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Do Bears Shit In The Woods?

2012-02-09T11:42:00.002+08:00

The Standard (10 Feb 2012) - Incendiary Insults

The catch-phrase "do bears shit in the woods" is used to indicate that the rhetorical answer to an earlier question was "yes".

By that logic, "do humans shit in the street" by right would have been the opposite rhetorical "no".

Until today.

This one above is the ultimate.

Then again, in their defense (not that I condone shitting in the street), finding a toilet in Hong Kong can sometimes be somewhat challenging.

Go to any store and chances are, you will get a blank stare and answer that they do not have a toilet in their premises. It is almost as if the entire street heads down to the MacDonalds nearby for their No. 1s and 2s.

The bigger malls are better but locating the toilets can also be tricky. Some malls, and I say in jest, hide the signs pointing to the toilets. You need a very sharp eye to spot them.

Afternote: After reading Arrenn's comments, I realised that I need to explain the context of which this video was taken.

Hong Kong folks have been complaining about Taobaolanders behaving badly when in Hong Kong.

Tension reached a boil-over when a group of Hong Kong folks took up a newspaper full-page colour ad labeling them as locusts.

Read here --> http://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2012/02/01/locust-ad-breaks-in-apple-daily/

and here --> http://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2012/02/01/locust-ad-breaks-in-apple-daily/tab/slideshow/

- Voxeros

Haku The Condom Dog

2012-01-31T15:52:00.000+08:00

I returned to Taobaoland after the Lunar New Year and we have a new housemate.

Meet Haku, the 5-month old Husky. This puppy is already up to my mid-thigh with a big appetite to match.

He confirm will mega fail as a guard dog as he is very good nature and friendly to everybody. Even strangers.

He loves my tennis balls which might as well let him have them since I don't play tennis anymore. Now if only I can get him to return the ball instead of slobbering all over it.

The great thing with a good-tempered dog is that he is a very quiet. It's been two days since I am back, I haven't heard him bark once. No woof, no yelp, no growl. Nada. Zilch. Nothing.

The occasional whining when we lock him up in the bathroom last night while we clean up his MEGA POO POO, so lovingly left for us in the living room.

We need to toilet train this fella. Need to get lotsa bleach to mop the floors.

Haiz.

p.s. Just to kachow him, we called him Saku sometimes...... that's condom in Ta1wanese. Haha.

p.p.s. Hmm.... maybe I should nicknamed him Condom Dog for future blog entries. Haha....

- Voxeros

The Ten Dollar Peach Garden Carrot Cake

2012-01-20T08:39:00.081+08:00

AsiaOne (19 Jan 2012) - Don't Underpay Our Ministers: Lee Kuan Yew

I agree that we must not underpay our ministers lest we risk them seeking "alternative sources" of income like those in corrupt countries around the world.

However, what LKY did not do was to follow up with a subsequent statement i.e.

We cannot OVERpay our ministers and argue that their sole reward, if not main, should be money above their contribution to the public good.

Coming back to Chan Chun Seng's $10 Peach Garden carrot cake.

I know what he is driving at. He is advocating 一分钱一分货. The fact that a BMW 740 will definitely be more expensive than a Kia Picanto because one is a German luxurious marvel of automobile technology, the other a Korean tin can on wheels.

The problem is that, and this is where we realise the horror of how we have made the mistake of voting in a simpleton into the cabinet, the price that we paid for the BMW 740 is in fact more than enough to buy a Ferrari 458 Italia.

Yes, BMW 740 is still an excellent car but I much prefer to pay the price of a BMW 740 and get the BMW 740.

I don't have any qualms paying my Prime Minister 3 millions dollars a year and my ministers more than 1 million dollars a year. Each.

Question is that have they performed up to the mark where the people feel that these millions spent were justified.

In short, were they underpaid as LKY hinted?

Judging from the sliding vote numbers with each election and the government scrambling to assemble a ministerial pay review committee to appease the people.

The answer is obviously NO.

Uncle, you want me to pay $10 for a plate of your carrot cake?
Your carrot cake got enough standard or not?
Come back when you as good as Peach Garden, then we talk about your $10. Wokay?

