Buddha Decoration

Bought the buddha heads in Jogyakarta, when i travelled there for pre-wedding photo shoot...

Bought the wood from daiso and made the frame and holder myself....the black color was also self-sprayed.

Kinda proud...haha

DO THE (RED) THING!!!!! DO IT NOW!!!

Manage to get the t-shirts when i was in Houston.

Bought it from GAP stores.

i got a tee each for the wifey, myself and my yet to be born baby...

Support the (RED) movement...Fight AIDS!!!

Will be getting the Ipod Nano(RED) soon.....

Let's all work together towards a world without AIDS!!!

Apple I-phone

Saw this advert for Apple I-phone and thought that it was really neat.

When i was in Houston, went to an Apple store and fiddled with the I-phone....it was so cool that i almost bought it...but i didn't coz it cannot be used in Singapore...yet.

Right now only AT&T in US can activate the phone...though there are hacks available, there would be alot of trouble updating the firmware, software and with third party softwares....SO, better to have more patience and wait til AUGUST 2008!!

AUGUST 2008!!! COME FASTER!!!!

Photos from Houston trip

Finally back from the US trip....after 17 hours of flight(L.A to Bangkok) backside was really sore, head was heavy and knees were really stressed....SO GOOD TO BE BACK HOME!!!

anyway, here's the pictures from my trip...not many.....didn't bring the trasnfer cable so can't download the pictures from camera until now.....

The wardrobe and basin area of my hotel room in JW Marriot Hotel Houston..

the 32 inch LCD TV and the study table

The 2 supersingle, super comfy, fluffy beds!!

Bath and Body Works products which my wifey asked to buy

Some baby stuffs i bought for the troublesome little one coming out in April 08

A burger at Wendy's

Nike Factory outlet...Pardon the fella standing there...was trying to show the amount of shoes they have for sale....loads and loads of them!!

Hard Rock Cafe in Houston!! Sorry for the lousy photo...

TAAA-DAAHHH!!!! The car which i drove while i was in Houston....Hope it inspires some 4-D numbers that will strike!!

The GPS unit which helped me ALOT through my way in Houston!!!

In Houston.....

Was in Houston, USA for business trip....legs went about 14 hours without touching ground and waiting time of about 7 hours in between transits....Finally reached and went shopping straight away!!!
Day 1: Rented a car for ground travel in houston....Hyundai Sonata...came with a GPS navigation system...boy with that, it was like i had lived in houston for a long time!! when it comes to an exit of an expressway, the GPS will sound you off to turn here, turn there, and the distance to that turning.....
Hotel was JW Marriot Hotel Houston....Quite a luxurious hotel....th bed especially shiok!!!
Factory outlets in houston were good for shopping as they were very very cheap!!! Katy Mills shopping mall was the first stop.
Next was the up marlet shopping centre, the galleria in the heart of the Houston Downtown...LV, Coach, Tiffany and Co, u name it, they here!!

Day 2: Headed for another 2 factory outlet shopping malls....The Prime shopping mall and Tanger shopping mall...The 2 malls are somewhat linked together and they are HUGE!!!
Very cheap branded buys....you wouldnt believe it!!!
But the trip there and back was bad....a total of 6 hours on the roads...by the time we finished with the place, it was about 7pm....then we headed for HRC..HARD ROCK CAFE!!! Then it was home sweet home!!! Day 3 would have to be the start of work......wonder how long will the site visit take.......

Painting for my Wife

Did this painting for my lovely wifey...from the photo we took in Paris...Acrylic on canvas.....Effiel tower seems abit "fat" though...

Louis Ghost Chair

My Louis Ghost Chair from Kartell finally arrived today!!

Meimei was the first to try the chair!!!

The Quintet: My Home, My Space, My Hideout

Bought my new hide...THE QUINTET...located at Choa Chu Kang Street 64.

T.O.P in December 2006

After renovation was over, it was already about July 2007.

Should have posted this long long time ago, but didnt have the time to take the photos until now...this is the living room, the Buddha painting was bought from thailand..

My display cabinet in a corner of the living room...

Dining table

My most beloved dining light, Caboche

Entrance to the master bedroom, and yes, there is a dog there, our beloved maltese, Meimei!

A view of my kitchen and Lele, the dog which we found at toa payoh...

View of my living room from the kitchen

Kartell TAKE Lamp sitting in the living room beside my sofa

My BED!!!

Happy Birthday and Anniversary!! But have to work....

