Uncommon Strong Winds in Singapore in Jan 2009

(Image from Yahoo News)

For the last few weeks, i have been sleeping so soundly, due to the cool weather that we are experiencing..in fact it is the strong wind that have been making the weather so much comfortable.



It is no more the hot & humid that we always experience..i dont sweat so much anymore when i walk around under the sun in my long sleeve shirt and long pants..

Based on an article from Yahoo News, seems like not all Singaporeans are enjoying these strong winds like i do. haha

One person said it has become so difficult to play tennis, while another is putting off plans to go on a picnic. Singapore Polytechnic has even decided, for safety reasons, to take down two banners after one was blown away.

Marketing executive Jasmine Yuan, meanwhile, told TODAY papers: "The winds are crazy. We were walking for a bit outdoors and our hair is being messed up... Until the winds improve, I’ll not do my hair.

Do you want to find out the reason why we are getting strong winds these few weeks??

Check out the following report, by clicking HERE!

Best Job In The World

How about this for "Best Job In The World"??

The successful candidate will live on Hamilton Island for six months, exploring the islands and coral-filled waters of theGreat Barrier Reef and telling the world about his or her experience through blogs,videos and the media. Accommodation — a three-bedroom apartment — is provided.The salary is A$150,000 ($155,000). As reported by TODAY.

At the moment, three days after it announced it was looking for a person to fill the post of the “Best Job in the World” — Tourism Queensland had over 500,000 hits on the application site, http://www.islandreefjob.com/.

As of yesterday, there were over 350 applicants from countries including the UK,
US and Australia as well as Croatia, Turkey, Italy, Germany, Canada, the Netherlands and
Portugal. One person has submitted his application in six different languages.

Lets check out the JOB SPECIFICATIONS in details:

To apply for the “Best Job in the World”, candidates have to fill in an application form and upload a 60-second video that shows their suitability for the job – knowledge, creativity, sense of adventure, communication skills – at http://www.islandreefjob.com/. Applicants must be at least 18 years old. The job is for six months – July 1, 2009 to Jan 1, 2010 – with a salary of $155,000. The successful applicant will be announced on May 6 from 11 shortlisted candidates.

The deadline for applications is Feb 22.

RICH by playing Soccer in Singapore?

Being in a small city country, it has never been a gorgeous and sought-after career to be a professional footballer.

Of course, in the 90s, Singapore was participating in the Malaysian League and was once of the top performing teams. After we pulled out of the Malaysian League, we started our own S-League and have produced couple of exciting players to support our National Team - known as "The Lions".

Few years back, there were plans to catapult "The Lions" towards World Cup 2010 Finalist, but looking at it, it is still JUST A DREAM!

I was reading Soccernet earlier and noticed an article "Man City owner tops British football's rich list". It seems like those players in Britain are earning big bucks with their passion and career associated with Soccer.

Rich List Top 20
1 Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan (Man City) £15billion
2 Lakshmi Mittal and family (QPR) £12.5bn
3 Roman Abramovich (Chelsea) £7bn
4 Joe Lewis (Tottenham) £2.5bn
5 Bernie and Slavica Ecclestone (QPR) £2.4bn
6 Stanley Kroenke (Arsenal) £2.245bn
7 Alisher Usmanov (Arsenal) £1.5bn
8 Lord Grantchester & the Moores Family (Everton) £1.2bn
8 Dermot Desmond (Celtic) £1.2bn
10 Lord Ashcroft (Watford) £1.1bn
11 Malcolm Glazer and family (Man Utd) £1.1bn
12 Simon Keswick (Cheltenham) £966m
13 Trevor Hemmings (Preston) £900m
14 Mike Ashley (Newcastle) £800m
15 Randy Lerner (Aston Villa) £750m
16 Tom Hicks (Liverpool) £700m
17 The Walker Family (Blackburn) £660m
18 Mohammed Al Fayed (Fulham) £650m
19 Sir David Murray (Rangers) £600m
20 Steve Morgan (Wolves) £400m

Top 20 players: (overall position in the main list in brackets)
1 David Beckham £125m (38)
2 Michael Owen £40m (56=)
3 Wayne Rooney £35m (61)
4 Rio Ferdinand £28m (69=)
5 Robbie Fowler £28m (69=)
6 Sol Campbell £28m (69=)
7 Ryan Giggs £23m (77)
8 Michael Ballack £20m (80=)
8 Frank Lampard £20m (80=)
10 Steven Gerrard £19m (86)
11 Cristiano Ronaldo £18m (87)
12 John Terry £17m (88)
13 Didier Drogba £15m (89)
14 Nicolas Anelka £14m (92=)
15 Damien Duff £14m (92=)
16 Dimitar Berbatov £13m (96=)
17 Ashley and Cheryl Cole £13m (96=)
18 Fernando Torres £13m (96=)
19 = Emile Heskey £12m (100)
20 Gary Neville £11.75m (101)

Wow. Not bad isnt it!!!!

Hmm...i just wonder when soccer players in other countries can earn as much as those in Britain...perhaps, they need to train and ply their trade as close in proximity to Britain to be successful.

PS: Drop me a comment. I would love to hear from you.

Vietnam An Interesting Country in South East Asia?

Many of you would realised that i have missed my trip to Vietnam for holidays this year end due to work commitment. I have always hear that Vietnam is full of surprises and a fun place to tour around.

I received an interesting email from my friend Nizam, and it shows a series of photos on how Vietnamese travels around in the Motorbikes and Bicycles.

Lets take a look....

My Best Friend Wedding Night

Year 2008 came to a close happily for me and some of my friends.

Definitely much more for one of my best friend, Chang Ching and his wife Liu Ying.

Tuesday, 30th Dec 2008 is the wedding day and together with couple of his good friends, we were honoured to be invited by him to help out in his wedding events.

I was tasked to be the main coordinator as well as the MC (emcee) for his wedding
dinner, but the task was too overwhelming that Nizam (this guy is crazy) and i invited another good friend Boon Tiong to help to coordinate the event.

All turned out well i must say. At least i saw smiles on the bride and groom.

This is the short video that i have taken during the "Solemnization". Aren't this couple lovely??


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And after the wedding, we the crazy gang went "Hotel Room Crashing"..we had lots of fun games and cheers. It must have spiced up the night for the newly weds. The gang consists of the follow:

Chang Ching's Sister and Brother-In-Law, and her friends

We the "BROTHER" of Chang Ching: Sean. Nizam, Thomas, Boon Tiong, Thiam Hong

Check this out!



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