Life, the universe, and everything

Food hunting course

2011-02-21T18:12:00.000+08:00

its been a while since i walked home with the afternoon sun shining down on me on a weekday. It feels great =)

Since i started working, i left home before the sun rises and reach home either in the evening or dusk. Hardly is there a chance to see the afternoon sun and the crowd it brings.

its always good to take a break from work with a nice course which brings you somewhere away from your workplace.

Today is the first of 4 days of my course at tiong bahru.

rather than a work related course, it seems more like a food hunting course where my colleague and I went to try out different foods around the area known for its good food.

today we wanted to head to tiong bahru market but it was closed. went to a nearby coffee shop which was pretty old school.

it has the malaysian coffeeshop flavour where there's only 1 or 2 food stalls and 1 drink stall in a street corner with those old furniture and setting.

and you know usually they serve pretty delicious food. I tried the yong tau foo there. not the typical ones where u can choose the dish but they have a fixed portion of fish cake and some other stuff with noodles.

its really nice ! I was tempted to try the other stall selling vegetarian noodles cos it smells really good but i think i could go back another day.

Chinese New Year cum Valentine

2010-02-17T19:43:00.003+08:00

Hello everyone ! hope you had a good new year.

mine was all about eating and watching tv, playing cards and more eating haha.

caught this show call "Love is elsewhere" 愛情萬歲 while i was in msia and saw a few pretty actresses.

yumiko cheng as Sandra Sherman Chung as Ching

Somehow i find a resemblence between yumiko and Coco Jiang from Hot Shots.

Coco Jiang

gaga over Lady Gaga

2009-12-28T23:59:00.002+08:00

Lady GaGa is like the fashion lady of 2009. Can't seem to get this song out of my head.

Papa - Paparazzi ~

My first in-camp training

2009-12-18T18:12:00.004+08:00

Things to take note :

first day bring pt rig. wear smart 4 to camp. subsequently will be civilian.

drink more water. carry a water bottle around as the weather can be very hot.

bring money or wallet around so that do not have to go up to take.

have sufficient sleep. walking up at 6am is no joke. have to sleep earlier so as to have energy the next day.

Waffletown at Balmoral Plaza

2009-12-06T02:21:00.002+08:00

Check out WaffleTown for good and cheap waffle !

waffle + ice cream for just around $4

and a cup of coffee for less than $2.

at balmoral plaza. @ bt timah road.

American style diner serving western food as well.

Here's Your "WARPLAN" To Meet & Date S'pore Women

2009-11-21T12:50:00.000+08:00

I'm going to state one "hard-to-admit" scenario that most guys in
S'pore experience (but WON'T know what to do about it)...

Here goes.

Ever faced a Saturday (or your off-day) when you're at home -
feeling BORED, thinking there's something BETTER to do than to stay
in your room...

... and knowing you're better off someplace else... like out
SOCIALIZING with women.

It's one of those: "I'm missing out something... a piece of the
action" kind of feeling. (You silently know there's something about
"women and dating" you should move your butt on)

Yet, before long, ANOTHER feeling sets in.

It's this STUCK feeling - like you want to do something but don't
know where to START.

So that feeling lingers...

In the end, you simply convince yourself you'll just stay home.
Discouraged and thinking, "I'll do something... maybe next time."

Yikes...

Now here's the thing - It's easy to 'want to get good with women'
but feeling unmotivated at the same time.

That's a YUCKY trap that you might be caught in.

So what to do?

Here's a 'break out of the yuck' idea you can use...

I want you to create a "hitlist" of women (not the perfect word I
know, but let's just use it for now).

Actually it's 2 hitlists -

1) A list of girls you want to APPROACH
2) A list of single DATE-ABLE girls you already know

Let's start with the first one - your APPROACH hitlist.

Grab a fresh piece of paper and a pen.

First let your mind "wide-roam" and come up with some women whom
you can approach (look at your everyday life, it's a good reference
to start)

To give you an idea...

Example APPROACH hitlist:

a) That girl standing at the same spot every morning while I'm
waiting for mrt

b) That new lady who just joined the marketing department of the
company

c) That woman working at the handphone shop next to my house

d) That cute girl in the gym who appears every Thursday

- etc...

So come up with your own approach hitlist, think without
restricting your mind (and don't let your mind rest until you've
came up with AT LEAST 3).

Moving on, take another paper and jot your DATE-ABLE women hitlist.

Again, these are single ladies whom you ALREADY knew and you
perceive them to be of date-able quality.

Note: For some guys it may be tempting to just easily brush off and
think there isn't any woman to date. Refrain from doing that... DIG
deep.

Example DATE-ABLE women hitlist:

a) 21 year-old air stewardess I got introduced to by my cousin at
his wedding last year

b) That woman I worked with 3 years ago at the temp job

c) That secondary school crush whom I still have her contact number
(she might be still single now)

d) My army buddy's sister I got to know at a chalet

- etc...

Go through your past and present to extract as much as possible a
list of single females to possibly date.

Such an act WIDENS your reality of 'possibilities with women'.

Now, let's KICK-START everything.

Grab a calendar (with big square spaces on each day) and start
filling up the days - WHEN you'll be approaching the ladies in your
hitlist and WHEN you'll be calling the ladies out for dates.

Then take FEROCIOUS committed action on it.

The entire thing is like your social 'warplan'...

... and if you ever find yourself wanting to go out to 'make things
happen' with women but your mind is caught in cement, refer to this
'plan' to break out of it.

Do the above and if you want to add more S'pore-focused ATTRACTION
skills and word-by-word phrases to make your conversations with any
woman you talk to smoothly comfortable...

... and obtain for yourself more gals' phone numbers and dates,
check out my ebook - "The Ultimate Singapore Girl-Getter" along
with its 2 BONUS reports (and one additional special bonus).

See it at:
http://www.seductionsingapore.com/ultimatebook

Note: This ebook and its bonuses is instantly downloadable (you can
be reading it and taking notes twenty minutes from now). I've also
added an alternate option of using ATM and Internet banking as a
means for you to own a copy.

That's it, take good care of your dating life.

With Respect,
Skilldo

P.S: Acting on the 'exercise' above in this e-letter will put you
one step AHEAD of other guys in Singapore to become successful with
gals.

Buxomly Taiwanese singer Yao Yao to visit Singapore

2009-11-12T23:23:00.002+08:00

Known for ample chest and petite frame, 19-year-old voluptuous singer Guo Shu Yao (better known as Yao Yao) has plans to give away some 'loving hugs' when she comes to Singapore this Friday to promote her latest music album, Love's Embrace, and to hold a meet-and-greet session with fans.

At 1.54m with impressive E-cups, she rose to instant fame due to her curvaceous and cute appearance. To promote her music album, she has been traveling around Taiwan distributing hugs to fans. A few days ago, she was at Taiwan's Nangang software park distributing hugs to the engineers around the area.

Labeled as The Next Big Thing, her events are estimated to cost S$10,000 each. And the singer has received at least 10 different invitations so far.

Apart from her rising popularity in Taiwan, Yao Yao is also famous in Hong Kong. She is estimated to be worth a six-figure sum in Hong Kong dollars and is rumoured to earn a total of S$250,000 by the end of this year.

Details of Yao Yao's Singapore vist:
Date: November 13
Time: 12 noon
Location: Changi Airport Terminal 1
Flight number: BR 225

"Zombie Game" or How to Bring them Back from the Dead

2009-11-09T01:12:00.003+08:00

Men are simple creatures. Give us women, sports, alcohol and zombie films and I think most of us are more than happy. In the past it is clear that anytime we can merge a few of these things together it's fair to assume that the following creation is almost always a success.

Game night in the local bar with a group of hot chicks... Movie theatres that show zombie flicks and allow you to drink alcohol at the same time... The movie Zombie Strippers featuring the porn star Jenna Jameson... Ok maybe not the last one so much, but in general these are good combinations. So it won't be surprising for you to learn that I had a massive celebration after I discovered one of my favourite tactics to help in the battle to understand the opposite sex, namely the art of Zombie Game or, for want of a better description, how to bring them back from the dead!

First of all, let's take a look at the average woman and the way she handles a guy who gets her phone number. We can break it down into a simple format or system as shown below;

A) You exchange numbers and she likes you

B) You exchange numbers and she doesn't like you

C) You exchange numbers and at first she likes you but then she doesn't

D) You exchange numbers and at first she doesn't like you but then she does

Four simple options, some have great outcomes some not so great. Lets narrow it down a bit, because some of them we really don't have to worry about. A and D pretty much handle themselves. At the end of the day the result of these two is that you end up with the girl, in the case of D it may have taken a bit of "game" on your end but the simple fact remains you managed to pull it off. With regards to this particular article we can ignore those two.

What we're interested in are the two that don't go anywhere. B and C these two options share one incredibly simple characteristic. The girl doesn't like you. It's plain and simple. You send a few more messages to her and attempt to "game" her, but for whatever reason you've just managed to fail and she's lost interest. Soon enough she gets bored with replying and stops. Then you stop messaging her and for all intents and purposes she is considered "dead" to you.

Normally you would leave her number in your phone as a "ghost" of the memory of the relationship that could've been. If only you had said "this" instead or perhaps you should have done "that," it doesn't matter, she is lost, dead to you...Or is she?

What if there was some kind of magic voodoo that we could perform that would bring her back from the dead?

Some kind of magic ritual that would enable us to once again take a chance at "gaming" her and perhaps getting her to realise that we aren't the tool bag she initially first thought. After all, sometimes in the cold light of day the "funny" text message you sent at 3 a.m when half drunk may actually seem pretty lame now.

The good news for you is that women are not like men. They don't enjoy keeping ghosts in their closets as reminders of all the weirdos that have hit on them. They do something very rational in their minds. To ensure they never have to deal with that person again, and so they don't have to have the temptation of calling they decide to put them out of their life for good.

They delete the number.

So what we have here is a girl who you've been attracted to, met only once in a bar, made a pretty lame first impression with and who has then after a few simple text exchanges grown bored/lost interest and deleted your number.

This gives you the ability to work some incredible social voodoo.

