Archive for August, 2008

Posted on Sunday, Aug 31 at 10:07 pm

Filed under Announcement

If you’ve gotten your IPhone, try Iphone-ING my blog.

True! You can now view my blog using your IPhone as I’ve already configured my blog in the way that it is Iphone-friendly. All thanks to the wonderful wordpress plugin, WP-Touch. If you browse my blog using your Iphone, you will be able to see something like this:

WPtouch view

However, if you prefer to view my usual site appearance, there is actually this option in the footer on WPtouch that you can switch between the WPtouch view and your site’s regular appearance.

Usual Site appearance

On your phone, you would be able to see a dropdown menu. Look out for these buttons as they will allw you to navigate around at my blog:

About , Disclosure , Plugins I’m using , Statistics , Subscribe Me

Have fun using your Iphone. If you have any problem using Iphone to browse my blog, please contact me at l0ve[dot]jassy[at]yahoo[dot]com

Posted on Saturday, Aug 30 at 12:10 pm

Filed under Food Paradise

On Tuesday (26 Aug 08), my family and I went to Boon Lay Raja Restaurant for celebrate Daddy’s birthday. Hey, dont get mixed up. Though the name of the restaurant says “Boon Lay”, but it is not located at Boon Lay. A stone’s throw away from Jurong East MRT is Boon Lay Raja Restaurant Pte Ltd (Seafood & Shark’s Fin Restaurant) 文苑楼, a place where it offers chinese cuisine. It is located at Blk 135 Jurong East St 13 #02-337 (opp Jurong East MRT), beside Jurong East Entertainment Centre.

Before the food was served, we had peanuts to sustain our hunger. Our first dish was served - Mango Roasted Duck.

Mango Roasted Duck
The previous time I came here to eat the Roasted Duck, the skin was very crispy. It tasted like Beiking Roasted Chicken. But it was a disappointment this time round. It tasted no difference like the normal duck rice we can get outside.
Ratings: (out of 5 stars)

Scallop with Asparagus and Celery
This small plate of scallops costs $18 and scallops were stingily given. I can count using one hand, 3 fingers. In this dish, there are little octopus heavily flavoured with sweet and spicy sauce. Food was ok, but pricey.
Ratings: (out of 5 stars)

I only managed to take photos of 2 dishes out of the 5. Besides Mango Roasted Duck and Scallop with Asparagus and Celery, we had Fried Ee Noodles, Shark Fin’s Soup and Chili Crab.

Service @ Boon Lay Raja Restaurant
The waiters and waitress were really nice and helped us distribute the food to the small bowls and plates, and often come to our table to check if we need any help. To my amazement, Boon Lay Raja Restaurant does not charge for service charge, but yet they gave us very good service. *applause for the spirit of the staff*

Posted on Sunday, Aug 24 at 11:31 pm

Filed under Star Buzz

This afternoon for 48 minutes ++, I sticked my eyes to the TV and watched the Olympic Men’s basketball gold medal match between USA and Spain. The United States won the gold medal, defeating Spain 118-107. Finally, I managed to watch one basketball match during Beijing 2008 Olympics. What I can say that both teams put up a wonderful game and an very exciting one.

And you gotta know this guy - Ricky Rubio, the 17 year old Spanish point guard.

Photo Credit: SI.com

He is the youngest player to ever win an Olympic Men’s Bball medal. He can be considered as a child prodigy in basketball. At the age of 14, he played in the Spanish ACB League. In today’s match, Rubio scored six points.

Overall, I’m a little disappointed because the team I supported lost.

Posted on Sunday, Aug 17 at 10:38 am

Filed under Star Buzz

Imagine a smallest margin of victory of One-hundredth of a second?

Photo Credit: NY Daily News

Michael Phelps did it and won his seventh gold medal in the men’s 100m butterfly. The 23-year-old came in at 50.58sec with Milorad Cavic second in 50.59. Serbian officials protested that Cavic should share the same gold with Phelps but were turned down as the video captured shows Cavic was gliding when Phelps was stroking.

Photo Credit: http://scarlettcrusader.wordpress.com

Well before the match, Cavic had challenged Phelps. Cavic took his stand and faced the American as he took up his familiar pre-race stance alongside his block. You can see this image in this video at 0:14.

Let’s take a look at the photos:

Photo credit: The New York Times
If you noticed, Cavic on the right was gliding (see from top picture to the bottom one).

This is extracted from Cavic’s blog, after this match and he explained it all:

I did it!!! I won an Olympic medal everybody! I’m sorry to brag, but I’m sure you all will forgive me just this one time! So, allow me to clear some things up:

1. The Media’s Manipulation and Misinterpretations: It never ceases to amaze me that garbage that reporters will come up with in order to make a story. Seriously. Anyone who knows me personally knows that I’m very respectful of others. I’ll admit that I’ve got bad blood with one person in the world, but that’s really it. I would never do anything to trash my competitors with seriousness, or to belittle them. If you were there to hear my media interviews, you’d know how much respect I’ve got for Michael Phelps. For a lot of reasons though, its easy to see why many reporters would pick up on anything negative and use it to support their imaginations. Am I a bad guy? No, not even close. I’ve got no criminal record, never got in trouble in school for anything (ever), and never got into a fight. Hate me for having some disagreements about some foreign policies, or for posting up some fast times, but I’m anything but a punk. I’m cool with all of my competitors that have even met me for a second. I like to think I’m easy going and easy to talk to… don’t imagine reasons to hate on me.

2. On winning a SILVER medal: I am completely happy, and still in complete disbelief that I was able to achieve this feat! I’m not joking… It’s a tough loss, but I’m on cloud nine. I congratulated Phelps and his coach Bob Bowman. I’m just glad the race was fun to watch for everyone. It was a pleasure for me, really.

3. Filing a Protest: Yes, as you all saw, I almost won the Gold, and if you ask me, the clock does not lie. I had nothing to do with this filing, and neither did my coach Mike Bottom. This is just another attack on my coach who has done never wronged anyone in swimming, except coach foreign athletes (non-Americans) to Olympic medals. You all have to understand that any coach would have done this for their swimmer if there were any possibility of error, but I’m sorry to disappoint, it was my Olympic committee and swimming staff who did the filing. We’re not “sour grapes” and we’re not “pissed”… If you ask me, it should be accepted and we should move on. I’ve accepted defeat, and there’s nothing wrong with losing to the greatest swimmer there has ever been.

4. So what now? People, this is the greatest moment of my life. I’ve finally achieved what I’ve worked so hard, and for so long to do. Let me enjoy this for a little while. I’m going back to Belgrade for a year after the Olympics. Its time to take a break and figure out the next thing to do!

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