Musings for August & September 2009 ..

One thing I really hate abt Blogspot nowadays is the bloody lousy feature of uploading fotos .. It cant do multiple foto uploads like Facebook does , and its a bloody pain in the ass when you dont do programming ..

Celebrated National Day with a big buffet spread that wasnt that fantastic , but didnt cost that much .. S$22.90 after 44% discount .. so .. NO promoting the So So mediocre food @ the hotel

A pleasant surprise came on 7th August 2009 from my RSM, who rang me to ask if I wanted tickets to NDP 2009 .. ITS BEEN MANY YEARS SINCE I WENT FOR NDP!! and It would be the first time Sunshine and myself go NDP together .. What a pleasant Surprise! Its really touching when "uncle RSM" thinks of me when he has something good ..

The power of Canon G10 .. Not a bad prosumer camera , considering there is no tripod ..

Finally graduated on the 27th August 2009, attended the convocation like after many months of work life .. it just feels weird to be going back to school .. Someone asked me , so whats the feeling standing on stage , receiving the degree ??

My answer >> Like that lor .. No particular feeling .. just hoping that the event end soon so that I could go home and sleep .. No particular pride as I wondered how I got through every semester ..

Looking back at all the endless studying sessions @ AMK Garden Mac, studying til the wee hours of the morning with Calvin.. end the session with breakfast and searching for the "Dua Bui Sai/ Aka Da Bai Sha fat ass weirdo who sleeps naked on the pavement every night , before catching the 1st train .. and for me .. cycling back home ..

It will be difficult to forget those sessions .. the talk cock .. the stoning outside .. the cycling in the rain back home .. the morning crowd .. But I am glad those days of hell are over ..

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Been learning driving for 3 months plus .. learnt alot through Uncle Steven .. the Ah Pek instructor .. Gone through some funny training like driving through Geylang, driving through the Lorongs .. avoiding Ah nehs and Ah Tiongs .. Drove Bedok, Siglap, Geylang, Kallang, Potong Pasir .. and best , even making use of the learning car to drive to return the convo gown .

Ahh .. the conveniences of a car .. and the benefits of flexibility of a private driving instructor .. he nags in the beginning but slowly lets u drive at ur own leisure .. I have been allowed to drive at 80km/h for certain stretches of road although the official limit for learners is 50km to 60km.h .. and I have always been given the flexibility of choosing whichever lane I liked , perhaps because my speed wasnt that slow to obstruct traffic.

Steven has always been a nice guide on board the car and it feels assuring to have him sitting as passenger. Come 5th Oct .. I hope I can get used to driving without him .. and PASS ONE SHOT !

Wish me Luck !

Mambo XMG out ..

Updates Updates Updates

And so , its been quite awhile since anything was updated ..

Busy with work , life and love and all the nitty gritties in my life .. Haven gotten the motivation to update until now .. also the inspiration was lacking , to start typing until today ..

Work has been overall good .. Very nice and supportive colleagues .. Didnt get my commission for my 1st quarter due to some stupid billing .. Into my 3rd month .. starting to settle down in my job .. hopefully can pull more sales in for the company

One of my KickAss Colleagues cum EGUARDIAN Paintballer , Royston .. who's a friendly guy who is ever willing to lend a helping hand and shares the same birthday date as me .. GOOD TO KNOW !

EGUARDIAN Company Gathering + KTV ... Bosses' treat for Good crabs and KTV ! Each Crab was 2kg in weight !! Had a whale of a time ...12 of us , 20+ jugs of beer... Bloated ...

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October 5th 2009 - Big Day Coming Up ! My TP test ! Dragged my driving license since promising to get it in Year 2000 ... finally got the motivation to learn driving .. Driving has been smooth generally and getting the hang of it .. Love the Gear shifting .. but hate the half-clutching and the crazy traffic during the 7pm peak hours

Drove in Geylang Red light Districts through the brothels and along the whole stretch .. Been to Bedok , Lavender and other weird streets .. the benefits of a private instructor .. Lolz .. allows me to practise my filtering skills and through crazy Foreign-Worker-infested roads..

