Win a Free Canon Ixus 95 Camera

I am so excited!!!

Just came back from a workshop at the Canon Head Office in Harbor Front, and I have been given a chance to try out the latest Canon Camera and Photo Printer!

Besides coming in Cool “Shocking Pink”, the Canon Ixus 95 and the Canon Selphy CP 780, is proving to be potent combination for any Parent!

How good are they?

Stay tuned, as I will be blogging about them this weekend, as I will using the camera & printer, on my excursion at the Jurong Bird Park!

Meanwhile, I will also need your help, as there will be voting phase to this competition…and the Great News is that they will pick:

1 lucky Voter…

To win the Camera and Printer too!

So…Stay tuned!

Btw, Many thanks to OMYsg, for giving me a chance to participate in this competition! :) Tks Alvin

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Britain’s Got Talent Finals

The winners of Brits Got Talent 2009 has been released.

Contrary to popular belief, Diversity won instead of Susan Boyle (She also happens to be the most downloaded women on the internet).

In fact, the pressure on Susan has been immense and that she is rumoured to be suffering from a nervous breakdown due to the pressure.

Looks like fame has its Price!

However, Diversity has proven to be worthy winners, and their dance routines are really slick, and a great pleasure to watch.

Included in their final routine is a parody of the judges, with buzzers included in the dance track!

Enjoy the videos! :)

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Canon Selphy Contest

Received a phone call from OMYsg today…

I have been selected to represent Canon in this contest!

Will find out more later in the week….I am excited!

Wonder if i will get to WIN!…I don’t mind the free Canon Ixus Camera and Selphy printer!

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Korea: Technological Innovations 2

One of the great things about going overseas, is that you get to see “New things” and experience a new culture.

One of the great technological innovations I saw in Korea, was the use of high tech gadget in their cafes. (Read Technological Innovations Part 1 here)

Whenever you go to Starbucks, don’t you hate it when you have to wait at the counter for your coffee to come.

…it just takes forever when the cup with your name comes along…Zzz

In Korea…things are a bit different.

1st of all, one of the great things over there is that the city never sleeps!

We went to one of their shopping malls at 12 midnight and their department stalls and restaurants were still fully OPEN! So, even after a busy day…we can still CHIONG! (Singaporean for explore fervently)

In fact, their wholesalers which sell really cheap clothes are open 24 hours (however, they are closed on Saturdays).

Well, after some window shopping, we stepped into a coffee joint, with a brand name that seemed foreign to us.

After placing your order, the restaurant will give you a module like this:

U get to go back to your table and continue your conversation with your friends. When your order is ready…the module will flash and vibrate…

As a result, you do not need to wait at the counter for your food and drinks…It’s really convenient and very service orientated! 

Btw, the ice-cream and waffles were really DELICIOUS!

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Sun Ho is on 8 Days

I just went out and guess who I saw on the latest cover of 8 Days!

WIth a 9 page interview on Ho Yeow Sun, this week’s 8 days, gave me a chance to catch up with Sun.

With questions ranging from how she started off, life in NY, and her hopes and aspirations…this is not an issue to be missed!

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I met Dr. David Cho Yonggi

One of the highlights in Korea was actually meeting the Senior Pastor of the World Largest Church in the world.

It was a real privilege as not many people get to meet him as he is about 74 years old and technically, he is already retired, as he has handed over the reins of the church to another pastor.

We met him over lunch together, with some of the theology professors speaking at the symposium.

The church has its own newspapers, so we met in their office building (which is a really chic building in their CBD), and we were brought to a special room for lunch.

This is a photo of the table where we had our lunch.

Because we were just theology undergraduates, we were naturally pushed to the “wings”, and if you are looking for me…I am at the far end of the photo nearer to the windows.

If you still can’t see me…Don’t bother :)

Dr. Cho is the 5th person on the left!

It was amazing just listening to their conversations, and hearing about the faith of Dr. Cho.

He may be 74, but he expects himself to live for at least another 20 years – and he believes that he will do much more in the next decade.

Reflecting on this, I realized that many middle aged people, are already losing “steam” and slowing down. Most seniors I know, have already “switched off” and are enjoying their retirement.

But this man just can’t sit down!

He is still dreaming, and encouraging his disciples to come alongside and run the dream together with him!

Here’s a picture of the whole team together with Dr. Cho, his wife, and his No. 2 man.

I got to shake his hand as well! :)

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Korea: The DMZ

One of the highlights of the Korean trip was visiting the DMZ (De-Militarized Zone).

This international border was decided on June 25, 1950 due to the Korean war, and it is a buffer zone that is 4km wide.

This buffer is therefore a place where there is supposedly no military presence, so as to defuse the conflict between the North and the South.

