Cooking MaMa:Cook Off

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After her initial DS debut, Mama is whipping up some kitchen
competition by pitting chef against chef in Cooking Mama: Cook Off – a
unique 2 player family game designed specifically for the Wii home
video console. Step-by-step, recipe-by-recipe, help Mama cook
international dishes from 10 different nations and watch as the
realistic foods actually change in appearance based on your actions!

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Mario Kart Wii

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Mario Kart is heading to the Wii and it's bigger than ever. The game boasts a new exprience including this time the intense Mario Kart action you've come to know and love with a few added bonuses including online, including battle mode for the first time ever and motocycles. New tracks, vehichles, characters are also added to the experience.

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Nintendo Wii FAQ

This is a simplified Nintendo Wii FAQ I have created for all subscribers based on the email that I have received from all of you. It covers issues on soft and hard modding which allow you to backup your games and others.

Soft Modding
You can use Soft Chip Loader which allowed you to play backup and download games. This is mostly modified to a Wii US set. It allowed you to play all games for NTSC-U.
Funzcentre at AMK Hub do soft modding for all their export Wii sets.

Hard Modding
D2sun is hard modding which support all games now,
but maybe after 6months or 1yr a lot of new games cannot play then u have to re-mod and change new mod chip.

Wiikey2 is another hard modding which is same as d2sun.
But it can configure to block updates
and support future new released games by updating the mod chip firmware through DVD.
For more details, you may check out with the game shops.

Wii Models
There are many Wii models available in the market. Many game shops import Korean Export Set as it cost S$298 while a local Singapore Wii Set will cost you more than $400.
These are the 6 models available in the current market.
US Version (NTSC/U) – comes with Console, Remote Controller, Nunchuck, 110V AC Adaptor

SG Version (NTSC/U) – US set, packaged with Wii Sports and a step down transformer (220V) to be used locally

Jap Version (NTSC/J) – comes with Console, Remote Controller, Nunchuck, 110V AC Adaptor

Pal Version (PAL) –US set, packaged with Wii Sports, this set is found in Europe and in Australia

Korean Version (Pal) – comes with Console, Remote Controller, Nunchuck, 220V AC Adaptor

Game Shop Own English Wii (NTSC/U) –US version, comes with Console, Remote Controller, Nunchuck, 220V AC Adaptor.

Wii System Update
Please do not perform System Update if your Wii is a Soft or Hard Mod Set. Check with your Game Shop for advise on whether you can perform the update.

Wii Firmware or IOS
Firmware is a piece of software used to control the Wii Operating System. It is similar to your computer which need a OS like Windows or Linux to RUN. Certain new games may require the latest firmware to run and may prompt you for a update.

IOS is the core behind the firmware.
In actual fact, when you are updating the firmware, it is downloading the newer IOS to the Wii.
The newer IOS does not overwrite the old one, but the Wii store and run all of them together.
It means there are many IOS in your Wii at the same time.
The current one is IOS37, which is the cause of Freeloader and Trucha sign block.

Super Paper Mario

SUPER PAPER MARIOMario and Luigi are enjoying a lazy afternoon at their house when they hear the terrible news: Princess Peach has been kidnapped! The two brothers head straight for Bowser's castle to get her back, but Bowser is just as surprised about Peach's kidnapping as they are. At that moment, a strange top-hatted villain warps in and abducts everyone but Mario. The mysterious villain then forces Peach and Bowser to get married, creating a rift of dark energy that threatens to tear the universe apart! Only Mario can save the day…but he can't do it alone.

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Chocolatier®: Decadence by Design™

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Travel the globe in search of flavorful and exotic ingredients you can use to customize your very own chocolate creations. Earn spaces in the official recipe book for inventions you create in your Secret Test Kitchen. You’ll maximize profits by designing and marketing your own recipes and launching an entirely new line of products – Gourmet Coffees and Coffee Blends! Strive to become CEO of your personal chocolate empire while you help Alex, whose husband, Sean, has not been seen since the end of the war. While Alex embarks on a world-wide search for clues to Sean’s whereabouts, you’ll have Post-World War II technology at your fingertips, along with the opportunity to discover that the best chocolates in the world are the ones you create!

