How well do you know me? (Q8)

Q8) What is my dialect group?

a) Hakka
b) Hainanese
c) Hockchew
d) Hokkien
e) Cantonese

the day i went for a health check

The office gives out free yearly health screening but it's the first time i went for mine. In fact, this is the first time i have a blood test. i'm terribly afraid of needles. Injections are ok but extractions are a total different story altogether. i always have the impression that extracting blood from the inside of the elbow is excruciating painful cos the skin there is so thin. So i was pleasantly surprised that today's test was not painful at all. It's just a slight prick. Well, slight pain but definitely none on the scale that i had imagined. i could do this everyday! Ok, i exaggerate. i don't think i would like to do this everyday cos the day i went for the health check is also the day i got a bruise. Around where the needle pricked. :(

How well do you know me? (Q7)

Q7) Which of the following sports do i play?

a) Golf
b) Scuba dive
c) Cycle
d) Roller Blade
e) Go-kart

Ma Maison @ The Central

Finally ate at the Central branch! The place is much smaller than the Bugis one - maybe about half the size. No wonder there's always a long queue! Thank goodness i made reservations. :)

Tried the escargots with garlic and butter! Yum! It's better than Saizeriya's. Interesting presentation too! It came on a bed of fire!


Ordered the Tarako omu rice. Decided to be a little more adventurous in trying the fish roe omu rice with white soya sauce. The omu rice is nicely done but i would prefer a creamier (non-clear) sauce. i'll stick to the brown / tomato / curry / cream sauce for my omu rice from now. :p

Jurong Bird Park

Although i stay relatively near to the bird park, i've not been here since primary school (?). Office events are so much more fun when you are not the organiser. :) You can literally eat and leave. hehe. :p


And i found out that birds are really hard to photo. (-_-") Except for this pink little cutie who stayed still while i take its picture and it even started climbing the fence for me to take more shots. :) Most of the birds are left out to roam but some like parrots are enclosed as they are more prone to hurting people as they get aggitated easily.


Children are a really curious and daring lot. Alot of them were raising their hands and volunteering for the bird shows even though they only want adult volunteers. This is the only kid who was chosen for a last item. He is really cute. The trainer put an owl on his arm. i think perhaps the owl was too heavy for his little arm so he had some problems keeping the owl up. hehe.

The Time Traveler's Wife

Interesting story but somewhat slow with no big ups and downs. No wonder it is shown at limited theatres... and i really think the female lead don't look like her in the poster. Talk about the marvel of photoshop.

[Sidenote] Saw the trailer for My Sister's Keeper. Waiting for it to open!

Dead Sea Scrolls

Complete waste of time and money! Spent $18 ($20 during weekends) and about 2.5 hours in this exhibition at The Arts House. We were fooled by the splendid write up in the papers into believing that this is all about the scrolls. Well, there are only 4 tiny fragments on display.

The exhibition is housed only on the 2nd floor of The Arts House. There are only 3 small galleries which loosely categorised into the Scrolls room, Book room and People room. The scrolls room, well, is where the scrolls and watnots are. The Book room where the books are. And the People room where the people are. There is no proper write up / intro / explanation of the exhibits which are arranged randomly.

The guide was saying that the majority of the scrolls found are not related to religon but strangely, the focus of the exhibition is on religon. i had expected to see more on the daily aspects of living in the era.

Really. Don't waste your time. This is the worst exhibition i've been to so far.

i can't live without...

Electricity!

There was a short power failure in the gym this afternoon. The class had to do our moves in silence as we try to strain our ears to hear the music "blasting" from the instructor's ipod. Thankfully the lights, music and aircon (!) resumed after about 20 minutes. EVERYthing in this modern world runs on electricity. i really wonder what can we do without this great invention.

How well do you know me? (Q6)

Q6) What would I be most likely to do in my free time?

a) Shopping
b) Movies
c) Ktv
d) Eating
e) Idle at home

How well do you know me? (Q5)

Q5) Which of the following is NOT one of my favourite movies?

a) Sound of Music
b) Grease 2
c) Dirty Dancing
d) Romeo + Juliet
e) Titanic
f) Footloose