robotic.....

lacking refinement and largely industrial-looking, this timepiece sells for 52 thousand euro dollars..... ouch!!

so what if it comes with 2 rotors..?????

they simply have to do better than this ............especially for that kind of money....

an everyday car.......

an almost-perfect everyday car should have

4 doors...
pretty but not THAT pretty
a BIG boot....
powerful and fast..... foolishly powerful i hope
easy to park..... easy to drive....
not too flashy....

so i conclude that one of the best choices is the Mercedes-Benz CLS55 AMG.....

other than the AMG styling, it looks very much like any normal CLS .... the saloon car that looks like a coupe ...... or attempted to look like a coupe.....

it is seriously powerful.......... well with a supercharged 5.5 litre v8 engine it should

interior is sporty and luxurious......... and now they even have a CLS 63 AMG......... NA instead of supercharged...... get it while u can...........

JELLYFISH casio g-shocks

these new releases remind me of a jellyfish...... and i only like to eat seasoned jellyfish .... and hopefully have nothing else to do with them......

however they look pretty good........ hehe......... if only they glow in the dark

worse....

so i thought monday was bad..... well, tuesday didnt turn out to any better...... i did wake up feeling fresh but the good feeling didnt last.........

i think people should make better use of their brains .... and more often too.............. pls dun make life difficult for others for no good reason.....

ahhh i need some comfort food..... something to eat and make me feel better...... how about ice-cream...... dark chocolate...... macdonald's milk shake................ fried fishballs....... hmmm i feel a little better just thinking of the goodies.......

right now food and sleep are my best friends haha...........

this is funny...........

hmmm.... so what if one runs low on fuel in johor...??? .....

nah, things are just not as straightforward as it seems............... they need a better solution.....

more info here http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/350252/1/.html

as for singaporeans, there is one less reason to travel to johor.... :)

our government should "reciprocate".... instead of having a 3/4 tank rule, why not make it full tank??? hehe

a japanese prank....

a friend sent me this link.....

u shd see this... dun miss it....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMhf2azGW90

choices....

ok breathe in.......... the name of this creature is ....and repeat after me

Romain Jerome Cabestan Titanic DNA Tourbillon Vertical ...... haha

how's that for a mouthful.......

i think it looks more like an ancient cash register than any watch i can think of......

if i remember correctly, parts salvaged from the titanic (yes it's the same ship that sank in the movie) were used to make these watches.... and there are only 6 pieces made for the entire planet earth............ eeekss.....

i rather they remained in the depths of the darkest ocean.......

sensible...???

life is full of surprises and upsets......... more often that not, things dun quite turn out the way we wish for....... if everything were to go our way, who needs to pray....right?

one can puff and huff but you can never escape your destiny...... of cos u never know what will happen unless you try (or dun try)......

so are u interested to know your destiny? it may be a good thing after all....... if there is only a tragedy to look forward to...

i hope when i wake up tomorrow i will feel a little more motivated than i felt this morning..... hee.... work is really a chore

choose your favourite print........

a coin purse/pouch is a useful accessory......
u cant fill your pockets with coins right..??? well for me, i dun enjoy the experience of coins jiggling in my pockets.... some may like it i guess......

for ladies, it's even more important ....... dresses dun really come with coin pockets..... so coins should end up where they belong: a coin purse....

which one is your choice..???

the last hour of a sunday.....

as usual i dun quite look forward to mondays...... especially a working monday............

if only my finances allow me to quit immediately and enjoy a non-working lifestyle hehe...... if only such dreams come true.... hehe

i would then certainly buy:

a new car..... or maybe a few new cars..... well how about a bad-ass lamborghini gallardo superleggera............ which incidentally is my fav lamborghini, even though it's not the fastest or the most expensive....... i find the gallardo to be more pleasing to the eye than the ultimate murcielago...... a newer model, the gallardo lp560/4 has just been launched ... but i still like the superleggera best........ simply bcos of its singlemindedness and hardcore purpose....

a good choice for alot less money is the nissan GTR............ which is a true monster of a supercar.....

a few new watches........... a few pateks.... a few APs..... a few rolex .... a few RM.... and a few more.....hehe.......... the numbers seem more like many than a few.......... so sorry that i am greedy after all.....

