopping cart and the cart is full of our stuffs. LOL…Can you imagine how much things we had bought. Too many stuffs and messy and therefore we took 2 baskets to separate the things. Claire only has 1 basket of things. I have 1 basket in my hand too. And shared the cart with Janice. Everything seem so cheap, ma jiam no need $$, take and take. Haha…The chocolates even cheaper lor, 20cents per bar lor. We took almost 30+ bars each lor. Bought muffins, swiss roll and brownie cream cake to eat at the hotel. After the payment, we stack all the bags inside the cart and pushed it around. Oh ya, did I mention that you cannot bring carrying bags into the hyper mart, own bags can lah, but other shopping bags cannot. So have to store it at the counter provided there. I bought 4pcs of Kueh and it cost 10000 rupiah, can consider cheap lah. Actually I need to buy local snacks back for my office but then could not find any local shop and therefore bought a lot at the hyper mart. But after the hyper mart, we saw a stall selling local snacks and I bought some. Haha...Then we went shopping around and Claire and I bought a Mickey Mouse bag for less than S$10 only. LOL...Because we need to get to 2nd floor to find bath soap and therefore Janice look after the cart at the ground floor. While Claire and me went up to Beauty Credit to find the bath soap. Later went to grab our dinner. Before that, we made the Batam KeyChain with our Name printed on it. Then went to get A&W curly fries x 3. And we had a root beer float. Yummy...Then actually want to get the Mango Chicken @ A&W but then we realised we do not have enough $$. Oh we had a big scared. Because Claire thought she had given me 356000 rupiah (amount is combine with Janice) and we only left 80000 rupiah and I thought I had lost the $$. We went to KFC to pack the 9pcs chicken 82000 rupiah. And went to find Janice to clarify the $$. And it turn out that Janice had only given us 100000 rupiah instead of 300000 rupiah. Because Janice pass the $$ to Claire and Claire counted it (but she mistook the notes 5000 and 50000. Haha...ya the notes are really very confusing. So many zero) and she hand it over to me. I did not count it because we are at the open area, not wise to show the $$ and I believe the amount. Yuan lai zi ji xia zi ji.
Actually Claire want to take the shuttle bus back to hotel but then we have bought a lot of things and therefore Janice and me do not want to take the bus back because the bus was rather small and cramp lor. And we got so many things no place to put lor. LOL...So in the end, we decided to take cab back lor. So after that, we went to the taxi counter and get a cab back to our hotel. Wow liao, we seem kana kan by them lor. To what we know, the cab fare from the town back to hotel is around 97000 rupiah. And then they open the price 1250000 rupiah lor. What to do, have to agree to it lor. Because that is Taxi Counter. Unlike getting cab from the road, can bargain lor. Haiz...The car boot is full of our bags. Haha...When reached hotel, initially we want to pay in Sing dollars because if pay in Sing will be S$17 but then he don't accept the $5 dollar note so in the end we pay in rupiah lor.
Finally can go back to hotel room. And we are damn hungry liao le, because we did not eat lunch lor. We quickly separated all the items and then start eating our dinner le. After eating, we start to count our $$, because we share the the $$. Haha, a bit messy because some I pay, some they pay so we count dao confused liao le but finally we managed to settle the bill. After that we packed our bags and then went to bathe. Haha...After bathe le, wow I felt so sleepy and once I sat on the bed and I fall asleep le. Then they wake me up to have supper that is the muffins, swiss rolls and cake that we had bought earlier. Haha...After supper, everyone is tired le and we went to bed after the ch 8 (Shao Nian Yang Jia Jiang).
Day 3 - 15th September 2008 - Mon
Woke up at 7.30am (Batam Time), washed up and started to pack bags. Then we went to the cafe @ 8.30am for breakfast. Today breakfast was similar to yesterday, only some changes. Today got fried noodles, curry mutton (yesterday chicken and today mutton) and vegetables, the rest all remain the same. But today don't see any dessert but they have Nasi Lemak. And as usual fresh fruits too. Hehehe...But today we did not ate a lot maybe it is because we had late supper last night and therefore the food still not digested. LOL...
After breakfast, went back to room to continue to pack our bags and then slack inside the room. Felt like sleeping. Haha...Initially wanted to go play bowling and go sauna and jacuzzi and slack at the pool side before going back to Singapore. But we changed plan and want to go bowling and then go to town again before going back to Singapore. But after slacking inside the room, we decided to go play bowling after we came back from town. Haha, we kept changing plan. So after slacking in the room, we took our bags down and check out the hotel and left our bags at the counter. And after that we took the shuttle bus down to Nagoya Town. Actually our package included only 1 free shuttle to town and we had used it yesterday and therefore today we had to pay for the ride. Sing $10 per person for 2 ways transport.
