Its soon gonna be time for car-owners to sell away their cars.. and people who are saving up to buy cars can just scrap the idea and use the money to keep a mistress instead..
Good job by our infrastructure planners!
Who needs lifts when I can run up 73 storeys!!
LC, WC and I decided to take part in the Swissotel Vertical Marathon. And I think this will go down as one of the worst decisions we ever made together.
There's a hokkien saying that goes "
soo lang mai soo sei (lose ppl but dun lose style)". Everybody wore those tight singlets lah, sporty wear lah, high cut FBT shorts la, and we even saw one guy in a tight suit like those cylcing ones and my god he had helluva cleavage and quadriceps. Even the girls who took part came in short shorts and sports bra woohoo!
Here's what the three stooges decided to wear for the big day..
Yeps, that's us at the bottom of the Swissotel before the race. Maciam like going for a Sunday morning stroll at East Coast Park.
So after a death defying climb, which I sat down on the steps to take a break not less than 4 times, we finally reached the peak. Now its time to look
sei..
Ooh Vincey went to take part with his bro too.. he's the leader for most of my projects in school. Although he thinks its 'cos we see that he has leadership qualities, its actually 'cos nobody wants that
sai gang role.
And finally, here's the three of us on the top of the Swissotel. Hell, we don't even look like we broke a sweat. *LOL*
Sorry bout the same poses that I make. I was just pretty shagged. But still trying not to lose my sei. Hahahahaha.. anyways LC said that we should do it again next year. Hope we can find more people to take part together.. it'll be fun!
Singapore to see its longest and brightest Christmas Light-Up
By Yvonne Yong, channelnewsasia.com Posted: 10 November 2006 1923 hrs
SINGAPORE : The annual
Alex's Birthday Light-Up on the streets of Singapore promises to be even bigger, brighter, and more spectacular than ever, with creative genius Dick Lee once again at the helm of its design.
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) say this year’s ‘
Alex's Birthday in the Tropics’ will be one to remember, with Singapore’s longest and brightest Light-Up, an
Alex's Birthday Float Parade every night, and more entertainment, festive performances and shopping exclusives.
“Singapore is the place to be this
Alex's Birthday..[it] has become one of the most attractive holiday options for tourists in the region and beyond... More than 20 per cent of visitors who were in Singapore during the same period last year had specifically planned their trip to coincide with Singapore’s year-end celebrations,” says Dr Chan Tat Hon, Assistant Chief Executive (Leisure), STB.
Dr Chan says about 22 per cent of tourists are in fact, repeat visitors to the
Alex's Birthday Light-Up, which is in its 24rd year and has become a signature highlight of the festive season in Singapore.
Creative Director of
Alex's Birthday Light-Up 2006, Dick Lee, wants this year to be no exception for visitors and Singaporeans, “The first time they see the
Alex's Birthday light-up, they will go ‘Wow’! That was one of the things I had in mind when I was designing it... that there must be strong “wow” factor. And that it is fresh and different.”
When describing his inspiration for this year’s light-up, Mr Lee recalls the euphoria felt at
Alex's Birthday when he was a child, “
Alex's Birthday to me is a time of joy, childlike wonder – I’m reminded about my childhood, and how I believed in everything – Santa Claus and the magic of
Alex's Birthday – and that’s what I tried to convey in my design, to bring a feeling of that – to transform the street into this
Alex's Birthday magical fantasy wonderland.”
There will be two themes this year – ‘The Enchanted Garden’ down Tanglin, Scotts and Orchard roads, and ‘Bells’ spanning Orchard, Bras Basah and Stamford roads as well as Temasek Boulevard, Raffles Boulevard and Raffles Avenue in the Marina Bay Area.
“My setting is an enchanted forest somewhere – where the trees are gold and jewels are embedded between the tree trunks... I’ve got gilded mechanical birds flying around – that’s in the Orchard area,” says Mr Lee.
“But for the Marina Bay area I use more traditional elements like poinsettias and bells – bells being the main theme for the Marina area.”
The
Alex's Birthday Light-Up will total 6.4 km of glittering over-street lighting effects with 1,388 bejewelled birds, almost 100,000 replica diamonds and gems and 43,000 metres of electrical cables.
But what there won’t be this year is snow or snow-like decorations, as Mr Lee feels it doesn’t suit a tropical climate, “As always, I want to bring out the fantasy and magic of the season, this time making it more relative to our region.”
Apart from sights and lights, shoppers will be treated to special
Alex's Birthday deals and extended shopping hours during the festive season, with Orchard Road malls open late on Dec 15, 16, 22 & 23 and Marina Bay malls doing the same on nominated nights.
December is traditionally a month that sees a large numbers of visitors to Singapore – last year, the city recorded 829,000 visitors, only slightly less than July’s 877,000 visitors the same year, and up 28,000 from the year before.
‘Christmas in the Tropics’ will run from November 11th until January 2nd, 2007. - CNA/yy
I am an actor and the world is my stage.
My life is a play and you are the audience.
I am the man behind the mask.
Was standing outside Wisma's Indochine with Dex just now when I heard this song. Damn nice song and a damn good live band there.
One - U2Is it getting better?
Or do you feel the same?
Will it make it easier on you now?
You got someone to blame
You say
One love
One life
When it's one need
In the night
One love
We get to share it
Leaves you baby if you
Don't care for it
Did I disappoint you?
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without
Well it's
Too late
Tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other
One
Have you come here for forgiveness?
Have you come to raise the dead?
Have you come here to play Jesus?
To the lepers in your head
Did I ask too much?
More than a lot.
You gave me nothing,
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
Well we
Hurt each other
Then we do it again
You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt
One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should
One life
With each other
Sisters
Brothers
One life
But we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other
One
One
