Porter Bag of Joy 2012 Dragon Year

Hi Everyone, heres wishing everyone a prosperous Dragon Lunar New Year 2012!

As usual, i went visiting my close frens, sad to hear from my god-sister that her mum might not be able to live till the end of the year, coz her kidney is failing her. The family has not announced to her yet for the dialysis and i hope that she will take it and go for the dialysis which will help prolong her life.

That said, i took leave for the 3rd day of CNY just to finish off all my visitation, just 2 days aren't enough for me... This year was especially good for me i think, i made new frens and i hope that our relationship will grow.

I got a email from Porter International that i could come and claim my Bag of Joy at a discounted price of $158. I was quite happy i had the chance to go down, until i wasn't able to sleep at all the night before. Finally, the morning arrived and i left the house and got there by 8am. I saw some Porter fans walking around, coz they were also carrying the Porter bags with them as well, so it was quite easy for me to recognize them.

But i guess they thought no one will come so early to queue, so i was no 1 in the line, by 9.30am, the queue was a long one and i was quite happy i was there early. The bags arrived in boxes and the sales staff were busy packing them onto the shelf, which you can see at the picture above. When the time came, each time 5 customers were allowed to enter, choose and buy. The bag itself is locked and hence, you can only feel the item inside it. I guess the fun is here, you don't know what is inside them and you go by your gut feelings of what will be inside and pray hard that its something you can use and like,

This year Porter International Singapore gave some hints in the social network facebook and hence, i was able to quickly choose mine and left the premises. I did a quick feel of the bag which i was going to purchase and for luck, it was the No. 1 bag of joy! I kinda went with my gut feeling of what is inside it and since its the CNY period i think, No. 1 bag of joy should be a very good buy for me. And it turn out to be a real gem for me, it was a messenger black Porter Bag which i have yet to see this model here sold in Singapore. So that is a plus point since it can't be seen in Singapore, its black in colour, nice for a guy, a messenger bag in the Porter brand wasn't something that is in my collection and so i welcome it into my Porter family of bags in my closet.

I too posted my buys up into facebook and i saw others posting theirs as well. Some like what they got while others didn't, that is what i saw. Hence, i guess they are exchanging with one another on the facebook as well. I want to say a big Thank You - Porter Singapore and i hope i can participate in next year's Bag of Joy as well!

Happy Dragon Year Everyone...

Heres wishing all my readers a HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR and lets welcome the Year of the Dragon in.....

Courageous Movie

You do heal but You'll never be the same...

This movie is a must to see! It carries the christian message that every earthly father should be a model to their families, take care of them, nurture their kids, teach them the way of the Lord and provide for them as well. How many broken families are around this part of the world, where kids are left to their own devices and strife for their livehood. Or even single mothers looking after their children and yet have to found the means to support their families.

Kids that survives from that, has two ways to live out their lives, one is that they grow up to be a mature and responsible guy just like in the movie of the black guy's life or the extreme, where they grow up being gangsters or mobs and destroy other people's lifes.

I was greatly encouraged while watching this movie, i was really moved, i was really glad that i didn't make the trip up to Bidor with my frens whom i would love to go with but stayed back to watch this movie and have fellowship with my brethens in Christ. I think there is a greater purpose in this that i don't see it now but in time to come, i'll be able to witness it.

Although, i must say, my relationship with my fren is abit strain now becoz i didn't go with them and i think they are my best frens around the trade. But i dun know, i feel like more of a use to them than being a REAL fren to them, now becoz i'm useful to them, they treat me like a fren but i'm thinking what if i'm out of the trade, will they still treat me like a fren again!

Nevertheless, if it meant to be that way, i cannot force it but let nature takes its course. I really need to enlarge my circle of frens.

Ok, i'll stop here, dun forget to watch it folks, definitely a good movie for this year!

Menswear Styling Session with Hanneli Mustaparta

I like how she dresses her male counterparts. Its smooth and so relaxed and just wondering are people just born like that, they just come with this ability to match and the visual taste to me is awesome...

I'm so poor in coordinating my clothes, which colour to go with which, i guess i'll have to see and try out and i'll know in time what colour suits me and what doesn't....:P

You know what, Ms Hanneli Mustaparta is a well-known blogger as well, so hop on to her blog for more fashion inspirations today!

Its the year 2012

When i look back at 2011, it seems like it was a flash. I made new friends, got a new career switch which was a big thing in my life and i hope it'll go well in 2012.

How did you spent your 2011, was it a flash just like me. I know this year will be a good break for me in the month of Oct, as i finish my instalment on behalf of my dad which i was carrying for a few years now! It all happened when we decided to call it quits as he wasn't able to handle the monthly instalments as there wasn't a demand for it if i'm not wrong, decided to sell it back to the firm and pay every monthly the balance of the lorry. Decided to take over this burden from my dad since he is already old and till now. Again, it was like a flash, i'm happy that its ending this year, i could take some of that money and do something about it and maybe i can give some $$$ to my mum as well!

