01-05-15

It has been a long time since I've updated again, it has been like a month already.

It has been quite a happy period for me as I've attended the Apink concert in Singapore AND I get to see Eunjung at the airport !

OH MY GOD !

And after all these, here comes my happy holidays ! A trip to Japan !

My frenz and me went for a trip to Japan which consists of Osaka, Hiroshima and Tokyo,

We went to Japan from 30th of March to 8th of April but technically its 31st March to 7th April as our flight is night time so we leave SG on the 30th and arrive Japan on the 31st den we leave on the 7th and arrive on the 8th of April.

Its been a long time since I went to Japan as the previous time which was also the first time I went to Japan, it was year 2008. That time it was a group of 8 but this time its a group of 4 and the only person which is the same in the 2 groups is Thimo.

We already know its gonna be a fun trip as the 4 of us got quite a number of common interest like games, mangas, animes.

Our first ride in Japan is to take the Shinkansen to Osaka as we arrived at Haneda Airport as we need to go Osaka as our first 4 days will be at Osaka .

This is so called our first Selfie in Japan as we aimed to be able to take a photo with the incoming Shinkansen early in the morning like 8am.

Usually a Shinkansen ticket will cost like $100 over but as we're gonna take the Shinkansen a few times so we decided to get the JR Pass which cost us around $330 but the Shinkansen rides will be unlimited so its pretty worth it for us and all the JR lines train we take will be already included which makes it even more worth it.

The Shinkansen is actually very comfortable. I find it more comfortable den the KTX in Korea as they got more leg space and the seats are more comfy. One thing good about the Shinkansen and KTX is that they both have toilets and the rides are quite stable and smooth. Not to say the quiet environment is very pleasant too !

After a 3 hour journey, finally we have reached our Hotel, Shin-Osaka Station Hotel.

The hotel is a very nice and cosy place, sorry that I did not take photos of the hotel room but you guys can go over to Agoda and Tripadvisor to have a look at how the hotel room looks like.

I highly recommend the Hotel if you guys are going Osaka, but its a station away from Osaka so the troublesome thing is that you will always need to take the train a station to Osaka station den you can choose to go the places you wanna go. One more troublesome thing about the hotel is that you will need to cross an overhead bridge from the station to the hotel which proves to be troublesome if you are carrying a heavy luggage.

Thats all for now as I'm kinda tired as its quite late at night already.

Shall update soon !

24-03-2015

22-03-2015

Its a truly happy day for me as Apink had their first overseas concert in SINGAPORE !

I was so excited for the whole day because I really liked them !

The last time they came it was October 2013 but during that time it was just a showcase and the amount of people that attended I think the most is like 300. But according to reports, this time round there is around 3000 people who attended their concert.

And I'm so happy because they chose Singapore to be their first overseas concert ! Not even Japan, its us, SINGAPORE ! I think thats because they feel they are loved here.

Due to Max Pavillion is not really a very big place, our seats are considered quite good as we're seated quite near to the stage. As you can see from the picture which is not being zoomed. It really is quite near.

One thing I am disappointed about the concert is the organisers. When everybody is queueing to get into the concert hall, it started to rain. And the time is around 5:40pm already.

The concert is scheduled to start at 6pm but they did not even allow people to enter the concert hall when the time is already at 5:40pm. They only let us enter the place at around 5:50pm and due to this, the concert only started at around 6:30pm.

But nontheless I still enjoyed the concert very much !

As for my usual self, I took TONS of photos of them and a few videos, and at the same time I also enjoyed watching the concert !

They started the concert with songs like Mollayo, Mr Chu and Good Morning Baby which got the fans happy and after that they had a period of introduction and of course addressing to the fans.

After that they continue to have songs like Secret, which the fanclub gave us instructions to lift up a paper during this song which says " You're Always Gonna Be My Love "

Above is one of the fancams I took when they are singing " Secret "

After that there was their solo performances but I only manage to take fancam of Chorong's and Bomi's solo performance

The above is the solo performance from Bomi and below is the solo performance from Chorong

After that there are so many of their nice songs like " U You ", " Up To The Sky ", " Wanna Be " and " Boy "

Above is a photo taken when they are singing " Up To The Sky ". They are all so cutely dressed ! ! !

Below is a fancam that I took when they are singing Bubibu

Bubibu is such a nice and lovely song.

