Across the Horizon..

Happy New Year Everyone! =D

2009-01-04T04:12:00.005+08:00

Although this post came like days after ushering the new year, I would take this chance to wish everyone a Happy New Year! 2008 would always be remembered in our hearts. All the wacky things we have done, tears we shed, joy we have enjoyed, fun we had.. So much so much things compacted on an eventful year. To those who had a bad one, better days will be path just for you.. So look forward! Well, It will never be forgotten and I hope our remaining days will be happily lived.

Happy Birthday Sendy! 29 Nov.

2008-12-20T14:42:00.006+08:00

4-5 December Batam Trip!

2008-12-06T02:10:00.012+08:00

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2008-12-06T02:10:00.001+08:00

Woohoo. I conquered Swissotel today! XD

2008-11-16T17:58:00.007+08:00

Reality check.

2008-11-15T18:06:00.004+08:00

Things aren't path out according to what you desire. This is reality. You need to take it and move on. Nobody is ever contented with their lives. There are bound to have loopholes and traps along the way of life so it is whether you can pick up from your mistakes and get over it and strive ahead.. There's no point ranting and raving over spilled milk. What you can do is try to be satisfied with what you have now and build a realistic future, not stuck in a fantasy and thinking of fairytale endings. =)

11 November. Sentosa Mosaic.

2008-11-12T22:23:00.017+08:00

Hohoho Merry Christmas.. With one month remaining towards our joyous occasion, all the shopping malls are greeted with expense of christmas trees, various ornaments and creative lightings.. Kinda feeling the atmosphere already.. =)
Well It's Tuesday! Time to unwind ourselves off at Sentosa again. Reached sentosa at 12 noon, I'm abit late again. I'm greeted with not-so-good weather over there.. It starts to drizzle when I'm on my way at Sentosa Express. Aw. Nevertheless, we played football with 20 plus school kids.. With less of 10 of us.. Imagine a dozen of people swarming at you when you manage to get the ball.. Disastrous. =/
After the kids went off with their teachers, we decided to play volleyball. It failed terribly even if people thought we are beginners. Oh well.. At least we keep the ball in the air for 10 seconds.. It's my 1st time playing volleyball also.. So oh well. Don't give a damn. After that, we went into the water. Splashes everywhere and there's lots of fun. Haha busily taking pictures.
At around 3pm, we left for mainland! Went Vivocity to walk, shop and find place to makan.. Duno who mentioned 'Kim Gary' Hong Kong restaurant.. We decided to give it a try lor.. Not bad after all.. Quite tasty.. Haha I ordered the Chicken chop curry with swiss cheese and rice.. Wow.. I forgot what they ordered.. I think is some Beef mixed rice with corn.. N some minced pork noodles.. Think quite fantastic also.. =D
After consuming our dinner, we continue to look around Vivo's places of interest. Lol went the pet shop to look at dogs? Very adorable indeed, but the price is more adorable! 2.5 grand each.. I sense price inflation. Also went Diaso to look at the items inside.. Mini Xmas trees, ornaments at $2 each? Innovative products at $2? Saw many funny items which I have never seen in normal supermarkets. After that went out to snap some pictures with Rudolph the rain deer, Xmas tree..
Went for supper at Secret Recipe. Ordered one slice of cake each.. $5.20 each slice. Hmm I ordered Yogurt cake.. Pok order marble cheese cake. Linsing order Walnut cake. Jason order some chocolate banana cake and Josh order macadamia? Hmm.. Haha simply indulgence. =)
After we filled our stomach with the final touch, we went Vivomart to buy some food to chill and eat lor.. Bailey. Chestnut n chocolate buns! We chilled out just outside Vivo. Actually just next to the sea. Talk cock. Enjoy the breeze. Cosiness. =) Josh actually dozzed off and it's 10 plus around. So we decided to make ourself back home! Haha there's always next time! @_@

10 November. Ktv+Shopping Fever..

2008-11-12T02:25:00.005+08:00

Monday Ktv Fever at Cineleisure Level 8! Reached Cini at 10.30am which turned out that I'm the 1st to reach. Irony right? All the shops havent even opened! Oh well It's raining heavily out there.. Better avoid yah.. But shortly after, Derek and his girl-friend reached.. Then everyone also shortly reached.. Went K-Lunch at Kbox. Sing non-stop for 3 hrs (1100-1400) plus a choice of lunch that day which is Chicken Rice or Sushi and a complimentary drink. It costs $10 plus nia.. Cheap cheap. Haha. Sang ourself out until no voice? Haha exaggerate too much.. =/
After the Ktv session, some of us went to nearby malls to shop and snack around. Noticably Heeren, Old Chang Ki, ToriQ, Paragon and then Taka. =) Wow saw the Subaru challenge, 2 days plus alrdy. May there person with most endurance wins. There's a Toy expo over there. Toys, toys and more toys.. Winnie the Pooh plushie at 3 for $10! Cheap lor! Haha. Bubble-making guns with different caliber. Helicopters.. Blah blah.. Childhood days.

Happy 21st Birthday Linsing! Haha..

