Mac Games for Mac Users

Apple Macintosh has been on my 'diet' since the early 90s. I’ve been a loyal and faithful fan ever since and certainly think it is the best looking computer of all times. I use it mainly for my design and layout purpose during my work and freelance jobs.

Apple fans treat their computers and other apple gadgets and softwares with pure passion. I'd never sell my old macs even thought i am not using it. It has sentimental value and has been my friend, temperament and all.

Apple Games
If you are an apple user, certainly you’d be buying or playing games which is optimized for the macintosh. Apple games are excellent. The graphics are really enhanced since the Apple computers are Graphics' based.

The Incredible Machine is among the popular game for Mac users

Contrary to some beliefs, Apple games are not difficult to find. They are expanding and growing each day. A great place to visit is http://www.macgamesandmore.com/

If you’ve been there, you’ll certainly be awed by the extensive stuff in there. Cool apple games, freewares, and merchandise Macintosh-fans would love. Every week there is an updated review on games, products and features on softwares and hardware for the Macintosh.

If you are someone who would like challenge, try out the mac strategy games. One of my classic all time favourite is the mac mahjong. You can also find some great games that are from Japan! Hurry and bookmark this great website now!

An Interesting Japanese Card Deck Game

Cool icons for Macs to download from the site

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NUSS Kids' Workshop

Manners and Etiquette That Works

Conducted by Lisar Chan (Peak Persona International)

Last Friday, I enrolled Rae for a Kids' Workshop. Not just any workshop - it was the Social Etiquette for Kids. It was a last minute decision as I'd only knew of it the day before. A parent of Rae's classmate text me to see if I would be interested to send Rae since her girl was going. Well, I thought about it briefly, and checked with Rae. She had to 'want' it herself because she has this anxiety to attend any new courses or anything that may require active participation from her. She has stage fright and is terribly shy. Since she wanted to go, it doesn't matter if it cost slightly above the market rate. I wanted to build up her confidence, especially in social grace.

Lost, oh bugger..

So, off we went, the next morning. As usual, Mum gets lost driving to the destination. Luckily the event coordinator had tipped me to enter NUS via the second entrance. Initially I was driving around aimlessly, I couldn't find the Kent Ridge Guild House. I stopped and asked some people that looked somewhat like Uni students.. to my horror, they scratched hard and thought before telling me.. I'm not too sure, myself! What a nightmare! Lucky for me, I like to be early so I wasn't late, YET. I traced back to the entrance of NUS and saw a little signage that says NUSS.. aaah that's what I am looking for! I finally got the route and turn into the drop off driveway and saw Vera and her mummy there.. Thank goodness!

The course had not yet started since the trainer was still waiting for some late participants. It was going to be a 3 hour course so I left them there and told them that I'd be back to fetch them at 12.30pm.

At 12.15pm I was back at Kent Ridge Guild House. Waited at The Ridge Bar before I saw Vera running out to the loo. She told me Rae is having her soup now. Oh, so they do have a proper lunch, eh. But, soup. That would mean the beginning of the meal, if it was on table manners and getting to know your silver-ware. I peeked in at 12.45pm to see if they were finished. Oh God, they had just completed the first of the 3 course meal. That meant, the main meal, is yet to be served. Of course, we were running late, I needed to pick up Lea from Nursery which will end at 1pm. Called to say I'll be late. It was already 1.35pm when the course ended.

I managed to snap some pics a little after the first course.

After the first course, EASY PEASY

Mummy, I am a leftie. What should I do now?

A little interaction in between meals...

Okay, here is how you cut it..

Best meal of the day, the Dessert

The course outline concentrated on manners like Greetings, Handshakes, Intro, First Names, Compliments, Basic Manners and How to be a Gracious Guest. And the last part was Table Manners and the Silver Ware.

Day out with Dragon Leng

Wednesday, 5th November
As planned, I had an appointment to meet up with Dragon. He is in Singapore for a week long holiday. Taking the bus from Penang which set off at 9pm on Tuesday evening, he reached Sg as early as 6-7ish, if not wrong. Being the considerate person he is, he didn’t even call me or his cousin to pick him up but independently got a cab to his aunt’s place.

My day started a little after 8am. I had to drop Lea at the nursery first thing in the morning. Following that, send my helper for her 6-month medical check-up at the local GP. When the appointment ended, it was already close to 10am and after dropping the girls off, I drove to west end to pick Dragon up.

Whether the weather is fine?
It was a cloudy day, how dreadful! Hope it doesn’t ruin his holiday. From the carpark, I drove him around (more like a big round anti-clockwise) because I didn’t make a U-turn back towards North West. Instead, I’d driven him further down to West coast… hahaha, well he doesn’t know and he certainly could use with a little ronda-ing since he had only been traveling on the mrt route only. I can be terrible with my directions you know. I do need a map with me all the time. I even have a compass in my car!

