Finally, after such a long time. We finally faced a team that was lousier than us, even when we played lousy! Thanks Dreager! Haha :P
Beat them 5-4 all thanks to a sucker-punch goal by Lasse who deflected an attempted clearance into the opponent's net in the last minute!
Whoot!
Wedding pix are out! Quite nice! Will try to post some during the weekend.
Its great to be back at work!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Another Game, Another Loss
*sigh*
This time to Nike FC 6-10.
But that intern at the Instituional desk is seriously good! Oh and I got smacked on the left side of my face by some big guy's shoulder. Left me concussed for a split-second. And it feels banged up. Haiz. Luckily the wifey was nice enough to boil two eggs (and peeled them as well) to let me roll it all over the hurt! Feels alot better. Happie!
Face kenna whack, knee grazed twice over, ankle feels busted. God I love futsal!!!
This time to Nike FC 6-10.
But that intern at the Instituional desk is seriously good! Oh and I got smacked on the left side of my face by some big guy's shoulder. Left me concussed for a split-second. And it feels banged up. Haiz. Luckily the wifey was nice enough to boil two eggs (and peeled them as well) to let me roll it all over the hurt! Feels alot better. Happie!
Face kenna whack, knee grazed twice over, ankle feels busted. God I love futsal!!!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Top 10 Snorkelling Pix From Redang
Ooh ooh! They're out! And as promised, some pictures from our snorkelling escapade! Do note that the pix arn't 5mb-type quality hor, they're just standard Kodak disposable underwater cameras so must discount the quality abit! In total we took over 100 pix and of course there were the lousy shaky pictures, but then there were pretty nice ones too, so below showcases the top 10, in my own humble opinion (i will not give a hoot about yours, I happy can liao :)).
No 10
Ok, just for starters as proof that these pictures weren't ripped off some diving website (as if they were THAT good), I had to show everyone my adventurous skin-diving side (fine, I'm not THAT gung-ho lah). I'm actually grabbing the anchor line at our 2nd snorkelling spot which was also a dive spot with pretty good visibility. Current was pretty strong though.
No 9
Ok I know what you're about to say, nothing spectacular here, but this picture shows the tons and tons of fish just at the shore! They bug you around as though you were the Muffin Man hoping to catch some scraps off your hands. Most of the infestation swarm (ok at least they're friendly fishies) is made up of Damsels (Sergeant), Parrots, Sweetlips and Surgeons by the way.
No 8
Of course, who can resist looking for little Nemos. But to get right up close and take a clear picture of one isn't easy. You can see Nemo's nose somewhere in the picture peeking out of the anemone. I vividly remember the anemone being a much larger clump than this picture appears. No kidding!
No 7
While this looks like another one of those "WTF?!" photos, it is not. These here are Ikan Bilis (actually I'm not that sure) but there were tons and tons of them! All over the place! They hang around shallow waters and hang around in such huge schools that look like shadows. A tad scary sometimes. Strength in numbers.
No 6
This is the resident Giant Grouper at the Marine Park near the jetty. The mother/friend/protector/bitch of 2 other smaller Groupers chilling out at the giant rock. This photo is out of the top 5 largely due to the difficulty in spotting it. Its right there in the middle. And its much larger than it looks (all divers always say that)!
No 5
This pops right in at the top 5 because of its nice diverse colour! Taken at the shipwreck at the Marine Park. Current was really strong, dunno how the wifey managed to snap this. And thats just a crummy Parrotfish by the way, ooh and aah at the blue coral instead will'ya?!
No 4
This was the largest occasional Triggerfish we saw. So big and so fast we couldn't get the whole damn thing quick enough. It's known to bite sometimes as you can see from its sharp teeth. Plus it was huge. But it looks like its liking my camera attention. Cheese!
No 3
Just because. I'm a sucker for fancy shit that turns out nicer than I envision them to be. I like it so much that its my profile picture on Facebook for now! Whoot!
No 2
Monsoon's coming, so jellyfish also come in search of warmer waters and nearer to the coasts. This picture has the funkiness of the earlier picture but comes with the pack of little buggers trying to chill out under da'hood. They got balls!
No 1
Nothing can beat the picture of a shark taken 3m away in total nakedness other than boardshorts (no undies even!) and snorkel mask! Take that you! But then this is a friendly Blacktip reef shark who wouldn't harm us, until it started swimming a couple of circles below the wifey. That was the signal to piss in the sea and get the hell outta there!
No 10
Ok, just for starters as proof that these pictures weren't ripped off some diving website (as if they were THAT good), I had to show everyone my adventurous skin-diving side (fine, I'm not THAT gung-ho lah). I'm actually grabbing the anchor line at our 2nd snorkelling spot which was also a dive spot with pretty good visibility. Current was pretty strong though.
