photographsky - roadtrip california (san francisco 1)

on the way to san francisco...narita, tokyo:









our first authentic bowl of japanese ramen! (it was a bit salty leh...)



and finally, the dawning of our california adventure...





random pix around san francisco...



"street chess" tournament







the truth:









day 1 dinner from fishermen's wharf...





pier 39...









i'm jetlagged...very sleepy now...more updates in the next few days...good night people. cheers. =)

merry christmas from san francisco

merry christmas to one and all!

moby sky reporting from san francisco ramada plaza...

the weather's about 5 degrees celcius, the air's pretty dry, and my throat's pretty sore...but all's well here...having a happy holiday. =)

i'll upload some photos later tonight when i have more time. cheers. =)

to j

dedicated to j:

"but this isn't goodbye hor, merely farewell...take care bro, all the best!"

cheers. =)

exciting times

exciting times are ahead...

i leave tonight (actually early tomorrow morning) for the land of the free, tsa locks and 3-1-1 rules. isn't it wonderful how the americans make everyone else conform to their standards? now, instead of deciding between six flags or disneyland, i'm stuck trying to figure out how much 3 ounces is in metric...sheesh. and these are the same people always crying for equality amongst the people. haha.

ok...enough of the ranting. it's not like i'm gonna change 230 years of them "being different". so, if you can't beat 'em, might as well join them! i'll be updating my blog along the way, through the miles, putting on the pounds, in the freezing fahrenheit, all 5 feet 11 inches of me. join me on my journey through california...exciting times are indeed ahead...

cheers. =)

dream: white christmas

'tis the season to go on holidays...falalalala, lalalala...

as you might have guessed, i'm going away this christmas season. a vacation has been on the cards for much too long already.

anyway, to cut a long story short, i'll be going with peihwan to visit my sister in the states...for three weeks...hehe. i know...you're jealous. eat it up. muahahaha.

23/12/06: singapore - tokyo, tokyo - san francisco
12/01/07: san francisco - tokyo, tokyo - singapore

that's my flight itinery. as for the in between stuff...i'm gonna be renting a car and we'll be driving to everywhere in california. =)

i'll bring my laptop to upload pictures / videos...and hopefully to blog also (if i'm not too jetlagged that is)...so wait up for the details. =))

it's gonna be great...can't wait for my first white christmas in 15 years to start (i'll be visiting places that supplies the powdery sustance also-known-as "snow"). haha. =)))

cheers. =)

merry christmas to you too

i've worked for 4 years in the same place already. today, some joker in a santa costume came to our office and passed me this:



4 years = 4 pieces of nougats. obviously there wasn't much budget left. no worries, it's all about the giving...

merry christmas to you too. =)

finders keepers

eh, i ask you ah, what does it mean when you keep finding money on the ground?

about 2 weeks ago, while sending peihwan home, i found a $2 bill on the pavement...so i decided to invest it in singapore pools...4d, using the last 4 numbers on the note (but never kena lah).

then just now while i was walking myself home, i found another $7 (one $5 and one $2)...which i intend to invest in my dinner later.

is it a sign of things to come??? or could it be that i'm that unlucky in other aspects of life, so this is the way karma is compensating me? hmmm...what do you think?

cheers. =)

gold plated taps and paid vacations

our deputy ceo (dyceo) wanted to have a chat with us in the meeting room...

dyceo: you guys should be grateful for what you all have! back in my days, and in your parents' days, everyone was grateful just to have a job! no one owes you a living! back in those days blah blah blah...
moby: *desperately stifles yawn*
dyceo: you all should feel lucky blah blah blah...don't take for granted blah blah blah... *continues lecturing for another 45 mins*

*knock, knock*
dyceo: who's there?
*door opens*
troupe of nkf (tonkf): merry christmas!!!
moby: hahahahahaha...
tonkf: we're here to sing you a christmas carole!
dyceo: ok...please proceed...
tonkf: joy to the world! etc, etc...
moby: hahahahahaha...best.

talk about timing and occasion...we down there getting scolded and lectured, then an unlikely saviour in the form of nkf comes to the rescue...well done. i even gave them $2...simply because i would like gold-plated taps and paid vacations too some day. hahaha. merry christmas to you too tonkf!

cheers. =)