You see, after 3 months or so she is unlikely to remember who you are. However you can be sure that any girl's number that is sitting in your phone is someone who you were attracted to enough to at least get her number. Over a period of 3 months of going out "gaming" its fair to assume you're going to have a good solid collection of girls phone numbers for people who for whatever reason just didn't go anywhere. All you have to do is BRING THEM BACK FROM THE DEAD!!!!

The idea is simple. You first send a text message designed to trigger a great deal of curiosity due to it being interesting or funny enough to attract her attention. When she realises she doesn't know who has sent it she should be curious enough to reply and voila! You've successfully gotten into a position where you can speak to her all over again from scratch making a brand new first impression and, in video game terms, gain a second life so you can attempt to succeed where you failed last time.

So lets look at possible messages that could trigger a response. Remember you're going to have the best results with your own personalised messages. If everyone reading this simply copies it word for word people are going to work it out REALLY quickly.

So lets look at some examples;

Quirky

"OMG I've just come home to my house to discover an infestation of smurf's. What should I do?"

Funny

"So I've got this problem I need help with... What's orange and sounds like a parrot?" (The Answer is a carrot - keep in mind that almost any joke would work)

Interesting

"So if you came home to find someone's sex toys on your sofa how are you supposed to react?"

These are just a few quick examples, of course from these it's pretty easy to see what you're looking to do. Don't make the mistake of trying to personalise them for each person.

Just mass send them out to every number in your phone book who hasn't been texting you recently. Not all will respond, but you're going to find that a good bunch of them do, more than you'll be able to realistically be able to meet up with at least, which is going to keep you busy for a while.

The response are going to range from funny response which will be easy to reply to down to;

"Do I know you?/Who are you?"

The easiest catch all response I've found for this is to reply, either;

a) "Actually I've no idea how we know each other, I sent that message out to a few friends and accidentally added you too it, lol. Still, you must be cool if I've got you in my phone so what's your answer?"

b) "I think we met a while back and you wanted to take me to coffee but I never got back to you because I've been up to my eyeballs in work/travelling. I seem to remember you seemed pretty cool so I'm curious, what's your answer?"

Though of course you may need to improvise the answers if they vary too much from this, though that's probably not a bad thing as it's going to help you relate to the person a lot easier.

Zombie game is a very powerful tool and one which shouldn't be abused. You really want to stick to doing these mass texts sporadically no more than every 3 months or so, (otherwise you're going to end up spamming them) Still if you are going out and actively practicing then you should find that you have a good lump of numbers to send this out to. This is one of the best methods I've found of bringing dead interactions back to life, and helping you get a second chance with a girl you may have blown it with in the past.

Finally remember, this isn't a replacement for doing things correctly in the first place, it is simply an effective way of giving yourself a second chance with a girl you may have met previously and want another chance with once your skills at game have improved. After all your skill's with women should have significantly improved over a 3 month period.

Feel free to reproduce this article and share it with your friends, especially with those who have a habit of talking about the "girls that got away." Who knows, it may be just what they need to give them a solid second chance with her.

The best thing about this particular method is that it doesn't involve you having to go out to a club or coffee shops to hit on girls. You can do this from the comfort of your sofa with the sports on the TV, holding a nice brew in your hand whilst watching Jenna Jameson strutting her stuff on stage in a bad B-movie zombie horror flick.

Adam Lyons

Game, the Way it's Meant to be Played.

Top 10 Pick Up Epiphanies

2009-11-02T09:07:00.001+08:00

Top Ten Pick Up Epiphaniesby Neil Strauss

1. What you look like doesn't matter. But how you present yourself does.

2. Nobody is judging you. They're too busy worrying about what you think of them. So instead of seeking her approval, give her yours. Then take it away. Then give it to her again. This is called flirting.

3. Women like nice guys. They just don't like weak guys. So you can still be nice, but you mustalso be confident and strong-minded. In order for a woman to be with you, she needs to feel safe with you.

4. It's not enough to just be yourself. You must be your best self.

5. There's a thin, but important line between being horny and being sexual. A horny man hits ona woman before she’s attracted to him. A sexual man waits until he’s attracted her.

6. Just because you're interacting doesn't mean you're attracting. Learn to recognize the difference between politeness and interest.

7. To win the heart of a woman, you have to be willing to risk losing her.
8. When a girl you went on a date with in thepast or who suddenly disappeared on you calls youout of the blue, it generally means one thing –so call back right away before she finds someone else to be with that night.

9. Always call a woman the day after sleeping with her and make her feel good about having letgo with you. Even if you don't want to see her again or she doesn't want to see you again. Don't ruin her for other guys.

10. Finally, to quote the wisdom of Canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky, "You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take." So simply by approaching and saying something, no matter how badly you may bumble, you've dramatically increased your odds of being with her.

Best,
Neil

Super Import Nights 09

2009-10-18T21:37:00.001+08:00

Check out the babes here =)

No cars though. :S

Hello Kitty Credit Card

2009-10-11T20:59:00.001+08:00

Saw this pic in someone's avatar and i thought its pretty cute. I'm sure Hello Kitty lover's would like this =)

Nokia 5230

2009-09-08T13:36:00.000+08:00

NOKIA has a new addition in its touchscreen cellphone family which will be "competitively priced".
The 5230, with a 3.2-inch touchscreen, is aimed at those who use their cellphone as their main gizmo for music, photos and videos, as well as networking on sites like Facebook and MySpace.
Access to Nokia's online store - the Ovi Store - takes just one press of an icon.
The phone's music cred lies in its claim of 33 hours of playback time.
A 3.5mm port lets you plug your own choice of earphones in it.
Details of up to 20 friends can be stored on a Contacts bar which will gather their e-mail messages, phone call histories and photos in a convenient strip on the phone's home page.

sounds like a nice phone to me. consider buying if the price isn't too steep

Knockout Crab Beehoon at Fisherman’s Wharf

2009-09-08T13:29:00.002+08:00

Fisherman’s Wharf
Where: 9 Japanese Garden Road, Lakeside Fishing Village
Tel: 6266 5868

The Claypot Crab Bee Hoon was a knockout.

Lunch Guide

Singapore, September 7, 2009 - Fisherman’s Wharf, a cosy restaurant situated along Japanese Garden Road, is an idyllic venue for both families and office workers to enjoy a good meal.

Having selected their signature Executive Set Lunch, I started my meal with the Dual-style Prawn Fritters. The dish consists of two hefty red-legged sea prawns, one of which is coated with salted egg yolk, and the other with cheese.

The crisp and granular outer layer of the salted egg yolk is a delightful complement to the firm and springy flesh of the prawn within. The contrasting texture of the luscious cheese oozing all over the palate as one bites into the other prawns is just as pleasurable.

Next came the Supreme Tofu & Chicken Drumlet. Eat the tofu together with its toppings, which consist of cucumber slices Thai chilli sauce and chicken floss, so that you can experience the delectable combination of textures and flavours.

This dish, prepared with honey and fruit juices and topped with a sprinkling of fragrant sesame seeds, is rich in aroma and flavour.

The Claypot Crab Bee Hoon that came next was a knockout. As the owner advises, start savouring the crab first so that the vermicelli has enough time to “settle”. After you’ve spend the first 10 minutes or so tucking into the juicy crab meat, move on to the beehoon, which would have absorbed all the delightful flavours of the crab and garnishing by then.

Other dishes included in the set menu are the Dual-style Chinese Broccoli and Cocoon Cod Fish. The dessert – Bobo Hitam (black glutinous rice) with Yam Ice Cream – is a perfectly sweet way to wrap up the meal.

The entire set lunch is prices at $28.80, which is real value for money, if you ask me.

source : http://www.soshiok.com/articles/14074

Sounds yummy ! I love crab meat bee hoon so i think i will go and try this :P

Great conversation Starter For Picking Up Women During The Day

2009-09-01T00:24:00.001+08:00

An opening line from the video

Walk up to the first girl you see.

Hi there. How you going ? This may sound a little strange and a bit random

but i jus noticed you and had to come over and say hi.how you going ? I'm .

I know this is strange but it is very rare to see a stunning girl like you walk down the street

without any guy hanging around u. whats your story ? Whats your name ?

. Very nice to meet you . What have you got going apart from your looks ?

( Smile )

Attracting Women & Picking Up Women With Body Language

take a handful of coins put it in each pocket of both sides of your pants

if you hear the coins knock against each other, it means you are walking too fast.

What this does is that it helps to control your movement to slow yourself down

so you will appear more calm and composed, at the same time talk slower so it makes u look more smooth

Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition to open at The Arts House

2009-08-31T09:04:00.000+08:00

SINGAPORE: Singaporeans will be treated to a touch of history spanning over 5,000 years through the Dead Sea Scrolls and The Ancient World exhibition at The Arts House.

More than 100 artefacts will be featured in the exhibition — a first in Asia.

The exhibition includes four fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest—known Hebrew manuscripts of the bible.

Also on display is the Lunar Bible, so called because it is the first bible to be taken to the moon.

Visitors will also be treated to one of the earliest forms of written expression via clay cuneiform tablets.

They can also view the names of Polish Jews who survived the Nazi occupation through a Holocaust Survivor Scroll.

The Dead Sea Scrolls and The Ancient World exhibition opens Thursday and will run till September 20.

source : http://sg.news.yahoo.com/cna/20090826/tap-042-dead-sea-scrolls-exhibition-open-231650b.html

my love will get you home

2009-08-31T00:35:00.002+08:00

nice sub-theme in the drama series Heart of Greed =)

Another sub-theme song by Linda Chung and Raymond Lam

How to convert believers

2009-08-29T22:50:00.002+08:00

Just had another impactful sermon today

A lot of us are wondering how do we convince non-believers to become a believer ? Sometimes reality is so simple we get stunned.

All we need is to ask 2 questions :

Do you know that Jesus loves you ?
Do you want to accept Jesus' love for you ?

If the answer is yes for both, then you can start praying for your friend to let him accept Christ as his/her personal Lord and Saviour.

Meeting up with Ms Ponytail

2009-08-24T16:40:00.003+08:00

Been trying to arrange a meeting with her for quite a long time as she is perpetually busy but today is my lucky day I guess. =)

We met up somewhere between our workplace since its not too far off with just 1 bus ride away. I don't think I should be calling her ms ponytail anymore since she has ditched the schoolgirl hairstyle in favour of curls which I think also suits her current image of a office girl more.

