Wet look used to be THE look. Then became the matt look. Apparently, now the Mat look is the rage.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Finished
Saw this that day at the pharmacy.
Wet look used to be THE look. Then became the matt look. Apparently, now the Mat look is the rage.
Wet look used to be THE look. Then became the matt look. Apparently, now the Mat look is the rage.
DUI
Saw this Ferrari the other day. Nothing special except for its license plate.
DUI = Driving Under Influence.
DUI = Driving Under Influence.
Burning Stuff
Despite the haze, people are still burning stuff in the open. While I’ll reserve my comments on the practice of burning paper money, at least they should burn in the allocated metal bins.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
More F-1 Madness
This F1 tix thing for my birthday is getting more interesting.
I can't rem if I mentioned this but my boss decided to give the other ticket, which came in a pair when they bought mine, to be in a company lucky draw.
They announced the winner today in a mass email to everyone in the company. It was an uncle dude who cleaned our offices. So it was quite a nice person to win it. There was even a pic of him holding the tix, which of course looked exactly like mine.
Then one dude, a car park executive, whose name is Joe Boh. (His name is already a joke to me), replied to ALL with a "wah liew", complete with his email signature.
Within 5 mins, the entire office was abuzz with Zuo Bo's mass email. ZB sits in the B1 office so the majority of us don't ever see him. But we heard that he immediately called the IT dude to ask to recall the email.
Too bad, cannot.
20 mins later, he sent an apology to everyone.
"Dear all, Kindly accept my humble apology for the earlier mail sent out in error. Sorry for any inconvience caused. Thank you for your kind understanding."
Yes, "inconvenience" was spelt wrongly.
The apology totally cracked me up man. Wahahhahahahahhah. Its five hours since it happened and I'm still laughing to myself.
I can't rem if I mentioned this but my boss decided to give the other ticket, which came in a pair when they bought mine, to be in a company lucky draw.
They announced the winner today in a mass email to everyone in the company. It was an uncle dude who cleaned our offices. So it was quite a nice person to win it. There was even a pic of him holding the tix, which of course looked exactly like mine.
Then one dude, a car park executive, whose name is Joe Boh. (His name is already a joke to me), replied to ALL with a "wah liew", complete with his email signature.
Within 5 mins, the entire office was abuzz with Zuo Bo's mass email. ZB sits in the B1 office so the majority of us don't ever see him. But we heard that he immediately called the IT dude to ask to recall the email.
Too bad, cannot.
20 mins later, he sent an apology to everyone.
"Dear all, Kindly accept my humble apology for the earlier mail sent out in error. Sorry for any inconvience caused. Thank you for your kind understanding."
Yes, "inconvenience" was spelt wrongly.
The apology totally cracked me up man. Wahahhahahahahhah. Its five hours since it happened and I'm still laughing to myself.
Monday, September 14, 2009
GPS
Bought a GPS over the weekend. Finally bought one after nearly two years of consideration. Hope this gives me better directions in life.
Eau
Got this in some mailer.. Eau de Toliette from Manchester United? Who wants to smell like Ryan Giggs after a 90 minute match? Brings a new meaning to smelling like a champion.
Friday, September 11, 2009
F1-ed
After some deliberations, they decided to give me one set of the 3-day pass instead. So pai seh.. and the list of people who shared in the present was my King and boss and some of the SVPs in King's company and even some secretaries. Now i really feel bad that even secretaries are involved. Eeps.. so now i have 1 set of quite decent tickets which i probably think i HAVE to go cos my boss might ask me abt it.. hot and sticky weekends ahead for moi..
Comma
Read this in the news that day… doesn’t sound very right on the first read, but thank goodness they had the comma in the right place.
Instead of offering something for everyone, shops could focus on serving certain niche groups, such as older shoppers, to improve their odds of survival.
Instead of offering something for everyone, shops could focus on serving certain niche groups, such as older shoppers, to improve their odds of survival.
Nine Word
Nine Words Women Use
(1) Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.
(2) Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.
(3) Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.
(4) Go Ahead! : This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!
(5) Loud Sigh: This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often mis! understood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to # 3 for the meaning of nothing.)
(6) That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.
(7) Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just say you're welcome. (I want to add in a clause here - This is true, unless she says 'Thanks a lot' - that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say 'you're welcome' .. that will bring on a 'whatever').
(8) Whatever: Is a woman's way of saying F-- YOU!
(9) Don't worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking 'What's wrong?' For the woman's response refer to # 3.!
