more photos of hanging lantern in the office

more panaromic views from 攀枝花

the industrial...the city is started cos of its rich mineral mines...henc the booming mining-related industries

nice scenery admist the mountains (untouched by human)

city still under going development

some fotos from my hp

taken during 清明节， was at 光明山 to give offerings to my grandpa n grandma (who i have never seen b4)

one of the Dali sculptures displayed in orchard road for the singapore biennale '06 (one of my fav-warp time)

death-note movie - movie from a popular jap manga (at least i read it) very interesting plot would want to go and watch =)

interior decor of crystal jade palace restaurant

upcoming festival: mooncake festival 中秋节

mooncake festival is coming soon...get to eat mooncake n also play with lantern 提灯笼.
to get into the the festive mood...we were putting up lanterns in our office today and ate some mooncake made by one fo the collegues' parents...haha quite fun... here are some of the pics taken by my hp.

weekend + monday

took family studio photo last sat...for my graduation...my parents were very happy that day...haha cos me & my sis wore the grad gown and we took family photo...guess they are proud of us bah =)and had dinner at crystal jade the new (or not so new) palace restaurant at ngeeann city...haha...sis treat...=P

took driving lesson on sun...learned how to parallel parking...it wasn't stuill alrite tot will be very very difficult...but only very difficult haha...alot of sightings to take note...intially din bump into the poles but when lesson almost ending i bumped into them cos din turn enuf...haha...the instructor say bump them now better then bump them during the test...which is true...bump down 2 poles cost 20 pts...which means failure bah...haiz...

attended the 1st lesson of 3DS max course today...was quite simple...but cos its just intro and 1st lesson so its very basic stuff like learn the icon n draw basic solids...towatrds the end of the lesson will be able to learn some simple animation...looking forward to that...since the lesson is at tanjong pagar...i met up with junhan for lunch today have been a few months we have met up...ate at this korean restuarant near his workplace, URA...but our lunch hour was diff but we still met and i went bk late for my course haha...15 mins late opps...cos hsi lunch was 1pm - 2pm mine was 1230-1pm...anyway was a good catching up might ask him for lunch for the subsequent days...heheanyway he treated me to the lunch...will treat him when i get my paycheck this week...haha

"funny" pictures

here are some of the weird pictures that i photoshopped in office for mr liu's presentations...

actually there r meaning behind these pictures (can guess)...=)...enjoy

FRANK GEHRY talk on 16th OCT

frank gehry will be giving talk in singapore on 16th oct...the post-modern architect behind the famous bilbao guggenheim museum, walt disney concert hall in L.A., his charactristic style of wavy metal facade resembling "fish"...it will be a good chance to hear it from the master (guess coincide with the sentosa ir presentation)





bilbao guggenheim museum













walt disney concert hall













the dancing house in Prague

i wanna to go VENICE!

saw the photos that my team leader, Joyce, took from her trip to venice to attend the venice architecture biennale '06...very nice place...suddenly have the urge to want to go there...haha

some ramblings abt office

received a "red bomb" from my collegue recently...haha my 1st wedding dinner not long after i start work..congrats to cheeli & her hubby...the dinner will be on 9th oct at grand copthorne waterfront hotel, which means there be a little burn in my pocket liaoz...oppsy

will be attending a 3D-studio max software course next week for a few days, 25, 27, 29 sept & 2, 4 oct at 9 Lim Teck Kim Road, #01-03 Singapore Technologies Building. excited to learn a new software but then the more u learn at work, the more work & responsibility will come ur way...haha but that shld be good jsut that will be more work and more tired...

