The Phantom of Opera @ Singapore

Finally, the day has come... Another 5 hours i will be watching the Phantom of Opera.

TicTac

Are you familiar with the brand name called TicTac?

four famous favorite of TicTac

Still remember the taste of a TicTac? Is this your favourite?
It's so amazing that this product has survived so many years even older than me... Anyone know which is the original favor of TicTac? I meant which favor is the first to come out?

Guess what? Today the TicTac has come with various form and various beans. I even saw one box of Minions TicTac... this is how the company survived generations. Until today kids are so fond of TicTac because they have evolved on their packaging too.

Drum please... Let me introduce you the GIANT TicTac

Giant TicTac

Any other shape of TicTac which you have come across?

McAloo Tikki

Are you keen to try this McAloo Tikki? Now available in McDonald's Singapore all the way from India. When i WIKI McAloo Tikki, I got to know Aloo Tikki is a snack made out of Potatoes and Spice which originated from Northern India.

Guess what? I also found this in WIKI
"The McAloo tikki burger, a trademark of McDonald's served at McDonald's restaurants in India, UAE and other countries with large Indian populations, is not a true representation of the traditional food"

Now, Singapore has been recognized with Large Indian Population by McDonald's. When will McAloo Tikki be in Malaysia? Hmmm... maybe not cause Malaysia is truly Banglasia Not India... Muhahaha :p

An afternoon with Yang I Deun @ The Curve

Last Saturday after gym workout at The Curve, had lunch with my friend. Friend brought me to watch this piano performance at the Curve "An afternoon with Yang I Deun" a Korean pianist on a rounded stage in the middle of the open area near McDonalds, BodyShop etc.

Yang I Deun on Piano

Surprisingly he has his own fans club. A lot of people were there for his performance. Before he started his performance, his fans already waiting for him to perform... *thumbs up*

Yang I Deun playing piano

Look at the boy... he was so curious and wanted to go closer... Not sure whether he wanted to touch the piano?



Do you play piano?
Will you be encouraging your children to learn piano?

On watching LIVE performance @ Alexis Ampang

My newly known friend has arranged a night out at the Alexis Ampang for a LIVE performance by Bihzhu from Penang.

We had our dinner at Alexis Ampang... Dinner was so so and to me the Alexis burger was not that great. The Fatboy, Chillis and TGIF burger is way way better than Alexis burger. I should have order their Asian food ;-)

Alexis Burger

According to my friends, the Alexis Restaurant famous for its Tiramitsu

Tiramitsu

We actually order two different cakes for our dessert to share...

Two Different Cakes for dessert

 At around 10 something, the LIVE performance started and the performer started singing all kind of songs including Reggae, American blues, Jazz and one kiddie songs Xiao Bai Chuan... The performance was very good. 

LIVE performance by Bihzhu

The performance lasted around 2 hours included the break. I managed to buy her first album and gotten her autography... There are 6 songs in total, the song i like most is the Xiao Bai Chuan.

Bihzhu's first Album

Thanks to my friend invited me to this nice LIVE performance and night out...
Here you go the Xiao Bai Chuan that i like...

On Watching Percy Jackson and the sea monsters

I went to watch the Percy Jackson and the sea monsters with one friend of mine. Bought the movie ticket before hitting the gym.

Met my friend around 19:00 and went to Pho Hoa for Vietnamese Beef Noodles. After the dinner we went for the movie. The Percy Jackson is quite nice as it's not lengthy. The movie finished around 1.5 hours. 

I personally thinks that it's worth to watch the movie... I don't wanna to be the spoiler for the movie. :p Go ahead and watch it eh~

Hungry Ghost Month

You will kind of know when the Hungry Ghost Month (HGM) approaching...
1) The horror movies in the national TV
2) Lots of people sicks
3) Live concert by the roadside with the first and second rows of chair empty
4) Prayer booth setup by the roadside and within the temple

When i was a little kid, i usually very scare of Hungry Ghost Month. Maybe thanks to those ghost movies and commercial that reflected the scary part of the HGM and those people whom pray to those hungry ghost on the street...

14th days of the HGM was the most happening day according to the old people. There were the day that lots of hungry ghost wondering around the street... So usually my mom will ask me to come back home as early as possible. But I think that's the practice for most of the people as the street is empty on that day.

