What's it mean to be ACSian

Look behind the 3rd interviewee, fomer VP guy...
Anybody remembers the significance of the picture??

Of Cars and Hedges

Ahh... animations... dun you just love them? And of course, we have the latest in Pixar/Disney vs Dreamworks Animation SKG productions. Namely, Cars vs Over the Hedge.



To me, both animations had their strong point(s), but overall, I felt Cars gave me a larger "another satisfied customer" feeling.. in other words, value for my precious SEVEN SGD!

Here's a quick shootout (IMHO) between them:

Storyline = Cars! (Both had their "moralistic" story to tell.. but Cars put it through more subtly.)
Animation = Over the Hedge! (Rendering Fur physics >>> Rendering Reflective surfaces. 'nuff said.)
Soundtrack = Cars! (Just visit the website links above!)
Humour = Cars! (See below for more!)

There you have it! And as I'll elaborate... Cars took the humour category for me cuz of the "Pixar Short" (One Man Band) preceding the actual movie. If you haven't seen the movie, you might want to take a look at the short below to see what I'm getting at. And if you have seen the movie, well, sometimes it's good to see it again isn't it?

Enjoy then, courtesy of 'higuizmo' who uploaded it to 'Dailymotion' (Another one of them video upload sites like Youtube, VeOh, etc.)

-Cal-

Congratulations ACJC Band!

Just got news that ACJC got "Judge's Choice" and has thus been chosen to perform for the "FESTIVAL COMMAND PERFORMANCE" on the 26th of June.







They were brilliant at their adjudicated performance yesterday night playing Movement for Rosa and Turandot, wish I had a recording for yer guys, coz the hall sounds as good as it looks!

*Groan* that means it's gonna cost me $35 to go watch them at the opera house now...

G'day from Sydney!!

Miss Sng is here with her entourage of students. Not to be outdone, us sydneysiders took the oppurtunity to meet up with her!

Aaron and I are pictued below with her, outside the Sydney Town Hall where ACJC had just performed as part of the opening night ceremony for the 17th Australian International Music Festival!! [link]




ACJC Band on stage

2 new members of Club 27

A long time coming since we did anything like this.. but our lucky pals Darren and T3 (sans Eric cuz he is away is New York) were given a messy (crabs!) B-day dinner at 'Jackson's Place' followed by a drinks and cake session at 'Moonstone Theatre'.

Selected photos below!

While looking for the B-day cake, we caught Astro Boy copping a feel! Cheeky!

What's wrong with this picture? Caught on the way to 'Jackson's Place'.

The early birds waiting for the 7 late comers! Sorry! Oh, we had one uninvited guest who made a surprising appearance also.. *whisper* Mr./Dr. Lee. *whisper*

The attendees plus the "tiramisu" cake! Front Row: Daniel, Darren and T3
Middle Row: BDSM Queen aka Kong Qi Tou aka Aunty Ho, Sandra, Jane and Me
Back Row: Benjamin, Ivan, Patrick, Desmond, Jeffrey our host, Ah-Boon and Jonathan

After cake, drinks! Well, sort of...

Mario Kart addicts! Join the ACSWO Nintendo DS fanclub today!

Sudoku addict!

Aunty Ho trying her best at PC Sudoku.. while everyone waits to go home!

Desmond finding out his brain age...

"WTF?!?!? I'm 46?! Stupid game!"

And that wraps things up!

-Cal-

Dinner at HV - 10 June 06

Activity: The weekly meet up of Aunties and Uncles and their Juniors.

Location: HV Crystal Jade

Time: By right 6pm. By left 6.15pm, 6.30pm, 6.35pm and 7.00pm.

Attendees:

• Uncle Lim Johnathan
• Uncle Leow Desmond
• Auntie He Shan
• Teecher Sng Sandra
• Singapore Explorer Ng Edmund
• Japanese Tan Tsu Tsen
• Student Ong Calvin
• Baka Chua Jeffrey
• Photographer Lim Ivan

Most popular combi meal: Stew Beef Noodles at Crystal Jade and Tau Hway Zui.

Uncle John acting very sian. (Thanks for the free transport!)

The laughing buddha or bugger?

Certified best flavour: Chocolate with Oreos!

Jokes galore!

Watching Jeffrey try out some IQ stuff. Dunno whether got or not in the first place. =p

Sorry for the lousy captions... Am watching some stupid CH8 movie, no time no time. Hehe!
Full picture album internet address can be gotten from me. =)

* Anyway, another alcohol/dessert/espresso gathering is up next saturday (17th Jun) at Jeffrey's new house... HEHE. Watch this space. *

Westsex Story

If you're going to West Side Story on the 30th of April, look out and take pictures if you can of the people in Circle 1, Row CC, Seat 31-32 please and post the pictures up here!!

Christmas 2005

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Kudos to Jeff, we'd a blast this year!

Catch phrase of 2005: Rotten Apples.

We're getting married too... =)

Hi guys... havent seen you all in a while, sorry me and Wendy were unable to attend the christmas party at Jeff's place as my close friend's dad just passed away on christmas eve so we went to accompany him during the wake the following day =(

At any rate we'd like to you all know we'll be finally tying the knot after 7 years of running and hiding (kidding =) on Feb 25th next year.

It'll be at Life Bible-Presbyterian Church, 9A Gilstead Road at about 5pm, so do drop by if you can...

There will be dinner after that at a hotel we've booked, so let me know directly if you're coming so i can prepare the summons, ermm... i mean invites!

Hope to catch up with u all soon,

Sam & Wendy

Super Mario World by Jazzy Marching Trombones

Click below for video!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7871234421362265231

Bye Sandy

While she's off to Vietnam, do visit her blog for updates.

