Time

During this few months.. lots of thought came to my mind..

How to judge a person in work?? and how to be sure who is your blossom friends..

Can we judge a person by body language and/or by the seriousness in his/her attitude??

A person will always won't show up their true color till the very critical moment.

As in work, i believe and sure that.. everyone is competiting one another in work, career and popularity.

Does anyone think before that.. who can be your true friends and who can be your good colleague that you will remember always...

Time is the matters for all ..

Time can drift people apart.. but time can test out a person.

Time is so important .. to the extend of every single people in the world are asking for more..
coz time are so precious...

i'm thinking that.. if without time.. we cant gauge anything.. to people in work, to your bond with soul partner and to your findness of friendship..

Have you all think of that before... ?? Or juz dun have the TIME to think out at all..

CNY 2009

Lunar New Year had past.. now which festive season should counting down for??

Hmmm..perhap is GOOD FRIDAY ^.^

Let me summarise my movement during cny.

In the eve of cny, which is a sunday. As usual, i will had my 2 reunion feast, one with my grandparent ( big feast! Abalone, Meat, Seafood & etc ) and another of coz my in law ( steamboat =.=) After makan, my hubby and i decided to let my in law to take care of our son and we headed to MS for movie, and also take this chance to go marina bay for CNY countdown.

For the 1st day of CNY, early morning wake up and go fetch my son.. after fetching, instead of returning back to home sweet home, end up rots in my in law home.. keke.. din go for visiting, AS i dun want ~ hee..

We went to visiting on the 2nd day, travel from west to east. hubby's relative house in simei and hop over to my boss house in the afternoon for 1hr plus..

For 3rd day.. by right is the day to start work, i took AL in advance to rest at hm.. instead resting at hm.. end up my hubby and i go to sentosa to snap my flower and my son as usual report to childcare.. ^.^

4th day is the day i back to work.

Been feeling heaty this few days, as eaten too much goodies and cold drinks.. not enough sleep.

But worth it to be sick.. coz i really ate alot of fabulous food.

MIL B'day Mini Celebration

11th January is my MIL B'day.

As usual, i will do the planning for the gift for her. But this time round.. im suggesting a dinner for her as well as a gathering for the whole family.



We had our dinner at Nanyang Seafood Restaurant, a neighbouring rest nearby my MIL house.

Food not really fantastic, but is the 1st time private gathering to have dinner at restaurant.. ^.^ so got to treasure the moment.

We have enjoy singing K while having food being served.

I believe my MIL is happy with the arrangment. $$ not the matter. is the moment together.

Will have better enjoyment next time round.

Dozo Restaurant

7th Jan 2009 Wednesday

My Director n Manager bought me to Dozo Restaurant for lunch. This Dozo is located at valley point..

They treated me this lunch, as a appreciation of my hardwork of helping them thru the year 2008. ^.^

When i 1st step in this restaurant.. it give me a '' wow'' .. coz i never been to this kind fine dining place. ''Mountain Tortoise rite? ''

The foods are well presented.. service is the best one.. the place is soo modern and zen feels.. Will definately go there for lunch/dinner again.

Below is some of the pics that took during my lunch there.


Chef Starter


Chuwamushi


Crab Meat Soup


Unagi Rice Set


Hot chocolate ice- cream & Fruity Tea


Felicia's Cheesecake

The one i ate is 6 course meal.. they do have 8 course too :)
Lunch pricing at 39.90+++
Dinner pricing at 69.99+++ * If i'm not wrong

my thought for this years

I was born in 1983, and now year 2009, oh gosh~ Cant imagine i am 26 years old this year. a mother of one kid.. hoping for second one. ^.^

Times really flies.. how wish i can return back to my school days~ with LOTS of happiness and laughter with my classmates..

Now All grown up.. mind set , personality all change. But however, there's still some people with kiddy brain and too naive kind.

I've learn and gain alot of knowledge thru all this years..

My son and my dog rusky are my strongest bond. . without them.. think i wont be able to survive till now.. ^.^ Sound crazy~ but it's the fact im facing..

This world is too competitive~ makes me cant breathe.

Talking so much~ as i wish i can climb up higher to whatever i wanna to reach. Towards work, friends and family.

