Curry Fish Head Dinner

Yummy dinner by Dear M's mummy.. Her curry fish head is so super delicious.. a little sour and very spicy.. caramari is chewy and crunchy.. I had a big plate of rice :P

fried caramari.. curry fish head.. thai mango salad..

Big Pooh Bear

I want this pooh bear.. put in my car :)

Foods Fair

Went to Singapore Expo for foods fair with mum and our designated driver cum maid.. I don't have confident to drive cause of the crowd.. sure karan-kapok :)

We had breakfast at Bedok.. so full that we don't think we can take in anymore foods at the foods fair.. The fair open at 11am.. the car queue is so long.. the cisco police seal up some of the exist and entrance which I think it make the situation worst.. Lucky I'm not the driver.. otherwise I will be so hot up!! But we are consider early bird.. so there are still plenty of parking lots..

Wah.. so many things to see, eat, buy.. we had a great time.. Mum is like a walking directory.. she know the price as compare to outside.. so we can easily figure if they are cheaper or not :)

We had shark fins soup, peking ducks, braised pork bun, liang teh, bak kwa, saba teriyaki, ikan billis chilli, white coffee, soft drink.. etc.. so many foods.. just feel like everything also must eat and everything also must put inside the tummy..



Crowd.. Crowd.. Crowd..

In the end, we brought ikan billis chilli, thai chilli, 2 original fish cracker, 3 wasabi fish cracker, 2 mango salad, 1 seafoods salad, 1 moshi ice cream, 2 boxes of red bean ice cream, 3 tau hua, 1 yam paste, 5 packs of japanese frozen foods (chicken teriyaki, black pepper chicken, unagi, chicken balls, octopus), 1 bots of fuit juice.. Majority of it belong to mum :O



That is not all lor.. mum and me are holding 1 bag each..

Lucky Jie Jie didn't come along.. otherwise I think there will be more stuffs to carry.. cause she also another shopping queen.. She always behave like she come down from mountain top.. so once she got chance to buy.. she will buy and buy and buy...

Mum plan to go again with Bro D on Mon and Jie Jie will go with baby Unique on Tues..

Ask Your Customers

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Are we fulfilling all of our customer's travel needs?

If we are not fulfilling all of our customer's needs, our competitors are anxious to do so.

Periodically ask your customers some or all of the following questions:

1. Is we meeting your travel needs?
2. Is there anything else we can do to make your travel easier or better?
3. What would make your travel a more satisfying experience?

The answers you get to these questions will be interesting, insightful, and valuable.

When was the last time you asked your customers these questions?

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Wild Wild Nite

24.05.07 (Thur)

Event again.. This time is SkyTeam event at St James Powerstation..

This is a corp event. We booked the Movida and provide foods and drinks.. The band was great and they played hot Latino music.. it was a wild wild nite..

I was happy as I can see my kaki.. Ann Marie and Evelydn.. after Movida, we went to Dragonfly.. had fun till 12am :O



St James Powerstation... SkyTeam member... Notice board outside Movida "Club is closed for private function"...



Outside of Movida... Inside of Movida... Stage and live band...

Who Don't Make Mistake?

I was surprised that I only qualified for S$100 GST offset package..

My manager lived in a HUDC and my colleague lived in a condo got S$200.. but I only got S$100.. so I called up the toll free line to check.. and the girl confirmed that they make a mistake and will credit me the correct amount :)

How can it be possible that I only qualified for S$100.. 1) I lived in 5 rooms + 2) My salary do not exceed S$100,000 p.a..

The girl who pick up the call was nice and courtesy.. but she is so cute.. our conversion as follows:-

V: How much did you earned in 2005?
Bear Bear: Around S$XX,000
V: Did you lived in this house for the past 1 year.
Bear Bear: I lived here for 7 years
V: Your salary is more than S$100K?
Bear Bear: Do you know how much per month if I earned S$100K?
V: S$10,000 per month
Bear Bear: Wrong! It should be S$8333 K per month and I don't earn those kind of money.. if I do, I don't even care about the GST offset package.
V: Ok. I think it a mistake. What's your phone number? We will either call or mail you in 2-3 weeks time. You should be getting S$200.

