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一切剩下的 只是记忆...
没想到，那两个在2003年初次去的地方，将会踏入历史。
1) Sentosa Musical Fountain
Despite having been to Sentosa when I was in Primary School, I have never been to the Sentosa musial fountain.
i guessed I'd never have the chance to watch the fountain show if not for a friend (at that Time he was still a friend)
The news of the closure of Sentoso Musical Fountain really caught my eyes when I was browsing through the newspaper a couple of days ago. I never thought that the popular attraction would have to make way for Sentosa's future development.
If I'm not wrong, the musical fountain show which I watched was the "4th generation" of the show -- with 3D effects and a cartoon character call Kiki. I could still remembered how I jumped a little from my seat when the balls of fire suddenly sprang out and the heat could be feel even we were siting quite a few rows agao from the stage.
A short notice abt the closure of the fountain can be found here:
http://www.sentosa.com.sg/explore_sentosa/attractions/magical_sentosa.html
Magical Sentosa
Prepare to be charmed by Magical Sentosa and its cast of characters in thisS$4-million sound, light and laser extravaganza at the Musical Fountain. During the half-hour multi-media musical, Kiki the hyperactive monkey and his friends will bring you on a journey into a secret Sentosa unknown to the world.
Meet the singing and dancing octopus and jellyfish and the beautiful Princess Pearl who will cast her spell on you with her siren song. Thanks to amazing special effects - a combination of state-of-the-art lasers and computer graphics, water jets and fiery flames - your Magical Sentosa experience will be quite unforgettable.
* Popular time slot. Guests attending the 7.40pm show are requested to be seated before 7.00pm to ensure a safe and comfortable experience for all. Gates will be closed at 7.00pm or once we have reached full capacity. Please come early to avoid disappointment.
Musical Fountain bids farewell on 26 March 2007
Situated within the new Resorts World at Sentosa site, the musical fountain is closing to make way for the resort's upcoming development works. If you like to catch this water show again, don't miss the nightly Magical Sentosa shows at 7.40pm & 8.40pm from now till 26 March 2007.
( Copied the whole passage as I am afraid the link will no longer be available after 26 March)
2) This news didn't make it on the Stairt Times but i appeared in Life!, 。 Chanced upon it a few days after the reports of the closure of Sentosa Musical Fountain.
Devil's Bar , located at Orchard Parade Hotel will be closed soon and will reopen as a Western food restaurant. The reason behind was that there were complaints abt the noise from the hotel guests.
Devil's Bar was the 1st pub I had visited before I was into my 2nd job where we had organised some parties at pubs.
22 岁才去clubbing, 听起来真是有点suah-koo
一向来都认为pub/club的环境很杂，所以即使同学们有提起，我都没兴趣。
所以，一直到2003 年，有个我信得过的人提议带我去那里去看看环境，我才敢踏进“那种地方”。
带我去Devil's Bar 的朋友， 也就是那位带我去看Sentosa Fountain Show 的，只不过那时的他，“身份” 已不同了。
Frankly speaking, I couldn't remember much of the experience to Devil's Bar. Not because I was drunk ( 人家可是个正人君子）nor 陶醉在二人世界里， but becos I really cant see anything shortly I entered the pub.
Why? Cos my spectacles (i haven't start wearing contact lens then) were "confiscated" by the then-bf. The reason behind, as he put it: 1) better for me not to wear glasses in such places, 2) apart from seeing him and the drinks which are within my visability distance ( i have high degree of short sightedness), I shouldn't care abt not able to see other people.
起初还以为她不让我看到帅哥，后来体会到在那种环境里，让我处于“眼不见为净” 状况，是一种保护. Could only remembered there was a live band singing . And someone got "high" and start dancing in the middle with a crowd watched on. As we left the place before midnight ( he knew abt my curfew then），I was suprised to find a long queue forming at the entrance.
So I reached home safely in one piece before the clock striked 12, but not for him... Dun want to reveal it , but that was the reason why I'd never forget that experience.
