Universal Design

Universal Design is the design of products and environment to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialised design.

User groups needs to be covered in the community :
- infant & children
- expectant mothers
- elderlies
- wheelchair users
- physically injured persons
- sightless persons
- hearing impaired persons

Areas affected by universal design are :
- Carparks
- Information counters
- Ramps
- Entrances
- Seating facilities
- Tactile indicators
- Escalators
- Pedestrian crossing
- Lifts & Lift cars
- Staircases
- Signage
- Toilet
- Washrooms
- Foodcourts and cafes
- Retails
- Nursery rooms

List of No Good Foods

According to TCM's doctor, these foods I need to avoid :

1. Chilli
2. Pepper
3. Ice
4. Internal Organs
5. Fried food
6. Mutton
7. Milkfish
8. Black shrimp paste
9. Squid
10. Prawn
11. Crab

F1 Thank You Dinner

I've been doing F1 chalets since the first F1 event in 2008. This was the first time I was invited to the "Thank You" dinner for who involved in F1 2011.

The dinner took place in Imperial Treasure at Crown Plaza Hotel Terminal 3 Changi Airport. The food was good and I never tried some of them before. That was the first time I ate those exotic food.

The dinner began with boiled prawn which was sweet and tasty.



My excitement reached the peak when I saw something really familiar on the silver tray. It was sooooo good. :)



Next one was the exotic enough. Each of us just got 1 orangie clear soup in a small bowl with few wolf berries in it. It tasted delicious without any meat or any thing in the soup. But later on 2 plates of meat were put on the lazy suzan and I think those were the meat where this tasty soup came from.

There were few pieces looked like gizzards and the rest look like normal chicken or duck pieces. But then, the waiter told us those were snails. I didn't try the snail because I imagined the snail and I felt disgusted.

I didn't feel like eating also for the goose feet with sea cucumber. The feet was covered by skin and extra membrane in between the fingers. It was my first time to eat this weird food. The picture I found in the internet was not the same as I had eaten.



The rest of the food were normal, such as fried rice, fried fish with black sauce, spinach with 3 kind of eggs ( I love this one ) and normal dessert.

Niko's Bday

I think time flies so fast, it was Niko's 29th bday. I had not bought any bday present for him. It is still in pending. I guess he will ask me to buy him a new android phone that he has been talking about or a 7" samsung android tablet.

Niko's Mouth Guard

Finally, after more than 3 years nagging, he finally went to get his mouth guard at one of the dental clinic, River vale Mall.

It's a bit thick than I thought. I thought it was a silicon layer covering his teeth. It turned to be a thick plastic rubber chasing. But I believe this will last longer than the silicon one.

Hi-Beam from Etude House

I bought this Hi-Beam glitter from Etude House for $17.00, I thought it's like bronzer. In fact, it is just a glitter in a compact powder form.

When I applied this on my face, it's not so good. My face looked wet as if I'm perspiring. After so many times, I decided to use this as body glitter instead of face glitter. And I think it looks good on body for wedding dinner or going to cafe.

Yesterday, I realized that this product is actually a copy of Guerlain product in a simplified and cheaper version.

New Running Shoes

Niko bought a pair of running shoes for me last month. This is to motivate me to jog again like I used to do. At the moment, I've been jogging at least 10km a week for these 3 weeks. I hope I can do this frequently.

Ipoh Trip 23rd-25th September 2011

Listy, Yoon, Jason, Liana and I went to Ipoh to attend Siao Mun's wedding on 23rd September.

The trip began on 23rd morning. We had Mc.D breakfast in the morning at Budget Terminal.

How Green Building Should Look : Ken Yeang

Green building doesn't necessarily equal ugly. There's often a causallink between building's look and its sustainable credentials, if for no other reason than green architecture demands a certain set of materials, economy, and form. Now, this form-function relationship need not mean ugly, aesthetically uncomfortable.

According to Ken Yeang, good architecture is green architecture, but green architecture is not necessarily good.

The building should not look like a modernist, and should not be pristine; it should be a bit fuzzy and something new. The ideal green building is one which is ecomimetic and whichintegrates seamlessly and benignly with the natural environtment at 3 levels: physically, systemically, and temporally.

Handling Complaints

I realized when I was in Indonesia, I didn't bother to waste our time to complaint because no body will respond. It became a culture. We just need to learn our lesson and keep in mind not to go back to the place that have bad service or product.

It's a totally different story when I live in Singapore. Every time you are not satisfied with a thing or a product, you can make a complaint. Most of them will respond positively by giving discount, free give, or apologize to you.

The real test of client relations skill is the way we handle difficult situations. A Complaint is a warning sign that our product or service has a problem. Treat a complain is an opportunity to put things right.

For service company, good word of mouth is the best and most reliable source of marketing.

