no sands....

sands is making waves as they cannot get enough locals to fill job vacancies......

well with the meagre offer what else can they expect..... LONG QUEUES?????

wake up lah......

so HOT.....!!!!!!!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

when i alighted from the car this afternoon, i saw a very FRESH and DEEP SCRATCH on the LEFT FRONT WHEEL...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...........!!!!

and i knew WHO DID IT ---------> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok ok the discovery surely made my afternoon very very miserable.... and being the impatient sort, i just have to visit the tyre shop immediately after work..... i cannot wait till saturday, not at all.....

the uncle who directed me into the shop was very kind ... at first he said i might have to leave the car there till monday ... but oh come on, how can i live without a car till monday???? so he offered a very new lancer GT 18 inch wheel as a replacement for mine during the repair.........which is a one-to-one swap for the alloy wheels........

so i was thinking i gotta use this GT wheel for a couple of days and he would just mount the tyre and put the wheel on the car.... but he didnt.... even though it's for 2 days, he put the wheel on the machine and had the freshly mounted wheel/tyre balanced...... very nice of him to do so without me asking.....

i'll let you know what happens when i get the evo x wheel back......... it's not going to be cheap but i hope it will look as good as new....

PLEASE DO NOT SCRATCH MY WHEELS ANYMORE...!!

so pretty hermes table clock.....

if you like croco..... and you like watches and clocks, it would be most perfect to have this on your table........

one for work and one for home...... so make it 2 haha....

puma lift racer ferrari sneakers

finally it has arrived...!!!!

so let the pics tell the story.......

oh it feels so great and comfortable....... all thanks to lkk......

although he said he would be wearing his on the drive back, i was so sad that he didnt in the end..... haha cos he was wearing his trusty black bata leather shoes.....

dun wear anything....???

so much controversy about high-tech swimsuits......!!!!

then we should have all the competitors swim naked so that no one will complain about swimsuits again....... :)

and what will happen to the current world records after the high-tech swimsuits are banned...???

spot the diffusor

when the carbon piece is THAT big, there's no difficulty in spotting the rear diffusor on the aston martin dbs coupe........

damn, one could just salivate by looking at THAT piece of carbon magic......... this is by far the most beautiful aerodynamic body feature on any car i have seen from this close......

i have to qualify this statement though... as i have yet to get any closer to a ferrari or lamborghini.......

puma news from KL part 2.....

hot news from KL.......!!

yeah yeah, task completed...... and in fact our friend went the extra mile in getting himself a pair ......

so not only one pair for me but also one pair for himself............. thank you lkk.......... haha

and now i have 2 pairs of puma lift racer sneakers........ that's nice isnt it.....

now the thing is let's not wear the same shoes on any same day ok? haha......

yahooooooooooo!!!

big brakes....

i was tempted many times to upgrade to a big-brake KIT....... especially when i see other cars that have them installed...... oh just like the honda accord in the picture

however made-in-japan brake kits are pretty expensive........ and i have other concerns e.g. suspension and brake lines to take care of before i could do the brakes....

hmmmm i just like the look of project mu .... as well as brembo, AP racing blah blah blah.........

big-brake KITS are cool........

not enough money...

WOW......!!

even the mighty BMW has to call it quits when the money runs out.......

we all know the formula1 is a money-sucking venture....... but there are some that still makes BIG money from this circus........

and he's still laughing ..... haha......

too much money....

for many consecutive days there were full-colour full page advertisements by astar ....... which appears to be offering congratulations to their scholars.....

dun waste money lah, who cares..... other than giving them free education grants, they still needed to be congratulated?????

of cos the underlying message is to attract aspiring students to apply for their scholarship but who cares......

use the money for something else which is more meaningful, e.g. renovating offices haha..........

just dun get it.....

some ppl just dun get it........

when the rules and regulations are posted for all to see, why claim ignorance and complain when they receive warnings and infractions....???

they just dun get it......

dollars and cents...

