Archive for December, 2009
Random photo
Thursday, December 24th, 2009
Lying in bed and unable to sleep. So I fiddled with the long exposure settings of my camera. This photo was taken with an 8 sec exposure and by waving the camera around madly.
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Office Christmas party
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Today was the office Christmas party.
In the morning, the CEO went around the rooms to judge the Christmas decorations. The leader of the Christmas decor team in my room pulled out all the stops. People were still busy adding more decorations to the room when I left work yesterday. This morning the lights were switched off and the whole room was lighted up by the orange glow of table lamps and Christmas lights. The leader also got everybody to gather at the entrance to welcome the CEO when he entered the room. Needless to say, we won.
I was glad that the Christmas decorating period was over. I was getting very irritated by someone who kept telling me that I was “creative”, “artistic” and I’m the “creative director”, “mastermind” of the Christmas decorations for my team. The first time I was told by that someone that I’m “creative” and “artistic”, I was so pissed that I curtly replied back, “No, I’m not.” It was only when I saw the other person was a little shocked that I tried to be a little nicer.
Lunch was the Christmas party. Someone managed to booked a table so all of us could sit together. Being with friends made the party more fun. LSW brought her iPhone along and kindly let me play with it. I was so caught up in the game, which involved crushing ants and cockroaches invading a picnic, that I didn’t noticed when DD came up to our table to say hello. Suddenly I heard a lot of noise and I looked up to see everyone looking at me and DD standing with her hand outstretched, waiting for me to shake it. Yikes!
Food was ok and some dishes were quite nice. I ate a lot. It felt like there were less dishes this year and Blackhole confirmed it. The games were after the meal and DD came to sit at our table. I looked over at the bosses’ table in the middle of the room and noticed it was empty as everyone there had dispersed. After the games, came the lucky draw. There were 10 prizes and they were quite good. The top prize was an iPod touch. So that’s why there were less dishes this year. Of course with my kind of luck, I didn’t win anything again.
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E-Sarn Thai Corner
Monday, December 21st, 2009
Mao Mao, Pooh Bear and I met One Red for lunch at E-Sarn Thai Corner, a small restaurant along Pasir Panjang Road. The restaurant had a laid-back, casual atmosphere found in family restaurants. We assumed that the two waitresses are family members but maybe they are not.
E-Sarn Thai Corner
130 Pasir Panjang Road
Tel: 64733716
Tags: desserts, drinks, thai food
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江惠 家後
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Tong Xiang introduced me to a lovely Hokkien song by a Taiwanese singer, 江惠. She is not famous in Singapore because she sings Hokkien songs, but she is very well-known and respected in Taiwan. I liked the song a lot and am posting the MTV here so you can listen to it too.
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Artwork: One horse open sleigh
Saturday, December 12th, 2009
Something I did for Christmas. Took me about one week, working on it everyday a few hours at a time. Tried to draw a scene from the song Jingle Bells, so that’s why it’s not a reindeer. And there’s no background. Oh what the heck, happy hols everyone.
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Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
Screenshots of the game are taken from Gamespot
After playing Yakuza 2, I felt like taking it slow and play something not so action-packed. Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny seemed to fit my criteria. It has turn-based battles and seems to be fairly light-hearted. I have not played other games in the Atelier Iris series but if it has a sequel, it must be of some standard right?
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