After we reached the Nagoya Town, we went walking around and then we went to Five Stars Massage to have foot massage and body massage. Haha...Very cheap lor, less than Sing $10 for an 1hr 15mins service lor. Damn cheap right. Oh ya, since Janice and me wear jeans and therefore they gave us short to change into. After the massage, we went to hyper mart to grab some stuffs and then bought more snacks at the local stall that I went yesterday. Finally we spent all our $$ at A&W for 2 Mango Chicken because we do not have enough to buy 3 so no choice have to share le. And we order a root beer float as well. Haha..So we have left 2200 rupiah. And we went back to entrance to wait for our bus to go back. Just then, Claire realised she had forgotten her bag at the hyper mart, remember I told you have to store your bag at the counter. Heng she last mins found the tag inside her pocket and she run off to collect her bag. Then the bus arrived and heng she make it in time. Haha...
We reached hotel at 3.10pm (Batam Time). Then we went to play bowling because we got free games. In the hurry to play finished the games. LOL...And then rush off back to lobby @ 4pm. For the transfer to Terminal. Wow, we had a lot of things. I think I bought the most lor. Got 3 bags lor. And is all big big one lor. Haha...Reached Terminal liao le, we went to buy the Kueh Lapis at the shop. There is free testing. Got quite a few flavours but I prefer the original. I bought 1 big box and 2 small one. Damm cheap lor. Only cost Sing $29 only lor. If I had more free hands, I will definitely buy more wor. LOL...After buying that, my hands are already full and heavy lor. Like kiasu auntie lor. I think everybody go there just to relax only lor, they don't seem to buy a lot lor but well for us wow say sia, so many bigs bags. Claire bought the least, she got only 3 small bags. Janice bought quite a lot too but her items are small. Well me the most lor, big and bulky because got a lot of biscuits lor. Haha...
Waiting to board our Ferry - Sea Prince. Rather small ferry leh. Kekeke...Claire took a 3 seaters area and then we had put all our stuffs till no place to move le. Janice sit alone at the other side. The ferry start to move @ about 4.45pm (Batam Time). While the ferry start to move, we ate our leftover muffins and I drank my mini Yakult. Haha...And then sleepy liao le. Then the ferry stop over @ another Terminal (not sure what terminal is that) to pick up more passengers. Wow full house lor, it is super full house lor. No place to sit liao lor and some had to sit upstair open aired lor. I really fall asleep leh. And when I woke up, we reached Sentosa liao le. And slowly reaching Harbour. Haha...We waited everyone had left before we start to get out. Because we had too many things liao le, pai say don't want to block other lor. Very heavy lor. Totally no hand to carry other things liao lor. When we had the bags scanning, the officers saw our bags and wow. Haha...Initially want to take mrt home because I got direct mrt mah. But then we reach Singapore about 6.45pm liao lor. Though it is Monday but then mrt will be crowded lor and we don't want to squeeue the mrt lor so we shared a cab back home. The cab reached my house first. In the cab, we saw the moon in the sky so big and low lor.
Finally settled down. I am hungry liao le, there is no dinner at home. Sad. And that is the end of my holiday and I am here blogging. LOL...
♥ Dream Do Come TRUE ♥ @ 9:51 PM
Waiting For My Batam Trip
I can't wait for my batam trip. Haha...Have been counting down. I am so excited in it.
Been so busy working and working. The last time I went for holiday was last year think in May to Genting. Though Aug and Sept, I did went to Malacca and KL for 1 day trip. But we were not there to relax. It was damn tired. Because we went in the morning and come back at night for the Malacca. Then for KL trip, we took the night bus to KL and return back on next day night bus. LOL...
And I never take any leave all the way till Jan, I left Taka and jump on board to DHL. Working working all the way till Aug take 2 days leave to go chalet. And then now sept 3 days leave to my Batam trip. Hehe...Really need a good rest. But I guess it is not possible. Because normally go holiday, will end up wake up early go shopping, go activities and back to hotel at night. LOL...That is the trend of holiday. Because don't want to waste time sleeping whole day in the room.
Waiting for my batam trip. Though it is an small island of Indonesia and so near Singapore, may look cheapskate but as long not in Singapore, any place will do. Temporary now no $$, so have to go nearby place. LOL...Think should be not bad. I been to Batam before for a 1 day trip from Agency. But then I think that is at least 9 years ago liao le. So this will be my 2nd time going but can consider 1st time on my own to Batam. Haha...2 days more...Excited Excited....:)
♥ Dream Do Come TRUE ♥ @ 9:37 PM