These steps may be a better procedure to respond a complaints :
- Keep calm and listen
- Thank the client for bringing the matter to your attention
- Apologise
- Never argue or disagree, even the client is wrong
- Ask question and note the facts
- Consider the some alternative of solutions, decide the best to do and take action
- Explain what you are doing and why
- Make a record of the complain and pass it to those responsible
- Follow up to ensure the matter was rectified

I will put "handling problems and difficult clients" on the same category.

These are the steps :
- Ask questions to clarify the problem.
- Solve it your self if possible or find some one who can
- Do not ignore or dismiss the problem
- Do not blame the client
- Do not laugh, even it's funny
- Do not avoid by saying "it's not my job" or "we can't help you"
- Try to understand the client
- Respond as quickly as possible

Beside those steps, I think our expression when we are talking to client has to be neutral or welcoming rather than black face :)

Skin booster

Finally I have to make a decision for my dull face skin. It can not be helped anymore. I know some extra money will be sacrified for the upgrading.

First option will be buying a bottle of the miracle essence from SKII. It will definitely help to make the skin looks radiant.

I was looking for second option, such as traditional chinese ingredients or vitamin C. I heard a lot of celebrity inject vitamin C to make their skin more fair. Even though they are native Indonesian who have darker skin tone, but once they inject vitamin C they look like Chinese with fair skin.

I found something that is not new, and I'd been looking for this thing for few times.


So since I've decided to spend for my personal treatment and i've done my research on this product's review, then i finally decided to buy this.

I've taken my 3rd bottle. I would say my skin is a bit smoother, but the glow I'm expecting is not shown yet. I will only risk my $58.80 for this 12 days treatment. If it doesn't work, then it's time to move on to other alterntives.

I need my Great Cook

When Niko was away to Jakarta last time.
I suffered a lot. I had to make my own lunch and dinner.
This was what I manage to do to relieve my hunger. It was a pathetic meal. :(


I cooked rice and mixed with furikake. I used Daisho sushi molder.
The rest were popcorn chicken, sausage, and hamburger. I also finished the left over lettuce.

3rd Wedding Anniversary, Bintan

It was started with a failure to find taxi at Sengkang. We were late to catch 1st ferry to Bintan. So we decided to have lunch at Tampines Mall and from there then we went to Tanah Merah ferry terminal.


We stayed at Mayang Sari Bintan Resort. The cottage was a bit old but I think still ok.
The beach was not as clean as Club Med beach.

Beef and Chicken Rendang

This is also one of the best from Niko the great cook!!!

Spaghetti with Brocolli Sauce

One more new menu from Niko the great cook.
He cooked pasta with brocolli served together with the hamburger we did last week and decorated with button mushroom. :)

Pork Ribs with Thai Chilli

One slab is definitely not enough. Roasted for 4 hours is worth while. Great job, Niko!

The ribs are served with angle hair pasta, cooked with bell pepper. Oishi!

What on Earth Am I Here for?

This book tells you about God is the source.
You have to ask the creator if you want to know the purpose of the invention.

Actually this book is an introduction of "The Purpose of Driven Life".

On Bullshit

This book is recommended by a lot of bloggers.
This book covers what bullshit is and difference between lie, bullshit and bull session.
I think there's nothing such meaningful about this book... T-T

Creative Tools

This book covers the thinking tools you need to do projects. There are many kind of tools.
Following the right process of design is also important to achieve the objective.

CNY 2011 lunch

Niko prepared this fried noodle for CNY lunch with vegetable stock. It was really good. The seaweed soup was completing the menu.

Jasmine Tea

I love tea...love...love...love

Yes, Please Thanks!

This book is about how to educate and to prepare you children for the future.

This book has opened my eyes on what I didn't get from my parents and how to educate my own children.

Bali Paintings are up!

We bought 2 pieces paintings from Bali. 1 is abstract painting. The other one is birds painting with frangipani background.

They are up just now after 3 months they had been staying in roll.

Zoo Visit

We went to Singapore Zoo to accompany my sister in law and my mother. They've never been there before.

Tintin Shop

Finally Tintin got his own shop at Singapore. It's the 1st shop opened at South East Asia.

It's at Chinatown, Pagoda Street, near China town heritage center.

I wanted to buy a lot of things from there. They are not cheap. :(
So I only bought 2 post card and 2 miniature of Captain Haddock and Snowy.
I chose the Blue Lotus because it was my first Tintin's comic I collected.

X'mas give from Benwaicome

I really felt bad (again) for not preparing anything at the gift exchange... :(
I like the hand cream, I apply after shower at evening :D

X'mas give from Niko

I never thought that I would get x'mas gift from Niko. I felt terrible because I didn't buy anything for him :(

I love the body butter :D