Pre F1 - The Best Things In Life Are Free

When we work too much with a computer, we are prone to bad sitting posture, wrong hand to keyboard set up, etc. and this can lead to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or CTS. If you are using too much of you mobile phones in texting or Blackberry, this could lead to some new problems in 5-10 years. I have been driving through the KPE (Kallang/PayaLebar Expressway) each morning which is also a stretch of tunnel, exits at Nicoll Highway, pays toll to a highway bandit called ERP (Electronic Road Pricing) feeling like a PIG (pig) going into a slaughter house. Every time the device beep my heart skips a beat and the pocket feels lighter. Quite often, I would pull over into Marina to test the world class F1 street circuit for free. So who says the best things in life are not free? There is no other place on planet earth where one can do this. I have now also gained an intimate knowledge about tunnel syndromes and Formula One race tracks at a more leisurely pace so that I could admire the surrounding. When its early you can even do the slalom.













F1 = Formula 1

2010 Formula 1 will be held 24-26 September 2010. I have got free tickets in previous years but never attended. I thought the best way to catch the race was on TV where you can see every angle of the race, every incident and the wind compressing the race-driver's face rather than just to be at one place where anyway, the race cars are going to whisk past you in a split second. The deafening sound of roaring engines and the smell of burning tyres can be irritants but yet these are the very things that keeps your adrenalin pumping. Throw in the carnival atmosphere with shopping centres, restaurants and bars all around, it seems like a great big party for all! Should I at least give it a go for once?









All Set

The lighting, street fencing and crash barriers are up gradually building up to the big day.










People working in and around the areas affected may not be too happy given the inconvenience caused as they put up the fences, barriers and lighting. Some of us may say: "Oh, come on, it is just once a year for a few days".










It is easy to say so for those not affected just like the recent spate of floods occurring at certain places. We can say things like Singaporeans are so spoilt that they complained over a little flooding. Well, those of us not affected can say that but not when we are one of those with flooded basement car park or whose house got flooded. Yet when you saw that picture of a house so submerged that the little land area around the house looked like a piece of pizza in Pakistan where everything else was cut off that we could get a balance of the situation. My only complaint was that the sole of one of my shoes came loose due to treading on a few inches of water on the streets. Sigh.
Life In The Fast Lane
If you live life in the fast lane, watch out for the crash barriers. They may not be enough to save you though. I think it is also true to say that they are there to protect others from you.










This circuit when not in use is free. The air that you breathe is free . The choices that you make in life is free. The parks everywhere are free for you to enjoy. If we look around we can definitely find more. The leisure time that one can create is free. Is there such a thing as a free gift? Doesn't a gift mean a thing given, a present? Repeat again? No, repeat is to do again. They now have a novel way to help improve everyday English as a campaign. Putting stick-on on shops or signboards or whenever and wherever you see some words or sentences that are not right. For example, if you see a sign that says: "No Outside Food Allowed" at a food centre, you go paste a stick-on with a suggestion such as: "Food that is not purchased from this food centre is not allowed to be consumed in this premise". Long-winded ain't it? Power of Singlish. "Cannot meh" is a question, an indignance, a statement, a challenge a rebellion or a fight waiting to erupt. Only the facial expression and vocal tone give a subtle clue. The English man will say: "Do they have this in London?" (please say with a Londoner's acccent), the Hongkonger would say: "Heong Kong yau mo?" and a Singaporean: "Singapore have meh?'

However, do be careful that you do it with discernment. You may end up getting bashed up for correcting others. The thing is not to get over-zealous, whatever you may be promoting even if you are trying to get a guy to go to heaven. He may think you want him dead. Also, if you see paint splashed and scribbled on walls with words like "Owe $ Pay $", there is no need to paste a suggestion "If you owe money, please pay up". One thing is certain, whether they give you the stick-on or you have to get it yourselves, the industry for stick-on will get a fillip. I was a spelling champion when young but this skill is useless now as they have spell-check in computers but you will still have to be careful with your spelling because the computer or the cell phone can be stupid. First, they give you suggestions of American spelling to confuse you further. You do not realise or realize it. If you were to construct a sentence in error like "please massage me in private" when you actually meant "please message me in private" they can't them apart as it won't know your intention. This can lead to a sticky situation. But then you are free to explain your real intention. Some of the best things in life are truly free. Look, all set and ready to go!






I am proud and happy that I have tested the F1 circuit many times. I shall now declare that the tracks are good with enough bumps and ready to rockz! Is Lady Gaga here for any concert? I like the meat dress she wore as it is the only way where you can have the cake and eat it but watch out for the vegans who may protest it. Fortunately, most of us cannot be F1 drivers even if you think or drive like one. You can't handle the G-Force. It can lead to the collapse of the facial muscles, of your heart being in the wrong place and scrotum malfunction. For these, F1 drivers shall earn their keeps. For me, I'm better equipped at F2. On the computer. Have a rocking, heart-pumping, adrenalin-charged weekends ahead!

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