Boy boy

Some kind soul(s) decided to decorate the men's restroom door with cute little coloured men.

Great, we're at kindergarten all over again.

Next thing we know, we'll be asking our bosses when we need to answer nature's call, "Xkew me, IL, I wan to go shee shee ..."

Fishy story

His hot soup: GK spooning up his fav fish soup at the warehouse

Spilled personality

Remember that old saying, "No use crying over spilled milk"?

Or in this case, over spilled 100Plus. Poor GKgal ... she spent her last one dollar coin for the day to get that drink from the vending machine, only for it to topple from her desk and unwittingly become grumble fodder for toilet auntie.

Luckily, the resident Orange gentleman/stripper/triathlete/actor/artist/gay vampire NT was on hand to comfort and console her.

Does he like have a 'damsel-in-distress' beacon attached to his heads or what? :D

Scene of the crime

The "body" outline

C.S.I. Orange

Two's company ...

Three's a ...




Yup, u guessed it ... a tree some.

Footprints in the sand

Life is a journey ...

"KEEP WALKING"
- Johnnie Walker

What's cooking, honey?

Whip it up: KO and WM invite RC to a nice home cooked meal

Ahhhh, domestic bliss.

Yah gotta luv it!

Spellbinding

MN, ES(now Mrs F), MV
- The Charmed Ones aka GFPT -

Charmed is an Orange television series that ran for eight seasons. It was produced by G Spot Productions and is about three sisters who are the world's most powerful good witches, known throughout the supernatural community as "The Charmed Ones" but known to everyone else as the GFPT.

Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve over the course of their lives. The Charmed Ones live together in an orange manor and use their supernatural abilities to battle the warlocks, demons and other evil forces that populate The Orange.

A central theme throughout the show's run is the sisters' struggle to balance their normal lives with their supernatural responsibilities.

The burden of keeping their destinies a secret from management has repeatedly created tensions in their friendships and romantic relationships.

Only a few know their secret and help them on a regular basis.

Orange Idol

Do you remember that fantastic Bollywood Bangra farewell dance item that we all performed for MN as part of the MPSDG project? Alas, it all turned out to be pomp and pageantry that was watered down into sound and fury ... she packed up and left anyway ... and now she's back ... but in Black that is.

Well, just for auld lang syne, here are the behind-the-scenes snaps of the ideas brainstorming stage, over many cups of hot chocolate, Milo (BB's fav beverage) and coffee schmoffee ...

Hey, Paula MV Abdul, u must be having so much fun looking at
all these (un)talented oranges trying to dance with their two left feet

"Okay, let's take it from the top again, but this time, with MORE feeling please!
How do you expect the audience to vote for you if you just mumble the lyrics?"

"Uh! I tell you ah Stefanie ES Sun, these bumbling wanna be entertainers are driving me up the wall! I need an Aspirin like right NOW!
NT! NT!, go get me some Aspirin NOW!
Haiyah, its so hard to find a good male secretary these days. That NT sometimes really himbo siah! But okay lah, he keeps in good shape, so give chance a bit ..."

"Yes lady boss! Coming chop chop. Dun mind can I finish my kopi first prrease?"

CK, the dead ringer for talented Hong Kong singer/actress Kelly Chan, took time off from her busy schedule of travelling to drop in and lend some of her vocal expertise to the auditions. She later flew off to Paris to shoot a Chanel ad.

BB King didn't play no blues on his electric guitar, rather, he did what he always does best -
Being BB

MARK your JobSCOPE

Most editors that come into the Orange have the following jobscope.

Inevitably, there are the mini ad-hoc projects along the way. For example,

(i) if they are even remotely in tune with the world of Science, they'd probably get asked to do a couple of articles in a Science magazine (mini project A)

(ii) sometimes we go visit the warehouse for stocktaking or go to some hotel for a launch (mini project B)

(iii) Then of course we have the recreational activities, such as Fun Day, D & D and FF, where every morsel of enthusiasm will be duly identified and put to good use (mini project C)

But the thing that keeps each editor on his toes, the thing that causes him to plod to work each day, the only reason he doesn't fall asleep (or dead) in his cubicle........has to be.........his MAIN TA project........