2008-11-09T22:32:00.009+08:00

Happy 21st Birthday Linsing! Hope It's a memorable day for you to remember!
Meet up with Pok and Nic at City Hall Mrt.. Then we went over to Marina Square to shop and makan.. Too many outlets for us to choose. Imagine choosing between Sakai-Sushi, Cafe Cartel, Billy Bombers, Jacks Place and more. We wandered around and a shop caught our eye. We look at that food outlet named 'Changing Appetites' and the waiter immediately went towards us to tell us about their set meals blah blah. I'm not sure whether we are caught in voodoo spells or what, plus we do not under what is that waiter with wierd accent is talking about. Nevertheless we gave it a try despite the lures of other food outlets. We tried 3 set meals which includes Meat-ball Spaghetti, Soup of the Day and a Free-flow drink.. Okay okay lar.. Cheap set meal at $12 each.. After that we walked around the shops. Shortly after we went Raffles city shopping centre to meet up with Linsing to collect our Swissotel Vertical Marathon Kit bag.. Like goodie bags lor.. Haha.. After that Linsing need to go back to take something so he drove us to Nic house 1st.. Played one round of Dota, cuddling with his dog.. Haha.. At 5.30 sharp, Nic drove us to Linsing's uncle condo at Montrosa Bukit Timah.. The place where the celebration is held! Woohoo.. Go there be Fatigue party sia.. Set up BBQ spots.. *Linsing if you see this. Rmb our $10 okay?* LOL.
*To be continued*

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2008-11-06T20:11:00.002+08:00

31 October 2008.. Mixture of colours..

2008-11-06T20:08:00.004+08:00

Happy 21st Birthday Kelvin Pek!

2008-10-26T17:37:00.007+08:00

Happy 21st Birthday Dude.. As the title suggests. Haha.. Reached the venue at 7pm sharp, asked for directions then reached there promptly.. Luckily my sense of direction works that day.. XD Went up and wish him a happy birthday then went to the pool table to watch endless number of balls end up in all the holes.. Pretty aimlessly ya.. After that went to watch 'Journey to the center of the Earth' which they played.. So just watch lor.. Learn alot of geography things, stones type like Muscovite, Emerald blah blah.. Quite interesting though..
Well halfway through the screening, It's time to cut the cake! Woohoo.. Can see the happiness on Pek's face! Haha.. I'm sure he enjoyed himself! After like 20 minutes, stupid Linsing came up with the 'Bing Bang Arh' game that results in multiple people tasting the penalty! Literally! Fishball with SALTED SAMBAL CHILLI.. Omg damn dreadful sia.. I end up eating like 3 of those balls of fury.. XD However, the ultimate balls of fury went into Mr Gerald's mouth. Wahaha. Heng sia.. Hey don't think the torment ended there, the introduction of inflated balloons sent chills down our spine! Haha..
Subsequently, we left around 11pm plus.. Alas.. A great time! =)

Friday night fever..

2008-10-19T03:05:00.004+08:00

Singapore Motorshow 08 at Suntec!

2008-10-05T16:48:00.007+08:00

PWNED to Prawn?

2008-10-03T15:47:00.009+08:00

Random and Misc..

2008-10-01T01:26:00.004+08:00

My Upcoming Events

Swissotel Vertical Marathon- 16Nov, Sunday, 7.30am.

Standard Chartered Marathon- 7Dec, Sunday, 5.30am.

'May-Go' List

Halloween Horrors @ Night Safari. 10Oct-1Nov.. (Fri&Sat)

Upcoming Movie Lists

STORM RIDER: CLASH OF EVILS

BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL

QUANTUM OF SOLACE

27 September Town Walkabout..

2008-09-28T19:23:00.003+08:00

Saturday Town Day! Met up with Honghui, Chaos, Raymond and his Gf as usual.. Walked around Heeren-Paragon-Taka-Shaw-Wheelock-Forum area.. Search around for a Crumpler bag for Chaos as he needs one for Ns.. In the end, he abort it because the shop's closing.. Ate at Sakae Sushi at Wheelock and after that, chill at Forum's McDonalds..

Forgot what's the name.. But It's very delicious.. Also ordered Salmon Sushi and a bowl of Cheese flavour ramen.. Not forgetting my Ice Lemon Tea.. =)

Haha.. This Ferreri damn nice lor! XD 4-seater roadster..

26 September.. The Start of F1 Fever.. :.

2008-09-28T19:11:00.009+08:00

Get out of that dreadful place at 1pm.. Did my usual stuff.. Eat, play dota, surfing around soccer sites, finding new songs.. Then get out of my house at around 5pm? Went down to Heeren to meet up with Sky and Brandon.. Did some window-shopping around Heeren then went down to Paragon to look at some stuff also.. Something caught my eye at the first level.. I think is some collaboration of Tagheuer and Vodafone Mecedes.. Well quite facinating actually.. The watches are damn nice lor! Of course it's endorsed by F1 stars bah.. Hmm Raikkoken, Hamilton, Alonso.. Whatelse?!

After that, went over to Takashimaya to have some snacks along the way. Bought Tori-Q's Pork! Very nice also! Visited the Cold Storage to look at stuffs that were temporary banned from purchase.. Well to my surprise, they ban my favourite M&M Peanut Butter! Oh My! I really hope that nothing goes wrong with that.. I still got a couple of them at home.. Feel like eating sia! =)

Consequently, went over to grab Pure Chocolate from Coffee Bean and then took Mrt to City Hall Mrt.. Wa.. Damn lots of people.. The main culprit is non-other than F1.. Well it was darn cool.. The loud shuttering sounds made by the engines of the f1 cars.. Really can feel the euphoria and the atmosphere over there..

