How to Give A Man Hug

Have you been to videojug.com? I love to visit the site for some useful tips on cooking, but its also a great place when you are bored and in the mood for some laughs! This is one of the first few videos I saw and I find it so funny! Enjoy!

How To Give A Great Man To Man Hug

A Trip To The Singapore Flyer

Cobby suggested going to the Singapore Flyer on Sunday, so here are some photos from my experience.

After going through a short security check, we waited to board the capsule. It doesn't really stop, so we kind of have to hop on!




Off we go! It feels wierd because the capsule moves very slowly, so you don't really notice that it's moving. But your body would still feel the subtle movement, so it gave me a slight headache. But it's managable... :)


A beautiful scene of the CBD area in the afternoon light...


Look, the Intergrated Resort, alot of work has been done in a few months...


The Esplanade...




You can see they are sealing off the Singapore River.


The newly build golf course by the sea...


View from the other side - So many housing estates! Can you see the old Kallang Stadium in the middle? Soon it would be torn down... sad...


Do you know what is this? I think its one of the stands or pit stops for the upcoming F1 Race in September!


A view of the ground from the top. Makes your knees weak...











We finished the ride and walked around the flyer to take a look at the shops. Then we saw a shop with glass windows and alot of fishes behind the windows! What is it? Apparently it is a reflexology place that provides massages as well as fish spa!

Thousands of little fish doctors would nibble away all the dead skin around your feet and legs when you soak your legs into the pool. Helping you exfoliate away your dead skin.


Cobby was very calm as the fishes swamp around his feet and started nibbling happily at his ankles. (aha.. someone hasn't been exfoliating his feet!) Me, I couldn't stop giggling and squirming the first 10mins as I found the fishes SO TICKLISH!!!!! 救命啊!!! I felt so sorry for the fishy doctors as they were trying to do their job but I just can't stay still! WHAHAHA... (it doesn't help that I was laughing uncontrollably while the rest of the people were calm and quiet -_-")

After awhile I found a way to "detach" myself away from the ticklish feeling and started to enjoy the therapy. It's like that prickling sensation you get after sitting on your feet for too long. Pretty therapeutic, but once in awhile, my ticklish nerve kicks in and I break into giggles again! haha... so funny.

The staff at the shop weren't that strict on the timing ($28/half hour), after 35mins, we got out from the pool and dried ourselves. The fishies were very persistant! Nibbling non stop even as I lift up my feet! I'll miss feeding you fishies!! But now we have to feed ourselves! It's 8 plus and we haven't eaten dinner yet. So we left the fish spa and found this fast food restaurant, Popeyes.



Its like KFC, but the taste is slightly better. The chicken is a little small though, but we ordered extra side dishes, so we ate happily while chatting about the ride on the flyer and the nibbling fishes. What a fun outing!

Spooky Encounter

Winsome had her first theory lesson last night, so Cobby picked the both of us up from work and we had dinner together before going to the driving centre.

It has been raining NON stop since Sunday! I hate the rain, makes my shoes and the hems of my pants wet. Not forgetting the constant feeling of being cold and miserable!!! Luckily the rain reduced to a light drizzle before it stopped when I started driving. Yeah…

Coincidently I got the same instructor for the third time now. Mr Lim from car 129. Funny guy, kindda happy that I got him as my instructor as we would chit chat about cars and crack nonsense jokes. He also likes to disturb his fellow instructors by giving them a friendly horn or flash of the high beam once in awhile. Haha, he’s so much fun.

When I’m chatting and in a relaxed mood, I’m a damn good driver I tell you… But if I get a critical, serious, instructor that criticize my every move, I may drive like shit. Haha...

Last night we chat a lot while I drive around, and I found out that my instructor is actually a member of the Singapore Paranormal Investigators (SPI). For those who haven’t heard about them, they are a group of people who got together for a common interest, which is the interest in investigating paranormal instances such as ghost and hauntings. (I saw them on tv)

They would organize activities such as visiting a monk who can send their souls to hell for a tour or investigate old myths like knocking a bowl at a junction to attract spirits.

They would also go on heritage trip around Singapore during the day (one of them is a tour guide), check out spooky haunted areas in the night. Then go for supper together. Haha, what an interesting hobby! He also shared with me photos from one of their Halloween parties. One year he dressed like Sadako (貞子) in the Japanese horror film, The Ring. So scary… but so interesting as well.

We had a lot of laughs and the 100 minutes went by very quickly. So now I’m left with one more lesson before my test in April 11.

Watch out drivers, here comes CoCo! Yeah!

