One killed, 8 injured in accident along Chai Chee Street

I saw this news on TV, last night.

Article from Channel News Asia.

SINGAPORE : An accident between a double-decker bus Service Number 87 and a large tree-pruning vehicle left a 50-year-old male passenger dead and several others injured on Friday.

The collision occurred along Chai Chee Street in Bedok.

Police have arrested a 33-year-old Bangladeshi worker from the landscape management company for causing death by negligence.

Shattered glass windows, a fallen tree, and major traffic congestion were the results of the accident which left one dead and eight passengers - including a pregnant woman - injured.

The bus was behind the lorry when it went to the middle lane. But little did the bus driver know that the head of the crane was protruding into the middle lane, and this scraped against the side of the bus.

The loud sound from the collision attracted hundreds of residents from nearby blocks.

One resident said: "Like glass shattering. It sounded massive and sharp."

A second commented: "I saw them moving the victims down from the upper deck. It looked quite serious."

Three bus passengers were taken to hospitals, while others refused treatment, citing minor injuries.

Both the bus driver and crane operator were not injured in the accident.

They remained calm and silent while clean-up work was going on. - CNA/ms

Some photos...







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It seems the 50-year-old male passenger was sitting at the upper deck, and the whole row of the upper deck windows, all shattered, leaving him dead.

My condolences to the man and his family.

Personally, i always like sitting on the upper deck, its like you are so much higher up in height and closer to the sky. =]

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Ok, dear all friends, i will be on my first business trip (after 5+ years in the company) to Malaysia(Penang), and will be back on Wednesday.

Will be trying my best to update, as i'm not so familiar with the data auto-roaming stuffs.. Haha!!

Anyway, see ya !

Check, before leaving the shop...

Today, i meet up my friend for dinner at Jurong Point. =)

The ultimate motive today, was to hunt for birthday presents. And while doing so, i did some shopping myself.


I saw this nice singlet !
50% discount somemore..
"So lucky!" i thought to myself. =D

Then something strange happened, while i was at the cashier, he gave me a very weird stare. (VERY!)
I looked at the cashier machine, to confirm the price, i saw something wrong with the description of the item.. (I thought it was just some typo error, so i ignored it)
However after some discussion with another friend while having some drinks at Macdonalds, the 3 of us kinda confirm something was not that right !!

Want to know what was wrong?


I took a womens singlet !!
HAHAHAHAHA !!

So embarrassing, lah~!

They put all the mens and womens singlet together, thats why.... *palm onto face*
No choice, walked back into the shop to change to mens version. =(

This reminded me of my father buying shoes from a shop (4 letters shop - Starts with B, ends with A shop), and got 2 different sized shoes, but sadly he realized it after a week, and so the shop don't allow him to change. ARGH!

So my advice to all my friends, while shopping, check before leaving the shop, ok? =)

Happy Shopping !!

My feelings after watching "The Twilight Saga Eclipse"..

Watched this movie yesterday with my friend.
My very first Twilight movie..



I was hoping for a vampires fighting werewolves kind of movie.. but was disappointed.
It was alot of talking, and kissing. =(
Guess its not my type of movie. (A lady also yawned so loudly behind me towards end of the movie.)

After which, we headed over to Swensens for dinner.
While waiting for the food, i did this !


Took this piece of paper, and some colouring pencils..


Only coloured part of it, and the food arrived, faster than we thought. =)

So how was your weekends?

Did you guess it correctly ?

Ok, time to reveal what is inside the post in my last post...

Are you ready ? =)

It..

Is....


Actually......



A guitar !!(LAH..)

Did you guess it correctly?? Haha~ =P 

I used to have a guitar, which my uncle gave to me, but i was still young, and it was also too old to play with. Therefore, it landed in the dustbin.

20+ years later, i decided to "self-learn" it, and just nice, Dear Apple has one, waiting to find a new owner..! (Ding Ding..!)

And some of these videos also motivated me to learn!

Hey Soul Sister - Train Cover by Alyssa Bernal

Stick Wit U - Pussycat Dolls acoustic coverby Kewei and her sister, Kexin


Jason Mraz -I'm Yours (live)

For now, am watching some YouTube videos, to try to learn it.

Anyone knows how to play guitar, and got time to guide me along? =)

Trying to learn new skill..

Sorry for the lack of updates.

This few weeks have been hectic.. work, and grandma..
But then, just to let you all know, grandma is better already! Although still in hospital resting, she is recovering slowly. And me still visiting her as and when i can.. =) 

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And my post title being: "trying to learn a new skill.."
I am trying to pick up a new skill.
Want to know what it is??? =P

 
Make a guess.

*Will reveal it on Wednesday night.* Hehe!

I want to thank you Apple ! =)

Updates.. Updates..

Hello all my friends!

Today i went for a SPCA fun run event at MacRitchie Reservoir. It was a 4.8km run with most of them in the forest area (as a result: my shoes got dirty) but overall, it was fun and i am looking forward to the next upcoming run, which is in Sept. =)


Rachel was there too ! =)



Get to know Meyinn, Rachel's friend. =)


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Some of you maybe wondering, how come recently Hong Wei is not been regularly on Twitter, Facebook, or even write something on his blog ?