i read the comments in the papers..... some ppl were complaining why a big part of the 45,000 crowd at the national stadium was cheering for liverpool instead of singapore.... dont they love their national team?

oh come on, why the lament...... ??

the reason is simple..... no one in his right mind would pay 88 dollars to see singaporeans play football............

those that paid good money wanted to see liverpool....... as for the other team, it could be malaysians, banglas or ang mos, it really didnt matter.....

haha.....

puma news from KL....

errr... abit of a breaking news from KL.....

lkk called me and said that he found the puma ferrari lift racer in kuala lumpur!!........ isnt that great????

since we couldnt find any of the right sizes in singapore, we just have to go north........

furthermore, he said there is a 20% discount ... WOWOWO..!!

so what are we waiting for???? buy it before you regret.......!!!

good morning..!!

sunday's wake-up time was 2 pm......

for monday, i need to wake up at 7 am..........

it's going to be a tough act to wake up willingly later..........

how i wish i can have all the time to sleep .... if only i could......

off the diffusor...

saw a very new mitsubishi lancer ex that came with some look-good and go-fast bits........but of all the little bits, i like the exhaust da most...........

as for the diffusor, it's only so-so........

cheers to ion orchard....

what's so cool about ion orchard....???

well the toilets are cool...... why so? cos they provide disinfectant gels for the public to sanitise toilet seats.....

one word = COOL ..... haha

when is too much really too much..??

with the opening of new shopping malls come the following of new watch retail stores and boutiques.....

and after soaking in the euphoria of the "newness" of these well-lit but otherwise mostly soul-less places, have we observed the over-supply of watch retail outlets???...... is there a point of saturation? or can the locals and tourists support even more...??? i have no answers to that....

and what happens to the "older" malls.... and their watch retail outlets........??? fold or continue ...??

for example, on a usual retail weekend the omega boutique at raffles city shopping centre (which is operated by sincere) is hardly the busiest place ...... so will the omega boutique at ion orchard fare any better when the "newness" is gone..???

or have you seen the number of visitors and customers at the blancpain and breguet boutiques at raffles hotel arcade..???? i wouldnt describe the situation as miserable but if you are there, just take a look for yourself......

in the long run, i'll be very interested to see how spanking new mono-brand boutiques at ion orchard will do......

watch my head 2...!!

oh gosh....

thank god he's ok cos it's such a miracle....... and he survived not only a SMASH on his helmet but also a 5.5g crash into the tyre wall..........

OUCH..!!

hey hey...

to lkk, hey hey buy the one with a pink leather strap haha.......

both css and i agreed that to witness someone else buying a watch is strangely more exciting than compared to our own shopping experience......

let's hope the deal is done this week.......

watch my head...!!

one was struck by a flying tyre on the head.... and now another was struck by a piece of suspension component.......

once is considered a freak..... but a 2nd is certainly worrying......

one is dead but massa is alive.......

surely we all know motor racing is dangerous but seldom is flying debris THAT dangerous until these recent weeks.....

be still...

for reasons that elude me, i want only to laze at home this afternoon.....

no mood to shop and no mood to browse...... and the bed keep calling to me.... haha....

sometimes staying at home is a very attractive option...... no need to spend a cent and home is always so comfortable.....

and remember, stay away from ion orchard this weekend .... i can imagine almost the crowd so just stay away

a loud and mean bugger....

very loud and very mean is the DBS.....

and very expensive too.... how come my car doesnt sound like that haha

1700 rpm......

that magic number is 1700 rpm........ cos the Golf gives you a super flat torque curve from that number onwards and ....that means ALMOST NO turbo lag.......

in comparison that 4B11T engine in the evo x makes 280 PS at 6,500rpm and 422Nm of torque at 3,500rpm...... while you get 211 PS at 5300 rpm and 280 Nm at 1700-5200 from the GTi.....

you just have to make sure you are in the right gear all the time if u choose the evo x..... if not the GTi will just run away in an instant.......

all for close to S$130,000....................

your choice..???

earning enough and spending enough

i'd heard of ppl who said.... modern footballers are earning way too much for their own good....... ut of cos we know only the best are paid SO MUCH........

and if you consider a ferrari costs approximately GBP200,000 in the UK......

and a top footballer is paid about GBP130,000 a week.....

