22 Nov 2008

Though I slept at 5.00am, I woke up at 8.00am. Wow!! only 3 hrs of sleep. There is something that is in my mind. But I still haven't figured that out. Probably work related. Anyway, my email server is still down and I will not be able to send and receieve emails for the time being.

Blog??? Nah...I have already updated my blog and that is why I stayed up till 5.00am. So, I started to do some file mainteances on my old and new notebook. Well, it is more or less functional. Soon, the old notebook will be formatted and used for other purposes.

At around 10.00am, we left home and headed for City Hall to have our usual Kaya Butter Toast and Otah Toast. Frequent reader will know it is situated at City Link. Write to me if this sound new to you and you want to know where. Anyway, bump into a junior, exchange contacts and will be meeting up with her soon. Networking mah....

We quickly finish our breakfast and rush over to GV Marina to catch our Chihuahua show at 11.40am.

Simple story line and of course the bad guys was caught before the show ends. Happy but yet touching ending. Sigh...... it did wet my eyes. 8(

After the show, we drove over to Geylang Lor 29A. This stall used to be near Lor 9 beside the famous Beef Hor Fun stall.

They now have a bigger space. But parking is still a problem.

Wow. Everything is same as before.

Our spread of food.

My wife's favourite Fried Dumpling. Great Stuff.

Even better if you try with their home-made Chilli.

Duo Jiang You Tiao (Song by JJ Lee???)

Dun forget the Glutinous Rice (Salty)

Hot Duo Jiang (Soya Bean Drink)

Oh yes, since my new notebook only comes with 2 USB port. I decided to purchase a bluetooth mouse that will save up the use of the USB port. A new gadget I got for myself. My wife did not opt for it as her mouse is still brand new.

VAIO Bluetooth Mouse

Took a nap in the afternoon and towards the evening, we decided to feast. So ended up at Toa Payoh central, Sizzlers.

Fantastic spread of food at the salad bar.

Round 1 of our food - Bread, Mushroom Soup, Salad

Sizzler's Speciality Bread

Our favourite Mushroom Soup. High quality stuff.

Salad Spread!!!

Sizzler Steak!!

Grilled Dory Fish!!!!

Yummy Fried Mee!

Juicy Fruits from the Salad Bar. The fruits are oversized!!!!

After dinner, we went for a short walk around the central of Toa Payoh and then drove home. She continue her U-Tube research while I do my work.

Oh yes, towards midnite, we got an invitation to plan a trip to Bangkok in 2009. Damn fast, I sent a few SMS and frens are responding. Some even came online to find out more. After an hour, we have more or less decided on the date of travel and we shall get the confirmation tomorrow.

21 Nov 2008

Wow!!! Woke up at 10.00am. Must be damn tired but I just did not realise that. Went to Compasspoint to havc breakfast/lunch at Long John Silver. Frankly, this is the first time I am eating their breakfast set.

Nice Decoration and Artistic Display in Fast Food Restuarant

Colourful display that captured my attention

I simply love primary colours like this. Bright and attractive.

Have a feel of their breakfast set. Can be shared by 2. Big portion!!!

When to serve my clients for the rest of the day. One stupid thing happened to day. I was suppose to fix a problem for my client and the resolution is just to add a single character to the quote and will not take me more than 10 seconds. But I ended up waiting for 2 hrs.

Reason??? They migrated the server and many settings was not migrated. As such, for me to login to the system make the simple change becomes such a complex task. Maybe this are challanges faced by MNCs. Haaaa!!!

Very quickly, I need to rush for a presentation at 5.00pm that ended at 6.30pm. Things went well and the UAT is scheduled on Mid Dec. Hurray, this mean that project is progressing

Wow!!!! My day has not ended yet. I drove over to somewhere near Tiong Bahru for the launch of FLATWORLD. A networking platform where I have been co-opted in as a partner and I have sponsored the development of their web site. It is still under development and do check my professional blog at http://trevorwoo.blogspot.com for more information in future. Target launch will be end of Nov 2008.

What a successful event. Some 200 - 300 people meeting and networking. Met a few familar faces from BNI (other chapters). I think, this BNI thingy is really very interesting. The way we network are quite similar and when we meet other BNI members, there is just this chemistry and we will be able to click very well. 8)

My last duty is to meet my wife at Central and drive to Great World City for Body of Lies. This quite a interesting show but I will not strobngly recommend this show. I will rate it at 2.5. Hell lots of talking and you have to fit the jigsaw together.

After the show, we left for home and this is when I logon to update my blog on the activities I had over the last few days. Do come back as I will try to update my blog as often as possible.

20 Nov 2008

Woke up at very early in the morning to work. Let house at 6.40am to attend my weekly BNI meeting.