a new audio/video system......... and of cos a a new house to fit everything in......... yeah a new house where i could oversee the design from scratch...... i want a dedicated sound room

if time permits, maybe i will follow the formula 1 season and visit parts of the world to catch the races...... sounds interesting huh...??? i would love to see istanbul, monaco....... valencia...... so on and so on........

ahhh looks like i have enuff to dream for the sunday night......... thank you....

eeeeeeeekkss.......??? master compressor EXTREME tourbillon...

holy holy......... this is totally awkward.....

if they had hidden the tourbillon, it would be perfect........... well the dial layout is consistent with the master compressor extreme range but there is no place for a tourbillon on such a contemporary design of a dial......

no doubt it will sell........ a total of 48 limited pieces in titanium and platinum.......... no doubt i have no liking for this.....

there are more beautiful tourbillons out there........much much more beautiful....

no thanks

this year we have decided to vote with our dollars....... we say no to starhub and its euro 08 broadcasts...... even though it's only S$10..... no means no........ i can live without a football tournament......

watching football live on tv is getting more expensive .....and there is a limit to everything..... they cant expect us to pay and pay all the time.....

and now that starhub no longer has the rights to the uefa champions league next year, shouldnt we expect a little discount for less content in the coming months......

it will only get worse......

HOT lap...... monaco

is this felipe massa's first pole position at monaco...??? i believe it is..... and it was a HOT lap......!!!!

now compared to any other circuit in the word, the pole sitter here has the greatest advantage......... cos the streets of monaco is just too narrow for any overtaking....... it's possible of cos but the stakes are high ......although it doesnt happen often i kinda remembered many years ago michael schumacher, from 2nd position, out-dragged mika hakkinen. who was the pole sitter, to take track position at the first corner....... it was a fist-punching moment......

similarly exciting in Q3 was david coulthard's 200 km/h shunt right after he saw the light at the end of the tunnel............driver was ok but the car was OUCH...... kaput i think....

how will things turn out tomorrow at the race...??? if the ferraris are on a light fuel load, then they have to watch out for the next 2 cars ......... seems like lewis hamilton is all charged up for this race (after what happened last year....... when he was "advised" not to challenge fernando alonso for the win)....

as usual i'll be rooting for the prancing horse....... GO GO GO!!!

HOT

i'd heard over the radio the temperate outside is 34 degree celsius............ gosh, is this the new summer?

fortunately we have the airconditioner....... the greatest invention of the modern times..... if not we are all dead meat..... sooner or later......

legend speedmaster omega

this may look like an advertising board but in fact, it's a watch..........

instead of a graduated bezel, one gets a non-functional roll-of-honour ........one that lists michael schumacher's lifetime achievements in formula 1.......




besides that, it's quite a pretty watch..... an omega speedmaster nonetheless........

if u care to examine, the first 7 hour markers are arabic numerals while the rest are sticks....... why 7? well, michael is a 7 times formula 1 world champion........ simple huh.....

done in carbon fibre, the dial also sports a pair of skeleton hands..... which is a nice touch i feel..... however, i am not so keen on the rubber strap............ it looks out of place......

ah found it...........

yes.... indeed there are more....

and a good find is the elan sneaker..........

damier 2

yeap..... this is what damier graphite looks like................

pics from freshmess.wordpress.com

as i have said, the lune is way cool.............. at the moment, the range is limited to a sportbag? i hope they expand the range to cover more items.................

coincidental................. Offshore

i wrote about the audemars piguet royal oak offshore in rose gold not long ago..... no doubt it's a handsome watch ......and bcos of the skyhigh demand, one never gets to see the watch in a display case...... they are always booked in advance..... my regular AD hardly gets one in 6 months..... that's how popular the RG rubberclad is.....

coincidentally 2 are put up for sale by grey dealers this week...... AHHHH, perhaps there was a recent delivery????? ........... and both are "brand new"..... i read that as "unused/unworn" cos they are no longer "brand new" when resold by grey dealers.......

first one at passions (funan centre)..... @$S52800......... with papers dated in apr 08......

http://www.passions.com.sg/Audemars_Piguet/2279-AP.htm

2nd one at visiotime (hitachi tower).......... at "nearly 25% discount" off the retail price of S$65,000..... which shd come to S$48750.......