I thanked my colleague for sending this to me and she said “whoa....u sound so serious.....but best to heed the advice cos u will never understand women !!! i dun understand women too...... hahahaha”
My reply was “ Im glad im a man cos I’d hate not to be able to understand myself”
(1) Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.
(2) Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.
(3) Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.
(4) Go Ahead! : This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!
(5) Loud Sigh: This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often mis! understood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to # 3 for the meaning of nothing.)
(6) That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.
(7) Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just say you're welcome. (I want to add in a clause here - This is true, unless she says 'Thanks a lot' - that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say 'you're welcome' .. that will bring on a 'whatever').
(8) Whatever: Is a woman's way of saying F-- YOU!
(9) Don't worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking 'What's wrong?' For the woman's response refer to # 3.!
I thanked my colleague for sending this to me and she said “whoa....u sound so serious.....but best to heed the advice cos u will never understand women !!! i dun understand women too...... hahahaha”
My reply was “ Im glad im a man cos I’d hate not to be able to understand myself”
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Update: F1
Latest update on the F1 tix…
My colleague who was tasked by the Establishment to buy the F1 tickets told me that she had already bought the tickets before my boss actually asked me. Apparently, my boss actually wanted to give me a pair of $300 tickets but some people thought it might be too extravagant to give me such an expensive gift so decided to only give 1.
Now they don’t know what to do with the tickets. *gulp*
My colleague, who’s also an AVP, told me I was lucky, cos all she got for her birthday was expired chocolates and spa voucher. Asked me to sign that deal in Malaysia to repay the Establishment’s kindness.
*gulp*
My colleague who was tasked by the Establishment to buy the F1 tickets told me that she had already bought the tickets before my boss actually asked me. Apparently, my boss actually wanted to give me a pair of $300 tickets but some people thought it might be too extravagant to give me such an expensive gift so decided to only give 1.
Now they don’t know what to do with the tickets. *gulp*
My colleague, who’s also an AVP, told me I was lucky, cos all she got for her birthday was expired chocolates and spa voucher. Asked me to sign that deal in Malaysia to repay the Establishment’s kindness.
*gulp*
Thursday, September 03, 2009
F1 Madness
My boss called me to his room yesterday and mentioned that “they” (don’t know who “they” was) wanted to get me a 30th birthday present (???) and thought of buying me an F1 ticket. They even identified the location of where’s good to sit – The Esplanade Grandstand.
But the thing is they only want to buy one ticket (S$298) but tickets are sold in a pair. So he asked me to go find someone who would be willing to go with me and buy the other half of the ticket then they’d buy the other ticket for me for my birthday.
I thought that was kinda weird… there’s so many conditions in order for me to get my present, which I wasn’t expecting in the first place. Why cant “they” just get me a pair of cheaper tickets? Or something else that cost around $300 if that’s the budget.
Very weird.
I had told him I’ll go look for someone and today I told him I couldn’t find anyone. Hee hee..
But the thing is they only want to buy one ticket (S$298) but tickets are sold in a pair. So he asked me to go find someone who would be willing to go with me and buy the other half of the ticket then they’d buy the other ticket for me for my birthday.
I thought that was kinda weird… there’s so many conditions in order for me to get my present, which I wasn’t expecting in the first place. Why cant “they” just get me a pair of cheaper tickets? Or something else that cost around $300 if that’s the budget.
Very weird.
I had told him I’ll go look for someone and today I told him I couldn’t find anyone. Hee hee..
Putting
Sox actually gave me this thing the last time we played golf. I had mentioned that I wanted to get a practice thingy for putting. You know those with a length of faux grass and you practice your putts by hitting it into a hole.
He said he had many sets and offered to give me one.
Kio dio.
So I was quite surprised he passed me this box.
Inside it’s like this… a “screwed-up” putter. (Hahahaha)
And you put the horseshoe shape thingy on the ground and aim with the screwed-up putter and hit. Quite interesting idea.. quite mobile…
He said he had many sets and offered to give me one.
Kio dio.
So I was quite surprised he passed me this box.
Inside it’s like this… a “screwed-up” putter. (Hahahaha)
And you put the horseshoe shape thingy on the ground and aim with the screwed-up putter and hit. Quite interesting idea.. quite mobile…
WWII
Interesting article on the differing views on the various parties involved in WWII. I love reading about WWII and I have read most of Stephen Ambrose’s books on WWII. He wrote Band of Brothers, which was the basis of Saving Private Ryan and the tv series Band of Brothers.