Image Credit: http://facebook.com/thecartoonpress

- Voxeros

Support That Really Counts

2012-01-19T08:35:00.032+08:00

Chen Show Mao via kwout

mrbrown highlighted to us, back in December 2011, Chen Show Mao's facebook test status while being an entry of zero content, it still garnered 45 "Likes" and 19 Comments (See below).

I just did another screen capture (dated 18 Jan 2012), the numbers have climbed to 144 "Likes" and 29 Comments.

All for a blank entry.

Popularity is one thing but it isn't worth anything. Chen Show Mao is lucky that at today's current level of technology, people are not yet able to fling their panties at Chen Show Mao via their monitor screens.

Lucky him.

This reminded me of the US elections back in 2000 where despite Al Gore winning the popular vote (48.49% to Bush 47.97%), he lost the presidential race to George W. Bush simply because electoral vote was what decided the presidency.

Same goes for our recently concluded General Election 2011. The opposition won 39.9% of the votes but yet out of the 87 parliamentary seats available, the opposition won only 6. By simple percentage arithmetic, it should have been 34 but that was not how the rules were set.

Support is important but it has value only when it is converted into electoral presence.

Electoral Presence is important but it has value only when it is converted into valid votes.

The disunity amongst the opposition parties was what threw the Men In White a lifeline during the last election.

Will the opposition learn their lesson in the next General Election in 2016?

We shall wait and see.

Opposition MP Chen Show Mao posts a test message on his Faceb... on Twitpic via kwout

- Voxeros

Wrong System Of Pay Will Get You The Wrong Team

2012-01-18T13:33:00.001+08:00

PM Lee: Wrong system of pay will get you the wrong team « Editorial « TR EMERITUS via kwout

TR Emeritus (18 Jan 2012) - PM Lee: Wrong System Of Pay Will Get You The Wrong Team

There has been much talks over Ministerial Salary after the review committee has revealed their recommendations.

While I appreciate the fact that the exorbitant salaries has been brought down significantly (pending passing of the legislation), I feel that the number is still a bit off from what I felt would be a fair number.

MP Chen Show Mao's speech on Ministerial Salary Review via kwout

Chen Show Mao reveal that his Worker's Party proposed a monthly SGD 11,000 for an MP, SGD 55,000 onward, to SGD 99,000 for the PM.

This, I felt is the correct level of pay that is enough to provide a very good living for the office bearers and yet at the same time not 劳民伤财.

I disagree that to have the pay cut to WP's proposed level is such a big sacrifice that it creates hardship for the office bearers. Mind you, SGD 11,000 per month will provide a very comfortable living and do not forget that we have to multiply this for 60 months, totaling SGD 660,000 before the next election. Do a good job and this 60-month tenure may be multiplied by a second term or more.

At the very least, it is ONE GOH CHOK TONG PEANUT to bring home even for a lousy job.

I concede that having money is a good thing but it will come to a point where the next dollar will not bring you the utility of the previous. There is only so much rice one person can eat after all.

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The way I see it, please spare me the bullshit of lower pay not being able to attract good enough candidates to run the country.

Chan Chun Seng's $10 carrot cake analogy is seriously flawed where if the carrot cake quality is good, $10 is a fair price to pay and that if the quality is bad, even $1.50 is a bad price to pay. On the surface, it may sound logical but do look at it again and deeper this time, who says a $1.50 plate of carrot cake is guaranteed to be bad?

So a word to all the "aggrieved" MPs and Ministers. If this reduced pay is causing such pain to you, I suggest you refuse the job and resign. I am sure there are just as many candidates out there who are just as capable, if not more, willing to take over and accept a more decent level of salary.

Public Service is a calling. Get that drilled into your brains.

"Wrong System Of Pay Will Get You The Wrong Team".

Yes, PM Lee, for once, I absolutely agree with you.

We definitely got the wrong team because I felt our current system of pay is wrong.

