Joke of the day...Francis and Me together?

Haha, this idea came about by Peter one day while standing outside the lift

(Charles, Francis, Peter, myself and i think Shelby was there)

Peter: Ey, both of you always go makan...scarly one day become jie di lian
Me : (Both eyes roll) huh, then you and Charles also mah...
Peter: Its different, we both guys mah...
Me : Me and Francis also different mah. Francis attached, me attached..so not possible...
Peter: Never know....
Me : Not possible.....anyway, i'm not older lah....i'm younger

This Peter ah....always like to try to tease me.....aiyo...i was explaining to Jordan about this scenario and i was telling Jordan, where got possible the both of us.....whoever is reading this and hearing how i commented about francis, will know that this is NOT possible....

We can be good frens...but BGR, no thanks...

Like i always say, there are a lot of good guys on the streets, but that doesnt meant that all good guys will have chemistry with you...

so, moral of the story, its more important to find one that clicks with you and has what you hope for in a partner...must be realistic wants and not those ideally wants like, tall, handsome, muscular and all....please, lets be practical....such guys on the streets will either be gays or taken.....hehe

24Oct....Cheesecake making....first attempt!

Well,

Deepavali is a festival for the Hindus......It's the festival of lights.....however, on the eve of this public holiday, 2 of my girlfriends and i have gathered together at FF's place to stay overnight for a drink and make cheescake!

I'm a cheesecake lover but has never tried making one myself. There are times when i've tried my colleague's masterpiece and i'm really amazed by the cheesecake makers....its really nice..be it the exterior or the taste of the cheesecake itself....so i'm rather excited about making this cheesecake....Though our main chef will be Weizhen and i'm not sure how good her skills is, i must admit that i believe it will definitely be an interesting experience!!!

The following night happens to be Jerome's birthday and we've decided to invite him to try the cheesecake....haha....though we do not know the results, but i'm sure it's the thoughts that counts mah...imagine your friend making a cake for you, heartwarming siah....

So with this, let me introduce the ingredients of the dish.....

For the crust...
1. Main ingredient, digestive biscuit


Firstly, crush the digestive biscuits in a plate with a spoon till it's fine and enough to fit into a tupperware where you want to make the cheesecake





2. Margarine

Mix the margarine with the crushed digestive biscuits so as to create a softer and stickier base that enables the biscuits to stick together and act as the crust




3. Sugar

Add a little a sugar into the base mixture to make it sweet

With all the three ingredients and steps, press the mixture into the base of a tupperware evenly






Tata....crust done....next, the cheese itself....

1. Cheese



Need 2 boxes of this. When they are soft, mix the two boxes together





2. Oreo cookies



As we are making an oreo cheesecake, you will need a package of oreo cookies. Crush these cookies and add to the cheese mixture





3. Whipping cream



Seriously speaking, i've no idea why we need this but chef Yee says the other time when she is making the cheesecake, this is one of the required ingredient. Anyway, we added this to the mixture in order to make it look like the texture that Chef Yee has seen before.



After adding all the part two ingredients and mixing it, it looks like this



Haha! looks absolutely disgusting right....eeee







So...after mixing and it is sort of ready, put it in the tupperware on top of the crust and place it in the fridge.....


Once it is ready...(how do we define ready, when its 'hard') take out the cheesecake and cut it into the desired slices....

our final product



Haha, knows what i think it looks like? Yam on Sweet potato!!! haha

Though it does not looks nice, it is definitely tasty!!!




And now introducing the other two chef other than me

Chef Yee











Chef Sik










And i don't have a photo on me working on it not because i din do anything, but all the photos were taken by me! so of cos no photos of me at work....

Come to think of it, i've never place my photos online and has remained 'hidden'.....

So.......let's leave it as status quo

ps. weizhen, if you reading this, i still think we need gelatin lah.....hehe

Bangkok 07Oct.....cont'd

The second day started promptly with breakfast at the hotel cafe and it is Continental Breakfast kind.....food where i had when i was in Melbourne. I dun really enjoy this kinda breakfast....cos for me, its really just cornflakes in milk, bacon, wedges and nothing much....boring

Then we were off to our offsite meeting...it was held at crystal room if i still remember correctly....and the meeting room is not really within the hotel premises cos its located at the basement where you have to go down the escalator and down to the basement before you are able to find it. Guess the layout is due to the age of the hotel....

Meeting was ok....Our GM was generous, giving away cash prizes with every question he ask....the meeting was like a presentation by all the different managers and the most long awaiting one was by Vivian, our Aspac Sales staff. Have long heard about her being good at toking and i'm curious about how her presentation would be. True enough, she has the Sales type of presentation, really good with words and i like her tone.....but i must admit that this lady is daring....daring in the sense that she can be rather straight forward with her words and not really afraid of offending anyone...steady....

I thought Marilyn wasnt the weakest speaker of all the Managers....i guess Operations staff are more operational and are people who make things work and are not 'presentation' people.....

The most interesting part of the meeting was where Greg decides to have a little personality game. He gave us four animals and four corners which which corner represent each animal. We were to stand on the corner where we think our personality meets the animal's. The four animals were rabbit, lion, monkey and owl. Based on my personality, needless to say, i classify myself as a monkey. Then we were to list out all the characteristics of each animal and present to the floor.....There were laughters here and there and i though our 'rabbit' Adrian really is like a rabbit. The bunny teeth, the way he toks .......its fun and interesting to see if a person you perceive the person to be is really what the person is....