After that of course there will be their hit songs like " My My " , " Hush " and " Luv "

Of course I would never forget to take a video fancam of " Luv " as its their latest song which did an All-Kill plus Triple Crown in Korea.

After that they left and the encore started with them singing " Wishlist ", " Nonono " and " April 19th "

And of course how can I ever forget to take a fancam video of " Nonono ", the song that shoot them to the TOP !

After " April 19th " which is really the last song for the concert and they bidded everybody goodbye.

And of course like all the korean singers when they end their concert with a selfie with everybody to show their appreciation to their fans.

The first time they came which is attending MAMA2012 in Singapore and on 25th October 2013 they have their 1st fanmeet in Singapore and 22nd March 2015 they had their first overseas concert in Singapore.

And I am so happy to say that I've actually attended both the fanmeet and the concert. Now the thing I really wish for is them to come here again so that I can see them for the 3rd time.

APINK ! FIGHTING !

17-03-15

Time flies so fast, its already mid march of 2015 and its gonna be an enjoyment period for me coming soon.

Things on the bad side, I went for my regular medical appointmeny last week and the doctor say my condition doesn't look good as he say the blood sugar is always on the high side. I've already tell him all the things he should know and he said i need to change my lifestyle.

The doctor says my meals are all too late compared to other people. Breakfast at 10, lunch at 3 and dinner at 9 is not the meal time for a normal person, not to say a diabetic.

But the thing is my job working hours is not the 8 to 5 or 9 to 6 hours. My hours are like 10 to 7 which already is slightly later den the majority of the working people.

Since I start my day late, its obvious that everything is being pushed to a slightly later timing. But somehow the doctor just doesn't understand this. He says that I'm staying up too late and waking up too late. Thats because my day starts late, but the doctor keeps pushing the blame to me !

Ok, to be honest I'm not having a fantastic diet too to maintain my blood sugar also but i just feel the doctor doesn't understand and he just keep yapping on it. Of course I know he is doing it for my good but he also must understand what I'm experiencing.

Lets drop that topic of sadness.

This weekend I'm gonna attend Apink's concert ! This is so exciting !

Alot of my frenz say wtf I'm 32yrs old and I'm still crazy about Korean girl groups which they already can be my niece.

But what I feel is that why cannot go crazy about girl groups. Watching them perform, listening to them singing makes me happy. The main thing of living a life is to be happy rite. My life is already so full of negative energy of course I need something to make me happy rite and watching pretty girls performing definitely makes me a happy man.

The other thing to be happy is that I'm going Japan from 30th March to 8th April. The last time i went to Japan is like year 2008 which is like the release of Street Fighter 4.

Street fighter 4 already have so many variation thats it has already become Ultra Street Fighter 4. It has been 7 long years and finally I'm going back there !

I am sure this is gonna be a very fun and exciting trip but it definitely is an expensive trip. My estimation is like total I'm gonna spend like near to sgd4000 for the whole trip including lodging and everything.

But this time round I'm going with people which we have the same interest in things. Games, anime, jpop, cosplay, everything.

Just hope that its gonna be a very fun trip and of course full of phototaking !

06-03-15

Here I am again, updating my blog on the go.

The world is so convinient now, i can like update yhe blog anytime anyplace with just a phone and data connection. I can even upload photos to the blog but it risk me of using up my data before end of the month.

The moving of the office is a success ! Finally we're at a place which really looks more like an office now and not some deserted and shady retail shop. Although the office space is like only 1/3 from the previous one we're using but its definitely more decent looking and more comfortable to be in at.

Its those serviced office which means its like a big office which is divided into like maybe 10 small offices, with individual aircon unit for each office which means we can adjust the temperature to our liking. The shared office also provides a water dispensing machine which means we got free water !

But the office is not perfect also. The internet provided by them is too weak or being used by too many people that I'm always unable to connect to their internet which makes me unable to do work as my work requires constant internet connection and communicating through skype with my colleagues at other countries.

The partition walls between offices are kinda thin also coz one of the days my neighbour office was having a meeting and I totally can hear what they are saying during the meeting, and its quite clear also.

The toilet provided is clean and cooling as there's a fan always blowing so even when you're shitting you wun really feel very hot but the flaw is that the toilet only has a toilet bowl and its being used for the whole floor so I believe that if you really have to shit, so it fast so that the others are able to use it also. Nobody likes the feeling of the shit parking at ur asshole and coming out anytime.