也不知道为什么，这几年里，虽然有机会去圣淘沙，虽然父母不再管我几点回到家，我也没有机会再去以上所提的那两个地方 （虽然说如果我要的话， 是以结伴朋友一起去的）。
Perhaps, once is enough...
wanted to write abt two places which are closing down but since I am in a rush, better save it for another day.
DIY earrings
Went to sleep late last nite cos I was so engross in making earrings . 既然当时有灵感，又有“闲情”，I rather continue making it then to put it off to the next day. It was my first attempt making earrings from scratch.
Now I know why earrings cos just as much as necklace, cos they are much more difficult to makes, U really gotta have fine hands.
Tata, may i present you my latest creation ... (click for a large view)
(i know, pic is blur. That's the best my 3 year old, "take a pic, battery died" digicam can do. Need to get a new camera soon...) .
Purposely make one long and another one short. Design for each is also slightly different. Who says that earrings have to be identical? :P
my visual DNA
saw this test at Nicco's blog, so decided to try it and here's my results. Not surprising hor...
Bye Bye another wisdom
This may seems crazy. Here i am blogging now just in a couple of hours after my wisdom tooth extraction.
Had seen the dentist on Monday evening, which he suggested having the extraction in the morning instead. cos part of the wisdom tooth already gone, he not sure if can pull out by normal extraction. Cos if not, have to proceed to surgery. And if there is any excessive bleeding, can a least follow up in the day rather than having to send me to A&E. Tuesday morning not a good day to be off at work cos fellow colleague had taken leave. And guess what, this dentist also said my two lower wisdom teeth also have to be taken out sooner or later.
2.5 yrs ago, another dentist from another clinic also mentioned the same thing....
My RO was like asking: "u sure u one day MC?". Cos 4 of her wisdom tooth were extracted by surgery . I told her from my experience abt 2.5 yrs ago (http://harmoniewong.blogspot.com/2004/11/bye-bye-one-wisdom.html) , it can be done by normal extraction and of cos I hope to report to work after a day MC. (Cos that means no surgery.)
So yesterday, at office, we were joking abt that was the last chance for me to eat junk food before i have my tooth extraction. Snacked on the Kettle Cheddar Beer Potato Chips, cakes from Han's .
Even though at the end of the day I was joking them to them to pray for me that i only be getting 1 day MC, i had to admit I couldn't help worrying abt the possibility of having dental surgery to remove the tooth.
今早出门前还向家里的那尊观音菩萨拜拜...
Appointment was scheduled at 9.30am. Notice that the dentist who came was not the one who had examined my teeth on Monday. Much younger guy with dyed hair. After having the bad experience of a female dentist who claimed that she dun think she can extract my tooth in the midst of my last wisdom tooth extraction, I preferred to have a male dentist for extraction.
9.30am -- reached dental clinic
9.45am -- seated on the dental chair
before 10am -- wisdom tooth extracted
(i know the extraction was done b4 10am cos receipt show that the time of payment was 10.02 am).
I can proudly proclaim that I din even tear at all, even when given the anaesthetic jab. The assistant was prepared to hold my head still during the extraction, but later she think it was not necessary and kept her hands off my head. Same thing happened again as my last experience, one dose of anaesthetic was not enough, for i feel pain in the midst of the extraction and ask for another.
Was given a day MC and was told to have a good rest. but then i reach home ard 11am after buying Panadol Extra(due to my weak stomach, not advisable to take those painkillers which dental clinic prescribe), instant porridge and liang-teh.
Tried to sleep but end up having illusions of food. （I also dunno why, but my stomach was growling).
Give up trying to sleep. So get out of bed at 12.30pm, went downstairs to buy milk.
Since I have nothing to do, so blog abt it lor.
Heh heh, has ask for my tooth before leaving the clinic. Wanna take a pic of it before throw it away. I did my best attempt to minimise any grossness.
So whatever u see here is the good part of the tooth, for half of the molar already gone.
I wonder what is the use of wisdom teeth for both dentists mentioned that they are hard to maintain. which lucky person did not experience any discomfort when their wisdom teeth grew out and had perfect wisdom teeth over the years.
See what i had found while sourcing for info on wisdom tooth:
Why Should an Impacted Wisdom Tooth be Removed if it Hasn't Caused any Trouble?
