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Happiness! For today I break my
fast with my group of close friends. Namely Ronghui,
Zonghao, Carol and Chee Wee. Sok Bee, Husni, Mingdao, Ben
and Suzanna
couldn't make it though.
We ate in a hawker centre at AMK
before deciding to chill at S-11. Oh, Carol finally showed
us her new hair-do which looks quite good. After a good
chill session we went on a shooting spree, taking photos
with my trusty digicam.
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Chee
Wee, Me, Carol, Ronghui, Zonghao |
Head's up! |
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Weng,
please raise your hands |
Where's Weng? |
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Quick
Zonghao! Get In The Pic! |
Smile! |
All in all it's good to meet up
with close friends after a long period of absence. The
rest better be there next time!
Disappointment! For today I learnt good and bad
news about the 7260. More of bad news to disappoint me
though. The good news is that it's not expensive. The
price is $568 without line at Nokia Shop. The bad news
is that it suffers from a deficiency in functions.
Firstly, it has no bluetooth. It only has infra-red.
Secondly it's camera is a VGA camera, not a 1 megapixel
camera. Thirdly there is no mp3 player built-in, only FM
radio. Fourthly, the memory space is not that big and
there is no room for expansion. Lastly the screen is not
big (128pixel x 128pixel) enough to fully utilize the
65k colour. I suppose I deserved to be disappointed for
not checking out the phone's features. It was instant
liking when I came across the phone's page some months
ago. The liking is in the design. I was then under the
impression that since the phone looked abit like 7610,
it's functions has to be the same. Now I know I was
wrong. My take on the 7260 is that it's nothing more
than a repackaged 7250.
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Batman Fans
Rejoice! : The teaser trailer for the new Batman
movie is out. Actually I figured it has been out for quite
some time. Only found out about it yesterday through
Weiyang. You can view it at their
official
website.
What Is Love
Like? : Whilst searching for Party World Ktv
official website (which they have none, from what I can't
find), I came across this blog page which is pretty
readworthy. You can read it
here. Oh, I don't know who the blogger is personally.
Vote For
Sydney! : A friend of mine (Sydney
Tan) is in the list of finalists for some contest.
Take part by voting (Sydney Tan).
Once you've voted (Sydney Tan),
you will be entitled to a lucky draw (or so I'm told). Of
course you're free to vote anyone (Sydney
Tan). ;) You can do your voting at this
website.
If humans were made like computers,
then I'm due for an upgrade. My memory is failing, my
processing is slow and my output is at times gibberish. At
times I hang (when stoning). Have yet to crash though.
Haha...
The after-effects of KTV till 4am
sank in on me as I dragged myself to work today. Luckily
my colleague, Keith, has the same frequency as me.
It made work less boring that it already is. Oh, he shared
with me some nice and funny pics. Here are some of them :
During work I called up Diana to
ask her about the China Black outing. She told me response
was good and encouraged me to go. Well, I then decided to
rush home (after work) to change and join them. However my
drive waned when I got home. Tiredness took it's toll on
me, plus the realization that I have work tomorrow served
to derail my intention further. Hence with a heavy heart
(and head) I sms Diana to inform her of my change of
plans. Then I fell into a short slumber around 10pm.
Woke up around midnite to surf the
net and catch up with some friends online. Excitement
filled me up when I learnt that the phone that I've been
eyeing, the
Nokia 7260, is out in Singapore! Was told that it's
pretty pricey. Guess I've to wait till the price drops.
Lost track of time and before I knew it, it's time to eat
in preparation for fasting. Finally knocked out at 6am.
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Shocking :
Someone gave me a website to test my colour vision. The
test can be pretty shocking, and is not recommended for
the fainted heart. If you're still game to take the test,
click
here.
The day started off slow. I went to
my client's office for some follow-up services. It's
actually more of 'customer education' (something I picked
up from working with Intel) as I was teaching my client
how to manage their website. Thereafter I headed back
home. Oh, I realized that time travels really fast when
you're reading a good book. Luckily it didn't make me miss
my stop.
After breaking fast, I took a short
nap and got online. Was feeling sleepy till I got a call
from Sharon. (Note : I know of at least 6 'Sharons', and 4
are from SIM). Was a
bit stunned not often do I get a call from Sharon.
Sharon :
"Dean Dean, where are you?"
Me : "At home
lor.. wassup?"
Sharon : "You
wanna go KTV? Me and Liping are on the way to pick up
Francis in Yishun and then we all will be going down to
Orchard to KTV and Rae is meeting us there so do you want
to come along since you stay in Yishun we can pick you up.