Overall its quite a pleasant place compared to the previous place. Even if its not ok, we do not have a choice also as the 2 year contract have been signed. We can only suck thumb if the place sucks.

Reaching my destination soon, shall update again !

20-02-2015

Its the time of the near again !

Its Chinese New Year !

Chinese New Year is the time which all our relatives gather at somebody's house and have a get together.

And this time round CNY is on Thursday and Friday which means its a long weekend for office workers like us which we get to rest like 4.5 days one shot without using up any of our leaves.

Usually the first day is reserved for my dad's side of the relatives and we're like closer coz we still keep in contact.

We always seem to have more things to talk about like football, games and loads of trash. And without fail, they will surely come for celebration unless something occurs.

The 2nd group of cousins is my mom's side which we are not that close as we dun grow up together so we seldom keep in contact also. But they also nv fail to visit every year during the Chinese New Year period.

The most paiseh things is I dun even know the names of my female cousins when we exchanged phone numbers. But now since we know each other's names maybe we can slowly keep in contact.

At least this year we got group photos now !

10-02-15

Blogging at the best time, travelling on the bus.

Life have been real busy, soloing at my workplace for more den 2 weeks.

Reason ? My in-charge his baby boy is having a fever and he says he cannot come to work as the infant care doesn't take in kids with fever as it will spread to other kids. And whenever this happens, he will be away for at least a week as the infant care will not take him in for that week.

And the last time it happened, his baby son's fever is so serious that he has to be admitted to hospital.

I mean of course I'm not angry at his baby son for getting sick but if your son gets sick so frequently, what could be the reason ?

When you tell me ur baby son is sick and you cannot come to work because you have to take care of your son at home as you cannot send him to the infant care, pf course I'm ok with it. Taking care of your son is of course a very important thing but if your son keeps falling sick so frequently, are you sure you are taking care of him properly ?

Of course I won't question the parents love and care for their kids but this falling sick is happenjng so frequently that it starts to make me wonder whether is your son really sick or that you just don't feel like coming to work.

Nowadays I have so much to do that I really feel like quitting and leaving but because I need the job and I treat you as a friend I decided to stay, but this thing is happening too frequently that not just me, everybody is losing their trust in you already.

You're behaving like you're the only one with a son in this world that you can just totally ignore everything and just care for the kid. And I seriously duno whats the problem with you. Izzit trust problem or you just have nothing to do.

Whenever you ask me to do something, after I do it you will just do and do it again. If its something you can do it yourself, why would you ask me to do it in the first place ? If its something you wanted me to do when why would you go and do it again after you have asked me to do ? So its because you feel that I will make a mistake on the job or that you just wanna make me look like an idiot ?

The limit is there and I seriously foresee an explosion coming soon. When it happens, the only word I will tell u is BYE.

31-01-15

Happiness is . . . . . . . . . . .

Able to watch T-ara and Apink performing on TV

Able to sleep until waking up naturally

Able to see the football teams playing and winning

Able to have meals and gathering with friends you cherish

Able to see your friends being happy with their loved ones

Able to watch live streams of tournaments in HD without any lag

Able to play games with friends without lag

Able to listen to songs that we like

Able to work with responsible and cooperative colleagues

Able to have no worries in life

Able to go to Japan and see the life size gundam in front of my eyes

Able to eat the things we wanted

Able to live in this world and experience everything I listed above

18-01-15

Its been 18 days into the year 2015 and nothing good have been happening.

Ranting posting here I come.

The year has not been well for me since the year have started. The health issues are getting from bad to worse for me. The frequency of having chestpains have been more frequent den in the past year.

Everything is getting from bad to worse. The heart is not feeling well, the diabetic is not under control and I'm getting more and more fat.

The doctors have been making noises about my diet amd everything but sometimes I really do not understamd what is happening. Cutting down on the food intake, havimg some slight exercises like walking home from work isn't really helping.

The doctor ask me to eat lesser, but when I eat lesser I become hungry even more frequently den usual. So in the end I'll eat more den I should because I'm constantly eating like every hour.

But sometimes they dun understand the things I'm going through. They keep scolding me for what I'm doing like eating alot but they are not me, they do not kmow what I'm going through.

Of course I understand the phrase " If you dun help urself, how can we help u ! "

I totally understand all these but I really duno what is causing it.

The doctor always ask me to do more bloodtests and have more records on my blood sugar monitiring. And of course I understand all these things are important to my health.

But the doctors do not understand the financial burden of all these things.

