Thursday, December 25, 2014

Work Trip to Hong Kong 2 : Roncato @ October 27, 2014

This trip with Ian Hsu meeting Fabiola from Roncato.
 
 
We have a chance to eat the TingHaoYun tea house in Hong Kong. 
 
 
 

Work Trip to Hong Kong 1 : Thule&CaseLogic @ September 28, 2014

This trip I went together with Jim for both the THULE and CASE LOGIC meeting in Hong Kong. Met up with old friend from Malaysia, Don Wong.
 
 

Friday, December 19, 2014

Singapore Hawker Masters 2014/12

HASS BAWA MEE STALL - Mee Goreng
Where: Block 84, Marine Parade Central Market and Food Centre, 01-150
Open: Noon to 9.30pm, closed Wednesdays
 
RIYAN HIDAYAT SATAY SOLO NO. 31  - Mee Soto
Where: Serangoon Garden Market and Food Centre, 01-31
Open: 11am to 9pm, closed Mondays
PIAO JI FISH PORRIDGE  - Fish Soup
Where: Amoy Street Food Centre, 02-100
Open: 10.45am to 3.45pm, closed Thursdays 
 
MY COSY CORNER - Popiah
Where: Coronation Shopping Plaza, 587 Bukit Timah Road, 02-02
Open: 10am to 7.30pm daily. Popiah not available on Sundays 
 YUAN CHUN FAMOUS LOR MEE - Lor Mee
Where: Amoy Street Food Centre, 7 Maxwell Road, 02-80
 Open: 7.30am to 2.30pm (Wednesdays to Sundays), closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Amoy Street Food Centre is closed for renovation until Feb 28  
ZHENG YI HAINANESE BEEF NOODLE
Where: Kin Seng Coffeeshop, 47 Tai Thong Crescent
Open: 10am to 7pm (weekdays), 10am to 6pm (Saturdays), closed on Sundays and public holidays
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Sunday, November 02, 2014

Organic Farm visit@NanGang,Taipei City - Organised by Doreen

Very nice of Doreen to organised an outing for fellow Singaporea@Taiwan. There are even people coming all the way from TaiChung and HsinChu area. All goes very well, except for the slight wet weather. Met for pickup at NangGang MRT station by bus to the Farm somewhere at NanGang.
There were two separate groups of visitor, local Taiwanese and the Singaporean in Taiwan. The organic farm is located in NanGang mountain, very much accessible from Taipei City. The day started well until the rain join the party. The shoe are all muddy and very heavily struck with thick muds, walking is tough, it reminded me of the Army days digging Fox trench.
The Soil is already prepared by the Farmer. All city dwellers just need to plant the seeding plant onto the soil. Preferrably in straight roll and properly spaced, obviously a difficult task for us. Anyway, the job is done and the reward is plugging the vegetable for lunch. We had a few bundle of it.
Here is the address.
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Chinese New Year 2015 - Flight Schedule home.


<< Travel Itinery >>
February 15, 2015 :  TPE to SIN, Flight
February 23, 2015 : SIN to BAK, Flight
                    Hotel : S33 compact Sukhumvit
February 27, 2015 : BACK to SIN, Flight
March 2, 2015 :  SIN to TPE, Flight

Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Soon Seng visit October 4th, 2014


Soon Seng join our gang for bicycle tour around Taipei's KeeLung river. Follows by a short break at lovely flower garden for refreshment. This will be his second time riding on Taipei rental U-bike. Thereafter ending our tour with a sumptous dinner, pig nuckle with rice and chilly.

Wednesday, September 03, 2014

她4分44秒的演講,卻讓整個世界都沉默了!

她4分44秒的演講,卻讓整個世界都沉默了!                  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afKs8FZSVos

2014年8月 19 日                  
【演講者介紹:對外經濟貿易大學保險學院2008屆畢業的劉媛媛同學,北京大學法學院研一在讀,以68%的支持率奪得超級演說家第二季全國總冠軍。 】

親愛的朋友,其實我們大部分人都不是出身豪門,都是要靠自己的。
你要相信命運給你一個比別人低的起點,
是希望你用你的一生去奮鬥出一個絕地反擊的故事,
這故事不是一個水到渠成的童話沒有一點人間疾苦,
這故事是有志者,事竟成,破釜沉舟,百二秦關終屬楚;
這故事是苦心人天不負,臥薪嘗膽,三千越甲可吞吳。
改變想法,改變生活。
當你還是個孩子的時候,你是否想過長大後要當一名宇航員,一名歌唱家或是一名工程師?
那麼現在呢?你的理想實現了嗎?但願一切都進展的很順利,你正在過你理想中的生活。
但是如果並非如此,這裡有13種跡象表明你可能正在浪費你的生命,雖然你並不想承認。

