Funny Father host

Sent Father host and email on Sunday evening wishing him Happy Father's day. He replied last nite:

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Bee-Har san

Long time no see.
And thank you sending e-mail.
Every day, I’ve been happy and health.

By the way, there was a big earthquake on last Saturday,
And now TV is saying about that earthquake.

And there was a serious murder case in Akihabara on two weeks ago.

Now a day, Japan is not safety .How about your country?

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I replied the Akihabara incident is just an isolated case. I will still visit Japan.

Copy cats
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_re_as/japan_web_threats
(pls dont bomb the beautiful Niigata station..)

Cannibal executed today
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080617/tts-japan-execution-7d7070a.html

Hmm,,,i still believe that Japan is a safe country. Maybe i dont go to busy places?!~ Or go only during the weekdays...

Glay going to tour the US in Aug. Im very happy for them!~~ Hope it will be a successful tour like L'arc did a few years back.

This Toshi,,,tsk tsk tsk..fancy teaming up with younger guitarist..my first tot was "Is he in need of $$?". Coz after Yoshiki is not well and their world tour is being cancelled, he (almost) immediately announced his new band. Sian de lor... Still his $ making skill is nowhere near Yoshiki. He is a self-made millionaire. A few days before the X reunion live, he charted a private plane to visit his primary school as they have some special event going on. The news report said it cost him half a million Yen just for the plane.

Also, the X reunion live concert tickets, only fans from Yoshiki mobile were entitled to priority application. After the news broke out, the next 3 days alone, Yoshiki's mobile was subscribed by 200,000 new applicants @Y315/mth. Do the maths. ( i also put Yen into Yoshiki's pocket but it was worth it). Yoshiki is a smart $ vacuum machine, without having to use labour to exchange for Yen. Like now,he's resting,,$ also come. Smart jiu shi smart.

New site.

http://omise.blogdrive.com/

This site's auction of Gaze picks's pop up at ebay's Recommended Items after i signed out my account. So,clicked to see (coz i seldom see wat others r selling) and saw this blog on its page. So, click to view the blog. At first glance..i tot the gaze picks were cheap until i saw US$...not sure if it is sub-shop of mise? If no, it is not wise to use the word "mise" coz they dont have a good reputation. A little more to indies?!~ The selection of picks are good.

These bone sandals will be on sale from 11pm tonight. So, emailed the url to LP yday noon time (coz she said she is looking for one) and last night, smsed her if she want to order. Her reply was "so ugly. No thanks." Ugly meh? I dont think so ....Makes me feel that her fashion sense n mine got big difference (perhaps she wonders why i like ugly things?). Also emailed the same link to a fashionista customer and she ordered a black pair and said 'so cute leh!".

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/mini-shu/g-2gradiator/

Spotted this site. The big tees are cool. Dont dare to email anymore fashion stuffs to LP liao.
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/nowistyle/c/0000000102/

LP said she wants to set up a blog selling clothes. One of her sis's friend is doing it and have good response. In her mind, she only tot of getting clothes from Taiwan. It is from one particular yahoo taiwan auction site but tat shop only accepts citibank and standard chartered credit card. She emailed a friend's friend's brother who is studying in taiwan to help her make the payment but that guy never replies her email. She stops here..I said "u can search at ebay wat. There also have hk and taiwan sellers who can sell in bulk and accepts any credit card payment". She just "orhh..". I doubt she will take any action.

Despite she complains about working so hard for a measly $$ per mth, she still yuan di ta bu. Last 2 week told her that Y is starting his 1st job after NS this week and his starting salary is xxxx. After i said this amount, i realised she is drawing lower than him, despite it was after her increment (she went to her boss to ask for it and threatened to leave if he dont give her S$200 increment. I was dumbfolded when she told me this). I said her boss will not have good impression of her coz she threatened him for increment. Bosses dont like to be held hostage by employees.

In life, what you want to acheive depends on how badly you want it. Half-hearted wants and hopes are merely wishes. Wishing and hoping is no where near Action.

There are 2 types of people. One is a Spectator (takes order) and the other is a Participant (directs order). Everytime i hear LP say " i hope, i wish", i feel demoralised..She is a good person and friend but it is she is "wishing and hoping too much without action." Told her Take Order or Direct Order thingy before but it seems it vanished into the thin air instead of her head. Words shapes your life. So true.

