Prediction: Future Joy #03

Telepod travel a la Star Trek reduces the vehicle population;
COEs and ERP are abolished.

Cartoon Caption Contest, 10 August 2008

Slim pickings this time round: only one made the cut --

The winning entry:
"Boss thinks that we are not fashionable enough.
So here are some tights and mini skirts... let’s go change."
- Victoria Lee

Prediction: Future Joy #02

Every household has solar cell panels
to trap the sun's rays for use during night time.

Pre-Olympics, 2008

Amongst the many preparations are safety drills.

I can't resist manipulating the photo...

Prediction: Future Joy #01

Introduction of robot domestic helpers... no more language barrier,
no more levies and, more importantly, no more reports of maid abuse.

Meeting Thien Nhan, Part II

While he was in Hanoi, Adarsh made two trips to visit Thien Nhan and his family.
Here are more pixs... (By the way, the stuff you see on the right of Thien Nhan's
head is some medicinal paste.)

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Thien Nhan excitedly awaiting to eat his Milka chocolates which Adarsh brought.

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Thien Nhan with Adarsh, pix taken by Thien Nhan's dad.

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Thien Nhan playing with Adarsh's digital camera.

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Thien Nhan's 80-year-old Grandma (dad's mom) along with two relatives.

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Thien Nhan enjoying a nice large Vietnamese plum,
which Adarsh's dad purchased for him from a fruit market in Hanoi.

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Thien Nhan with his dad, mum and brother Little Minh
(Big Minh was not at home at that time).

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Thien Nhan with his mum, brother, Adarsh... and another plum!

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Upon returning to Singapore, Adarsh said, "Thien Nhan's grandma,
mum (Mai Anh) and dad (Nghinh) are very, very nice and kind people!
I thoroughly enjoyed my two visits there and I can't wait to go back again."

Meeting Thien Nhan

A friend of mine, Adarsh was in Hanoi for business with his dad. Both of them
made a detour to visit Thien Nhan & family... and took a shine to the little guy.

Cartoon Caption Contest, 3 August 2008

Many, many participants submitted very similar captions:

• "Look, they don't call it a mobile phone for nothing, do they?"
• "Now, that's what I call a mobile phone!"
• "I think that's what they meant by 'mobile phone'."
• "As spoken, this is the latest 3G 'mobile' phone."
• "These days, phones are really mobile."

TIP: Try not to do the obvious. Think out of the box
and you'll stand a better chance at winning, like so...

The winning entry:
"Hang on... it’s roaming for a network."
- Lee Siew Beng

The shortlisted ones:
"It's my 'hands-free' cellphone. I don't hold it. It follows me."
- Varella, Gino Lee

"Minibus -- the result of inflation."
- Par Ker Inn

"Can't kiss now. See, a camera is passing by!"
- Michelle Leng