I had dumpling noodles at the food centre near harborfront bus interchange which I think is pretty good, worth coming back again.

Signing off with a classic song - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

where got ghost ?

2009-08-24T00:26:00.002+08:00

caught the movie where got ghost ? today. I was a little disappointed since it was only partially funny at times and not scary for most of the time.

maybe its because i cannot understand hokkien so did not really catch some of the jokes they were mentioning.

But i think the first story is pretty bizzare yet amazing with this idea of combining telemarketing with temple donations and 4D.

23 winning combinations and with each winner contributing 20% of their winnings to them, its a sure win situation for them since they r giving all 10 000 numbers to people and surely some of them will strike.

Need more Sleep

2009-08-23T12:27:00.000+08:00

Been working for a week but feel sleepy everyday while at work. I can only blame myself for sleeping too late and too little so the sleep deficit builds up until the weekends.

Even during the weekend I sleep even later hence not helping the situation.

But from today I will ensure I get at least 8 hrs of sleep so that I will not become a zombie the next day and have enough energy to carry out the day's activities.

End off here with a song from 911 - Party People Friday Night

Celtic 0 - 2 Arsenal

2009-08-19T11:10:00.002+08:00

Fortune favours Gunners

William Gallas (43)
Gary Caldwell (og 71)

A deflection and an own goal helped Arsenal overcome Celtic in Glasgow to leave the Gunners with one foot in the Champions League group stages.
Arsenal took the lead two minutes before the break when William Gallas inadvertently diverted a Cesc Fabregas free-kick past Artur Boruc, and Gary Caldwell put through his own net in the 71st minute.

Only Barcelona and Dinamo Moscow, in the previous round, had beaten Celtic in the previous 36 European matches at Parkhead.

But Arsene Wenger's side enjoyed a comfortable second half to leave them in a commanding position ahead of next week's play-off second leg.

Barcelona have also lost at Celtic Park during that run, along with the likes of Juventus, AC Milan and Manchester United, but Celtic failed to put their latest visitors under serious pressure.

Although both sides had enjoyed comfortable away wins in their opening league wins on Saturday, Celtic manager Tony Mowbray opted for radical alterations to his frontline while Arsenal were unchanged following their 6-1 win at Everton.

source : http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=281614&cc=4716

Arsenal is off to a flying start ! I wonder if they will be able to maintain their consistency til the end of the season. Thomas Vermaelen seems like a good buy.

Heart of Greed on Ch 8

2009-08-16T15:28:00.000+08:00

Currently airing on ch 8 at 9pm every weekdays.

Great plot with excellent cast including Linda Chung whom I personally love ( Chang Zai Xin ).

Its really funny when da Bao and xiao Bao ( Tang Ren Jia and Tang Zhi An ) hatches some whacky idea and when it succeeds, they start laughing super loudly "heh heh heh heh" and shake their shoulders pointing their index finger while doing so.

2009-08-14T02:10:00.001+08:00

the mcdonalds girl who works night shift near my place is quite pretty. I wonder if its because she is the only one who wears make up and dyes her hair copper. She'd be even prettier if she is a little slimmer. =)

Happy National Day Singapore ~!

2009-08-09T17:20:00.000+08:00

its the 9th of August 2009 and it falls on a Sunday ! This means Monday will be a public holiday to all and I'm sure everyone is enjoying the long weekends.

Here's a video from ClickNetwork tv "Chick vs Dick" Paul and Kay Kay are tested on various popular Singaporean Songs in 'Don't Forget The Lyrics' style!

Enjoy the songs which some i'm sure you will find familiar having to sing them while in school.

Happy National Day everyone !

Up, Up and Away !

2009-08-09T01:47:00.000+08:00

Went to catch the movie UP.

its in 3D and costs $13 for weekend so if you haven't caught the show watch it on a weekday its only 10 dollars =)

this movie reminds us about the dreams and big goals we have a child but somehow they become forgotten or put aside due to other commitments in life.

therefore we should think about what we really want to achieve in life before they become hidden under a pile of everyday routine like work and become forgotten.

that aside, we can continue to plan bigger goals when we have achieved the first one so that we lead a purposeful and meaningful life.

the weird part about this movie is that in the beginning the old man walks v slowly with a walking stick but towards the end he comes a SUPER AGILE jacky chan once he enters South America where is trying to fulfill his wife's dream. I guess that's why its an animated movie. Anything goes.

Singapore's Nationwide Next Generation National Broadband Network Deployment On Track

2009-08-06T15:13:00.000+08:00

The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) today announced the successful achievement of the Contractual and Financial Close (CFC) by OpenNet, Singapore's Next Generation National Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN) Network Company (NetCo). OpenNet has been issued a Facilities-Based Operator Licence for it to commence the roll out of the Next Gen NBN 1.

As part of OpenNet's CFC, IDA has also approved its implementation plan of the Asset Company (AssetCo) which will be established as a business trust within 24 months of OpenNet's CFC. The AssetCo, as proposed by OpenNet in its NetCo Request-for-Proposal (RFP) submission, will own and control the relevant underlying passive infrastructure assets that are used to support OpenNet's deployment. These underlying assets, which include central offices, ducts and manholes, will be transferred from SingTel to AssetCo. By leveraging existing underlying assets, OpenNet will be able to achieve a speedy deployment with minimal disruption when civil works begin later this year.

SingTel will be required to reduce its unit holdings in the AssetCo to less than 25 per cent within 60 months of OpenNet's CFC, subject to SingTel obtaining relevant approvals. The management and operations of AssetCo will be undertaken by a neutral Trustee-Manager, which will
be an FBO licensee.

IDA today also signed the Next Gen NBN Operating Company (OpCo) contract with Nucleus Connect. As the OpCo of the Next Gen NBN, Nucleus Connect will be working with OpenNet, on a joint roll out plan towards achieving 60 per cent coverage of all residential premises and non-residential buildings by end 2010, and 95 per cent of all residential premises and non-residential buildings by 2012.

source : http://www.ida.gov.sg/News%20and%20Events/20050725173124.aspx?getPagetype=20

Stella Ng insists she's not broke

2009-08-06T15:08:00.000+08:00

Singer-actress Stella Ng recently celebrated the second anniversary of her chocolate cake shop, BLACK As Chocolate. She confirmed that she is engaged in a lawsuit with Awfully Chocolate and proceedings are currently being held in the Singapore courts. The singer refuted the bankruptcy reports and clarified that it was an unfair image portrayed by the company.

After Ng created her own cake label, BLACK As Chocolate, in 2007, she was sued by Awfully Chocolate for her violation of rights in both Taiwan and Singapore. The company demanded a compensation sum of S$280,000 on terms of breaking her contract with them. Her hesitations and refusal to pay up the compensation sum has led the high courts to declare her a bankrupt.

She expressed that conflicting views and opinions caused her to give up her franchise of the Awfully Chocolate cake shop and pointed out that she had won both court cases in Taiwan. Ng believes that her previous older bank statements were produced by the company as evidence in the Singapore courts and was an unfair representation of her current financial status. "The court case is still ongoing! How can I be bankrupt?"

BLACK As Chocolate sells an average of 15,000 cakes a month. To ride on her cake shop's booming success, Ng created a second label, BLACK DESIGNS, to cater specially designed and created cakes for wedding couples and celebrities.

source : http://sg.news.yahoo.com/xin/20090805/ten-616-stella-ng-insists-shes-broke-3c1b9bc.html

No wonder haven't seen her on tv for so long haha.

the Spirit of God

2009-08-02T18:51:00.000+08:00

Wisdom and ( can't remember )

These are what we need to understand the spirit of God. To look upon what is above and make it our goal

to win souls so that when we get to Heaven we will not be empty handed and lived our lives in vain.

Our physical self lives in this world hence some may be lost or even become too focussed on the things of the world but if we just keep the faith, we will be able to draw our eyes to what is the ultimate goal and not on earthly temporal riches or wealth.

There was a story that goes once upon a time a man died and went to Heaven. St Peter was at the gates of Heaven to welcome the man.

The man brought 2 bags of stuff with him as he approached the gates of Heaven. Peter asked him," What's in the bags that you have brought ?"

The man replied, "This is gold ! All my life I have been working so hard to achieve these 2 bags of gold. "

Peter : " Hey dude, gold is used to pave the roads in Heaven. 2 bags of gold isn't worth much here. "

This story tells us that what we see as important might not be really important in the end. Vice versa, what we neglect around us may ultimately be very important in the end.

JobStreet Interview Tips

2009-07-31T16:51:00.000+08:00

1. Read the job description and company profile carefully so that you are aware of the job details when an employer calls you about your application. If the job advertisement does not contain enough information, ask the employer for more details.

2. Remember to write down the name & contact number of the recruiter in case you need to call back later.

3. Prepare for the interview by finding out more about the company, the job and the industry.

4. Be punctual for your interview. Bring your resume, transcripts, certificates and relevant documents to the interview.

5. IMPORTANT: If you cannot attend the confirmed interview for whatever reason, you must contact the employer at least one day beforehand to let them know.

Keeping a good interview attendance record will help to ensure opportunities for interview in the future, as employers have the right to share their "No show" and late cancellation records.

If you do not have the employer's contact details, look under the Company Profile in the Application Status page of your MyJobStreet account or look in the telephone book or Yellow Pages.

6. Send the employer a Thank You email after the interview.

7. Follow up with the employer on the status of the interview after two or three days. This shows your interest for the job and may increase your chances of success.

At JobStreet.com, employers have the option to blacklist you if you fail to attend an interview or falsify your resume data. Therefore, always be professional and courteous. We wish you all the best in your job search!

Pay holds steady for some diploma, degree graduates

2009-07-30T20:43:00.002+08:00

SINGAPORE: While polytechnics and the government are rolling out schemes to help fresh graduates get by in the tight job market, one survey presents another picture: More than 50 per cent of companies are hiring fresh diploma and degree graduates, with salaries at least in some sectors holding steady.

These are engineering, IT and telecommunications, finance and accounting, and logistics, according to a Hay Group’s Fresh Graduate Pay survey. It polled 100 companies in Singapore in May.