Parenting Workshop@Admiralty Primary

I attended a series of Parenting Workshops conducted by Admiralty Primary School for Primary 1 & 2 Parents. The workshop consists of Mother Tongue, Maths and Phonics. Mother Tongue Workshop is to enable us to use Hanyu Pinyin in learning Mandarin. The MOE has also setup a online website that teaches us the usage of Hanyu Pinyin.

The Maths Workshop main purpose is to inform Parents how to use Maths Models to solve problems. Gone are the days of just providing correct answer only. Drawing models will allow teachers to know that the student understand the problem. The model consists of the Part Whole Model and Comparsion Model. I will upload a guide by February 2009 to show you model solving Maths problem.

Phonics Workshop was conducted by a trainer engaged by the school. She mentioned that most of the students were not well trained in Phonics during Kindergarten. Nursery Rhymes is well used to train the students on the use of Phonics.
The last agenda was the Teacher Meet the Parent session. This session allowed the Teachers to explain to Parents the students learning process in the school.

But there are minus points of this Workshops and are mainly due to logistic problem. Admiralty Primary School are rather weak in this as compared with other schools. They have always under estimate the turn out and therefore there was not enough chairs. It happened during Primary 1 orientation last December. The lesson was not learned and it happen again at this workshop. The 45 minutes session per Workshop were not sufficient and the speaker has to apologized for this. Generally it still benefited the Parents as the speakers had presented their information well but do not have ample time.

Kia Cerato 1000 KM Servicing

I have send my car for my 1000 KM servicing today at the Upper Thomson Satellite Service Centre in Upper Thomson Area in the North of Singapore. It takes less than three hours for the servicing to be done and it cost S$48 excluding GST. It is quite convenient as Cycle and Carriage has got four service centres in Singapore at the North,South, West and East location. You can have a light snack and coffee / tea while you wait at the Service Centre. Newspaper and Internet Surfing is also available at the lounge for customers waiting for the car to be service. The customer service office will contact you once the servicing has been completed.

MouseHunt Game Guide

I have been playing MouseHunt for 3 months and during these duration has been reading about forums and exchanging tips with other gamers. This a guide I have found on the MouseHunt Forum which will help all new gamers out there.

1) Tacky Glue Trap vs. High Tension Spring. Tacky Glue Trap will be a better choice because the 40% Accuracy bonus will help you attract mouse. Don't worry about it if you chosen High Tension Spring already, you will change your trap in no time.

2) Stay in Town of Gnawnia using Cheddar Cheese until you are Apprentice, don't bother going to Meadow and using other cheese. You will save up gold fast this way.

3) Buy Wooden Base with Target as soon as you can afford it. The addition 20% Accuracy bonus will boost your attraction rate.

4) 500 Pound Spiked Crusher vs. Mouse Mary O'Nette. Mouse Mary O'Nette will be a better choice because it is simply more powerful, attract better and luckier. If you are using 500 Pound Spiked Crusher already, don't buy Mouse Mary O'Nette, save your gold for a better one.

5) Once you are Apprentice. Stock up Marble Cheese and travel to Harbour. You can either use your left overs Cheddar at Harbour then swtich to Marble or you can sell it to buy more Marble. Stay hunting there until you reach Journeyman.

6) Buy Stone Base as soon as you can afford it. Although this upgrade you will lose 20% Accuracy bonus, the power increase makes it a worthy upgrade.

7) Mouse Trebuchet vs. Mouse Rocketine. Mouse Trebuchet will be a better choice dispike it is less powerful. It is a more balance trap overall and it is cheaper. If you are already using Mouse Rocketine, stick with it until you can buy better.

8) Travel to Mountain once you are Journeyman, hunt with Marble until you have Swiss Army Mouse Trap and Explosive Base (Exp). You should consider changing your bait to Swiss Cheese after the upgrades if you still don't have the Laboratory Map Piece from a Ninja mouse. Or you can simply try your luck with Marble and save the gold for your next trap.