Image Credit: http://www.tremeritus.com; http://www.asiaone.com

- Voxeros

A Flu Worth Four Thousand Likes

2012-01-17T14:28:00.001+08:00

New Nation (14 Jan 2012) - Chen Show Mao Is The God Of Social Media

I saw the above cartoon above and it was just too funny for words.

Then when the joke has subsided, I began to worry.

Yes, Chen Show Mao is a very popular figure, especially on the internet but it seems that this "worshipping" has gone out of control.

It reminds me of the old days where there was a Bandung Vader blogger whose zombied fans just idolise the author regardless of what rubbish she puts up on her blog.

Having a lot of support is a good thing but when the credibility of this support is compromised, it may just amount to nothing at the end of the day.

Perhaps this is why the White Pants Party people aren't too concerned about the huge gap difference between their online popularity and CSM's.

Image Credit: http://newnation.sg

- Voxeros

Do You See Where The Problem Really Is?

2012-01-12T10:56:00.005+08:00

Twitter / @ctrlaltreboot: I swore myself that I'll t ... via kwout

Twitter / @JYSQstars: Singtel 3G sucks max . ... via kwout

Twitter / @vOn_vOn_: StarHub 3G network sucks!! ... via kwout

These days complains about our mobile network are a dime a dozen. You hear one every other day.

We have only 3 Mobile Telcos to our name and yet not a single one was spared from someone's wrath at any one time. So the question is, if this one no good, that one bad and the third one is pathetic? Where do we go from there?

Are our telcos so bad or is there another underlying reason explaining all these?

Let's pause for a moment here while I jump to another topic before tying everything up together. Then you will see where I am heading with this.

This is a picture familiar to all those in Singapore. Everyone must have seen this particular picture at one point in time or another as it was widely circulated in cyberspace when the Circle Line of the SMRT was just launched.

This was a scene at one of the MRT station when the train broke down. It wasn't a one-off incident but it seems to be happening every other day now.

You don't need to be a rocket scientist to see the link between the two MRT pictures above.

So. To tie up everything as mentioned earlier.

I do not think that any of our mobile telcos themselves are that bad except for spotty coverage and the odd system crash in certain parts of the island.

I do not think that our SMRT train system itself is that bad except for hints of cutting corners at the expense of proper maintenance.

I see the real problem is capacity inadequacy. Our SMRT train system and mobile telcos simply aren't geared to undertake our present load of usage.

You may blast them for their failure to plan ahead but seriously let me ask you this.

How many of you actually expected our population to explode at such a ridiculous rate 10 years ago? 20 years ago?

Kee chiu!

Perhaps it was info privy only to a certain white pants club but to the rest of us, I don't think anyone foresee it.

Yes, we need population replenishment from the outside given that our total fertility rate was a pathetic 1.15. But the open the flood gates like a cheap aging prostitute is just plain stupid.

Just because you missed your breakfast and lunch, doesn't mean you have to eat 3 portions at dinner. Yes, you would probably eat more than you would compared to a normal dinner but certainly not 3 times the regular portion.

The problem would not have been so bad if we have vast spaces of land to further develop and expand but may I remind you that we are on a tiny island that starting from Changi Airport, a Formula 1 racing car would only need less than 10 minutes to overshoot itself into the sea off Tuas. Less than 5 minutes if you start from Causeway towards Sentosa.*

* Simple straight line calculation.

Do you see where the problem really is?

Hint: It is not the mobile telcos or SMRT for their respective failures to plan ahead (except for a few misgivings here and there).

Image Credits: http://staticc02.insing.com; http://l.yimg.com

- Voxeros

Kids Getting Too Soft

2012-01-11T10:33:00.000+08:00

Edvantage (09 Jan 2012) - Mum Upset Over School Haircut For Son

I read with despair about a mum who called the police to lodge a complain against her son's school for cutting his hair.

Seriously? Call the police? What do you expect the police to do? Charge the school principal for aggravated assault?

Kids these days are getting too soft for their own good. The kid is so traumatised that his asthma acted up?

Just because of a haircut??

First of all, hair length policy in the school should have already been established since day 1. It is not exactly that the boy was caught by surprise.