After walking aimlessly in Raffles City shopping centre, we decided to have supper at Lau Pa Sat at Raffles place there.. Had Satays, Sotong, some trademark vegetables, and mussels.. Yummy! Haha.. After the supper, we walked to Boat Quay to chill out.. At some pub call 'Point' bar.. Coincidently, I saw my 4 secondary school juniors and my online game friend.. Indeed a small world at a small pub!! =)

200908 In Love with Elva..

2008-09-21T14:28:00.006+08:00

Anticipate this Mini concert for a fortnight already.. She's finally here in Singapore! Hail Elva the Queen! Haha.. Catch her at Max Pavilion @ Singapore Expo at 8pm yesterday.. Meet up with Alex, Sky, their friend Yong, Steven and his Gfs.. Went in promptly at 7.30pm.. While waiting for her arrival, we kept our eyes on making of her videos.. After she arrived, she put up a great performance and groovy moves by her.. Dedicate hosting by Yes933 also.. Oh yes 'More more more', 'I'll be there', '類似愛情', '最熟悉的陌生人' and '衝動' are sang by her.. =)

190908

2008-09-21T13:58:00.002+08:00

150908 Array of Light..

2008-09-16T02:48:00.002+08:00

130908 Wedding Dinner

2008-09-15T00:13:00.013+08:00

Anticipate this day for a month already.. It's finally here! Leon's cousin wedding! Met up with the gang at 6.30pm at Novena Square/Velocity and reached Hotel Royal at 7pm.. Snap a few shots at the tamiya car racing.. Probably the incoming Formula 1 craze la! Slack, wait for other people to arrive then we went up to the venue itself.. Nice receptions too..

As you all know, it's wedding.. Everything is quite predictable.. Nevertheless.. It's a great experience and insight! Haha.. Great videos were played.. Nice food was served promptly.. Delicious 8-course meal.. Hmm. Chicken, Fish, Shark Fin Soup, Duck meat.. etc.. What more can I ask for =).. and I wish the lovely couple everlasting love.. XD

Wake me up when September ends?

2008-09-03T20:56:00.003+08:00

In a blink of an eye, we have finally stepped into the doors of September. Time flown past us without us noticing it and usually people are too absorbed in their own life that they might fail to see the truly important things that matters to them.. =)

Hohensyubangawoo Saturday..

2008-08-31T16:44:00.009+08:00

Meet up with Chaos at his house because I know he will always be late then took bus to Plaza Singapura. Then find Ray and his Gf at Cathay then had a dinner at Billy Bombers there. Thanks Ray for treating me to the 'Full House' burger which is noticably the most expensive and a mammoth size burger.. It comprises of erm.. From top to bottom.. Bread top, onion rings, galapagos, ham, cheese, medium rare beef patty, ham, cheese, bacon, mushroom, beef chilli, galapagos then bread. HUGE LAR.. Cost $23. Ray ordered pork ribs, pretty huge also. Chaos ordered a burger and Ray's Gf ordered some meal with multi-meat.. We also ordered a root beer float each.. XD

After that went over to Plaza Singapura to see which movie to watch.. In the end we bought 'Cyborg She' at 10.45pm. Thanks to Safra card.. $2 discounts each.. Lols. Saw alot of people at Plaza Singapura area lor! Saw Brandon and his Gf, JieYong, ZiJiang, Kenny and Shaun.. What more can I ask, it's town! Haha. Then slack around at Dhoby Ghaut arcade.. Watch people play and Ray n his Gf play Silent Hill.. Shoot shoot until movie gonna start.. Haha. Soon after, Honghui came from Victoria Threatre to watch the movie with us.. Btw it's a great movie! Pretty touching and funny lor.. You all should watch.. =D

After that it's time to bid farewell.. as usual, took night rider home.. Reach house around 1.30am.. Bathe, play dota then sleep at 5am on sunday.. A great belated birthday for me!! Thanks.. =)

My 20th birthday. =D

2008-08-29T16:26:00.013+08:00

Thanks alot guys for your wellwishes for my birthday. I really appreciate it very much. I enjoyed my day, thanks for the messages, accompany and much more. I'm at lost of words already.. =)
Well, time flies real fast.. How I wish I could turn back time.. 20 eventful years had past.. I'm sure it will be better and a more vibrant year ahead! Got alot of people to thank.. Especially those who are at my side when I need them and they are always be there for me.. THANKS..
*Steven.JJ.Sky.Brandon.ZeFang.Liwei.Ruotian.Jason.Desmond.Justin.Alex.
*David.Chris.Shunde.Zhaoming.Derek.Josh.Leon.Yuxiang.Danny.Yingjian.Nicholas.Linsing.Carl.*& many more.. Sry if I miss out any.. XD

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Went out with Steven, JiaJin and Sky during my birthday.. Sigh Brandon could not join us as he came down with a fever.. =)

We had fun at Lido, went into a market full of Korean stuffs.. Steven bought a squid with roe for us to share.. Haha. Sky bought some red bean cakes.. Taste nice. We went up to the cineplex to buy tickets for Wall-E @ 8pm. As we had time to spare, we make our way over to Wisma Atria to have dinner at Food Republic.. We ordered food to share.. I bought a large Hokkien mee and they bought chicken curry with bread, rojak, satay and Sky, a chicken chop.. Ate until we are bloated lor.. It's a sumptious meal though.. After that went over to Shaw to watch the movie lor.. It's a fantastic movie with a pretty good storyline which rises the awareness of what might happen in the near future where technology blooms. Haha, there will be fat people all around, seats on machines and navigate through invisible touchscreen. Food appears out of nowhere when they order food.. Pretty facinating.. Walllleeee n Evvvveeeee.. =D

After that wanted to find a suitable place to chill out. Particularly the Coffee Bean at Paragon but there's too much people.. Walked down to Plaza Singapura, the Cathay, hotel Rendenvous, Singapore Museam.. Unfortunately, the coffee bean near the museam gonna close.. then we went down again to Raffles City shopping centre to have coffee at Gloria Jeans.. Thanks to Steven and Sky for treating me a Mango Fruit chiller and a American Cheese cake.. Really appreciate it alot and it made my day =)

Subsequently, the place gonna close soon so we made our way back home.. Haha walk until Paradiz Centre to take bus back.. =)

230808-240808 Sea of Red,Yellow,Orange n Human Beings..

