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A friend donned a Batman mask and gave me a pose. In all my years of watching Batman since childhood I never saw Batman like this. He looks more like Kato in the Green Horn. Oops! I mean The Green Hornet. Actually it was more like a cat. The Cat year is soon over. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM7LR46zrQU Its Hello Sam Goodbye Samantha. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=794DvCbw6E8 The Year of the Rabbit is Bugs Bunny Year so time to get funny and have fun! What's Up Doc?! The only spring that I knew when I was little were those springs that came off your ball-point pens or from parts of your toys. This little piece of bent and coiled matter has many usage and is very much resilient. It is always amazing to discover and finding various ways to play with a spring can be a good thing. Look at those kittens that hop around playing with a bundle of thread. If only we can learn to behave like springs like how when they are being hard pressed that they keep bouncing b...

Spring, It's Lunar New Year!

Spring has come to Singapore! While many countries have the four seasons, Singapore has only three - hot, hotter and the hottest. In Chiangmai and Bangkok, Thailand, temperatures came down to 2 and 15 degrees respectively. Friends in Suzhou and Beijing, China told me it was as cold as minus 5 to minus 8 degrees. Even in Singapore, we are experiencing the most windy and coolest period this time of the year where it is actually spring during the Chinese Lunar New Year. Sitting in an open space for food and a couple of cold beers after a golf game for an hour or so will make you feel so chilled by the last 15 minutes. In many other places, the breeze has been gentle but incessant and one could feel it brushing against your face while standing by the window gazing out watching life goes by. It brings back fond memories during the childhood days gazing towards the playground watching others play. Those were days when Chinese New Year ( CNY ) means a lot to look forward to. The ...