Everyone Happy NEW year !!

Ancient 4,300-year-old pyramid

A 4,300-year-old pyramid has been discovered at the Saqqara necropolis outside Cairo.

A ancient burial ground in south of Cairo. which dates back to 2,700 BC and is dominated by the massive bulk of King Zoser's step pyramid, the first ever built.

It stand in five metres (16 foot) tall, is believed to have been 15 metres tall when it was first built for Queen Sesheshet, the mother of King Teti who founded the 6th Dynasty of Egypt's Old Kingdom.

The pyramid's base was discovered "20 metres below the sands and a doorway for the burial place was also discovered but it seems thieves had looted the pyramid.

Jim Thompson_Bangkok

On 24-26 Octoboer 2008, 1st time travel with my hubby to bangkok.

1st experience for him, but not me.. ive been there for 4 times~ but only familar in city area not other spot.

This time round, i went to explore the jim thompson museum near MBK shopping centre. A antique place to know more knowledge about Jim Thompson lives in there and the background of every statue and scrulpture displayed.

Feel amazing on every single thing there. from the art where jim thompson had kept and the layout of the house..

Too bad no one know where have he gone to. He had went missing since in the 60s

A american who cant stop himself from loving the nature of bangkok.

Jurong Birdpark

It's such been a long time , i've not went to jurong birdpark.

This time, i had bring along my son with my aunt and her daughter, kimberly :)

We had enjoy alot in there , explore and educate my son.

Of coz without fail, i will snap picture of all the adorable birdie there.. (can view it in my flickr acc) lol~

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Share with all viewer about the history of Jurong BirdPark

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History

The idea of a bird park in Jurong was first conceived in 1968 by Dr Goh Keng Swee, the then Minister for Finance.

During a World Bank Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Dr Goh visited a zoological garden and was impressed with its free-flight aviary.
He saw that Jurong would be more than an industrial zone for Singaporeans where people could relax with nature. All this Dr Goh saw in the Jurong BirdPark, which would be the first of its kind in Southeast Asia.
The western slope of Jurong Hill (Bukit Perepok) was chosen in December 1968.
While the Park was being built, the Park’s officials urged ambassadors and foreign dignitaries to Singapore to contribute birds for the new park. Soon, birds from all over the world finches, pheasants, herons, mallards, owls, cockatoos began arriving. By opening day, 12 countries, 7 zoos and 40 private donors had contributed birds to the Park.
On 3 January 1971, Jurong BirdPark was opened to the public. It was built at a cost of $3.5 million, excluding land cost.

Plan and Layout

Jurong BirdPark is a 20.2 hectare open-concept park. It is the largest in the Asia Pacific and the best in the world. Its collection of more than 9,000 birds from 600 species is among the largest in the world. The Park specialises in birds from Southeast Asia.
The Park has four aviaries, among which is the world’s largest walk-in aviary with the tallest man-made waterfall for visitors to enjoy a close-up view of free-flying birds from Africa and South America. Bird shows, staged at the Pool Amphitheatre and Fuji Hawk Walk are entertaining and informative and have thrilled visitors from all over the world.
The BirdPark’s exhibits and aviaries are specially designed to closely resemble the natural habitats of the birds. There are also open spaces landscaped with exotic flowering plants such as heliconias to enhance the beauty of the BirdPark.

The Past of CCK Cemetery

Choa Chu Kang Cemetery is the biggest cemetery in Singapore, which is located in the west of the island in close proximity to the Tengah Air Base and at the confluence of the Old Choa Chu Kang Road, Lim Chu Kang Road and Jalan Bahar.. it comprises the Chinese, Christian, Ahmaddiya Jama'at, Muslim, Parsi, Bahai, Jewish, Hindu and Lawn cemeteries. It is currently the only burial cemetery to remain in operation. Also within its grounds, are several columbariums, including the state-run Choa Chu Kang Columbarium, and two private facilities, namely The Garden of Remembrance, A Christian columbarium and Ji Le Memorial Park, the Buddhist facility..

