Winter solstice (冬至 dong zhi)

Today is Winter solstice (冬至 dong zhi).

From Wiki, The Winter Solstice Festival or The Extreme of Winter (Chinese and Japanese: 冬至; Korean: 동지; Vietnamese: Đông chí) (Pinyin: Dōng zhì), (Rōmaji: Tōji), (Romaja:Dongji) is one of the most important festivals celebrated by the Chinese and other East Asians during the dongzhi solar term on or around December 21 when sunshine is weakest and daylight shortest; i.e., on the first day of the dongzhi solar term.

We celebrate by eating and making of Tangyuan (湯圓, as pronounced in Cantonese; Mandarin Pinyin: Tāng Yuán) or balls of glutinous rice, which symbolize reunion.

So i had mine too! =)


Mum and Grandma said, after eating this, we go one year older..
Oh no!!!! *Screams*

So have you eaten Tang Yuan? =)

The most irritating word in Reuters poll

Everyday, we use so much words, talk so much..which is the most annoying and irritating word to you?

According to Reuters poll (Article from Yahoo) it is the word : "Whatever"

Quoted from the article:

For the second consecutive year "whatever' topped a Marist poll as the most annoying word or phrase in the English language.
Nearly 39 percent of 1,020 Americans questioned in the survey deemed it the most irritating word, followed by "like" with 28 percent and the phrase "you know what I mean' at 15 percent.

Personally, i also find this word irritating!


Why?

Let me quote examples.


Example 1
Boyfriend: Hey honey, what would you like to have for dinner?
Girlfriend: Whatever.
Boyfriend: Oh, ok.. how about chinese food?
Girlfriend: Whatever..

Example 2
Girl 1: Hey, shall we go for a movie?
Girl 2: Whatever.
Girl 1: Cartoon, Action, Comedy?
Girl 2: Whatever..

See how annoying if you give such answers?
It does not actually answer the questions, and also gave a very general answer. =)

Both "Whatever" and "Anything" are the words on my poll of most irritating words.

Funny thing, its got a drink named after them in Singapore. LoL






So what is the most irritating word to you ?

One more medal in the collection..

One more finisher medal in my collection box!

Although the race started 8:30am... (I was there 7:30am)
Although it was so crowded to keep running...
Although it was so hot....
Although it was so full of slopes...

I managed to finished the 10km run.

Good job, Hong Wei! =)

Campaign against child violence

Today on Yahoo Singapore, i saw this article on a Facebook campaign, whereby people are changing their profile picture, as a global viral campaign to eliminate violence against children.

On their Facebook account, they are asking people to change their facebook profile picture to a cartoon from their childhood..

To join in this campaign, i decided to change my profile picture to my personal childhood cartoon too!

I am going to put it for 2 weeks.

First week, it shall be : Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles !


This four green heros (Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello & Raphael) will always be my childhood heros! 

 


Turtles in a half shell, Turtle power!

Second week shall be Transformers!  




This is also what i been going after during my childhood days.. I can still remember having an Optimus Prime toy..! (But not sure where it gone to...) 






In the words of Optimus Prime : "Autobots, Transform and Roll Out!!!"

So what was your childhood cartoon? 
Do join in the campaign. =)

So long no blog!

*Blows the tons of dust away from my blog page*

Hello all! Its been so long since i had an entry here.. so where have i been?

Times flies, im already in the 3rd week of my new work, and everyday, i learnt things (bit by bit..) and also get to know each colleague (bit by bit...), which is better, which is evil.. oops! 

I also had to leave the house, and board the public bus, and during peak hour, the whole bus would be so packed!
There was once, my fat backside accidentally bumped onto a lady's and she turned around to stare at me!! OOPS!!


Not my fault ok.. =P


This is what i been doing lately, squeeze in public bus, work, and when back home, squeeze on bus again. =)

Thats explains why i am MIA (Missing In Action) lately.. LoL

Anyway, it's December 2010..
Soon, we will bid Year 2010 goodbye!
Have you started your plans for Year 2011?

