Annalisa's birthday present.. not exactly but well..

My Birthday With My Family!

EASYSHARE P880 Zoom Digital Camera

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Broaden your horizons. Literally.

	Professional-quality wide-angle lens for enhanced creative capability Fast f/2.8–f/4.1 24–140 mm wide-angle lens 5.8X optical zoom, professional-quality SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH VARIOGON Optical Zoom Lens featuring manual zoom and focus rings Capture maximum clarity and detail with exceptional resolution 8.0 MP sensor for excellent resolution and prints up to 30 × 40 in. (75 × 100 cm) Capture stunning, accurate color with KODAK Color Science Advanced video features for an excellent on-screen performance Capture VGA (640 x 480) video at 30 fps Zoom during capture On-camera video editing, including trim, cut, split, merge, fast forward, and rewind Print 2 × 3 in. (50 × 75 mm) wallet-sized photos from video Fast f/2.8 24–140 mm wide-angle lens
	8.0 MP sensor for prints up to 30 × 40 in. (75 × 100 cm)
	Advanced video features
	Hot shoe flash connector and PC flash sync
	Program, aperture priority, shutter priority, manual, custom modes
	Proprietary RAW* file format
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Also Included:

TWO rechargeable batteries

Neck Strap

Charger

ONE 1GB SD card + ONE 512MB SD Card

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Internet/ DECT phone VOIP3211S/90

I got this phone through a contest. It will be sold in its original unopened package with the usual warranty period.
The stores are retailing it at $202, so the starting price of $165 is almost 20% off. It saves you on phone bills if you have friends or family with the phone. Especially good for foreign students I guess.
With the VOIP 321 you can make free Skype calls as well as normal landline calls. You can make and take calls on both networks from one single handset, and you can see who is on-line without going to the PC, just by looking at the display.
You can also use skypeout to save money. SkypeOut is a low cost way to make calls from Skype to friends who still use a traditional landline or mobile phone. Skype, SkypeOut are trademarks of Skype Limited. Windows XP/2000 through Broadband. PC should be switched on and Skype connected.
Skype conference calls with several friends
As easy to use as a standard cordless phone
visit the following website for more info:
http://www.consumer.philips.com/consumer/en/sg/consumer/cc/_productid_VOIP3211S_90_SG_CONSUMER/Internet--DECT-phone+VOIP3211S-90

