光光位 (Very Free Space)

 

Last week, I had the pleasure of being a "Brother for A Day" again. This time round it is not as hec-tick.

 

 

 

Someone emailed me this joke, thought I share:

 

 

 

It's Valentines Day. Too Late to Buy Flowers? Feeling a bit Cheap-stake? There are tons of youtube videos on "How to fold a rose".

 

 

 

Late congrats to my friends Alan and Joy, whom I had the pleasure of being one of the "brothers". Tiring day.

 

Things I had learnt:

 

1) Weddings are stressful. Fun, but stressful.

 

2) "Brothers" and "Sisters" don't eat until 11am. The Bride and Groom don't get to eat until 2pm.

 

3) Make sure you know the Bride's favourite song in 4 languages, English, Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese, by hard.

 

4) When you are supposed to be the "Drinking Brother", don't eat too much.

 

5) It's good to have a mole among the "Sisters".

 

6) "Brothers" only get proper rest after the wedding dinner.

 

7) All Grooms will go to a trance-like state on the day of the wedding. We call it "STEAM".

 

 

Here's a documentary about the PS3 game, Little Big Planet.

 

 

 

 

 

Wishing all you guys a Happy New Year 2009!

 

My wishes, No more ERP! No more GST! No more Reccession!

 

No more? You wait long long!

 

 

 

 

This is my gift to all of you, an old school project I did in 2001, enjoy.

 

Escape Theme Park 2001 (Singapore) .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don't worry, the thing I want to share isn't Christian.

 

Right now you guys should be busy counting down to Christmas, or preparing for the Christmas Party for the next day. If not...

 

 

Christmas is a time of sharing and a great time to be with friends (not business clients) and family.

 

A few months back, I watched a documentary about a little girl by name of Juliana Wetmore, who was born with a very rare genetic disease called Treacher Collins syndrome which affects the development of bones and other tissues in the face.

 

The signs and symptoms of the disorder vary greatly, ranging from minor to severe. Most people who have the disease have underdeveloped facial bones and a very small jaw line, according to the National Institutes of Health.

In Juliana’s case, she was born missing more than half the bones in her face. Doctors say she's the most extreme case on record in the world, the Web site reported.

It's a heart warming story about this "Girl without a Face", the operations she had gone through to reconstruct her face, while it may not look like much, but it is better than what I saw on TV. The pains and struggles the family faced when seeing her in such pain.

To read more: http://www.julianawetmore.net/story.php .

 

Hope the story of this family warm your hearts this Christmas, I have to go back to preparing for Christmas now. Will post pictures of the Christmas parties soon.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

 

 

Okay Odiogo doesn't read Chinese Characters, and its reading ability in Pinying sux. I also discovered that a proper sentence with a Full-stop , Commer, Question Mark, Exclamation Mark, is the only way to break the sentence. Otherwise Odiogo just detects it as a full sentence, and reads without breaking.

 

Just for Fun, I am going to repost a previous Blog entry to "hear" how my lame jokes sound like as a podcast:

 

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     If your child is in the Olympics, WOULD YOU BE PROUD?

 

 

Food for thought: if your son or daughter is very much into sports,

WOULD YOU BE PROUD?

 

It’s one of those questions people ask; during the weeks of Olympics and when the Table Tennis team won the Silver medal. Heck, there was even a survey on the “My Paper” a few days back, about Sports, kids and their boring parents.

So my friends and I came out with a few reasons / scenarios about why is it so hard to get an Olympic medal in Singapore. . . 

 

Reason 1: Most parents are unsupportive when it comes to Sports, but most parents are very supportive when it comes to Music. . . 

 

Scenario Example. :

Son: Papa, I want to play football, because I want to play World Cup. I can earn lots of money, and I can forget all about my studies.

Father: Very good, very good. (To the wife.) Dear, where’s the cane?

 

Scenario Example (based on real life events.): 

Father: (To the daughter.) Girl girl, your piano skills are getting better, very good. (To the son.) Aiyah Boy ah, tell you how many times, don’t play the basketball in the house, you want to kana scolding is it?

 

Reason 2: Parents don’t pay much attention to their children.

 

Scenario Example (based on real life events.):

Son: Papa, I want to play Ping Pong and enter the Olympics.

Father: Ah Boy ah, don’t block the TV, Papa trying to watch.

 

Scenario Example (all at the same time.):

Son (To Father.): Papa, I want to enter the Olympics.

Mother (To Father.): Dear, when do you want to go IKEA to buy new furniture?

Grandmother: Son, I need money for my medical bill.

Father: Aiyah you all driving me crazy!

 

Reason 3: Parents are very protective about their children. They might even fight with each other to protect their child.

 

Scenario Example (based on real life events.):

Mother (dragging the child along.):  Coach, I want my son off your Rugby team.

Coach: But why Madam, your son is exceptionally good as a runner.

Mother: Because, everyday he comes home with his shirt torn and dirty, and he has bruises all over his body. When I asked him what happened, he told me that he is always bullied by the bigger boys in the Rugby team.

 

Scenario Example. :

Angry Parent: Referee, why did give my son a red card?

Teacher Referee: Sir, your son tackled the attacking player from the back.

Angry Parent: Why cannot is it?

Teacher Referee: Of course cannot lah.

Angry Parent: What’s your name ah Teacher, I am going to complain you to the teaching committee.

Teacher Referee: Relax lah, I have a hard enough time convincing the parent of the crying attacking player not to sue me and continue playing. The Father is a MP.

 

Reason 4: Sports is not a very profitable career.

