. . New Side Mirrors . .

Not much happened today, Wednesday. The work day usual routine. Still am on the "photo-realistic" visual. Think had completed around 60% - 70%.

Went home after work around 8.45 pm after the usual Photoshop Meeting. Nothing much for the meeting, just Kan and Kay giving their presentations. At home, after I'd my dinner, I went down to the carpark to fix my new side mirrors.

Quite a feat fixing the new side mirrors. There's a few nuts and and the screwings are a bit puzzling. 'Cause there's a few threading thats can turn clockwise and also anti-clockwise. Hah. After fixing both the side mirrors *which took me about an hour* , still looks a bit funny. And the mirror really are too small. Went to look at my elder brother's motorbike side mirror *he only fixed on one side*. Damn. His looks nicer. The way he positioned his mirror was what I wanted it to look like on mine. It's alright. Maybe I reposition mine some other time. For now, just let it be like it is. Or maybe I buy a new bigger one. This one looks a bit too small. Haiz. .

Feel so tired today.

. . CDA . .

What a long day today was. Was on leave from work today, Tuesday as I went to send off my younger brother for his National Service enlistment to Civil Defence Force.

Woke up early and reached there around 8.30 am. Was a good trip. Got to see the kind of equipments that they would use during their training, their dormitory, the canteen, etc, etc. Never been into the Civil Defence Academy (CDA) before so was quite excited to see the training facilities. Got to say that the facilities there are all good. They even have washing machines and dryers. Hah! Two iron and ironing boards in each domitory too! Lucky people.

At the canteen, they showed us the kind of food that they'll be serving to the trainees during their training. Looks very nice! Wonder if they showed that on that day itself only. Hah! But I was assured by the instructors there that that will be the kind of food that will be served to the trainees. Lucky people.

After the oath-taking and brief presentation by the Commander there, we had a few minutes to meet up with my brother for a short while. Basically, just to recollect his handphone charger, *as charging of handphones there are not allowed* and we took back some of his personal clothings. Initially, he packed a few more sets of clothes extra as he was expecting to be in camp for a few weeks before his 1st book-out. As this is his Physical Training Phase, it means that he will do nothing than just exercise training for the first few weeks.

But as it turns out, the camp training doesn't continue over the weekends! This means that he will have his first book-out this coming Friday! Just a mere 4 days later!. HAH! I remembered when it was my time, ages ago, when I was enlisted to the Armed Forces, I had to stayed back in camp for almost 4 weeks before my 1st book-out?! I booked out and was excited to see HBD flats! The bus ride home was like an experience long forgotten. And seeing a girl was like I'd never seen the female species before! Can you even imagine how that was like?! Hah! Lucky people.

Anyway, after the whole thing ended and we said our best wishes, the family head to the cemetary *which was just a stone throw away from the Academy* for a brief visit to my late dad's grave. Pulled out the weeds, cleaned up the grave a lil bit, the normal stuffs. Went home promptly after that.

In the afternoon, went up to meet Frecky. Accompanied her to LaSalle as she had to attend to some personal stuffs there. After that we went up to Sim Lim Square, *which was just next to LaSalle* to look out for a Wacom Graphire 2 Tablet. Hmm, couldn't seems to find the smallest size Graphire 2 tablet. Saw a new edition of a Wacom Tablet called Bamboo Fun. Think it's more for a personal/non-professional use.

We went to alot of places today. Hah! Just going around look look see see. After Sim Lim Square, we went to Beach Road. Bought myself a small "pouch-like" side bag. Then head down to a bike shop at Rowell Court and bought new side mirrors for my bike. Lastly went to Bugis and had dinner at some seafood restaurant.

The service there wasn't that good. Maybe it was just me, but I felt that I wasn't treated/served as well as the other patrons there. First I had to asked for my iced water. Then the manager came by and recalled our orders wrongly *luckily she checked first*. Then when I was having my pasta, I asked for some parmesan cheese. That didn't came. It's ok. No harm done.