conversation

Sayanee says:
hey guan hong!!
Sayanee says:
i'm great!
Sayanee says:
haha how are u?
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
me ah ok lorh
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
want to buy new lcd but all very ex
Sayanee says:
haha doctor soon le!
Sayanee says:
haha
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
haha i wanna buy a 32 inch for my cpu
Sayanee says:
LCD?
Sayanee says:
for computer or what?
Sayanee says:
oh i see
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
hmm two more years leh
Sayanee says:
32 inch
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
before i doc
Sayanee says:
can la... 2 years very fast
Sayanee says:
you can be married by then
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
maybe lorh
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
sighz
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
what abt u ?
Sayanee says:
hahahhah
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
elaine doctor already?
Sayanee says:
i think so!
Sayanee says:
janine too
Sayanee says:
and amy?
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
sighz
Sayanee says:
are u okay??
Sayanee says:
u seem so sad
Sayanee says:
so what u doing next week?
Sayanee says:
on 17 june?
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
nothing lorh
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
mayb tuition lorh
Sayanee says:
ahhahah
Sayanee says:
how can!
Sayanee says:
cancel tuition!
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
haah why? '
Sayanee says:
then can enjoy 17 june mah
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
see how la
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
can always go out on that day after or before tuition
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
u still working on circle line"?
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
why so long..
Sayanee says:
yup
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
i need to get to nus from sengkang fast...
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
can u hurry up?
Sayanee says:
hahhahaha
Sayanee says:
next year
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
u sure?
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
next year when?
Sayanee says:
yes.. next year mid
Sayanee says:
but that one only form bishan to serangoon
Sayanee says:
'hey when u free la de
Sayanee says:
let's go out can
Sayanee says:
i met anand in berlin
Sayanee says:
he misses you terribly
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
wah
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
yah i also miss him u noe..
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
i just had a dream a few days ago of u guys
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
of elaine being a doctor
Sayanee says:
oooooohhh
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
i had not realized it
Sayanee says:
i see
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
consciously until i dreamt abt it
Sayanee says:
no wonde rla
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
interesting hor
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
hmm so u were in berlin for wot?
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
buy trains?
Sayanee says:
yup
Sayanee says:
was in france la actually
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
oic
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
looking at their trains or conference ah
Sayanee says:
trains la
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
oic
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
my neighbor or ex neighbor used to work in that industry
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
he has moved to england now
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
was telling me we buy our trains from france?
Sayanee says:
oooooohhh
Sayanee says:
is he indian?
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
yah he is
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
how u noe?
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
so smart
Sayanee says:
coz i heard of such a story too... from my colleague
Sayanee says:
that his ex colleague went to engliah to work for bombadier
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
what do u mean? is ya colleague my neighbor?
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
haha could it be the same man
Sayanee says:
yes it could be the same man!
Sayanee says:
had kids and wife?
Sayanee says:
the company is bombadier la
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
yah u are right
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
has wife and kids
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
two or three
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
think wife is from france or wot but indian also
Sayanee says:
hhhhmmmmmmmmmmm
Sayanee says:
ineresting
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
ok la nevermind
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
doesnt matter
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
anand is working or studying now?
Sayanee says:
studying
Sayanee says:
masters
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
where?
Sayanee says:
nerlin university
Sayanee says:
berlin
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
oic oic
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
so fun..
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
amy never contact u ?
Sayanee says:
nope
Sayanee says:
when?
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
i also dunno
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
i msged her on facebook or friendster
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
then i stopped replying after a while
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
i am so lousy in my communications
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
i always neglect to reply or to start an sms or a
call even when i wanna find u guys
Sayanee says:
yuh true
Sayanee says:
but i remmeber you!
Sayanee says:
we go out soon ok?
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
yah ok la
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
guess we are still busy to meet up right? haha amy and elaine and anand still overseas?
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
i think i selly is around
Sayanee says:
yes la
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
i saw her last week but she did not see me
Sayanee says:
and they will always be!
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
i was boarding a bus
Sayanee says:
ooooooooohh
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
where is loo loo working
Sayanee says:
scorland lo
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
her bf is scottish?
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
or chinese?
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
or msia?
Sayanee says:
scottich i think...
Sayanee says:
i saw in the pics
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
wah liew..
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
steady la
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
hahahaa blond hair?
Sayanee says:
how i know!!!!!!!!!
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
hahahaa this is really funny]
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
i cant imagine how her kids will loook like
Sayanee says:
................................
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
elaine with blond hair
Sayanee says:
no la...........
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
then she will stay there permanently?
Sayanee says:
bf means must get married??
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
no
Sayanee says:
i dunno al de ... me not elaine!
Sayanee says:
hahah
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
but
Sayanee says:
u ask her lo
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
i wasnt talking abt marriage
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
i was talking abt kids
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
scottish have a ferocious appetite for beer and sex
Sayanee says:
yuh kids come after marirage what
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
rubbish
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
kids can come ani time
Sayanee says:
so does GERMANS
Sayanee says:
hello
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
hmm kids come after the bf cums..
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
hmm yah germans
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
maybe we see anand returning with a german chick with ample busoms
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
hahah
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
watched harold and kumar?
Sayanee says:
no anand is with some belarusian or croatian
Sayanee says:
noooooooooo
Sayanee says:
what's that??
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
u serious?
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
dont kid me.. he is really with some angmo chick?
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
thats damn cool la...
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
think they are damn passionate
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
i must ask him abt all the blowjobs he is getting!!!
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
hahaa
Sayanee says:
.............................
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
haha sorry just joking..
Sayanee says:
no i mean anand is not interested in german gals
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
orh
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
so does he or does he not have a gf?
Sayanee says:
don't think so...
Sayanee says:
he don't wnana chase anyone... i tried to brainwash him into chasing some european gals... sigh
Sayanee says:
cannot!
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
hmm anand with kids and some cute croatian girl
Sayanee says:
Sayanee says:
what about u?
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
haha you should just show him plenty of european porn! haha
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
maybe that will change his mind
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
heeee
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
me still same old same old
Sayanee says:
how come u have beocme more dirty minded than before?
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
i have not..
Sayanee says:
every senstence also got sex sex and sex
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
haha
Pi Guan Hong FRCPanda (TIC) says:
no sex

