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big production, 12 yrs awaiting and really gd movie. although the avatar looks a bit funny, but then it is still a very gd achievement to see all those graphics done up very nicely and very authentic. really a gd job done by james cameron. gd storyline, gd graphics, gd fighting scenes. i give this movie a 4.5/5 rating.

Bodyguards and Assassins

long awaited to watch this movie. hmm, even though it was on heroes being killed, but then i still wanted to watch, as expecting a lot of fighting scenes. but to my disappointment, it was more on the storyline of how sun yat sen came bck n went bck safely instead of a lot of fighting scenes like wad the title depicts. there were some interesting fighting scenes and a funny one with leon lai. cos of the way he stood at the last gate against those assassins. all those heroes did not died in vain, but they sure died in some weird ways. (except leon lai) well anyway, i give this movie a 3.5/5 rating.

Xiao Niu Dancing~

hohoho, some exclusive news for my dear frens. on tis day at nite, when we went out passing the wedding appreciation gifts to our brothers n sisters, something very nice happened. during our meeting with charmaine at the beancurd store at ang mo kio, xiao niu kept ‘dancing’ throughout. we all guessed it was due to the rock and roll music that xiao niu kept ‘dancing’, haha… but she was really very active during the music session! after the music session, she cooled down a while, cos no more music ma. then after fetching charmaine back to her house, xiao niu’s dancing came back again! she kept on dancing throughout the journey back home. it was most probably due to the music played in the car, haha… even when we reached my house, we told xiao niu that we are going to off the music, she still continued dancing. so we let her dance the last music, haha…

the kicks are really very visible lor! the kicks are so obvious that even with shirt on, can still see the pounding effect! wah very nice and sweet to see xiao niu so active so suddenly, haha… will she become a dancer or a singer nx time ar? lol…

War Of The Worlds 2 The Next Wave

wah luckily this movie didnt go on cinema, otherwise i will shake my head and ask for a refund. i watched this on dvd and i tink it was one of the worst movies i have watched this year. the special effects totally cannot make it, the acting is worse n the storyline is so fcking lousy! rating i give it 0.5/5 man… super the lan…

Eugene & Jing Jing’s ROM

today marks the beginning of another phase of another couple, who is also my friend in the same company, eugene and jing jing. they were both me and my wife’s respective brother and sister. it was held at sentosa amara hotel in the evening. the actual rom was held in the glass pavilion. it was decorated lightly with the appropriate decorations and it was absolutely fabulous. even though it was lightly decorated, the place was still very nice.

oh ya, today also rained big big ar. but luckily, just at around 6pm, the rain stopped. everything fell into place. the ceremony started off at around 6.30pm. n went on for at least another 1/2 hour. after which was photo taking and then dinner at the restaurant beside the glass pavilion. we finished the dinner at around 9pm then headed for home. for the full and clearer picture, u all will need to ask them personally. i hereby wish them all the best and happy marriage!

Lego (Cafe Corner, Green Grocer, Market Street)

woooo, after finishing up the grand carousel, we have decided to get another 3 sets of classic lego sets! the cafe corner, green grocer and the market street! oh well, it is quite expensive la, costing a total of $755.70! but it is very very nice de lor! below are some pictures on the lego boxes, i will shortly post up all the make in progress pictures of each and everyone of them when i start my work, haha… (oh ya, baby actually went to thomson plaza to have her lunch on wed and happened to bypass this shop called ‘secret chamber’. this shop solely sells lego only. and they sell very classic lego sets as well as very modern ones. they also display a lot of the sets lor! the most spectacular one is the crane! it is the huge model in the middle of the shop! 300k pieces fixed together!)

The market street model~	The cafe corner model~
The green grocer model~	The combination of all 3 models!