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Let me find time to blog about my good food philosophy ... I hope soon ..

Mambo XMG out

A Hectic and Busy Month Of May

Its been a Hectic and busy month of May .. 3 weddings ... 2 baby showers .. and loads of work.


Work has been progressive .. meeting up with more valued partners, having lunches , interaction , getting to know more people.


One thing worth looking forward to was JR's wedding .. We did a mini bachelor night that saw JR and myself zonked out by Flaming lambos (2 for everyone, 3 for JR) .. 2 Jugs Long Island tea and Jagerbombs for everyone .. @ our usual Mambo Jambo Zoukie .. It was the reunion of the JLC faithfuls .. that brought Phil, KX , JR and myself back together.

Special thanks to Phil who sent JR and myself back .. Couldnt remember anything else , except him telling the uncle "$$$$$ IS NOT AN ISSUE , IMPORTANT is to SEND MY 2 brothers back !"

Talk about brotherhood! Something the gals wouldnt understand ...



Copied this pose from Alan .. who was trying to eat " tofu" with his "friend" .. so there .. it looks good I must say .. from a $2700+ DSLR ..

KX .. who is always there when You needa make someone drink .. Gone long way back with this JLC kaki .. back to the days where JR , Phil , KX and myself went drinking every friday and saturday when I book out ... to our fav haunt called JLC @ Tanjong Pagar , opened by Quan Yifeng's former brother-In-Law ..

The F4 + 1 ... The Flamboyant Phil , Funny Me , Free-flowing (alcohol) JR , Fucker Alan ( what else) and Family-Oriented Wilson. Guess whose the happiest ?

The Original F4 - The Fucker 4

Me and My Sunshine .. Nice dress ..

The Overall Coordinator/Bouncer Wilson , The Emcee/Bouncer Marcus and Cho Bo Yam Seng "brother" Phil.

Everyone had allocated tasks and duties for the day lah .. Except ALan .. whose main duty was to entertain his "friend".

Happy Lah ! It was a good event !

AS THEY ALWAYS SAY .. BO TAH BO LAM PAR!

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Operation Blue Skies turned out well .. good weather .. cloudy skies though we still felt the heat .. as compared to Operation Phantom Thunder .. Knnz .. the thunder, lightning and heavy rain came.

The SG/ Malaysia Contingent .. They were damn experienced players .

The SIngapore contingent ..

Body Count for the day was 7 kills .. Had a couple of good kills without Alan , who always fails to turn up when you need him .. Sprang surprises at the enemies who were busy attacking the objective ..and kept pinning down the enemy and shooting on the move .. these are things that i always crave for .. and the satisfaction of getting a kill while executing these tactics gives me immense satisfaction.

Highlight of the Day would be the vehicular rescue/Assault . We were tasked to rescue a downed pilot trapped behind enemy lines.. I became the GPMG gunner with full auto A5 while Red Storm covered my back on the truck .. We moved down the hill juz like in Black Hawk Down .. where they moved in convoys ..

We soon took heavy fire and we returned fire generously full auto .. The truck took alot of paint and so did I .. but only a headshot would take me out ..

We still got pelted and we lost the vehicle .. The pilot was captured .. BUT WHO CARES ? It was a great game.

Mambo XMG out ..

Its Gonna Be A Busy Week Ahead!

Sorta settled in @ work , getting accustomed to all the customer/ vendor / reseller meetings, slowly getting into the thick of action ... taking on more responsiblities and getting ON TOP of things, albeit still trying to get on top ..but no where near.

This week would be a short workweek , with JR's big day on friday .. applied for my 1st "Leave" @ Work .. gotta say they were quite nice to allow me to take leave, considering I am still under probation. Cant wait to get confirmed and get more familiar with my product ... Yet I know its gonna take time.

