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  • Melbourne Cup Day

    Tuesday, Nov 3, 2009 9:08AM / Members only

    Well, it's Melbourne Cup Day today.   All the punters and people associated with this annual event will have more than their hands full... (groping and shaking hands) / ..stomach full....(of food and alcohol) /  pocketful.... (of cash and betting tickets) / mobile full ....(of new contacts) / mouthful of .....(elation when you win and swearing when you loose)../...................

    If you're at work today  everyone, and I mean every worker in every industry, will play their own little Melbourne Cup.   Chuck in a couple of dollars for a horse (by lucky draw) and if you win, you take the lot.   Those in retail (especially electrical goods) will have all their tv tune in the whole day and by around 12.00pm or is it 12.30pm (shows how much attention I pay to this event),  everyone will stop and gawk at the screen to witness a new winner.   Some restaurants run Melbourne Cup Lunches (which run for 2 - 3 hours) so you can eat and watch the big screen.    I don't gamble by nature (the most a couple of friendly mahjong sessions with friends and family) but do actually like the event for itself.   All those magnificent horses. You get to witness some nice fashion in the field and then  watch some silly sausage embarass themselves after half a day of alcohol consumption.   Overall it's a good tradition.

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  • Mao's Last Dancer

    Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 8:54AM / Members only

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  • "Biao-tiful" days

    Monday, Oct 19, 2009 11:01AM / Members only

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  • Old But Golden

    Wednesday, Jul 29, 2009 11:52PM / Members only

    Ah, the  magic  of internet!!  and voila...... movie dvds!!!   A  few years ago I started collecting  movie dvds on my fave actors & movies which I really enjoy watching countless times  (some are classics) and still do not tire of them.  These movies are simple yet  they give so much enjoyment (I'm talking about classics from Jackie, Sammo, Yuen Biao, beloved Leslie Cheung - almost his entire collection,   & of course from the SB library  & Golden Harvest collection).    You see, it's almost impossible to get them in canto audio here (unless you're lucky enough when they're released with dual language).    Can't even catch a HKG movie with canto audio in Singapore now because they're in Mandarin.  Nothing against it (love Jet Li,  Gong Li , Zhang ZhiYi  & all the other mainland casts  with their superb mandarin)  but when it's meant to be in canto, it should be in canto.   How many have you in your collection??
  • Finally, my first blog!

    Sunday, Jul 12, 2009 1:56PM / Members only

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  • posted on Sunday, Nov 8, 2009 2:41PM  [Report]
    Hey, I didn't win on the Cup either,
    There's always next year I suppose. Cheers
    Dan
  • posted on Tuesday, Nov 3, 2009 11:53AM  [Report]
    footage is what I meant
    gah
  • posted on Tuesday, Nov 3, 2009 11:53AM  [Report]
    yah, the haka is def great too watch (these days anyhu, old photage of it is a little embarrassing).

    8 minutes to go to the Cup, hope you've got your bets down. I'm off to work. *sigh*
  • posted on Monday, Oct 26, 2009 7:58AM  [Report]
    Thanks for visiting and commenting! I appreciate it when people actually take the time to say something. Yes, where the sunflower pictures were taken is where I live. I am fortunate and I thank God every day for that. I'm glad you took the time to visit me. Take care and have a great week! =)

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