We knew our 2-by-4 guideline during my secondary school days. No one disputed that and when the errant boy was spotted with long hair, it is a trip down to the school barber. No question asked.

So how is it that having proper short hair for boys is now such a big travesty?

The mother also one kind. How is the boy going to grow into a man with all this mollycoddling?

I fear when he serves National Service. He is going to be prime candidate for a blanket party, unless the boy is slated to give up his Singaporean citizenship and skip National Service altogether.

Then again, given the all these kids are so soft these days, perhaps the WHOLE FRIGGING PLATOON / COMPANY / BATTALION / BRIGADE / DIVISION / ARMED FORCES will be filled with all these softies.

I shake my head.

Then there is the MOE who is too coward to stand up to the parent. If there is a breach of discipline, hair length in this particular case, the ministry should have back the school up to uphold it.

Seriously, if hair length is such a big issue for the kid, then perhaps the mum should consider transferring the son to a private school or international school. I heard these schools do not have a hair length regulation.

Image Credit: http://static.edvantage.com.sg

- Voxeros

Build A Hotel In 360 Hours

2012-01-10T08:21:00.000+08:00

Gizmodo (07 Jan 2012) - Amazing Timelapse of 30-Story Building Constructed In Only 360 Hours

Caught this youtube off Gizmodo and I am in awe with the marvel of Ch1nese engineering and architecture.

Sheer genius.

Hopefully, there is no corruption somewhere along the pipeline which may turn this brilliance into tofu.

- Voxeros

Beatbox Flute

2012-01-09T10:12:00.000+08:00

Found this youtube of a lady who can play the flute and beatbox at the same time. I was totally amazed how the beatboxing did not interfere with the actual flute playing. The timing must have been impeccable!

Afternote: As it turned out when I searched on the internet, she is not the only one capable of this feat but I must say, I liked hers rendition best.

Afternote2: The background looked like she was recording this from some residential home. Yet I cannot hear any ambient noise at all. The sound reduction is impressive too.

- Voxeros

Happy New Year 2012

2012-01-03T09:45:00.000+08:00

It was the new year and we got a day off after Sunday.

The weather was perfect with a nice cool temperature around 20 degrees Celsius and so we ventured out to get a game of tennis.

We got into a cab and was halfway to the tennis court when the cabbie started snorting.

Knowing what was going to happen next, we checked the window.

It was up. Thank goodnness.

HARK! HARK! PTUI! as the cabbie leaned over to his window let it ripped.

SPLAT! as the slipstream brought the phlegm back to us which we were safely protected by the window.

Happy New Year 2012. Spitland style.

- Voxeros

Mini Eggs

2011-12-29T07:42:00.001+08:00

Perhaps it is most unfortunate to have this entry position right above my earlier entry which is about turtles.

So before I begin, I would like to go on HTC Wildfire phone to give you a perspective of the eggs' size but somehow the picture just didn't tell a convincing story, even with a can of Coke next to it. *shrugs*

* Took another shot and hopefully shows the size better. (See right).

The eggs were bought out of curiosity due to their tiny size.

I have to use 6 of them to make a decent half-boiled egg breakfast. I was told that some of these eggs have two yolks in the already super cramped interior but I personally have not had to chance to see one myself.

In all, my verdict of my 6-egg breakfast is

Sibeh Waste Time.

Apparently, 6 eggs don't really enough "egg" in it to fulfill a decent egg's content.

I will try 8 eggs next time.

- Voxeros

Turtle Centipede

2011-12-28T07:36:00.010+08:00

It's winter time over at my side of the world and the mercury is now around somewhere between 10 and 15 degrees Celsius.

As gloomy as winter sounds, we have very nice sunshine during the day and it is no wonder that the turtles have all decided to come out of the water to catch the rays.

The picture was taken in my office where we have a fountain pond with turtles and fishes.

It was a day after lunch when I got back to the office when I see them in such an amusing formation.

Turtle Centipede!!!

- Voxeros

KaoHsiung 2011 - Coffee

2011-12-27T07:50:00.002+08:00

If I were to describe coffee in Taiwan, I can only say, Cannot Make It.