"Though companies are recruiting less, they are still willing to pay a fair wage," said Hay Group Singapore’s country head of reward information services, Mr Christian Vo Phuoc.

Engineering degree—holders attract the highest starting salaries of S$2,700 a month, about S$200 more than the other three professions. Employers are also more optimistic about 2010, forecasting higher starting salaries for these four jobs.

Ms Annie Yap, managing director of recruitment firm AYP Associates said the premium wage is due to a "shortage of engineers" arising from the move to high—tech manufacturing.

There is also always a demand for accounting graduates because fresh graduates usually stay with a firm for a few years "learning one area". Then, they typically move on, leaving vacancies behind.

The optimistic hiring expectations from logistics companies were a surprise though. Salaries as high as S$2,900 have been forecast for fresh degree—holders in 2010, up from S$2,450 this year.

"Logistics usually follow after manufacturing. You produce and then you ship out," said Ms Yap. Still, the market is good for fresh graduates now, she said.

Some, however told TODAY it had been extremely trying to find a job. Ms Kartika Liaw, 22, a business graduate from the Singapore Management University said she found her marketing job after sending out "more than 100" applications.

Temasek Polytechnic graduate Nurul Fathin Aida Omar, now with the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), said she would not have got her job if not for her internship at RBS earlier this year.

The 20—year—old Financial Business Informatics diploma holder’s starting pay is S$2,000 — higher than the average market rate.

source : http://sg.news.yahoo.com/cna/20090730/tap-587-pay-holds-steady-diploma-degree-231650b.html

joke of the day

2009-07-27T17:21:00.000+08:00

A college class was told they had to write a short story in as few words as possible. The instructions were: The short story has to contain the following three things:
1) religion
2) Sexuality
3) Mystery

Below is the only A+ short story in the entire class

"Good God, I'm pregnant; I wonder who did it"

Total Solar Eclipse 22th July

2009-07-22T17:35:00.000+08:00

VARANASI, India (AFP) - - The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century cast a shadow over much of Asia on Wednesday, plunging hundreds of millions into darkness across the giant land masses of India and China.

Ancient superstition and modern commerce came together in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity likely to end up being the most watched eclipse in history, due to its path over Earth's most densely inhabited areas.

While bad weather confounded some eclipse watchers, tens of thousands of people gathered at dawn on the banks of the Ganges river in Varanasi where a largely cloudless morning offered a stunning view.

With Hindu priests conducting special prayers, the crowds cheered and then raised their arms in salutation as the sun re-emerged from behind the moon, before they took a spiritually purifying dip in the river's holy waters.

A total solar eclipse usually occurs every 18 months or so, but Wednesday's spectacle was special for its maximum period of "totality" -- when the sun is wholly covered by the moon -- of six minutes and 39 seconds.

Such a lengthy duration will not be matched until the year 2132.

State-run China Central Television provided minute-by-minute coverage of what it dubbed "The Great Yangtze River Solar Eclipse" as the phenomenon cut a path along the river's drainage basin.

Millions of people in areas of southwestern China enjoyed a clear line of sight, according to images broadcast on CCTV, but the view was obstructed along much of its path by cloudy weather.

Shanghai viewers braved rain and overcast skies to witness the spectacle as darkness shrouded China's commercial hub at 9:36 am (0136 GMT).

"It is working hours now, but with such a spectacle going on, you don't want to miss it. The experience is truly thrilling," said Allen Chen, a Shanghai office worker, who stepped out into the street to witness the event.

And despite the weather, hotels along Shanghai's famed waterfront Bund packed in the customers with eclipse breakfast specials.

Those who could afford it grabbed expensive seats on planes chartered by specialist travel agencies that promised extended views of the eclipse as they chased the shadow eastwards.

The cone-shaped shadow, or umbra, created by the total eclipse first made landfall on the western Indian state of Gujarat shortly before 6:30 am (0100 GMT).

It then raced across India and squeezed between Bangladesh and Nepal before engulfing most of Bhutan, traversing the Chinese mainland and slipping back out to sea off Shanghai.

From there it moved across the islands of southern Japan and veered into the western Pacific.

In Mumbai, hundreds of people who trekked up to the Nehru planetarium clutching eclipse sunglasses found themselves reaching for umbrellas and rain jackets instead as heavy overnight rain turned torrential.

"We didn't want to watch it on television and we thought this would be the best place," said 19-year-old student Dwayne Fernandes. "We could've stayed in bed."

Others opted to stay home and shuttered their windows, fearful of the effects of the lunar shadow which some believe can lead to birth defects in pregnant women.

Superstition has always haunted the moment when Earth, moon and sun are perfectly aligned. The daytime extinction of the sun, the source of all life, is associated with war, famine, flood and the death or birth of rulers.

The ancient Chinese blamed a sun-eating dragon. In Hindu mythology, the two demons Rahu and Ketu are said to "swallow" the sun during eclipses, snuffing out its light and causing food to become inedible and water undrinkable.

Some Indian astrologers had issued predictions laden with gloom and foreboding, and a gynaecologist at a Delhi hospital said many expectant mothers scheduled for July 22 caesarian deliveries insisted on changing the date.

The last total solar eclipse was on August 1 last year and also crossed China.

The next will be on July 11, 2010, but will occur almost entirely over the South Pacific, where Easter Island -- home of the legendary moai giant statues -- will be one of the few landfalls.

source : http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20090722/tap-science-astronomy-eclipse-asia-2a5be5e.html

Secret to a Happy Marriage

2009-07-16T16:28:00.002+08:00

SYDNEY - Living happily ever after needn't only be for fairy tales. Australian researchers have identified what it takes to keep a couple together, and it's a lot more than just being in love.

A couple's age, previous relationships and even whether they smoke or not are factors that influence whether their marriage is going to last, according to a study by researchers from the Australian National University.

The study, entitled "What's Love Got to Do With It," tracked nearly 2,500 couples -- married or living together -- from 2001 to 2007 to identify factors associated with those who remained together compared with those who divorced or separated.

It found that a husband who is nine or more years older than his wife is twice as likely to get divorced, as are husbands who get married before they turn 25.

Children also influence the longevity of a marriage or relationship, with one-fifth of couples who have kids before marriage -- either from a previous relationship or in the same relationship -- having separated compared to just nine percent of couples without children born before marriage.

Women who want children much more than their partners are also more likely to get a divorce.
A couple's parents also have a role to play in their own relationship, with the study showing some 16 percent of men and women whose parents ever separated or divorced experienced marital separation themselves compared to 10 percent for those whose parents did not separate.

Also, partners who are on their second or third marriage are 90 percent more likely to separate than spouses who are both in their first marriage.

Not surprisingly, money also plays a role, with up to 16 percent of respondents who indicated they were poor or where the husband -- not the wife -- was unemployed saying they had separated, compared with only nine percent of couples with healthy finances.

And couples where one partner, and not the other, smokes are also more likely to have a relationship that ends in failure.

Factors found to not significantly affect separation risk included the number and age of children born to a married couple, the wife's employment status and the number of years the couple had been employed.

The study was jointly written by Dr Rebecca Kippen and Professor Bruce Chapman from The Australian National University, and Dr Peng Yu from the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.

source : http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20090715/tod-odd-us-odd-couples-a929486.html

To summarize,

if you are a guy, get married after 25,

get a wife not more than 9 yrs youunger than you,

have good money management and healthy finances,

and if you smoke, find a smoker wife.

but of cos, you can always find a smokin hot wife regardless of whether you smoke or not.

Solar eclipse on July 22

2009-07-15T11:08:00.001+08:00

THE eclipse of a lifetime takes place in July, and people here will get to see a small slice of the action.

During the July 22 solar eclipse, the Sun will be completely blacked out, and day will turn to night for six minutes - the longest eclipse this century.

Complete darkness will affect a swathe of land that will stretch across parts of India, Bangladesh, China and the Pacific Ocean, but which will be just 16km- to 32km-wide.

In Singapore, which is outside the band, the Sun will be partially cloaked.

A solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes in front of the Sun and blocks it.

While there are up to five eclipses a year, total eclipses are rare, happening in the same location once every 370 years and lasting mere seconds to minutes. The last one - which lasted about 21/2 minutes - was on Aug 1 last year.

The July eclipse will be partially visible in Singapore from 8.41am to 9.44am, peaking at 9.11am.

Seen from here, 10 per cent to 20 per cent of the Sun will be obscured because of the Moon's path in relation to Singapore's location.

To catch the sight in its full glory, a small band of eclipse-chasers from the Astronomical Society of Singapore will be travelling to the Chinese city of Wuhan, about 600km west of Shanghai, to view and photograph the spectacle.

Remember to wake up earlier on this day if you want to see the eclipse !

source : http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_349118.html

The ting tings

2009-06-29T14:55:00.002+08:00

Interesting band with their own style of music which is quite catchy and the female lead singer looks like someone i know ( except for the blonde hair ) .

Great DJ

That's not my name

Shut up and let me go

interviews and more interviews

2009-06-24T16:49:00.003+08:00

This is the interview week where i have 4 interviews scheduled so far and went for 3.

Yesterday had an interview at PSA building at a company. They primarily deal with commodities trading and the position was one of business analyst which i kind of like. I hope they hire me though its a contract position.

today was a rather bad day because of the rainy weather which made travelling inconvenient but luckily i had my umbrella with me or it would definitely make my cold worse. went for 2 interviews both related to prudential insurance but i like the 2nd company better as the guy seems more sincere and asked me to think about it as compared to the first one which ask me on the spot to make a decision.

I'm not sure if this line suits me since i'm not a very convincing person when it comes to selling stuff or promoting stuff but i guess its an option if i cannot find a job.

Life so far

2009-06-22T19:02:00.002+08:00

All right some updates here in case i forget...

Interviews gone for :

NCS
Box forest Group
ST Electronics ( info )
Recruit Express ( recruiting consultant )

I saw the infamous Tammy yesterday

2009-06-17T15:14:00.003+08:00

while on my way to sim lim to collect my laptop, I was on bus passing by clarke quay on the bridge and so happened i was looking out of the window to my left and saw Tammy in person dressed in formal attire.

I guess she works in the area or doing internship there. the time was around 5 plus so i guess she just got off work.

