Friday, May 22, 2009

My Adventure in Korea

Hi guys!

You haven't heard from me the last few days, as i am over here in Korea on a business trip and attendting a symposium at Hansei University.

So instead of attending lectures in school, I am currently doing it in the whole new country and 'soaking' up the atmosphere up North!

Here's a picture of the whole team together with Mrs Kim (wife of Doctor Cho Yonggi).


At night, we had a chance to have some authentic Korean food as well.

The kimchi over here is definitely not like any kind found in Singapore and the food is much better than Seoul Garden.

However, the standard of living here is much higher, and a meal in the restaurant costs us Sing $50.




So, after this meal, we began to eat more at the breakfast table :)

Anyway, got to go...Missing the wife and kids!

Update more about my adventures soon.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The Biggest Loser!

Channel 17 (Hallmark Channel) has been showing marathons of a reality show called ‘The Biggest Loser!”

Every Sunday night, they will show at least 5 episodes of “The Biggest Loser” from 9pm all the way to 3am.

biggest loser logoThe show is really addictive, as overweight people try to “out-do” each other in losing weight, with the aim of changing their life, and losing weight at the same time!

It’s really quite interesting and motivating to watch the show, as you see these really fat people losing as much as 5kg in a week!

In fact, the results are really quite phenomenal!

before and after

Seriously, with such radical results..I often find myself on the exercise bicycle and doing push-ups as I watch the show!

I even got told off by my wife for eating supper as I was watching the show! “You are missing the objective of the show!” She exclaimed! :)

Catch the trailer here:

Anyway, Nicole managed to catch some episodes of the show, and she has heard many of our comments.

Very often, we would exclaim, “Oh my! She is so fat!” or "Wow! This one is really fat!"

The little girl was paying attention to us…

The other day, we went for some fried chicken at “Popeye’s” in Changi Airport Terminal 3.

popeye's

As usual, the queue was long, and the whole family had to wait for our turn to order.

It just happened that, as we waiting – three really FAT people came and queued up behind us. They were really huge and “AMERICAN SIZED”.

Nicole saw them and at the top of her voice, she went:

“Mummy! Look! SO FAT!!!”

We nearly died of embarrassment!

Our maid pretended to watch TV!

Daddy and Mummy stared intensively at the MENU!

We pretended that we did not hear her!

At the corner of my eye, I saw three really unhappy black faces!

How…??? We all wanted to dig a really deep hole & jump in!

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Monday, May 18, 2009

Featured in Singapore Blog Awards

I am so excited!

I went to the Singapore Blog Awards website (Organised by Wan Bao) today, and I saw ED UNLOADED being featured under the latest news column for the category the Best Lifestyle blog! (Click here)

singapore blog awards collage

It’s not exactly my favourite photo, but the great thing is that I am being featured!:)

Will really need the help of all my readers to rally for the blog!

If you want to help me out, here are some simple instructions!

1) Sign up for an account. Click here! 

2) Login to the account (Top right hand corner)

3) Click on the icon – Register / Nominate now!

4) Click on Best Lifestyle Blog (7th category from the top)

5. Look for ED UNLOADED under nominees and click the little icon RALLY by the side.

I think, the finalist will be selected by the 1st of June.

So keep your accounts, as I will need your help in the voting process as well!

Thanks for all your help,

ED

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Sunday, May 17, 2009

Laptop Backpack Bag: Get one for FREE!

Have u guys heard of the brand TARGUS?

I bought this knapsack from Targus about 1.5 years ago, and it was fraying and the threads on the bag were running.

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The bag can take a 15 inch notebook, and it comes with a hidden water-proof jacket, to protect the bag when it rains. I think it’s quite a nice bag, and I wanted to keep on using it, considering that i paid about $110 for it!

Targus happens to offer a life-time warranty on their products and my friend told me that if the bag was a bit run-down, they would do a “1 to 1” exchange on the bag.

I was skeptical at first, but this week, I decided to put their warranty to the test.

I went down to the computer mart (Funan Centre) and I asked the shop assistant how the warranty worked.

Well, to my surprise, he said it was TRUE!

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I could do a “1 to 1” exchange on the bag, as long as they still had it in production, and I could only do it once for each bag!

Well, to cut the long story short, he took my model off his display rack, and I got a

NEW LAPTOP BAG FOR FREE!

I think they just won me over…I will be buying Targus for a long time to come!