Christmas 2009!

wah tis year, our team is a much more cohesive one. last year we didnt have much celebration on christmas, as in exchanging of gifts among the team. tis year i started off with giving out candies to everyone in my team, then nx came jose, who also gave away chocolates from malaysia. then dengli also gave me a candy packet. these were started a few days before.

then just today, a lot of christmas gifts were given out. 1st is by our beloved domain manager, lih fen. she gave each and everyone of us a keyboard cushion, there were pigs, cows, monkeys, rabbits, dogs and turtles. i took the cow one cos xiao niu is coming ma, so give her the present, lol… then next was boon pieng who gave the whole iels team a gift of chocolate. n finally the last gift came from jeanette. a paper holder together with some candies.

below are some pictures taken from the presents. oh ya, i have also incorporated some of baby’s presents gotten from her company. they are a mini air-con, a chipmunk and a piggy bank.

Christmas Gift from DIY @ Jensworld

yes, finally the long awaited gift has been completed and collected from Jensworld at suntec. this gift is supposingly to be presented to baby as a special and surprise gift for christmas. but just 3 days ago on sunday, she happened to pass by the place and therefore, had a sneak preview of the model, haha… below are some pictures taken for the gift. feel free to enjoy!

The overall view from the front.	The overall view from a third person perspective.
Peeking through the bottom of the gazebo.	The overall view from the back.
The overall view from the side.	The overall view from the top.
Our great big names!	Merry x’mas!
The three of us!	And the snowman with the christmas trees!

oh ya, didnt explain about how to go about explaining the design to the auntie. when i first went in and started looking around for ideas on how to build the gazebo, i happened to come across the flower arch. so i started explaining to the auntie on having the layout exactly like what u have seen in the above picture. then when we were discussing about the gazebo, she say that they have not done anything on that and don’t seem to know how to do. so i gave them an idea on how to start with by saying that they could actually use 4 sticks together with some wireframes to support the roof. then using a white cloth to cover over. that would be enough to act as a ‘roof’ on the gazebo.

then since christmas is coming and i was thinking of the wedding, might as well combine both together. so suggested to have the gazebo at the top right corner of the board, then christmas trees to the top left corner. then christmas must have the words ma, so bottom left corner will put some christmas wordings. ok, so almost done with the outer area. so come to the inner area, settings of the ground to be snowing as christmas must have snow then is called christmas ma, lol… then having a car cos i drove a car on the day of our wedding. finally decorating the place with some flowers and snowflakes. ok, so that is about all that we have discussed dat day.

so when i actually had a glimpse of the almost finished model, i was very very happy. it turned out to be very gd and almost similar to my description. the only thing that differs is that the gazebo is not decorated with any leaves / flowers. but still ok, it looks very nice without the leaves too. n so this was how the model was born. wahahaha~ i like the model a lot n i intend to go there for more models to be made in future (if i ever need to make more). cos they have a very courteous auntie and their service is very gd. thanks auntie! and also hope baby like the present! merry christmas baby!

Fast and Furious 4

hmmm, i juz watched this movie last nite on my dvd. nothing much to talk about, i guess u all knows what it is. it is about some fast car racings and some fast car chasings. oh well, lol… rating to it will be 3/5.

I am on MC for 3 days!

on sunday nite, i suddenly feel very unwell. feeling like there is something in my stomach, stopping my food from digesting. feeling like its going to come out of my mouth instead of my other side. :P then juz at around 12+ midnite, i suddenly felt the urge to puke and went to the toilet. at tis time of the day, i finally gotten ill.

in the middle of the nite, i started to get fever, after measuring the temperature of 38.2 deg, i had 2 pops of paracetamol (fever pills). then went back to sleep. whole nite couldnt sleep well, kept turning here n there. it is becos of the stomach that i couldnt sleep well dat nite. i was also sweating in the middle of the nite, onli in the morning, then did i felt cold, lol…

so on this day, 14/12/2009, i went down to see the regular doc. luckily the renovation for the doc’s clinic is from 15/12/2009 to 3/1/2010, else i will have to go another clinic which i don’t normally go. when the doc diagnosed me, she told me that i am down with stomach flu. having fever, diarrhoea, vomiting, all in one. she said that i was attacked by a virus from somewhere, but it is definitely not from food. it is airborne. so the doc said not to get too close to me cos it will spread.