The best is still getting back my laptop after sending it for repair 2 weeks ago. Its really hard to survive without a computer nowadays especially when you are not working or studying.

why bimbos and business magazines don't mix

2009-06-14T23:34:00.002+08:00

See Sonia and Xuesha attempt to decipher the terms in Forbes and Fortune magazine.

IPO - initial public offering : (Wikipedia) Initial public offering (IPO), also referred to simply as a "public offering" or "flotation," is when a company issues common stock or shares to the public for the first time. They are often issued by smaller, younger companies seeking capital to expand, but can also be done by large privately-owned companies looking to become publicly traded.

In an IPO the issuer may obtain the assistance of an underwriting firm, which helps it determine what type of security to issue (common or preferred), best offering price and time to bring it to market.

An IPO can be a risky investment. For the individual investor, it is tough to predict what the stock or shares will do on its initial day of trading and in the near future since there is often little historical data with which to analyze the company. Also, most IPOs are of companies going through a transitory growth period, and they are therefore subject to additional uncertainty regarding their future value. However, in order to make money, calculated risks need to be taken.

Private Equity

In finance, private equity is an asset class consisting of equity securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange. Investments in private equity most often involve either an investment of capital into an operating company or the acquisition of an operating company. Capital for private equity is raised primarily from institutional investors. There is a wide array of types and styles of private equity and the term private equity has different connotations in different countries.

Gross Domestic Product

The gross domestic product (GDP) or gross domestic income (GDI), a basic measure of an economy's economic performance, is the market value of all final goods and services made within the borders of a nation in a year. ^[1] GDP can be defined in three ways, all of which are conceptually identical. First, it is equal to the total expenditures for all final goods and services produced within the country in a stipulated period of time (usually a 365-day year). Second, it is equal to the sum of the value added at every stage of production (the intermediate stages) by all the industries within a country, plus taxes less subsidies on products, in the period. Third, it is equal to the sum of the income generated by production in the country in the period—that is, compensation of employees, taxes on production and imports less subsidies, and gross operating surplus (or profits).^[2] ^[3]

The most common approach to measuring and quantifying GDP is the expenditure method:

GDP = consumption + gross investment + government spending + (exports − imports), or,
GDP = C + I + G + (X − M).

How to get a girl in 60 days

2009-06-02T15:59:00.002+08:00

This is something i picked up from EDMW of hardwarezone forum and I thought it is pretty interesting so I shall re-post it here along with a link to the original source.

There are a lot of relationships that really just come naturally without the guy having to talk some pattern on to the girl… maybe there is this age old concept called chemistry between 2 people eh? Or maybe u r just plain old lucky.

So what I will be teaching has nothing to do wif PUA. I can say it’s even more than that. What PUA teaches u is the seduction stage. What happens when you get the girl? Being a PUA does not mean your heart won’t get broken. Even Mystery got his heart broken in the book “The Game”. Patterns and tricks can only get you that far in a girl. Maybe that is what inspired me to take time off to write about relationships maintenance because I want to reduce the number of guys’ heart from getting broken again. Most if not all of the issues and problems can be traced way to the first 60 days of the relationship. Hence the first 60 days is the most important part of your relationship. It sets the tone for the future path because any differences from the first 60 days in the future, she will say that you have changed or it was not what it used to be. Hence she will always use the beginning as a gauge to judge the present. Screw the beginning stage and you have a very bad gauge for her to judge in the future. On your part, you can also look out for signs whether she will be suitable for a long term mate. If she is not, you can get out early and spare yourself the heartache later one. If u sense she is trouble early in the first 60 days but u still let her continue, then u are in for trouble in the long run and only urself to blame...

Final notice: You won’t learn how to pick up girls or jio girls in my series. This series is only useful for if you are planning to start a new relationship in the future or are in the beginning phrase now. For those in a relationship already, maybe you can learn some bits and extracts from it.

Part 2:

The most, most important part of the relationship is her interest level. I cannot stress this enough. Repeat after me… “HER INTEREST LEVEL” . Notice the word “her”. This means that your interest level is not important. Your interest level has NO correlation to hers. You can love her until the heavens but your gf can heck care you. Sad but true. See everything in percentages, from 0-100%. If she is very willing to go out with you, keeps calling you… you are safe, her interest level should be around 80-90%. If you sense she is more distant from you (not wanting to go out wif u, or going out on dates wif a cant care less face), then yes, the percentages are dropping… from 90 to 80 to 70 to 60% to finally fail and below 50%. At this point, she will say things like, “ I need my own space.” “You should date other girls but I’ll still date you.” “ I don’t think we are compatible.” and many more…

It is important to recognize the drop so you can react immediately as it occurs. DON’T RATIONALISE HER. What’s rationalizing? Oh she is distant from me because she had a bad week at school/work. She is distant from me because she is having period now. She is distant from me because her favorite guy in the drama died. She is distant from me because she blah blah blah (whatever reason you can think of, anything that is not related to me).

Please, I know guys have a massive ego and will never believe that a girl will not like them anymore. But be a man and face the fact that her interest level is dropping. It means she likes me less and less. Simple isn’t it? Why rationalize her actions and assume she still likes you but is distant from you because of the reasons you crack your head thinking of? Maybe its because you watch too much drama that two people truly love each other but cannot be together because of some reasons?

I even had a girl who had period who still went out with me. Why? Because her interest level was high! Just like if your favorite av idol came to Singapore airport, you would even go there in crutches even you were injured! Why? Because you had high interest level in her! The simple fact is that if she likes you, she wants to be you. However if her interest level has dropped, take a step back and recall why she likes u less now.

There are a lot of reasons why her interest level drops:

1) U turn her off… think back to some action u did in the past that turned her off… confessing too much? Scolding her? Disrespecting her? More will be elaborated about how a man should behave in the next few parts

2) U did nothing wrong in your opinion and she felt she did nothing wrong in her opinion. Sometimes it’s just a clash of ideology and she feels that u r not the one for her. Example: u hate ur gf going clubbing, and she thinks its ok, its not as if she is sleeping around. This one I can’t help you, you need to resolve these issues through negotiation and compromise. Though I would like to point out girls with high interest level like in the 90% will do anything for you, and anything you say because they are really scared of losing you.

3) U did nothing wrong but she found someone new… hence the withdrawal from u…

4) U did nothing wrong, but her interest level at the beginning was not high anyway… she was ai mai ai mai, thinking she will love u wif time, but she realize she cannot, hence the withdrawal.

Depending on what reason, u need to act appropriately, for reason 1: apologize and rectify, promising her and yourself you will not do that again. I’m sorry but the time machine has not been invented, you can’t go back in time and rectify the mistake. Move on and learn your lesson if she does not accept your apology and can’t get the past image of that guy who turned her off. For reason 2, you need to negotiate and compromise.

I wanna focus on 3 and 4, no use trying to convince her anything, and no use trying to confess or buy gifts to win her back, u did nothing wrong but the problem is now coming from her, hence u haf to withdraw… Take for example, u dun like a gal anymore, u think if she buys u gifts and tells u how much she loves u, u will like her more? No rite, but if she ignores u, u will think whether u made the right move, or what she is doing now, or if she is dating other ppl, ur interest in her goes up, cos u wonder wat the other guy sees in her…

What this means to u is to withdraw from her if u sense she does not like u as much anymore, let her know u got expectations n will leave if someone does not like u. Lose the romance but dun lose respect. Tell her nicely, u have expectations that u won’t date someone who won’t like u, call me again when your mind is cleared again about us. This is so much better than begging with gifts and confession to get your gf back, especially if u had done nothing wrong…

I can tell u through my experience begging does not work and to guys who begged and their gf went back, its because they felt guilty and pity the poor guy… this type of r/s usually won’t last long because the guy has lost all respect in the relationship…

Walk away with your head up high even though it hurts you inside… If she does call and regrets her change of heart (clever girl!), then at least when u r back together, she will still respect u as someone who won’t waste his time and will love only if he is loved…

As you can see, I am not God and I can’t save all relationships but what I can do is to prevent reason 1 from happening by keeping her interest level high. How should a boyfriend behave then to keep her interest high? Look out for next part.

Part 3:

To keep her interest level high, you need the 3Cs.

1) Confidence- I don’t think I need to elaborate more on this. Humoring the girl and leading the girl will add points to your confidence. Go google on how to be more confident to learn more.

I would like to add that you should always develop self improvement. Getting her does not mean you can slacken.

How can I look better? More gym? More facials? Better clothes?

How can I become richer? Take a course? Work harder?

That way if someone richer comes along, at least she can comfort herself that you are on your way up. Her chances of hopping to that other guy decreases as compared to a scenario where u are a stagnant guy whom she sees no chance ever to be like the rich guy in this life time.

2) Control. You cannot control her, you cannot control the relationship but you can control your own emotions and actions. This is very important. What do I mean by control?

Control means going through your mind every time you want to do something or say something. Will that action raise her interest level?

Will what I do now come back and bite me next time when we argue?

Do not believe the female expert’s advice that you need to be open with your gf and say everything that comes to your mind. Think carefully before you say something to her.

This means she does not need to know everything that is on your mind right now. Do not believe what the female love experts say about open communication and say everything that is on your mind to her, your feelings etc. (Of course the female experts would advise this! They want to know everything on the man’s mind because knowledge is power)

Ask a so called female expert about how to jio a girl, and most likely she will say oh tell her how you feel about her. But as most of you know or have tried before, telling her on the first date how much you really like her always backfires.

How this applies to relationship is that you control yourself too. Even though you everyday think about her all the time and wanna tell her I love you a hundred times a day… Don’t do that. Control your mouth and don’t say these mushy things out loud even though you feel like it. These things should be said out sparingly.

Another self control you need to develop is not saying negative things or thoughts. She already has depressing things in her life, her job/sch and even listening to the news.

Control is also important in quarrels, when u say something towards them, u tend to get hot headed and anything sprouts out. Take a step back and defend ur case only with facts that can be backed up, because really what is said at the heat of the moment cannot be taken back.

When you forgive and forget a past incident she has done, then do not bring that up again. Saying negative things will only lead to her interest level dropping bit by bit until she says she is no longer happy with you and then is GG to you.