No 9
Ok I know what you're about to say, nothing spectacular here, but this picture shows the tons and tons of fish just at the shore! They bug you around as though you were the Muffin Man hoping to catch some scraps off your hands. Most of the infestation swarm (ok at least they're friendly fishies) is made up of Damsels (Sergeant), Parrots, Sweetlips and Surgeons by the way.
No 8
Of course, who can resist looking for little Nemos. But to get right up close and take a clear picture of one isn't easy. You can see Nemo's nose somewhere in the picture peeking out of the anemone. I vividly remember the anemone being a much larger clump than this picture appears. No kidding!
No 7
While this looks like another one of those "WTF?!" photos, it is not. These here are Ikan Bilis (actually I'm not that sure) but there were tons and tons of them! All over the place! They hang around shallow waters and hang around in such huge schools that look like shadows. A tad scary sometimes. Strength in numbers.
No 6
This is the resident Giant Grouper at the Marine Park near the jetty. The mother/friend/protector/bitch of 2 other smaller Groupers chilling out at the giant rock. This photo is out of the top 5 largely due to the difficulty in spotting it. Its right there in the middle. And its much larger than it looks (all divers always say that)!
No 5
This pops right in at the top 5 because of its nice diverse colour! Taken at the shipwreck at the Marine Park. Current was really strong, dunno how the wifey managed to snap this. And thats just a crummy Parrotfish by the way, ooh and aah at the blue coral instead will'ya?!
No 4
This was the largest occasional Triggerfish we saw. So big and so fast we couldn't get the whole damn thing quick enough. It's known to bite sometimes as you can see from its sharp teeth. Plus it was huge. But it looks like its liking my camera attention. Cheese!
No 3
Just because. I'm a sucker for fancy shit that turns out nicer than I envision them to be. I like it so much that its my profile picture on Facebook for now! Whoot!
No 2
Monsoon's coming, so jellyfish also come in search of warmer waters and nearer to the coasts. This picture has the funkiness of the earlier picture but comes with the pack of little buggers trying to chill out under da'hood. They got balls!
No 1
Nothing can beat the picture of a shark taken 3m away in total nakedness other than boardshorts (no undies even!) and snorkel mask! Take that you! But then this is a friendly Blacktip reef shark who wouldn't harm us, until it started swimming a couple of circles below the wifey. That was the signal to piss in the sea and get the hell outta there!
Friday, October 17, 2008
Redang - The Snorkeller's Paradise
Just back late last night from Redang, the snorkeller's paradise!!!
Indeed, I had my reservations going up so far north by bus. The 10-hr bus ride + 1-hr boat ride was enough to scare away most honeymooners. Even after the travelling ordeal, we were told that alot of resorts were closed because of the coming monsoon in November. Bummer man, must be no one come that's why. :(
For a moment especially on the first day, my head was filled with thoughts of regret as to how I ended up choosing such a destination and I was stuck in for the next 3 days with extension somemore! Eeks. Even Genting felt like a more enticing destination.
But.
We were soon amazed by the power of snorkelling! We had the intention to dive but then figured maybe we'll go on those cheapo free snorkelling trips first and see if the waters are really terrible and choppy in October. Well lo' and behold the waters in Redang were awesome!
So awesome that we were brought to a few dive spots to snorkel and over there the visibility was so clear up to 15-18m deep! We exhausted 4 disposable underwater cameras in all (spent all our money on those) and saw just about everything on this website including sharks (a lot of them), sea turtles, and giant garoupas!
The underwater pix are being developed as I'm blogging so I'll have to post them later (hope they're nice!) but below is a nutshell of our trip!
At the jetty entrance of our resort. As you can see, I didn't look very enthusiastic after some dude reminded me the monsoon was coming (as if I hadn't heard that a million times prior).
View from the resort lobby. Quite breathtaking really. Enough to hold off the hunger pangs of lunch for at least 15 more photo-taking minutes.
Yes. THAT house from xia ri de mo mo cha starring Sammi Cheng and Richie Ren? The resort was on the actual location of the movie and they didn't hesitate to remind guests of this by devoting an entire TV channel just screening reruns of that movie. I think I watched it like 5 times. Brrr....check out Guang Liang (of Tong Hua fame) in choppy hair!
We were blessed with extremely good weather while we were there. The only time it rained was when we were on the bus back to Singapore. That's the moon, bright as a blazing torch lighting up the night sky. Lovely.
Me, chilling on the beach. NEVER fall asleep while having a tan. You will regret it. Seriously.
And we woke up just to catch the sunrise! I think the last time I did that was like 10+ years ago. Awesome stuff. Too bad I was erm...drifting in and out of sleep on the deck chair!
Cui, sleep so sneakily also can get caught! Argh!
As you can see, my cheesy obsession with jump pix was never abated. Rock on! (on rocks -_-" hehe...)
Where's Bozo?
All in all it was a really fun trip. Totally chill and away from the bustle of our urban lives. I may never go there again (because the journey is simply too arduous) but if you haven't been there yet, do make at least one trip up north to see for yourself that the waters in Redang are a few notches above Tioman.