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Friday, May 15, 2009

Thomas & Trains

Looking for a cheap way to entertain your kids?

We regularly stand there and watch as we put Nathan into those machines that don’t go anywhere.

 thomas the train

Parkway Parade (A local shopping mall) is one of the best malls with a lot of these rides.

It has this nice Thomas the Train machine, which is one of Nathan’s favourites!

In fact, his love for Thomas has not died. Nathan’s infatuation has continued from the his train sets, to basically any form of transportation associated with trains.

At a recent carnival in church, he was riding the train non-stop, and every ride had to be in the engineer’s seat as well. Mummy says he is “So…BOY!”…as she can not understand his fascination with trains!

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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Little Princess “Dresses Up”

My little girl is growing up!

When she was young, she played dress up with these toys,

This is her in her latest ‘dress-up.’

Very soon, she will be playing with her mother’s makeup!

princess

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Monday, May 11, 2009

Mothers’ are so Special

Last Sunday, we celebrated Mothers day!

Mother’s day is a very important day, and they deserve much more than us appreciating them only once a year!

Nicole did not forget her mother as well, and she made a present for Mummy in school.

Here she is with her present:

mother's day present

Inside the package, was a lollipop (Which she consumed even before she saw mummy)

teddy bear bread

She also made 2 pieces of bread with jam as well. One in the shape of a teddy bear, and the other is a star. The star was already half eaten, before I could take a picture, and once again consumed before mummy saw it :)

It’s ok…daddy chipped in with a present for mummy as  and bought her a pair of shoes from ALDO!

aldo

As we gathered at our meetings, we also took out an instant photo printer, took photos and made cards for our mums as well!

mum collage

Took a photo for my mum as well!

Happy Mother's day

Thank you so much for being that Special Mother in my life!

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Friday, May 8, 2009

Singapore Blog Awards

Hey Eveyone!

Some of you have been asking me why it’s been so long since my last post…Sorry la guys!…right now, I am in the midst of exams…so I hardly have any time to blog!

But I do need your HELP! 

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The Singapore Blog Awards has just started, and nomination have started.

 

ED UNLOADED is in the running for the Best Lifestyle Blog, and I will need your help to rally for the blog, and write a short note to let the organisers know why ED UNLOADED should be included as a top 10 finalist! Do create a login account  & Please click here to lend your support! 

And since I am on this route…

Do vote for ED UNLOADED in the 2009 Blogger’s Choice Awards as well…

We came in 2nd in 2008, for the “Hottest Daddy Category”

 My site was nominated for Best Parenting Blog! My site was nominated for Hottest Daddy Blogger!

but I am running for the “Best Parenting Blog” and the “Hottest Daddy” category in 2009.

I am quite far behind, so please create an account and vote for me!

For more detailed voting instructions, do click here!

Your votes and support is very much appreciated! :)

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Show & Tell for Toddlers

“Show and Tell” did not exist when I was in kindergarten.

In fact, I only heard about it through books and movies. Due to the Singapore Education System getting more and more westernised, it is not surprising that thus phenomenon has been introduced to my children.

Nicole experienced “Show & Tell” last year, and we were just talking about it….

The topic was fruits, and the children were expected to bring their favourite fruits to school.

fruit basket One of Nicole’s favourite fruits are Oranges, so we would have safely “wagered” that Nicole would have suggested bringing an orange to school.

However, just the week before, Nicole started eating watermelons….and as fate would have it…

Nicole wanted to bring a Watermelon to school!

Mummy tried her best to psycho Nic out of it…but little Nicole decided to put her foot down! (What a time to decide that she wanted a backbone!)

Well…On that Monday, Mummy went to the market and bought Nicole a watermelon, and they both brought it to school.

Nicole’s teacher was so surprised….as she expected to see apples and oranges (like every normal parent)….but Nicole brought a watermelon!

watermelon

Mummy said it was so heavy…that it probably weighs 10kg-20kg! :)

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Monday, May 4, 2009

Sun Ho is on Facebook!

Just went on Facebook recently, and was pleasantly surprised that Sun Ho has started her Facebook page!

It not just got the latest updates about her, but also cool pictures like this one as well!

Sun hoI saw her latest dance moves, and She was really "moving". Her trainer is also Justin Timberlake's choreographer. Btw, for a full-time mother, I think she is in great shape!

Check out her latest reflections under the notes section as well!

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