12 Sep 07!!! My 31st birthday and 4th ROM anniversary!!!
and i just came back from work in the morning, slept til around 5pm...then brought the wifey for dinner....
went to for dinner....dress code was no bermudas or shorts and i was wearing 3 quarters. anyway, they prepared a piece of wrap around "skirt" for me to cover my "exposed" legs..haha, others might be thinking i'm trying to create a new trend there.

ambience was good and the food was even better!! since it was our first time there, we asked for their recommendations and signature dishes. the appetizer was a whole abalone each, you can either eat it raw like sashimi or boil it in chicken soup. then comes the wasbi prawns, shark fin soup, seafood soup in coconut husk, braised pork shank, olive fried rice and prime ribs. the dinner ended with the my humble house dessert which comes in 4 shot glasses and assorted fruits. very impressive!! had a really good fill!

the anti-climax.....went to work after sending my wifey home......................xianz........................

here's a photo of my maltese, Meimei...cute fella...

hai...4:30am in the morning, the consecutive 7th night shift already....xianz....friday night wasted again....

My Old Ride

5:30am...damn bored...

here's my old ride....Toyota Corolla SDW253T

have driven it for 4 years before changing it for Honda Civic....

it was a good car...kind miss it.....

No life....

Iz saturday night and i am in office.....xianz

boss asked me to go night shift....

Lele is well!!

After the visit to the vet, turned out Le le, as my mum-in-law named her is well...her hind leg is ok, only very weak....anyway, at this point of time, she is well and running around very happily!!!

Brought her downstairs for a walk and she is extremely excited and delighted...estimation from the vet says she is around 12 years old...yet behaving like a puppy!!! Really a happy addition to the family!!

Though my maltese is getting jealous......

LOST & FOUND: Doggie on the road

As we were on the way home on Thursday 09 August 2007 22:30hrs, just outside the carpark at Toa Payoh Lorong 1, was a dog right in the middle of the road. i had to stop my car to avoid collision with the dog. She did not even try to dodge the car. My wife went down to carry the dog and we eventually brought her home.

The dog is a female, very weak and thristy. Most probably she had been abandoned after the AVA decided to implement new laws and fines about dog licensing.

We decided to keep the dog and named her "Le le" . Lele is very weak, skinny. she couldn't even walk stablily. The first couple pf days Lele was ok until Sunday night when she suddenly woke up in the middle of the night crying and whimping very loudly. Limping, she looked as if her right hind leg was badly injured. This continued through the night and also, the next day. My wife and i took turns to look after her through the 2 nights.

We decided that we had to take her to the Vet.......so poor thing....

Honeymoon in Italy and Paris

I should posted this alot earlier, but was busy with work and renovation of our new house. Here are some pictures which i have taken during our honeymoon trip to Italy and Paris. More pictures to follow in the next few blogs.

A romantic moment at the Effiel Tower...one of my favourite shots taken...

Which trip to Italy would be complete without visiting the Leaning Tower of Pisa?!!

A moment at Capri Island, Italy

The Roman Colosseum!!

The Vatican City!

We took a package tour by tradewinds for Italy. Overall trip was okay, except for the tour guide, who keeps putting us up at petrol kiosks(stopovers) for lunch when we can have lunch at the different places of interest. The guide was definitely not worth the tips! The hotels which we were put up at was located at some ulu place. There was no way of going out to venture on our own...pity.....

At the end of our 11 days in Italy, we booked a budget flight from Rome to Paris. From then on, it was all R&R. Came back to Singapore after a good 14 days in Europe....

Robbie Fowler leaves Liverpool......

My favourite soccer player of all times....England's most natural goal scorer....GOD...Possibly Liverpool's best striker.....Robbie Fowler is leaving Liverpool....again...What a pity....a gifted striker downed by injuries....Looking at the limited playing time he was given this season, his goals ratio is actually not bad...but alas, probably the new owners wana see new blood in the strikers...they should have thrown out that robotic crouch rather than GOD....best wishes to Robbie...Wish you recover from the slump soon!!

Transformers Masterpiece

My favourite transformers masterpiece has to be MP-03 Starscream. Although the color scheme is to as close to the G1 cartoon series, but the transformation engineering is almost perfect!! Cant' wait for the Masterpiece SKywarp to debut!

The next closest masterpiece in terms of transformation engineering would be MP-05 Megatron. But the toy looks abit too skinny at the legs for me.

Transformer Prototype

Finally i managed to get my hands on a G1 transformer prototype! This is a prototype of transformer G1 Sunstreaker!! Made in 1984.

Wedding Venue Hotel Stay

Living room area at first storey

Dining area and study





























Masterbed room on the 2nd storey






View of the living room area from 2nd storey



















Bathroom














I should have posted this long time ago but didn't have the time...regarding my wedding venue, The Fullerton Hotel. Wonderful place, wonderful stay. This place really gives me alotta good memories...when u book the wedding banquet with Fullerton, they actually gives u 2 nights stay in the loft suite. Patrons of the loft suite are actually considered VIPs and can use the straits club which provides food during breakfast and tea times...before i left the place i took a few photos of the 2 storeyed loft suite...everything about the hotel is enjoyable....would go back to stay for my anniversary night in around 7 months time!!