Every 12 weeks I will have my regular medical appointment at the Diabetic Centre. A regular bloodtest which they draw like 3 tubes of blood will require me to pay like between $100 to $150. The regular consultation with the doctor will cost me another $100 to $150, and the prescription for my insulin medicine can easily cost me $500 to $700 depending on the duration between my medical appointments.

And I have not mention about the bloodtest kits I have at home. Everytime I wanna do a bloodtest, it would require me to use a needle to prick my finger and a test strip to drip my blood on it so that the machine can detect my blood sugar and give me the results I need.

One prick of the needle and one of the test strip will have a combine cost of $2. You guys will think, " aiya, its just $2 mah, nowadays one cup of coffee would have cost more den that."

But what if you have to do it at least 3 times a day and a maximum of 6 times a day. Giving it the least is 3 times a day which is $6 per day. And for 3 months it will be $180.

And now its time to do the math. Each time when I go for my medical appointment, I would nees to spend ( $100 + $100 + $500 + $180 = $880 ) which is the mimimum or the maximum of ( $150 + $150 + $700 + $360 = $1360 ).

I'm just a guy who earns 2k per month. In 3 months without any expenditure my salry is 6k, and the maximum I need to fork out for my medical is 20% of what I'm earning. I dun earn like few thousands like those doctors who just sits inside the consultation room and entertains u for 10 minutes and you will have to pay them.

And now I got double problem as my heart also have problems but it doesn't seem to be as serious as it seems but anything concerning the heart must be a standard level of danger which means there is more expenditure in the medical bills I already have.

Haizzzzz, suddenly I have no more mood to continue. I shall stop the ranting and continue another day.

On a sidenote, congratulations to Jay Chou and Hannah ! Its their big day today !

01-01-2015

And the first post of 2015 will be photos of our xmas party !

24-12-2014

Its gonna be 2015 in 2 more weeks time !

And here comes day 4 of our Korea trip !

We are united !

Day 4 of my trip is the 1st day of the guys trip !

After we have gathered and off to Hongdae for dinner ~!

Of course for dinner, we have to go to Kongbul. One does not simply go to Hongdae and not eat Kongbul at least once !

Kongbul is pure awesome man seriously. Look at the bean sprouts, cuttlefish and pork meat. It may seem not tasty but looks are definitely deceiving. This is definitely one of the best food I've eaten in Korea !

After when you're gonna finish, they will drain away the gravy and mix them with rice and eat it through the metal plate.

This is how it looks when it's soaked in gravy. It's AWESOME ! ! ! ! !


After dinner we walked around Hongdae. For people who have watch Dream High 2 before, all these photos will remind you of how the Dream High 2 students performed on the streets of Hongdae.

After that we went to the Dongdaemun night shopping centre as the guys wanna shop around plus it's their first day here, making it to the fullest !

And of course for those like me who is not interested in shopping I will just stay outside and eat !

After all that shopping den we decided to go back for DRINKING !

But that will have to stay till the next time !

28-11-2014

Yup ! I'm back again to continue my Busan trip.

After we settled down at our hotel, we've decided to go walk around and look for food !

This is the entrance of Gukje market which is the place we decided to go look for food !

The Gukje Market is like those night market in Taiwan that you can shop and eat at the same time. There's quite a few street food stalls so whenever you see something u wanna eat u can just stop and have a bite and continue.

After that we are feeling more and more hungry and we decided to find a proper place to eat and we happen to walk past this fried chicken restaurant.

We walked past this restaurant as we see the person preparing the fried chicken outside the restaurant and it seems like its damm good and so we decided to GO FOR IT !

We ordered a plate of fried chicken and this plate came ! There's so much fried chicken and it only cost us 15000won which is around sgd18.

The 3 of us shared a plate and surprisingly it filled our stomach ! Although the chicken is fried but it's not very oily and the meat is not fried till very dry also. One of the best fried chicken I had in Korea.

After that we decided to go to the Busan Square to have a walk as it's one of the places to visit as it's like the Myeongdong of Busan.

The place looks so modernised compared to Gukje Market until that you will be mistaken as you're in Seoul.

The Busan Square looks so much like Seoul which also have all the famous brands there, and it's really crowded too !

There's also an area which teenagers will perform there, just like in Hongdae. It reminds me of DreamHigh.

Ok, I shall stop here, kinda lazy to blog also as I'm tired from working. I'm basically working almost everyday without rest.

Shall blog again soon !