And lastly, your gf is NOT your best friend. This is the misconception by the media today where girls say oh I married my best friend. Your parents and friends can forgive your wrong actions but a partner always remembers them.

Also your conversation topics with your best friend is different from your partner. How would u feel if your gf tells you about the latest fashion, hair styles and manicures etc like the way she tells her good friend? Initially, you would look interested but after a year of telling you that, you would wish that can’t she shut the fug up about this? I am not your girlfriends.

The same applies for guys too. You do not keep talking about your manly things all the time like soccer and other guy topics. She also does not need to know every boring detail about you. Girls always claim they want soul mates so they want the guy to tell her everything, but when they really do hear everything, especially the bad, they get turned off. (example: you confess you went geylang before).

In essence, control is self control of what you say and do. Remember: words once spoken cannot be taken back, always think twice about what you are going to do and don’t do the first thing that comes to your mind when you are with her.

Enough of part 3. The next part will be the 3rd C…. Challenge

Part 4: Challenge

This I can say is the most important of all. If you are the challenge and she has to work hard to get you, she won’t dump you. Nobody dumps something they are constantly pursuing. They will only dump that thing after getting it and realizing it was no big deal.

As I mentioned before, the first 60 days are the most important part of the relationship where the foundations, rules and norms are set. Example, you call everyday during the first 60 days. Sadly now that is the norm, once you slow down your calling to 2 days once, she will say you have changed or the relationship is not like what it used to be, you don’t love me as much anymore because you don’t call me as frequent now. Unbelievable right?

Hence think about how you would like the relationship to be in the future. These are some of my rules personally so I do these right at the start.

1) I prefer to chat on the phone every 2 -3 days. When we chat, it must not be that long, maybe about 10-15 minutes to enquire about each other’s lifestyles and to arrange the next date.

Now linking to challenge, I really don’t encourage you call everyday. That’s anti challenge. In my case I call her every 2-3 days and in between the days I do not call, I am giving her the opportunity to call me. I am now the challenge and she has to pursue me. This push pull in the relationship makes it healthy.

Have you ever have the feeling of missing her when you call and she does not pick up, or sms and she does not reply immediately? Same concept applies here too. If she has to be the one who calls you or sms you sometimes, she will miss you too. So please don’t always be the one to contact her.

Some may say oh if I do not call, she will not call me one. It does not matter. So be it, I’ll just be the one calling but I will still call every 2-3 days. (oh yeah, substitute calling for msn, sms, whatever.) Hopefully she will pick up the slack in the future and be the one to contact you when you two are deeper in love.

2) Don’t say out your whole life story. Its anti challenge. Tell it to her bit by bit. If she is going to be with you for the long term or even your wife, then why the need to tell everything about you to her now? She’ll know it for the long term if you want her to stick around for the next 50 years or so.

That is why I despair when couples in a heat of passion during the first 60 days tell their whole life story to each other. They can chat on the phone for hours everyday. After maybe a year, things get stale already because there is nothing fresh about each other to know…

From there, topics start to get limited and the relationship goes downhill and again using the first 60 days as gauge, the girl will tell herself the relationship is not what it used to be and then is GG. (That is why I like to chat only 10-15min on the phone).

So please I know in a heat of passion, you just want to see her everyday and tell her everything about you in the beginning but please take a step back and control yourself. Let her know you bit by bit one small step at a time and she has to be constantly pursuing you for more things about yourself.

You are now the challenge and she will want to stick around to know more about you.

3) Mushy things should be limited. If you confess everything too early, you are anti challenge. Show that you love her through your ACTIONS, not your big mouth. Treat her dinner, hold her hand, hug her close, compliment her, be a gentlemen, care for her, etc to show your love. When you do that, your girlfriend already knows how you feel about her already.

Do not say “I love you” until she says that to you. Reward her with flowers, gifts if she is nice to you (but do it only after the first 60 days) and not as a last grasp move when you sense she is getting more and more distant from you.

Female experts would want you to pour your feelings to her but of course they do! Who does not feel shiok when someone confess to you? But one thing they do not gurantee you is that the gf will say I love you back.

Some couples say “I love you” every time they end a sms conversation or phone chat. Don’t be that couple because the “I love you” has no value anymore! I want you to be the boyfriend where she has to work to get your approval of that phrase constantly and blush even years later when she gets to hear that phrase of assurance.

So if you want to stick around long enough, keep the words I love you close to your heart and use it only after she has said that to you. Meanwhile show her that you love her through your ACTIONS!

4) Whatever other rules and norms you want. For example, you prefer to go dutch at dinners. Then have this rule right at the start. She will feel very offended if you treat her for the first 60 days then after that demand that we go dutch!

That is enough for the guy. It takes two to clap so I shall elaborate what to look out for in the girlfriend in my final part.

End of part 4.

Part 5:
Sometimes you do everything right and have the 3Cs, but still face problems then maybe they are on the female side. The three most important traits are integrity, flexibility and emotional baggage.
It is very important you look out for these during the first 60 days so you can have an easier break up early than breaking up 2 yrs down the road or even worse divorce because you two are married.

1) She needs to have integrity. She must not cheat on you. Take note that interest level is not related to integrity. She can love you a lot but still enjoys clubbing at night and getting one-night stands. These type of girls you are better off without them.

2) She needs to have flexibility. Let’s face it, 2 different people together means a lot of differences. The only thing for both of them to stick together is flexibility.

Does she do what you want her to do? Does she accommodate to you? Does she do difficult things for you (like cooking) just to make you happy? If yes then she is flexible and when arguments occur(which confirm will happen), she will then negotiate and accommodate to you. If you have an inflexible girl on hand then your future relationship will be a rocky one.

3) The last one is emotional baggage. Is she sane? Is she hurt by past relationships that she blows hot and cold with you? Does she have a sticky ex in the background asking her to come back?

Guys, no matter how chio they are, its best to leave these types alone for the long run. Being single is sometimes better than in the same room with an emotionally unstable person for the next 50 years.

In fact these three can be mentioned to the male side as well to keep your relationship strong. Make sure you have
1) integrity and don’t cheat
2) Be flexible about things, see things from her view point and accommodate her
3) Move on from your past emotional baggage.

Hope you learned something from my contributions. Always remembered if there are any problems, reflect on her interest level, your confidence, control and challenge, and her integrity, flexibility and emotional baggage.

The End.

source : http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=2237473

what i discovered while having insomnia

2009-06-01T03:19:00.004+08:00

About 2 nights ago I couldn't sleep even after 2 hours of tossing in bed so I went out switched on the tv to see what was on. I was surprised to see an old drama Twin Bliss 龙凤呈祥
airing at 3a.m in the morning.

I was watching it for a while and quite amazed at some of the old faces like ex-tcs actress Cherie Lim and Chen Hanwei with his long hair back in the 90's.

Check out the super retro theme song of the show.

Heard this song on tv during an ad and I thought it sounds really nice so decided to post here as well. =)

心動

Better to slack during Recession

2009-05-31T13:54:00.003+08:00

the exams are over and I'm living the life of a 宅男 at the moment.

looking for a job although not very active since the economy is bad and no unknown callers from potential companies so far.

contemplating the possibilities of part time jobs but only if they are short term and interesting and hopefully e-business related so i can learn something.

I felt reassured when I realised that my friend who got 2nd upper honours is slacking as well heh. he told me "Now the opportunity cost of slacking is lower ".

I guess he is right to a certain extent since I haven't had much luck so far in the job hunt might as well take the chance to relax a bit before i enter the working world where you work long hours and have little holidays.

Maybe i should compile a list of the things I want to do while I have the time to do it since working life can be tiring and leave you little time to do many things.

The only problem now is that I have a lot of time but little money $$$ to do the things I want so I got to shortlist some cheap or FREE activities to do in order to survive a little longer.

Movie Review : Angels and Demons

2009-05-26T22:22:00.003+08:00

The Sistine Chapel ceiling Michaelangelo

Illuminati Ambigram : Notice how the word is able to be read the same upside down.

The Path of Illumination

Carmerlengo

Earth, Air, Fire, Water

Bernini's Habbakuk and the Angel, and Agostino Chigi's pyramidal wall tomb.

West Ponente at Saint Peter's Square. ( West Wind ) Air

Ecstasy of St Teresa.

The Fountain of Four Rivers.

S Factor Finals

2009-05-18T16:28:00.003+08:00

Its down to 2 girls : Sonia and Kay Kay.

I sort of expected kay kay to enter the finals from episode 1 as she's one of the prettiest and most familiar face on tv after girl on girl and other shows which I can't remember.

Didn't expect Sonia to go all the way and I find her quite an underdog since she's so bitchy on screen and she does not portray a very positive aura compared to the rest of the girls.

I think next sunday would be the finals so who do you think will win it ?

While looking up for more info on Kay Kay I came across an old video of her in another program call Chick vs Dick featuring her and Paul Twohill. I gotta say its pretty interesting and funny !
Some of the challenges are quite innovative and you can check it out in the video below.

Chick vs Dick : The Cinnamon Challenge

Rest of the videos here on Clicknetwork

The cute girl

2009-05-16T23:03:00.003+08:00

Saw cute girl again today while on the train back home. I wonder why our paths keep crossing this week.

The last time i saw her was just 2 days ago near the bus interchange and she still looked as cute as ever except that she curled her hair now instead of straight. So who's the cute girl ?

I don't really know lol. First time I noticed her was at school in lecture and she caught my attention being so cute and all but i never actually had the courage to get to know her or anything.

But from past experience cute looking girls usually aren't as cute when you get to know them haha.
She has the kind of face that is round and big eyes and look like she hasn't aged since secondary school and I think she can pass off as one easily if she's in uniform.

Expenditure today : $13

Star trek and sandals

2009-05-13T01:23:00.002+08:00

I was walking around and suddenly the sandals strap gave way. being close proximity to west mall I had no choice but head to the nearest shoe shop to get a new pair before I have to go on barefoot.

Since I had no idea which brand is better, I decided to check out the brand of the broken one i was wearing. "BODYMASTER" sounds cool enough so I went to Bata but unfortunately they do not have this brand so I walked around to look for it.

After that I think I finally found the brand at sportslink =).

I think bodymaster is more comfortable than power sandals which i used to wear.