Got my S$100 back.. otherwise kana eaten by the govt..

Sunny Sunday

20.05.07 (Sun)

Sunny Sunday.. Bro D was off.. and we were suppose to meet up for a swim but he refused to wake up.. Dear M and me decided to go Sentosa for a good tan and swim.. landed at Palawan beach.. it was crowded and the life guard keeps giving instruction.. many people got warming :)

After the swim and tan.. Dear M's mummy called and she cooked chilli crab and ngioh niang for us.. *yummy*




My back was burned.. and we missed Darling Vanessa.. should arrange a mini picnic at Sentosa the next time..

Go Green

I had turkey breast salad for lunch.. Go green.. Go healthy..

I'm sure to be hungry by 4pm :(

turkey breast salad..

My Fave Thai Dish

19.05.07 (Sat)

Busy Sat.. my extra clothes shelf fall apart.. I've to squeeze all the clothes into my wardrobe.. the existing wardrobe already full.. so no choice but to throw away those clothes that I don't really wear.. out of sight, out of mind.. After throwing away some of the jacket suit then I was able to squeeze everything into the wardrobe.. but I'm unable to flip the clothes cos too tight :(

I also throw away 2 pairs of old Ferragamo shoes..

After all the cleaning up, I was so hungry.. I miss Thai foods so we drove to Sembawang Shopping Centre.. was surprise that it was demolished.. had to go to Chong Pang.. then by chance we found the "Taste of Thai" there. According to jie jie, that was open by the son.. so the father shop was closed and moved to Yishun Ind Park..

We ordered the popular deep fried fish with chilli S$12, tom yam soup S$3, sambal kang kong S$3 and 2 rice S$0.30 each... total bill: S$18.60.. as usual they only collect S$18.. they don't collect coins.. I like the foods there.. because it cheap and the portion is big..



tom yam soup.. deep fried fish (popular dish) and sambal kang kong..

Dirty Little Boy

19.05.07 (Sat)

Lunch with baby Julian on Sat.. actually his mummy bring him over to collect his "XL" clothes that yiyi brought for him from USA.. Baby Julian has an outing next week.. no new clothes so his smart mummy bring him over to collect the clothes from yiyi.. but his yiyi very kiasu.. brought the O'gosh jumper, jean, t-shirts & polo shirt are for age 3-4 therefore he cannot wear now :)

We went downstair for lunch with mum, jie jie and baby Julian.. got steam fish and porridge for Baby Julian.. Mum and jie jie have mee pok dry.. Baby Julian was well behaved through out the lunch *surprise*

But his mummy took off his top at the coffeeshop.. cause he eat until all over.. I was wondering if he is really a dirty boy or his mummy don't know how to feed?!?!



naked dirty baby Julian :)

Can't blame Yiyi.. Ask your mummy to pay USD$1 million ransom for the photos but she refused..

Dinner @ Bayang on the Quay

17.05.07 (Thur)

Met Amanda L, Shirley and Evelyn for dinner.. May couldn't make it.. haven't see her since she left the company..

We had Indonesia cuisine this time.. finally something different.. At first, I was worry they may choose Rice Table.. as I don't really fancy buffet and the foods there.. Somehow our very free Amanda L, read the newspaper and got the idea of Bayang at Clarke Quay..



They served delicious and fantastic foods.. we ordered the appetizer platter (chicken satays, prawns, deep fried mashed potato and spring roll), Ikan bakar Bali, charcoal squid, beef rendang, sayur lodeh with 3 nasi putih.. Total damage after 10% discount from Citibank.. S$92.00.

After dinner, we went to TCC for drinks and cakes.

Next date would be to celebrate May and mua's birthday :)

Coming Soon!

Another two muscial coming to Singapore.. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang & The Imperial Ice Stars Swan Lake on Ice.. got the preview dvd when I went to watch Phantom on Thur..

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a story of love and adventure, of good and evil and of a family in search of something missing - all brought together by the iconic car that really flies.. "sound like Ron's car - Harry Potter's best friend" :)

Swan Lake on Ice is a ice skating musical.. The stars for the show includes the double Olympic figure skating gold medallist Evgeni Platov and quadruple Olympic gold medallist Alexei Nemov..