2008-08-24T16:37:00.009+08:00

Wah.. So much things happened on 23-24 august lor.. On 23 august, I went over to Plaza Singapura to join Chris, Nicolas, Zhaoming and Shunde for 'Money not enough 2'. A movie with great storyline and really reflects on the country and people these days.. Haha ERP, car coupons, love, money and bonds of the family.. Pretty sad at the end.. Almost shed my tears.. Thank goodness I hold back.. =) After the movie we went down to Raffles City shopping centre to grab some food to eat. End up buying Mushroom Swiss meal at Burger King then slowly eat on the way..

Gathered at a particular tombstone at the Padang as we were instructed to.. Thanks for the precise timing, it is also with the conjunction of the fireworks display at the floating platform.. We end up snapping the fireworks with my camera.. It's around 20-25 minutes though.. After it ended, we count strength blah blah then were briefed on what will happen next.. Fyi, it's the Army half marathon.. Move around the baracles, tables and stuff like bangala workers.. Tired ourselves out with the stupid jobs.. At 1am in the morning, we finally have some time off.. Pheww.. Me, Yixiang, Sky and Brandon went over to Marina Square to eat supper.. Xing Wang Hong Kong Cafe lor. Sounds familiar right.. Ordered black pepper pork chop and a Iced bailey drink for myself.. blah blah they ordered theirs.. Forgot what already.. Some noodles, bread with milk and peanut butter. The bread rocks! My pork chop sucks.. Like one stone like that.. I think if I drop on the food, there will be a 'BANG'. LOL.. Supposed to gather at 4am to welcome the first few people to deposit their bags with us.. Heng I handled the 21Km Womans' Open.. Hehe.. Busy until 11am. Do some bangala job and then DISAPPEAR from there le.. =D

Thursday Sparetime..

2008-08-21T22:14:00.002+08:00

Credits to Xingyi for this photo.. Forgot to bring my camera on that day.. Kenna blasted by batman's motor? -.-

Taken from my friend blog.. Haha kinda funny though.. XD Btw 296 days to ORD!! Wahaha..

150808 - Book Out Day!!

2008-08-16T23:09:00.008+08:00

Escaped from that dreadful place at 2.30pm, went home to put stuff and prepare for my appointment at national skin centre at novena. Although late for my appointment, I'm still first in the queue.. Haha took my number and went in. After that, still need to wait for payment and the pharmacy. End up too engrossed in the South Korea - Singapore Table-Tennis Semis. Was watching the 4th and the decisive 5th match.. Yay Singapore end the stalemate of 40 years of not achieving any medals.. Hooray!

After that took 124 to Takashimaya to meet up with Sky and Brandon. They were happily playing WII- Some Tennis game lar.. It was disastrous for me! Haha. After that went down to have some food at Tori-Q! Ate chicken skin and pork! Oh My! I also bought a discounted long sleeve shirt from french connection. =D Brandon's Gf Xingyi came shortly after. Strolled to Cathay Cineleisure to watch movie! duh! In the end cannot decide on which movie to watch. 'Midnight Meat Train', 'Meet Dave' or '4bia'?

Went to have dinner at Ah Meng Cafe! Lol 3rd time there.. Ordered black pepper chicken chop and Ice lemon tea as usual.. Nice! They ordered fish and chip and duno what.. XD After that went to the Cathay to look again. Used the Internet Kiosk to look at the ratings and comments by netizens..

Monotonous Sunday. 100808

2008-08-10T21:27:00.009+08:00

Quite a boring and dull day today. It seems like the dark clouds are in love with me. They follow and rain wherever I go. >.>

Wake up at 10am and prepare myself to go my Grandma house to pray to the God or something. You should know it's the 7th month. God bless you don't see 'you-know-who' or 'he-knows-you' in your neighbourhood. LOL. Snap some pictures where i grew up, play/whine/cry as a child. Haha. It brings back ford memories of the past. =D

After that went Vivocity to walk around, went into shops to look high and low for items which I possibly need. Nothing catches my eyes, so I went down to town instead. Bought a Mos Milk Tea at Plaza Singapura to start my adventure! Haha. Visited almost all the malls but I need to set my priorities right.. Don't anyhow spend! Haha.

Walked passed Tangs and Shaw House. Snap a few pictures. =P

Massimo Dutti at Wheelock Place! <3

Ate dinner at MacDonalds` as usual. Ordered Doublecheeseburger meal upsized.. Anyone want the Swimming Olympics Cup? I've extra.. XD

Stayed up late to watch Manchester United Vs Portsmouth. Man U wins on penalty! 3-1.

Olympics- Basketball. USA Rapes China lor. Kobe Bryant and Lebrons James damn lethal and their speeds are astonishing!! 101-70. Haha.

Happy 43rd National Day!

2008-08-10T02:48:00.007+08:00

Hail the milestone since 1965! Singapore is still strongly surviving! Fantastic..