A call

I just received a call from the father of one of my tuition kids last year . He wants me to tutor his younger daughter who is in JC1 now. On physics and mathematics. At first I had rejected him because he lives in Simei and unless my next posting is at Changi, I do not wish to be travelling there every week. Of course he was quite persistent in his request and even volunteered to send his daughter to my house. I could do well to combine her with another student I have right now and earn more for the same hours of work. Now I am hoping he would call back after asking his daughter. However I do not remember doing a good job iwth his daughter. I have no idea what she eventually scored in her A'levels, though it would most likely be all distinctions. What I do know is during my time with her, all her exams results came back in red. Usually that is the case with many of my students. I Both the distinctions at national level and the dismal excursions at each school exam. I am wise enough to always promise improvements but not sterling results for the school but of course I gaurantee distinctions when it comes to the paper that really matters. Call it a trick of my trade. I also have previous students recommending me to others and I received two calls for tuition this week alone. Just the right time for me to earn my LCD screen. WHat is a gift if it is not earned with blood and sweat? However for her I was still abit surprised that the dad trusts me after all I had always been changing the dates of tuition at a whim or due to the coercion of the sleep demon. Many a sunday morning I have been utterly weak and useless in my attempt to regain strength and clarity as I lay in bed slipping in and out between periods of consciousness. Next year shall be my last year providing tuitions and I should just collect as many JC1 as possible so I still have a viable income when the next summer is upon me.
Right now I am sitting in Cafe Galilee in Pasir Ris, having just pushed one of my 3pm tuition to another day so I can rest the whole day. I have been busy catching up on David Gemmell's fantasy novels that even on the week of my exam, I finished 2 or 3 of his books together with a rather gigantic book of long cases of paediatrics. Only 5 out of 6 of my case writeups would be graded for my portfolio because I had submitted one 5 minutes before the meeting with Prof D is scheduled to start. I guess I must be the only one who dared to be late for her tutorials and meetings not once but twice. The words said during the meeting was sobering and it really provided a much needed wake up call. There was no scolding or angry words but just truthful words said in the most truthful of tones. They were not pleasant words in deed and did manage to crush much of my spirit there and then. I always need a wake up call now and then. I really need some one to be critically appraising me and I relish the chance to prove myself over and over again. I work well during stress and duress. Or rather I only work under unfavorable circumstances. If not I would just praise myself for producing minimal results with minimal effort. That is the way of the coward and i am one. I do not have much by the way of balls. Always choosing the easy way out and avoiding the situation. WHat I cvannot avoid I come up with pathetic excuses to make myself look better. I should be a stronger and bigger man than that.
It is not about tomorrow but today that is important. The greatest enemy is not without but within. Never will enough be said and nothing I say can change the fact that I am failing myself. Only can actions change lives. Jk Rowling just received an honorable degreee from Harvard in letter and writing or something to that extent. IN her speech to the educated masses of the powerful school, she said imagination can change lives. We must be able to imagine a better future, a better life for the unfortunate and poor. Then we act upon our imagination. She hit rock bottom when her divorce was finalized and she was left with a daughter and no job. That was the day she sat down in a cafe and started typing the first words of a great idea and story on her typewriter. She has no fear because her worse fears have been realized. Harry Potter was born. And Rock Bottom was the foundation upon which her success was built.