After we had our dinner, I asked for the bill. The staff acknowledged and went to get it. 10 minutes went by and still no bill. I really felt like standing up and just walk out of there. Nevermind. I went to the cashier counter and wanted to pay the bill there and then. But I was told to take a seat first and the bill would come shortly. Okay. I did that. Moments later, that same staff and the rest of the staffs were busy attending to a group of patron that was having a birthday celebration for one of them.

I gave her a pissed-off look. She came by, apologised and said she will attend to my bill shortly. That was when I nearly blew it. Hah! But instead, I told her off sternly that I had been waiting for the bill for quite some time. She then asked some other staff to attend to me. I didn't want to wait for her to come back to me, so I went to the cashier counter. When she saw me standing there, she hasten a bit and fumbled with the bill. I signed the receipt and I walked out. I wasn't being agressive or what. They forgot about me and attended to the other patrons. I'm a paying customer too and I want my service the same as what they served the other patrons.

That's all.

. . Monday Morning Blackout . .

Riding past the office when I reached for work, saw Im standing outside. I shouted out to him, "What happened? Blackout?" Hehe. Yeah, Monday morning was greeted with a blackout at the office. He couldn't went to the back of the shophouse to fix it as he was the only one there. He's usually the first to arrive at the office, with Khai usually. But today, Khai was late.

Anyway, suspected that the blackout happened sometime around Saturday morning as that was when it was raining heavily. Checked the refridgerator and it wasn't cold at all. All the ice-cream had melted and so was the ice too. Well, good luck to the one that's taking over this place. We're moving out in 2 weeks time.

Not much at work. Was focusing on the "photo-realistic" visual that I started last Thursday. Think managed to finished up around 40% overall. Still got long way to go. But also have a few more days to deadline anyway. Finished work a bit later and left around 8.30 pm *to do up the visual as much as I can*.

After work, headed down to Borders at Wheelock Place for a short while. Was really interested in this travelbiography book by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman titled "Long Way Down" *I actually bought the book before but haven't finished reading it* and was hoping that Borders was selling the DVD version. It's about them traveling from the north tip of Scotland down to the southern tip of Africa, on the motorbike. Woohoo. Saw the 1st episode of it on cable TV and couldn't wait to see the rest of the show. But I guess I have to purchase for the DVD online.

I'll be on leave from work on Tuesday as I'll be "escorting" my younger brother for his enlistment to National Service. He'll be enlisted to the Civil Defence. As was my elder brother and as was my late dad. But I wasn't. Guess I'm really the odd one out huh. Anyway, never really been inside the Civil Defence Academy, so I'm kind of excited myself to send him off.

My younger brother is all grown up.

. . Catalunya . .

Was a restful Sunday. Woke up late 'cause slept late the night before. Wanted to switched on the tv and couldn't. Just then remembered that the digital set-top box was spoilt.

The night before, while I was watching TV, suddenly the image switched off to the tv's blue screen. Hmm, means the tv is not spoilt. Checked and saw that the digital set-top box was switched off. And it wasn't responding. Well, I guess that was a sign for me to go to sleep. Hah!

So woke up this morning to a spoilt tv is sucky. Hah! Confirmed that the set-top box was spoilt. Called up the customer service. I would say that the service was good, seeing that it was a Sunday and the guy on the other line was very helpful. Eventually he said that if he were to send someone down, it would only be possible on Monday. What!!? Which means that I won't be able to watch tv for the whole day like that!!!

Another way, was for us to do an instant replacement at the customer service center ourselves. Which means we have to get down to the service centre at Vivocity. Haiz. For the sake of tv. I sacrified and promptly head down to the center. After I had my lunch that is.

The service there was very fast, for replacement of set-topbox that is. The replacement was done at the infomation counter itself. It was a really immediate 1-to-1 exchanged. Just like the guy on the phone said. No queuing. No queue number. No waiting. Was quite shocked at how quick it was. Anyway, after that decided to walk around for a short while. Got home promptly and set the emm.. set-top box.

