Tekken 7 - Lidia Sobieska

Now this is cool!!!  Finally Tekken pays homage to Shotokan karate thru this new character: Lidia Sobieska, a young Polish lady who happens to be the prime minister of the country as well.  hmmm.....  The "prime minister" part is a bit weird, but I'll just pay no heed to the game makers' outlandish fantasies.   

Robertson Quay by Fujifilm X-A10 Circa 2017

So I was reorganizing the files in my portable hard drives and I came across some photos of Robertson Quay that I took with my old Fujifilm XA-10 way back in 2017.  I thought the photos look quite OK, I can't help but wonder how I came to totally forget about them.  

Looking South to Marina Bay - X-A10 + 16mm F1.4R WR

Some picking, editing, and there are some great photos to post. 

Frolic February

I risk sounding like a broken record here, but February is a month of celebrations.  I'm pretty sure I must have said that sometime back.  First, we had the Chinese New Year which came quite late this year on 12th February.  Unlike previous years, we couldn't travel back to Indonesia to celebrate with our families.  So this year it was just a quiet steamboat at home with my sister.  

1st Steamboat Dinner - Galaxy Note 9

Just a few days later we had another steamboat dinner at my home with the lady boss of Little Nyonya Batik and her husband, as well as another bestie of both the lady boss and my wife.  2 steamboat dinners over a span of 3 days.

Get Over Here!

So who else is hyped up over the MK Reboot?   This trailer looks awesome.  The showdown between Scorpion & Sub Zero is just so cool.  Joe Taslim is Sub Zero and Hiroyuki Sanada is Scorpion.

Joe Taslim was born in Palembang, just like me - oh yes! Wong kito galo!😆😆.  He's just slightly over 2 months older than me.  He has starred in numerous Hollywood movies such as FF 6, Star Trek and also some HBO productions.  Joe Taslim is a judoka who represented Indonesia way back in 2009.  I really respect this guy and so look forward to MK 2021.

Jumpy January

As the brand new school year started this month, the kids got busy again.  It was kind of hard to jump start their learning instinct, I was really busy trying to get them up to speed again.  Especially for Lincoln, he has about 18 months left before PSLE starts.  I can't help but worry for him and so I must start drilling him harder and change his habits.  When I looked at the new PSLE scoring system, my heart just dropped. 😔😔😔  With this new scoring system it's so much harder to get into a choice secondary school.  

New PSLE Scoring System 😱 - Galaxy Note 9

Dogged December

It has been an extraordinary 2020 for sure, which will come to a close in a mere count of hours.  And I do mean extraordinary in both memorable and unpleasant ways.  Work was full of pressure in the last quarter of the year and 婆婆's sudden departure in early October really shook me....  Not to mention the travel bans which meant that we can't meet our family members in Indonesia too.  What an extraordinary year it has been indeed.  On the flip side, we experienced what it feels like to be partially "locked down" and saw a totally different face of the place we live in.  The travel bans imposed by many countries also affected livelihoods everywhere and shows how important it is to remain open and connected always.  This is also a watershed year that brings about the New Normal.  Masks are the norm now, working from home, schooling from home, online shopping and food deliveries too.  Of course not forgetting going about in smaller groups as opposed to big gatherings last time.  Oh yes, what an extraordinary year 2020 has been.

Cloudy East Coast - Galaxy Note 9