Finally!

I've been missing my family terribly these few weeks. My parents are now at Hong Kong with my sis, so before they left I asked them to give me a call when they are there. They left about 2 weeks ago and still, no word from them. I feel so sad and missed them so much!

So on tuesday,not wanting to disturb my sis's work, I sent her a sms, asking her how is she and how are parents. I didn't receive any reply, guess she's busy at work. So I went about my life again, working in the day, going for driving lessons at night. Last night, after my driving, I noticed that I have 2 missed calls from a number which I have no record of. I suspected they must be some fishy china women telemarketeer, trying to sell me stuff (I've been getting alot of those lately). So I ignored the missed calls.

This morning on the way to work, my thoughts drifted to my parents and sis again, and I said to Cobby that I will call sis tonight to see how are they. Just as I finished my sentence, my handphone started ringing. It's the same number! I answered and found myself hearing the familiar shout of my sister! We talked and passed the phone around so that I get to speak to both my parents.

I felt so happy hearing their familiar voices and I felt so much better and at ease when I finally put down the phone. I wished that I could fly over right now to visit them... When will I see them again I wonder?

Interesting Find

Was just blog surfing during lunch (just keep clicking "next blog") when I came across some quite interesting sites! There is this TTM-Gold, The Best Autograph Collectors Group where they put up all the autographs they have collected either TTM (through the mail) or IP (in person).

Some would just sign (boring), some would write thanks (yawn), and some, who are they?? I have no idea. But my favourite is this one by Geoffrey Rush.



Who would have thought that he would be so amusing? So cute... haha...

Hooked on Viwawa!

I read about this viwawa a few weeks back on Xiaxue's blog and I thought I just go take a look. Now Im totally hooked!

This is an online gaming website that have fabulous games that we asian love, like big 2 and of course, the ultimate, Mahjong! I guess why it was so popular is that it is so easy to start, just sign in for free, create a wawa, and you can start playing! Check out my wawa...



You don't have to pay anything, the "money" used in the games are virtual so you can play without fear of going bankrupt. You get to play with real people rather than some stupid computer program that makes silly senseless decisions.

Playing with real people also means that you can actually interact with the others, which the fun part. I mean, when you play mahjong with a group of friends, it's always fun to add in some jest, comments and an occasional complain like, "Hey give me a card leh" or "oh man, my cards suck". Most of the time its just little comments here and there, but the most memorable game was when this guy tried to pick up girls during a game.

After the initial introduction, the cheesey guy suddenly asked the other player with a seemingly cute ID...

Cheesey Guy: hey xxx, can I ask you a question?
Girl with cute ID: yes?
CG: Are you a chio bu?

At this point all 3 of us were totally thrown off and gave our own expressions...
me: -_-"
other guy: :P
girl w cute id: LOL

Oh man how cheesey can that guy be??? Then he continued with his super lame jokes and obvious attempts to show off. He's claims that he's enlisting to NS in a few weeks, that he got PES A and he would most probably be an officer, complaining how tough OCS would be when he haven't even got in yet! I was like "puke..." and I think the others were sharing my sentiments. He's a funny character.

It's also fun to get friends to join in for a game when they are online. If you don't like mahjong, you can play cards, chess, even a fun sushi game! Cobby wants to play too but his old PC can't even open the website. Sigh I guess it's time for the old geezer to retire. Maybe we'll drop by the IT show tonight and see if we can fish out any last minute good deals!

Shall We Dance Mr Clark?

Just watched the DVD "Shall We Dance?" and it was wonderful. As wonderful as I remembered it to be. If you haven't seen it before, go rent it and enjoy. It is funny, touching, romantic, thought provoking all at the same time. The lead actor was Richard Gere (drool), who played a guy who have everything in his life but yet, feels like there could be more. If you don't love it for it's fantastic cast (Susan Sarandon, Jennifer Lopez, etc) then you should love it for the great storyline.

My ultimate favourite part was the last part. John Clark was supposed to go to a sending off party for Paulina (Jennifer Lopez) but he didn't want to go as he didn't want his wife to be upset with him. I have watched this show so many times, but everytime I watch this part my tears would be like, flowing. Especially the last part, which is like, hand over your heart, tears flowing, and you just cannot resist sighing an audible "Awwwwwww......"

The song at the background, "The Book of Love" by Peter Gabriel, is also very sweet and fitting... Enjoy the video, watch it till the very end!