The site of the cemetery estate was initially belonged to the former NTU, Old Nanyang University as a park for future development. At the center of the park, where there was a small hill (now being the garden of remembrance Park) used to have 3 flag pole standing; Bristish, Malaya and India. During the Japanese Occupation, the jap army removed them. And their enemy beheaded there. The Strong Vengeances of the victims filled the air. After the war, whoever tried to re-erect any flag there would die with no reason on the next morning. Some believe that the '' polarity'' of the cosmic energy there has been disturbed and switched opposite during the war. Because of that, this piece of land was used naturally as cemetery as it is today.

Rumors:
Sightings of a ghost headless japanese soldier and chinese commando in blue uniform at the area. The Chinese commando had many wounds on his body, and carried a severed head which was dripping blood on his left hand, and a blood-stained parang on his right hand. Later he was shot dead by the other Japanese troops.

Feng Sui:
The cemetery district is sited geomantically well on a piece of interesting, undulating land with smooth physical features that are in accordance with nature and beneficial influences. The surrounding landscape is indicative of balanced patterns and harmonious topography. Ranges of hilly ground spread on the left (resembling the formation of the azure dragon and the yang energy)

P/S: Why must we need to explore the ghoulish place in the night time.. We can go there in the day time.. show respect to the spirit, make prayer to dead.. Breathe some fresh air instead.. LOL~ Oops! ^.^

Gotten the past stories from many sources.. interest to know more.. please search yourself. :)

Stomach Flu & HFMD Outbreak

Oh my goodness, besides HFMD being spread in most of the childcare in singapore.. now come the new stomach flu virus (viral GE).

Last week, at least 21 childrens in one of the childcare centre locate in boon lay, caught with (viral GE) virus.The center had closed for 3 days, for doing the necessary sanitising work.

Dr Chong from KK hospital mentioned in the ''My paper'' that this (viral GE) virus is spread by exposure to vomit or stools, and not usually by food or drink that children consumed. But multiply childrens can contract the virus if they share the same enclose space.

80% of the childcare centre design layout are all the same. 4 to 5 group of classes in one enclose space. No partition for each group. I was thinking, if one children got the virus, the rest of kids will have possible to get it too.. as virus is flying everywhere within centre.. those childcare centre which faciliated with aircon.. will be having higher risks of children getting it.

I myself is a mother of one son, who my son also always fall sick ever since i decided to enrol him into childcare centre.

And due to virus attacking the centre.. i need to take lots of leave to stay at home, to take care of him.

I definately will do part to take care of him, when he is sick due to normal illness..

As for virus attack, the childcare should be their part in doing cleaning to the centre.. and must also do something to improve on the unexpected virus attack to kids.

They should re layout the centre. placing partition between each classes.. to prevent much contact with one another. Cleaning of hand and foot frequently. Hygiene is very important..if no one going to look into this matter.. thinks mothers out there, can lose their job and income, and no more lady out there, would want to give birth .. making kids suffer so much ..

Shooting for her dreams

ZhangJingna would have her childhood fulfilled - including her childhood dream of being a Gundam Wing ( A japanese anime featuring giant robots) pilot.

At her 20s, Jingna has dabbled in more occupations than some adults twice her age.

She, herself is a professional fashion photographer was once an artist, fashion designer, part-time model and an accomplished national shooter with numerous accolades to her name, including the Sportsgirl of the Year 2006 award.

She is missing one achievement though: a certificate in higher education. Jingna has a PSLE certificate only , but that doesn't fazes her career.

She told the ''my paper'' that She is still young and there is so much that she would like to do. At her age, she had nothing to lose.

Indeed, she is on the way of a bright future in her current field as a photographer.

She started to love photgraphy when she is 18 years old, when her family bought her a camera for her birthday... from there.. she start to snap picture for fun.

Alots of people love her photos.. and job offer start coming in.

After trying a few study on other field, doesnt make her change the interest toward photography as well as jobs.

As her parent do not wish her to stop studying, so she decided to pursue fashion design.

Zhang Jingna had awarded the Master photographer of year 2007, after which she go on full time freelancing.. and till now.. she had amazing large portfolio of her works.

She is having her own art work for gallery in Art house - The Something Beautiful Exhibition @ sept 23

Admission free.

** Zhang Jingna is a good role to follow..

If you have a instinct liking in your interest.. Just do it & you may suceed.