 

Scenario Example:

Kenny Ong (fictional) is an accomplished home-grown badminton player. Once he had even defeated a world number 7^th seed player. He trained long and hard for 4 years, earning a miserable $1800 a month, and just a week before the Olympics, his father said to him;

“Son, it’s time for you to take over my multi-million-dollar company.”

 

Reason 5: Due to unforeseen circumstances, some athletes were unable to attend this year’s Olympics.

 

Scenario Example. :

Jaclyn Teo (fictional) is an accomplished home-grown swimmer. She was one of the hot favorites in getting a medal at the Olympics. Just a few days before the Olympics, she was feeling feverish and was given a day off practice to see the doctor. The next day she called her coach over the phone.

 

Jaclyn: Coach, I am sorry. I can’t compete in this year’s Olympics, I am ill.

Coach: We still have 2 days before the Olympics, why don’t you rest and you might get well just in time to compete.

Jaclyn: No coach, I am afraid I will be ill throughout the next two weeks.

Coach: What? But Why?

Jaclyn: I have the Chicken Pox.

 

Scenario Example. :

(Remember the Gymnastics Twins that won SEA games gold, here’s a friend’s reason for their absence in this year’s Olympics, fictional of course.)

Twin 1: Coach, my sister and I can’t compete in this year’s Olympics.

Coach: Why?

Twin 2: I… I am pregnant.

Coach: Oh… but what about your sister, (To the other twin.) Why can’t you compete in this year’s Olympics as well?

Twin 1: You see Coach, I am also pregnant, because we are twin sisters, we always do the same thing together.

 

Reason 6: Most kids change their interests very quickly.

 

Scenario Example. :

Son: Papa, I want to join the Ping Pong Club.

Father: Okay Son.

 

(1 Week Later.)

Son: Papa, I want to play soccer.

Father: What about the Ping Pong Club?

Son: Everyday tock tock tock, very boring, I want to join the football team.

Father: Okay Son.

 

(2 Weeks Later.)

Father: Ah Boy, I thought you have soccer practice?

Son: Haiyah, everyday train, train, train, run here run there, very tired. I want to play with my Friend Mark’s dog. Papa, can I have a dog?

 

 

Reason 7: Probably the most recent reason of all. We blame the coaches when the players were unable to achieve anything in the Olympics, but when the players do deliver a medal, we threaten to sack them.

 

Scenario Example. :

Secretary of TT Team: So Coach Loo, you managed to get a medal from the Olympics, very good, very good. Okay please sign here. Okay and here, and here. Here is your prize money and letter of termination. Next!

 

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Once it's done, It should sound more or less like a podcast.

 

I recently came across this website that reads your blog online, that is, converts the text on your blog to a mp3 file.

 

"Odiogo.com transforms news sites and blog posts into high fidelity, near human quality audio files ready to download and play anywhere, anytime, on any device." As stated in their website.

 

So I thought I don't be shy and give it try.

 

Experiment 1: Sing Merry Chrismas Song

 

We wish you a Merry Christmas;

We wish you a Merry Christmas;

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

 

Experiment 2: Singing in Chinese

 

每条大街小巷
每个人的嘴里
见面第一句话
就是恭喜恭喜
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀
恭喜恭喜恭喜你

Experiment 3: Singing in Pinying

 

mei tiao da jie siao siang.
mei geh ren di zhui lee.
jien mien di yi ju hua .
jiu si gong xi gong xi .
gong xi gong xi gong xi ni ah.
gong xi gong xi gong xi ni.

 

And Best of all, it's free. The only down point is I can't customise the voice I want.

 

 

 

 

With Christmas around the corner, I think I should post some nice christmas pieces for you guys to enjoy.

 

 

 

 

 

I wanted to post this for a friend who is having girlfriend problems. Hope he is feeling better.

 

 

    

 

 

         A              F#m
Perhaps love is like a resting place
   Bm               E
A shelter from the storm
    A                  F#m
It exists to give you comfort
       Bm                E
It is there to keep you warm
C#m          F#m                 
And in those times of trouble
     D             E
When you are most alone
     Bm        E                   A     E
The memory of love will bring you home

 

         A              F#m
Perhaps love is like a window
Bm              E
Perhaps an open door
     A                  F#m
It invites you to come closer
    Bm                E
It wants to show you more
    C#m          F#m             
And even if you lose yourself
    D                  E
And don’t know what to do
     Bm        E                 A
The memory of love will see you through

 

 

            C#m             F#m
Oh Love to some is like a cloud
            D       E         A
To some as strong as steel
             C#m           F#m
For some a way of living
             D      E      A
For some a way to feel
             C#m              F#m
And some say love is holding on
             D        E       A
And some say letting go
             C#m              F#m
And some say love is everything
         Bm                  E
Some say they don’t know

 

         A                F#m
Perhaps love is like the ocean
         Bm                E
Full of conflict, full of pain
        A              F#m
Like a fire when it’s cold outside
Bm              E
Thunder when it rains
   C#m            F#m
If I should live forever
    D                   E
And all my dreams come true
    Bm          E               A
My memories of love will be of you

 

 

Bridge:

          C#m  F#m  D  E  A
          C#m  F#m  D  E  A

 

             C#m              F#m
And some say love is holding on
             D        E       A
And some say letting go
             C#m              F#m
And some say love is everything
         Bm                  E
Some say they don’t know

 

        A                 F#m
Perhaps love is like the ocean
         Bm                E
Full of conflict, full of pain
        A              F#m
Like a fire when it’s cold outside
Bm              E
Thunder when it rains
   C#m            F#m
If I should live forever
     D                  E
And all my dreams come true
    Bm          E               A   F#m  D  E  A
My memories of love will be of you