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Surprise Surprise

BBQ with Erdingers

BBQs become different when you have good friends, good food, good beer, and good friends. This will be a BBQ to remember.

It was my birthday a few days ago and i took the day off from work, but somehow, that day was just filled with errands. At the end of that day, i really felt i’m getting old and that birthdays are a thing of the past. No biggie, no worries. The only thing that bugged me was the night before i met my wife outside to have a peaceful dinner without the kids, but who knows she was busy SMSing the whole night. I basically had dinner myself, had ice cream myself and went out with myself. Oh and the dinner was suppose to be my wife’s way of celebrating my birthday.

Then on Saturday evening, i had a surprise BBQ arranged by wife and a few close friends. I had no idea.

The evening was perfect. My parents, grandma & siblings came, my cousins came, my close friends came as well. All the people that mattered to me in my life was there. It was nice, really nice. After the BBQ, we went upstairs and even managed to see a DVD with my cousins.

Best evening of 2007 i have to say. All thanks to my wife. *smuck* :)

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Rojak 10

Rojak 10

Wow, its the 10th Rojak already! For those who don’t know, Rojak is an event organised by Farm.sg. And this one ran together with the Singapore Design Festival 2007.

I went with my cousin Greg & met Jeremy there as well, these were the normal Rojak kakis of mine. Too bad my other kaki Dezzo could not make it.

Rojak 10

The location was a little difficult to find this year as there were just too many SDF exhibits around. Also being my first time into City Hall (the old one) i had to orientate myself a little. But i think this year is also one of the better locations. Aircon, Ushers from SDF, nice interior decor (due to SDF).

Rojak 10

I wonder where will the next Rojak be. All i can say Torrance (the guy who started Rojak) is super consistent and really making this happen.

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At the Merlion

Clié and Cleo with Merlion

Today i took the day off and brought the kids to the Merlion Park. It was a simple outing and we had great fun.

Clié with Merlion

There were super alot of people there, from Koreans, to Chinese, all sorts of Caucasians and maybe a few locals. Its amazing how tourist-ish our country is. I literally had to get Clié to stand super near the railings in order to get a clear shot.

Clié with Merlion

Somehow, the other side was not so crowded, so we spent more time on the right of the mystical creature.

Clié with Merlion

Clié did all sorts of poses. Some funny some silly.

Clié in Yoga-ish pose with Merlion

Some yoga looking poses too. This have got to be my favorite. It was hard to capture, so i had to take continuous shots in order to get good ones.

Clié in sweet pose

Clié in sweet pose

Clié in silly pose

With all proper photos, she also had to throw in a few silly poses.

Clié the beauty

The girl is growing and becoming a real beauty. I have to say this is the most beautiful picture of Clié to date. So natural, so sweet, so Clié-ish.

Clié with Daddy

Clié soaring

sweet Cleo

Cleo was mainly in a sleepy mood, hence was not as energetic as Clié, but she still manage to give me a sweet smile.

Cleo with Daddy

Clié flying

We tried lots of funny poses and this one of her jumping off the stone block made her looked like she is flying.

It was pure simple fun.

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Sinapore Design Festival 07

The second Singapore Design Festival happening from 28 Nov to 8 Dec 2007 is a biennial event to celebrate and promote design as a propeller of the new economy.

I’m so glad Singapore embarks onto stuff like that, but do general Singaporeans appreciate design at all? Ask your fellow Singaporean friend “When was the last time design mattered to you?” If the person waited for 5 seconds, then design does not really matter to him / her.

Personally I think design is way way important, its like why have something when you can have it well designed as well. There is always a stigma as well that “Designer stuff” is expensive, but do you know that everyday stuff like the bus stop, traffic lights, even your humble tissue packet needs to be designed, design is not just posters and fancy products… design is a way of life (wah damn cliché statement, but its true!).

I remembered in 2005 i attended designedge05 event which was part of the festival and it was great. Saw lots of local talents, things happening in the design scene and the constant reminder that design IS important nagged via mainstream media really makes me happy.

The Singapore Design Festival this year is filled with events this year and i’m particularly interested in Inventioneering Architecture (facebook event) happening at Vivo City and Blurring Boundaries – Design Lecture by Karim Rashid (facebook event). Of cause Rojak 10 (rojak.farm.sg) as well.

Singapore design Festival's Icon Wall

I’ve designed a few icons and submited them to the design festival’s Icon Wall do comment on them. :) You can also join the Design Festival’s Facebook group to keep updated on the happenings.

So from now on, keep an Open Mind… let your ideas take flight. :)