Snowed in

I love snow but not when I'm being snowed in!! My manager mentioned that she going off earlier (About 3pm) as she didn't want to be snowed in. I checked the Met Office website and there's no mention of snow in Essex (only mention of icy road), as such I continue working. At about 4pm, it starts to snow + sleet. I didn't think too much about it as there's no warning on Met Office website plus I was late coming into work this morning, thus stayed on. Left the workplace at 5.15pm and the snow was much heavier and there's a huge long queue getting out of the multi-storey carpark!

Walked to the car, listen to traffic news and also noticed that the cars in the carpark are moving very, very....... snail speed. Decided to walk around in the shops for a while for the traffic to calm down abit.

6++pm, decided to walk to the bus station to take public transport as there wasn't movement in the carpark. However, was informed by the staff at the bus station that not sure when the bus is coming. Lots of people waiting around too. Plan for public transport abandon.

7pm, decided to sit in Water Margin restaurant (overlooking the carpark) to have dinner and to monitor situation. Worst case situation = buy blanket at Asda (24 hours) and sleep in car.

8.30pm, cars are moving again. Decided to pay for the dinner and set off for home.

9.30pm, out of carpark but the roads are very icy and very slow getting out of town. On some of the icy road and upslope, the traction control button kept flashing (not good!!). Took the main motorway (M11) and travel at recommended speed (about 40mph).

10.15pm, finally home!!!

Next time, any slight snow, I'm the first to head home!!

Eureka
It's a great drama series, about a town which is very high tech but there's always some accidents/ problems. I think it's abit of x-file + sci-fi + comedy. Definitely recommended.

F1 Night racing Singapore

Initially, I thought it's night racing in Singapore so that it wouldn't be soooo hot and it will look brilliant with the lights, etc. However upon reading the BBC, did I then realise that the reason that sound more likely was so that the time of the race suit the timing of Europe.

Comment by on BBC website by Patrick Head, co-owner Williams team

Will the night race in Singapore be a success?
I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be a good race. If I was Singapore, I'd be saying, well, we're putting up all this money, why don't we have a Grand Prix at the time that suits us? I'd be rather nose out of joint if I was told the only reason you're having the race on at that time is to suit Europe, or someone else.

MPH Earls Court 2007


Being such a big fan of Top Gear, we thought this is a show we can't miss and thus bought tickets this year to the MPH car show.


My favorite - a hotwheel truck!!


Such a cute car, but doubt both of us can sit in it comfortably.
Hmmm, what's that on the front of the car??


Yes, this was an ice-cream store, cute hor..


When do police even get to drive such a car??


This was the Toyota car that Jeremy and James drove to North Pole in the Top Gear's Polar special.


We bought the tickets that includes the theatre and we chosen some pretty good seats!! The show runs for about 1 and a half hours with some games, performances and introducing cars.


The best was the Suzuki football which makes all our money well spent!! I always wanted to watch that live.

New TV

Worked from home today and our new 32" TV had just arrived.
Now got to wait for Sam to come home tonight and install it.

Britain's Got Talent

Managed to catch the show on Tuesday when Conny was singing. She was absolutely brillant! She brought tears to my eyes.....

MOBTV international trial
Signed up to MOBTV.sg and received the email as below :

Dear Sir/Madam,

Congratulations! You have been selected to be part of MOBTV International Service Trial which will begin for you as soon as you activate your account.

We would like to take this opportunity to apologise sincerely if you have experienced a delay in getting this invite to our complimentary trial service. This is due to the overwhelming response to this service, and with our aim of not denying anyone of the chance to experience what MOBTV has to offer, we had to take some time to increase our capacity to cater to everyone who requested, over and above the 2000 accounts as originally committed!

You will be able to enjoy 2 weeks of complimentary viewing pleasure. If you would like to sign up as a subscriber of MOBTV International once your trial period is over, we are pleased to offer you a limited *1-for-1 subscription package but please note that this is only valid if you have registered and activated your account out of Singapore, i.e. overseas.

Please refer to the bottom of this mail for more information regarding this exclusive offer, specially tailored for you, our last batch of valued trial users!

So far, we seems to be downloading only the Channel 8 news to watch in order to feel more at home. Plus the download speed toooooo slow, thus don't think we will pay £10 every month to watch Chinese news after the trial ends.

Comic Relief - Tony Blair

You got to watch this, really funny and Tony Blair was such a good sport.