Dragged from 3pm to 8pm. I'm sure my friends will be waiting aimlessly for me. Haha. Kinda vanish from this world for 5 hours. Took cab and fly down to meet Chaos, Ray, Honghui and their Gfs at Marina Square to have dinner at Waruku. On the way there, blocked by a few roadblocks, in the end need to alight at Raffles City. Darn. Pretty funny actually, tons of people are dispersed in all directions because the celebrations end by then and the funny part is, people are walking on the road like nobodys' business. People owned the cars as if they are Lamborginis, the hornings of the cars doesn't seems to move the people! Traffic polices are pretty helpless too. Irony right? Damn! I also missed the beloved fireworks too! Oh my God, I do not want to watch repeat of the National Day next Saturday! =D

Fly to Marina because I know that I'm bloody late for it! Argh. Ate Chicken Cutlet Egg Pasta and ordered a Cream soda to quench my thirst. The share of the Pasta is darn little lor. Okay lar the price. Expected. $15.80 and Cream Soda for $3.60. =)

Also watched the Love Guru. Pretty hilarious but abit retarded lar. I think main point is to watch Jessica Alba right? =X Freaking hot lor!! Haha.

Watched till 11 plus then ate supper at Carls` Jr. Consume bacon cheeseburger plus ice lemon tea lor. Then we walked from Marina Square all the way to town area to take Night rider home. Hais. Home Sweet Home.

Tentative Plans.
-Sign up Standard Chartered Marathon by Monday.
-Buy a RL Polo and a Red 'Spin the Bottle' Tee.
-Watch Money Not Enough II
-Restock tons of food at Paragon supermarket for subsequent weeks of EPL matches.
-Avril Lavigne Concert @ Singapore Indoor Stadium 7 Sept Sunday. Who interested?

=D

The Auspicious Number 080808

2008-08-08T20:18:00.007+08:00

At last! After numerous countdowns, It's finally here! The 2008 Beijing Olympics! The 'Bird nest' stadium is simply colossal. Darn epic lor.. I doubt any country can surpass their size and its infrastucture.

The opening of the Olympics is very prominent also. Starting off with the brilliant trademark fireworks, world-class performance by their people! I'm sure they can beat 2012 London Olympics hands-down. Lols!

The following are some facts and figures about the opening ceremony.

The venue

The opening was held in the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in the Olympic Green in northern Beijing.

The stadium was jointly designed by Herzog & de Meuron Design Office, and China Architecture Design & Research Group and ARUP. Its construction began on Dec. 24, 2003, and completed on June 30, 2008. Altogether 45,000 tonnes of steel was used to build its framework.

The stadium's seating capacity is 91,000, including 11,000 temporary seats. The floor space is 258,000 square meters.

Ground facilities

A major elevating platform at the center is 20 meters in diameter, weighing about 400 tonnes, and can reach 11.4 meters high at a speed of zero to 12 meters per minute.

Two moving lids on the stage serve as a roof.

A 36 by 22 meters LED screen is installed on the plates.

On the south and north sides are 30 complementary platforms, with each 3-meter-wide and 3-meter-long.

When the two lids move toward the center, the complementary platforms will rise and make up the stage.

Two sets of 22-meter-long LED scroll painting were installed, with a diameter of 22 meters.

With LED images shown on it, the scroll painting can stretch 147 meters long.

Above-stage facilities

Ten steel ropes are hung above the stage, weighing 40 tonnes in all and with a total length of 55 kilometers.

Among the 31 wire devices, 16 sets can carry a load of 300 kilograms each, with a load of 100 kilograms for each of the other 15. All can move at 3 meters per second and can function at the same time.

One hundred jumping facilities with a load capacity of 80 kilograms each are set under the rim of the roof edge, which can move at 3 meters per second and be operated simultaneously.

LED screen on the ground

A 147 by 22 meters LED screen is laid at the center. Approximately 44,000 colorful LED beads are embedded with a distance of 600 millimeters between each two.

Fireworks celebration

-- 287 points on the top of National Stadium

-- 27 positions in the central area of National Stadium

-- 12 positions in the Olympic Green

-- 29 positions on the axis of the city

-- 4 places in other urban areas

Music

A total of 110 minutes of music was created by 18 composers for the opening ceremony.

Lighting

Altogether 2,583 special lights are used and lighting equipment weighing more than 300 tonnes has been installed. Electricity load for lighting totals 6,440 kilowatt.

Costumes

A total of 15,153 sets of costumes in 47 styles.

Rehearsal

Some performances have been rehearsed for 13 months. Volunteers began their first mass rehearsal in March 2008.

(Xinhua News Agency August 8, 2008)

Turbulent Dream.

2008-08-03T04:28:00.006+08:00

Hais. No camera and pictures for today! My sister dunno do what with the camera. Haha. As usual, slept until 2 or 3pm. Online for a few hours and wondering what's my friends doing. Haha.

Met Shang Ming at 8pm then buy tickets for the Mummy- The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Damn. Cineleisure and Plaza Singapura sure full one, so we went the Cathay. Finally got fantastic seats where we do not need to strain/twist/hurt/whatever to our neck or worse, bracers. LOL.

Since we had 3 hrs or so, we played dota for 2 hrs. Fk sia, so many fking leavers that spoilt our game. After that went for a quickbite at McDonalds then fly down to Cathay.