Star Trek

My bro and me went to catch the movie since I was free and there was no other movies to watch after Wolverine.

Although I had totally no background on the story, I totally enjoyed the movie as the scenes were really fantastic with all the space shuttles and weird looking people all around.

Despite that fact that the movie is slightly more than 2 hours, the entire movie was pretty action packed leaving the audience little time to sit back before some fighting or shooting takes place again. That was also part of the reason why I had problems following the storyline in the movie.

wonder when will it come a time where we can just teleport place to place.

I didn't understand how could the bowl shaped hair Spock had in the movie could become famous again in the future. Oh well that's how unpredictable the future is.

How to avoid tearing when cutting onions

2009-05-08T00:47:00.002+08:00

Ever had the experience of tears filling your eyes when you cut onions ?

here is a quick tip you can try to prevent this from happening.

First, take a slice of bread ( a small piece will do ), and place it in your mouth when you are cutting the onion.

You will realise that you won't be tearing at all !

Sounds incredible ? try it yourself.

Retro : Back to the 90's

2009-05-01T19:28:00.003+08:00

I was randomly surfing youtube and came across these 2 Ch 8 dramas which were really popular back in the 90's.

I don't know about you but here are 2 nostalgic Ch 8 dramas in the 90's which I still love today.
Before the days of taiwanese ou xiang ju, korean dramas there was ...

The Unbroken Cycle (解连环)

Here is the theme song for the show :

And also

王沺裁范文芳再见萤光兰Ep.1 (Part 1/5)

王沺裁范文芳填满芳心再见荧光兰

Sniper : Edison Chen comeback kid

2009-04-24T01:37:00.002+08:00

I can see much clearer with the lens !

1 sniper takes down a whole police squad. Impossible ?

Definitely. All you need is a sniper rifle and a shooting range of >400m.

Edison Chen is a hero in this movie being the sole survivor at the end of the showdown.

2009-04-23T20:48:00.001+08:00

See it to believe ! o_O

Arshavin nets 4 to hold Liverpool to a draw

2009-04-22T12:24:00.001+08:00

Andrei Arshavin quadruple all but ends Liverpool's title dreams

Just as it appeared an Iron Curtain had fallen on Liverpool’s title bid, as Russia’s Andrei Arshavin scored four and Poland’s Lukasz Fabianski made save after save, Yossi Benayoun rescued a point for Rafa Benitez’s men. This was astonishing fare, utterly in keeping with a sensational season.

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殺 online ad

2009-04-21T22:02:00.002+08:00

First saw this girl on 娛樂百分百 or 100% entertainment and Mr. Zee showed me this ad. Looks super lame but quite funny also

FA Cup Semis : Arsenal vs Chelsea

2009-04-18T16:39:00.001+08:00

With bacary sagna, manuel almunia, gael clichy, william gallas and johan djourou out of action, Arsenal will be facing major problems in defense. However, being a fan, I do hope they can overcome all odds and defeat chelsea tonight !

Love Insurance ?

2009-04-18T00:38:00.002+08:00

Love Guaranteed

Cast
Sunny Chan
Melissa Ng
Kenneth Ma
Cherrie Kong
Shek Sau
Paul Chun
Rain Lau

Characters
Sunny Chan is an insurance salesman who would do anything to please his clients. He would even sink his dignity so low just so his clients would buy some insurance. Everything he does is to please his boss, Shek Sau. But underneath all that butt-kissing, he is a really kind person who cares for everyone around him.

After finding out her fiancé cheated on her, Melissa Ng decided to build a strong career so she can take care of herself. Since she has a bad impression of Sunny, she is always arguing with him and trying to get him fired. When it comes to business she is very strict but she always has a soft side.

Kenneth Ma is Sunny's lazy carefree brother. He intended on just getting by in life with his mediocre bar and bar games. When he finally decided to make use of himself, he became bored and returned back to himself. However, he eventually learns that his lazy self can't get him through life, so he changes altogether for the better.

Cherri Kong is Melissa's cousin and daughter of a ganger's wife. All her life she craves for love but since her mother doesn't believe in a good man, she always interferes, causing all of Cherrie's boyfriends to run away from her. When she met Kenneth, he made her more determined to prove to her mother that there is such thing as a good man.

My Views

I find this show pretty interesting new concept to make insurance line look less intimidating with the new product "love insurance". I'm sure we are all familiar with pushy insurance agents who will go all out to sell their policies to you.

Agents can be irritating but insurance is really something which will protect us in any unfortunate events.

At the end of each episode Sunny also gives some tips and advice on insurance which is quite useful.

Be careful who you meet on facebook

2009-04-15T11:37:00.001+08:00

Facebook face-off

IT SOUNDED harmless enough - a drink with a group of new friends.

But soon after, the gathering turned sour, and Mr Ong Jian Zhao, 21, found himself left alone at a bar, with a $213 bill to settle on behalf of people he hardly knew.

Mr Ong, a civil servant, got to know Miss Chloe Yoong, 21 - one of the members of the group - through social networking site Facebook last month.

He said: 'I was randomly browsing through profiles and I decided to send her a message.'
After several messages over the course of a few days, they exchanged handphone numbers.

He then asked her out several times, but each time, she declined saying she was busy.

But on the evening on 28 Feb, Mr Ong received an SMS from her inviting him for a drink at Raffles Hotel's Long Bar with her, her boyfriend and three other friends.

Said Mr Ong: 'I was reluctant at first, but she told me to join them anyway and not to be a wet blanket.'

He recalled that when he arrived, there were already several drinks on the table - two cocktails, a glass of bourbon and a bottle of red wine.

He then chatted with the group for a while.

But after about 20 minutes, Miss Yoong and one friend left, claiming they were going to the toilet.

Shortly after, while Mr Ong was away taking a phone call, two others left.

When he returned to the table, only Miss Yoong's boyfriend remained.

But he, too, left immediately, saying he had to take a call.

Mr Ong claimed he waited for about 30 minutes for the group to return but nobody showed up.
When he SMSed Miss Yoong, she claimed to have left with a friend who was not feeling well.
He then paid the $213 bill for the drinks and left.

He told The New Paper he believed the evening was planned by the group of friends to get him into paying for the drinks.

He said he had repeatedly tried to ask Miss Yoong for his money back after the session but she had been uncontactable. He even contacted the National Institute of Education, where Miss Yoong is studying, hoping to get hold of her.

However, he was told to settle the matter on his own.

When contacted, both Miss Yoong and her boyfriend, Mr Alex Lim, 25, confirmed the incident.
Mr Lim said they had decided to leave Mr Ong to settle the bill because he had implied that he wanted to pay for the drinks.

He said: 'When he came over, he kept bragging about how well he was doing and how well-off he was.

'It is ridiculous that he is asking us for the money back.'
Miss Yoong added that in their exchanges on Facebook, Mr Ong said he had planned to treat her to a drinking or clubbing session.

Did not expect her friends

Mr Ong did not dispute this, but said he had only planned to take Miss Yoong out, but not her friends.

Said Miss Yoong: 'When he first sent me a message, he said he didn't have a stable relationship with his girlfriend.

'He asked me out to go clubbing or for drinks, and said he wanted to treat me.'
She added that she began to get annoyed by Mr Ong's persistent requests and decided to 'get him off her back' once and for all.

'It happened that my boyfriend was around (on the night of the incident) so we asked him to join us.'

Immediately after he paid the bill, Mr Ong reported the incident to the police but was advised to settle the matter privately with her.

However, he claimed he has been unable to contact her since.
The New Paper contacted Miss Yoong at the number provided by Mr Ong without any problem.

By Liew Hanqing

He said calls and SMSes to her handphone went unanswered, and she later deleted him from her contact list on Facebook as well.
What he hopes for is an apology and his money back.

When asked if they would accede to Mr Ong's request, Mr Lim said: 'Are you kidding?'

He added: 'It would be a different matter if he had been polite and nice.
'But after all that bragging, it was really difficult to be cordial to him.'

source : http://digital.asiaone.com/Digital/News/Story/A1Story20090404-133258.html

Sim Lim Square shopping tips

2009-04-15T11:26:00.000+08:00

1. Do your research: Before you bargain for an item, make sure you know its market price. You are less likely to be ripped off if you know what the recommended retail price is.

2. Goods and Services Tax (GST) scams: Not all shops have to charge GST, only those with revenues of more than $1 million a year.

If you are not sure, ask to check the GST registration number. Also, ask if the quoted price includes GST or not. Some retailers sock it to you only at payment.

3. Check the warranty: Insist on the manufacturer's warranty and the official receipt. You will need this if you want repairs done during the warranty period.

4. Check your items: Shop owners may sometimes remove items that originally come as a bundle, so they can offer it at a lower price. When you commit to a deal, be sure to check the items that you have paid for.

5. Insist on testing the product: Because of some shops' no-refund policy, you should insist on testing the product before taking it home. Ask about the exchange policy as well.

6. Check the price: Ask for a detailed breakdown of what you are paying for.

7. Ask for freebies: If haggling fails, ask for free gifts instead. For example, when buying a hard disk or laptop, you could ask for a free cover in lieu of a discount.

8. Shop around: Browse and collect brochures before settling on a shop. Do your own comparisons to find the best bargains. Don't be shy! With so many shops offering the same products, you can take your time to make a choice.

9. Don't be intimidated by jargon: If you can't tell your SD from SSD, get help. Those who don't know what they are buying are more likely to feel cheated after making the purchase.

10. Shop at STARetailers: This programme by Sim Lim Square Traders' Association ensures that shops keep to a certain standard of quality and service. STARetailers are indicated on posters and signs in the mall.

11. Go on week days: The mall is less crowded so you have more time and space to explore your options.

12. Know your way around: The first and second floors offer mostly consumer electronics such as digital cameras and plasma television sets. The third to sixth stories are dedicated to IT products such as software, computers and games.

13. Beware of imitations: Some products are imitations although most salespeople will tell you if a product is genuine or not.

14. Second-hand items: If something is too cheap to be true, it probably isn't true. Ask the sales staff if it is a secondhand or display item, which is often marked down.

15. Be a serious shopper: Shopkeepers say some customers bargain for the fun of it. Be sincere when you negotiate prices. Sales staff will be more inclined to quote you a better price if they know you are a serious buyer.