Gonna be fetching the bride Joanne from JB ..into Singapore ..... Been a brother for many of my bros .. Ronnie , YongQuan and other friends ... this would be the first time that I would needa bring my passport along ..

Met up with rest of the bros , including F4 people like Wilson and Phil ... and we are gearing ourselves mentally for JR's big day. It just feels good when a bro gets hitched and good to see the other bros supporting each other in terms of contributing $$$ , time and effort just to help our bro for the big day. It happens for every bro's wedding... unless the guy happens to be an arsehole. Heh.

Emcee responsibilities for the evening dinner also falls on my shoulders ... Would be speaking in mandarin .. Although I am effectively multi-lingual , it just seems weird to communicate with everyone in mandarin. I hope I dun screw up, otherwise I would switch to Hokkien and turn it into a 7th Month event .. Whahaha ...

Scenario Paintball > Operation Blue Skies this sunday ... SG vs SG .. Hope it will be fun !

Will be back with more photos!

Mambo XMG out .

Overwhelmed @ work ..

Its been a busy day .. started the day late, went to meet up with partners , enduser and vendor.. WHOLE day ...

so shagged, stressed and overwhelmed.. Had alot of difficulties trying to remember names and faces .. Followed by a sumptous but stressful lunch with bosses and managers and partners.. Stressful.

Kena a sudden surprise during the afternoon meeting. Kena bombarded with cheeem technical questions by enduser .. really feels damn stupid when you have nothing but a WTF face for the customer..

I need enlightenment from the Product Guru soon. Bless me man

Mambo Out

Into the world of Work

Begun working .. officially stepped into the world of work .. Been busy burning up product manuals then drinking the ashes .. understanding the product knowledge ..Job scope very different from what I used to do for Microsoft . More responsibilities on my shoulders now .

Colleagues have been very nice and happening .. been to 3 paintball games with them so far .. I cant exactly say I have been enjoying paintball lately .. due to some fucked up reasons .. Gotta decide what next soon.

Til then .. fuck blogspot .. coz it just hung on me and didnt allow me to upload fotos.

Mambo out

JB Go-Kart trip + Seafood + Earth Hour

This blog aint dead .. Just didnt get enuff inspiration to update , too much events .. too much thoughts to pen down into writing .. finally got motivated to share some good food and fun in JB .. apart from Paintball . Johor Tourism Board should thank and sponsor me man .. I wouldnt mind some FOC paintballs..

Went Go-Karting .. Went to the Go-karting circuit in Johor Permas Jaya .. Only to find out it shifted to Kampong Plentong .. 9km Further inwards from the old site .. with last 3km very challenging terrain of rocks and potholes ..

Cab Fare from JB customs = RM$35 .. totally reasonable considering the freaking long journey and the bumpy roads ( last 3 km) require alot of efforts from the cab driver ..

We finally reached the Ulu Ulu new circuit @ 1800H ... nearly sunset ... but we quickly jumped into the action .. Some minor hit and kena bang accident happened .. I always the suay one .. kena banged by other go-karts .. happened previously with CK .. and now .. our shawna..

But nevertheless .. Heng no need to compensate this time round and they still provided good service to us even after the minor accident. Fantastic.


We were raring to go !!!

Sunshine and her #16 Car .. Oh .. she wore shorts .. so nothing to get disappointed over the mosaic ..

It was saturday .. and It was Earth Hour .. Jusco Tebrau gamely took part in the Earth Hour Event.. Most shops gamely switched off the lights ..

We went back to our favourite Taman Sri Tebrau Food market for fantastic seafood as usual . wen Ji as usual is our favourite stall .. with the friendly boss borrowing 2 big crabs for us when he finished his supply of big crabs. Small sotongkias deepfried , veg , Crayfish deepfried with cereals , egg Omelettes, Stingray .. total damage only S$17 each. SONG enough for me .

Just Check out the Kick-Ass Crab pincers. GOOD STUFF !

will be back with more updates soon.

Mambo XMG out