Several months ago, I was down at Leng Kee to look the Honda Stream and Toyota Wish. Having heard so many horror stories about parallel importers, I prefer to deal with the authorized agents. At that time, Borneo Motors had just started to bring in the Toyota Wish. Kah Motors had been selling the Honda Stream for a while. It was a good time to start researching the two car models.
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Baby At Suntec Koi Garden
Baby Vanessa went galavanting around Suntec City with her daddy (me) recently, and we ended up at the Koi Garden. I bought her a packet of fish food to feed the Koi fishes in the pond. She was extremely careful with the feed she was dishing out to the fishes. Only one morsel of feed each time. So you can imagine we ended up taking quite a long time to finish up that packet of feed.
Princess Vanessa’s Bubble Crown
This is Princess Vanessa, all dressed up in her crown of bubbles. She is thoroughly enjoying her bubble bath. Actually I guess she generally likes water a lot, because she also enjoys splashing around in the swimming pool (it is like her giant bath tub). The other babies her age in the pool generally look to be rather apprehensive of the water. But Vanessa is quite the opposite, totally exhilarated splashing water all over.
Korean’s Are So Poor Thing
Today, a few colleagues and I decided to head to the new West Coast Plaza for lunch. It’s the newly refurbished shopping centre that used to be known as Ginza Plaza. I had the impression that the shopping centre was already more or less fully open for business, but I was quite wrong. Many shops were not yet open. As a result, there weren’t many choices to eat, and we ended up dining at this BBQ Chicken restaurant.
$2 COE Record
COE prices for Category A (Cars 1600cc and below, and taxis) have fallen to $2 in the latest round of COE bidding. Surely a sign of the economic gloom ahead. Prices in all categories have fallen. The biggest drop, of course was for Category A which fell from $10,445 to just $2, with just one more bid received than quota the available. Still does not beat the $1 record though, but close enough.
Autumn In Singapore
It’s 37 days to Christmas, and some of the trees are getting into the mood. Like this one along Bras Basah road shedding its leaves to lend an autumn atmosphere to the area. If only there was a nicer backdrop than a construction site. How nice it would be if SIngapore had two weeks of snow every year.
Baby Compatible Food
This is the Shoyu Ramen from Ajisen Ramen. It is a set promotion that comes with drink and two sides. It’s quite nice (I usually like Ajisen’s ramen anyway). Usually I would order something somewhat spicy, since I like spicy food. But nowadays, the choice of food is sometimes influenced or determined by compatibility with baby Vanessa. Heh.
Vanessa’s Pick Of Flowers
Vanessa’s hand picked selection of flowers from the garden. — Posted from my N95 Lifeblog.
SMRT Forgets To Pay The Bills
This should be an embarrassment to SMRT. It looks like they forgot to pay their bills. Their corporate website www.smrtbuses.com.sg is now inaccessible, because apparently the license for their Blue Coat proxy appliance has expired. Maybe it’s time to raise bus fares again, so that they have enough revenue to pay for their IT operating expenses. Not only is there inflation, rising fuel prices, wage increases, but there is also IT costs to grapple with.
Attending Class at SMU
The last two days I’ve been attending class at the Singapore Management University’s downtown campus. It’s actually my first visit to the SMU campus, so during the breaks I went around exploring the place a little. I always thought it would be nice to be studying in such a central downtown location. All the shopping, movies, and other entertainment just a stone’s throw from studying.