The movie is fantastic bah. Brilliant effects lor. It kept me on the edge of my seat. Oh ya, It's a 1hr 45mins show. =)

After that, went to eat beancurd and fried flitters as supper then take night rider home. Home sweet home and a bloody short day ends just like that. =[

Oh ya. Damn outfield coming up next week. I think I gonna die in the forest. My skin gonna rot. =( If there's no posts next or next next week, most probably I'm dead by then. Amen. LOL

260708 Saturday of Blossoms.

2008-07-27T03:06:00.019+08:00

Today is Saturday so must use it wisely! Haha. Woke up 9am today as planned, promised to buy Roti Prata near my house. Brought 3 Egg Prata and 2 Plain Prata. 1 Egg 1 Plain for my Mum. 2 Egg 1 Plain sit just nice in my stomach. Lols. $1.40 for Egg n 80 cents for Plain. But ultimately it's still fantastic lar, long queue because it's nice! After that went to buy Oreo crush bubble tea for myself n bubble milk tea for my Mum. Okay breakfast settled. =)

After breakfast just prepare abit lor. Supposed to go Sentosa but I look at the time. Like almost 12noon already. Alas! But I still go lor. Cos I've predicted that by the time I reached there, I think they will be going off, so I never bring extra clothings lor. Not bad go there can snap pictures n chat with them also.

Haha. Reached Vivocity around 12 plus. Duno why so late! Last time also like that. Seriously dunno why the time passed so fast ah. Slowly please! Went to the last level to purchase the entry ticket. $3 again. I rather sign up as the Islander lor! Go in free somemore got alot of privileges and benefits. Sign up fee is around $30 I suppose. Duno why that time so many people sia. Go in confirm stand one but I doesn't mind. Haha. Alighted at Siloso Beach, went down to grab one regular Pure Chocolate at $6.40. Delicious favourite! Doesn't mind to part with that money. Made my way to the beach. Wah, so different, I see renovations going around. Spotted them on the opposite island so I went across lor. Saw them playing volleyball and frequent splashes! Haha seems fun. They told me to keep watch on a Kudomo Dragon?! Aiya won't die one lar. I got leg leh! Haha.

Got balls! Surf until so far? Want reach batam issit? Lols.

Playing Volleyball! Enjoying themselves huh!

Snap at Angmoh Bikini Babes. Haha.

Carlsberg Tower!

No overnight camping, no fishing, no naked flames, pets to be on leash at all times.

LOL.

Group photo! Haha

On the way back to mainland! Exchanges songs via bluetooth along the way..

Brought this at $4.95. Lol nice drumlets!

Their food! All the whoopers!

Wah. So cool! Haha.

After Vivo. We parted way with ShunDe, Derek n his Gf. Went down to Bugis' Pool Fusion! *Again* I was enjoying my little nap at the Sofa! Haha. After that went Ah Mei Cafe to slack. We ordered 2 Eggs each. Fk. I ate so much egg sia.

Reached Heeren around 7pm. Walk around while waiting for Honghui n his Gf, Denise. Went my favourite shop- Spin the Bottle to see the latest arrivals. Okay okay lar. Feel like buying a red Tee next month. My closet like seldom got red leh, want to add to my spectum of colours. Went HMV to look for eyepiece for my Ipod. Quite ex leh. Haha if buy should buy better one right? Yah the better, the price also 'better' Lols. While inside HMV, I heard some noise outside then as a curious person, I went out lor. Then saw the 'Teenage Icon'.. blah blah which teams went to Semi-Finals. While looking down from 2nd floor, someone tapped me. To my surprise, I saw Kelly, WeiQuan n Qingbiao. Haha such a small world. =)

Oh ya. Saw my last pic? That retard keep shouting like nobodys' business. Irritating fart.

After everything I went Cathay Cineleisure to meet Honghui n his Gf lor. Haha new Gf sia. When will it be my turn. =( Went up to 5th Floor to see the seats for the Dark Knight. As expected, 1st rows until 10.40. Damn dulan then I suggest going Lido lor. Since nobody go there one, I suppose there will be seats and yeah! Reached there at 9pm. Brought 3 tickets at 3rd row. Nt bad what, earlier and better seats as compared. Ate McDonalds' during the short 30 mins duration. Haha McSpicy Meal. <3>

The show's staggering 2hr30mins. Not bad after all. As expected-action packed but the ending's disappointing. Heath Ledger did a great job as the Joker. A pity he died at a young age. =(

After that took 3N home. Home sweet home~*

250708 Wishlist.

2008-07-26T00:05:00.002+08:00

WISHLIST~*

Haha. Nice hor. But I guess around 400 plus bah. ;)

190708 Scattershots around Town.

2008-07-25T20:47:00.010+08:00

Yay. It's Saturday! Blue clouds drifted across the clear blue sky and birds chirping away. My alarm starts ringing then I woke up. Oh ya. Prepare myself then go down city hall to meet Steven to start our shop huntings. See what nice then add to my wishlist. XD

Lols. 1st stop- Raffles Shopping centre. Shop around shops like Topman, River island, Levis.. Then make our way down to Marina Square to eat KFC. Haha I love oily food lar. Simply irresistable. Lols. Ordered that new wierd meal that comprises Shroom burger, 1 Pc chicken, 2 cheesey shrimp the shape of nugget and a drink lor. Okay lar $5.95. Add add abit to 6+. Heng never change to cheese fries because I'm quite bloated by eating all those. Darn I got freaking tiny little insignificant stomach. I simply cannot go eat buffet lor, not worth. T.T