n so after the checkup, we bought back porridge for lunch for me. before i went to have a nap, i popped in another few pills for stomach flu, vomiting and fever. then also had my small bowl of porridge. then i went to bed… sa sa de baby decided to stay at home (took urgent leave) and look after me. i didnt wanted her to do dat, cos i can manage myself, but she insisted. :) i am very grateful for her sacrifice. muackz muackz :)

so every 4hours, i am awaken by baby to help me out with the medicine popping. if not for her, i think i would have slpt throughout the whole afternoon, haha… then at nite after dinner another popping and then had my fruits (grapes), didnt manage to finish my fruits as i was feeling somewhat going to vomit soon. so at the end of the day, i took a nice slp over the nite, until the nx day, didnt even realise baby already went to work. poor baby, had to work and look after me when i am sick. i am very thankful for her unrelentless energy to do both her work and to look after me. thanks baby!

oh ya, also not to forget my PIL and BIL for helping to remind me and to cook meals for me when i am sick too. thanks to all of them!

Lego Grand Carousel

oh yes, tis grand carousel is one of the christmas present i received for this year. it is a lego model of the grand carousel (or what u all normally call it, the merry-go-round) tis time round, it took us 2 nites to complete, but then nearing completion, we discovered that we had missing pieces, that was why it was delayed. we had to request for the missing pieces. until now, it finally completed and the pictures to the model will be presented below!

the actual box without opening!	the great name of the lego model!
i am happily taking the box as my beloved lego set. :P	the packets of pieces laid out nicely on the table so we can start off!
halfway through!	the final piece!

Surprise for Brothers & Sisters

Wooo, finally our surprise for the brothers and sisters are here! i will upload the pictures one by one after each of them have taken their ones. oh ya, in accompaniment to their surprise miniature, we also sent out a thank you speech to each of them!

	why we gotten this design for her is because she loves to bake and also is because she likes yellow color. that is why u all can see that in this picture, there is a chef’s hat as weill as a yellow dress! n tis is for susan!
	oh n here comes dengli’s one! wahaha, tis one very very alike her also. with her red dyed hair and her specs, its juz like a replica of her! with an identical percentage of at least 80%! tis is one of the favorites to win the doll alike competition! (when did we have tis competition?…)
	ok, here is a picture of the couple who just gotten married on 25th Dec 2009, eugene and jing jing! so obviously, why did we choose these 2 marriage dolls for them, haha… hope they really like this present!
	this is one of the cuter ones that we had in store for them, cos of the hairband ma. also becos she wore hairband before n i tink onli she wears hairband among the other 5 ladies, haha… so we prepared this for her~ n it looks very jolene alike also with the clothes and the hairband, haha…
	oh yes, tis one is a bit special than the rest of the other dolls. notice the hair? then you should know who is tis for, it is for charmaine! curled up hair at the bottom! :D so tis is a very customized one for her due to the hair design. lalala~~
	this is specially for chengfeng! no other dolls are as special as this cos of the cigarette, wahahaha. tis is so typical cf! n among all the other brothers and sisters, only he smokes! that is why it is so special!
	very obvious that tis is onli for the soccer player in my brothers, song gao! with the jersey of manchester united and no. 9, we thought of him playing like c. ronaldo!
	yeah, xueting’s one. quite like her, chubby n long hair wif fair skin color. the longer u look at it, the more it looks like her, illusion…

10 Things to Avoid When Bearing Your Child

保护孩子免于逆境
为了孩子快乐，家长有时会做得十分过分，那就是走在孩子前面为他们劈荆斩棘，以防孩子受到挫折。过度的保护意识孩子无法学会如何面对困难，解决问题或处理负面情绪。

 

催促孩子
现今的社会节奏紧促。这不仅体现在父母身上，也通过父母折射到孩子身上。父母常赶鸭子似的催促孩子上学，吃饭，做作业，学才艺。清晨催其起床，晚间催其就寝。如此急惊风似的作息，私分容易造成生活压力，使孩子没有时间自行安排，细心观察，分析事理，做出反应，甚至导致孩子做百日梦，大大减少了孩子创造和探索的机会。

 