So when we visiting her huh??

Every now and then...especially after my submissions, I would surf around and read everyone's blogs. ..yes, Tsush, I am one of the bo liao people that read your blogs...and also Ivan..Darren...Ben...Daniel...Edmund..anyone I know that i can get my hands on...that's my pathetic architectural student life for you..


Well, I think this is my second post here. The first one was when I joined the blog which was last year. Time really flies. One of the reasons why I don't post is I keep forgetting my password to the blogs and how do you get photos up here...it's such a process! Of course, there is the other side of me who doesn't want to confront my inner voice. ..they should stay inside..when you verbalise your thoughts espeacially your fears...they sometimes become real and an obsession.Wonder what would hubby think if he knew I was writing blogs....hehe...who says you have to tell your partner everything...of course, if that came from him, I wouldn't be too amused...

Anyway, I still can't believed that I did tie the knot after these 3 months. Actually to tell you the truth, during the soleminisation, we were supposed to sign some papers. Under the scrutiny of so many relatives, especially my newly acquired ones, I just signed it. And so, I always joke with hubby..." You know, I don't really know what I signed that day. Hope it was something good. I should have read the papers before I signed them, huh?"

Seriously, marriage has been so far lovely. I think we are still at the blissful stage coz we don't have mortgage and screaming babies yet...Well, eventually we'll train the babies not to scream in the future...hehe..but I think I'll still enjoy enjoy it years down the road. The events of July was very surreal. I do take out my marriage certificate which I brought to Australia and read it....hmm....my name and his name....just to be sure it actually happened. That's what happen when you stay apart too long. ..every few months, you have to say goodbyes...you start thinking your life back home was an imagination. Anyway, I think this year will be the last time staying apart..

That brings me to....one final examination/presentation before I get my Bachelor of Architecture. I think it's a very daunting affair with all the independent examiners involved. Everyone's quite stressed and intimidated. However, I think I manage to find something that I can be commited to and love for the last 6 years. And I did learn a lot in this few years compared to my college days. Haven't been doing too badly for the final year either (considering all the sideshows that I performed!), I really hope I'll make it through rather scarred free. Wish me luck, okay? Oh yes, I can't build a house for you...although I can give you free unofficial architectural advice if you trust me enough...:)

I am looking forward to December...will miss Hari Raya for the first time since I haven't finish exams.( It' s the fasting month now!)...looking forward to attend my first Lunar New Year...although hubby was whining...."Hmm...can we skip it?"..and I responded, " Come on, give me a break...I am trying to show solidarity with you here..." So I hope tis year will end up nicely...

Well, think I wrote enough...hope everyone is well.till then, see you another year? well, maybe sooner:)...

iPod Flea

Yo!

Been a long time since i posted here.. dunno how old is this clip.. but it's hilarious! Here's an excerpt from the link.

"This week, David Pogue has arranged for a special guest video artist: Scott Kelby, Photoshop maven. Last week, as he keynoted his own Mac Design conference, he played a hilarious Apple ad spoof for something called the iPod Flea, which I'm pleased to offer in its Web debut." - NYT

Click any part of this line to see the video!

-Cal-

p.s hey Ivy! Can repost ur msg to get rid of spam comments? Thanx!
p.p.s Ben, Ed, any ideas how we can curb spam comments? It can get dangerous. KIV yah?

What are you doing now?

Time check: 3.00pm

Location: Office desk

Feeling: Bored.

Drink on hand: Suntory Cafe Mocha bottle can

Reading material: Japanese Language Notes Chapter48 Causative Verbs

Things to do: Learn Jap, Read Forum, Surf Net, Watch Stocks.

End of Work: 5:15pm Tokyo Time.

Typhoon: Strong gust of wind n rain. Umbrellas are useless.

Earthquakes: none.

After work activities: KFC/Macs/SGusto Dinner followed by volunteer Jap lang class.
then. personal Jap class. Me teacher today.

wat about you?

p.s. yea i know this should go to my personal blog...but hey..no one is writing anything...hehe
need to read something fresh.

Missing my student life!

Apparently, this is a glimpse into how Singaporeans hold house-warming parties over in America.
http://ia300810.eu.archive.org/3/items/KevinFlorenceHouseWarming/florencewarming.mov

Bleh, it's quite a big place I must say, for a 1-bedroom? But ugh, she can do with better interior designing. Can't blame her for missing out on those "home makeover" shows, since she JUST got her cable.

Arrrgh...I wanna get cable back in aus!!!

BTW, is it just me, or does the girl right at the beginning of the clip remind you of Evelyn from kids central?

Google Talk

If you don't have one yet, it's time to get a Gmail a/c, coz Google's IM service is out!

Chee Soon Juan Podcasts?

Off SDP website:

The Singapore Democrats have launched RadioSDP, the first political podcast in Singapore (see announcement on the Home page). SDP secretary-general Chee Soon Juan has given the inaugural address, in which he highlighted the Party's manifesto as well as raise issues regarding transparency and accountability (or the lack of it), NKF, ministers' pay, minimum wage, foreign talent, etc.

Some ppl said...

Slammed

3rd Time Lucky?

This fella's account about being slammed into during an accident.

Anyone want to go for Real Run?

Anyone want to go for Real run?

got this from one of my friends on Lj

http://dash.notsniw.net/unbelievable.wmv

wonder if there's some camera trick involved...but I dunno...what really puts me off is those Jap girls squealing 'EEEeeeeee' with excitement and stupification...and I was thinking of going Japan to study......hahaha