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Music On My Blog

Yeh!!! I finally have music on my blog!!!

Steady hor...thanks a lot Su for letting me know where I can get music and incorporate in...so touched ^^

Well, for those who also wish to put music on their blogs. Here's the link below. Its really easy, all u have to do is register for a free account, select the songs u want and paste the link in your blog...as easy as tat! Well, have fun w it k.

http://www.iwebmusic.com

What a Day!

Some recall for the day...

Saw A LOT of dead cockroaches along the streets of Chinatown. Think I counted abt 5 of them lying in a particular spots and more along the way while I was walking to work from Chinatown MRT. I think the authorities should really do something abt this...wat if some tourists decide to start off their touring day early and come down to Chinatown, only to find a whole army of dead cockroaches...super unsightly! Eewwwww.....well, read my previous posting -
DEAD COCKROACHES

Had a hectic 1/2 day at work coz I had an IT briefing in the afternoon. Went down to Treasury for the briefing and I was actually quite interested in the topics that they were covering - Wikipedia, Blogging and Podcasting. An IT idiot like me would probably need this kind of lessons. Now, a million dollar question: "What happened during the time I sat in the IT briefing?" Those who know me well would have guessed....yeh! I slept through most parts of the briefing...actually, I was only awake at the blogging part, which is really useless coz they only touch on wat is blogging, some interesting blogs and where u can go to create ur own blog (which is duh...wat do u think u are reading?).

After the briefing, there was a sudden downpour and Su & myself were stuck at Funan for a while. So we went up to Challenger, wanting to see if there is any arcade/game station where we can waste some waiting time. We did manage to play X-box a while before some boy came up to me and ask to play...haiz...no choice, have to relinquish the controller. OMG, I LOST TO A BOY!!!

On my way home on the bus, I actually saw a car with some Watsons plastic bags covering the rear of the car. Initially I was wondering why the car owner pasted Watsons plastic bags on his rear window...then I realised that....the car has NO REAR WINDOW! Wahaha....

Then, when I reached home, I saw a BIG flying cockroach!!! I was chasing it ard like crazy and trying to kill it while scaring myself half to death...but I kept missing...finally, it hid under my washing machine and disappeared. Funny it din occur to me to use Baygon on the cockroach -_|||

Hmm...my day started with cockroach...and it ended with cockroach...wat a day!

Falling Into Routine

Besides the usual everyday routine such as wake up, get ready, go to work, work, go home, maple and sleep...I discovered my very own weekly routine.

Weekly Routine
Monday - Monday Blues, I feel sucky & not feel like going to work. Taking leave is always on my mind on this day of the week.

Tuesday - Suppose to go swimming but I always manage to convince myself to go home and maple.

Wednesday - CORN SOUP DAY!!!! See my previous posting: Corn Soup T_T

Thursday - Late night day...coz the next day is Friday, I keep convincing myself that sleeping late is ok coz can slack at work on Friday since weekend is near.

Friday - Only 1 thing in mind: 5.30PM ....Why? My off work time.

Saturday - Maple Day ^^

Sunday - Family Day. My eldest bro & his family comes over for lunch and I get to play with my niece and nephew (but normally I will get tired of playing with them and go back to mapling).

Haha...not bad hor...I am quite amazed at myself too. Often wonder how issit tat human beings can fall into routine work/things so easily? Its like our body and mind mould themselves to suit wats happening around us and when it catches the pattern, the same things just repeat themselves. Dun know wat I am talking abt??? :P well...nevermind...me talking crap again....

Somewhat Happening Weekend ^^

I finally came out of my cocoon and walked out of my home last week. I met up w Kim last Friday for dinner at Bishan and some late night shopping at a pasar malam there...been so long since I went to jalan at pasar malams...hehe...quite interesting to see wat they sell nowadays. I am preparing my 10 X'mas for my family and managed to settle 2 gifts. Holes burning in my pocket!!!

