Cheers!

due to special request, this is a very SMALL gathering...

Charcoal Grill

Himawari opened a new outlet at Alexandra Road!


Supporters






Place is very nicely decorated.
This figurine cost 3,000Yen and there are a total of 22 different ones!


Chefs in action


Charcoal grill!


Yum Yum


These tomatoes cost S$10 each! :o


That Yogurt drink tastes funny though.

~~~~~
Kobe beef refers to beef from the black Tajima-ushi breed of Wagyu cattle, raised according to strict tradition in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Contrary to popular belief, the cattle are not fed sake or beer, however they are massaged and brushed for setting fur and fed on grain fodder.

The Pretty Lady

Once upon a time, a big monk and a little monk were travelling together. They came to the bank of a river and found that the bridge was damaged. They had to wade across the river. There was a pretty lady who was stuck at the damaged bridge and couldn't cross the river. The big monk offered to carry her across the river on his back and the lady accepted. The little monk was shocked by the move of the big monk; 'How can big brother carry a lady when we are supposed to avoid all intimacy with females?' thought the little monk. But he kept quiet. The big monk carried the lady across the river and the small monk followed unhappily. When they crossed the river, the big monk let the lady down and they parted ways with her.

All along the way for several miles, the little monk was very unhappy with the act of the big monk. He was making up all kinds of acussations about the big monk in his head. This got him madder and madder. But he still kept quiet and the big monk had no inclination to explain his situation. Finally, at a rest point many hours later, the little monk could not stand it any further, he burst out angrily at the big monk, 'How can you claim yourself a devout monk, when you seize the first opportunity to touch a female, especially when she is very pretty? All your teachings to me make you a big hypocrite.' The big monk looked surprised and said, 'I had put down the pretty lady at the river bank many hours ago, how come you are still carrying her along?'

This very old Chinese Zen story reflects the thinking of many people today. We encounter many unpleasant things in our life, they irritate us and they make us angry. Sometimes, they cause us a lot of hurt, sometimes they cause us to be bitter or jealous .. But like the little monk, we are not willing to let them go away. We keep on carrying the baggage of the 'pretty lady' with us. We let them keep on coming back to hurt us, make us angry, make us bitter and cause us a lot of agony. Why? Simply because we are not willing to put down or let go of the baggage of the 'pretty lady'. We should let go of the pretty lady immediately after crossing the river, that is after the unpleasant event is over. This will immediately remove all our agonies. There is no need to be further hurt by the unpleasant event after it is over.

~ Seems tough. Question on the possibilities of me achieving it.

WWRC Happenings - Spore Flyer

Due to the WWRC activities, I boarded the Singapore Flyer for the 2nd time last Friday.



It's a Friday; why the "uniform"?


Doing the headcount


Queueing for the boarding


Before the boarding, there's this memorial photo-taking


Another queueing session...


People in the other capsule



F in this capsule


M in this capsule


F taking pics of M


View of the future IR ?


View of the "stadium" for NDP


Other views



30min passed by very quickly with all the photo-taking;
and we are off to dinner at Thomson



Next WWRC happening in Sept!

Horoscope for Today

Taurus
You and your friends are all on the same page when it comes to your latest big plan, so you should focus on that and forget about old feuds. It may be a good time for you to make peace.

~It's a real coincidental...

Warmth

Happy Family





See more of it HERE

Closed for the day

Oh My...
Just as we tot we could have a shopping spree at the wholesale centre, it's closed!

Food Tasting

Welcome to the food tasting of Jack & Lynn


Food Menu for the night


Centre-piece for the table


The Food




Thank you for the invite!

Holiday Inn Breeze

Last weekend, I was involved in the WWRC members appreciation program.
- an appreciation from boss for WWRC members; a free trip for members by company expenses! Whoohoo!
(actually I just joined and only attended 2 WWRC meetings! haha!)

We had to gather at 8.15am at the HarbourFront Ferry terminal.
That's very early and something happened to me.
~ Really doesn't pay to be kind! HRMF!

Arrival at the ferry terminal at Batam


That's them abandoning me and Lynnie at the lobby to check in to the room themselves without leaving any messages!


Pictures from the PRO


Views from the room - Very nice!



Our not-so-nice lunch at the terrace cafe


Our eat-till-we-drop dinner at


This is the difference btwn the PRO and UNpro


8/10 WWRC Members


9/10 WWRC Members
- Spot the PRO!


Night View


This moth stopped by at the next table over bfast for us to take pictures!


Powers of a DSLR


The cable ski we missed due to full house


Gog for other water sports!


Hi SPA!


The not-full-at-all teppanyaki dinner



That really looks like WATERMELON on teppan!


And xiao-qiang popped by at the dining table to say hi. Eewww!



KTV


BYE BYE!