The meeting finally ended with photo taking session and lunch at the same cafe.....

i must say that lunch was better than breakfast....

Of cos, after lunch was SHOPPING!!!

And now, other things that i've bought



This doll is those dolls that you see in movies where they prick with a needle at the hated enemy....

Bought it for a pack of about 10 at 100Baht






This pair of sandals on the right is a Schroll sandals.....Soo cheap...
only 250Baht....almost 10 Singapore dollars only....

bought it at Central Departmental store






And this set of clothes.....i bought it at Bobe tower.....This place sales clothes from warehouse...guess how much i bought this set at?

175 Baht....can u believe it!!!


Of cos...i din buy this set only....bought a total of 3 sets x 2 cos its for this two babies......

Introducing the two cute little gals....Amelie and Kathlyn....Thats Amelie on the left and Kathlyn on the right.....arent they cute.....

Okie...thats the part one of the 2nd day.....stay tune and more updates and pictures will come......

Things i've bought from Bangkok

Hmm, tot i'll show 2 of the things that i've bought from BAngkok before telling all about my experience there......

This is a handphone decor that you can hang on your HP.....the big head and mouth looks cute man....





This shoe i bought it for 290baht....cute ...just nice to replace the one that i've thrown away





more to come..............

Back from Bangkok!!! 1st night 06Oct

It was a very busy day in office...for the four of us, SK, KS, MP and myself, we were definitely not in the mood to work.....as the minutes tick away, it was finally time to set off to the airport from work....

However, the day had began with my little xiao mei telling me that she has left her passport in her hubby's car and her hubby was off to sail. Her hubby was a regular with navy and was sailing then....there's no way to locate her hubby as once sailors are out at sea, only life and death will need emergency contact of them....shit....our tickets is a group ticket where there's no way to book her on the first saturday flight out to bangkok....in other words, deviate from the group....

i remember her happily planning and toking away on where to go and all...who would have expect that to happen. she was in tears already and i cant possibly scold her...told her to keep trying to locate the spare key to her hubby's car or sms her hubby hoping that miracle will happen....

the day pass and it was 5.30pm. we are setting off at 6pm and her fate is somehow sealed. Just when we tot all hopes are gone, suddenly she told me that she found her hubby. Hubby will bring passport to her, and another fren will send her luggage to her at the airport. We were praying that the two angels will get to us in time and luckily, we were able to claim the boarding pass and as luck was with her, we were all on the flight safely to Bangkok....

Phew....what a day!!!

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My first flight on Singapore Airlines

Believe or not, its really my first time on SQ. Took Eva Air to US back then, Thai AIrways too BAngkok, Cathay Pacific to Hong Kong and yah, none on SQ!

I felt the leg room for Economy class were wider as compared to the previous aircraft equipment i took. I was fidling with the remote control and magazine to have an insight to the in flight entertainment offered by SQ> There....decided on The devil wears Prada. Generally, nice show and i'm impressed with the Movies on demand as this feature is as good as watching movies at home on VCD or DVD player where you can rewind or forward to the particular scene you have missed. Amazing......

Food was ok. It was around the mid autumn festival so dessert came with a mini mooncake. Din try it as it's not snow skin.

Not a bad experience......
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Bangkok new airport
Bangkok's new airport looks like Star wars....a tot i have.....the airport is mainly transparent with glass and see through panels that make it looks big. Basically, the new airport was much bigger and cleaner....

after collecting all luggage of the whole bunch of us, off to the next task. To locate our thai tour guide. Oh man, the airport is packed!

Finally found the guide and boarded the bus, only to find that the bus driver is new and not really familiar with the roads at the new airport. Delayed a bit here and there and finally arrived at the hotel, Holiday Inn Silom after 40 mins....

The new airport is located furtehr from the town compared to the old airport and hence, anyone planning to go Bangkok, do take into consideration the distance before making any plans.....

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Supper

By the time we settle down after checking in at the hotel, it was about 12++ in BKK. Though late, we decided to have shark fin's at CHinatown. After gathering a few, we were off to Chinatown in a few cabs. Luckily the previous time in Bangkok, i've recognise the location to tell the cab to let us alight. Just have to tell the cab to go to Yaowarat at White Orchid Hotel. There's a whole stretch of food stalls there that sells food late at night. At first, we tot that the streets in Bkk during the coup will be dead but, hmmm.....it seems normal....you dun see soldiers here and there or shops closed. Look normal to me...

after walking along the road and deciding where to eat, finally settle at this place call nam sing. Its a restaurant that serves Chinese food, not to mention Shark's fin and Bird Nest. I'm never a fan of Bird's nest and hence, settle for the 300Baht Shark's fin. The shark's fin there were so so...a little diluted i tot but acceptable....

After supper, it was back to the hotel as we need to wake up early for Offsite meeting the next morning....

................................to be continue

Bangkok trip

Well,

This offsite meeting seems to have met with a lot of obstacles. Started with the Bangkok Coup. Trip has to be postpone till 2 weeks later which is this week. In the end, when i tried to issue the ticket, the airline did not link our reservation to their system properly and as a result, i had to void the ticket altogether.

Seems to tell me that we should reconsider the trip or at least, go pray to the deities for safety

Transparency...

It's amazing how one fellow can treat someone that used to be quite close to become sooo transparent that even if he is physically near, not even a smile. Seems like strangers huh?

My conclusion. Worst. Strangers will give a smile at least.

Irritating.

I'm not sure why this has become to this....its becoming ridiculous. Guess by the time he has tot through, its my turn to ignore.