Close Call, A&E & Shootings

What a day! I asked Cobby if he’s fetching me to driving yesterday and got a shocking msg that his mom is in the hospital and he’s going to see her after work. What happened? I just saw her on Tuesday and she was still fine. He said that she had severe chest pains and her blood pressure shot up, so now at SGH A&E observation. So I cancelled my driving lesson and we went to the hospital immediately after work.

On the way to the hospital Cobby told me that he met with an accident in the morning! Apparently a motorcyclist riding in front of him, for reasons unclear to him, did not see the van parked at the side of the road. So he just rode straight into the back of the van!

Duh… -_-

So the rider hit the van and fell right into the path of Cobby’s car!!

EMERGENCY BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!

Cobby was desperately thinking as the car pulls to a stop on the wet road, “Oh god please stop!!! Please don’t let me roll over him!!!!” When the car finally stopped, the rider was so close to the car that Cobby can’t see where he was. He quickly jumped out and found out that one of the rider’s fingers was under the wheel, oops! He quickly got back in the car again and reversed the vehicle abit.

Cobby told me that the impact flung the rider’s helmet off from his head and from the initial observation, his collarbone is all bruised up and there were abrasions on his hands and fingers. The rider told Cobby his name and that he’s a doctor and started calling his workplace to reschedule the appointments of his patients. Then he called his wife and asked her to come fetch him to the hospital.

Cobby was completely freaked out with the knowledge that he’s a doctor. He frantically called his insurance agent after the incident for advice as he was so worried that the doctor may sue him for injuring his finger, what if he’s a surgeon? What if he can never work again because this finger was caught under a wheel of an imbecile!!

Lawsuit! Charges! Financial ruin!

Cobby contemplated his bleak future as he helped bandage the rider’s bleeding finger… OK honestly, I don’t think rolling the tip of your finger under a 1.6 liter car would destroy your finger permanently and ruin your career as a doctor but Cobby was really worried. The insurance agent shared my point of view but advice him to go to log a police report and go to some place (I can’t remember) to take an official photograph of his front bumper. Just to prove that he did not knock the rider down. Well, even the police officer didn’t think it was necessary and told Cobby that he was not considered “involved” in the accident, but he logged down his report in the police log anyway.

So you can imagine how Cobby was feeling when he ended his dramatic morning with news of his mom being sent to the A&E. Poor Cobby – Bad day… But it’s not so bad… When we reached the hospital, she’s conscious and talking, but looked pretty pale and still complaining of milder chest pains as the doctors have already gave her a dose of pain medication in the afternoon. MF, Cobby’s cousin, said that mom called her in the afternoon and asked her to accompany her to the clinic as she was experiencing chest pains, but a few minutes later she called again and asked MF to cancel her clinic appointment as the pain was so bad she needs to go to A&E.

So they were there in the A&E waiting for a bed since 3 plus in the afternoon! No available beds!!! I thought that they should have sent her to the TTSH. Anyway… So we waited till 9 plus and still no available bed! The nurse informed us that mom would still need to do another round of ECG later around 11 plus. If the results are ok she’ll be able to go home. So we decided to go home first and wait for the nurse to call us with the results later that night.

Oh have you heard about the shooting at Outram Park MRT station?! So dramatic!!! While we were waiting at the A&E I saw the news. The news showed a video footage (by a train passenger) of the man lying face down on the floor as police still had their guns pointed at him.

CoCo's version...

I thought that he was just surrendering and the police was about to arrest him. Only later did I know that the police officer actually shot him dead! Wah... so scary. This morning the media was in a frenzy as people discussed on whether it was necessary for the police officer to shoot him dead.

Please lah people, the guy is an armed murderer with a knife in his hand and was standing just 3 meters away from the officer. Shooting him in the chest is the safest way to protect yourself as well as the people around the place. It’s an MRT station you know.

If the officer decided to go for the arms or legs, he is taking several risks! What if he missed? The assailant may attack the officer or worse, attack civilians or take them hostage. How is the officer supposed to make up for that kind of mistake? Not forgetting that even if he didn’t miss the same risks still remain! So the sure way to eliminate the risks is a shot to the chest. So I support the brave officer’s choice of action.

Pretty dramatic day, but we were glad it ended with no serious aftermaths. The rider called Cobby while we were at the hospital and told him that he’s ok, fractured collarbone and rib, but he’ll be just fine. (his fingers are fine – in case your wondering) Cobby’s mama is ok too, its not a heart attack, and now she’s at home resting. Phew…

Coyote Yummy~

Just finished watching the DVD - Coyote Ugly. I just love that show! But do you which is my ultimate favourite part of the whole movie? Hee hee hee...