At the West Coast, it had started to drizzle and it rained the rest of the day. Oh, brother!

Well he just had to bear with my horrendous driving skills and my one second memory relapse ever so often.


Gifts
Dragon was very polite all the way.. and he came with nice gifts, my favourite Tao Sar Pneah (it was yummy! Thank you!) , a lovely fragrant big loaf of Penang Bangkali Roti (wow this is sooo authentic Penang, how I miss it!).

He also got me a very very nice gift of a Penang cookbook entitled, Famous Street Food for Penang (a guide & cook book) Look below..

inside pages with lovely food shots.. awesome!

all look yummy and has the recipes too!

This book is really fabulous! Thank you, Dragon! For that I shall treat him to some gastronomical food treats for this holiday..hahaha I had a list of very Singaporean foods but end up brought him to Sakae Sushi for a meal. I should have brought him the Ajisen, actually. If he can stomach more food, I probably would. C’mon, Dragon! Anyway, I’ve got Ikea restaurant and Earthquake on my list. And Mos burger, Burger King and Ajisen. So, Dragon, are you up to it?

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Barney, The Purple Dinosaur

Christmas with Barney Poster

Last Sunday, we were in Marina Square for a specific reason. The girls have been pestering to go there to watch Barney, live on stage. Barney is usually performed during Christmas time and as far as we know, the girls have been to watch it for the last few years, in different locations.

Long Queue forming early

This time, Barney performs in Marina Square and they girls were really excited to go. The crowds were queing in line from 2 hours earlier (or more, I reckon) because were there about a little more than an hour in the line and the queue before us is already so long!

Baby Bop, Barney and BJ with dancers
Live on stage in Marina Square

At 2pm the security ushered us into the cordoned area to be seated. Glad Mummy could go in this time. The Winx club and some others do not allow adults in but Barney, perhaps has younger audience, allowed adults in at a maximum of ONE per family. So Daddy could only watch from the cordoned belt. Took some snapshots.

After the show, the girls insisted to buy merchandise from the atrium. Rae got a Thomas Train button play phone while Lea got a Barney saucer and Barney cup with lid.

Merchandise at the atrium

Posters

A confused state of mind here.

881 DVD is Finally Out!

I missed Joe's recent screening of the 881 at his Ustream yesterday since I didn't have a pc available. Latest news I also found out was that the DVD is out on sale. Costs $21.90 per dvd. Not that expensive, actually. This is a good buy and probably be my first hokkien show for keeps. The costume, choreagraphy and songs are really nice, much to my surprise. I applaud the way it is being produced and directed, very artistically and aesthetically fabulous. Even gawdy colours are actually being carefully paired and enhanced very beautifully here.

Untill I get my DVD, I shall just post one of the songs I found on YouTube here for you to enjoy.







For those of you who are musically inclined, you might like to look at this one below. I found this in YouTube too. This person did quite a good rendition of chord plucking. I remembered I did picked up guitar long time ago and wanted to specialise in chord plucking when I heard the song More than words. But alas, long story.. hahaha





I love internet! I love YouTube. I found More than words mtv here. Fell in love with this song, over and over again. Happy Happy!

Corny Christmas Gifts

Christmas is coming..

It's a time for sharing and giving.

Check out these gifts I saw online recently. It IS REALLY AVAILABLE for sale. It's can be found on http://www.engrish-store.com/index.html

Japan Ranks Number 1 for Health

I was reading the Straits Times (Singapore) this morning.

Under the home section, it reported a health survey that the average Singaporean live longer up to age 81.8 (women) and 78 (men). HOWEVER out of these years, 8 of those year will be spent ill or disabled.

The highest cause of disability are diseases like heart attacks, stroke and diabetes.

Here are the top 4 diseases divided in both sexes.

Men:

• 67% Injuries
• 62% Chronic Respiratory
• 58% Cardiovascular
• 50% Cancer

Women:

• 57% Musculoskeletal
• 57% Mental
• 50% Cancer
• 49% Diabetes

If you look at it closely, Injury and Musculoskeletal is high in both men and women. Guess that means we should be going out and get more exercise but not too high impact. And healthy living in consumption should be for a good cause.

Its about time for that regular screening at your health clinic. Cut down on salt, processed foods and less fat. Eat more vegetable and fibre.


Did you know that Japanese ranks the highest in health?
Look at the list below

1. Japan
2. San Marino
3. Spain
4. Switzerland
5. Monaco
6. Sweden
7. France
8. Italy
9. Andorra
10. Australia

25. Singapore
29. United States

The source of the above list is by MOH and WHO

This report is also available on line here. Free online ST SG newspaper

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Novelties for kids

I was in the local supermart. My girls tagged along since it was just a short while.. Well it is the X'mas season and there are so much candy and stuff for christmas. They got soooo excited seeing these things.. NOPE I didn't get them but let them made some noise and complain about the unfairness though..

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