Food for Taste

Some of the Nicest Food in Singapore ...

Fried Fish Noodles @ Causeway Point Banquet

Wanton Noodles @ Causeway Point Food Junction

Fried Kway Teow @ IMM Banquet

Fried Hokkien Noodles @ IMM Banquet

Blog A Job

About two weeks ago The Straits Times quoted a news story from the New York Times concerning the reviewing of potential employees' blogs by employers.

In the story, a graduate with great potentials and outstanding results was denied a job after a potential employer discovers the graduate's blog containing some questionable remarks or inapporiate content.

Blogging as a way to find a job is not uncommon these days. Not too long ago, a Singaporean blogger was hired to be press writer for a local newspaper because of her 'famous' or 'infamous' blog. Just recently, I came across an advertisement at JobsDB.com that mentioned the following as a criteria for the position of an Editor:

You must also be able to show a decent portfolio of work - mostly published but if you're a blogger, we'd also like to have a look at your online efforts.


These days, online writing can be used for many purposes, and getting hired is certainly one noble way of using our writing skills to make a living!

Routines

If I wake up at 06:30 in the morning, it means I am late for work, which starts at 09:00. What goes on sequentially in the hours between these time are:

1) Wash up
2) Stretching exercise
3) Quiet Time with God and reading His Word
4) Breakfast
5) Dress up and leave house

By then, the time will be around 08:05 and I will be in a mad rush ...

- Walking to the train station (about 15min)
- Waiting for and taking train to destination (about 30min)
- Waiting for and taking shuttle bus to workplace (about 15min)
- Walking from bus-stop to workplace (10min)

Two things I can never skip from my routines are related to health: physical health and spiritual health. If I don't exercise, I will usually face aching bones after some time. If I don't spend time with God, I will usually end up working aimlessly and wasting the day, lacking the strength to push and look forward. These two routines are therefore an essential part of my life and I am determine to keep it, rain or shine, late or early.

What about you? Do you find meaning in your life within your routines?

3 Important Things

It is said there are three things in life a person has to decide for himself or herself: career, soulmate, and religion.

While I generally agree with the first two, I beg to differ on the third because not all ways lead to heaven or eternal life. I will not discuss here as to which Way is the correct way, because of the sensitivity that involves religion. However, if you'll like to know more, feel free to read Do I Have The Right Kind Of Faith?

Concrete Jungle

I love nature and I often go to nature when I want to talk to my Creator.


A few days ago, during my lunch hour, I went to explore a new place not too far away from my office. Amidst the office buildings, at the outskirt of this place is a small jungle, where a pathyway leads to the very presence of trees, much like an old kampong. As I walked down the stairs which were covered with fallen leaves, I could see fallen love seeds on the ground, some with the shell still intact. Obviously, there must be a saga tree in this small jungle.

The first thing that came to mY mind was to get right into the presence of nature to chat with God, then get accustomed to my surroundings, and to breathe the fresh air of nature. After having set my heart still and my ears listening to the sound of nature, I begin to listen to my surroundings, the chirping of birds and the blowing of wind.

The next thing I did after chatting with my Creator, was to start picking up the love seeds from the ground, removing each seed from its shell, collecting as many as I can while I fight with the ants and the large mosquitoes. By the time I collected fifty seeds, my arms were already itching with bites, and I had to leave.

The rest of the story, most of you would have known, if you have read my earlier blog entry on 'Seeds of Love', which details how you can use these seeds to bottle them into a gift for your girlfriend or spouse. Afterall, love seeds are also known as 'xiang si dou', an expression of romantic longing with deep passionate love.

Seeds of Love

3 Steps to a gift for a GirL

1) Go to a park and find the seeds

2) Retrieve the seeds from its shell

3) Bottle the seeds as a gift

The gift may be accompanied with a note or message such as this ...
I braved the sun, the ants, and the mosquitoes to bring you these, because I love you!

Love seeds are seeds from the saga tree, also known as 'xiang si dou' in Chinese, meaning a sense of romantic longing or 'reminiscent of deep passion'!

Squeezed!

Ever experience being squeezed? This girl on the train must have felt it, having been sandwiched between two men.

Wonder how you girls feel when faced with such situation. Will you give up your seat or stay oblivious as if nothing has happened?

GuYs, pLease do not taKe advantage of the guRLs!

Six-in-One Vaccine

I saw an interesting poster of a 6-in-1 vaccine advertisement at the clinic today.

It's headline states, "More Protection, Less Fever & Injections - Fight 6 nasty diseases with a new 6 in 1 vaccine". The picture in the poster shows a boy in Bruce Lee's attire with six people kocked-out on the floor.

Really hilarious! (",)