have been surviving fine in the new working environment =) quite enjoy the place with friendly fellow team collegues...=)...though still trying to accustom myself in handling the panzhihua project all by myself =/

haha btw someone commended that my chinese very good...haha somemore its from a chinese from china...wang yan...the "superwoman" that mr liu ask us not to bully...hehe...she really knows wats mr liu preferences are in work...she say finally mr liu can find someone thats able to read his chinese handwriting...hmmm dunnoe wat it means...har...somemore she ask me my alma mater primary & secondary school, think she is sourcing schools for her daughter bah...saw her once in office when we were working on sunday...quite cute n smart...=)

ah enuf rambling about my office stuff...=)

a very nice song from 张信哲 latest album

panaromic views along the route to panzhihua airport

photos from Panzhihua

panzhihua airport

New album released on 8 Sep '06: 周杰伦 《依然范特西》

Song list (曲目）
1. 夜的第七章
2. 听妈妈的话
3. 千里之外
4. 本草纲目
5. 退后
6. 红模仿
7. 心雨
8. 白色风车
9. 迷迭香
10. 菊花台

Jay's new album is out. After hearing the whole album, the general feeling is that the ablum is has a strong chi-na feel to it (more like 30's-40's old shanghai feel, from his retro-inspired image), or you can say 中国风. From 千里之外 (a duet with 费玉清), 本草纲目(inspired by ancient chinese herbs list), 迷迭香 (a shanghai-broadway inspired song) & 菊花台 ( avery 琼瑶 tv-serial theme song 编曲). Not to forget his usual hip-hop, rap @ mumbling songs which resemble to his other songs in the past, eg. 夜的第七章 = 以父之名， 听妈妈的话 = 爷爷泡的茶，本草纲目 = 乱舞春秋. Anyway not to be missed is his r&b ballards, the recommended are 退后 & 心雨 ( their feel can be compared to 借口 & 搁浅, somemore same composers, if i'm not wrong). Its a sure must buy for all die-hard jay fans out there =)

New Album released on 8 Sep '06: 张信哲 《做你的男人》

Song List (曲目）：
1. 做你的男人
2. 说谎
3. 后悔的借口
4. 忘了我
5. 曾经
6. 不由自主
7. 远方
8. 上海姑娘
9. 你应该飞的
10. 晴天

A long awaited album from Jeff Chang . Went with Ee Meng to get it from orchard cd-rama on its 1st day of release (same day as Jay). Its another Jeff characteristic album (非常张信哲的一张专辑）, must be catered towards his fans (including me & Ee Meng...haha). A album with all 10 tracks of ballards no wonder he's crowned the prince of ballard (情歌王子). This time round he seems to be more "flamboyant" in his 高音. In the song 后悔的借口, he sounded quite like 林志炫, probably in the way he uses the 高音 & 转音 technique. Among the tracks the few highly recommended are 做你的男人 (uploaded on my blog...hehe), 说谎 (a very typical jeff's ballard...thumbs up), 不由自主 (a more up-beat song composed by F.I.R.) and these 2 songs 远方 & 晴天 (both songs are the 激励 & 感动 type).

photos from 成都， 四川 - 琴台路

a themed street with restaurants and crafts shops
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...with huge ancient chinese architecture (be it new or old buildings)
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a well-paved road but its for cars...hmmmm
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the main gate
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锦里

in day (notice the difference in ambience when its at night)
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notice a performance stage in the background, its raised up
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nice pavilion by the pond (note: the fake lotus)
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the street in the day
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the arch
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alfresco food street
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a temple related to the Romance of 3 Kingdom (btw 成都 is part of 蜀汉国 govern by 刘备)
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among the trees
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nice stone craving
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collision of western & oriental culture
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very ancient china feel with the red lanterns
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very crowded street
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春熙路

a busy commercial square
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breadtalk landed in 成都??
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a perculiar building
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more photos from 成都， 四川 - 春熙路 & others

another perculiar building among the modern

the busy 春熙路 (notice the big Jay's advertisment billboard)

a mural wall to mark the pedstrainisation of this street (春熙路)

a large overhead pedestrain bridge (links up 4 major shopping centres)

春熙路 a shopping pedestrainised street

view outside my hotel room (sheraton)

成都 airport