YES! A WEEK...!!! not a MONTH!!

so when one can buy a ferrari every 2 weeks with change to spare, is that too much or too little..??

2 ways

it's good when there are upcoming events to witness the launches of new products......

however, when there are two events on the same day then one has to make a choice...... well i think this is a headache i rather have than not haha.....

anyway let's see if my choice is right........

more inspiration.....

in recent years levi's is fast becoming a player in the affordable watch market segment........ and i can tell they are quick to learn and muster the best of ideas from other manufacturers......

can you recognise any familiar shapes in the display case....????

i can even spot a mr roboto-lookalike haha........... and how about g-shock, bell & ross and glycine inspired watches ....

so fun huh....

big day....

tuesday today is the big day....

oh yeah the day hundreds and thousands would descent upon a place known as ion orchard .....

so how can i miss such a big day........ haha but in fact, that was just an excuse..... due to some last minute requirement at work, i left office late and i thought, might as well adjourn to new crown jewel of orchard road instead of facing the peak hour traffic....

as usual i parked at my favourite free parking lane and took a short stroll to wheelock place...... where i spend some time at borders..... browsed through a few car, audio and watch magazines.......

so over at ion, the thing i found most amusing is the name that michael tay chose to front his new store, a name that perhaps close to half his customers would have troubling enunciating..... i mean if it's supposed to be the hour glass then let it be the hour glass.......

since this was my first time there, i was more interested in finding out the layout and orientation of the new mall...... which is why i didnt step into any of the shops.... i'd leave it for next time....

i beg your pardon....???

your daddy, mummy and your relatives will never believe you if they knew that you'd just spend S$475,000 on this car....

more likely that not, they might wanna wallop your backside if they knew that's you just blew S$475,000 on this car.....

this is an absolutely monster of a saloon-lookalike.......... but... never be deceived by looks...... this is a MONSTER......

cos you will need to pay a MONSTROUS bill for:

road tax

insurance

tyres

and whatever wear and tear items to maintain this 5.0 v10 twin-turbo charged 580 hp MONSTER......

OUCH..!

green with envy.....

CSS and i are green with envy......

cos our friend has a new watch that matches his t-shirt ....... oh so nice.......

we are so proud of him...... so give the man a TIGER..!!!

neighbourhood pasta..

the pasta shop at the neighbourhood coffeeshop has been opened for quite some time ........ maybe for a few months already? hhmmm i cant remember exactly when they started..... but that's beside the point....

while the fried hokkien mee and chicken/roast pork rice are my usual staples, i didnt have the courage to try the pasta until today..... on the many occasions there, i've been quietly observing the food they served..... it looked very good, was smelling good and the customers looked happy eating there......... however, i didnt have the faith that a pasta shop operated by a chinaman could be any good.....

oh boy i am so wrong...... this chinaman is an authentic pasta chef..!!!! it could have been an ang mo in the kitchen..... and i cant tell the difference.....!

so give him a chance and i was surprised, impressed and hooked........ ok i tell myself i gonna try the vongole next time.....

it may not have been cheap but it's good........ and the serving was generous.....

CSS knows me as someone who's picky about food...... and he's been curious about the pasta store as well...... it was only after i told him my experience this afternoon that he said he saw somebody else who looked like he enjoyed the pasta there when we were having coffee......

yeahhhhh yummy good pasta i like.....

left something behind....??

went past bedok reservoir yesterday afternoon......... and there was a bumper left on the island......

so who will be collecting the bumper......??

the trashman or the car owner..???

early call

waking up time for today was to be 0630 hrs.........

and i jumped out of bed at 0642 hrs.......

washed up quickly, changed and left at 0652 hrs........

reached the eastern coffee shop at 0705 hrs.....