After makan. We went to city link as we are heading towards Town direction. We brought a large Belgium chocolate with Banana. Quite sinful but the melting speed is astonishing. Lols. Okay. Eat on the way towards town. Walked past Raffles shopping centre, Raffles hotel. Then we visited the Cathay, Plaza Singapura, Heeren, Paragon, Takashimaya, Wisma, Wheelock, Shaw tower. Met up with Alex and Vincent around 3pm+ then we go Hilton Hotel and the Forum to look around. Haha pretty interesting, the back of Orchard! Visited some Boutiques and really expensive shops that's at least 3 digits. ;)

Steven's car- Silver Porsche Cayrene. He over-budget then buy it lor. Actually he buying Aston Martin V8 one, but he lazy import lor. Then he buy the Porsche. He say quite cheap. 300k plus nia. =/

Oh. The brown Lexus is mine. Nice hor? 2 Door one. I never choose 4 choose lar cos this design only got 2 door. LOL.

YES THIS IS SIMPLY CHEESEY.

Ancient Rhinocerus W/O Horns.

Artist Artwork. Just snap lor. Haha.

Omg. Lols.

Dolce n Gabana

Alex is camera-shy. JK.

Alex and Vincent.

The Forum. Stupid mall then close the earliest.

The Forum- MacDonalds' n Coffee bean =)

Hilton Hotel.

Hilton Hotel- Moschino.

Vincent presenting Club 21! XD

Artist Artwork again.

180708 Amazing Race 2

2008-07-25T20:18:00.014+08:00

Wah. Finally can update after a dramatic week in camp. I cannot remember what I did. I chose to delete the 'content'.. Oh well, better to look forward to other stuff instead of dwelling of the past. I just know I need to pass next week SOC la. Freaking hell. The low rope damn slippery and worn-out lor. Keep on pulling but to no avail. My strength just gave way, just know its going down instead of up the rope. The rope is partly to blame also! Can condemn the rope already! Haha. =)

Oh well back to the picture a week ago. Gather at Boonlay Mrt at 9am. Went breakfast with Liwei at 8.30. Ate at Jurong Point MacDonalds'. Ordered Hotcakes with Sausage! Hehe. Can spam whole lotsa Margarine onto the hotcakes. Ironically I used more margarine than maple syrup. Oh ya not to forget my Ice Lemon tea that's ready to charge up my braincells for that day lor. Beep beep. Lols.

Okay after that we went down to Army Museum near Singapore Discovery Center. Okay blah blah. Duh as the place suggests. Inside everything is about army. Sians all the way. Find all the answers around the museum. Darn irritating. Keep going up and down like running on errand like that. Zzz. I think the only thing rewarding is the scenery lor. Snap at the fountain that shoots up plenty of water. Quite facinating though. At Pic 9 n 10 got the tower of SAFTI. Lols. I wonder why they built that for, for show meh. Hmm.

*SMILE LAR*

Walk inside that damn place.

Sky me and Liwei. Cheeseeeeee.

Here's the place. Army Museum!

Group Photo - Me.

Yaya.

Yoyo. New sculpture.

Shoot shoot shoot.

2 Retards saluting

CHICKEN PIE. $3

Yes yes. Receiving the invisible prize.

Wah. So patriotic. Salute our nation! =)

Grp photo again.. Say cheese pie.

RandomSnaps.

Reach up for the Stars (Berets)

Here fking lots of Mosquitoes lar.

Lol. I dunno what's this called.

Slacking somewhere..

Photo Again.

Boss walking down. Lols.

Buddy Desmond. Alex N Ah Wong.

Changi Chapel.

*NO COMMENTS*

170708 Amazing Race Part 1

2008-07-18T21:36:00.000+08:00

Well 170708 started with a bang. I think it's quite rare for a battalion like 41Sar to create such a program when it's already darn busy. Gonna be very busy soon but I'm used to it. Haha. Whoa! I don't mind the game actually, it's just that we are able to breathe some air outside! Wheee. Imagine letting our hair down after so long in camp. =]

Woo. My 1st picture of the day. LiWei me n Sky with Samuel on top left n faded WeeChin at top. LOL!

Haha. My camera is merciless. It keeps snap snap snap for the entire day since I started blogging. Hmm. Let me introduce! Left: ZeFang. Mid: Desmond. Right: Jason Foo. They are wonderful people. =)

This is Mr Justin. Look at his t-shirt, it spells 'Mister Messy' but he isn't messy in real life. Irony huh. Haha.

Okay don't scold me for posting this kind of picture. Yah everyone knows it's roti prata. I snap for a reason. Haha. Some of my platoon mates are conned into overpriced roti prata. 1 egg prata and 1 plain prata for $3? Golden egg or golden-powdered flour sia? ;0 Retarded blackie. The kopitiam is somewhere in YewTee near our camp. You all should know where already right. Count your money properly when you happens to visit. Grrr.. Don't mess with the wrong company.. We don't do charity =)

Yum Yum. Mr Sky eating roti prata. Guys! Don't interview Sky hor. He wasn't conned cause he brought it later. Lols. Sky: ' yummy, long time no eat roti prata le, *drools* '. Oh gosh, I shouldn't advertise it already. I'm not promoting this stall! I'm flaming! Shit. I'm contradicting myself. Oh well. =*(

My buddy Desmond drinking Hot Milo. Walao! Eat finish already still stare at other people plate! You think food will pop out is it? Haha. Jk! =)

*Snaps* A closer look at my buddy, aka Hungry Medic. LOL. *Evil Grin*

Sky n Me inside Mrt train between Yew Tee n Kranji Mrt. Say Cheeeeeseeeee! =)

Our 1st destination! Kranji War Memorial. A place where souls rest in peace. God bless.