9) NVMRC Forcefield Trap (FF) vs. Mouse DeathBot (DB). FF will be a better choice. Slighty less powerful, but it is the luckiest trap you can buy now. Sometimes it seems like luck is all you need to catch a powerful mouse.

10) If you have the reach Master already and still don't have the map piece, you should really consider changing your bait to Swiss or even Brie if you are desperate although not recommended.

11) Travel to Laboratory when you reached Master and have the map. Use Swiss as your initial bait. It is very important to stock up as many cheese as possible before you goto Lab because the travel cost is very expensive. Stay hunting at Lab until you have both the Key to Digby from a Dwarf mouse and Tattered Mousoleum Cloth from a Zombie mouse.

12) While you are hunting in Lab, it is time to stock up Super|Brie+ (SB) so you can convert them to Radioactive Blue (RB) later. There are many ways to obtain SB, the easiest way is to donate, other then that, you can do buy some and win some on the fourm. BUT DON'T BEG! No one like begger!

13) Once you have obtained the key and the cloth, stay in lab untill you have at least 15 potions, if you plan to stay in Mousoleum (Moz) for awhile, you should stock up more potions, maybe around 30 or even more. Before you travel to Moz, buy a shadow trap from Town of Digby.

14) Sinister Portal (Sin) vs. Ambrosial Portal (Amb). This is very debatable, but my choice will be Sin because in Moz, I don't have any trouble attracting mouse, but I have a really hard time catching them and power is what you need to catch them. Both very similiar, doesn't really matter what you choose.

15) Try to stay as long as you can in Moz, convert your SB to RB one potion at a time, keep looking for SB until you get your Lycan mouse with Shredded Furoma Map Piece.

16) Once you have your map piece from Moz, you can either stay in Moz until you reach Grandmaster. Or if you hate looking for SB on the forum, you should use up all your SB then move to lab until you are Grandmaster.

17) I don't recommend you hunt at Trainning Ground (TG) without a Digby Drillbot (DDB). I had really bad time at TG using DB, not sure how well will FF do.

Note: These are tips which I found on forum and you can choose to follow or not to. All the best to all MouseHunt Gamers.

Viewty Original Theme Files

The Original LG Viewty have got three theme files. The themes are call Black, Silver and Fish. Many Viewty users has install the Theme Manager on their Viewty and been playing with the theme files. Some of you may lost the theme file especially the silver theme as you need to replace it in order to use the Theme Manager. You may use these original themes if you have lost it or decided not to use the Theme Manager.

Install the Original Themes Files back to 'LGAPP/Media/Swf/Theme". The themes files are theme_bg1.swf, theme_bg2.swf,theme_bg3.swf.

Tthere are two files call nyx_open_menu.swf and shortcut.swf you may want to insert it back to lgapp/Media/Swf. You do not need to perform these step if you have not meddle with the files previously.

Nursery Class First Week

Brian start his first week of Nursery class at PAP Kindergarten. Most of the children were crying on the first few days including our son Brian. This is the first time most of the children is away from their family for 2 complete hours. The Kindergarten has deployed 2 teachers to look after these 4 years old kids.
Brian has started to adapt to the nursery class and do not resist going to the Kindergarten now. It has been a tiring week with one kid going to Primary School and the other to Kindergarten.

Primary 1 Canteen Break

It is a time where all our children starts to grow more independent. Amelia has to learn how to buy her own food and pay with her pocket money. Admiralty Primary School has deployed Parent Support Volunteers and Primary 5 Students to help out the Primary 1 students to purchase the food and drink for their canteen break.

Parents were also allowed into the school for the first three days to see their children during canteen break. Many eager parents has taken off to visit their children during these three days. I would also like to express my sincere thanks to the Admiralty Primary School Parent Support Group.

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Children Back to School Delay

My Children returning back to Primary and Pre School has been delay due to the HFMD. Although they have fully recovered, the doctor has advised to start next week as they still have 1 or 2 dry spot waiting to peel off.

The doctor will provided them a medical fit letter next Monday. All HFMD will need a doctor letter before they can return to school. The disease can spread rapidly and therefore must be handled with care.