ok i was late by 5 mins but considering that i had overslept for awhile, it's good enough for me......

more controls... for credit cards......

we need more controls to defeat credit card fraud..... more controls may mean a higher cost but in the long run will benefit card members, merchants and of cos the issuing banks too.....

what we should have are.....

credit card with a photo......

pre-printed signature ... (since they ask for a signature at the point of application, this can be done easily).....

verification slips with questions !! (haha this one is like taking an exam...... so even if the bugger steals your card, he may not be able to use it if he cant answer a random personal question....)

portable terminals with biometric verification..... which may be one of the more expensive options.....

if only the bank cares.......

bling bling strut bar ralliart...

at the carnival, mitsubishi ralliart was having a promotion for some packages..... in particular, ralliart alloy strut bar, ralliart radiator cap and performance airfilter for about S$450++ ......

and this week, they are giving away ralliart tuneup parts if one books a new lancer ex...... so is the ralliart strut bar superior to the aftermarket alloy or steel strut bars...???

yeah i think the factory item is definitely superior in looks....... as for performance, my senses may not be as keen to be able to tell the difference.....

if one is able to get it free, good............. if not, u can save some cash by going the aftermarket route....

i did not....

aha...... dun worry! i didnt buy any watch at all..... inside was a gift from chopard.... they were kind enough to invite a group of ppl to view their latest range of watches and novelties at their new boutique.......

although this is not a genuine chopard-manufactured pen, it is still a very very nice touch.......

while at the boutique, i had the chance to play with the chopard pens on display....... the twist mechanism is oh-my oh-my creamie smoothieeee....... even better than my faber-castell pen..... but at a price of cos......

nevertheless thank you chopard......!

let me have one...???

it's been my dream to have a dedicated listening room for the audio system....

and although i have realised the dream a few years ago, i have always wanted something like this....... big and spacious enough to accomodate the largest of loudspeakers....... and fully treated to enhance the listening experience....

hmmmm...... let's work harder..!!

only watch

hmmmmm .... i can see a very beautiful watch case...... which is paired with a extremely MESSY-LOOKING dial.....

what a pity.... it could have been a winner...... i think the dial sucks....... and sucks absolutely....

the anti-counterfeiting feature is a godsend but it is plain useless when the dial is so messy..... because no syndicate is interested to make copies of such a ugly watch haha

more fine....

well..... for feeding monkeys, someone was fined S$3000......

and now for feeding oneself in the MRT, someone will be fined S$300 onwards.......

i think self-feeders should be fined S$3000 as well haha....

after all, it's about feeding....... right.....

my favourite plaster....

yes yes!! whenever i feel the need, i always depend on salonpas......

used overnight, it is usually effective to relieve pain and discomfort........ just remember to apply after you shower as the adhesive works better on a clean surface....

stiff neck.....

ahhh i didnt sleep well last night ...

and that gave me a stiff neck for the entire day.... EEKKKSSS.!! no matter how and what i try, i just couldnt get rid of it....

the only solution is to sleep it off when i reached home haha..... and IT WORKS..!! sleep is the best medicine for fatigue..... and maybe i should put a medical plaster on my upper back...... yup i shall do it later....

smelling good....

at S$4 each, i think it's a pretty good buy......

and to no surprise, it is also sweet-smelling haha

so while one is in use, the other is a spare.......

from past experience, one cannot last more than around 4 to 5 weeks......

oakley plank....

in a moment of carelessness last night i dropped my spectacles on the wooden floor.... OUCH..!! and being the usual particular sort, i kept thinking that the frame had become misaligned.....