On Sunday, I went out with my bros, sis-in-law, niece and nephew for lunch. Due to my laziness, I only had 2 pieces of pineapples for breakfast! And I had to endure hunger till 2pm plus (or was it 3pm?) for lunch...coz Charmain had to get her 'beauty' sleep till nearly 2pm, or else she will be cranky and unbearable. I have no idea why we selected to go Suntec for lunch but the buffet at Sizzler made it worthwhile the wait. It has been quite some time since I ate at Sizzler too...I simply love their garlic bread...mmm...so tasty! The rest of the food was also delicious. Only disappointment was the ice-cream (weird hor?)...well, it was coz the ice-cream came out of the machine too soft and watery and melted so quickly tat its really a bit messy to eat.


"Hmm...wat are these 2 dishes???" (above & below)


Have u guessed it? They are my creative masterpiece!!!...using leftover crumbs of food. Once again, all shall behold my artistic nature :P Come on...dun puke! They actually look like real dishes wat!

After lunch was a little shopping...which din yield much except for my bro's new handphone. I think its really tough to shop around with kids. But well, it was fun for me to push Ray's pram and see him sleeping sweetly. He is such a CUTE baby!!! Oh, then there is this cute thing when we were travelling home in my 2nd bro's car. We stopped by NTUC for my eldest bro to buy some grocery. So, the rest of us waited in the car and I pass Ray over to my 2nd bro to play with for a little while. Then Ray was so excited and was chuckling and laughing while trying to get his hands on the wheels...wahaha....So CUTE!!! He even tried to bite the wheels....wait...he tries to bite everything he can get his teeth on. He bit on the seat belt too. When Ray was passed back to me for us to continue out journey home...he whined loudly protesting being taken away from "his" wheels...LOL! CUTE baby!!! (Hmm...how many times have I said CUTE?)

New Blogskin, New Look

It has been a year since I started blogging and I think its time to bring my blog to the next level!??? Wonder wat I mean...well, its simple, to improve the presentation of my blog, I have decided to do away with the old boring blogskin and give a brighter new look to my blog.

After searching through the many blogskins available on websites, I finally find a perfect one which I like. Sadly, due to my limited HTML knowledge...it was a struggle to edit the layout of the blogskin. I tried to update it one of the day last week and ended up giving up halfway coz it was just too complicated. Then, I tried again yesterday and after much editing and previewing...I finally managed to get the LOOK tat I wanted. But guess wat??? When I tried to save the template, there was a connection failure and everything was lost!!! Aiyo, my whole heart fell at tat T_T Had to redo the whole thing again and crack my brain recalling the changes.



Anyway, the new blogskin is up now, and I hope that all of u like it. Some might ask why I pick PIGs to be the theme of my blog...hmm...no reason...I like pigs (cartoon ones I mean...dun think I will like real life pigs).

How R Song Titles Translated???

Recently I have been organizing some Chinese music files in my computer to delete the duplicate files and re-categorizing the remaining.

As my computer is unable to read Chinese Characters, the real challenge comes when I need to rename some of the files. Hanyu Pinyin seems to work out pretty well and we are able to recognize the songs from there. But when the songs are named in English!?? Ever wondered how some song titles are translated from Chinese into English and become....barely recognisable?? These are some examples (taken from Ping Guan's album):-

1)Teng Ni De Ze Ren -> Uxorious Responsibility
2)Zui Xiang Nian De Ji Jie -> The Missing Season
3)Ming Ming Heng Ai Ni -> Really Love You
4)Zui Jing Bi Jiao Fan -> Feel Boring Recently
5)Ai Qing Bu Neng Zuo Bi Jiao -> Incomparable Love
6)Wo Zhao Ni Zhao Le Hao Jiu -> Looking For You For Long Time
7)Ai Qing Zhuan Wan De Di Fang -> The Place Love Turn Around
8)Qing Ni Xiang Xin Wo -> Trust Me Please
9)Pei Ni Yi Qi Lao -> Be With You Forever
10)Fen Bu Kai De Liang Ge Ren -> The Couple That Cannot Be Separated

No.10 song title is a bit long so when it appear on screen it shows "The Couple That Cannot Be Se..." and I tot the last word is "Seen"...hahaha....imagine what the Chinese words would be then??? "Kan Bu Jian De Liang Ge Ren" OR "Jian Bu De Ren De Liang Ge Ren"....wahahaha....