Its surprising that an event as such is construed by so many people in different ways, either consciously or through the lies of others.
EUROPEANS mark this week the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II, which took more than 60million lives and ushered in the worst barbarities in human history.
The main commemoration was held in Poland, the first nation to be attacked by Nazi Germany. It was a moving affair which ended on a high note when German Chancellor Angela Merkel, representing the country which started it all, spoke of a 'Europe which transformed itself from a continent of horror and violence into a continent of freedom and peace'.
Yet almost everyone who attended the commemoration still holds a different impression of that war and its implications. The battle for historic memory continues, and is unlikely to be settled for decades to come.
Russia represents the most extreme example of how the same set of historic events can be interpreted in diametrically opposed ways.
As heirs to the Soviet Union, the Russians feel proud of their World War II achievement. Bedraggled and often barefoot, Red Army soldiers pushed all the way to Berlin, an epic march soaked at every step in Russian blood.
Unfortunately, that's only part of the story. For on the eve of the war, Josef Stalin, the Soviet leader, signed a deal with Adolf Hitler. The Soviets claimed at that time that this was merely a 'non-aggression pact' designed to prevent a European war.
In fact, under secret clauses to the deal, Stalin carved up the continent with Germany. So, as German troops marched into Poland in 1939, the Soviets took their share of Poland, and swallowed up the Baltic states and a chunk of Romania as well. The Soviets entered the war only in 1941, when they were themselves attacked by Nazi Germany.
For a brief period after the collapse of the Soviet Union, some Russians were prepared to accept that their country's conduct during the war had been less than honourable. But those days are gone.
For, just as the commemorations got under way in Poland this week, the Russian security services released a batch of documents which, they claim, justify the Soviet Union's behaviour.
Under the new Russian interpretation, the USSR signed the pact with Nazi Germany in 1939 because it knew that the Poles were, supposedly, plotting with the Nazis to invade the Soviet Union.
The Poles - who could be accused of many things, but never of being Germany's allies - are outraged.'Absolute rubbish,' says historian Mariusz Wolos of Poland's Academy of Sciences, who points out that the Russian evidence does not stack up. However, facts are unimportant in this game, for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wants to instil a new sense of pride among his people, and this means a refusal to admit that Russia was ever wrong. Under a new Russian law, anyone who challenges official history is committing a criminal offence.
Although Russia's behaviour stands out in this regard, almost every other European nation suffers from its own selective amnesia about some inconvenient historic episodes.
The Poles, for example, still find it difficult to admit that though they were the war's biggest victims, they were also sometimes complicit in the destruction of Europe's Jews. Few Polish children know that the last anti-Jewish pogrom in their country took place a year after Poland was liberated from Nazi Germany.
For decades, the French lapped up every story about their heroic resistance to Nazi occupation. It was only much later that stories about collaboration with the German occupiers began to emerge. Even Mr Francois Mitterrand, France's president during the 1980s, turned out to have been a former collaborator.
And the British have their own myths. Their failure to defend France during the war is often portrayed as a victory. And the carpet-bombing of German towns, which caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of ordinary German civilians, is frequently brushed aside as mere detail.
More interestingly, however, the Germans are moving in the opposite direction, by challenging taboos that they themselves created. For over half a century, Germans did not speak about themselves, but about the crimes they committed against others. As Chancellor Merkel put it this week, her nation 'bears eternal responsibility' for what happened.
Nevertheless, the Germans now want their own suffering to be remembered. In particular, they ask Europe to acknowledge another crime committed at the end of the war: the wholesale expulsion of millions of Germans from Eastern Europe, for no other reason than pure revenge.
One historic 'mental block', however, is shared by all Europeans: a refusal to accept any responsibility for spreading their conflict to other continents. The horrors of the war in Asia are remembered only in so far as they affected European citizens and soldiers. What happened to the Chinese or Koreans - to name but two afflicted Asian nations - is no longer Europe's affair.
The fact that Europeans have a guilty conscience about their past does not suggest that responsibility for the war should be shared in equal measures among the combatants. The ultimate culprit of the war remains Nazi Germany and its manic leadership.
But the arguments are a reminder that, regardless of globalisation and decades of collaboration, historic memories still remain a strictly national affair.
One day, a common narrative of Europe's biggest tragedy may emerge. Until that happens, the continent will not be truly united. For no country that hides its past will be able to tell the truth about its future.