(Note: she rattled this sentence, more or less the same
words, with one breath)
Me (fully
awake now) : "Wah! I didn't catch that, can repeat?
Kidding. Now? Hmmm... ok lor. I meet you at Northpoint."
After a quick change of clothes, I
was off to meeting Sharon and Liping. Managed to grab a
quick bite at Burger King though. Anyway after we met up
and picked Francis up, we were off too Party World KTV!
When we reached Party World, in the parking lot I saw one
of the cars that I'm thinking of acquiring. That car looks
so sleek that I had to take a pic of it. It is the
Mercedes-Benz SLR.
Mercedes-Benz
SLR : Very Sleek
Singing is fun! Especially when the
company is this good. Yeah! Haha.. there was just 5 of us
(Rae, Sharon, Liping, Francis, me) and sang plenty we did.
It's my first time with them in a KTV session. Rae, Liping
and Francis can sing really well! Sharon... hmm... she
laughs instead of singing. =P Haha.. so we all sang... all
the way till 4am in the morning!
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Rae singing,
with Sharon & Liping as back up vocals
Francis -
Pose Of The Night! |
Liping
singing
Everybody..
Squeeze!! |
I finally got to practice my
singing in a KTV session. I've been wanting to do that
since I found out about the upcoming talentime competition
that will be held in SIM. Still have yet to decide on the
song to perform, but all in good time. ;) Oh yes, do come
and lend your support! One of my few 'public'
performances. Hahaha... During this session, I practiced
singing 'Qi Li Xiang' (Zhou Jie Lun) and 'Ai Hen Jian Dan'
(David Tao). Sang the latter terribly as I had not been
listening to the song. Practice. Need more practice.
During the KTV something weird
happened. I went to the toilet and as I opened the door to
go out a guy walked past by me and he turned to me and
said, 'You're from SIM?'
I turned to face him, thoughts
racing to put a name to the face, but that came blank as I
can't recognize that guy at all. I replied, 'Yeah. You
too?"
Stranger :
"Yeah. So you're still studying in or graduated?"
Me : "Still
in, final year already."
Stranger :
"Ok. So you're here with your OG?"
Me : "Not
really, I'm here with some ODAC friends."
Stranger :
"Oh, is Sharon here as well?"
Me : "Yeapz.
Sharon, Rae, Liping and Francis."
Stranger :
"Oh... can I meet Sharon?"
Me : "Sure.
Follow me."
As I lead the guy back to the KTV
room, my mind was still racing on trying to identify the
guy. But I soon gave up and waited for Sharon to enlighten
me. I opened the door to our room and stood there.
Me : "Oi,
Sharon, got someone looking for you."
Sharon :
"Yeah right Dean, nice try."
Me : "Serious
lah. Someone says he knows you."
Sharon :
"Dean I'm not getting up and I don't see anyone and who
would be looking for me at 3am in the morning?"
That's when I asked the guy to come
forward (he was hiding somehow, which I don't know why)
and when Sharon saw him she leaped from her seat and came
out. I went in and left them to chit chat. Seems like Rae
knows him as well and she joined Sharon outside, leaving
me, Liping and Francis to sing away for awhile. After they
returned I learnt that the guy is Roy, he joined in the
Desaru cycling trip last year and has graduated this year.
But then again, I still don't know who Roy is! Haha... but
thanks Roy! You made me feel like I'm famous somehow.
Hahaha...
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Thank you!
A big thank you to you for taking
time to visit my humble website. And for the compliments,
suggestions and encouragements. I feel more motivated by
the support shown. And I am grateful for the support
given.
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Today I said farewell to an old
'friend'. This 'friend' has been very reliable and been
with me for 7 years now. But the time has come for change
and to move on. Who is this 'friend'? Actually, it's more
of a 'what' than a 'who'. Let me show you.
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My old
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The New Kid |
Hahaha... I can only imagined the
stunned look. Ok, allow me to explain. Today I changed the
casing for one of my computer systems. The old casing is
my old 'friend'. It has been with me since I first moved
into Yishun. However, it was too cramped for my style. So
I decided to change and move on. In comes The New Kid.
Achievement
for today : I woke up the earliest for the whole
week! 815am! Usually I'm up by 11am or 12pm. However,
today was an exception. Mainly because I had to go to
work. Still, I was looking forward to work today. I
finally get to catch up with my colleague, Norman. Haven't
seen him for almost 2 months since he went on a holiday to
the States. While waiting for Norman to arrive, I was
reading Digital Life and came across an article which
featured some interesting facts.