As relations are kind of “cold”, the DMZ is one of the potential “hot spots” in the world, and has a special place in “Cold War” history. 

On our tour, many of the places we visited, had restricted zones which disallowed tourists from taking pictures.

I had to take pictures within the yellow lines, and could not take any pictures of army personnel as well.

One of the interesting parts of the tour was visiting one of the tunnels which the North Koreans dug to South Korea.

Intelligence tells South Korea that the North, has dug more than 20 tunnels towards the South.

Currently, they have discovered only 4!

This means that there are more more tunnels yet to be discovered!

In the 3rd tunnel, the North even painted the walls “black”, to give the excuse that they were not digging a tunnel but they were “mining for coal!”

The visit to the DMZ was certainly very interesting, and something that you must see, when you visit Korea.

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Sun Ho has a BLOG!

As I was surfing the Sun Ho’s Facebook fanpage today, i chanced upon her blog!

Just type http://sun-ho.com to see her brand new blog page!

Sun was back late last year, and I was just wondering what she has been up to!

Recently, I read Sandra’s blog and I realized that there is this really ugly rumour going around round that Ps Kong Hee and Sun Ho are getting a divorce!

I happen to know them personally, and I will like to say that these rumours are totally unfounded!

Ps. Kong is always on the phone with her and he is always flying over to America to spend time with Sun and Dayan. Personally, I think they are really loving and a really great couple!

I think it must be someone’s idea of a really sick joke to start a false rumour like this!

Anyway, i think this vblog is really cool, and I don’t mind trying the creme bule in New York!

It looks really “Yummey-licious!”

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The boy who shares

Mummy blogs...

Last night, I learnt what sacrifice meant. It was a lesson I'll never forget!

I was driving home from Expo with Nathan besides me. Before I left the car park, I opened a small packet of Hello Panda for him to snack on. If you recall, this was one of Nicole's favorite food, and now it's Nathan's too!

Well, I decided that we should share that little packet of Hello Panda (I mean, who can resist this? haha...) So when he dug his little chubby fingers into the packet and came up with the first piece, I stretched out my hand and ask, "Can Mummy have one please?"

It was easy. He automatically gave me that piece.

As an aside, Nathan has always displayed a very giving heart in all things. He shares his toys, his food and never thinks twice before giving.

Well, so we kinda did an alternate one piece for me, one piece for you from then on. Then came the LAST PIECE. I was driving, so with my eyes on the road, he suddenly proclaimed, "No More!"

I realised there's just one last piece left in his hand. Then this mummy wanted to test his little boy's heart, so I said, "Can Mummy have this please?"

"Nonononono" (giggle giggle)

And when he attempted to put it in his mouth, I opened my mouth and went "Ahhhrrrmmm".

"Nonononono" (giggle giggle)

I tried stretching out one hand, and he turned the empty packet into my hands and said "no more no more" (giggle giggle)

It was quite funny. I knew he wanted this last piece, and here I was making it difficult for him to eat it with all my distractions and requests.

After a while, I got tired. So I stopped, and started asking him about what he learnt in Playgroup. I forgot all about that last piece.

Just before I exited at Bedok Road, I felt a hand tap my elbow. I took a quick glance. It was Nathan giving that last piece of Hello Panda to me! He put it into my hand and said "here memek" (ya, he calls me that!)

Imagine how I felt! I was sooooo touched! With tears in my eyes literally, I put it back in his hand. I poured out my thank yous and i love yous.

He popped it into his mouth (who wouldn't? Just in case mummy changes her mind!) And very quickly exclaimed, "hmmmm... nice!"

How not to love this boy who shares?

New Innovations in Korea

Korean Food Courts are so COOL!

Most of us Singaporeans are used to the food courts that we find in big mega malls like Takashimaya, but I was presently surprised by the innovation found in a Korean Food Court.

At the stall, you will find the normal Japanese displays of the food that you want to buy.

However, in order to purchase the food, that is why Korean technology comes in.

Upon selecting the food that you want, you got to look closely at the display. Why?
The stall holder does not accept CASH!


If you look closely at the display, the Sirloin steak has a label of 7-1
Upon deciding on the Sirloin steak, I had to proceed to a centralized cashier to pay for the food.


The cashier menu has all the codes for the food as well. I paid 5500 won for the meal and that is approximately Singapore $7 for the meal. That is relatively cheap considering that the food in Korea is relatively expensive.

After I paid for the food, the cashier issues me with a receipt accompanied with an order number.


I then waited at my seat, and looked at the queue order numbers. After 5 minutes, my order was called!

All this while, I never talked to the stall holder. The order was dispatched to the stall via the cashier.

Cool right!

It all means that the stall holder has no pressure to sell his/her food.

Maybe Singapore Food Courts will be like that in the near future!