Palawan Beach, Sentosa

The beach outing at Sentosa was simply, fantastically, fun! The Captain struggles to remember the last time he had such good, clean, unadulterated fun. Well, perhaps the Captain has been living under a rock for too long...

Anyway, this is about the fun...too many words will spoil the post. Or to mention one of the seemingly endless (mis)quotes from IL, one might say "Too many people will kill the cook". He meant to say "Too many cooks spoil the broth". Yet another gem from IL...

The star of the show was undoubtedly our very own Borat, but better than him perhaps, the one and only mighty Markorat!

Markorat starts the show with what will be a trademark pose from now on...

Laddette, looking nice and tanned

The arrival of MV and KN

Settling in and checking out the scene

My, aren't they lovely...

Markorat with one of his fans

KN, in an orange top which obviously signifies her undying allegiance for the orange building (because we all know how much she loves it, eh) and the Markorat fan

Markorat and KN

Queen of Bollywood and Markorat

Markorat is really busy today, posing with fans, some of whom really wear the skimpiest of outfits...c'mon give the rest of us lesser men a chance with them laydeeez!

Boy, Markorat is hot...if only the Captain were as popular with the gals

Ah yes...laddette shows off her silky football skills

MV matches that with a sweet right foot...

You know, if you're under a mistletoe, you have to kiss...but what if you're under a coconut tree?


3 chicks auditioning to be the next Bond gal, with BB as the new B*n "Don't call me uncle" Bond. My money's on laddette to make it...and MV to play the traditional villainess with a incredibly suggestive name like "Pussy Galore". KN will have a cameo role somewhere as a waitress in some chinese restaurant :-p

Chillin' out...

AAR and RC join the party...

Playing "monkey" in the water...NT tries to tackle DD

Erm...NT's hand looks like it's reaching into KN

MS shows off her ball catching skills...and her thighs.

I'm sure there must be some reason for this photo...maybe it's got to do with the fact that RC has a major crush on XQ. I only said maybe hor...


Getting ready for charades. The Captain, personally, isn't a fan of this game, because he sucks at it big-time.

Isl*n* is actually E.T and he wants to phone home?

I like how MV can be so childlike and innocent at times, yet exude that womanly appeal


Err...need I say anything more about this pic? Must ask designer to crop the photo so that these two are closer together....

The gals fawn over BB's son...

XQ displays style and panache when handling a frisbee...it's clear that she plays frisbee pretty often.

Watch out, naked man walking!

One can imagine how BB was like when he was his son's age...son looks just like father!


Markorat being interviewed by one of the reporters from Orange Daily. "So what do you do in your spare time?" "What are your favourite foods?" "There's a rumour that you and XX were seen leaving the editorial storeroom together, hair dishevelled, clothes unbuttoned and all. Care to explain?"

The Markorat fan club just keeps getting bigger and bigger...

Never a moment of rest for him....

Markorat, prepping the ladies for a photo. "C'mon ladies, get into position quickly..I've to get a mani pedi and go for an oil massage soon!"

Fantastic...he truly is a star

The other star of the show was of course BB's son.

What a meaty display.

The sandcastles that BB's son made...

The megawatt smile that never wavers

BB and Markorat

Cool, staring off into the distance pose

From one extreme to the next...skimpily clothed and now fully dressed

Markorat plays frisky frisbee with his fans

Calm and composed as he waits for the frisbee to reach him

XQ is quite a picture, striking an elegant pose as she deftly tosses the frisbee

Meanwhile, NT decides to advance his tender age by several years by playing surrogate father to BB's son

Aww...ain't he just the cutest

People might mistake NT as the bald baddie trying to kidnap some poor kid

Ah, kids...sometimes, you never want them to grow up...you want them cute and small for as long as possible

After the beach, some of us adjourned to Holland V for dinner and a drink...

NT looks scary

"I'll be your wingman anytime, bro!"

Dangerous D*ve and Bodylicious B**n Hw**

KN and BH

Markorat just can't get enough of that thumbs-up pose

The 3 Shaolin Monks

Are they long-lost brothers?

Markorat has quite a range of facial expressions, some of which give him a debonair look...the kind of devil-may-care attitude


Till the next beach outing...