"...in Singapore,
Singtel,
MobileOne and
Starhub records
about 23 million SMS messages being sent and received
every day. Worldwide, an estimated one billion SMS
messages are sent worldwide every day while Google Answers
estimates that 31 billion e-mail messages are sent daily."
FWAH! 23 million SMS messages,
every day! All of us are part of that 23 million. Wohoo!!
(Don't rejoice if you don't have a mobile phone)
Well, when Norman arrived, he sure
had plenty of interesting stories to share. And lots of
great pics too. I made a mental note to consider going to
the States for a holiday. ;)
Fasting :
Took a nap after work, woke up close to the time to
breaking fast. For the oblivious, the fasting month of
Ramadan has started for Muslims worldwide. You can find
more information on Ramadan
here. What I can share with you is that I will wake up
before sun-rise to eat and drink (while trying very hard
not to fall asleep amidst eating). After sun-rise, I will
abstain from eating and drinking until sunset. During this
period I will still have to carry on with life as usual.
This is carried out for 30 days. There are exceptions to
fasting though. Anyone who is sick or unwell is excused
from fasting. This includes women having their periods.
Very young and very old people are also excused from
fasting. Personally, I enjoy the arrival the fasting
month. This is because I know that at the end of the
fasting month, there is the big celebration known as Hari
Raya Aidilfitri!! Wohoo!! More on that when the right time
comes. Hehehe...
Disturbing
news : After fasting managed to read through the
papers when I chance upon a news that disturbed me. The
article can be found
here. What disturbed me was the fact that Sheikh
Haikel was assumed guilty even before the results of his
urine tests were out. It impressed upon me that no matter
what people say, they will still condemn you once you are
suspected of doing something wrong. Where's the fairness
in that? At times like these you'll see who your friends
really are. And who your real friends are.
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Dean's Digital Domain can be a
pretty confusing place to be surfing in. However, have no
fear, for help is here. It's in the form of the Site Guide
that you see above. Go ahead, check it out, and see what
you can find here.
This humble webbie of mine is a
head start to what I envision to be an almost lifetime
commitment. The most exciting thing about this is that
it's constantly evolving as it grows with age. I've in
place great plans, and these plans will materialize in
time to come. So stay tuned!
In the mean time don't forget to
leave your mark, either on my Shout Box or Guest Book.
Till then, take care~!
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I have returned!
Returned from Knight's Chalet at
Downtown East. This was a chalet not to be missed!
Especially since I had missed plenty of outings
previously. But for this chalet, I rescheduled my work
just to be there. Could have arrived sooner had I woke
up to the tune of my alarm. =X
Well, upon arrival, I was swarmed
by my 'fans'. Haha... the gals wanted to take photo
together, and that we did many times. After all, not
often everyone get to take pics with Zhou Jie Dean! =P
Hahaha...
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Karin & me |
Jillian & me |
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Angela & Me |
Liping & me |
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Joanne & me |
Pamela & me |
Photos after photos, poses after
poses... We took photos till the battery was exhausted!!
Good thing I had brought along a spare battery and
charger as well.
Thereafter we had our BBQ. Food
glorious food... there was lots of food!! Main chef for
the nite was Geoffrey, Benamin, Pamela and Weiyang.
Thanks a lot guys, the food you cooked was great!
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Kudos to the
chefs! Geoffrey, Benamin, Pamela & Weiyang (not in
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Food glorious
food!! |
Buttered prawns, honeyed prawns, honey chicken, crab
meat, hotdog, chili squid and the bee hoon tasted really
good. I ate till my stomach almost burst! Hahaha... it
sure was a great challenge to stay away from the food in
the beginning. After all, I was fasting. When the time
comes to break fast, all hell broke loose. Immediately
tackled the food aggressively! Haha... I even had a
minor stomachache as well since I drank gassy drinks
when I broke my fasting. Good thing there was plenty of
food to make the pain go away. Yay!
After the sumptuous dinner, we
headed back into the chalet to chill. It was then I
learnt that not everyone is going to stay over for the
night. One by one, the Knights left. The survivors felt
a bit bored till Joanne suggested playing Twister! By
sheer luck, I was amongst the first to play. It was my
first time playing that game. And I must say it is
really fun! Haha.. pretty hilarious watching yourself
and your friends getting twisted.
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Twist
& Shout! |
Twist & form
the human train! |
But all the fun had to come to an
end. There was only Jillian, Joanne, Liping, Weiyang &
me left as the sole survivors for the chalet. All in
all, I enjoyed myself a lot. Hope that you Knights out
there enjoyed yourselves too!
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The
survivors! (Jillian left earlier in the morning so
not in pic) |
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