in the eden where i can be me

Me...and the date??

Heehee....this is me...on the webcam, as captured by Hellhole, pretty fun! Nites are otherwise rather lonely. He was teaching me about the basics of torrents. My gosh, what an amazing thing this torrent! hahaaa...

And this is HH...

A real buddy...

He won the Coke Light hamper while voting who i shd go out on a date with for Blindate. Lucky boy...heard he's gona donate all the coke light to the cyclists for their trip up to desaru.

As for my date. It was nice....good food (and free...) consisting of foi gras, lobster bisque, cod fish, chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate and moet...and well there was a lot of talking...from 7.30 all through till almost 1am! His tiramisu is FABULOUSSSSSSSsssss....he even bought me a rose...orhhhhhh how sweet ain't it? Qte a good experience for a first time, i might jz go on more blind dates after this!

Turns out he is a rather dynamic and talented guy, a chef for a while, then a full time fitness instructor, then a oil trader and part time fitness instructor, now a part time instructor, then next up...shipping trading...hmmm....has an interest to be a DJ, fiddles with music...knows wushu and lion dance, well and a lot of celebrities it seems. Very colourful fella....

I am still slowly savouring the tiramisu! :)

Live and on air

Hahaha....shocked a few pple but i was in the studio and on air...LIVE on Class 95 yesterday night, with Yaz. It was for the Blind Dates Express thing. Funny...she asked me what is the most adventurous thing i did in my life...and i would have to say....THIS IS IT!!!! joining a Blind Dates thing!! Top of the list!

It's a weird thing to do...but i guess it is fun and really...how many pple can say they did it right? But i can.... I DID IT! :)

I mean i dont think i did very well...and really with the time constraint my nervousness and the intrusive microphone sticking in my face...i didnt really have a chance to say much and guess i didnt come across as qte me la...

MH is giving me nightmares that i will be the 1st blind date candidate with no date... :P all coz he said my pic on site is "not so good".

Anyways...Yaz is a real cool ger....i love her spirit, her energy and her infectious nature, she jz gets under ya skin and so into ya bones! Believe me, she's a lot more fun than she sounds on the laylio on Love Songs lorrr...

So cute....

Yaz hard at work...did u know most of the stuff u hear is already recorded and timed properly...she is really really live for a while here and there only...coz timing is the essence of a smooth show...hahaha...

Me and Yaz...i look sooo errr...black???

Jean came into the studio too....she's so doll-like...pretty pretty

So frens...people...countryman...next wed... tune in 11pm...class 95 and hear the 2 prospective "dates" and help me vote for the "right" one....hahaha... qte fun hor??

Shanghai nights

Finally some time to tell everyone about my trip to Shanghai. I was actually in suzhou for 2 nights then Shanghai for the other 2. There wasnt really much time to do sightseeing or shop or anything but i did get a bit of stuff for my dec beijing trip. Days were spent in meetings, running around different project sites and meeting clients, for updates and touching base etc.

Guess the fun parts were the nights...always exciting...also fun...we will always be taken out. In Suzhou, things are not so happening but i managed to find cool boots there....$15 a pair...beat that!

Here are the "kids" on the way to Suzhou from Pudong airport...the ride took abt 2+ hrs so bored...aint they cute?? and yes, my duckie has yet to have his eye sewn back on...

The temperature was great...outdoors aircon...didnt need much warm clothing coz it was just nice...think dec not so lucky already...will

Here's downtown of Suzhou...didnt do much...walked and ate lunch...bought another pair of le coq sportif...here...abt $30

Had really nice authentic chinese food we had in SZ....its a little oily but its damn tasty...

check out this bowl of fish slices...its all cooked in oil....all oil!!!

Here's a funny one...while we were getting into downtown Shanghai...saw these 4 men dangling and cleaning windows...shits...the building was soooooo tall and they were just hanging from nowhere...? where's the gondola??

Shanghai was fun...spent our nights in Nanjing St, New World, Paulaner, Xiang Yang Market (cheap cheapppppp!) and also of course at the Bund. My boss treated us to dinner at the Hyatt, which overlooks the bund. We crossed the bund on the underground train thingy...cost like 40 RMB for a return trip and you go through this tunnel with all the pyschedelic light display...i don't know about the rest but i was feeling a little woozy after the ride!

Here's the ever-famous Oriental Pearl at the bund...whats Shanghai without some touristy pics of this attraction on the bund...mayb my next trip i will go up??

Here's Hyatt...pretty grand no?

more food at Hyatt...dining overlooking the bund...

Nanjing st...look at the pretty lights! More upmarket but its jz so pretty. it was here that i started missing home a lot...and of course that someone...so sad then...went back to hotel feeling empty...empty...empty

Here's me and Xiao Zhang, a local girl from Jiangsu...she's really nice....sweet and really hospitable! Gave me a pearl earrings and necklace set...all coz she heard i was going over and it was the first time i met her!

Here's where i have breakfast every morning in shanghai, at the foot of Ascendas Plaza, actually not suppose to take picture but errr....nemind la...must remember the place! Fantastic croissants! totally droolable

I was so lucky even won 10RMB on this scratch and win thing....the locals were all amazed coz apparently it's dammmmmm difficult to win...my winning ticket...! whoppeee.... hahaha only abt S$2+???

Xiao Zhang and me at the hotel we stayed in...Ru Jia..."Like Home".

On our way to Xiang Yang, a roadside hawker selling some interesting cracker...didnt dare try though...

Here's the view from our office. Amazing...so many buildings and skyscrapers! Have to keep reminding myself i am not in Hong Kong...

So here's bye to shanghai...leaving Puxi for Pudong...heading towards the airport...next time...i will do more and see more...cant wait cant wait!

My next China trip be for an exhibition in Beijing and i will extend for a wk or so...to cover Beijing, see the Great Wall and Forbidden City and back to Shanghai...see my old friend Spidee and spend some time there just sightseeing and really doing more...i have yet to see Peace hotel and the stretch of colonial buildongs along the Bund and didnt get much night life either. It's a break i so look forward to. :)