Just want to tell you : It was a very busy period for me.

Firstly, my current company is going through a acquisition and there are many things (paperwork, our new appoointment, etc..) needed to be done.
I am still amazed & disappointed that the new company gave me an Admin Assistant post (ARGH)

The other thing that really is getting onto me is : my grandma being hospitalized.
She started with a pain in the leg area, and then last week it turned into a backpain too.. till now she is still staying there, resting.
I hope she get better, and be back home soon.

Thank you all friends and colleagues who knows about this matter, and trying their best to cheer me up.
I just want to say : Thank you!

Shall update again, soon.

Take care, everyone! 

Gathering, and goodies..

Managed to gather the primary school classmates on Thurday!
We went Din Tai Fung at Jurong Point, my first time there.
Food was nice, especially the Xiao Long Bao ! =)

We chatted alot, and many catching up, the last gathering was like a year ago?
And then, we came out with another page of to-do-list.. (haha!)


Just wondering how many we can do..? lol


The boys, and girl. =)

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And today, my friend and i went all the way, taking the Circle Line to Bartley, to collect goodies bag from SPCA.



After this, we went to Jurong Point, Swensens for lunch.


The main course : Breaded Chicken Meuniere


My desserts : Coit Tower

Curious to know, whats in the goodies bag ? =P

Look at the amount of goodies in it!

Personally, i like the little info card they gave...

The front of the card..


The back..

Conclusion : Be Kind to Animals. 

Think, before buying the bottled water.

Something KeWei shared on Facebook.

I feel we should give some thoughts to it, and think, before buying the bottled water.



The Story of Bottled Water, released on March 22, 2010 (World Water Day) employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the story of manufactured demand—how you get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. Over five minutes, the film explores the bottled water industrys attacks on tap water and its use of seductive, environmental-themed advertising to cover up the mountains of plastic waste it produces. The film concludes with a call to take back the tap, not only by making a personal commitment to avoid bottled water, but by supporting investments in clean, available tap water for all.

Our production partners on the bottled water film include five leading sustainability groups: Corporate Accountability International, Environmental Working Group, Food & Water Watch, Pacific Institute, and Polaris Institute.

And, for all you fact checkers out there, http://storyofstuff.org/pdfs/StoryOfBottledWater_pdfs.zip
 

Have you been to the Orchard River ?

Are you aware of floods in Orchard area this morning ?
It became Orchard River today.

This is the first time i hear floods in Orchard. At first i was thinking the pictures might be photo-shopped..
" Orchard, flooded? Sure anot..? " I thought..

And thank you to my Twitter friends !
Information are being sent out so fast nowadays.. =)






A view from inside a car. Saw ION ?


The front area of Ngee Ann City.
Did they check the 2 lion statues ah ? They might drink the dirty waters leh...


Look at the height of the water!


Starbucks, your coffee flow out of the shop already..


My dear Wendy, where are you !!!
We should go find if any branded bags or clothes still floating around..? =P



The poor people there!

In 1999, a TNP writer said that "Orchard Road will never flood"
It mentioned : It can empty an Olympic-sized pool before your cup of latte has time to cool.

WAH! 

We just can't go against the Nature.

This song should be very appropriate these few days.. =)

The buzz buzz Vuvuzela...

For most of you, who's been following the Worldcup, i'm sure you know this stadium horn you been hearing since the first match. =)

It's call the Vuvuzela.


From Wiki, is a blowing horn up to approximately 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in length, commonly blown by fans at football matches in South Africa.

The first match, which was being aired 'Free" by TV, was the first time i hear them. At first, i thought my TV got problem! Haha.. i even switch channels to further confirm. oops !
But then, personally i'm irritated by it. =)

And i think FIFA is not banning it (yet).. ?
Source : --> HERE 



Oh well, meanwhile, happy buzzing the Worldcup and enjoy the following clip !

=P


Vu...... ~ Vuvuzela ~~
*dance* *dance*

The time without Twitter.. I surf YouTube!

Its the start of the Worldcup!

The opening match between South Africa and Mexico, was the only match i watched so far.. I did not subscribe to the cable channels.( It was SGD90 for Worldcup channel! )
But thank you to Twitter, i can still know what's happening for the Worldcup.. But still, must be the overflow of it, that leads to an "old friend" of mine to greet me again.*It just appeared, again*

The Fail Whale of Twitter.


It is an illustration of red birds using a net to hoist a whale from the ocean along with the text, which means the website is 'overloaded'. *Yawnz*

Oh well, so i surf YouTube, trying to find something to entertain myself..
This Taiwan's 全民最大党 is so funny!

Let me share with you, an episode of Singer Harlem Yu.
Part 1/5


Part 2/5


Part 3/5


Part 4/5


Part 5/5


Hope these series can bring some laughter to you!
=)