UURGGHHH i cant wait for today to arrive so that i can get the optician to do it for me..... so after a hard day's work, i sprinted out of the office to drive over to the optician......

and on my way there i was thinking if i should have another pair as a backup...... one option is to get a el cheapo pair for use at home...... or maybe should i buy another pair of oakley.... hmmm but that will cost me another few hundreds of dollars....

anyway the salesguy was very friendly........ and i went through a selection of oakley and tag heuer frames.......

of the many i've tried, the new oakley plank in aluminium suits me best haha....... cast in matt black, the retro-themed frame is very strong and stout to withstand the rigours of everyday wear......

hmmmm in the end, i decided to take a break from spending...........

next time ok??

patek sighting....

while browsing around the sonex booth at the CAT carnival... i spotted this ang mo who was wearing a patek 5960 chronograph in rose gold.....

although a little excited to see one in the wild, i resisted the temptation to let him know what a nice watch he was wearing..... cos he might thinking i was up to no good........

would you compliment a stranger on his choice of timepiece...???

octane 92 update

after 3 tankfuls of octane 92 petrol which came to more than 1500 km, i am happy to say that there's been no difference in fuel mileage between 92 and 95....

driving habits were about the same...... traffic conditions very much the same (well the same old crappy peak hour traffic).....

so if your car can use 92, just switch and save a few dollars each time......

something for me too....

i did buy something from the carnival......

stuff from sonax....

since there was a good offer so i also picked up 2 x glade car freshener at S$8.....

and from the neighbouring guardian store....... mouthwash and handwash......

ah i saw ah mole at the carnival................ he was busy taking pictures haha.....

for guys too..???

i have no idea if this is the cheapest but it is certainly one of the cheapest bluetooth headsets in the market..... only S$29 at the CAT carnival ......... there was another model which was cheaper but it was all SOLD OUT.....

well i have no need for this.... my guy friend wanted one so i picked it up for him.... even though the packaging stated "lady", i am sure guys can use this .... cos i dun see any gender-detector on the headset.....

if there's one in the first place....

round and round

ok drivers....

do you like going round and round....???

do you like spiral staircases...???

do you like a fun challenge...????

ahhh then you must try the carpark at Orchard Central, the newest shopping mall right smack in the centre of orchard road.......

first segment:

to reach level 5, you have to go through a continuous spiral carpark ramp (CW direction) where you face on-coming traffic which will be spiralling down in a CCW direction.... dun worry there's not a hump in sight so you can really push .... just make sure there's no slow coach ahead of you.... if not there will only be pure frustration in your face.....

2nd segment: from level 5 and up, the spiral continues ... but your progress will be checked by humps..... and that's not so cool......

on the way down, the fun only begins from level 5 onwards........ which is a challenging spiral separated only with double whitelines............

trust me, the white walls are just waiting to collect paint marks........ sooner or later......

SO TRY IT.... :)

magic.... dent removal

you saw it and now u dont.......

thanks to uncle's magic touch, the dent is gone..... but uncle also said that as the integrity of the paint surface had been compromised, i just gotta live with the mark..... well comparing with the before and after pictures, what more can i say.....

after all the dent is gone..... and TRULY GONE!!..... it was a wonderful job, kudos to uncle's workmanship......

to make sure i was first in the queue, i had to wake up at 0830 hrs ...... anyway uncle did it within an hour so i spent the time having breakfast and also had a stroll around the industrial area.......

and before i left, i saw a mazda 2 with a total of 9 dents WOW.... that will surely take some time to fix.....

THUMB-UP.....!! if u need to fix a dent, big or small..... u can look for uncle....

utter luxury....

oh my, if only every luxury watch comes with such luxurious packaging..... the quality is OOHHHHHH..... SO LOVELLYYYYYYYYY.....

wait till you compare with rolex, JLC.... or even panerai....... none can come close to this quality.....

