Puteri Gunung Ledang (PGL), The Musical

Caught PGL at the Esplanade yesterday. It was worth every penny. The set was awesome, the story telling lyrical and the case was excellent. Overall the musical was SUPERB. All the main leads were excellent in their own right. Managed to squeeze in some photos when the show ended and the cast were on stage taking their final bow. It's a pity that they were only performing from 24th to 26th. If you can still get tickets to the show, please try to go and catch it. Also managed to get some photos of the 4 main cast when they were signing autographs after the show

On a lighter side, saw Nadya Hutagalung up close after the musical. My wife is gonna kill me..... hehehe. Don't worry honey, I still love you very much.

Last but not least, wondering if anyone is eager to catch Phantom of the Opera next year. Please keep us posted.

Exciting Week!

What an exciting week. It started last Saturday with Hari Raya visiting to my wife's friends houses. Although had to stop visiting half way, because was working night shift, it was quite memorable, what with the food and also people moving into new houses without telling their friends, hehehe.

So, after working night shift, came home, packed our bags and in the afternoon, we left for a short trip to Bali. If you've never been to Bali, I would suggest you to go there. The scenery was beautiful, the culture was intoxicating and the people captivating. The only problem with the whole trip was that our old Canon camera started giving problems. Wished I had brought my Oly camera instead. What a waste (I know dear, my fault for not bringing the camera, but was just afraid to carry it around in Bali). Anyway, managed to get about 224 photos altogether, and hopefully they will turn out fine and I'll post some of the nicer ones at my multiply site.

All too soon, the trip to Bali had ended and we returned home weary but satisfied. As if it was not tiring enough, after our trip ended and we reached home at 11 pm, I had to wake up in the morning at 4, to prepare for work. Why you may ask? Because of one person from USA who happened to drop by in Singapore and was flying off then. So we had to do some traffic control for him and also his convoy of vehicles. Duty ended at 10am, had breakfast with my wife at Eunos. Slept off a bit of the fatigue before going for Friday prayers.

Gonna update more on the Bali trip on my next log...... With some photos hopefully. Good night and Arrividerci......

Subaru WRX Challenge 2006 - What an experience!!

Oh wow! Have finally fully recovered from the "pain" of taking part in the WRX challenge. Well enought to complete my daily jog, hehehehe. Seriously it was tiring and my back and right hand were aching. To put it simply ..... what the heart wanted ..... the brain and the body said "NO WAY!". If you ask me whether I want to take part next year, I will definitely say that I will want to, but I will have to put in extra preparations. Didn't think that putting your hand on a car for 6 hours straight was very hard. For those who think that it's easy, you go and try it next year. Standing for 6 hours straight for a measly 5 minutes break is quite difficult. Firstly, seeing how your whole body is aching and you want it to be massaged. Secondly, you got to replenish the energy that you lost by eating and/or drinking. Lastly, you seriously need to go to the loo. I lasted a mere 13 and a half hours before throwing in the towel. I guess I disappointed a couple of people, but seriously, I could not take it any longer. When I dropped out, I wished Andy and Melissa the best of luck. Two days later when I came back, for the finale, there was only one lady from our car left and the other 2 guys were still standing strong at the Invitational car (Winner gets a WRX tuned specially by STI!!!). Paiseh to all friends and families who turned up to support me but I was no longer there.

Moving on, I swung by Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza yesterday with my Oly camera to take some photos. I ended up being like an information counter with foreigners asking me what the heck was going on and how long they've lasted. I guess standing with my camera there, they thought I was an official or something, hehehehe. They were quite surprised to find out that none of the contestants had any sleep at all. There was this one Korean lady, who asked me several questions and I helped her to snap several photos of the 2 guys at the car. I didn't quite expect anything from her, but she gave me a keychain from Korea. That was pretty cool, :)

After 73 hours, 56 minutes and 21 seconds, all of us watching were quite shocked to see Johnny (graphic designer) lift his hand and concede defeat to Alex (Naval officer). I need to thank Mark Richmond from Mediacorp for allowing me the opportunity to come into the venue and take a closeup photo of the car which I took part in. Thanks a lot!!!

Went and made my new NRIC at SIR Building this morning. After the third reminder was sent, hehehehe. On the way home after making my NRIC, heard from Vernetta Lopez over the radio that the runner up walked away with seven thousand bucks. Not bad, but I guess it's a small consolation as compared to the car. Better that than nothing at all I say. As they say, there's always next year. I have already managed to rope in several people, you know who you are, for next year's challenge! Let's see which family member will be the last one standing with the car ya!