I'm going to watch the preview DVD this weekend.. I wish I get to watch one of the musical :)

Teaching is Learning

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Proactively sharing knowledge and information with your team members across the company is vital.

It will make the difference in the success we can and will enjoy.

Be sure to share what you know, so all of us can grow.

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Beautiful Musical

Another event.. It is a beautiful one.. Guess what?



Phantom of the Opera :)

We purchased 60 catergory 1 tickets.. at S$145 per seat.. The turn up rate was perfect.. I heard the tickets are all sold out till 20May.. We booked the Harry's pub from 6-8pm serving foods and drinks for our 60 invited guests.



Foods & drinks before the show..

It is a beautiful musical.. the prop used are of top class.. "flying giant chandelier", "the musical box" etc.. the stage is so beautiful set up.. it changed everything on stage within secs. It brings you back to the Paris of 1911.. beautiful background.. Phantom, Caroltta, Christine & Raoul sings very well.. There was 1 funny part that I just laugh.. The Phantom loves to send notes.. and he sends many notes to the 2 managers, Caroltta, Raoul and Madame Giry..

The synopsis

It is 1911 and the contents of the Paris Opera House are being auctioned off. Present are the auctioneer, porters and bidders. Raoul, now seventy years old and in a wheelchair, buys a poster and a music box. As the auctioneer displays the Opera House chandelier, he explains that it is connected with the legend of The Phantom of the Opera. With a flash of light, the audience is flung back in time, when the Paris Opera was at its height.

Act I
We are thrust in the middle of a rehearsal for the opera Hannibal. Monsieur Lefèvre, the retiring manager of the Opera, is showing the new managers, Monsieurs Firmin and André, the great stage. As the prima donna, Carlotta, is singing, a backdrop falls to the floor, nearly killing her. The cry is raised, "It's The Phantom of the Opera!" Upset, Carlotta refuses to sing.

Meg Giry, daughter of the ballet mistress, Madame Giry, suggests her friend, Christine Daaé, take Carlotta's place. Christine has been taking lessons from a mysterious new teacher.

At her triumph in the Opera, is Raoul, a nobleman and patron of the Opera. Raoul recognizes Christine as a childhood friend. He comes backstage after the performance to escort her to dinner, but Christine tells him she cannot go, because her teacher, "The Angel of Music," is very strict.

When Raoul leaves Christine's room, the Phantom appears. Christine is lured into the bowels of the Opera House, where the Phantom will continue her lessons.

He leads her to his underground lair, where she sees a frightening vision of herself in a wedding gown. She faints, only to be awakened several hours later by the Phantom's music on the organ. Creeping up behind him, she rips off his mask. Horrified, he takes her back to the surface.

The Phantom has sent notes to both the managers of the Opera, as well as Raoul, Madame Giry and Carlotta, which give instructions that Christine will have the lead in the new opera, Il Muto. The manager's refuse to give in to the Phantom's demands.

Il Muto proceeds as planned, with Carlotta in the lead, and Christine in a secondary role. As promised, disaster strikes - the stage hand, Joseph Buquet, is killed, and Carlotta's voice is stolen.

In the confusion, Raoul and Christine escape to the roof of the Opera House. There, with all of Paris around them, they pledge their love to one another. They cannot see the Phantom overhearing their vows of love. Enraged at Christine's betrayal, the Phantom causes the final disaster of the night - the mighty chandelier comes crashing to the stage floor.



Act II

The second act opens at a grand Masquerade Ball, held on the steps of the Paris Opera. No one has heard from the Phantom in six months. Christine and Raoul are engaged, but are keeping it a secret; Christine keeps her engagement ring on a chain around her neck.

Suddenly, the Phantom appears, disguised as The Red Death, and delivers to the managers a score from his opera, Don Juan Triumphant.

At first, the managers refuse to perform the strange, disturbing opera. Then, with the help of Raoul, they devise a plan to trap the Phantom, using Christine as bait. Plans for Don Juan Triumphant, and the trap, are made.

Christine visits the grave of her father. There on the grave stands the Phantom, beckoning her to join him. Raoul appears and takes her away.

