"Lei Cha" - Hakka Food

Today we have "Lei Cha" for brunch. There was once i came across a new stall selling Lei Cha near my workplace, one of my colleagues asked me what was that and i told her it is Hakka food. She exclaimed,"I'm Hakka and i'd love to try".

She ordered without second though, after trying it, she says she will never eat it again.. Well, the one near my workplace is actually quite bad and tasteless, the stall closed down a month later, proven CMI (Cannot Make It). However i believe the reason she does not like it is because it's too green and the soup is bitter. I'd have to say I love it despite not a Hakka.

Black Out & Huge Jam

This was how i was welcomed by my hometown yesterday..

First, the delayed flight. Then, the black out.

We were getting ready for dinner and there was a sudden black out. As we drove along the road we realised that it affect not only a small residential area but almost the whole town.

Due to the power failure, all the traffic lights were not functioning, causing a huge jam. We were stuck in the jam and the building surrounding us started to dissappear into the dark, very soon nothing was visible except the car lights.

Have you watched "The mist"? Ya.. something quite similar just different settings.

When we were finally out of the jam and decided to turn back home for instant noodle, we spotted this eatery that serves 'candle light' dinner. We quickily pull over and ordered anything that's ready to be served. It was so 'romantic' that we can't quite see what we were eating, you just have to taste it out using your tougue. Hope no special ingredient were added.

On our way back home, one traffic police was seen on duty at the junction, but without proper attire and equipment, I'm just worrying about his safety as we couldn't really see him. Anyway one is better than none, they don't seems to be quite prepared for this. Come to think about it, quite worrying right?

This morning the paper says the black out affects the whole city and quite a number of small towns at the outskirt.. There are also two cases of fire incident and the rescue wasn't quite smooth as the fire engine were delayed by the huge jam. Reason for all the above were still unknown. Citizen were still in the dark of the cause.

Porsche Boxster

Haven't been driving for almost 10 years, and i had my refresher done on a Porsche! Dare you be my guest? haha..

Fuel: 29.1 mpg
CO2: 238 g/km
Engine Size: 2687 cc
Power: 228 bhp
0-60: 6.4 s
Top Speed: 157 mph


Darl's driving while i shoot photos of scenery and my own reflection.

Dean's driving the roadster while we catch up from behind in his 3000 cc Lexus. Feel like a Paparazzi. haha..

It's a 2-seater so there isn't much space for my gears inside the car. See, all my things are lying on the "floor".

An aeroplane fly by right above us, for landing..

It could reach 100km/hr in 7 seconds.. it's kinda urban legend to me.. anyway.. Porsche is really really cool.

Magnum Ad

See.. This is the giant Magnum that makes me drool.. haha..

We ran up and down the escalator at least 4 times before we catch this shot where you see the bite..

Singapore 43th NDP 2008

The weather is nice and the sky is clear, it is a perfect day for NDP, but it's only a rehearsal.

Suppose to have a dedicated floor at my office at Raffles Place to view firework, but we have decided to shot outdoor this year. We choose to land our butts at Padang, crowds gathered as early as 5pm, some came with friends, some with family, spouse kids.. sitting on the grass patch in small group, holding their camera waiting for the night fall.

There are also some graduates shooting their photos at the site too. I really miss my school days. =(

We managed to catch some clear shots of the fighter planes using a zoom lense. But when i saw them drawing a "V" i know what is coming, i was screaming Baby see Love! Love! change lense! Darl hurried for the normal lense and we managed to catch it before it fade away.

The performance is stunning and everyone claps their hands cheering for Singapore.

Darl did most of the shooting as I lie back to relax and counting the number of floors Maybank Tower has, haha. This year the tower was dolled up with lights and appeared to be the most stunning building in the CBD area. The tower also appeared on the cover of Sid Meier's Civilization IV together with many other countries' landmark.


There isn't much firework, maybe because this is only a rehearsal. I remembered last year we have very nice firework from other countries on the actual day and after.


The "smoke effect" after the fireworks. Last year's NDP, Dean's brother booked two rooms at Mandarin Hotel but we missed it. They have a perfect view high up there and were choked by the smoke at the balcony haha. This year couldn't join them as well as we will be out of town on NDP, so today is the last chance we had for the shot.


Took a picture of Swiss Hotel The Stamford behind us before we left Padang and call it a day.