Splendid seafood!

I'm sorry if I'm making anyone drool, I just cannot help it but took the pictures of all the dishes that we had eaten during the Tangkak trip. There was a total of 9 dishes, I only started to take from the 2nd dish. The first dish was Sambal Kang Kong :) below are the rest of the 8 dishes, enjoy!


(Lemon chicken)

(Mussels)

(Chilli crab)

(Calamari)

(We simply have no idea what is this????)

(Ginger prawns)

(Steam fish)

(Yam paste)

Durians, durians, durians...

The sky was still dark, very dark, as we made our way to Malaysia, JB. This time our destination is Tangkak, the durian paradise :)

Organised by WP Welfare committee, a bus of about 42 durian lovers made our way there enthusiastically. We were travelling with Superior tour which of course provided us with a tour guide in Malaysia. But in Singapore, we have our very own Milton, a WP Welfare member. He did a good job in settling everyone down, he was talking non-stop, hahaha!

We had breakfast at the famous Ah Koon fishball and next we proceeded to shopping. By noon we were heading for Tangkak. Its a very rare sight, something that we will not find in Singapore now. The picture on the right is the path-way that leads to the durian farm. Rubber trees as well as pomelo trees filled the stretches of the path.

The whole stretch of path was filled with the aroma of the durians...and when we finally reach, goodness! There were so much durians! Whatever type you name it, they have it.

We were also served with fried noodles with wild boar meat...which is term as a pest in this farm. Coconut trees could also be seen. Some of our members helped themselves to the refreshing coconut water. I tasted so much durians that I had no idea which was which, all were fantastic to me :) We also had fried yam which was specially prepared for our group. We left the durian farm with heaps of durians to be taken back to Singapore, I bought a packet too.

Next we went to a really gigantic organic farm, where farming techniques were introduced to us. We had sumptous dinner at a kelong seafood restaurant. The place was really authentic, however the night scenery was not that fantastic. But the food served was not disappointing at all, we had our filled and were soon making our way back home.

At around 9pm we were caught in a jam which leads to the custom. By the time we cleared the custom and reached Singapore, it was near to 12am!

The smell of the durians are still lingering on my fingertips :) Below were some pictures taken:

Post Mortem of GE 2006 held at NUS on 23rd May 2006

A friend recommended ODEA to me and I was browsing though it this morning. And I stumbled upon this. For the benefit of those who are not aware, a GE 2006 Post Mortem Session moderated by Chandra Mohan was held in NUSS (The Graduate Society) on 23rd May 2006, shortly after the elections.

The five panelists were Mr Perry Tong from the Workers' Party, Dr Chee Soon Juan of Singapore Democratic Party, Ms Denise Phua of the PAP and political commentators Dr Catherine Lim and Assoc Prof Ho Khai Leong. Below is Mr Perry Tong's speech:


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For speeches from other speaker, http://odeo.com/audio/1248314/view
(Extracted from sgrally.blogspot.com)

World Class Design

Liverpool new stadium design was unveiled on 25th July. I must say that this is a world class design, it just looks so nice to look at :)

Liverpoolfc.tv had also asked for feedback, reactions and thoughts of the new stadium from fellow Koppers. Needless to say, the fans had rated the design for this new 60, 000 capacity stadium a perfect 10!

Scheduled to open in 2010, the 60,000 seat stadium has been designed to allow for future expansion. The stadium represents an investment of around £300 million by the Club in North Liverpool.

What the Reds have to say:

Captain Steven Gerrard said: "To be honest I knew it was going to be great but after spending five minutes looking at the plans I was just completely blown away by it. We are Liverpool Football Club and we expect the best and this will be the best. I've played in some special stadiums but this is something special and it's so important that we are not seen to be copying off another club."

"Everyone is excited by the new plans. They are spectacular. We've got a great stadium at the minute in Anfield, but the designers have come up with something completely unique. I've never seen a football ground like it and that's what makes it so special," Jamie Carragher.

Rafa Benitez added his voice of support to the new stadium design: "The facilities the new stadium will provide are going to ensure that the future of this club is a great one and this is what our fans deserve."

(Pictures and some abstraction from liverpoolfc.tv)

Let's pray for them.

(The picture above was taken from channelnewsasia.com)

23 South Koreans (18 women, five men) were abducted by the Taliban in Afghanistan on 20th July. The group includes doctors and nurses who went to Afghanistan to provide their medical services for humanitarian purposes.

Filled with passion and idealism, these people were trying to make a difference. However, things turned out otherwise. One of the hostages had been killed. They are demanding that eight of their jailed fighters be released, or the remaining hostages will be killed.

The fate of these hostages is a huge uncertainty. I hope you can join the millions of Koreans and people around the world in praying for the safety of this group of people.