Hopefully the underwater pix turn out well! Then I'll post more online!
Indeed, I had my reservations going up so far north by bus. The 10-hr bus ride + 1-hr boat ride was enough to scare away most honeymooners. Even after the travelling ordeal, we were told that alot of resorts were closed because of the coming monsoon in November. Bummer man, must be no one come that's why. :(
For a moment especially on the first day, my head was filled with thoughts of regret as to how I ended up choosing such a destination and I was stuck in for the next 3 days with extension somemore! Eeks. Even Genting felt like a more enticing destination.
But.
We were soon amazed by the power of snorkelling! We had the intention to dive but then figured maybe we'll go on those cheapo free snorkelling trips first and see if the waters are really terrible and choppy in October. Well lo' and behold the waters in Redang were awesome!
So awesome that we were brought to a few dive spots to snorkel and over there the visibility was so clear up to 15-18m deep! We exhausted 4 disposable underwater cameras in all (spent all our money on those) and saw just about everything on this website including sharks (a lot of them), sea turtles, and giant garoupas!
The underwater pix are being developed as I'm blogging so I'll have to post them later (hope they're nice!) but below is a nutshell of our trip!
At the jetty entrance of our resort. As you can see, I didn't look very enthusiastic after some dude reminded me the monsoon was coming (as if I hadn't heard that a million times prior).
View from the resort lobby. Quite breathtaking really. Enough to hold off the hunger pangs of lunch for at least 15 more photo-taking minutes.
Yes. THAT house from xia ri de mo mo cha starring Sammi Cheng and Richie Ren? The resort was on the actual location of the movie and they didn't hesitate to remind guests of this by devoting an entire TV channel just screening reruns of that movie. I think I watched it like 5 times. Brrr....check out Guang Liang (of Tong Hua fame) in choppy hair!
We were blessed with extremely good weather while we were there. The only time it rained was when we were on the bus back to Singapore. That's the moon, bright as a blazing torch lighting up the night sky. Lovely.
Me, chilling on the beach. NEVER fall asleep while having a tan. You will regret it. Seriously.
And we woke up just to catch the sunrise! I think the last time I did that was like 10+ years ago. Awesome stuff. Too bad I was erm...drifting in and out of sleep on the deck chair!
Cui, sleep so sneakily also can get caught! Argh!
As you can see, my cheesy obsession with jump pix was never abated. Rock on! (on rocks -_-" hehe...)
Where's Bozo?
All in all it was a really fun trip. Totally chill and away from the bustle of our urban lives. I may never go there again (because the journey is simply too arduous) but if you haven't been there yet, do make at least one trip up north to see for yourself that the waters in Redang are a few notches above Tioman.
Hopefully the underwater pix turn out well! Then I'll post more online!
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Now I'm REALLY Married
The wedding came and went and went well it did! So happy its over!
That's a whole lot of pressure off our shoulders and now we can get on with our peaceful lives and concentrate on building our family empire!
I'd like to thank everyone who came and everyone who helped make it all so successful. Really appreciate all your combined efforts, it really means alot to us both.
On a whole, the wedding went really well. The only notable screw-up was the wifey's microphone during our surprise song item (which she got really upset over), but aside from that it all went superbly to schedule. Even the weather was perfect with clear blues skies all day. Great speech from Jinde (really appreciated that one) too and great gathering of friends all round. Even my brudders and her sisters got along so well it scared me *shudder*
Our wedding reception was one of the most crowded receptions I've seen, maybe because everyone came earlier than we expected, and the overall food was well received (aside from the hard fish).
Didn't get the chance to drink as much as and with as many people as I would've liked to due to time constraints so I gotta apologize for that. I'll make it up to those of you some other day.
Its Redang for our honeymoon next! Leaving tonight...
Thanks once again to everyone!!!
Above was one of the pictures taken by Xiaohui at our home during the day itself. This was the infamous picture which included two HUGE mosquitoes on my wifey's arm (one smack right on the armpit!) which was very well photoshopped away. Haha, let me know if you want the contact of our bridal studio, photographer or videographer.
:)
Above was one of the pictures taken by Xiaohui at our home during the day itself. This was the infamous picture which included two HUGE mosquitoes on my wifey's arm (one smack right on the armpit!) which was very well photoshopped away. Haha, let me know if you want the contact of our bridal studio, photographer or videographer.
:)
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Monday, October 06, 2008
5% Drop In US Markets Means Crisis Is Here
As of now US markets are down 5%. I expect tomorrow morning to see that the Dow has fallen more than 10%. We're into panic-selling mode, people! When the Dow dips way below 10,000 for the first time since 2005, thats a sure sign of things to come!
Oh and its 4 more days to my BIG day!
:)
Oh and its 4 more days to my BIG day!
:)
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