Visit Singapore!

I came to Singapore in May 1997 - it's been more than 9 years! But only till recently, I cared to take a closer look at Singapore =(

I went to clarke quay this evening with a mission - to find a good dining place for me and my girl friend. I took MRT and alighted at Clarke Quay station, then crossed the coleman bridge into a world filled with partying mood - with potpourri of nationalities. The place is all nicely done up, with glittery and glitz every where.

At first I was distracted by Liang Court, specifically the Audio House, where I stopped over to browse at some portable DVD players. I may want to get one of those to show my friends some video ;)

After that I went to Clarke Quay, where I spotted some places where I would like to bring my girl friend for dinner - Pineoy Jade, a cantonese restaurant, and I can't remember the other two =P. It was only today that I discovered the layout for Clarke Quay, which consist of "mushrooms" covering the passageway between the four blocks that house many of the restaurants, and numerous inverted "daffodil" hanging over the head of diners along the river side.

After brisking through Clarke Quay, I walked along the Singapore river and went to a field beside brewerkz where the goflykite.com buffs were showing off their skills in maneuvering propeller-equipped kites. I talked to one of them to find out how much the hobby is costing them. S$600 for starter. Well, I think I can afford it. Next thing is to ask whether anyone wants to join me :)

Then I continued walking to Robertson walk, and Frasier place, where all the high class diners were chatting. I think I saw a guy parked his sports car conveniently on double yellow lines. Now I know some people think spending S$300 is more worthwhile than walking a few steps. I must say I never thought I was so poor after walking through that place. I think I want to walk there more often to motivate myself to strike out on my own.

Then I walk passed Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, which I may consider taking my girl friend for dinner too. After that it was 1030pm, and I thought it was rather late. So I took a route to Kim Seng road to take bus to Outram MRT, and came home.
All this while I got a Singapore tourist map with me. I think it's time to be a tourist and rediscover Singapore :)

我不明白

This entry is transferred from my friendster page, which I just penned today. The previous entry was dated Jan 06, 2006, with only these words: 万丈高楼从地起,今天开始打地基.

为什么blog这么受欢迎？今天刚发现我的第一个posting是在八个月前写下的。到现在还没有写blog的冲动，哈哈。

写着中文字的当儿，我想起了我中学的华文老师。她的名叫陈屏香，是个令我非常难忘的人。自古以来老师都是受倍受人们尊敬和赞扬的，唯有她是我本人绝不会称赞的“教育家”。

中学时我就读于芙蓉振华中学。一直以来我的华文考试成绩都很不错，总是考80分以上。记得当时是1996年，这位“教育家”也在芙蓉振华中学任教。有一次，我父亲不满学校的财务政策，在争论的同时把她也牵涉了进去，令她很烦恼。她不能挑我父亲的毛病，于是她把目标转移到我身上。在一次考试中，她“挖空心思”把我的文章批得一文不值，最后给了我60几分。这还不算，当我拿着试卷请她指点我的错误时，她用很傲慢的语气和态度当着同学的面前把我奚落了一顿。

那时的我真的很无奈，我的谦卑换来的是批评，我的求助换来的是恶言相象，心灵上的伤害更不用说。从那天开始，我知道有些老师比较适合称呼为“小人”，而不是“灵魂的工程师”。时隔十年，我对这位“教育家”公报私仇的行径还是怀有一点恨意。写到这里，我只希望主耶酥能给我力量宽恕这位曾经恶待我的人。

Learning from scratch

I pride myself as an engineer, yet I have not created a blog! How can that be??
So that's why I'm doing this right now, to create my first blog entry!
And thanks to Yi Jie for lending me two lines of code to beautify the page =)