Haha. Our 1st task is to take a group photo with the station Ic. Nice hor? Gang of Platoon 2! Unseen Unheard Unsung. LOL. Sounds familiar? =[

Kranji War Memorial hires 4 new statues sia. Yixiang n Alex on the west wing and Vincent n Gordon on the east wing. Well they charge $1 per hour posing like this. Too demanding right? LOL.

Vincent: 'Will u marry me?' Me: 'Hell no. I rather accept the flowers lar'
Vincent see liao don't angry hor! LOL!

Alex with Gordon. Alex endorsing his Psp slim! Aiyo Gordon you like housefly like that! JK.

Me n Alex. Twist Twist. =)

It will always be on my mind. God bless. =)

Spot anything unusual? Send it to tnpclick@sph.com.sg LOL. Okay don't click the link please. Hmm. Jason with Stuart. Haha. He look so cute with the helmet sia. You like helmet so much right?

Me with Wee Chin. Hello? Ghost festival haven't come, yet he was possessed yesterday. Amen. Haha.

Bottomline: Well I should post 180708 Amazing Race next week. I left the card reader in the hall. Waiting for XiaKun to pass back to me this book in. =) Cheers.

140708 Magnificat Monday

2008-07-14T23:28:00.000+08:00

140708- Woke up miraculously at 2pm today. The average wake up time should be approximately 4pm. Doubting whether I'm reincarnated from a pig my previous life. Oh gosh! =]

Since there isn't any massive activity plus zero 'to-do-list', I began texting Mr Chris whether there's anything today and yeap, the gang was going bugis to play pool. That was around 3pm though. As usual, I started to prepare myself. Did a Redcon 4 for 'Prep for Ops'. Kinda took my time to make myself look presentable. Shit. I'm so vain. Grr.
Well. Here's the place. 'Pool fusion' is located a stone throw away from Bugis Junction. Pretty nice ambience added with okay-looking girls. Hmm. The food inside are quite expensive though. Kinda expected. $4 for Fries? I rather go for Carls' Jr spicy beef cheese fries.. =/

Haha. Mr Shunde playing with Mr David Pok. See. That's call professionism. Smart Ah Pu. =]
Wah. He looks kinda stunned. I wonder what's he thinking at that moment. Time freeze! =)
5 Minutes later, Mr YongQian came. Quite monotonous yah.. Seems like he just woke up. Haha.
Took a picture with Shunde. Just look at the green logo. 'Commando' sia. Don't 'step' yi ge lar.. =[

Once armour, always armour.. Lols.
A small photo comprises me.shunde.ahpu and zhaoming. Courtesy of Chris. =]

Showdown! Crouching tiger hidden dragon. Zhaoming is the black dragon. Roar!
Me and Zhaoming took a picture at some hotel beside bugis junction. Quite clean actually, what you expect from high-class toilets! Haha.
Yoyo. Another picture of me.zhaoming and shunde. Say Cheese!
This is a rare sight. Our dear Colin that disappeared for decades. Alas. Finally!
Zhaoming and shunde engrossed in guitar game from Sony Ps3. Well he brought Ps3 today! Staggering $720. *Faints*

Louis Vuitton! Well I guess they came up with new series. Louis Vuitton will NEVER have discounts. Actually they don't need discounts, they earn darn lots of money from rich tai-tais and brand lovers. Pay more money for quality goods. I believe in that! It won't spoil that easy, wear and tear hardly sets in. My dunhill wallet is long lasting, no signs of problems for me, as good as ever. =]
Twin terror advertises for Louis Vuitton. I doubt they will get paid though. Perhaps a dollar? Just kidding! =]
We went to Takashimaya's KFC. I got fussy order. I ordered 2 Pcs Chicken Meal upsized. Chicken I only want breast meat (i hate drumstick). Coleslaw changed to Cheese fries (only cheese.no mayo.no onion), small pepsi changed to large Ice Lemon Tea. In the end from $6.40 adds up to $8. =]
After eating, we went walk walk abit then shunbian find place to settle down. Daydreamed for 15 mins, shunde and zhaoming hesitated whether are they staying or not. In the end we abort the wait and we went home. Argh, there will always be next time. =]
Ngeeee Annnnnn City. Home of brands.. Let me guess whether I can recall what's in there.

Hmm.

Louis Vuitton. Gucci. Fendi. Christian Dior. Burberry. Chanel. Mont Blanc. Cartier. Van Cleefs and Arpels. Bottega Veneta. Kate Spade. Hermes. Bally. Coach. Bvlgari. Ermengildo Zegna. Marc by Marc Jacobs. Stella McCartney. Celine. Hugo Boss. Tods.

A whole new beginning..

2008-07-13T18:01:00.000+08:00

Hello Guys. Well It's time to kick start my blog. Time to write down everyday adventures to ranting and ravings. See a need to blog so as to recap what I've done and ford memories I can leave here. =]

First thing 1st. If you are wondering why I used astheniathe2nd, well It's a name I have been associated for so long. My cute little character I've used in online games.. Well I created 2 though. Asthenia and Astheniathe2nd are twins though. AstheniaThe2nd is supposed to be frail with darn short hit points, same with Asthenia. Poke it a few times and it'll die. It is also darn cute so that people won't touch him. Vice Versa. Have a preview up there.. =]

-As·the·ni·a

noun
lack or loss of strength; weakness.