Must I start patrolling whitley area?

http://www.todayonline.com/articles/249258.asp

Taken from the above link..
"Asked what concerns Mr Lee might address, Dr Teo said: "Hopefully he will touch on the idea that public responsibility is important. The Government could not be responsible for everything.""

With the assumption that he's talking about Mas Selamat's escape, this statement really makes me roll my eyes and wonder what was in this guy's mind when he said such a thing.

Yes, public responsibility is important but how is it that the government could not be responsible for everything?? Then who let Mas Selamat escape? The public??

Wah if that's the case then we better take turns to patrol the whitley area!

Kettle Chips Honey Dijon

I'm totally addicted to this! It's like the bestest for anyone who loves chips and honey mustard. A bit pricey but totally worth every cent!

Oracle

Definition:
1. a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible

2. a database program that makes diana pull her hair out

I was extremely excited at the prospect of getting to use Oracle. Until I realised what a pain in the ass it was!! Ok, I must admit the pain in the ass part is more me being unfamiliar with it then anything else.

So far, the impression I get of it Oracle(via TOAD) is that it's more powerful than MSSQL.
Perhaps it was because I didn't have to manipulate data the way I have to now (and also I used to have more gurus to ask for help)... but I've
1. Created function
2. Use cursors
3. Created types
4. Gotten lotsa memory leaks (Dunno why ALWAYS tio memory leak zz, maybe 'cos I abuse the compiler by forcing it to compile my 1/2 pass 6 SQL??)

Background: I was asked to move heaven and earth to fulfil a report request and I MOVED heaven and earth!!! Bwahah at least to me lah, noob ma! But must admit the top of my head now feels a bit cooler and lighter and i feel satisfied that i managed to complete my task despite wanting to throw the towel in many times during these 4 days.

Gambatte me!!

Happy New Year!!!

Haha yes i know it's feb already! moi has been extremely slack ; )
This year's 1st post is in Feb and for all you know, year 2009's 1st post might actually be in 2010!

Checked out last year's resolution and realised that I didn't manage to keep much of it and this year is slacky year so no resolutions, I shall do whatever's 'right'.

Anyways today was the 1st day back at work after another long holiday (i took mon-wed off, no choice lah gotta visit my grandma) haha ;p

But obviously the heavens were telling me that I should have taken today off as well!
It was soooo not my day..
1. The overhead lights were spoilt
2. Somehow or other I must have enjoyed my holiday too much 'cos I actually forgot my password zzz and it's a damn hassle to go up and down between 35 n 44th floor !@#$%^&*()
3. AND.... I actually did OT today!! 1st time since I started work!!

Operation Lasik, the aftermath

It's an hour plus after doing lasik on my 2nd eye. Somehow the operation on my 2nd eye hurt more than the 1st eye, in fact it didn't hurt for my 1st eye at all!

Dr Ang claims it's normal, he says that peoples' eyes react differently to the operation and that for some people it's more painful for the 1st eye.

Anyway so far so good, the right eye's already at 6/6 and the doctor claims it'll get better. For now, I'm seeing the world with a bloom effect (which apparently is normal).

I guess I'm ok with seeing the world with beautiful glowy feel haha, but I do hope that it'll go off eventually, imagine watching a movie like LOTR and thinking it looks no different from everyday life!

Ho Chi Minh Nov 2007

This is a gonna be a very disjointed messy post, cos I don't know where to start and how to organise it! And there's too many things to put up and i'm lazy so this is the gist of it!

There were a few 1sts for me in this trip, 1st..

• Flight on a budget airline
• Flight on Tiger Air
• Trip to Vietnam

Basically the itinary of the trip was SIN-HCH(1Night)-Dalat(2Nights)-HCH(2Nights)-SIN
Although it's very dusty but you can tell the people there value cleanliness cos they really bother to keep their place clean. Things there are quite cheap compared to Singapore but then again our currency is stronger so that's kinda expected.

For me, I liked the shopping there but not really the tourist spots. I think I like 'disneyfied' tourist spots more, but then i suppose if that were the case then entrance fees would be more expensive.

At the end of everything, I don't think I'd go back there to visit the tourist spots, but I'll go back to shop and eat Pho!!

Vietnam Dong and USD are accepted at most places.

Ho Chi Minh
Accomodation - Hong Hoa Hotel
Quite a low cost clean and decent place, and it's jus beside Sinh Cafe!
Cons: No hair dryer and hot water flask but u can easily get a hair wash at a salon and purchase drinking water at the grocery store!

Tour Agency - Sinh Cafe
Decent travel agency. But watch out if you change $$ with their money changer! They tried to short change my dad and almost cheated him of $60!!

Cu Chi Tunnels
Apparently the people of Cu Chi dug 3 level tunnels (!!!) for warfare purposes. They lived in there are traveled through them too.



The tunnels were hidden unless you knew signs to look for them.










They made simple but deadly weapon traps, it kinda chilled my blood!



Innocent looking pit ready to be disguised


Step into it and OUCH, 4 pins in your leg!


Looks like some insect nest but it's not! the tunnels even had hidden air ducts!



You get to shoot AK14s and some other gun too!! Ok, this is probably no big deal for the guys but... hey I've always wanted to shoot a gun ;)

Honestly the sounds were loud and scary, made me scared to try!!




And finally you get to try going into the tunnels...
Warning, you have to prepare your self physically before going for this or... you can be like me and have your thighs ache for the next 3 days!!








Actually although the next picture look bright BUT it's dark like hell!! I couldn't see nuts in there!! I had the camera in 1 hand and my nokia in the other as a torch light!

And it's quite low so most of the times i'm duck walking



Reunification Palace






Ben Thanh Market
There were 2 markets I visited in HCM, one was a smaller market, mainly for fresh food and the other is Ben Thanh Market where you can buy bags, lacquer-ware and tee-shirts.

I think it's better to go in the morning, somehow they are more keen to sell then and also don't forget to bargain!

Manicure & Pedicure @ Kitty Salon
It's really cheap to do mani over there, me and deb did nail art and my uncle did mani and pedi and it only costs 150000 dong (tt's like $15 sing)!!





When back there to get a pedi




Dalat
Nothing much interesting but if you enjoy cold weather you can consider heading there.
They are known for persimmons and jams.

Box of strawberries for $1!! Not all were pretty but it's like $1 so can't complain!



Chicken Village
Named like that cos there's a stature of a huge chicken there erected for some lady who died for love or something

The people there grow veggie and make handicraft and incense sticks for a living.



There's a cute doggy there who knows how to pray!!


XQ Hand Embroidery
To me the thing that was most out standing and disneyfied is xq hand embroidery, the embroidery there was really amazing (and pricey!!) from far it would look like a printed picture but when u get closer you'll see it's actually embroidery, the skill level is amazing! Far from what most people will ever get with cross stitch!