即刻满足孩子的需求
婴儿哭闹时，大多数父母会立即抱起孩子，喂奶或换尿片，由此建立起婴儿对家长的信任感。可是当孩子步入童年时，他们渐渐有了“等待的能力“，但许多父母却忽略了这一能力，失去了训练孩子“等一下”的机会。相反，却争先满足孩子的要求，使孩子逐渐养成没有耐心，缺乏自助的习惯。

 

极端的评价
孩子在成长过程中需要父母的评价，因为评价为孩子提供了行为尺标，指出了追求的目标。然而，过高或过低的极端评价，为孩子的成长不仅无益，反而有害。徐父母未意识到这点。他们或者过度赞赏孩子，导致孩子高估自己的能力，甚至会因为经常被夸奖而不把父母的话当一回事；或者过度贬抑孩子，在孩子面前故意拔高其他孩子，用意是通过孩子的比较来激励孩子，结果却伤了孩子的自尊心。

 

避免孩子无聊
一个人在无聊的时候会主动地去找一切事情去做。孩子也不例外。在某种意义上说，无聊可以刺激孩子发掘内在资源，寻求探索或创造。可是，不少家长生怕孩子无聊，故而准备许多玩具，书本或各类活动。尽管这样的安排有助又加强孩子的智能发展，却同时养成孩子过于依赖外在的刺激来娱乐自己。阻碍了他们在无聊是如何自理或购年的主动性。

 

不给孩子回答问题的时间
孩子经常会碰到一连串的问题。当他们询问父母时，许多父母不去及时抓住机遇，创设情境，给与孩子思考问题的时间，让他们自己去寻求答案，相反，却为孩子提供不必要的帮组，越祖代庖。结果，传递给孩子一个错误的信息：“我的能力不足以回答这个问题。”，或“我的能力不足以做成这件事情。”。同理，家长也常会提出一连串问题要求孩子回答，但却不给孩子足够的时间去思考或尝试，而是动辄指摘孩子回答不全面，思考不深刻，致使孩子逐渐认为凡事他的看法总是不重要，没有价值。

 

安排活动很少征询孩子的意见
为人父母者都有这样的体会，当他们在自己的单位里为人随意差遣或武断安排时，心里总觉得不适或不悦。可是，当他们回到家里，却忘了孩子也有这种共同的人类心理。许多父母会未经孩子的统一，或不与孩子商量，就擅自为孩子安排各种活动。当孩子对此有异议时，遇到的否决常常多于采纳。

 

介入孩子之间的争执
孩子之间难免发生冲突，他们有他们看待问题的方式，他们有他们了结事态的手段。对此同伴之间的争执，大多数父母会尽快出面给予制止，从而使孩子失去了自我协调，处理纷争的机会。一般说来，当冲突并不威胁身心健康时，父母应该让孩子自行解决。

 

期盼孩子实现家长未圆的梦
父母总希望在孩子身上不再重演自己的人生遗憾，这也是人之长情。于是，常教孩子一些“醒世格言”，但却很少解释：人生常有例外。同理，父母常将自己未能实现的愿望，寄托在孩子身上，致使孩子身负重任，颇感压力。一旦孩子发现这些训言语事实不符，或者觉得自己有负于父母的期盼时，不仅会产生对父母的内疚，而且会产生对自己的怀疑。

 

过于注重孩子的外表
许多家长认为，孩子的穿着，礼貌，行为等反映了父母的素养，甚至认为他人对孩子外表的评议实际上是给父母打分，因而过于重视孩子的外在表现。相比之下，家长却很少注意孩子的内心世界，聆听孩子的意见，忽视了孩子也有追求尊重的权利

G.I. Joe Rise of the Cobra

this movie is nice, really nice. one of the better movies of the year. started off with some scenes which i dont know wad is it for, but the whole storyline is quite good. quite surprising that the professor was actually a previous soldier of the government’s army. they have this nanomites that will ‘disintegrate’ anything it touches within seconds. it is so powerful that it has been classified as a biological weapon.capable of mass destruction. so there is this team of G.I. Joe soldiers with exceptional capabilities and equipments to fight off the baddies. recommend all to watch this movie as it is very nice. would give it a 4/5 rating. :)