Its surprising that an event as such is construed by so many people in different ways, either consciously or through the lies of others.
EUROPEANS mark this week the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II, which took more than 60million lives and ushered in the worst barbarities in human history.
The main commemoration was held in Poland, the first nation to be attacked by Nazi Germany. It was a moving affair which ended on a high note when German Chancellor Angela Merkel, representing the country which started it all, spoke of a 'Europe which transformed itself from a continent of horror and violence into a continent of freedom and peace'.
Yet almost everyone who attended the commemoration still holds a different impression of that war and its implications. The battle for historic memory continues, and is unlikely to be settled for decades to come.
Russia represents the most extreme example of how the same set of historic events can be interpreted in diametrically opposed ways.
As heirs to the Soviet Union, the Russians feel proud of their World War II achievement. Bedraggled and often barefoot, Red Army soldiers pushed all the way to Berlin, an epic march soaked at every step in Russian blood.
Unfortunately, that's only part of the story. For on the eve of the war, Josef Stalin, the Soviet leader, signed a deal with Adolf Hitler. The Soviets claimed at that time that this was merely a 'non-aggression pact' designed to prevent a European war.
In fact, under secret clauses to the deal, Stalin carved up the continent with Germany. So, as German troops marched into Poland in 1939, the Soviets took their share of Poland, and swallowed up the Baltic states and a chunk of Romania as well. The Soviets entered the war only in 1941, when they were themselves attacked by Nazi Germany.
For a brief period after the collapse of the Soviet Union, some Russians were prepared to accept that their country's conduct during the war had been less than honourable. But those days are gone.
For, just as the commemorations got under way in Poland this week, the Russian security services released a batch of documents which, they claim, justify the Soviet Union's behaviour.
Under the new Russian interpretation, the USSR signed the pact with Nazi Germany in 1939 because it knew that the Poles were, supposedly, plotting with the Nazis to invade the Soviet Union.
The Poles - who could be accused of many things, but never of being Germany's allies - are outraged.'Absolute rubbish,' says historian Mariusz Wolos of Poland's Academy of Sciences, who points out that the Russian evidence does not stack up. However, facts are unimportant in this game, for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wants to instil a new sense of pride among his people, and this means a refusal to admit that Russia was ever wrong. Under a new Russian law, anyone who challenges official history is committing a criminal offence.
Although Russia's behaviour stands out in this regard, almost every other European nation suffers from its own selective amnesia about some inconvenient historic episodes.
The Poles, for example, still find it difficult to admit that though they were the war's biggest victims, they were also sometimes complicit in the destruction of Europe's Jews. Few Polish children know that the last anti-Jewish pogrom in their country took place a year after Poland was liberated from Nazi Germany.
For decades, the French lapped up every story about their heroic resistance to Nazi occupation. It was only much later that stories about collaboration with the German occupiers began to emerge. Even Mr Francois Mitterrand, France's president during the 1980s, turned out to have been a former collaborator.
And the British have their own myths. Their failure to defend France during the war is often portrayed as a victory. And the carpet-bombing of German towns, which caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of ordinary German civilians, is frequently brushed aside as mere detail.
More interestingly, however, the Germans are moving in the opposite direction, by challenging taboos that they themselves created. For over half a century, Germans did not speak about themselves, but about the crimes they committed against others. As Chancellor Merkel put it this week, her nation 'bears eternal responsibility' for what happened.
Nevertheless, the Germans now want their own suffering to be remembered. In particular, they ask Europe to acknowledge another crime committed at the end of the war: the wholesale expulsion of millions of Germans from Eastern Europe, for no other reason than pure revenge.
One historic 'mental block', however, is shared by all Europeans: a refusal to accept any responsibility for spreading their conflict to other continents. The horrors of the war in Asia are remembered only in so far as they affected European citizens and soldiers. What happened to the Chinese or Koreans - to name but two afflicted Asian nations - is no longer Europe's affair.
The fact that Europeans have a guilty conscience about their past does not suggest that responsibility for the war should be shared in equal measures among the combatants. The ultimate culprit of the war remains Nazi Germany and its manic leadership.
But the arguments are a reminder that, regardless of globalisation and decades of collaboration, historic memories still remain a strictly national affair.
One day, a common narrative of Europe's biggest tragedy may emerge. Until that happens, the continent will not be truly united. For no country that hides its past will be able to tell the truth about its future.
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Snowie
Snow Leopard reached me yesterday. So quick. Order on Sunday night, arrived on Tuesday. Chop chop curry pop.