This sets me to thinking abt how Korean actors/actresses had their names translated into Chinese names (maybe even unknown to them sometimes). Cant quote any examples at the moment but I do remember there was some confusion in the past on some names.

Well, sure hope that in future, translators would try to do a better job to translate between languages in order to find the closest meaning and not just plainly translate word for word.

Star Bloggers

I was reading Xiaxue's (Wendy) blog yesterday when I came upon her recent post regarding another blogger Dawn Yang http://dawnyang.com . It was by no means a malicious post, more like Wendy expressing her displeasure at pple comparing her with Dawn and saying that Dawn is the "Hottest Blogger", better than Wendy herself.

Personally, I dun get wat's the hype abt securing popularity thru one's blog. Hmmm, the possible advantages may be media coverage, advertisers interest to pay u for advertising their products, freebies from advertisers, free invitation to parties and events, invited to go on TV talk show....Ok, tat sounds like quite a lot of goodies...but think of the disadvantages: no privacy to post freely on own blog which is subjected to public comments, no freedom to blog as and when u like coz pple expect u to post regularly, some pple might hurl abuses and make hurtful remarks on ur looks, personality and behaviour (though Wendy said she doesnt care, but I am sure she must feel at least a little hurt to read those things), pressure to improve ur blogging style and blog coz u want pple to think u are interesting and stay interested in ur blog.

Overall, I do admire both Wendy and Dawn on their well done blogs. However, everyone shld note that they are bloggers of different style and whenever possible, stop comparing the two. Wise readers shld just read whichever style suits their taste and interest them. In my personal opinion, I like Wendy's style more. As u can see, I linked her blog to my own blog and not Dawn's :)

Though I am far from becoming a star blogger (ever), I do realise that I have improved in my blogging since when I start abt a year ago. At the start, I was merely posting on my daily happenings factually, like where I went, what I did, who I was with. Then, I evolved and put in more of my own thoughts and opinions instead of just reciting occurrences. Now, I am of a different league altogether...just read my recent posts and u will realise that I am writing creative stories (erm, bo liao though) and introducing to u the things tat I like (eg. 183 Club, K-dramas).

I will endeavour to improve further and have just decided to look into changing my blogskin...change it to something more interesting than just pink...so, be patient while I hunt and try to change it as best as I could. Erm, no worries...I wont put the blogskin as 183 Club, though I like them...think some of u might not appreciate seeing them whenever u visit my blog...hahaha....

Are Talks Just Plain Boring?

I just attended a talk this morning on service class standard. Its one of those blah-blah talk regarding what we shld do to keep up the service standard in our organization. As if boring contents is not enuff, we had a REALLY REALLY BORING speaker!

U know how pple like to grade speakers on their ability to present and engage the audience in their talks. Well, I tot I met all the lousy ones already: Monotonous, boring, soft spoken, nervous, over-enthusiastic....

This particular speaker top them all. He seems like a nice fella and all, but the moment he started his presentation, I went to 'La-la land'. He is not only monotonous, he tried to engage the audience by asking them to share experiences, but failed badly coz no one seems eager to participate. So there I was, dozing off and waking up once in a while to take a peek at wat's happening ard, only to fall right back to sleep again. Its a common thing for me to fall asleep during this type of training, talks or etc. But to sleep thru the whole session...power! well, that speaker has been condemned in my books. :P