calvin's duck

4 legs good. 2 legs bad... : P

tourism not looking too good.

Especially with the cost of 102 so high...

dinner!

Wagyu beef steak with brocolli, capsicum and seasoned potatos. With wolf blass yellow label cab sav.

my favourite snack!

Deep fried crab sticks! Perfect with beer!

view out of my office window..

I get good view of the road junction. And near miss traffic accidents. : o

see ? Not even 7pm..

All gone back... : p (view of IT Dept, Corporate Dev cubicles). Managers offices on the left row.

my office designer chair

Herman Miller Aeron Chair. Supposed to cost abt $1600. ergonomic features, but damm uncomfortable for people with bad posture like moi..

however, the dow was up more than 11 percent last night?

There should be a good spurt today, leading to some key results announcements this week and next week. Let see...

it's going down again today..

Another battering on the stock exchange today for sure..

dinner!

Minced beef with capsicum & onion. Egg fried rice with garlic. Cab sav red.

wantan noodles

@toa payoh market. Reading cartoons...

markets sink..

Greenspan says he was wrong ? private home prices and rents down...

more trade with china

As long as not melamine tainted ...

desk much better today...

a major project canceled, so one big chunk of work gone. : p. So reorganized the desk a bit. Will need to find time to clear bottom right, and bottom centre over the next 2 days. Top right handled by able mgr. (p/s: just found out that i can 'auto-focus' the camera phone. So the picture should be as good as the ones taken by the e90)

exchange rates gone nuts!

$1 sing dollar = $0.997 aussie dollar!
$1 sing dollar = $1.499 us dollar!

taiwanese mua-chees

Yummy... Very addictive

102 stalls

India sents mission to moon. And some light at end of tunnel for minibond investors ? (for the above 62 anyway..)

help for downturn..

But only by february next year when 'situation will be clearer'. : o anyway, teaC plus newspaper is now $1.90. Plus 102, roughly abt $4 per day.

messy office table

Too much work! Top right hand side - QAQC/Commissioning stuffs, bottom right - Safety & regulatory stuffs, top centre - corporate and yard development, IT dept stuffs, top left- projects (conversions, fpso,etc), bottom centre - projects (offshore), bottom left - management meetings. Laptop facing auspicious direction for health, monitor facing auspicious direction for success (maybe the other way round?), obsolete desk phone, and box of green tea.

roller-coaster week

Stocks were up a bit after fed 700B bailout, then crashed after poor US jobs data, then up a bit after EU banks joint initiatives, then crashed again after some EU banks collapsed... Plus oil at usd70 per barrel, oil and gas stocks at historical low. Oh ya, singapore in technical recession and government announced 150B deposits guarantee.

nasi lemak @gerard's

Yummy!

drillship naming ceremony

Pyrotechnics and baloons!

inflation + stock market collapse = ressession

Soon kee wanton mee, up 50 cents to $3.50. ???

stock markers in freefall...

bangkok violence again ?

Good grief...

Strawberry Fields Tea House!!!

Have nice homemade pancakes and scones for morning tea with homemade strawberry jam and fresh cream. Yum!

world markets tumble..

Can this go any lower ???

Energy Sword and 'The Mask'

'The Mask' was created to give the owner powerful telekinesis powers! unfortunately this project was canned as it also brings out the dark side. New Energy sword. Use lesser power and can cut through anything...and I mean anything!

Disguise kit!

This is his special disguise kit so that no one can recognize him. Prototype might be a bit too big for him.

Early weapons design attempts...

Not his first attempt in making that Convanent helmet. He was spotted couple of years back with this initial design. At the same time, the sticky plasma grenade for anti-vehicle was created.

more weapons under development!

new covenent armored helmets. prototype - so does not fit properly. The red trident is also work-in-progress (some problem with the slow energy charging. also too heavy battery consumption during battle)

several quarters of belt tightening..

At least newcastle did not lose over the weekend.. Phew!

Strawberry Farm!!!

Freshly picked Strawberries!

haha. Best magic card ever!

chaos orb!

Millennium Falcon out of the box!!!

I must say that this is one of the coolest toys I have ever come across. Few buttons around the box that you can press. Sounds of jumping into light speed and the thrusters at the back will light up in blue. You can put a few full size figurines into the ship. Comes with Han Solo and Chewbacca. There is an escape pod (can put a single figurine inside too) that will have launching sound when its launched. There is a level where you can push up and down which rotates the center gunner and will have firing sound. Lower down the platform and you guessed it....platform sound!!! Amazing toy! 5 out of 5 Stars!!!.... Now must try to convince my wife to let it get for my son although he won't be able to play it till 6 years later! Problem is it will not be available in 6 years time!!! :)

kid's cubes..

I can believe this is still around...

lehman minibond under scrutiny..

Meanwhile, the House votes today... Will the crash gets worse ?

good hari raya mid week break

But the newspaper now 90 cents ?? Up 10 cents !

102 at first class private lounge

left something at the office..

DS on route to airport to Melbourne..