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Smashed
"He looks unbelievable on TV but playing against it was even tougher," said Britton. "It was so scary. I was pretty scared."
"His forehand is just crazy," Britton said. "I tried to keep it away, but sometimes I just hit it there just to see it. It's really pretty to watch."
Devin Britton played Roger Federer in the first round of the US Open and lost 6-1, 6-3, 7-5 to the Fed Express and those were his words. Haha.. “…just hit it there just to see it.”
"His forehand is just crazy," Britton said. "I tried to keep it away, but sometimes I just hit it there just to see it. It's really pretty to watch."
Devin Britton played Roger Federer in the first round of the US Open and lost 6-1, 6-3, 7-5 to the Fed Express and those were his words. Haha.. “…just hit it there just to see it.”
Font Fondness
The Internet is a treasure trove of information which has allowed me to cast my eye across the globe and one of the things it has opened my eyes to is the things that people are passionate about. I have read about people passionate about golf (YAY!), IT, badminton (YAY!), makeup, etc etc. But.. fonts??? How can anyone be THAT passionate about fonts???!??!
The article that drew my attention was this headline “Ikea's new catalogue typeface hit by cyber backlash”. I then went to the forum mentioned - Typophile (http://www.typophile.com) and found the thread in question.(http://www.typophile.com/node/61222).
Never thought anyone could get that up in arms about the choice of fonts and how it warms corporate values, warmth, and innovation and being cheap.. Amazing really. Just to bring some context to this post, Verdena is a free font but Futura is not free.
The article that drew my attention was this headline “Ikea's new catalogue typeface hit by cyber backlash”. I then went to the forum mentioned - Typophile (http://www.typophile.com) and found the thread in question.(http://www.typophile.com/node/61222).
Never thought anyone could get that up in arms about the choice of fonts and how it warms corporate values, warmth, and innovation and being cheap.. Amazing really. Just to bring some context to this post, Verdena is a free font but Futura is not free.
Goof Ball
I havent been blogging about golf of late.
I went to JB with Sox two weekends ago, ostensibly cos it’s his 30th but more cos he was available to go.
It was an improvement from my previous games. That doesn’t say much. In any case, with my scores, it isn’t very difficult to show an improvement.
Here’s a picture of this hole at Palm Resort. The hole and the tee is separated by a large expanse of water. I think I probably hit two balls into the water man.
Anyway I am thinking of going for an intermediate course with Sox’s instructor to bring my game to another level. Just didn’t have time to get down to doing it. Havent touched my clubs for 2 weeks now. L
Hope I can sew up my deal and move along.
I went to JB with Sox two weekends ago, ostensibly cos it’s his 30th but more cos he was available to go.
It was an improvement from my previous games. That doesn’t say much. In any case, with my scores, it isn’t very difficult to show an improvement.
Here’s a picture of this hole at Palm Resort. The hole and the tee is separated by a large expanse of water. I think I probably hit two balls into the water man.
Anyway I am thinking of going for an intermediate course with Sox’s instructor to bring my game to another level. Just didn’t have time to get down to doing it. Havent touched my clubs for 2 weeks now. L
Hope I can sew up my deal and move along.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Dieting
After a somewhat filling weekend with Michelangelo’s, Coca, Provence, California Pizza Kitchen and Canale, I decided to go for a low carb lunch and went for fish soup with a bowl of rice. (I said low carb, not no carb)
It was relatively satisfying but I have no doubt I’ll be hungry later.
My colleague wanted to buy crystal jade egg tart for tea time and I tagged along. Then I saw this...
Man, they always make it so difficult to diet.
But im glad to report that I declined my colleague’s offer of the free egg tart she got.
It was relatively satisfying but I have no doubt I’ll be hungry later.
My colleague wanted to buy crystal jade egg tart for tea time and I tagged along. Then I saw this...
Man, they always make it so difficult to diet.
But im glad to report that I declined my colleague’s offer of the free egg tart she got.
Sweets!
Saw these hand made sweets at a shop in Central.
Made from a long rod of hardened candy and then “hand chopped” by the staff. Imagine the effort trying to do the little images in the centre of the sweet.
Made from a long rod of hardened candy and then “hand chopped” by the staff. Imagine the effort trying to do the little images in the centre of the sweet.
Rare Sight
Caught a rare sight today..someone entering the phonebooth and using a phone card. However, he came out after a while and went to another booth and subsequently left that booth too. Probably none of the phones work anymore.
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