Or maybe we start slow.. how about shopping for Christmas presents? =P

Too bored in office?

I worked in an office for the past few years..
Basically in an office, there's not much places to go, or walk around.

This usually cause boredom and can make one sleepy.. Agrees? =)

And in this video, i really feel their boredom and frustrations.. 



Try this in your office, too~

LOL

How good is the auto correction ?

Hello! How's everyone doing?

I had a very busy week, learning and trying my best to adapt into a new working environment.. However, i am still coping well, and can predict the work piling up, soon!! =/

Anyway, i want to share something i came across this few days...

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The auto correction of wordings, when we type Short Message Service (SMS) to our friends, how good does it gets?

I came to know about this website called http://damnyouautocorrect.com/

They are mostly funny sms message, in iphones (which is now the commonly used smartphones nowadays)

Let you see some samples..







LoL

Check out : http://damnyouautocorrect.com/ !

Have a good laugh!! =P

The last day at work - 4 Nov 2010

After about 6 years in the company, yesterday was the last day of work for me.

I really miss the lovely and great colleagues that i've met over the years.
They supported me, guided me along, and are great friends too!

We worked hard together.
We had lunch together..
We played hard together...
We had misunderstandings with each other....

I really thank all of you who i known and those who know me.

Wishing you all good luck, take care, all of you! =)


There are just too many people i want to thank!

Shall dedicate this song to all of my dear colleagues!




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Next week, i will be moving on to a new working environment, with new people, and of course new challenges!

Wish me many good luck, my dear friends! (=

Charger Exploded !

I woke up with my iphone switched off, by itself. (no battery).

Walks to the charger, switch it on.

*BANG*

Sparks and the whole house electricity got cut off !!

I panicked.

Check the ''electricity box'' inside my house, for any 'unusual' trips of the buttons..
Conclusion: No.



Ran out to check other neighbours..
Conclusion: No problem for them.

Tried to open the meter box, outside the unit...


Conclusion: Locked.

Ran to Lift area, to take down the HDB Flats Maintenance team number..
Conclusion: Called, and wait.


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20 minutes later, the man arrived and showed me the secret! 


The top part of the meter box, can actually be open!! (Stupid me..)


Come, i show you how!



See huh.. the top area, can actually be flipped open..
With two little compartments..



And they can be flipped open too!!
*do check this two compartments too*

With this incident, i learnt something new.
And luckily, no fire was involved. =)

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See what happened to the charger??


Noticed the black colour area?

Lesson learnt: Cannot go for cheapo things, next time!!~

Still using disposable chopsticks?

Disposable chopsticks.
Convenient, use it and throw.

Have you ever wonder how they are being produced?

I heard of news, seen pictures, but i guess watching the video is still the scariest.



From the video, it seems like they are being socked with chemicals, after chemicals.. to make them last longer, and appear whiter.

Eeks!

Bring your own chopsticks or fork and spoon.

Save the environment too! =)

没那麽简单..

A song that keep repeating in my mind recently..

The song title: 没那麽简单 [Translated into English: Not so Easy]
It is actually like a love song, that talks about, it's not so easy to find the other half you are looking for. =)

Enjoy!



黄小琥 - 没那麽简单
[作词:姚若龙]  [作曲:萧煌奇]

没那麽简单 就能找到 聊得来的伴
尤其是在 看过了那麽多的背叛
总是不安 只好强悍
谁谋杀了我的浪漫

没那麽简单 就能去爱 别的全不看
变得实际 也许好也许坏各一半
不爱孤单 一久也习惯
不用担心谁 也不用被谁管

感觉快乐就忙东忙西
感觉累了就放空自己
别人说的话 随便听一听 自己做决定
不想拥有太多情绪
一杯红酒配电影
在周末晚上 关上了手机 舒服窝在沙发里

相爱没有那麽容易 每个人有他的脾气
过了爱做梦的年纪 轰轰烈烈不如平静
幸福没有那麽容易 才会特别让人着迷
什麽都不懂的年纪
曾经最掏心 所以最开心 曾经

想念最伤心 但却最动心 的记忆