For me, i've grown older by a year now, i'm 40 years.... Alot of people tell me its just a number, its whats inside of you counts. I really don't know, can anyone tell me? I just hope that this year will be smooth sailing, everyone in my family, healthy and strong. That is the most common thing that people will ask for and i think i'm just a common person...

For chinese, we will be celebrating the CNY which is coming along the corner now. If i've been with my previous company, we'll be speculating when we'll get our AWS and so forth... Now in this new company, i don't know whether i'll get my pro-rated AWS as i've joined them since 01Jun 2011. Well, if it comes, it will be a bonus for me, if it doesn't then forget it and move on, just that this CNY i'll have to eat less and use less thats all...:P

I'm like a typical chinese guy worrying about my family, my career and since my dog passed away last year, my commitment is on my darling parrot now. Mark is still as naughty as ever, likes to bite the papers and make them a mess and i'm now feeding him dried stuff which the shop owners said its suppose to be good for their internal system. But one thing, i must complain, its their poo which can be quite smelly most of the time.

Since CNY is down the corner, every family will be throwing away stuff and preparing for the new year to come. Me too, i'll be doing my own housekeeping in my own room and finish them before the CNY comes...

Ok, thats my rambling, i'd better get started on my spring cleaning...

Maeklong Station Railway Market & Floating Market Bangkok

My frens and i went to Bangkok for the New Year Countdown. And of course, we took this opportunity to shop till we drop as well. I didn't know Platinium Mall was that nice to shop in on level 4. So if you're a guy and you love shopping, better pop yourself up at Platinium Mall at level 4 for some shopping frenzy. I spent at about S$800++ for this trip but hotel accommodation was taken care of, so that is one amount i could use and spend on. The exchange rate was pretty favourable to SIN dollars and hence, clothes there was damn cheap.. All in all, i bought about 10 over pieces of long sleeve shirts, pants and bermudas as well, on average, the shirts was about $10 dollars and it was that cheap!

Other than shopping and more shopping, we went on a tour on our 2nd day in Bangkok. Went to Maeklong Station Railway market near the Authentic Floating Market. You can see alot of foreigners there waiting to take a pix of the locals keeping their produces when the train is coming their way. It is very unique and i think this is the only one you can see here in Bangkok that keeps such tradition here. I must say it was a eye opener for me, seeing the owners keeping their produces and then bringing them out once the train leaves. And its not once a day, its a few times a day, i think it has become a routine for the locals here, that they didn't feel anything at all for now.

Next, we went over to the nearby floating market, this i've been already but since my other 2 frens have not been there, i followed them. All seems the same to me as before when i visited them a few years ago.

Find your local travel agents for the above tours, it really worth the money and you can't find this in Singapore as well!

Xmas was a nice affair

Mine was a nice affair this X'mas. I celebrated with my good frens and my Christian family as well. There was always plenty of eating, drinking and merrying as well. Me and my frens went to Holland Village for a X'mas Eve celebration, you don't have a big crowd like those in Orchard where its mountain of people struggling to get here and there. We decided to have our little celebration down at HV for a night out and fun with one another.

We wanted to try Time-out, but it was very full and hence, we decided to try Tango. But before that, we had our dinner at one of those nice little boutique Mexican restaurant down the lane. You can just eat your dinner and then party away just down the lane, thats what i like, efficient and nice, don't have to walk or take a cab to get to another place!

All in all, we spent aboiut $60 ++ for our dinner and then we went over next door which was NYC, very nice atmosphere and nice attentive staff as well, we ordered three cakes to share and each a ice-tea as well which was selling at $1/- ea. We ate, laugh, chatted and at last decided to head out and back to our Tango place for a nice drink before we head back home. By then, people were filling in and luckily, we had a table for us. We ordered some really hot tango chicken wings and each got ourselves a pint of Hoegarden beer to celebrate the oncoming of X'mas. At last, X'mas came and like all others did our CHEERS...!

On X'mas day, i celebrated it with my christian families, we had service, prayer meeting and then makan and then gift exchange. We had Pizzas ordered this year and 10 boxes as much as that, it was finished as well! Finally, it was our gift exchange, i got a nice box of biscuits this year... In the night, my fren organised a makan session at her place at Bukit Batok. I drove my bike there and arrived at around 7pm. She fed us with Bak Kut Tea and although it wasn't very strong for the taste, it was quite alright. Thanks for my frens this year celebrating with me!

How did you celebrated your X'mas, my fren?