Basically watched the tv the whole day. Hah! And also nap on the sofa. Hah! Woke up from the nap around 7.00 pm as my elder brother switched the channel for MotoGP! Another exciting Live race! This time in Spain : Catalunya Circuit. Exciting exciting race! Can't wait 'til The Malaysia : Sepang Circuit race. Anyone out there want to tag along? It's going to be in October and I'm sure it's going to be loads of fun! Lucky I did the set-top box exchanged this afternoon. Or else, I would have missed the race.

After the race saw the movie "D.O.A : Dead Or Alive" on Star Movies. Hah! What a funny show. It's a game-adapted movie and it's like the "Streetfighter" movie that starred Jean-Claude Van Damme. The storyline is weak. Overall, its a movie you'll watched once and won't want to watch it again a second time.

That's it. Going back to work tomorrow. Haiz.

. . Kung Fu Panda . .

Was raining most part of the Saturday. Had to delayed meeting up with Frecky 'cause of the rain. Eventually we met up at Jurong East MRT at around 4.00 pm.

Hah! Decided not to ride that day as I was afraid that it would rain again in the evening. Haven't been taking the MRT for quite sometime. Hah! But it's alright, I guess. Kept wanting to turn back home and get my bike. 'Cause the weather was getting better while I was on the train. Anyway, we were quite early when we reached Great World City and decided to get something to eat and windowshop around.

"Kung Fu Panda" was just excellent! Very good show and a must watch. The animation was great and the fight choreography was just awesome! Think 3D animation have reached a new level. With great storyline and even better animations like these really separates them from the rest. Still, I think the best storyline animation goes to "The Incredibles".

But I think that some characters did not get enough screen time and dialogue. I think the Monkey, Mantis, Crane, and Viper characters didn't get explored as much. Especially Monkey, which was voiced by Jackie Chan. Think he said a few lines only. Bah!! Was expecting him to have a better character build up for monkey. Think there's too many main characters at one time. But like I said, overall, was a good and entertaining show. Do stay back after the credits *which was fun to watch anyway* for a short stinger.

After movie, went straight back home. It didn't rain. T_T"

. . Friday Is A Weekend . .

Yeaterday is Friday. And for me, Friday is a weekend. I've always told people that the moment I woke up on a Friday, I switched off. Hah!

Didnt't do much work yesterday. Had work to do, but I the mood wasn't there at all. Did a 'lil bit of work for the "photo-realistic" visual that was handed to me the day before. Think I did around 10%? Still got long way to go. The GM and a colleague Lynn, was busy preparing stuffs, tagging the equipments and all the stuffs in our office. The move is in about 20 more days. Anyway, almost everything will be move to the new office. 'Cause, back then, when we moved into this office, there was nothing at all. No furnitures, nothing. All had to be bought. And now all will be move over.

Finished work promptly at 7.00 pm. Went out to Great World City for a short while 'cause I need to look for socks. Hah! Anyway, I've already booked movie tickets there for Kung Fu Panda showing today. Just want to check out whether the parking there is still free for motorcycles. Well it wasn't necessary, but I really did want to get new pairs of socks and Great World City is just so near. Less than 10 minutes bike ride from the office.

Got my socks. Got home.

. . Mugello Circuit . .

One of the best Sundays today. Didn't do much at all today. Woke up to a wet morning again. Went in and out of sleep before waking up late morning. After that, started up my GTA IV.

Played some serious time on the game. Finished up around 5.00 pm. Hah! Yeah. Been quite some time since I spent that amount of time on a game. I even skipped my breakfast and lunch. Was feeling hungry in the early afternoon but the hunger passed after a while. Was planning to go for a run but was feeling hungry so, once again, I put it off.

After dinner, had an "unexpected evening nap" *hehe* and woke up promptly around 8.00 pm. My elder brother's "shouts of excitment" woke me up. He was watching the Live broadcast of MotoGP.

Basically, MotoGP is a motorbike race. And it's actually quite exciting to watch. *Maybe others might not think so* Anyway, I joined him in watching the broadcast. Was quite a good race. *This leg of the race took place in Italy : Mugello Circuit* Quite exciting. Most probably me and my elder brother will head down to Malaysia this coming October to catch the future leg of the race. We'll see.

That's all for a boring, restful Sunday.