There typical coffee recipe in Taiwan is soooo stingy with the coffee that most of them just ended up being coffee-flavoured milk for their Cafe Au Lait, which is possibly the most common coffee there.

In one of earlier entries where I wrote about a stop-over just before heading to the LiuHe Night Market, I ordered a Kopi-O (Long Black) to drink while waiting for the rest of the folks to finish eating.

The coffee cup was HUGE and I was suitably delighted as I have been starved of decent coffee for days but a couple of sips was all I took before I pushed it away.

It was coffee-flavoured water. The coffee was so thin that I tasted more of the water than the coffee.

Bleugh!

- Voxeros

KaoHsiung 2011 - Old Style Pachinko

2011-12-26T07:57:00.000+08:00

As I had mentioned about gaming in the night markets, this retro pinball game (Pachinko 打弹珠) was one of my childhood favourites.

So when we came across a pachinko stall in another night market the following night, I shared with Faith the game which I am sure will be extinct eventually.

The game is very simple. Just flick the marble with the red stick through the launching tunnel on the right as with all pinball machines and watch the marble cascade down through the maze of nails and see which column the marble lands.

There are prizes for different combinations like getting a marble each in every column, getting 7 marbles in a single column, get a free game if you can get a marble into the column as indicated by the marker-drawn arrow, etc.

The prizes are pretty modest stuff, from candy, to chewing gum, to soda pop, etc.

Perhaps, it was beginner's luck for Faith but we ended up with a lot of prizes at the end of the night.

As Faith was engrossed watching the marbles rain down the maze, I spoke to the stall owner who has been manning the stall for the past 30 years in the same location. You can tell from his weathered look that he has been at it everyday come rain or shine, hot or cold.

The stall would eventually be wound up when he retires and the world will have a old style pachinko stall less for the folks to enjoy.

- Voxeros

Merry Christmas 2011 And A Happy New Year 2012

2011-12-25T02:23:00.000+08:00

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and to all.

- Voxeros

KaoHsiung 2011 - Night Markets

2011-12-24T07:23:00.073+08:00

They say a visit to Taiwan is never complete until you have been to their famous night market (夜市). A typical night market comprises of 3 sections. The first is definitely food, glorious street food! The second is the gaming section where you have simple carnival types of games like shooting hoops, darts, air pistols, pachinko and my all time favourite, paper net goldfishing. Last but not least, a retail section selling anything and everything from shoes to clothes to knick knacks at very attractive low prices.

However, due to the growing popularity amongst the tourist, we have more and more night market catering to the tourist and thus featuring only street food.

LiuHe Night Market (六合夜市) is one such night market featuring only street food.

Here's the background story. My second aunt is a retired teacher after having taught at a local school nearby for over thirty years. For someone who has been teaching for such a long time, it is not unusual to have parents and kids taught by the same teacher and it just so happened that many hawkers there and their kids were once student of my aunt.

My aunt loves this night market as she is always happy to see familiar faces as they were to see her.

The only problem is that these stall owners never accepted her payment for all the foods which makes it awkward for her to come often for it may appear that she is there to free load off them.

So without further ado, let go whack the foods!

First stop was a restaurant about a stone's throw away from the night market. As one would have guessed, it belonged to one of her ex-students as well.

We stopped by for a light dinner but I chose to save my appetite for the good night market fare.

However, one item caught my eye and it was the Milk and Salted Egg ice cream. Salted egg ice cream?? As it turned out, it tasted like a typical snow skin moon cake with salted eggs yolk inside, except frozen.

I also took a bite of a Milk and Glutinous Rice Cake ice cream. That was sooooo wrong.

Below was a series of plurks that logged all the nonsense that I put into my tummy that evening. *pat pat*

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Here is one thing that got my attention. Initially I thought they were curry pok, given my weakness for these heavenly delights. Upon closer look, I realise there were something else. They were oyster puffs!

First they get a bowl and lined the puff pastry skin inside, then they loaded it up with oysters and top it off with an egg in the middle, before wrapping it up and dunking it into the deep fryer.