At last, the opening night of Don Juan Triumphant arrives. The theater is surrounded by guards and police, eager to catch the Phantom. As the opera comes to its end, the Phantom takes the place of Piangi, the lead singer. He confronts Christine on stage during the performance, and escapes with her once more to his labyrinth below the Opera House. In a last confrontation, the Phantom gives Christine a choice: stay with him forever, or he will kill Raoul. Her decision brings to an end the story of The Phantom of the Opera.

New Bikini

I swim so much that my Zara bikini gives way.. and Zara no longer sell bikini :(

So I brought this from US.. I wanted to get white with multiple colour RL logo.. but they don't have XS.. wonder who wear XS in States... Only left with red and white RL logo.. no choice lor..

Got it at USD 69,90 + 4.7% taxes.. Almost S$100.. I think ok lah.. cause the actual price is at USD99.90.. and I can never get my size in Singapore.. The bottom always don't fit and it is always free size.. moreover my previous Triumph bikini cost around S$120 (from Robinson)..

RL bikini.. It is more solid.. sure won't give way so easily :)

Baby Nico

Attended Baby Nico's baby shower.. She is almost 6 weeks old.. so cute, so sweet, so pretty.. She has a Japanese mummy and a Singaporean daddy.. We think she looks like mummy.. gentle and pretty :)

Congrat Pat and Yasuko..

She is so girl girl.. so oishi :) & I got a small bag from Nico.. (products of Japan oh)

Happy Mother's Day

Mother's day celebration at Sakura Safra Tampines.. Mum, Bro D, Baby Unique and Mum's godson.. This is the cheapest family outing by far.. only S$26 nett per person and we get 10% discount for 3 persons as Bro D is a Safra member..

Lotsa foods.. sashimi, mussels, scollops, octopus, cooked hot dishes, salad, cold dish, tempura, chicken wings, nuggets, yam ring (mum's fave), satay, beef, squids, fish, unagi, paper steamboat, different kinds of drink (hot and cold).. cakes, jelly, ice-cream, frozen strawberry etc.. aiyo.. so many that we didn't eat every single dish.. cause tummy too full to load all..

And basically I don't see the paper clip for our table at all.. as Baby Unique took all and ordered all her fave.. satay & black pepper beef etc..



Lotsa foods.. nice & yummy :P



VIP for the day.. Happy Mother's Day..



Baby Unique is always so unique.. even her sushi so unique.. the shrimp up side down and not on top of the rice :)

Restless

This morning.. my eye lid so heavy and swollen.. my head so painful.. my body so weak..

I didn't sleep well.. lie on bed since 10pm.. can't sleep till probably 2-3am.. I had a nitemare around 4am.. I dream of a snake crawling next to my bed :(

I need rest badly :(

Lunch with Bro D

Bro D has been craving for Hong Kong Cafe.. The week before I left for US, I brought mum and him to the Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe at Cineleisure.. they both like the foods and drink..

Last week, mum was at Jie Jie house looking after JRT.. and Bro D was off and boring at home so I meet him for lunch.. and we ordered egg fried rice with pork floss, sweet & sour pork, roast duck, iced lemon tea and iced ying yang (mixature of coffee and tea) ..

We miss mum as we can't finish the foods..



The Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe in Pasir Ris serve different kinds of foods.. not so much noodles and drink..

Bye Moh

I've been really busy.. bad mood.. feel like screaming..

I was suppose to be in Japan on Fri 11 May for JahMohKa farewell party.. but I'm really flat.. I'm so sorry Moh.. You know I want to be there but situation does not permit.. I really miss you very much.. Take good care of yourself when you are in Geneva :(

Knowledge

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Knowledge of something is never a substitute for actually putting something into practice.

Take what you have learned in meetings, conference calls, seminars, training sessions, and on our websites, and put that knowledge to practical and beneficial use to make your sale.

Yes, knowledge is power.

But putting knowledge to work is what generates results.
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Loyalty

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Loyalty is not defined by being faithful when someone makes the same decision as you would, or does something that you like.

True loyalty is defined by staying faithful and true when someone makes a mistake and/or when someone makes a different decision than you would make.

People make mistakes and people will sometimes make decisions we don't agree with.

Sales is a team effort. Loyalty to the team and to the customer will benefit everyone.
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