1、你花費了太多的時間在你不該做的事情上
打遊戲,看電視,上網衝浪,不停的吃東西,沉迷於酒精,等等,等等。
認真的審視一下你的生活,你的時間主要花在了哪些方面?它對你有好處嗎?
它會讓你過得更好嗎?它在為你的光明前途添磚加瓦嗎?
如果你的回答是不,那麼你需要重新評估一下你的日常活動並且做出改變。

2、你發現你總是在抱怨
我認識一些人,他們一直都跟我說,他們經常被生活壓得喘不過氣。
你也是這類人嗎?你經常抱怨你的工作,你的老闆,你的工資,
你的鄰居甚至你的伴侶嗎?如果你的回答是“是”,
那麼這些舉動除了一直在散發負能量外,一無是處。
消極不能改變現實,它只會讓你停滯不前。所以改變你的想法,
多談談生活中令你感激的事情,而不是你不喜歡的事情。

3、你沒有充實你的思想
如果你沒有持續的成長和學習,那麼你就會變得遲鈍,
就好像一池靜止的塘水錶明長滿了黏黏的綠色漂浮物。
如果你不保持思維活躍並且學習新的知識,你的思維就會變得跟它一樣。
生活中積極的挑戰會拓展你的思維,不會使它倒退。

4、你滿腦子都是消極想法
自我對話可以成就你的生活,也可以毀了你的生活。
正如亨利·福特所說的,“不論你認為你行,還是不行,你都是對的。”
如果你跟自己說,你不夠聰明所以升職輪不到你或是創業也不行,那麼你是對的。
如果你跟自己說,你已經筋疲力盡無法努力改變生活,那麼你是對的。
不管你跟自己說什麼最後都會變為現實。
所以請密切監視你對自己所說的話,因為你會發現你的生活總是跟你的想法吻合。

5、你覺得沒有激情
你對什麼事情充滿激情嗎?我認識很多人都認為他們缺乏激情。
但這不是真的,一定會有一樣東西是讓你非常喜歡的。
所以你需要的是重新發現那些能讓你激情滿滿的事情,並且更多的去做這些事情。

6、你對未來沒有計劃
雖然活在當下,活在眼前很棒,但是有時候你還是需要向前看,看看你想要去的方向。
如果你沒有目標也沒有計劃,那麼你就像大洋裡的一條船,漫無目的的遊蕩,
卻希望能有個好的歸宿。但是你不能這麼做。
你需要製定一個循序漸進的計劃來指導你到達你想去的地方。
就好像GPS可以為你導航一樣,你也需要一個屬於自己的內在的GPS來指引自己。

7、你花了太多時間和對你成長沒有任何貢獻的人在一起
有一些人讓你覺得自己不會變得更好,你很容易陷在這樣的圈子裡。
但是如果一直這樣下去,你會停滯不前或者被他們拉下水。
我喜歡稱他們為“能量吸血鬼”。
他們吸走了你的生活,不會給你一絲一毫正面的反饋。
離開他們吧,去和那些積極向上的人們相處.

8、你沉迷於手機
誠然,手機是非常酷的玩意兒,在使用過程中會讓我們非常著迷。
雖然很好玩,但是想想你玩手機的時候浪費的時間吧。
更糟糕的是,再想想所有可能受之影響的人際關係。
或許當你在跟伴侶或孩子共進正餐的時候,你還在發著短信,上網搜索什麼的。
如果你就是這樣,那麼你正在錯失與你所愛的人一起共度的重要時光。
或者你可以用這些時間規劃你的未來。

9、你把錢花在了毫無意義的事上
“需要”和“想要”是有差別的,我相信這一點幼兒園的小朋友都明白。
然而,在當今社會,我們已經模糊了這兩者之間的界限(請參看第8條,手機)。
事實上,我認識一些人,他們付不起抵押貸款,卻仍然擁有著這世界上最炫的東西。
如果你停下來想一想,你會發現我們真正需要的只有很少幾樣。
比如食物,水,一間房子以及愛,而其他的東西都是額外獎勵。
因此審視一下你現在把錢都花在了什麼地方,看看是否需要做出調整。
或許你可以用你省下來的錢為自己的將來做些投資。

