There's a new world somewhere

They played this song at my aunt's wedding when I was a kid. I'll always remember it because I was the page boy at that wedding, the cute little kid carrying that pillow with the rings! I've never really heard this song since then, perhaps only once or twice in church.
What's so special about this song is that it's a church song, and the "Someone" is supposed to be Jesus. But when played at a church wedding, it kinda refers to the husband/bride too! So there's actually something in it for everyone!
So why do I bring this up now? Well, it just came to mind when someone was talking to me about finding the right someone. I guess if I ever do find the right one, I'll have this song at my wedding ;) .....


There’s a new world somewhere they call the Promised Land;
And I’ll be there someday if you will hold my hand;
I still need you there beside me, no matter what I do;
For I know I’ll never find another you.

There is always someone for each of us they say,
And you’ll be my someone, forever and a day;
I could search the whole world over, until my life is through,
But I know I’ll never find another you.

It’s a long, long journey, so stay by my side,
If I walk through a storm, you’ll be my guide, Be my guide...

If they gave me a fortune, my treasure would be small;
I could lose it all tomorrow, and never mind at all;
But if I should lose your love, dear, I don’t know what I’d do,
For I know I’ll never find another you!

Sam Adams with Blooming Onion

Did you know they serve Sam Adams at Outback Steakhouse? Well, now you do! A bottle of classic Sam Adams toasted over Blooming Onion is something I'd die for! Oh, and they give you free dessert if you pay with a UOB card! Though I'd rather have a discount instead 'cos there's no way you can finish all that food..... Outback used to be rather quiet with dim lighting, quite a romantic location. But business is booming now, more noise and even a line outside! But Blooming Onion still tastes as good, and the company makes it even better I guess ;) !

Had a late night out at Butter Factory. This place is really in the middle of nowhere. You tell the cab driver you wanna go to Butter Factory and he might send you to the Tuas industrial estate! You tell him you want to go to Robertson Quay most probably he will drop you at some condo or hotel in the neighbourhood and you got to find your own way there. Robertson Quay was supposed to be the next "happening" place in town, but it's pretty dark and half the world doesn't know where it is.... Still, I had a great time though! I didn't know R could groove so well to hip hop! Somebody really got it moving huh? Somehow the crowd didn't dress very hip hop. I saw a lot of the "scholarly" crowd who were dressed in work attire. And some Ah Lians but dressed in classy (ballroom?) attire! What happened to baggy pants, caps and chains? Even J was not in his classic funky get go! And hardly anyone smoked! A surreal hip hop experience.....

Denise Richards, aka fish lips, from Wild Things. Remember her? Well, she threw a laptop at the papparazzi but it landed on an elderly disabled woman instead! Bummer!

Democrats have won control of both the house and senate! Okay, they don't exactly control the senate outright, but who cares? Victory for mankind? Possibly....

In other news, the LTA is giving a huge discount on ERP rates during the festive season. Now I take big offence at this. Didn't the minister just say that too many people are driving and it is congesting up the city? Especially during the festive season when people are driving everywhere and clogging up the city center, that's when you should double the ERP rates and encourage public transport! Okay, some people who drive are gonna shoot me...... Anyways, Orchard Road and the City Hall area are gonna be very very congested come Christmas! So they say they want to encourage shopping, tourism etc. Maybe waive the ERP for taxis, but not for cars???

Fat free? Maybe not...

I just watched the documentary of the week on channel news asia. This week's topic was on dieting. According to a noted professor, fat-free foods attain their fat-free status by substituting fat with carbohydrates. And many of these fat-free foods actually have the same amount of calories in the form of carbohydrates that their non-fat-free cousins have in the form of fats (e.g. fat-free oreos and fat-free ice cream)! Which means that you are not gonna lose ANY weight at all eating these fat-free foods! What's more, fats actually make you feel full, but carbohydrates make your body produce more insulin which makes you feel hungry, and thus you end up eating more. So eating fat-free food actually makes you eat more and gain more weight!! When I was in the US some girls told me they feel disgusted when they saw me drinking whole milk. Guess what? They probably gained more weight than me by drinking non-fat milk!

So whats the best way to lose weight? Eat in moderation and exercise the equivalent of walking 10,000 steps a day. Now, thats a lot! I think most office workers barely manage 1000, so I guess we have to hit the gym to make up for the lack of exercise!

In other news, Saddam Hussein has just been sentenced to death by hanging.....

Global warming

Finally back from reservist! Doesn't it feel great to be a civilian again? Ok lah, this round of ICT was not that tough. We were doing ATEC 1 which is basically individual proficiency testing, so no outfield exercise. And I wasn't tested. I got poked twice this week tough, which brings it to a total of being poked 3 times with a 16 gauge needle in 2 and a half weeks! If you know how big a 16 gauge is you'd probably faint.....

Went to Vivocity last night to watch An Inconvenient Truth with some friends. One guy observed that I was talking in Army lingo, I guess it will take a few days for my civilian conversion course haha! The movie was quite interesting, but seriously I'd like to hear more than just Al Gore talking. He's a good talker, but still, $9.50 to hear one person talk?!! I think Michael Moore is more interesting though he is probably a lot more biased. Did I learn a lot more from Al Gore's speech? Not really. Is he scientific enough? Definitely not, because he totally did not talk very much about the skeptics scientific point of view. Zero citations disagreeing with global warming in his sample of papers. But there are indeed papers out there that disagree with global warming, he just didn't dig hard enough. Read Michael Crichton's book (forgot the name) to find references. Like all politicians, he's really just using his charm to present the facts. Oh and not to mention the entire movie is a big Apple advertisement!!

We all noticed some mismatch between the crowd and the stores at vivocity. The crowd is largely a family crowd, lots of uncles aunties and their kids, making A LOT of noise! But the stores are largely upmarket boutiques, which cater to the hip and well-heeled. I suppose those well-heeled shoppers wouldn't want to squeeze with the sweating heartlanders with kids in tow. And not to mention that the first floor has a huge atrium which attracts numerous shoppers, but once u go up the escalator the aisles are tiny, and you literally have to squeeze to get from one point to another. I've never seen any mall with such small walkways, other than beach road Army Market!! Poorly designed indeed. But I guess the crowd is coming, so its a success. But are they spending enough to cover the cost of developing this sprawling complex?

Back to global warming. Gore says that the world population is too large, becoming unsustainable. However, many rich countries in europe and asia are shunning immigration and encouraging people to have more and more kids. And these are precisely the countries who are most aware of the global warming problem. I guess it's all going downhill......