I chickened out from this as I thought that was oyster overkill for me.

* Click to see the Oyster Puffs in greater detail.

In all, it was a fabulous gourmet treat but I was disappointed not to find the push-cart hawker beef steak stall. For NTD 199 (about SGD 8.50) you get a three-course steak dinner of cream of corn soup, a T-bone or sirloin steak (your choice) on a hotplate and a cup of black tea.

It used to be NTD 99 (about SGD 4.20) when I was a kid but alas with inflation over a 30-year span, it is now NTD 199 but still relatively cheap nevertheless.

My fondest memory of this steam is how they use a pair of pliers (the ones you normally find in a toolbox) to serve you the hotplate.

I like it for the generic and rusty charm of it all. No fancy smancy presentation when all you need is a pair of pliers to do the job.

- Voxeros

KaoHsiung 2011 - National Museum Of Marine Biology And Aquarium

2011-12-23T08:14:00.011+08:00

On the second day of our KenTing trip, we decided to visit the National Museum Of Marine Biology And Aquarium (国立海洋生物博物馆), given that Faith is a super big fan of all things marine.

The above picture is a water feature that greeted us when we first stepped into the marine park. The first thought that came to my mind was.....

"Alamak! How come all the sculptures leaking water??!!"*

* Click here to see bigger picture

Yeah..... my mind works in pretty weird fashion sometimes....

My impression of the park was a mixed bag of pros and cons.

What I liked about the park:

The entire park is HUGE. I like the open spaces.
They have a pretty decent size aquarium where the viewing glass panel from one end to the other measures 16m.
There is a baby whale shark in there which is pretty damn big. I am guessing the baby shark is about what? 10m in length? The local guide explained that a full grown whale shark would be around 20m in length. We won't be able to see the entire shark if it were in the aquarium since like I said earlier, the glass panel is only 16m across.
There is also a viewing aquarium featuring two baby Beluga whales. They are so manjah!!!

What I didn't like about the park:

Given the vast space of the park, the number of exhibits in pathetically little, so much so that quite a number of exhibits were either 3D holograms or animation to "simulate" the marine exhibits. I felt cheated.

We still had a couple of hours of daylight when we finished visiting the marine park where we decided to travel to another part of town to get onto a glass-bottomed boat (yellow ships on the right).

Pretty much uneventful with nothing much to see except.....

All Your XMMs Are Belong To JayWalk - Voxeros [JayWalk] on Plurk via kwout

Click here to see the rest of the Kenting photos.

- Voxeros

KaoHsiung 2011 - Eluanbi Lighthouse

2011-12-22T08:29:00.004+08:00

After we checked into the B&B, we decided to go sightseeing since there was still ample daylight left.

So another short drive of 10 mins (about 8km) further South, we reached the Eluanbi Lighthouse.

Eluanbi Lighthouse (鵝鑾鼻燈塔) is a definite destination to go if you are visiting the Kenting area. The special thing about this 130+ year-old lighthouse is its geographical significance, on top of the fact that it is also the most powerful lighthouse in Taiwan as far as luminosity is concerned..

The Eluanbi Lighthouse, built during the Qing Dynasty, is the southern-most landmark of the Taiwan island (see left).

As stand due-south, you see nothing but ocean, yet you know that at the other end of this body of water is land, otherwise known as the Philippines.

- Voxeros

KaoHsiung 2011 - Kenting

2011-12-21T18:03:00.003+08:00

Donggang Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan to Taiwan, 墾丁 - Google Maps via kwout

After our lunch at Dong Gang, we continued our journey towards Kenting. The whole journey is relatively short. From my Aunt's place to Kenting itself is about 110km only. We had a lunch stopover since this is an own-time-own-target kind of road trip where we don't have any time schedule to keep.

It is winter when we are there which meant that it is the lull tourist season. Hardly anyone around which is just perfect for a quiet and serene getaway.

This is the B&B that we stayed at the recommendation of my cousin who is a friend of the owner. We got 2 rooms (2-Queen Beds & 1-Queen Bed) for 2 nights and the accommodation bill came up to only NTD 3500 which works to be about SGD 150.