http://www.visiotime.com/index.php?page=ProductDetail&id=2736

which one will u pick...???........... it's a no brainer......

damier

between the spanking new damier lune and the VERY NEW damier graphite....... i prefer the former..... i would, however, luv to see the graphite print up close before i decide.....

still my favourite damier print is the azur..... :)

ahhhhh rariiiiiiiiii...!

was scooting around katong area ..... well, to be more correct, should be driving.......

ok so i was driving around katong area and admiring those big houses and gardens when ..... suddenly a flash of scarlet flashed past my right........

with the quickest of my reflexes i hit the brakes HARD and reversed my car immediately......... hehe, it all seemed like a flash cos i was driving and the scarlet car was stationary....... certainly that car wasnt flying .....

and there it was..... a scarlet ferrari f430 parked in one of the smaller houses in the area........ surely it caught the light well and was shining brightly under the hot sun..... gosh, unmistakable is a ferrari in scarlet......... it's the reddest of the red..... hehe.... pardon me but i think u understand what i mean........ there is nothing more red than scarlet....???

guess what? right next to the ferrari is a lamborghini murcielago.....in ORANGE!....... WOW.... what's there more to say....... 2 of the most sought-after supercars under 1 roof....... :)

i took a good few minutes to admire the scene......before i drove off............. in my earthly 1.6 litre car......

work and work

a short week this may be but it's going to be real busy.......... sigh...... pardon me if the progress here has been slow....

work has not been kind to me ..... so..... i just have to spend a little more time and effort on this thankless job.... :P

a real classic.........

always in demand..... and always out of stock, the rubber clad AP ROO in rose gold is a real gem that ROO fans strive to own........

i like...!

lost....

for such a wet and gloomy day, what shd i have for lunch...????

something hot and soupy..??? or something spicy....???

usually i would not take rice for lunch cos dinner is always rice.........

i feel lost........

felipe massa and felipe massa

the man and his richard mille rm011-fm............ *nice watch*.... :)

complicated.....

do u like prefer simplicity or complications.....????

this is definitely for fans of complications..... why? well for a start, it looks complicated right? haha

packed with features, i could tell there is a

moonphase indicator....
day/night indicator....
power reserve indicator...
date, month and year displays....

i feel overwhelmed just by looking at it.... :)

hey hey....... what's this????

optimistically limited to 30 pcs, i hope they manage to sell all of them......

seriously i think they will have a problem doing that..... and what's with the name x-ray...???

it's butt ugly..... sorry for saying this

big thing

when one has to make a major decision in life.... it's prudent to spend more time.... and more time to consider........ what is it in life does one wish for.........

there's always pain and fear of the uncertainty that one needs to overcome........

let's hope everything will be fine.......

congratulationsssssssssss

congrats to felipe massa.....!! 3 times winner of the turkish GP...... quite an amazing feat huh.... a hat-trick of wins at one circuit......!!!

surely he was happy and now he's equal on championship points with lewis hamilton at 28 points..... kimi although 3rd today continues to lead the world championship......

the racing, as usual, was quite eventful............ the safety car was out on lap 1!.....haha......

wowow.....

as much as i like the patek 5980 nautilus chronograph........i never expect this sought after piece to fetch S$92,000 in the resale market .... ouch....

look at this http://www.visiotime.com/index.php?page=ProductDetail&id=2770

rich features... bell & ross GMT

the GMT model stands out among the crowd of other BR watches....... cos it's packed with features...... you get

a BIG date display
dual time zone...
a carbon-fibre dial.....

as a bonus, it even looks GOOD .......... :)

strap alternative...........

do y ou like leather straps? do you enjoy changing straps to suit your mood and lifestyle...???

we all know paneristis is the group that have the most fun with straps...... but i am glad to know that bell & ross owners have a choice too...........

looks pretty good, dun u think???? much nicer than the OEM leather and rubber straps......

sleepy? forget it...

now if u are sleepy or if your hands are not steady, u can forget about being a watchmaker..... :)

besides handling components smaller than particles of dust, you need 100% full concentration to get it all to work.....

sometimes i daydream about being one but after careful consideration, i think better not.... haha it's way too tough and complicated.......

it's one thing to repair a car engine/motorcycle engine, it's another to repair a watch....... moreover, i never wanna give up on my morning coffee

square deal

it may be not the latest model but take nothing away from the jlc squadra hometime in gold/black dial.....

