Deception Point

Title: Deception Point
Author: Dan Brown

Deception Point is written by Dan Brown, the same guy who authored the controversial novels The Da Vinci Code & Angels & Demons. This book is not controversial as it is not like the other two books that centred around the dark side of the Catholic church. This time, the story revolves around a presidential election in the United States.

This book retains the style of Dan Brown. Just when you think you can predict the ending of the story, you are able to 'uncover' the bad guy, the master mind, then the story twists & turns, and the truth comes out almost completely opposite of what you had thought. Dan Brown is a cunning author, he always misleads his readers, giving false hints here and there along the way, bringing you right into the trap he has set up for you. By the time you realised, you are already deeply in his trap. Luckily in this case, no harm will be done, except you feel you have been fooled :)

Anther feature of Dan Brown's books is he will 'teach' you lots of historical, or whatever knowledge. They are presented as scientific facts, good only for his novel. In my opinion, those 'facts' should be verified independently before you consider them as facts, as there are so many jargons, technical terms that may scare anyone off.

It is novel worth reading, highly recommended.

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Goals for 2009

Ok, today is the very first day of the year 2009. It is time for new year resolutions.

What should I set my goals on this year?

Well, maybe just a simple goal: to have 800 photos at shutterstock! It is only 343 photos away from that goal now, and it only amounts to 1 approved photo a day on average. Yes, it is an achieveable goal, and let me work on it.

For last year's goal, I am actually short of 43 photos :(

Happy New Year 2009

Time flies. Another year is going to end. No matter it was a good year, a bad year, it has come to an end. We will usher in a new year in a couple of hours' time. No matter it will be a good year, a bad year, a new year will come.

If you think it is going to be a bad year, then try your best to turn it into a good year. If you think it is going to be a good year, then make it even better. In either case, make it a fun year, and a fulfilling year.

May all your wishes come true in 2009! :D

Something wrong? Or someone has escaped?

When I came back from Orchard this evening, I was greeted by two policemen who were holding those army combat guns at Admiralty MRT station. One each at the escalator.

I was wondering, hum? What has happened? I am aware that from time to time, policemen will be onboard the MRT train and patrol around the MRT stations, but usually they come in group of 4, and only armed with handguns. However, today, the two guys were wearing red beret, and holding those combat guns, the long ones.

Someone else has escaped? I hope not! Otherwise we will have a hard time again at all the land checkpoints.

李叔同《驪歌/送別》

李叔同《驪歌/送別》

長亭外　古道邊　芳草碧連天
晚風拂 柳笛聲殘　夕陽山外山
天之涯　地之角　知交半零落
一壺濁酒盡餘歡　今宵別夢寒
韶光逝　留無計　今日卻分袂
驪歌一曲送別離　相顧卻依依聚雖好　
別雖悲　世事堪玩味來日後會相予期　
去去莫遲疑

Fish & Co.

I have never been a big fan of Fish & Co. The last time I had a meal at Fish & Co. at Wheelock place, I got a stomach-ache, not diarrhea yet, but bad enough.

Today, since my big brother wanted to have our dinner at Fish & Co. @T2 Changi Airport, so I just went with the flow.

I ordered a swordfish collar. I thought it would be tiny piece of fish and then I could finish it at easy. It turned out to be two gigantic pieces of fish. I think, as the name says, the portion of the fish between the head & body. The bone is gigantic, and suprisingly there is still lots of meat for me to go around. The fish is a bit dry, no juice, but then if you dip it into the sauce that comes with the fish, the taste actually is not bad.

We happily finished our meal, paid our bill and left the place. I hit the call of nature and immediately went to the toilet to relief myself. Then by the time I came back to meet my big brother, then I found him talking to the assistant manager of Fish & Co., Cris, who was holding the bill. My big brother told me Cris was saying we were undercharged! We had to pay more! WTH??!! My big brother took out his handphone and use the calculator there to do the calculation and then proved we were correctly charge! Cris just went off without saying sorry or apologize in the any form. It was so rude. She made us look as if we were cheats!

Connection to eBay is slow....

I don't know whether others have experienced the same, access to eBay.com.sg is very slow. It gets even worse after 10pm. Does it mean many internet users are browsing through eBay hunting for bargains in the late evening?

Many times I encountered very slow response, pages didn't load. Headache....