Schering-Plough Family Day 2008

As someone who initially volunteered to be a small booth helper ending up as the Programs In Charge; I must say that we didn't do half bad. This is the first time SP organised its own Family Day without engaging external services. It is the true home grown Balik Kampung!

Though the planning process may be a bit stressful, but I think it was well worth it. To see all the people and their children having a great time just makes me feel good. Of course this event would not be possible without all my fellow I/Cs who volunteered to help me out. Thank you everyone.

I would also like to thank Yonghoe who gave me this opportunity and Cheryl for her guidance. Through this event, I get to know a lot more people amongst many other things. There is something more for me to learn apart from my trainings in Chemistry and BioAssay. Well, maybe I should volunteer for the next event as well... if I am free to do so :P

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Job Satisfaction

Hurray! I finally gotten the Precision 2000 to do what I want it to do. By inputting some logic based programming commands, I managed to make it perform some of the tasks required to be carried out in my lab.

Here is a short video of it performing one of the simpler tasks.

I am still in the midst of improving the flow. But the satisfaction I get when I see the robotic arm move in the way I programmed it to move is really beyond words.

On another note, I manage to catch my first glimpse of the GT-R R35 in real life near Serangoon on my way home from work today. It looked 1000 times better in real form than in any picture or video. NICE!!!

Looks like the R35 made it to Transformers as well.
A leaked photo here.

Rotary Rocket VS Godly Godzilla

This is it! Finally! A touge showdown between two of my favourite cars. Not to mentioned them being tuned by top renowned tuners of Japan. The two cars from Japan that spawned a cult culture around themselves. The Mazda RX-7 and Nissan GT-R (previously known as Skyline GT-R). The 13B rotary engine powered FR RX-7 has always been loved for its exotic looks, excellent handling and sexy sound. The new VR38DETT V6 twin turbo powered, 4WD GT-R gains its respect for its technical sophistication, brutal power and tremendous traction.

This video features the newest model of the RX-7, a FD3S tuned by the renowned RE Amemiya and the recently launched GT-R, the R35 tuned by the famous MCR.

RE Amemiya RX-7 VS MCR GT-R

Looks like the laws of physics still caught up with the R35. It still suffers from its weight problem. But we must not forget that the MCR R35 was only lightly tuned while the RE Amemiya RX7 was full tuned. And not to mention that the upcoming V-Spec and V-Spec II will probably feature a much lighter R35. Well, till then, the RE Amemiya RX-7 still reigns supreme on the touge as the Devil King.

Kung Fu Oppai

Ok, after watching Kung Fu Panda for 3 times, I am sooo into the mood for more Kung Fu action! HaaaiiiiYAH!!!

Speaking of which, there are going to be 2 animes featuring Kung Fu with oppais. Could it get any better? Kung Fu! Babes! Oppais! PAWNZ!

Protip: If you are against ecchi or shows with nudity, please skip this post.

The first one would be Ikkitousen: Great Guardians. This is the third season of the Ikkitousen series. And guess what? Ryofu Housen (呂布 奉先) is back. Not to mention the opening fight between her and yet another sexy fighter Kan'u Unchou (關羽 雲長).

Here is a short trailer of it. Enjoy :P

The next one would be Sekirei. It is a brand new anime, adapting from the manga. The manga is still on-going, so I am not too sure if this show will be complete or just a cliff hangar type. However, I notice that while the manga features fully exposed oppais, the anime went for the fan-service route; employing different methods to cover up the important or some would say naughty, parts.

Anyway, here is a short trailer.

Out of the 2, I would prefer Sekirei. I find myself liking the story of it more compare to Ikkitousen's, which makes reference to Romance of the Three Kingdoms (a Chinese historical novel). Ikkitousen seems to fall into the "all oppais and no story line" category more than Sekirei. But thats just my own opinion. You may think otherwise. However, in terms of ecchi-ness, Ikkitousen scores better with real oppais being shown rather than just fan-service like Sekirei. All in all, both animes are good enough to spend that 20 plus minutes to watch ;)

Minori Restaurant and Laurent Cafe & Chocolate Bar

Today I went chilling out with my colleagues at Clark Quay. Our first stop was Monori Dining and Sake Bar. 10 of us went there for its Ala-Carte Buffet dinner. The ambiance is decent as we got a room to ourselves with the ever repeating Japanese songs CD. Food are well presented with good service. There is a camera fixed at the ceiling to monitor our needs AND to make sure that those who choose to eat Ala-Carte did not cheat by eating the Ala-Carte Buffet stuffs.

Without further ado, I shall barrage you with all the photos that I have taken.