the first week of my holidays

A whole week of resting, of doing nothing but eating, sleeping, playing games and repeating the same routine over and over again. I am still tired. Maybe I should plan for a trip to thailand or cameroon highland this week. Too lazy to travel and too poor for it as well.
I am in the hunt for a new LCD screen. The old one of mine did not withstand the thunderous blows I dealt it and now there is a thick 5 cm solid white line across the screen. So I blog outside on my laptop. Not much typing can be done on my old screen. LCD screens are getting affordable. I like to go for size and a 32inch would suit me well. It will cost me $800 to $900 if I go for an older model, but that is the price of my 19 inch 3 years ago. But still I cannot afford it. My birthday is coming soon, maybe some one will buy one for me. I figured that if each of my friend contribute $20 to my buy a new LCD screen fund, I would need 40 friends. I do not have that many. Even a 22 or 26 inch LCD screen requires me to have at least 25 friends. I doubt I can think of so many.
Most of my past birthdays I spent alone. Or rather at work or just not in celebration. That has been the case since young because my birthday falls during the holidays so not many people know about it. On a good year I get one present. But this year my mother is bringing me to eat a big meal. I really should not be eating any more. Starve myself for one year and I will still look the same. Such is the vast amount of energy reserve I have in store. My value is rising as well. Soon it will reach the $150 mark for one barrel of me. Sometime in July I guess.
I got a wallet from zx and co once, a shirt from cheryl last year though I really think I have misplaced that shirt. A cow moneybank some years back from veron. A crab from E and SR and ferrairo rocher chocolates from the same E the year we were at Famine camp. I got a cake from S and Co and a few cards from S and Co as well. Oh yah and a really nice white bean bear from B and not so pretty but interesting small birthday bear from K during my army days. Of course there was a nice shirt and card and cake last year from the pandas while I was preparing for my sups. There was a meal from A and C as well.
So in my 24 years of life, I guess that averages to about 0.5 or 0.6 present per year. Hopefully this year someone wishes to tip the scale and presents to me something I really could live with. I am not asking for much, anything bigger or equal to 26 inch LCD screen would do just fine. Praise the Lord. Maybe if I go to a church and I have church friends, some one might be kind enough to buy one for me. Or they might dip into the church fund. Of course I say everything in jest.
That is why I wish I am a girl on an occasion like this. A pretty one that is. Or a sexy one. Of course, with my perpensity to rival the size of an elephant I most probably would not make an attractive girl. But if I were, I would definitely flaunt my charms and get some love stricken fool to buy what I want for me. I could do that without being a girl as well. But girls tend to think that giving handmade stuff like embroidery or cards beats every thing. Sure, that is if you are my wife. I almost got some girl to get me a crumbler or crumpler bag once but of course my conscience and her looks convinced me that it would not be a good idea. I might just be cursed if she reads this.
I have the quirkiest and most immmoral ideas and of course I voice them to my friends, tempting them to spice up their lives. But yet I am not a man of his words. Thankfully I do not have enough balls. Just like I asked Ann to seduce the dubai man and together we can blackmail him and demand some oil or gold in return. Not sure if she really needs my help, seems that she is doing fine on her own. But I really did go over the limit by asking her ex right in front of her if he is enjoying sex with his current girlfriend.His answer was interesting though I suspect not entirely truthful.You can see the constipated look on her face as she wonders what could have been. I say what I say in good humor and faith. No malice intended. Anyway it was interesting to go to little india which is not really in little india but in farrer park with ann and fifi. Mustafa sells cheap stuff. I wonder about the price of the LCDs there.
I think i will get married a year or two after graduation. Most of my friends laugh and wonder where would I get my bride and who wants to marry me. I wonder if a mail ordered bride counts? Of course I could also get hitched to the most wonderful girl in the world. Anything is possible. I wonder who would I ask to be my best man. Somehow B seems a good choice. Maybe I can ask him about it the next time we meet. I do feel like asking S to be but how can an indian girl be my best man? Nevertheless I shall sit her at the VIP table if there is one. Of course, every table at my wedding is a VIP table. I am well assured of my own importance. So that makes my guest important as well. When ever my mum asks me when am I going to find a girlfriend, I would reply her with the standard: my expectations are not high, maybe just a simple girl with a billionaire dad, a first class honors and movie star looks would suit me. Yesterday I read in the papers, a koren business mogul with a wealth of hundreds of millions had an open application for the husband of his daughter. thousands of wannabes applied for it. A modern day male cinderella story. A doctor eventually made the grade and would marry his daughter and take over his business. His daughter graduated from quite a prestigeous American Uni and holds a high paying job. The only dampening issue is that she is too short.
The search for a Chelsea manager is still on. I do hope it will be someone who is capable of delivering results. Scolari seems a good bet, not so with Rijkaard. I felt that he won the Spanish liga and Champions League because his players were just too good. He had a red hot ronaldinho and unstoppable Eto. There was also Messi and Henrik larsson. Not to forget deco and puyol. I do not think he will succeed at Stamford bridge. Man U, Arsenal and Liverpool are all actively strengthening their squad. I think it would just be a disaster if Benzema makes a move to Man U . Roque Santa Cruz would be a good buy as well but it seems Man U is also trying to snap him up. Without a manager it would be hard to start scouting for new additions and many players would be wary about joining a club in uncertainty. Luckily the Euros are on and many players would rather focus on the competition than be involved in transfer issues. Hopefully within the next fortnight we can identify a suitable manager and begin our moves in the transfer market.
I am backing the Germans and French to win the title. Because of Ballack and Makelele. Portugal looks in fine form but I do not wish to see another honors for Christiano Ronaldo. And do you know his latest nickname? Christ Almighty.