Ubin baby.

Our little gang spent the night on Ubin again this weekend. We stayed at the Celestial Resort. Its much improved from a couple of years ago, the room was comfy and clean the air conditioner was nice and cold. I had a great time and I think i am renewing my love for this splendid little island. (by the way that stilt house is not the resort.)

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We popped back into the village for some grub, it was suprisngly pricey, but we were full and for us thats about all we can ask for

Above as the caption says is a shop, this shop has been around for years, the lady that runs it is now 85years old and from what i understand still going strong.

The village Temple

The Malay Coffee Shop at the entrance to the jetty has been around for as long as i have been going there which is for the past 24yrs.

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Surrounded by a small lake (for canoeing not swimming) and a short sandy beach the resturaunt leaves alot to be desired. So if your staying at the resort, byof or grab something from the village.

One of the former granite quarries on the island

just a note on the picture above, i used a feature on photoshop called equalize on it cause i liked how it looked after. I did the same for 3 pictures which i will identify with an @

The resort is flanked by a river on one side and the ubin straits on the other.
One of the many dogs that roam the village. (20years ago there were alot more of them)

The Ubin Lodge Jetty.(@)
My fav picture of the lot, i am refering to the above of course.

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sidebar- a note of the pictures. none of these will win awards and they were never meant to.

A Great Weekend

What a busy weekend it was.
Friday, went out for a late night drive/walk/photography thingy with some of the boys, which ended with us playing computer games till 4 in the morning. :).
Saturday Morning, went for a concert put up by Caitlin's school. TLOML and i were both proud wrecks. tears were flowing, hearts were swelling it was a proud moment for us. Our little girl did a great job.
I cant remember what I did on Saturday night! I do recall having a couple of whiskey sour tumblers.
Sunday, went to DooMill Manor to help with some PC problems. Yes i was of no help. The cab ride over was lots of fun, Caitlin was in a cuddly mood which i love.
Back home for lunch with the Machado's, Phil and Megs were a great help as we cleaned the fish pond they really put in a lot of effort (Phil only 4 fish died) After they left we put up the Christmas Tree, watching our daughter put up the baubles and dangly bits all by herself was another very special moment for us, mother and daughter were both so very excited.

This weekend really brought home how much Caitlin has grown, from being in the belly to dancing on stage. It really is wonderfully beautiful to watch her grow, its a little bit sad as well but such is life. Like the sea it just keeps flowing

Social Networking Demons

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Midnight at Amoy and Club Streets. Ok so it was 10pm ...

People who know me well will know about my affinity for the building above, in fact they would know how much i love Amoy and Club Streets. I have blogged about this place before but having seen it change the way I have over the past 15years makes me feel rather old.iAh if only there was no pinching.

The famous Boon Tat Street or Japan Street as it was known before the war(ww2 in case you didnt know)

You may notice the same picture in black or white and colour, well its cause i cant decide which one i like more. Below and above, The Durgha Shrine

I took several different versions of the lantern parade, but i like the above cause it gives me a sense that they are moving forward.

I really enjoyed tonight. I didnt get many good shots but i had a great time doing what I love. I took alot of pics so i might just post more tomorrow.

My 1st Rule.

That's a little note i put on my office door for my staff. Today I made them read it out and tell me what they think it means before they could come into my office. After they read it I said ok now you have a problem. Have you thought of a solution ? Or is your first reaction I must tell Boss. 2 out of 3 of them went back and sorted it out themselves. The 3rd one wanted to take leave. lol That doesnt mean they cant come in and trash about ideas or concepts or problems they can, but there must be limits on how much of my time they can demand.

Rehash

Just some older pics to get me in the mood to shoot.

Remember?

Caitlins sister at 28 weeks (in the womb)

TLOML and i went for a scan today. As some of you may know we are expecting our second child in Jan and these are just two clips of her in the womb. You may not be able to see clearly though, but you should be able to make out her mouth and nose and stuff. There are a few clips, one with her sucking her thumb as well but i shall just post these two for now. It's all rather exciting.

Adobe Contribute Test 1

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Time Flies

man i remember that shirt too.

Was i ever so young? tats me on the left there, to my left is Lloyd, Jonathan and Christopher.

ZED.

Coffee tonight 930.

I wonder if the art of conversation is dying and by conversation I mean face to face, reach out and tocuh kinda stuff. With so many avenues to communicate with such as facebook, blogs, text messaging, mobile phones, house phones, email, fax, msn, twitter and a host of others, is face to face conversation passe as it were. ( ironic that i am blogging about it eh)
I see people walking together in silence, people eating at the same table but not so much as a look to acknowledge another. I have sat with people who talk not converse, who switch off not listen and who have nothing to say but blah blah blah. I like to talk, i like to listen I enjoy a good debate if the intent is not to hurt I love to talk about topics that interest me of course but if i see passion from you about anything I will gladly listen. I love free flowing ,freewheeling chats that can start at apple pie and end at the fall of the roman empire. I love to watch my friends talk with each other, I love to see them converse, laugh, be serious, be sad, be happy all the things that can come from the simplest conversation. While we all spend alot of time online, we also make sure we meet face to face as often as we can because the shades of life cannot be seen on any plasma or lcd screen.

In our group if someone sends an sms that says coffee 930 it generally means a meet up, it also means 90% of the time there will be no coffee, well lets make that 99% of the time. What there will be is, grumbling, gossip, laughing, music and anything that can be talked about will be discussed until we have nothing to say about it. Mind you my three fav conversation partners are now Tloml with whom i have had epic chats, Caitlin who really makes me giggle and pepper who is a real good listener. So have a coffee, have a chat with a real live person and see if that doesnt make you feel better.