Office Joke

Recently, I was tasked by my boss to organise our monthly birthday celebration. This time round, my boss wants more interaction between the colleagues rather than just take the food and go back to their own seats. As such, she wants us to go and search and screen video about office so that the people can all sit down together to watch something. I went online and found this. It is extremely funny!! Hope you enjoy it as well.. haha

Completion of Love Nest!!!

The renovation of our love nest is finally completed. In fact, I have been using the place for my cg meeting. Many people have been asking Em and I how the house looks like so I have taken some photos.

The top left hand corner shows the walkway from the main door. This is where we are going to put some paintings to create a small art gallery. =). On the right is our full height shoe cabinet. Or I should say Em's full height shoe cabinet. Haha

Clockwise from the top left hand: 1. Master bedroom toilet, 2. Relaxation cum CG Mtg room, 3. Study room, 4. Master bedroom.

Clockwise from the top left hand: 1. Walk-In Wardrobe, 2. Common toilet, 3. Kitchen.

By the way, the actual preview or so called house warming will be on 7th (Family & Friends) and 8th June (Church Friends) 08. We decided to have our house warming before wedding to save up the hassle of planning another big event after our wedding. After wedding, we feel it would be good to really enjoy ourselves. =) And for those who are coming with gifts for our house warming, you might want to ask us what we need or bless us with either cash or capital land vouchers. Reasons being we have heard so many scary stories about houses being stored with many ovens or fans after house warming. We do not want our house to become warehouse after that. =P

New ERP gantries catch some motorists by surprise

I was browsing through website of channelnewasia when I saw this piece of article "New ERP gantries catch some motorists by surprise". Apparently, 5 new ERP gantries were activated on Monday and there were some motorists who were not aware of it.

So what they did was to stop in the middle of the road to insert their CashCards while other got off the car. Can you imagine how dangerous it is going to be especially for the cars behind them. It could have caused a major chain accident. Anyway, apart from that, I realized it is getting more and more expensive to drive in Singapore. For the past 6 months, we have seen the increase of petrol prices, the no. of COEs being cut down and now the gradual introduction of ERPs into the heartlands. All these contribute to the high cost of maintaining a car. So do you really know what are the costs involved to maintain your dream Ferrari and Porsche? Let me show you =)

• Road Tax (Close to $1000 every 6 months)
  
• Radio Licence Fee (Unless you don't want to have a radio in your car)
• Petrol (Average $90 for full tank)
  
• Parking (Season Parking at HDB is about $65 per month while CBD is $250 per month)
  
• Insurance
• Maintenance (Your car needs to see a doctor once in a while as well)
• ERP (More gantries and higher rates. You definitely won't miss it. haha)

Please be mindful that all these costs are recurring which means you will need to pay again as long as you keep driving your car. As for the detailed calculation, it really depends on your usage because many listed here are variable costs. So better think twice before you buy a car!

Before I go, here are some pictures of my dream car =)

TeeVee - LCD or Plasma???

Part of getting ready to move into a new house after wedding will be buying all the necessary furnishings. I have been doing some research on the electronics that Em and I are getting for our new house and one of the items have to be what is common in everyone's home - TV! If you were to walk around the electronics stores like Harvey Norman, Best Denki and Courts, you would realized that in there are just too many models of TV for you to choose.

One of the most commonly asked question by potential TV buyer is "Should I get a Plasma or LCD TV"? To cut the long story short about these two competing technologies, I will just highlight the key points here:

Color Accuracy - Winner: Plasma

In plasma displays, each pixel contains red, green, and blue elements, which work in conjunction to create 16.77 million colors. Insofar as each pixel contains all the elements needed to produce every color in the spectrum, color information was more accurately reproduced with plasma technology than it was with other display technologies. The chromaticity coordinates were more accurate on most plasma displays. Though the color saturation resulting from the pixel design of plasma displays is remarkable, LCD technology has nearly caught plasma in gray scaling color accuracy. Plasma continues to exhibit more richness in color information and more natural coloration.

Viewing Angle - Winner: Plasma

Plasma manufacturers have made much of their 160° viewing angles, which is about as good as horizontal and vertical viewing angles get.

LCD TV manufacturers have done much to improve their displays' viewing angles. Given more time, they should be able to catch on plasma in this area. However, the clear winner right now is still plasma.

Fast-Moving Video Playback - Winner: Plasma

Plasma gets the nod here because of their excellent performance with fast-moving images and high contrast levels. While the "response time" of LCD TVs has markedly improved in the last couple of years, they still suffer from a slight "trailer" effect, during fast moving sports scenes, the most discerning eyes can detect this slight motion response lag. Thus, if you are a football fan like me, maybe it is better to get plasma. =)

Longevity - Winner: Draw

LCD television manufacturers claim that their displays last, on average, 50,000 to 65,000 hours, while plasma manufacturers state a new half life of 60,000 hours. These claims are hypothetical thus one could argue that there is no clear winner in this category.

Power Consumption - Winner: LCD

LCDs require less power to operate than plasmas do. They consume about half the power that plasma displays consume. It ensures that your electrical bills will stay affordable. =)

Price & Resolution - Winner: LCD

In comparison to plasma, LCD TV has a higher resolution per same size. Pricing wise, LCDs prices have been dipping. This is one of the reasons why you see more LCDs than plasma out there at the electronics stores.

As we can see, both LCDs and plasma have their strengths so it is really up to your preference. That's all folks! Hope it helps if you are thinking of buying a TV like me.

Finally!!!

Finally!!! After months of procrastination, this blog is finally up. Special thanks to Clarence for helping me with the settings. I realized that I have returned all the computing skills that I learnt during my poly days. Many might not know but I actually used to have a blog. It survived for a few months before school work caught up on me and I gradually stop updating it.

I hope to update this blog as regularly as possible and use it to share my thoughts and inspirations to those who are viewing it. Hopefully, YOU will be BLESSED! In closing, just to share of what I have learnt recently and that is:

DECISIVENESS IS THE KEY TO CHANGE

And that was the reason why my blog is finally up and going...!! =)