For more information of what happen in the morning, please visit http://bni-izaq.blogspot.com/

After BNI, I was at my partner's place doing implementation of a CMS system to their web site. As one of meeting was cancelled, I was working there till late afternoon. Then run to another client place to service them.

Once my duty is done, I left for home to pick up my wife for dinner. We had dinner at HANIS @ Budget terminal. Very quickly, we finished dinner and left for our badminton session. We was invited by our BNI friend - Philip Ong to join them and their church fren for this 2 hrs session.

Yes. I took this chance to sweat it out!!! Non-stop game for 1.5 hrs.

Went for drinks and we spoke till 11.00pm at Fernvale Coffee Shop. Next week we will be playing again!

19 Nov 2008

Sorry guys, I am out of steam for picture today. Worked the entire day and luckily, I still manage to get some towards the end of the day.

Superb Fishball Noodle!!!

I reached home damn late at 10.00pm. Already told my wife to settle her own dinner but she keep this soup for me. I am a sucker for sweet corn.

Today, I experienced joy from making other happy. I enjoyed it.

18 Nov 2008

Woke up at 4.00am and started to work. It was raining the the cool breeze was great. So, I kept my window wide opened to enjoy the natural wind while I work. Soon, the sky brighten up and my wife came in and pop her daily question - "What to eat ya?" Had breakfast and followed by a day serving clients.

Towards the later part of the afternoon, I reach one of my client's office and started to work on their project. Then suddenly remembered that I didn't take any photo today. So, this is where I work at Lower Delta Rd (especially those who knows I have been going to this place for the past 1 year).

A workplace allocated to me by my client!!!

Oh yes, do take a look at this notebook, cos it is going to retire soon. I will be collecting my new notebook later in the evening.

Towards the evening, I packed and went over to VIVO City. Did some banking and pump in $$$ into my DBS Credit Card as I have been spending quite a fair bit. Pick up my notebook and met my wife for dinner.

We went to Harbourfront Food Court. It was quite sad to see that the usual crowd is now gone. Vivo has definitely pull away lots of crowd. Nevertheless, we went in and have dinner. Look at the positive side of things, now we dun have to queue for a long time. 8

Went home and started to work and setup my new VAIO. Of course, due to my work, I have to downgrade my notebook to XP Professional from the original Vista Business. Wow!!! This process of downgrading is not for the weak heart. It took me a total of 5 hrs to get all my program working. I slept at 5am.

This is my new VAIO. Same model as my wife!!!

We love couple product!!! This is our most expensive couple product!!!

17 Nov 2008

I make a point to wake up at 9.00am today. Of course, my customer helped me too. Phone rang in the morning telling me that my payment is ready for collection. Wat a nice way to start my day!!!

Wife cooked breakfast. A simple spread of garlic bread, egg, baked bean and coffee. The portion is just nice and it was great. Home-cooked food still has it's appeal.

My Breakfast!!!

Close up of my breakfast!!!

After breakfast, I left home and meet up with my client to get my cheque. Banked in the cheque and proceed to Starbucks Vivo to work. On the phone with a few business associates and then got my lunch.

Another mobile office that I frequent!!!

Ugly Chicken Puff & Toffee Nut Latte

Soon, I discovered that I have some corrupted data and have to go down to my customer's office to make a backup so that I can continue with my work. Rushed down to Keppel Rd and explain to client and asked for an additional day. Something I learned long back that communication is still the most powerful weapon. Be frank and accept responsibility. Client's will not be unreasonable if it is a one day delay. Of course, I have to make time to serving them tomorrow. 8)

After that, I went to Lower Delta Rd and service another client. Fortuantely, I have planned my trip. When I was at the life lobby, my client was delighted to learn that I am already on my way up. Did a quick progress report and my client was satisfied with what has been done so far.

My final meeting was at Bugis. Met up a young boss who has been trying to start his business and offered some help. They have recently being screwed up by their supplier. Choon Mei, ex BNI member arranged for this meeting and I was surprised to find out her reason for this meeting. We need to meet up with her soon to explore business opportunities with her.

Damn hungry, so ate some snack while talking to them.

6 Pieces Chicken Nuggets and Hot Coffee!!!

Meeting ended at around 7.00pm and I rushed over to VIVO to meet my wife for dinner. Dinner was at Kim Gary, Hong Kong Cafe. The food is quite nice here.

Borch Soup

Ice Milo

Spicy Beef Noodle

Baked Rice with Cheese and Chicken

We shopped for a while at VIVO and was tempted by the 19 inch monitor at Challenger. We are planning to buy the big monitor so that our gaming experience will be better. Oh yes, I can collect my new notebook on Wed. I will blog and show all my reader my new gadget... promise.

Left VIVO and went home. Dead tired. I think I will be resting early today.