Didn't think of taking any pictures of the room which I feel is pretty much the same with all other decent hotels.

This is the view from my balcony. Very nice.

The locals called this the Nixon Rock. Can anyone guess why?

All in all, it was a nice relaxing trip with pretty much nothing to do. There are a lot of sea activities but none when we were there. Like I said earlier, it was lull winter season.

Click here to see the rest of the Kenting photos.

- Voxeros

KaoHsiung 2011 - Dong Gang Fish Market

2011-12-20T13:40:00.000+08:00

Continuing from yesterday's entry, we set off for KenTing the day after for a family retreat.

En route, we decided to stop over at Dong Gang (东港) fish market for lunch.

It is essentially a fish wholesale center where you get the freshest catch of the day. Once you have bought your seafood, you bring it to the hawkers next door who will cook your seafood for you, for a nominal service charge.

It was a quiet day as it is winter and no longer the peak vacation season. A separate group of Hong Kong folks and us were the only tourist there that day.

The place as you would imagine is how a wet market should be. Wet, dim and stinks. Exactly how a fish market should be.

In return, we get the fresh seafood at the cheapest prices. No complains there!

I like the quiet and laid back charm of the place. Yes, it smells terribly like how all fishing ports should smell. Stray dogs patrolling the area just adds to the finishing touches to a rustic painting.

七賢國小 to Donggang Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan - Google Maps via kwout

- Voxeros

KaoHsiung 2011 - Mazda 7-Seater (MacGyver Edition)

2011-12-19T16:04:00.000+08:00

I was in KaoHsiung two weeks ago for a short vacation and to meet up with the rest of the family who were travelling there as well.

For the uninitiated, I am half-Taiwanese. Not the half-father-mother type but the folk-are-Taiwanese-and-yours-truly-born-and-bred-in-Singapore type.

There I was visiting the rest of the clan (mother's side of the family) and the picture above is my cousin's Mazda Premacy. The Premacy is a strange model where it look like a Mazda2 hatchback but with more booty while at the same time not big enough to fit the third row of seats as in the Mazda5.

So we call this the Mazda3.5 ((2+5/2 = 3.5) ?

Obviously, my cousin don't get many visitors and so the sudden influx of tourists i.e. 6 of us presented a tricky logistical situation.

Have to hand it to my cousin for the solution of the 2 plastic chairs and voila! We have a 7-seater!

p.s. Yeah. Yeah.... some of you will be bitching about car safety blah blah blah.......

- Voxeros

Cello Wars

2011-12-08T07:25:00.000+08:00

Awesome performance!!!

Is it me or is Darth Vader a tad pudgy here?

If they are using light sabers as bows, won't the sabers saw the cellos into halves?

If Yo Yo Ma were to feature as well, would he get a Han Solo? (Geddit? Geddit? Geddit??)

- Voxeros

The Ultimate Hamburger

2011-12-07T07:06:00.001+08:00

Gizmodo (05 Dec 2011) - The Most Perfectest Hamburger in the World Makes My Mouth Orgasm

I am so sending this video to my local burger shop.

Speaking of local burger shop, perhaps burger for dinner tonight?

- Voxeros

Tiger Woods Wins Chevron World Challenge 2011

2011-12-06T10:32:00.000+08:00

After 749 days, Tigers Woods is out of the woods (pun intended).

Since the spiral in form as a result of the scandal, Tiger is back to when he does best.

Golf.

In a way, I am glad sponsors like Nike, Pepsi and EA Sports to name a few, stuck by him during this dark Tiger period.

Would this be just a one-hit wonder? I certainly hope not as Tiger is still relatively young in the game of golf and is certain to secure a few more titles.

I hope Tiger return to his best form and flip the bird at fair-weather partners like Tag Heuer, Accenture, AT&T, Gatorade and Gillette just to name a few.

Love the man for the golfer on the green. What Tiger does on his own free time, off the course, is his business.

None yours.

p.s. The other player that I wish to see getting back on track is John Daly but I doubt if it is ever going to happen until he straighten his life out, which is probably never.

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- Voxeros