Ryanne on her 1st and last birthday party

Ryanne and uncle Kelvin during her birthday party held on 11 Feb 2006 even though her actual birthdate should be on the 17 Feb. Well, she's very happy on that day and there were lots of people celebrating her 1st and last birthday. She passed away few days later on the 14th Feb 2006.

Young Me

World Cup 2006 - List of rules

Received this from Glenn and it's regarding some ground rules that we have to lay down to our wives, girlfriends fiancés, mothers, sisters, daughters, etc. (to all women in general) prior to this coming world cup from 9th June till the grand final on 9th July 2006.

Here we go...

List Of Rules.

1. From 9 June to 9 July 2006, you should read the sports section of the newspaper so that you are aware of what is going on regarding the World Cup, and that way you will be able to join in the conversations. If you fail to do this, then you will be looked at in a bad way, or you will be totally ignored. DO NOT complain about not receiving any attention.

2. During the World Cup, the television is mine, at all times, without any exceptions. If you even take a glimpse of the remote control, you will lose it (your eye).

3. If you have to pass by in front of the TV during a game, I don't mind, as long as you do it crawling on the floor and without distracting me. If you decide to stand nude in front of the TV, make sure you put clothes on right after because if you catch a cold, I wont have time to take you to the doctor or look after you during the World Cup month.

4. During the games I will be blind, deaf and mute, unless I require a refill of my drink or something to eat. You are out of your mind if you expect me to listen to you, open the door, answer the telephone, or pick up the baby that just fell from the second floor....it won't happen.

5. It would be a good idea for you to keep at least 2 six packs in the fridge at all times, as well as plenty of things to nibble on, and please do not make any funny faces to my friends when they come over to watch the games. In return, you will be allowed to use the TV between 12am and 6am, unless they replay a good game that I missed during the day. This rule however is discretionary. (please refer to rule 2)

6. Please, please, please!! if you see me upset because one of my teams is losing, DO NOT say "get over it, its only a game", or "don't worry, they'll win next time". If you say these things, you will only make me angrier and I will love you less. Remember, you will never ever know more about football than me and your so called "words of encouragement" will only lead to a break up or divorce (not necessarily in that order).

7. You are welcome to sit with me to watch one game and you can talk to me during halftime but only when the commercials are on, and only if the halftime score is pleasing me. In addition, please note I am saying "one" game, hence do not use the World Cup as a nice cheesy excuse to "spend time together".

8. The replays of the goals are very important. I don't care if I have seen them or I haven't seen them, I want to see them again. Many times.

9. Tell your friends NOT to have any babies, or any other child related parties or gatherings that requires my attendance because:
a) I will not go,
b) I WILL not go, and
c) I will NOT go,
In that order.

10. But, if a friend of mine invites us to his house on a Sunday to watch a game, we will be there in a flash.

11. The daily World Cup highlights show on TV every night is just as important as the games themselves. Do not even think about saying "but you have already seen this...why don't you change the channel to something we can all watch??", the reply will be: "Refer to Rule #2 of this list again please".

12. And finally, please save your expressions such as "Thank God the World Cup is only every 4 years". I am immune to these words, because after this comes the Champions League, Italian League, Spanish League, Premier League, etc etc...

Thank you for your cooperation.

Regards,

Men of the World

Poly friends gathering

Last night was quite an experience for me. For once, I couldn't get into the Raffles City carpark. No choice but to park at the Esplanade. $4 per entry! Nama... this will be the last time I park there. After parking, I noticed I can walk to the Raffles City thru this CityLink Mall which was buzzing with life. Wow! It's being a while since I go shopping in town thus, it's kind of overwhelming. It seems more like City Jungle to me than a shopping mall. I thought: "How can so many people appear at the same place at the same time? No place to go is it?"

Anyway, the gathering is kind of alright... Realised Carlson was married (ROMed), Donald's wife pregnent and the EDD is same as my lady, Simon still looking for a full time job, currently still freelancing (he's a damn good website designer), Chris is still looking for a partner...etc. We were drinking at Boat Quay and enjoying each other's company and doing some catching up. Nobody mentioned about the lost of my little Ryanne. Anyway, it has been around 4 months since she has gone... time flies...

A little episode that I will put into this entry is that the pub that we are patronising has these tequila drink pushers (2 gorgeous ladies) who keep pushing their $5 per shot tequila promotions to us. (Imagine this: "$5 per shot? Anyone?" *wink* - what will you be thinking?) After we rejected them, and gave crappy excuses like: "we don't feel like being shot today", "we have enough of a drink already", "we are driving"... etc, they requested us to buy them the drinks instead! Omigosh! More crappy excuses: " Our wives have a tight budget on drinks", " our wives forbid us to buy drinks for other women"... finally, they left our table and move on to the AngMo's table next to us.

We have decided that the next gathering will be in Chris's den since nobody has been to his place and he has a whole cupboard of wine. So, 8th July is the date. And I really hope to see more of our poly friends this time!

testing testing

I don't believe I am doing this... i.e. blogging. Hey! I don't even write a diary when I was younger even though mum always encourages me to do it. She believed that it'll improve my English ability. Damn! Should have listened to her... It'll probably save my lady's effort in pointing out mistakes during our daily conversation. Well, conversation has to be both ways isn't it? Ok lah! I'll stop here and check out how this little virgin passage will look like. This is only meant for testing anyway what!