I found this clip regarding on how the Malaysian Chinese pray during the HGM... 

On visiting MacRitchie Trail, Singapore

A lot of people have the same mindset of myself... when we mentioned Singapore, this is the image that comes up to our mind...

Guess what? Singapore has lots more to offer... The MacRitchie Trail is a very nice natural reserve park which covered a very wide area.

MacRitchie Trails Map

We decided to go with the Orange Color trail which is 7.0km return. This trail is not a difficult trail as mentioned in the map... Interesting enough after 200m, we walked into the jungle like path...

The Trail

Along the trail, we are greeted with a small stream parallel with the trail. No fishes were detected...

The Stream

The Trail

After 3.1km, we finally came to the gate of the HSBC TreeTop Walk. The main attraction of MacRitchie Trail. 

Gate to the HSBC TreeTop Walk

It's a one way to the other sides... Meaning you could not walk back to this end. The exit is over the other end of the TreeTop walk.

TreeTop Walk

From the TreeTop Walk, we managed to see the MacRitchie Reservoir... Due to the hot sun... we took a few shots and left the place and back to the trail...

Can you see the MacRitchie Reservoir?

We managed to finished the whole 7km trail within 2.5-3 hrs. The recommended time to complete this trail is 3-4 hours. Hahaha... we still consider Fit :p 

More pictures @ A picture A day.

Guy vs Lady?

Question:  The person holding the umbrella, is a he or she?

The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty

I went into the Borders besides the gym two days back. Wondered around the bookstore, doing some reading. When i went through the TOP TEN rack... there was this book that drawn my attention.

I haven't really read through this book yet. So not able to tell you what HONEST TRUTH that the author trying to address in DISHONESTY. Will blog again once i finish the book.

Run TZ Run 2013

All of the sudden i have added 2 runs into my list within 24 hours... The Singapore Standard Charter Marathon 2013 on Dec 01st 2013 and the Bangkok Bayan Tree Hotel Vertical Run (Relay) on Oct 6th 2013. This year run started quite late as i was in Europe during late March till April for my vacation. There were not many interesting run until the Sundown Marathon in Singapore appeared on May 31st 2013. Honestly speaking, i kind of participate more run outside the country then running in the City of Potholes. Maybe just scare to drop into the potholes while running... :p

Done deal 
1. Singapore Sundown Marathon - May 31st 2013

Up coming
1. CSC Run by the Bay - August 25th 2013
2. KL Standard Charter Run - Sept 29th 2013 (Postpone from June 2013)
3. Bangkok Bayan Tree Hotel Vertical Run - Oct 6th 2013 (relay)
4. Singapore Standard Charter Run - Dec 1st 2013

I think that's all folks for year 2013 unless my friend jio me to run with him on some others run... ;-)

Bangkok Bayan Tree Hotel Vertical Run

My friends has just registered us to the 61st Floors Bangkok Bayan Tree Hotel Climb on Oct 6th 2013 yesterday night. So Bangkok here i come again... the vertical run is a team of 4 person. Total steps to achieve is 1093 so each of us have to climb 273 steps. It's equivalent of Batu Cave Steps. So, I found the training ground for my vertical run.

The venue

The Training Ground

Looking forward for the run in Bangkok...

Can you reserve a gym locker? @ Fitness First

A: Excuse Me, you are using my locker
B: I thought no one is using this locker
A: Don't you see there is a set of Towel in the locker?
B: You mean the gym towel? I though the other person just forgot to return.
A: It's mine that i left inside... Can you get another locker?
B: *shut the locker door and proceed to the toilet*
A: *shouted @ B* Can you understand what i meant?
B: How could you use the Towel to reserve the locker?
A: Are you going to give it back to me? (B has placed all the stuff and got changed to his gym clothing)

Me: I'm going to leave right now. You may use this locker.
B: Do you mind using that locker instead?
A: Okay~ *unhappy*

I believe A has placed the towel and got out from the locker room to do something... not sure why he don't lock the locker. Maybe the card was not working... 

So, can you reserve a gym locker using the Gym Towel? Why in the first place B go to take out the gym Towel and get the locker. (there is the only upper deck locker available). Maybe B have not choice to get the one.