Our family's secret!

Our family has got super powers.
This is my brother in his superhero outfit.

His superpowers are buying motorbikes and selling them at a profit.


As for me, my superpower is mind-manipulation. More specifically, manipulating my friends to spend on luxury goods. Many of my victims have ended up happier (but also poorer) after going shopping with me.

But, just like Kryptonite is to Superman, every superhero has a weakness. And mine is Louis Vuitton.

In the presence of a Louis Vuitton store, Joshua loses all his mind-reading powers and is succumbed to the unexplainable powers of the Monogram Canvas. And in a LV store, the Monogram Mecca, when Joshua is at his weakest, anyone can attack Joshua by manipulating his mind. (so far only the salesgirls at the LV store seem to know of his weakness)

Two cute kids

My oh my... Look at how Thaddaues has grown! Look at his chubby arms! It's hard to imagine this kid was once a thin and sickly boy. And he's quite fun to photograph coz he'll come up with all sorts of funny poses.


Now, Gwyn hasn't quite mastered the skill of standing and posing for the camera. So, I take it upon myself, as her Godpa, to teach her to stand and smile into the camera. I think it's one of the most important lessons a Godpa can teach his Goddaughter. These are a few of my results....


On another note, it's going to be the start of the month! I dread the start of the month coz I have to produce 3 reports at work. The next week is going to be Beee Zeee!

Reason why Josh can't teach Kindergarden

One day, I was left to play with Thaddaeus. The following is what resulted before mommy came and stopped me....

A pill for everything

When I was in America, I was struck by the number of advertisements on television from drug companies. The only drug-related advertisement in Singapore is the 'Panadol' advertisement, the one where a SCDF (I presume) worker is struck with a headache while on the way to answer a call, then he pops a Panadol extra, and poof! headache is gone and the sick got to the hospital on time.

But in America, drugs advertisements fill up a good portion of advertisement space. They have advertisements for pills for sliming, stimulating appetites, sleeping, keeping awake, allergies, depression, mood elevation, motion sickness and I even saw one for Men's Sexual Vitality!

Without laws probating the advertisement of drugs, the drug companies have set out educating the masses of the 'options available' to them. And these options are even extended to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Time magazine reported that American troops, rather than being given time off to mentally recover, are routinely prescribed mood elevators to ease the trauma of war! In line, perhaps, with the American Medical Corps motto: 'conserve the fighting strength'.

Is the increasing use of drugs a facet of a modern society? Or is a human life worth more in a modern society that all measures must be taken to protect it. After all, I seriously doubt that the Taliban faces a problem of depression among their soldiers. Or are the Taliban soldiers so convinced of their purpose that nothing will cause them to falter? If only Pfizer can come up with a pill for that.

WW's best decision

On a bright and sunny Saturday morning, I pulled myself out of bed at an unearthly weekend time of 8 am to attend WW's ROM. I thought the groom looked charming in his black slim-cut suit and pink stripped shirt. Pink is WW's favourite colour. Then again, WW also admitted he is colour blind...

WW's marrying his long time girlfriend and his varsity sweetheart, Yunzhen. In true WW style, he cannot keep a serious face throughout the ceremony. Haha...

The ceremony was short, simple and dignified. And I thought the solemniser did a fantastic job!

Then, with the exchange of rings, a peck on the cheek (not one of those big fat juicy on the mouth kisses) and signing of papers, WW is officially a married man!

trouble over beef

Why are the South Koreans so particular about importing cattle over 30 months? Don't they realise that America and the rest of the world are eating beef grown in USA? So far, I'm still ticking.. One more Carl's Junior Portobello Mushroom Cheeseburger!

surface bonding

From an article in a magazine:
"I don't want to be bros with someone who calls me "bro", because no one who is truly my bro uses the word "bro". "Bro" once meant "brother", now it means "I don't have any brothers, so I will pretend I do by calling you 'bro'."

And I totally agree with it. And while I'm at it, I think the same goes with "dude" and to some extent "pal". Wassup with this forced sense of kinship? So let's all do what is right and call each other by our names...

Tube closed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7429638.stm

Turns out that drinking alcohol is just banned in the London Tube - Was it even allowed in the first place??!?!
Wonder if there's a similar ban on the MRT. Maybe people drink to numb the pain of squeezing with the crowd in the London underground.

Now, what's hilarious is that before the ban came into force, people gathered in the London Tube to drink and party away!! So as, as one commuter put it, to show that it is possible to drink and travel on the tube responsibly. K, if you don't already know, the British and alcohol are a potent cocktail, and what started out as a small party ended up with Tube stations closed, people arrested and, I would imagine, lots of cleaning up the next morning. haha...