(Article info from MY paper 12 September)

Had done some editing to the article.

Acer Aspire One

Hoping for a mini laptop.. Finally bought it , at the price of S$799
Explored it and find everything is cool and fine.. the laptop surface is in glossy look..
Everything function the same as normal desktop and as other laptop too.

Most important of why i wanted to buy this, as it is super light and it come with WIFI, Webcam..
* i can bring it wherever i go .. and surf net wherever i want :) but provided there's wireless connection.. haha

This laptop, suitable for people who do general emailing, blogging and surfing.. not wise to do any downloading of file.. as the memory space only 120GB, maybe can buy a extra portable HD , and transfer wanted data ~.. ^.^

A budget laptop !!

Trailer [ Harry Potter & the Half blood prince]

Harry Potter and the Half- Blood prince follows Harry Potter on his sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry discovers the Half-Blood Prince's ancient potions book which tell about voldemort's dark past, the potion book gives Harry advice on how to improve greatly Potions work, and teaching him a few helpful and yet dangerous spell along the ways .

Amidst this, Harry is starting private lessons with Professor Dumbledore, during which Harry learns the dark secrets of Voldemort's past, hoping that they could use these secrets to find a way to defeat him.

Harry's year gets even more stressful with the suspicious actions of Draco Malfoy, who has been sneaking around the school doing, so Harry assumes, Voldemort's bidding. Harry quickly becomes determined, and slightly obsessed, to find out exactly what Malfoy has been up to and putting and end to it.

Yet, during this time, Harry and his friends go through daily life, busy with school work, Quidditch, (in which Harry has been made captain of the team) and of course, romance. Ron has found a new girlfriend, Lavender Brown, a perky (if not obnoxious) Gryffindor student, and Hermione is not happy about it. Ron and Hermione's friendship takes a toll throughout the school year and Harry, as usual, is stuck in the middle. Harry, meanwhile, is facing a romantic dilemma of his own: he realizes he is falling for his best friend's sister, Ginny Weasley, who is unfortunately dating Harry's classmate, Dean Thomas. Harry's pining for Ginny and Ron's hilarious relationship with Lavender give this story a large dose of reality.

Throughout all the school drama, however, the obvious darkness of Voldemort's impending rise to power is always apparent.

The incredible action-packed climax is sure to leave the audience stunned and, inevitably, prove that you shouldn't trust everybody who you think is good and also prove that not everyone can manage to survive.

Ancient 'sleeping Buddha' found in Afghanistan

An Afghan archaeologist has discovered the remains of an ancient 19-metre-long (62-foot) "sleeping Buddha" and three coins from Greek, Bactrian and Islamic erasin the province of Bamiyan in Afghanistan.

The statue’s head belongs to the period when Buddhism thrived in the central province and the coin dates back to the time of Alexander and the Greek empire, according to Najeebullah Ahrar, the director of the information and culture department in the province.According to a report in Pak Tribune, the team of Afghan and French archaeologists is working under the supervision of Professor Zemaryalai Tarzi, an Afghan archaeologist.Bamiyan hit world headlines in 2001 when the Taliban destroyed the enormous Buddha statues that for centuries stood in carved niches in the cliff faces around the main town.

The town of Bamiyan is situated on the old Silk Road and became a meeting point of eastern and western cultures.Buddhism arrived in Bamiyan in the third century with the spread of the Kushan Empire.

Francoise Demulder - French War Photographer

French war photographer Francoise Demulder, the first woman to win the prestigious World Press Photo award, has died aged 61 on Tuesday.

She died of a heart attack at her home in the Paris suburb of Levallois, Sipahioglu and other friends said at the Perpignan photojournalism festival in southwestern France.

She had covered many of the major wars of the later part of the last century, and her pictures featured in magazines such as Time, Stern, Paris Match and Newsweek.

She won the World Press Photo prize in 1976 for a black and white picture of a Palestinian refugee woman pleading with a masked gunman in a war-ravaged district of Beirut.

On the earlier days, she hated war, but felt compelled to document how it's always the innocent who suffer, while the powerful get richer and richer.