10、你睡眠不足
我不是個醫生,但是我讀了很多書,充分了解睡眠的重要性。
對此,我可以滔滔不絕幾十頁。但是顯然在這篇小短文裡沒有它的位置。
睡眠對健康至關重要。
如果你忙到無法保證足夠的睡眠,或者你只是有熬夜到凌晨的習慣,那麼你應該重新評估一下自己的習性了。

11、你沒有照顧好自己的身體
不只是睡眠對健康很重要,食物和鍛煉同樣重要。我知道我正在告訴你的事情,
你全都知道。但是我還是要說,平衡健康的飲食,堅持鍛煉身體比減肥要有效得多。
它會影響你的心態和整個健康。
所以審視一下你的飲食搭配和運動量,或許你會發現只需小小改變就會很大程度的改善你的生活。

12、你不願離開舒適區
我了解呆在一個舒服的環境下是多麼容易。事實上,當我去一家熟悉的餐館時,
我總是會點同樣的菜。並不是因為我害怕嘗試新東西,而是因為我喜歡吃我慣常點的那些菜。
但是這個並不是我所要討論的那種舒適區。我所指的是冒險做一些可以改進我們生活的事情。
而且請記住,“風險”和“計算過的風險”是不同的。
任何風險都有致命的可能,但是“計算過的風險”是那些你已經權衡了多種選擇,
並最終選擇了其中好的且有意義的行動計劃。

13、你過的生活不是你想要的
我評判成功的標準是一個人的幸福程度。你幸福嗎?如果你的答案是“不”,
那麼是時候該做些改變了。即使感到知足或是滿足,也並不意味著你把生活過到了極致。
生活應該充滿激情!所以如果你現在過得不快樂,看看有什麼可以改變能讓你過得更加舒服。


如果上邊的13條裡有戳中你的,千萬不要絕望。
你可以改變呀!
但是記住,第一件你需要改變的是,從你的腦子裡去掉“你做不到”這句話。
很多時候,你最大的障礙就是你自己的思維過程。
因此,從現在開始,改變想法,改變生活!

請快分享這篇文章給你的身邊好友!
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Thursday, August 28, 2014

2014 August 8 - Trip back home@SG

Make effort to travel back home to Singapore to visit Family and friends. It is very emotional to me at times and quite difficult to explain the feeling to others. Make extra efforts to re-engage the missing links, due breaking contact for a period of time is enormous. Updating each and every members of the family and related love one. Always remember to visit Mother at her resting place and wished she is happy always.
Having a simple meal at 2nd Auntie's place is very emotional at times, seeing her reminded me about Mother. I missed her ! 
 

Friday, April 25, 2014

Singapore #17 water DAM


Location at northern end of Singapore, near Puggol but called "Serangoon East Dam". Near to the site of Waste dumping ground. Singapore quest for drinking water and be self-sufficient is encouraging. I felt such progress in a way stablised the relationship with our neighbour. Its good to have a government which is forward looking and plan many years ahead. One somehow didn't realuse its benefits. Only time can tells.

Monday, April 14, 2014

QingMing 2014

 
Meet up with CBK and have curry and prata at Cluny Road, near Botanic Garden.

 
Meeting with good old friend for Prata breakfast near Bukit Timah, Cluny Road.
 
I like prata, great meal. But need more excerise thereafter.
 
 
 

Monday, March 10, 2014

KinMen Island visitation with 8th Uncle October 2013

It is very rare chance that two generation of the CHUA family visited KinMen island. Our ancestor's home.




Thursday, February 20, 2014

Perth Trip, February 2014

With the launch of the Scoot Airlines, which has daytime flight schedule. Flying has entered another leap, no more early morning or night flight with Jetstar. We take then long CNY holiday to make a trip to Perth city. The trip was memorable in another way, having cold all the way.
 Both of us are not expert of wine, visiting winery is less of a fun. However, free wine is good. The next time, we should only visit those winery that has guide tour.
 
Visiting Australian-style of National Park, the cave. Entrance charge is quite expensive, if once compared with almost free entrance for Taiwan National Park. The park ranger is very friendly and we have a nice time talking to them and know a little more history about caving.
 One of the nicest picture for the trip with the Helmet and high-power touch. The cave has proper wooden linkway, but its in total darkest. We try switching off the light for a while, it quite frightening.
 
 
Eating out is quite expensive, heard the Western Australian has a higher living standard as compared to Eastern part. WA main income comes from Mining industry. Thus, we chose the cheaper option, EAT-IN. The supermarket pricing is quite affordable and cooking is pretty convenient. The cabin we rented has all the cooking equipment and its just beside the river.