Do The World A Flavour
Yh pointed out a rather interesting competition held by Ben & Jerry’s in Singapore. They are calling for new flavours for their ice cream and one winner from each country gets to travel to the Dominican Republic. The grand prize winner gets to have their idea made into an official 2010 worldwide flavour! Take a look and maybe we’ll be tasting your whacky ideas next year 
Tuning my run with Nike + iPod
In a curious twist after months of searching for a Nike+Ipod device, I finally managed to catch sight of it at Nike by B.I.R.D store (Novena’s Velocity) just before my evening meeting there. The technology behind the device isn’t too complicated and has already created security and privacy concerns as well as hacks to get around requiring a Nike+ shoe. However, I think the concept behind it is still great and shall attempt to get fit for my upcoming IPPT (its looming in the horizon!) with some fun and music :)
Nike + iPOD kit = $54.00 (inc/GST)
Nike Sport Armband for iPOD Nano = $54.00 (inc/GST)
Where2Makan – Great Food Near You
Seeing as how we love to find great food and write about our experiences, Yh and myself decided to create Where2Makan? Great Food Near You.
The site comes out from our desire to locate the food places near your workplace, home or wherever you are. Gathering reviews from friends and family, we hope to have a repository of locations you can quickly search and find out where to go for your next food adventure.
Do drop us a comment if you’re interested to contribute to our food adventure!
instructables : Paper Gift Box
Useful tips on how to fold a paper gift box. Have encountered a few times where I had to wrap a gift and didn’t quite know how to deal with odd shapes and sizes. This site has a nice idea since can just use paper and also print on it to create custom designs.
The Seafood Paradise Restaurant @ 91 Defu Lane 10
We decided to visit a place just mentioned on tv for its delicious seafood (especially known for its crabs) and so we headed down to 91 Defu Lane 10. The restaurant was hidden amidst rows of industrial buildings. After a little mix up over our reservation, we managed to get a table in the inner section (think it would have been better to open the doors if the air-con isn’t supposed to be on?).
The place looked very nicely renovated and the items on the menu definitely very appealing. We ordered baby backribs, homemade bean-curd in mini-wok, asparagus with scallops and the main crab dishes of crab in vermicelli soup as well as another butter crabs with coconut crumbs.
The wait was about half an hour for the first 3 dishes and we all especially impressed with the baby back ribs that were roasted in honey and pepper sauce.
The crabs arrived another half hour later (apparently the average waiting time is 45 min to 1 hour for crabs) and we tucked into the butter crabs first. It was quite nice especially when you dip the fried man-tou into the butter cream. Everyone also agreed that the crab in vermicelli soup was even more appealing to the taste buds since it was something different and the crab was huge!
With its reasonable price and good food, I’m sure we’ll be back here in the future. Yum yum
The Seafood Paradise Restaurant
91 Defu Lane 10
Swee Hin Building
Singapore 539221
Tel: 64872429
Go watch Titoudao!
When Yh told me she had booked tickets to watch Titoudao, I must say I wasn’t all that ”jumping for joy” mood. Had not much idea what the play was about and the weird sounding title didn’t seem to hold much promise. Boy was I wrong!
Must say I haven’t seen a play that infuses wayang, getai, disco into 2 threads of stories (about the fictional Titoudao and Ah Chiam). As usual, Pam Ooi shines in the role of Ah Chiam and although I had a hard time catching the hokkien during the wayang sections (luckily there was “lyrics” next to the stage), I thoroughly enjoyed the very flashback scenes as Ah Chiam narrated her growing up years.
Rather amazing how a small cast of Pam Oei, Beatrice Chia-Richmond, Karen Tan, Sebastian Tan, Chua En Lai, Aidli ‘Alin’ Mosbit, Gordon Choy and Judy Tan brought wayang to life at the Drama Centre Theatre.
Titoudao is an English music drama about the life of a Hokkien street opera actress, Madam Oon Ah Chiam. During her early twenties, Madam Oon performed the role of this incorrigible but likeable character – Titoudao, to such perfection that the public fondly called her by this stage name. This is a play inspired by Madam Oon’s memories and experiences.
Source: About Titoudao
The Trekkie Test
I think almost everyone who knows me will know I’m a huge fan of Star Trek and science fiction. Guess the test below proves it!
Top Gear
Just got acquainted with this seriously funny motoring show on BBC. Its called “Top Gear” and now into its 9th season. Featuring the antics of 3 guys and some serious hardware, it features top racing cars and “experiments” with cars.
Growing in vs. growing out – Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
Doing some reading on business / finance etc.. and came across an article by 37signals. Since I’m also in the software building business, was definitely hooked by their philosophy below.
We’d rather our customers grow out of our products eventually than never be able to grow into them in the first place.
Source: Growing in vs. growing out – Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
Walk to Run : Beginner (Week 1)
2007-01-31 Nike Running Training Schedule
Originally uploaded by m.ong.
Week 1 of my getting fit program begins! Actually I started one day late because of my work schedule and had to start on 30/01. It was pretty easy, just a 15 min walk following by another session of (Walk 5 min, Run 1 min) x 2. Walk 5 min. Didn’t manage to find the Nike+Ipod system (so no distance clocked) but think I’ve got to at least get new shoes, my trusty SAF shoes gave way pretty much after one round
Felt pretty good doing this at the park opposite our house so shall aim to continue the rest of the schedule this week.