Terry: “Getting fat. Must start swimming again.”
Wifey: “Cannot. If I swim too much now, my arms will be very big.”
Terry: “Then how?”
Wifey: “Ok lah. I’ll just do my leisure float lor.”

Next time you see a human floating around at Bishan swimming complex, say hi to us!

The most recent Kotex event is a classic example of how advertising needs to be culturally and environmentally sensitive. Kotex and the agency behind this must be stupid enough to go against the corporate trend of “Going Green”. I remembered the Marriage Central did a media apology on a similar event.

Imagine the sea littered with 1,300 deflated balloons choking on marine animals. Shame on you, Kotex.

Last week I made an impulsive purchase and boy, I’m so glad that I did because Nokia N97 blew me away totally. I was contemplating to get HTC Touch Pro 2 but decided on N97 because I wanted to give Nokia a chance. My last phone was a HTC Dual and it sucked horribly. Interestingly, I didn’t know that N97 was such a new phone until I googled more on the phone. No wonder the ah beng sales man looked at me with such envy.

One of the key features that impressed me pretty much was that I am able to personalise my home screen with customised applications or online feeds. Think of iGoogle. Another impressive feature will be it’s internal memory of 32GB and a memory card slot up to 16GB. This means that the phone can double up as a mini-netbook which you can use it for work documents, music, videos, surfing, gaming, etc. The phone is also packed with pretty good features such as a sliding qwerty keyboard, 3.5″ wide screen, GPS and a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics.

The only disadvantage is that it doesn’t come with a good office editing suite and the applications in Ovi Store doesn’t seem to be as cheap as those for iPhone. Otherwise, this phone is a pretty good deal and I’m looking forward to the new features and applications that Nokia plans to roll out in the second half of the year.

Get well soon, little one!

We did not learn our lesson apparently. The last time we brought Toby to Singapore Botanic Gardens, there was a heavy downpour right after the picnic.

Today, we were trapped in the rain again. But this time, we didn’t even get to start our picnic. The rain came right after we reach Singapore Botanic Gardens. Toby didn’t get to meet Pipi. We didn’t get to join our friends because they were at the other end and the goddamn rain lasted for more than an hour.

The drenched dog wasn’t too happy because the three of us were stuck in a miserable shelter and he had to walk in the rain without meeting his new friend. Lesson learnt – Love my client and use their weather forecast.

It looks just like wild grass. Dull colors, messy and uninteresting lines. Wu Guanzhong wrote, “I envy wild grass because they want nothing and live in freedom. They are oblivious to the elements and change of seasons.”

I looked at it again. This time, I saw the beauty that shone behind those words. The power of perception.

Wu Guanzhong’s donation of 113 works is at Singapore Art Museum from 9th April to 16th August 2009.

Does it sound familiar to you?

Although the wife wasn’t too keen with the idea, we’ve decided to neuter the little one for various reasons.

1. To prevent the births of unwanted litters, contributing to the overpopulation of animals. Each year, some 6,000 dogs and 12,000 cats have to be put to sleep, while about 700 pet owners are fined for keeping unlicensed dogs.
2. Prevention of mammary tumors
3. Prevention of pyometra, either due to the removal of the organ and/or because of the lack of female sex hormones (oestrogen and progesterone) after spaying. Pyometra is a disease of the uterus most commonly seen in female dogs (bitches)
4. Prevention of uterine cancer, ovarian cancer and testicular cancer due to the removal of the susceptible organs.
5. Prevention of sexually dimorphic behaviors such as mounting, urine spraying and some forms of male aggression due to the decrease in hormone levels
6. The above will also make your pet more affectionate and less likely to roam and get in fights

Because of the pain, the little one is in all sorts of awkward positions and he has to be on e-collar for 10 days before he redeems his freedom.

Ever wonder how a wisdom tooth can cause so much pain? I’ve tried all sorts of ways to alleviate the pain but nothing works. Ice works momentarily but it’s still nothing like whiskey. In the movies we often see heroes opening up bottles of whiskey so that they could get the bullets extracted. I took wine out of desperation and it works incredibly for me.

Being at home for two days gives me the luxury of thinking what I gonna do for work and personal in the next two quarters. I think there’s a lot more I want to do with this blog. The recent work shift and hype on social media has given me new perspectives in writing for this blog. I just need to take the first step.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.