LV is no doubt the master of trunks.........

static running....

the doctor called me up..... and made me go through a treadmill test........ i've never liked to jog on a treadmill.... and today it just confirmed what i've always knew: it's easier to jog on the ground .....

other than that, i gotta watch my diet ... haha.... hmmm, i thought i've been keeping away from oily and fried stuff..... well, just gotta buck up......

since there was time left after the shoft 15-min but still tiring treadmill run, i detoured to the tyre shop to patch the tyre.....

worst fears came through: the nail was pretty LONG...... and there was a loud SHOOSSHHH when the guy pulled it out......

to make the patch more durable, i opted for the inside job.... which cost S$20......

however i was surprised they did not have the inner mushroom-type patch..... their way of doing it was to use a tyre cement........ a thin layer was applied from inside and left to dry........

so will this tyre cement hold up? i hope so.... and i pray it does.....

nail IT..!

try to get into a habit of checking your tyres regularly..... be it car, motorcycle or bicycle..... it will surely save you lotsa headaches in time to come......

and behold...... this evening as i was giving the car a visual check, i spotted a glimmering reflection from the right rear tyre..... DAMN..... !!

just as i feared, there it was...... the head of a nail .......... and lodged in the tyre..!!

should i leave it or should i pull it out...????

well i think i should leave it till the weekend when i have da time to get a tyre patch if the hole springs a leak.....

DAMN....! i hate nails.......

hitting reverse.....

if the nation wishes to progress, then mastering english is not a choice...... and learning mathematics and science in english is not a choice....

to give it up after all these years is such a waste..... it smacks of a lack of political will and resolve.....

oh no.... more effort for this dent...

eager to get rid of that irritating dent, i went to lye designs this evening......

alas, the lady said this kinda dent is very difficult and challenging to remove...... so a combination of cold-pulling (suction) and massaging is needed....

too bad the boss was not around and with him went the suction tools.....

i'd booked an appointment so i'll be back on another day ....

just to make sure i spend some money today i also went to autobacs....... and came back with a bottle of car shampoo S$9.50.....

haha i love shopping..... right now i am resting after washing the car....... even though there's a dent, well the dirty car still needs washing right....

pls do not KICK..!!

i was thinking .....

what if you were carrying this bag and someone from behind, so tempted by the football-inspired motif, gave your bag a KICK.....

can you blame him?

haha oh come on, this bag is asking to be KICKED.... :P

but isnt it CUTE..????

the range.....

is the electric car the future..???

i doubt so.... cos there's one fundamental flaw that the designers need to overcome......

one can refuel a petrol/diesel vehicle in less than 10 mins......

however, there's currently no way to recharge an electric vehicle that quickly (unless one can replace the batteries at regular "petrol" stations).......

which means we cannot have a GT electric car that has grand touring or cross-continental aspirations at the moment.....

that is why some are still going the hybrid route....... and KERS should be a good addition to new hybrid vehicles.......

if only we can find a simple and quick way to split h20 into oxygen and hydrogen..... that means engines can be powered by hydrogen..!!

if only.......

so hot inside...

hey it's no joke when one needs to wear a N95 mask during the course of work.......

since the days of SARS, i have become familiar with the sights of healthcare workers operating with PPE equipment... i.e. mask, goggles, apron and gloves....... and i thought, wow it must be really tough to be wearing all these.....

however it's not the same when one gets to try the full treatment.........

it's hot, stuffy, uncomfortable, stifling, itchy, sweaty and you can imagine any other description that's associated with crap haha...... well, you get the idea.....

aqva bvlgari...

one of the many goodies i enjoy is trying new scents and usually the salespersons are generous to throw in larger samples for me.... the key is not to store a fragrance for too long.....

so this will be my new fragrance for awhile..... for the moment, i have enough to go around...... but i am always on the lookout for nice smelling choices....

wring da NECK ...! hate dents!!

i am always very careful when opening car doors, be it my own car or not...... and i dun like to knock onto other cars..... just as much as i dun like others to knock onto mine....

so when i saw this new dent.......i was like, UUURRRGGGGGHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!

damn the idiot who did this.... whoever he or she is.... DAMN!!

well well just gotta go for dent removal again......... which is another S$30 down the drain....

