Baba & Nyonya Food

Newspaper recommended a baba & nyonya restaurant at Abu Sitti Lane. I went there yesterday with mum. The food was good!

Mum with kebaya on the left.

Kerabu Bee Hoon and Ayam Ponteh

First xbox360, then PS3

Bro bought xbox360 mid of 2008. My first game on xbox360 is Gear of War. It was scary but fun. Today bro bought PS3, after checking on it for 2 months. My first game on PS3 is Winning Eleven 2009. Sigh..

Next xbox360 game will be Gear of War 2, still awaiting bro's friend to finish playing. Next PS3 game will be Call of Duty - World at War, it is still sitting on the shelf in Software shop at Funan.

Johor One Day Trip

I went to JB with my colleagues last Saturday. As usual, the traffic was bad. Once we reached JB, we went for tim sum brunch. Although the restaurant is famous with tim sum, the taste was not excellent. I still prefer tim sum in Bukit Mertajam. After brunch, we went to Holiday Plaza to have our hair done. We were there for the whole afternoon. Our last destination was City Square. We had simple dinner and fast shopping. It was quite a fun trip. I have been to JB few times but this trip was my first with a private driver! I felt like I was in Yogyakarta again..hahaha.. Back to home sweet home around 12am......

Passport photos

Last night, we were trying hard to get a very nice picture of niece for her passport application. Bro and sis were doing all the tricks until sis gave up and said "Only gugu can make her laugh" So we changed position - sis holding white cardboard, bro holding the camera and my task was to make her laugh.. Indeed she laughed!

Yesterday marked the ninth month of Baby Xuan's arrival since Mar 9th. We have a simple candle and variety cakes to capture the day of every month :)

Completed Full

This year marathon was bad for me. All the while, I knew my left leg is having problem. So, my initial plan was to do half marathon. I was doing fine for the first 21km which I clocked at 2hours 20mins. Then I went further till 23km and my left leg started to pain. So I started walking and thinking to stop but somehow I kept walking till km 32. I got 3 packets of energy bars and I took one. I kept walking fast till km 35. From there on, my left leg was half cramp. I was doing stretching almost every 10mins till 40km. I almost wanted to give up but then I have covered 90% of it. I should not give up unless my left leg totally fail.

At the final 100m, there were many finishers-cum-supports encouraging us. I ran until the finishing line. Finally, completed at 6hours 15mins. Well, I am not proud of myself not because of the timing but I am the cause of my left leg to be in pain.

Yesterday, I can't walk much. Sitting down or lying on bed most of the time. Today, I feel much better. Maybe I had a good rest last night from 8:30pm to 7:30am today..hahaha.. Now I can walk a little bit faster. But don't think I can go up/down the stairs....... Luckily, escalaters and lifts are widely available in SG!

At F1 stop pit, it was a great to see all the Ferrari cars lining in a row like greeting all the marathoners. They have models from past and present. It is held from Dec 6 till 8 by Hong Seh Motors, local importer of Ferrari and Maserati. BTW, entrance fee is $5 but for marathoners, it was free yesterday ;)

P/S: Bro completed in 4hours 36mins! Kudos to him!

SCSM 2008 - 7 December

Three years ago, my first time to witness bro approaching finishing line for SCSM 2005. He was running for 42.2km. It was inspiring. Then I said to myself that one day I will complete 42.2km too. When SCSM opened for registration in 2006, I signed up for 21.1km and completed. Then year 2007, I signed up for 42.2 and completed in 5hours 47mins. For this year, I still signed up for full marathon but I will only run half. My legs are giving me some problems for the past one month. Partly due to too much jogging and torn shoes. So, I do not want to strain more.

I got my Race Entry pack yesterday. This year the color for female top is navy blue. For male, the color still the same. My year 2007 top still intact in the plastic bag in my wardrobe. Year 2008's will be in my wardrobe too. Same as last year, this year SCSM, I will be wearing the old top - year 2006.

Am I ready for the run?

http://www.singaporemarathon.com/en/

My First Printer - HP Photosmart D7160

I got my first ever printer! I was trying get it works yesterday. Sourced for a power cord, full set of cartridges and photo papers with the help from Dom.

Happily on the printer........... Kaboom... It said "Use the introductory cartridges that were shipped with your printer" The printer was smart!

However, Dom found some host cartridges. But two colors didn't work - cyan and light magenta. Last resort is to ask the expert, FP to overwrite the firmware... In the future, I don't have to go Photo Oasis to print my photos anymore :)

First Free MOD

We have new mioHome last Saturday that comes with free unlimited movie on demand. Bro and I were trying to figure out how to watch the movies but we found out all come with certain prices. Then we gave up and bro called Singtel. Singtel said any movies (except drama series) are free. The price won't be charged to our bill. So, last nite I watched my first free MOD - Shutter. The movie was released on 27 March 2008. I think not too bad, at least there are movies released in 2008 that we can watch on HD :)