Life Sucks

I don't take the bus much. Most times it is the train or car. Bus? No thanks and there is a perfectly good reason for it. On Monday, I had an appointment at 3.30 pm at Beach Rd. Rather than take the train, decided to take the bus. From my office in the heart of the business district, it should be a mere 10 mins bus ride. But still kiasu kiasee uncle decides to leave at 3pm with some allowances for waiting time. Reached the bus stop - checked that the bus I was going to take will stop at the bus stop and not be affected by the road closure for the F1. Checked and done and sat down to wait. And wait. And wait. Then a bus came. hope leaps, alas service no 97 - not the bus I want. Immediately behind is another - and yes its **#^#% 97 again! Wait again and again and after 10 minutes another 2 buses came. This time no 75. Yes both 75! What the hell! By now it was 3.30pm, appointment time. What the shit! Where are the buses? Come to think of it, so far only seen 97 and 75. Where are the...

You know that cliche` thing that we always said about our little red dot, that its a small world. There was these 2 strangers who board the same bus to work every morning and has been doing so for quite some time. One day, one of them (let's call her lady A) decided to strike up a conversation with the other lady (lady B). So the conversation goes something like this... Lady A: You stay around here? Lady B: Yes you too? Lady A: No further up the road. Lady A: Do you know where is Blk XXX? Is is near some school? Lady B: Yes. It's just somewhere down the road from here. Lady A: I got a friend staying there Lady B: Me too. I got a friend staying there as well. Lady A: My friend just moved from Simei to here. Lady B: My friend too. He also just moved from Simei to here. Lady A & Lady B: ????? together: What is your friend's name? Needless to say, the friend is of course, Uncle me here. Is it a small world or what? When 2 strangers striking up a conversation ...

Another Biblical legend proven true? Like the elusive Noah's Ark, scientists, archeologist and all sort of treasure hunters have been trying to prove and find evidence of many of the landmarks and items that were described in the Bible.  Now researchers and scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the University of Colorado at Boulder have managed to simulate the parting of the Red Sea . Read more here So will we see the day when all the miracles of the Bible and other historical tomes are replicated? Or will it be another  controversial thingy  like the Noah's Ark which has supposedly been uncovered all over the world? Or like the Turin's Shroud  which is still mired in controversy centuries after it was found. Me think people should not take away the mystery of miracles. After all, nothing hurts more than the truth and what if the truth is...........

Seem to be running into shit recently! And I do not mean shitty things or shitheads but literally shit, yes, faeces, the crap that comes out after all the muck that people or animal eats every day! On Saturday, somewhere between the carpark and the house, I stepped on a pile of shit! And I didn't even realise it. So I got home and after a while, could smell the odour but couldn't find where it was coming from. And poor Toby of course got the blame. It wasn't until M decided to keep my slippers that she saw the pile of shit underneath! Then yesterday morning, on the way out, the Princess managed to get a whiff of 'smelly tofu' or so she thought! At 6.30am in the morning? And then she opened the door and was greeted by a pile of shit on her slipper! Two bratwurst looking roll of shit! What the shit! First thought was it must be from the cat downstair but can cat poop so big time? Dogs? but so far no dogs other than Toby on the floor. Er human? Worse, what if it ...

Me think our gahmen has been overreacting recently. First the handcuffing of the photographer. Granted the photographer was in the way. But was there really a necessity to handcuff him for his own 'safety'?. Now I don't know what safety issue we are talking about here? Was there a monster in the floodwater and they had to protect him from it? Then there was that chap who blogged about the arrest and because he was a police NSF, he was arrested and charged! Again that was uncalled for. As a private citizen, he should be able to comment freely about such matter and his status as an ex-cop should not matter. What was the police so paranoid about in this case? Some skeletons in the water that they don't want anybody to dig out? Then the sudden rush to implement a slew of housing policy to cool the property market. Was the market heading so sky high that such draconian measures are required. As I recall, prices have not even reach the peak of 1996. And what did they do...

It's been 5 days since we moved. Do I miss the old home? I don't know. On the one hand, I am moving into a bigger premise, on the other hand, I miss the lack of facilities like the gym and the pool and the covered carpark. I especially miss the trash chute. At Pasir Ris, what they have is a common chute at one end of the block which means we got to organise the the trash throwing so that we don't have to walk unnecessarily. Then again it is nice not to have to hear the constant roar of traffic along Simei Ave. But I guess Toby misses the view of the road since there is no bay window here at Pasir Ris. He's been mopping around (literally) and very cringing wanting to be carried for the past few days. I guess like all of us, he has to get use to the place. On the bright side of things, we get to save $$$ once we manage to sell the old place. Any takers?

Very soon in a few hours time, it will be adieu Simei, hello Pasir Ris. It had been wonderful staying here but the place is getting old, things are starting to fall apart and beside we have outgrew the place. Time to move on. But some Kodak moments to remember of this place we called home for the past 10 years. Our bedroom which is always very cool (for some reasons) we don't really know why The very used Living Room where things continue to accumulate yearly The Living Room (from the other direction) The original Kitchen The new kitchen which was only done up last year The swimming pool where I finally managed to get the hang of front crawl swimming The pool from the other direction The jacuzzi pool which we hardly use nowadays

It's spring cleaning time and I got books to pass on. Here are the full list. Children Books Pokemon – Comics – 12 titles Pokemon – Stories – 5 titles Captain Underpants – 6 titles Bookworm Short Stories Junior Fiction Goosebumps series – 19 titles Star Wars – Jedi Apprentice Series – 4 titles Star Wars – Jedi Quest – 2 titles Star Wars – Science Adventures The Boy who Talks to Ghosts by Benny and Alice Wong 3 in 1 Magical Mystery Stories Roald Dahl – The Twits The Boxcar Children – 2 titles The Wongs of Changi Maggie's Adventures Ai Lin & her Invisible Friends Charlotte's Web Time Surfer – Shock Wave by Tony Abbott Graveyard School – The Easter Egg Haunt 4 Chinese books Others Children Non-Fiction Digimon Official Character Guide Magic the Gathering Advanced Strategy Guide Star Wars Jedi Training and Trials Quiz Book Smelly Jokes for Kids Pokemon Snap The Official Pokemon Handbook Usborne Puzzle Adven...