Weather is resuming the same temperature lately..pimples are growing under my chin...sianz...

Friday the 13th~

Didnt realise today is Friday the 13th until saw the main news at yahoo.sg. No particular happenings today except received a kuku question via sms. It was from a customer's friend. Her friend dont have computer, can only communicate via hp.

Her friend's name is D.

D: Im EL's friend. I want to ask, can i pre-order Diru's 2009 calendar? Those that kino always have for pre-order.

Me: Err..calendar's pre-orders usually starts from Nov.

D: Oic,,then, can you pls tell me the price with the estimated shipping?

Me: (roll eyes *_*) I dont have the price and i dont know what is the dimension/weight, so cant advice u on the price. Pls check back in Nov.

D: Oic..thanks for ur help.

Hmm,,,,perhaps she think i am Kyo or Toshiya's best friend.. Only locals will ask such questions. At times, i wonder where did our educational system went wrong...We have first class in many things but den,,not really first class in mentality and common sense.

Sometime ago, read a news regarding one of our minister who went to Europe and he visited a class in one of their school. After that, he told the reporters "the educational system here is very good and students are independant, able to speak their mind and put their message through. They also interact well among themselves and the teachers. You cant find this in Spore." I was kinda surprise when he said that..meaning, he feel our education environment is still not up to the West. Well, here, you have to watch what you say, so it is difficult to speak your mind. (We are schooled like that since young, so it is difficult to do likewise when we become adults.)

Lately had a bad obession.. that is, shopping for clothes at Rakuten. They have soo many lovely flora chiffon blouse/dress for sale. Prices starts from Y545..last night asked my sister-in-law to combine orders from a Y1000 shop. All their items are Y1000. She bought 3 items and i bought 2 items. It has free shipping within Japan with a minimum purchase of Y5000

Most of their clothes are a bit auntie but i bought those embroidary blouse lah!~ My sister-in-law bought blouses mainly as her office wear.

http://www.rakuten.co.jp/1000-mille/939347/

Now is also the Yukata season...alot of beautiful Yukata sets..very nice to see but i wont wear them coz it is so hot here and im not going to the Natsu matsuri.

Also, im in love with fruity yogurts lately. Bought a tub to indulge..soo yummy. I used to dislike yogurts coz of the sour smell and taste. I had my first taste of fruit yogurts in Japan coz i cannot find any chocolate or strawberry milk (I need calcium). Saw the yogurts section just beside the milk section, and so, fruity yogurt is better than plain milk (Japanese milk seems dilute to me. It is like water). Wah, the first taste of it is soooo mesmerising..yummy!!~ I wonder why they dont have flavoured milk. They only have those regular milk, hokkaido milk or diet milk. And yes, they dont have dark soy sauce too. Only have light soya sauce..i wonder why also... I told myself that i must bring my own dark soy sauce if im going there for a long trip. That time need the dark soy sauce to stir fry the tofu,,,in the end..have to use light soy sauce. It is soo miserable not being able to find these basic things there. Perhaps there are some more that ive yet to discover...

Oh no!~~

Hello Christine!~~

Welcome back!!~ Did you had a fun trip? I understand the feeling of not having saved up..

For the X Japan cancellation of world tour,i just read it here:

http://www.japantoday.com/categor/entertainment/view/yoshiki-cancels-world-tour-because-of-herniated-disc

According the agent, YOSHIKI suffers pain in his neck and hands and can’t easily move. His doctors has ordered bed rest as much as possible.
- I cant imagine Yoshiki spending so much time resting on bed...suddenly have to stop all his activities and lie on bed...

It is such a disappointment for International fans who are waiting so long for X Japan live...

I hope Yoshiki gets well soon and X Japan can resume their World tour. In the meantime, Toshi can polish up his vocals too!!~

If they resume next year, would love to go to their Taiwan tour.

Happy Dumpling Festival!~~

Friday nite around 1230am, M called and said "hey, tml i pass you nonya chang. PC (her best friend) bao hao liao. She want me to pass you some". It was really a kind tot from PC since i dont know her as well as M. They will come to my bus stop before 12pm.