She worked briefly as a model after studying philosophy in Paris but soon fell in love with Asia.
It was to cover her travelling expenses that she started to sell her photos of Vietnam

She was one of a very small number of Western journalists in Saigon when communist North Vietnamese entered the city on April 30, 1975, marking the end of the Vietnam War.

What a brillant life record she had bring along with her to other wonderland ..

Love your interest! Love your ways of photography!!

Croc in Singapore park sparks hunt, draws spectators

A crocodile, spotted earlier this week in pasir ris park which near to housing estate and had captured by the authorities.

Seen the news from Yahoo . Mentioned that there's a experts told local newspapers that this croc is about one metre long (3 ft) and most likely is a saltwater crocodile, which more commonly found in neighbouring Malaysia and Indonesia.

How wish i can see a crocodile in its nature before someone does something to it. Even though it's not a huge one.

Singapore have left a few wildlife nature places for this kind of animals to live in..

The only places in Singapore can see crocs will be in ZOO only.. >.< i suppose so

We will not able to read animals mind..

To be SAFE, it's better to stay a distance away of this toothy animal. whereby you won't know what is he next movement.. " dash toward you??'' or ....

So no matter how, if you are not DARE, then dun play risk with this toothy croc.

Tyersall Istana

I had went to explore the tyersall mansion with other 3 photographer on 24 May 2008. Time 930am..

Too scare, to go at night time, as this a prohibited place locate very inner side of botanic garden..

This is my 1st time, going to a haunted place.. felt cold n errie.. and some more i have a strong paranormal instinct on the unwanted stuff.. And think this is also the last time entering there..

All the negative sense, wont stop me on going to explore more exordinary thing with my daring friends.. LOL.

The below text is about the historical history of the tyersall mansion.
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The origins of the estate, and the old Tyersall Istana:"In March 1857, Boustead and Co. advertised for sale, Tyersall, William Napier’s estate and house in the Tanglin area which covered sixty-seven acres of land.William Napier retired from the East in 1857 after a distinguished career. Napier Road is named after him and the road led to his house and his estate, Tyersall, which was built in 1854 and later replaced by New Tyersall (or Istana Tyersall), the Sultan Abu Bakar of Johor’'s (1831-1895) palatial Singapore residence.Sometime in 1860, the property was purchased by Sultan Abu Bakar of Johor, grandson of Temenggung Abdul Rahman who had negotiated with Raffles the Singapore in 1819. Napier’s house was demolished to make way for the construction of New Tyersall in 1890.The house was completed in 1892, and the Sultan held such a grand housewarming reception that the Singapore Free Press provided details of the architecture and fittings of the house. The rectangular building measured 210 feet long by 174 feet deep, was in the “Corinthian style of architecture… with a red tiled roof” and a seventy-feet high tower in the center topped by the Sultan’s symbolic star and crescent.Among its key features were a spacious projected carriage porch, a grand staircase with ornamental iron balustrades, a grand reception room, a ball room, a billiard room -- and it was fitted with electric light. The installation of electricity was hailed by the Free Press as indicative of an improvement of “domestic civilization, and a marked step in the industrial progress of the Colony.” Interior-wise, the fanlights were Arabsque in design, the wood used was teak and ironwood and the building had altogether 420 doors.New Tyersall, according to Lee Kip Lin, architect and author of The Singapore House, was one of the grandest homes built in the Victorian Eclectic idiom, combining not only gothic and classical motifs, but also some Indo-Saracenic elements into the design. In his welcoming speech, Sultan Abu Bakar announced the plans for the house had been approved by his late wife, the Sultana, and executed by the Malay architect, Datoh Yayah. Typically Singaporean, New Tyersall had a cosmopolitan character. The iron-work had been carried out mainly by the local engineering firm of Howarth Erskine,74 and some portion of it by H.C. Hogan, the contractor was Mr. Wong Ah Fook from Johore, and the upholstery was provided by John Little and Co., the “finest Store East of Suez.” Once home to drag hunts until the sultry weather outdid the imported English hounds, New Tyersall was destroyed by a fire reported at 2:45 am on September 10th, 1905. The cause of the fire was faulty electrical wiring."
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The Tyersall area was also the Indian Military Base Hospital during the singapore battle with japan. The hospital was clearly marked with a large red cross to indicate its purpose; it was actually a cluster of huts where the wounded Indian troops were warded.
A squadron of Japanese bombers dropped incendiary bombs on the hospital on 11 February 1942 and the whole cluster of huts was turned into a raging inferno. All the 700 patients of the casualty packed wards were burnt to death...