A room to ourselves


Nice art piece


Neat placement of personal utensils


I kind of like the Green Tea set


We ordered Strawberry Sake. It is a little on the fruity side.
Could be a bit stronger. The waitress did mention that it is recommended for females.
Nonetheless, its good


Lets start with a little Chawanmushi


The Spider tasted nice. Its rice rolled with deep fried soft shell crab


No idea what this is called. Tasted like some Indian potato snack



Oooo. My favourite Shisamo


Tempura is nicely presented


How can we forget Sashimi


Tofu anyone?


A very savory Teriyaki Salmon


Tori Katsu


Chicken wing satays???


The deep fried chicken cartilage tasted surprisingly good
Once you start, you can't stop


Fried chicken wings. Decent. Nothing special.


I didn't get the chance to try the Soba


The Kare Udon is not too impressive.
While the Udon was cooked to perfection, the kare sauce was too watery.


Just now was Chicken wing satay. Now this!


And this?


These chicken chunks tasted quite nice too


A salad was ordered


Quill eggs. Kawaii...


An array of dishes which I was too full to touch

After the meal, we took a walk along Clark Quay and decided to stop by Laurent Cafe & Chocolate Bar.

Around there are filled with people who are awfully rich, mostly expatriates. The apartments along the river are simply gorgeous. Reminds me a lot of the housing near the Swan river in Perth. Wonder if I can ever own one of such houses in Singapore during my life time. Anyway, back on topic. At the cafe, we ordered the New World Eden, which came as a spherical ball of chocolate. The waitress will then pour hot chocolate over it to melt the crust, revealing the mango sorbet, chocolate beans and raspberries inside. Yummy.

Ok. I was too slow to get the initial shot.
Well at least you can see how it melted :P

After this was a puffy looking thingy which I failed to get the name. Its made of egg white and has white cookies and cream chocolate poured over it. It is suppose to be something Rum & Raisins but I could not taste the rum in it.

No idea what is the name of this.
Something Rum & Raisin I suppose...

After chatting on for a while, we each went our separate way home. 2 of my colleagues wanted to share Cab with me to our homes. It was a total bitch trying to hail a Cab there. All Cabbies chose not to pick us up as it was nearing midnight. They would rather wait for a phone call pick up or pick us up after midnight with the 50% midnight surcharge. They all deserve to die. All three of us had to rush our way to Clark Quay MRT station in hope of catching the last train on time.

So now I am home, eyes super tired. As I was looking at my PSP, I notice something which I either failed to notice before or that it just happened. With my Quality Specialist, super tired eyes, I found out that my PSP LCD screen is suffering from Backlight Bleeding. Damn! I just spend SGD$115 replacing a LCD not too long ago. Sigh... So sad.

Nintendo DS Lite as present

Today is my little sister's 20th birthday. As a present, I got her a red Nintendo DS Lite. This is a rather big present as I was away from Singapore for 3 years; thus missing her three previous birthdays. It is also a form of reward for her continued well performance in her University studies. Keep it up! And of course, I will not be getting her any more presents for the next 5 years to come. Woohohoho... just kidding... maybe...

This package costed me SGD$348.
I hope she likes it.

And since I was already in the shop, I got myself an 8 GB PSP Memory Stick Micro. Now I won't have to keep switching my two 4 GB sticks to change games.

A bargain at SGD$95.
I can use it together with my Sony Ericsson K810i too.

Update: My sister just came back and handed me my belated birthday present. Its a green Crumpler pouch. Cool...

Now I can place my PSP inside.


Thanks Sis!

Nicholas Searcy Prize in Organic Chemistry

Yesterday I received the package which I thought I will have to forfeit since I am here in Singapore. What happened was that I was nominated for Best Performance in Biomolecular Design back in my University and was cordially invited to attend the prize giving ceremony. I emailed back to them saying that I was unable to attend. They replied that they will mail me the certificate but failed to mentioned about the AUD$150 prize money. So I just shrugged it off and forgot about it.

But when I open the package, I saw the certificate inside together with a cheque. However, there seemed to be some problems.

The package came in the form of a folder


My name was printed jumbled & incomplete on the certificate.


Most importantly, the cheque did not reflect my actual full name.

Hence I send an email back to them to notify them of these issues. Now I am waiting for their reply and hope that they could do something about it.

Well on a little note, my colleague just came back from Japan, Tokyo & Osaka. She brought me some goodies from there. Man, I so wish that I can visit Nippon some day and ask my Japanese friends to show me around. Gaman dekinai yo!

Here is a picture of the goodies.

On the top left, in a red packaging, would be the Bum Bum Bath Ball. Throw this little ball into the bath and a small toy car will "magically" appear! On its right we have the Black Bean cookie. Bottom left we have the infamous Shiroi Koibito (white lover) Chocolate. Followed by Green Tea sweet on its right and then the Caramel Fudge Cake.

I haven eaten nor opened any of them yet. Awaiting my dear to come visit me and we can share them together. Yeeaaee~~