certainly the black dial is nicer than the white/silver version........ i am usually a sucker for white dials but not in this case.....

complementing the design is the warm and classic gold case...... and that little black winding crown in PVD.....

while a black alligator strap might suit the overall package better, the rubber strap is available to make it more versatile .........

goooodddd?

do u ever believe in slimming treatments and their advertisements....???? do u think they work....???

looks too good to be true...?? maybe the treatments work......... or maybe more of it is photoshop.......

look at the pic.... Ms Olinda Cho lost 15 KG..!! wow......

i am always amazed when i see these before and after pictures....... if they are truly effective, then is there a money-back guarantee...??? if the slimming houses swear by their products, then what is the problem..????

hehe what do u think...???

no way for me to find out cos i am underweight... :)

i need a weight-gain treatment instead.....

i wanna buy this............!

if i have a little bit more cash, i might change my CD player to something like this....! ah the ayre cx-7 CD player.......



not only looks good but sounds hmmmmmm....... a one-box player is more convenient that a transport/dac combo ..... one less AC cable and can save on a digital interconnect cable.....


or maybe the c-5xe....... which is a universal player capable of cd, sacd, dvd-a playback........ but since i have only CDs, the cx-7 fits the bill........

is there a force....???

is there a force or are the forces playing a part to push up prices for almost everything we need under the sun....????

why are oil prices rising so much.......... is it purely a surging demand....??? or is it due to the weak US dollar......?? instead of staying calm, panic is setting in .... pushing prices to beyond us$120..... crazy.....

if this goes on, we will need rationing soon........

nothing but black.....

ah so what's new..... another black watch, so my friend said........ it's almost becoming too predictable...... make it all black and declare it limited.... and viola! they expect everyone to rush to the shops to get one...????

obviously the DLC (diamond-like coating) is tough and attractive but too many black watches have diluted the appeal ......

i cant remember how many of these i have encountered recently......... way too many.....

it's bad when one is deemed the followers instead of being the trend-setter... sigh

chicken feet.....

have you looked at the pic of the rolex sea dweller deepsea.......... pls look at it carefully......

why is the crown on the dial shaped as such...?? looks more like chicken feet than the rolex crown....!!!

very weird....... well, it could be optical distortion from the dome crystal....... what do you think.....?

wait till we see the real thing.... ok?

regulator anyone...????

regulator watches, which present time in separate hour and minute dials, are usually less popular with watch lovers........

maybe it's that classic way of telling time..... ? anyway these watches have their place in history...... and a notable few manufacturers are still making them...... chronoswiss, sinn come to mind.....

the alpine regulator is available in the market for quite some time but this one is unique.... inside beats a true manufacture movement..... something that alpine is very proud of......

it looks pretty good........ i find the dial design much more contemporary than classic........... especially the luminova coated hour markers.....

pretty fair i think......

i like this little piece by Dr Winston Lee..... in short irresponsibility is anti-social behaviour......

one should always be responsible ....... for his own safety and also others'...... whether they are a driver, pedestrian or any other road user..... everyone must play their part......

never assume the driver would stop at a zebra crossing...... never assume that the old lady would not step off the road divider...... never assume the kid would not run across the road...... never assume the lady would not stop to recover her shoe..........

anything can happen..... never assume.....

LTA and NETS: who's @ fault.....

either LTA or NETS should refund all motorists who paid up the $10 administration fee......!!! those that paid up must be compensated .......especially for something not their fault....

ridiculous......!!!!!!!!!!!

u can only feel comfortable (or not) if u are alive....

for those people who feel that seatbelts are uncomfortable..... well, nothing else matters if one is dead.....

so pls belt up...... it's never too late........

maybe we need four-point seatbelts for passenger cars soon......

it may save lives

hottttttttttt.....!!

what's wrong with the weather...?? or is there anything wrong with mother earth...??? it's been scorching hot HOT HOT these few days...... well in fact for more than a couple of weeks already??? i cant remember....

we need rain....errr i mean the rain drops falling from the sky.... not that korean guy ....... rain and storm to wash away the heat........ sigh.... meanwhile can only depend on aircon........ but that doesnt work very well, especially in the car...... it's way too HOT out there......