Overdose?

I played golf again yesterday. This means that ive played 4 golf games
in the last 6 days. To be frank I feel a little overdosed with golf and
a little tired. Should I cancel my golf game this Saturday?

I drove a friend to JB for the game yesterday. He was a little concerned
that my tank was a little below the three quarter mark. I usually have
three quarters full but nowadays when I see that they don't check, I
don't really bother anymore. But since my friend pointed it out, we went
to pump before entering JB. I decided that $8 would be enough to get me
past the mark but alas when I got back to the car after paying, it isn't
enough. So I had to re-pump another $10. Kwa kwa.

Then on the way back from JB to Singapore, I pumped again to full tank
at the cheap JB prices. W00t!

It was Tuesday yesterday. It'd be three days of driving around before I
head to JB again. Three days is roughly three quarter tank for me. So I
went to pump petrol last night again so that when I go JB on Saturday,
im near the mark.

So in total, I pumped petrol four times yesterday.

Ive no idea why im typing all these. Maybe cos I don't feel like
working.

!!?!

Another post on the absurdity of golfers.

What possessed him to buy a pink belt, turquoise tights for the arms and a lime-green shirt and wear them all on the same day??!?

Packed

After playing golf on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, followed by
badminton on Sunday, I came to work aching all over man.

New Tool Addition

A colleague who just got back from Switzerland got me this.

My very first Swiss Army knife.

This will go into my new toolbox! w00t!

Provence Lust

After Someone and I got somewhat better from our various bouts of ailments, we started our usual dietary habits again.

It was a long time since we had this provence roll because it was always sold out.

This time, we bought three. One to eat there in the shop and one each for us to bring home. Typing about it now makes me hungry.

W00t w00t!

Someone is offering to pay me S$1000 to give a 1hour presentation about
branding and development strategy. Im thinking of making it 30 minutes
for presentation and 30 minutes for Q&A. Wahahaha..

Manhatten??!?

I saw this condo showroom in the middle of the Simei heartland the other day.

Manhatten??!?

Gosh.. have they run out of idyllic names that they had to name a condo after a New York borough?

Cheapo

I made a resolution: From now on, i will take as much shampoo, shower gel and soap from the nicer hotels i stay in so that i wont have to buy little bottles of toiletries for my golf games as well as for the guest toilet in my house. Wahahaha..

Toolbox!

I got my very first toolbox the other day! So fun!

Brainwashing?

My polling station in the recent elections is at a primary school.

Long time since i entered one and this is what i saw at the courtyard. I just found it odd to see these big banners proclaiming slogans. So boring and it almost feels communistic! I remember back in my day, it's all banners of the various ECAs. Although i wasnt big on ECAs, i thought it would have been more fun than these "inspirational" banners.

Birdie!

Ever since i bought my new clubs, along with the increased frequency of games, ive made great strides in my game, which has made golfing more enjoyable, which has in turn increased the number of games also.

I made my first birdie at the Bougainvillea course of Poresia, Hole 30, 127m, Par 3 on 10 April 2011.

The ball landed this close to the hole on the first shot! w00t!



Second birdie was at the Hibiscus course of Poresia, Hole 8 , 134m, Par 3 on 23 April 2011. Didnt take a picture for that one.

Third birdie was a chip in from the green on the Orchid course of Poresia, Hole 17, 162m, Par 3 on 7 May 2011.

Because it's still a novelty, i have kept the balls with which i birdied and never used them again:

Hee hee

In the continuing series of golf-related posts, here's what i saw in the men's changing room at Orchid Country Club the other day.

Roller Coaster

I saw this the other day at a HDB estate.

I have a feeling i know what they're building but it sure looks very complicated and very much like a roller coaster ride, dont you think?

Gateway to India

I didnt take many pictures when i was last in India. Whilst i saw many interesting things, there was just too much rubbish (literally) that made me want to take out my camera.

I did however, take a picture of the Gateway to India. This is in Mumbai. It looks blurry because i took it from the window of the Taj and it has a mosquito netting.



A clearer one can be found here:



Here's an internal shot of the corridors of the Taj after it was restored back to its original design:



A friend told me to stay away from the two hotels that were besieged by terrorists but i ended up specifically going to them to check them out. Kwa kwa.

Here's the shot of the Oberoi:

Rally!

We went to the WP rally the other day! This is a picture of the rally venue before proceedings started.



We managed to find a spot to sit that allowed us to see the stage. We even brought apple pies and drinks to enjoy the show.

It got so exciting when the rally started that i didnt take more pictures. Haha.

Golfer's Mentality

Just another example on how warped the golfer's mentality is:

Golfers hate long weekends because it means customs will be jammed by people heading up north or returning to Singapore. The situation is exacerbated if it's a common holiday shared by Msia and Singapore. Bleah.

Recently there has been reports of the haze coming back from Sumatra. I voice my concern that itd affect the golfing experience. My golf kaki said "Haze even better! Less people will come play. No jam!"

!!!

Vintage

I saw this car the other day on the road.

Looks tiny and in the blazing hot day, the windows are down. The car probably doesn't have air-conditioning. The girl, beside the driver, presumably his girlfriend wasn't looking like a happy camper.

Without sufficient boot space for a set of golf clubs, no air-conditioning and an unhappy female passenger, why would anyone drive a car like that?

Stuffed

On our last day in India, we met someone who kinda liked us immediately and brought us out for dinner.

We went to this hotel which supposedly had pretty good food.


He was quite a fat ass and i wasnt surprised he liked to eat. But i never expected that he wanted to go to one restaurant for starters and another for mains. At the starters restaurant, he ordered enough for a full meal before we proceeded to the other restaurant. The other was a naan restaurant. Some of the best naan ive ever eaten.

This is the open kitchen of the naan place but it seems like they were lobo-ing when the picture was taken.

India

*For some reason, this post didnt appear on the blog. I only just realised this.*

I leave for Mumbai, India tonight. First time going to India. We are targeting India this year because the traction in China is going quite well.

Whilst im fearful of the filth of India, im a little excited because it’s my first time in a new country. I haven’t gone to a new country for a long time.

Im bringing lots of charcoal pills, some Pocky and some tic tacs for fear I might be hungry. I heard I shouldn’t put ice in my drinks either.

Gulp.

Full of Themselves

You know some people are so full of themselves when their email address is Mr.Clark@xyz.com or Dr.Rao@xyz.com. The Mr Clarke dude’s email address is a company address somemore. Haha.