Impacted wisdom teeth are almost certain to cause problems if left in place. This is particularly true of the lower wisdom teeth. Such problems may occur suddenly, and often at the most inconvenient times.
When is the Best Time to Have my Wisdom Teeth Removed?
It is now recommended by specialists that impacted wisdom teeth be removed between the ages of 14 and 22 years whether they are causing problems or not. Surgery is technically easier and patients recover much more quickly when they are younger. What is a relatively minor operation at 20 can become quiet difficult in patients over 40. Also the risk of complications increases with age, and the healing process is slower.
Some Pro's of Removing a Wisdom Tooth:
* Wisdom teeth may be hard to access with your toothbrush or floss. Over time, the accumulation of bacteria, sugars and acids may cause a cavity to form in the tooth. If it is not restored with a filling, the cavity may spread and destroy more tooth structure causing severe consequences to the tooth and surrounding supportive structures.
* Due to the difficulty of keeping these teeth clean with your daily home care (brushing and flossing), bacteria and food debris remaining on the wisdom teeth may present a foul smell-causing bad breath.
*A wisdom tooth that is still under the gums in a horizontal position (rather than a vertical position) may exert pressure to the surrounding teeth, causing crowding and crooked teeth. This also may occur if there is not enough space in the mouth for the wisdom tooth. This may warrant braces to repair the damage.
*A wisdom tooth that is still under the gums may become irritated. The gum tissue that lays over the tooth may harbor food debris and bacteria that gets trapped under the gum, resulting in an infection in the gums.
我的左手有黄绿红 （不是王力宏）。
Health screening and other matters
Had been busy at work these few days. Guess it is the same with those people who are working in the public sector as March is the busiest month of the year -- Financial year Closing!
And for our department, we are having the Health Screening for our staff conducting at our office premises. I know for other offices, the staff will have to go for their health screening at the designated 3 locations.
Why ours is special cos we have quiet a number of staff hence the request was put up and the clinic is fine with it.
Must say this current company is more generous than my prev, for we are given free comprehensive health screening package (which is abt $150 per person). Lot of tests to be done -- from the normal height & weight measurements, blood pressure, cholesterol test, urine analysis, stool analysis to full blood count, kidney & liver function, bone disease, Hep a &B screening, uric acid, ovarian cancer marker, thyroid function, rheumatoid factor, chest xray, ECG & ultrasound.
yah scary man.
having the health screening conducted at our premises makes it convenient to the staff, but it also means more work to some. Had to help out a the logistics side, such as booking rooms, covering the new tables with protective cover sheets. As HR and under staff welfare committee, i was also informed that we need to provide biscuits and milo to staff, cos all off them have to fast from 10pm the previous nite until they had their blood drawn. Hmm how come my prev company din think of that. So i actually learn quite a lot by helping out.
So tomorrow is the day, which i jokingly term is as Hell Screening , (see ppl screaming lke hell at the sight of blood, prepare to be busy like hell). One thing tat colleagues have been talking abt is the container given to use to collect stool sample.
now i am quite surprise that some dunno what is the meaning of stool. (click on it, see the 2nd definitions). Quite disgusting to think of it, we have to collect our sample and put it into the container and bring it to work.
What is nature did not make the call? That was the question most would ask.
Guess many will be praying today: pls let me have "output" by tomorrow morning.
hahaha
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So nice to see Nana & Nicco starting new blogs (links on the left). Like their short and sweet entries regarding designs.
Ooh, i love most of the things they featured.
Woah really tempted to get my hands on the items.
hmm... perhaps I can make use of their blog entries as my wish list items.
Thanks arh! :p
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Bumped into the GM at the lift lobby this afternoon. He asked me how long have I been ard. " 2 weeks? "
I calculated. Woah! Slightly more than a month.
How fast time seems to have passed this year! tot not long ago I was celebrating New Year, then Chinese New Year.
Fannie reminded me that I have 5 more months to prepare for THAT DAY. Woah, expecting a party from me already arh.
Suddenly tot of having an Oriental theme. What do you guys think?