But...i went out at 1130am (coz a customer wants to collect it earlier) and forget to tell them. Luckily PC called me at 1145am and i was at BL mrt. So, i waited for them there and they arrived at 12pm. They soo nice de,,send me to bugis mrt coz they are going somewhere..they say it is shun lu...

A new customer bought some X 3-inch singles. She said she collects them,so got scatches also nvm. She said "Toshi's vocal was real bad..i know he didnt sing for the past 10years but how come the vocal was soo drastic?". Hmm...only he knows the answer. Why didnt he gave his best? He should have prepared earlier once he know about the reuion live. Still, i feel he didnt respect his band members and X fans. The customer also said Pata's guitar went off key too...issit? i dont know...

Den met LP and her sis at 2pm, orchard. We went far east for lunch and ate 2 nonya chang. It was really delicious!~ PC gave 8pcs. Gave the balance 6pcs to LP and her sis coz my mum had made it too. When i went home..my house was filled with changs!~ Total a whopping 203pcs...and to think it was a total of 12kgs?~!~~ Salute to my mum. Heng my sis and a neighbour came over to wrap them..my mum only go and cook them. When i came home at 8pm,,everything is done..only still cooking some changs over the charcoal. Phew!~~ Else i have to slog when i came back.

Ah,,the themepark at Yokohama. Went there a few years back but actually didnt plan to go there (didnt know about this place either). Was supposed to go to the Yokohama Chinatown but passed by this train station that is quite close to the ferris wheel. So, very curious and alighted before the Chinatown station. The ferris wheel is very magnificent but it takes 1 hrs to ride it. It was moving super slow and i dun have time to spend it on the ferris wheel. went for a few rides and it was fun. There's a Yokohama HardRock cafe nearby. From the url, can see that it has added alot of new rides. I prefer the rides at Tokyo Disney land coz some are inside tunnels..all dark and more thrilling..XD

Vonnie, glad your Japanese school thingy is going well. Dont worry wat will happen after the one year. Things always one thing leads to another de. Worry too much,den freeze liao. Just do your best!~

If you want to sell ur gaze goods, sell at livejournal ba. For paypal, dun need to scare lah coz 99.9% of fans are honest. When you hit SGD$200 in ur paypal account, just withdraw them (below S$200 needs to pay S$1 withdrawal charge).

Btw, that mother kept emailing to ask "what if i cant pay full amt by June". So sianz de lor,,,instead of kept asking me this question, why dont she (and her 2 daughters) go find some job? It has been over 4 months and she cant raise the USD$450...Didnt reply her. Now more worst coz US$ depreciates...so, she is actually paying more than that time her daughter frauded us.

SY, yes, it is CatZ. Didnt know they have 2 shops. For Black Alice,,,where are they now? I have no idea coz the last time i knew they were at the Red Dot but that place close liao.

Dear Christine, how have you been?

So motivating

Just watched the U Channel's 8pm show about Sporeans abroad. This man is so brave. He went to Uganda (Africa) to set up his honey catering biz. He reared alot of bees and has been there for 7 years. He said he was chasing after the 5C in Sporean but after thinking, after he got all there, he felt "tat's all". It was not satisfying for him. He said he feel he can be and challenged himself to be more than what he is. His future plan is to open a bee rearing school in Uganda, so the locals can survive on breading bees and selling honey after going to the school. He felt it is a waste if he didnt impart all his bee rearing skills.

I look forward to be like him soon.. to go away and do some other stuffs. Like Vonnie, dont see much stuffs to do here...just the same regular, routine and boring lifestyle. I want to do something out of the ordinary. Never try, never know (my friend M's slogan for life).

Xuan, the bandscore is soo thick,,i was surprised when i first saw it..lolz.didnt expect it to be tat thick. Oh yes, our Bugis village has revamped to be a little more spacious and neat. That V-kei/punk shop (forget the name) has branch out. They have 2 stores now.

Mum is busy preparing the ingredients for ba chang,,, i dread this period coz i dont like to cut the mushrooms, fry the shallots, wash the leafs etc.... She will bao ba chang on Sat. My Sis will help her,,phew!!!~ I will sneak out for meet ups and go out with LP after that. She is having problem with her long distance bf.