DAMN..!

list price for rolex submariner 116613

even though the newly launched rolex submariner in gold and stainless steel has yet to arrive in singapore ....... it's good to know that the list price is S$14,256.... only slightly higher than the rolex gmt master 2 116713 (S$14,171)....

a likely scenario is the first few pieces might be selling at a small premium or very close to list price...... it's just my gut sense.... cos the AD that i talked to did not wanna commit ...

we'll see...

where did they come from...???

i know that they are everywhere but there's no easy way to deal with road hoggers..... in fact, there's nothing one can do to them which is why these ppl exist......

to me they are the lowest rung of road users..... worst of the lot.....

earlier in the afternoon, i was behind this van at the traffic lights...... and when the lights turned green, he took his own sweet time to move off and was so ridiculously slow.... so slow that it's worse then moving backwards haha........... incensed, i horned at the idiot and switched to the next lane.......

so when the worm managed to crawl up at the next traffic lights, i know he would do something.... sure enough he looked at me and applauded..... HA, so he's trying to be sarcastic..... so i returned the compliments with an action that i should not describe here......

damn, what a worm.....

ninja warriorrrrrrrr..... !!

those that have done their time in army know about the Standard Obstacle Course (SOC).... but not everyone enjoys having to go through SOC.......

maybe it's too tough or back then conscripts were doing something against their wishes......

when i watch ninja warrior on tv, every participant wants so much to conquer the course.... so what if SAF recruits get to participate in the ninja warrior singapore-style???

that at the very least should be 100% more entertaining than the boring SOC..... haha

cut off from the world??

in our modern working environment, what happens when the email system is down...????

well ..... we are all paralysed!!

let's all sit down and pray..... :)

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and damn the road hoggers on the ECP this morning......

if one needs to maintain a distance of 3-4 car lengths in the fast lane in morning peak hour traffic, i suggest that the person stays off the road..... and just keep to the slower lanes.......

be considerate..... SIGH....

road hogging should be made as SERIOUS as speeding...... for it is just as dangerous ....

a little more LIFT....

i think the official pictures from puma look better so i might as well be using theirs..... so far i have seen the gray/white, black/white, yellow/gray... and of cos the ferrari model in scarlet..... but i have never seen the green/black version up close.....

isnt it cool....???

however i am not going to get too many pairs of these...... one is good, two is great but never never three....

puma lift 2....

hmmmm i must have not made myself clear..... and my friend, who was confused, asked if i DID buy the puma lift racer..... he saw only the box that was shown a couple of posts earlier....

yes of cos i did..... but it wasnt the one in scarlet as there were none in size 7 that i could find..... therefore i just have to make do with the pair in gray/white...... which i think is just as nice but in a very different way.....

after wearing for half a day on tuesday, the fit was found to be excellent and comfort very good ........... i am glad i grabbed it.. which incidentally was the last pair of size 7 in the store...... not only the last for gray/white but also last pair for ALL available colours......i never thought that size 7 is THAT popular......

if you want something light, comfortable and versatile, try this out.......

always the monaco....

i have always thought of the monaco as one of tag's most beautiful watches...... and even though i am not a big tag fan, i have always harboured a secret liking for the monaco...... and if you can remember this model, the monza too,,,,,,

but other than sharing a similar case shape, the LS has nothing in common with the monaco of old....... instead it is brash, loud and very modern.... which then makes it perfectly suitable for the modern city dweller.....

however the launch pictures alone do not tell the whole story.... it may prove to be a surprise when the real thing comes to the stores......

medals tally....

here's the latest medals tally for the world H1N1 championship.....

singapore may be not be a sporting powerhouse at world championships or olympic games but when it's about the flu, we are surely near the top.....

United States of America #	27717	127	6268	40
Mexico #	8279	116	0	0
Canada #	7775	21	1043	2
Chile #	5186	7	0	0
United Kingdom #	4250	1	653	0
Australia #	4038	7	758	4
Argentina #	1488	23	97	2
Japan	1212	0	163	0
Philippines #	861	1	416	0
Thailand #	774	0	0	0
Hong Kong SAR#	726	0	31	0
Singapore#	701	0	72	0
New Zealand#	587	0	134	0
Spain#	541	0	0	0
Panama #	403	0	45	0
Dominican Republic #	108	2	0	0
Indonesia#1	8	0	6	0