Glad to know all this thingy, after my trip there.. if is before the trip, think i might not be stepping in there at all..

Most common mistakes pet owners make

Would like to share with pet lover out there..

I love animals~ But Love Doesnt Mean Anything~ Just like how a BGR built up.. it applied between you and the animals.. the texts below are from a acticle talking about the Most Common Mistake Pet Owners Make.. Hope people out there.. after reading it~ can re mend the mistake and do care rightly..

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Companion animals can enrich our lives in an almost endless number of ways. Whether greeting us enthusiastically at the door, keeping us company on daily jogs or simply entertaining us with their play, sharing your life with a pet is a great way to increase the length and improve the quality of your life. For all they add to our lives, we owe it to them to do all we can for them in return. One of the ways to ensure your animal companion enjoys a long, happy life is to avoid the pitfalls of the most common pet-parenting mistakes:

Impulsive adoptions/purchases
Making the commitment to invite any animal to join your family should take a lot of careful consideration. Unfortunately, many people can't resist the temptation of bringing home a cute animal immediately. It is much wiser to first go home and do some research to find out everything you can about this particular type of pet and what caring for and living with them will entail. Be sure to include all family members in the decision-making process. Carefully consider the commitment of time and money, and if this particular animal's size, age, temperament and activity level are a good match for your family.

Buying from a pet store
This can be a hard mistake for people to avoid as seeing a cute young animal in a store can be very tempting, especially since some people consider they are saving that particular animal. But keep in mind that while you may give that animal a good home, with each sale the pet store makes they are that much more likely to bring more animals in from animal mills where the breeding stock is subjected to a life of constant breeding and mistreatment. A much wiser source is a local shelter, breed rescue group or reputable breeder

Chipmunk sing S.H.E / FRH Song

Wow.. saw this clips in You Tube , that makes me laugh upside down.. oh gosh, chipmunks sang S.H.E and Fahrenheit Song.. Cant believe it..

It's nice, but somehow rather seem like discriminate them..

However, the chipmunks sang it till so cute, cant resist not to listen to it..

Enjoy the clips.

For more, pls log in to Youtube :)

**Not much new stuff update currently..
Will update when i free :)

What a day i had on 19th feb 2008.

Wow~ this day really fill my day..

A day who is my sec schoolmates and also my granny b'day ^.^ and..... also

A day who my hubby drove me to few places in singapore that i never been to in my life .. lols.. (mountain tortoise hor)

Firstly, we went back to CCK farmart.. a place we bought our beloved doggie 5 years ago.. at that time.. is a place where u can find lots of lovely small animals.. but now.. nah.. all gone~ so quiet now.. However, im happy to see this goat there again.. saw it 5 years ago.. keke

2nd place we went to kranji battle park.. sound weird rite.. i never heard this park before.. but when i reach there.. wow~ really a park with sea on my left and reservoir on my right.. cool mann. The sea side, im able to clearly view the secenery of some of the johor high building.. too bad i didnt snap anything at there..

3rd place , actually wanted to go to a bird farm.. near along cck road too.. but my hubby drive here n there , turn left and right.. cannot find the place.. after a long search.. we found the place.. we cant go in coz we reach the back door instead of the main entrance.. haizz.. end give up. >.<

4th place we went to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve Park.. 1st time go there.. as well as my hubby.. really a ''reserve'' place .. for reptile.. lols.. im look so anxious to ward every step.. coz you will see crawling reptile every minutes you goes.. FYI, there also have crocodile !! lucky is nt my day to see it infront of me.. if nt i dunno i will be happy or sad.. but but but i saw this ...

enough to make my faint le.. keke.. i did saw one bigger than this.. i was like telling my hubby.. pls U-turn.. im nt prepare to go over that... with my slippers and slacking dressing on..

That's the 4 places i went .. i feel so cool.. with cold sweat.. lols..

To see more pic, go to my friendster link .. ^.^