Singapore's Women Badminton Doubles Win

Congratulations to our girls for winning the Li-Ning Singapore Open title...!

They really fought hard to win it in straight sets, making an incredible comeback from behind in the 2nd set.

We also saw them won the India Open a week prior to this.

Keep it up.....!

Badminton Anyone?

The family got together and have a game of badminton at the Kembangan Community Centre (CC) last Thu.

We last played at the CC some 8 years ago......I think.

Here is a photo of the family on the badminton court.

It brought back some good memories.

My dear wife have been playing weekly with her buddies so she is fit and playing well whereas Jason & I are rusty....ha...ha...

She beat me and Jason narrowly and I also lost to Jason after a very close fight.......!

Well, we should be playing again soon.....

BTW, my shoulder is now aching ..... after not having play badminton for so many years.....!

Surprisingly, my knees and lower back did not ache that bad..... just a bit tight...!

It was a nice family outing and bonding session indeed.

A few more photos here......

Penang Trip - May 2010

Mum is recovering well and still doing her physiotherapy 3 times a week and making progress to strengthen her arms and legs.

Mum is in good spirit compared to my last visit in Mar this year.

Dad is the same.

I suppose the main highlight was a day outing with my father to Queensbay Mall which faces the sea and you can see the Penang Bridge from there too.

We watch a movie, Ip Man 2, and enjoyed it tremendously.

Here are some photos taken during my short stay.

I brought the rain to Penang as it started to rain almost daily since I arrived...ha...ha...

I also enjoyed the time spent with my sister and tuning her notebook and installing her new Canon All-In-One ( AIO - Print, Scan and Copy) printer.

Glad that everyone is doing well so till......my next visit again in 2 or 3 months time.....thanks to budget flight like JetStar.

David

Happy Mother's Day - 2010

We got Mum a bag with a print of a Beagle puppy......

Why Beagle puppy?

It reminds us of Jack ...our 12 years old Beagle who is part of the family and Mum's favourite too.

Happy Mother's Day........Mummy Poh

I would also like to wish all the mothers a Happy Mother's Day too......!



David

My Maid Got Married

Mary Jean Lupas, my maid of 12 years who left for home in Philippines for good, got married in April.

She sent me this photo ....

Congratulations to Jean and wishing her the best in another new chapter in her life back home.

David

MRT Circle Line

Hi,

I tried the Circle Line finally, after its recently opening on 17 April.

I started my journey home after visiting my mum-in-law last Fri.

Toa Payoh to Bishan Interchange to Paya Lebar Interchange to Kembangan.

I believe it was faster as we by-passed the Orchard Rd section and City Hall Interchange where there were many stops and more crowded too.

Though I think it was near peak period as there were quite a lot of students going home, I managed to get a seat and it was not as crowded as usual.

The newly opened MRT stations along the Circle Line is highlighted by the green loops in the image above.

So check it out.....

David

Minor Revamp In The Study Room Again

We decided to shift Jason's table to face the wall so as to create more space in the room.

This way, he and his friends can easily play the Xbox 360 and also play the guitars together.

We have brought the guitar stand from his bedroom over so as to hold both his acoustic and electric guitars.

I shifted the table all by myself and did some re-wiring of the PC etc early today.

Well, I am happy with it, see the photo below....

Jason was playing his guitar but shy to show his face......ha....ha.......

Previously, it was like this......

His new Roland electric guitar amplifier is blocked by the acoustic guitar on the stand on the left of the photo.

David

Family Room or Study Room

Hi,

I just recently re-arranged the study room a bit and clear a bit of rubbish lying around too...so happy with it.

I should say that it used to be a study room but it is now a family room.

Why?

After dinner, the family tends to gather in this room to watch TV or each one of us is using our own PC doing our own thing.....

I would dare to say that we spend more time in this family room than any of the rooms.

The living room or main hall downstairs with its home theatre system is hardly used....sob..sob...

Similarly, the BOSE system in the master bedroom is also under utilised too!

My work station is the area below the LCD TV and my wife uses the workstation next to it, on the right.

Jason occupies the big desk with his desktop PC 19 inches monitor on it. On the extreme left in the photo is the Xbox 360 next to his electric guitar. He has the best place in the room and also some privacy too....... ( we cannot see what he does on his PC but he can see what we do on ours....ha..ha...).

He took over the big desk from me but we rather have it this way so that the family can be together than he locking himself up in his own room ( which has all the facilities except his PC and TV ...... ).

We also try to conserve electricity consumption by using only one air-con in this room.

I am still thinking of making my own work area more cosy and still lots of my 'rubbish' to clear; eg IT magazines and accessories to be sorted out...

David

Jason Enrolled Into Singapore Polytechnic

Finally, Jason is now officially enrolled into Singapore Polytechnic (SP) to do a 3 years course in Diploma in Human Resources Management (HRM) with Psychology.

I went with Jas to SP to collect his Student Card and to buy a notebook at the PC Roadshow specially held for the year's freshmen.

I am impressed with the whole admission process which was highly automated.

Upon accepted by SP, he received an envelope with forms and instructions to follow for the admission process.

Jas had to send some info on forms through 2 different colour envelopes; one for general info and the other for financial info.

He also has to go online to update his personal particulars and applied for his email ID, etc....

He went to one of the recommended clinics to have his medical check-up and X-ray and the results were sent to SP directly by the clinic.

And finally, the last step was going to SP to submit a few photocopy of documents and collect his Student Card.

The whole processing this afternoon was very smooth and no long queue or crowd. Everything was automated and the Student Card was readily available for collection without any fuss. This step was the fastest, in fact.

Then we just walked down the hall and went through some booths manned by students and collected door gifts like SP T-shirt and a notebook case with some brochures...

As we have done our homework on the notebooks being offered at the road show, we chose the one we wanted, paid and collected it in good time. Service was good too!

Then we were directed to the next building to do a full configuration of the notebook as it was pre-installed with the SP required software ( eg Office 2007 + settings for connecting to the school wireless network ). We were guided by a technician in an air-con and spacious classroom. This step took about 30 minutes but time past by quite fast and it is over.

Jason is ready to start school at SP now......Congratulations..!

Daddy Poh

My Part-time Workplace

Hi,

Here is a photo of me in my part-time workplace........



Ha..ha... so what is this?

This is my dry kitchen...!

Where I make my breakfast, coffee, toast break, cook rice in the cooker, make soup in the slow cooker, and warm up food in the microwave, etc.....

Why my part-time workplace?

Well, we have chosen not to replace our maid who left for good last Nov.

So my family and I have taken over all the tasks in the house and so far, we manage to survive for the past few months and getting the hang of it.

Actually, the main purpose of taking this photo is to show my younger sister that I have received and wearing the polo shirt that she sent to me from Melbourne.

Wei, thanks!

BTW, I am sitting on the step-ladder cum high chair which is very handy as I sit on it when making breakfast, cooking in the outer or wet kitchen and ironing too.....

Not that I am lazy but I have a bad left knee and standing too long without a knee brace can be a bit painful after some time.

Take care.......!

David