Compiled by Amanda Tan based on advice from Sim Lim Square regulars, shop owners and online forums.

source : http://digital.asiaone.com/Digital/Features/Story/A1Story20090409-134362.html

She offered nude pictures for virtual pet gifts

2009-04-15T11:19:00.001+08:00

By Liew Hanqing

IT SEEMS she is willing to exchange real-life nude pictures of herself for something that exists only in cyberspace - items for her online pet.

Is that all her modesty is worth?

The question doesn't seem to bother the Facebook user, who introduces herself as Ling Er, an 18-year-old Singaporean.

Her offer has drawn some flak, even from other netizens who are blase about such shenanigans.
As one of them put it, she may have taken games addiction and online barter to a new low.

The teenager set up a Facebook group last month to get netizens to give her virtual items for her character in the popular game Pet Society on the networking site.

Birthday suit
The name of her group: My birthday suit contest.
To date, some 133 users have signed up as members of the group.

The game, which can be played by Facebook members who download it, allows them to create and play with a virtual pet, buy it items, and pit its 'skills' against those of others.

The object of the game is to acquire as many points as possible.
These points allow players to acquire more virtual items for their pets' homes.

On her Facebook group, Ling Er has appealed to netizens to give her their most valuable Pet Society gifts possible.
She claimed that senders of the best five gifts would get a set of nude pictures of her in return.

They have to do so by 1May.
She has even listed those who have sent the most valuable gifts so far.
The teen wrote on the site: 'I will send you guys pics of me in my birthday suit that I was born with.'

Er, does she mean baby pics, perhaps? Who knows.
But since the group was set up, it has attracted more than 100 members, almost all of them men.

In an e-mail reply to The New Paper, Ling Er said she started playing Pet Society just over two weeks ago, and that she plays the game daily, but for less than an hour each time.
She declined to reveal her real name.

The teen said she had started the Facebook group 'just for fun'.
'Also, I like the thrill and I want more gifts (for my pet),' she added.
Asked if she sensed any danger in sending her nude pictures to total strangers, she replied: 'In this day and age, it is easier to find pictures of this nature online than news updates from around the world.'

And will they really be her own pictures? Well, all we know is that she has already put up some that are supposed to be preview pictures.

She claimed that other local women had taken and distributed nude pictures of themselves online with little consequence.
'They're still doing fine,' she insisted.

However, keeping or distributing obscene pictures is against the law.
Ling Er said she has received virtual gifts from more than 10 people in her group.
These include a virtual lamp, guitar and bath tub.

A member of the Facebook group, who declined to be named, said he had joined the group 'for fun'.

He said he had come across the link to the group from a friend's Facebook profile and decided to join on a whim.

'The name of the group sounded interesting, so I decided to have a look. I don't even play the game,' he said.

He added that he found it odd that anyone would offer nude pictures to strangers for virtual items.

'If the items were real, it would be understandable,' he said.
Student Kevin Chua, 16, who is an avid Pet Society player, added he was surprised when a friend told him about the group that had been set up.

He said: 'It's not something you see every day. I just hope she doesn't get into trouble doing this.'
He added that he knew of people who traded virtual items on Pet Society forums and groups on Facebook, but had never seen somebody offering such a deal before.

'It's quite shocking to see what people would do just to get items for an online game.'
Psychiatrists and counsellors that The New Paper spoke to raised their doubts as to whether the promise would be kept.

Gimmick
Said Mr Charles Lee, senior counsellor at Tanjong Pagar Family Service Centre: 'I think she is using sex as the attraction. We don't know if she will give the photos, it could just be a good gimmick.'

However, Mr Lee and Dr Brian Yeo, a consultant psychiatrist at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, said that the act only served to reflect her lack of modesty.
Said Mr Lee: 'Assuming that she really sends nude photos, it just shows her low self-esteem. How she does not care about her privacy? It shows that her relationship with this pet is ranked above her own privacy.'

Parents we spoke with also expressed their concern.
Mrs Magdalene Wong, 53, a mother of two, felt that it was worrying such things could be happening on the social networking site.
She said: 'It's quite shocking to know that it's being used in such a competitive way. Other people who see it might decide to do something that may be even worse.'

source : http://digital.asiaone.com/Digital/News/Story/A1Story20090413-134876.html

Water : a cure all ?

2009-04-09T02:34:00.002+08:00

Health tip: Drink Water On Empty Stomach.

It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven its value. We publish below a description of use of water for our readers. For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses the water treatment had been found successful by a Japanese medical society as a 100% cure for the following diseases:

Headache, body ache, heart system, arthritis, fast heart beat, epilepsy, excess fatness, bronchitis asthma, TB, meningitis, kidney and urine diseases, vomiting, gastritis, diarrhea, piles, diabetes, constipation, all eye diseases, womb, cancer and menstrual disorders, ear nose and throat diseases!

METHOD OF TREATMENT
1. As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink 4 x 160ml glasses of water
2. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for 45 minute
3. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.
4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or drink anything for 2 hours
5. Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink 4 glasses of water at the beginning may commence by taking little water and gradually increase it to 4 glasses per day.
6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and others can enjoy a healthy life.

source : http://greathealthyfood.blogspot.com/2009/04/health-tip-drink-water-on-empty-stomach.html

Interesting game online

2009-04-07T13:26:00.001+08:00

check this out -> http://deidara2001.mybrute.com

fighting game 1 v 1

Facebook, YouTube at work make better employees: study

2009-04-07T13:02:00.001+08:00

Watching videos at work ? it may not be such a bad thing after all.

MELBOURNE - Caught Twittering or on Facebook at work? It'll make you a better employee, according to an Australian study that shows surfing the Internet for fun during office hours increases productivity.

The University of Melbourne study showed that people who use the Internet for personal reasons at work are about 9 percent more productive that those who do not.

Study author Brent Coker, from the department of management and marketing, said "workplace Internet leisure browsing," or WILB, helped to sharpened workers' concentration.

"People need to zone out for a bit to get back their concentration," Coker said on the university's website

"Short and unobtrusive breaks, such as a quick surf of the Internet, enables the mind to rest itself, leading to a higher total net concentration for a days' work, and as a result, increased productivity," he said.

According to the study of 300 workers, 70 percent of people who use the Internet at work engage in WILB.

Among the most popular WILB activities are searching for information about products, reading online news sites, playing online games and watching videos on YouTube.

"Firms spend millions on software to block their employees from watching videos, using social networking sites or shopping online under the pretence that it costs millions in lost productivity," said Coker. "That's not always the case."

However, Coker said the study looked at people who browsed in moderation, or were on the Internet for less than 20 percent of their total time in the office.

"Those who behave with Internet addiction tendencies will have a lower productivity than those without," he said.

source : http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20090402/ttc-tech-us-work-internet-tech-life-96247d2.html

I guess all office workers out there will be happy to read this lol.

Google visited by blog

2009-04-04T02:52:00.002+08:00

On my birthday ! lol

Can't get you out of my head

2009-03-31T14:57:00.003+08:00

There's this song that keeps on playing in my head today and i think the only way to get it out is by blogging about it. What is this song ?

No it is not Kylie Minogue. It is an old song "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" which was sung the 1990's by this guy John Alford. I think it is him because I could not find any other singers who sounded like the version he sang in the 90's. I remember the mtv was pretty cool but too bad I could not find it on youtube or I would definitely upload it for everyone here.

Tagger Store Closed

2009-03-30T02:37:00.002+08:00

I was eagerly looking out for the ONLY Tagger outlet in Singapore at Vivo City today and only to find that the Tagger Shop has closed. There goes my chance to get a new bag.

Thai love songs

2009-03-25T18:43:00.003+08:00

''Ying Kwa Sia Jai" by thai singer Punch

same tune as Joi Chua's feng zhen. Heard it the first time when i was in Bangkok and I love it =)

Da Endorphine - Dai Yin Mai ( can you hear )

Mai Roo Jak Chun Mai Roo Jak Tur

Theme song of movie "bedside detective" v nice n funny movie =)

Gun Lae Gun - The Love of Siam OST

My earnings from internet marketing so far..

2009-03-20T20:00:00.005+08:00

Revenue
EmailCashPro : S$5.4836
Nuffnang : $0
WorkFromHomeSingaporeans :$16.60 SGD
Affiliate marketing website : USD$174.88
Others : USD$19.64

exchange rate SGD1 = USD 1.51

Total : SGD $ 315.80

*this figures are from Feb 23rd til today

A great song to describe weather !

2009-03-17T23:13:00.004+08:00

The past few weeks has been hot and sunny at once and thunderstorms the next. This song is for all those enduring the sun and rain out there =) ( including myself ). Enjoy !

Awesome Singaporean Community You Should Check Out!

2009-03-13T16:57:00.002+08:00

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Awesome Singaporean Community You Should Check Out!

2009-03-13T16:57:00.000+08:00

May I Sit ?

2009-03-06T17:04:00.003+08:00

A not so long time ago, when I was still in primary school, I used to take the school bus to school.
At that time school buses were still non-air conditioned and it was always still dark when I boarded the bus.

Occasionally, there will be a boy who would take a seat beside me. What was unique about him was that before he sat down, he would ask politely "May I sit ?"

He was probably the one and only person who ask that question before taking a seat on the bus when there was someone already on the seat.

I would just nod my head and then look out of the window again or daydream. Since no one else ever asked that before sitting down, it really left a deep impression on me. However, being a shy person, I never actually talked to the boy and vice versa.

But whenever I took a seat beside him, I would also ask him back in return "May I sit ?" and he would nod as well.

I wonder what has become of him now. Being such a polite and well mannered boy since young I guess he would grow up to be someone who is nice and well-liked by everyone.

Cute girl on the bus

2009-03-05T03:12:00.004+08:00

Time : 2.00p.m.
Location : School bus stop

First time i saw her this semester !

A really cute girl who takes the same bus as me. Til now I have no idea what's her name and all. I was on my way to school feeling sleepy as usual. When i reached the school bus stop, I was getting off and she was getting on. Oh ! what a waste !

As she walked down the aisle to the middle, I stood up from my seat to alight and for a brief moment, our eyes met and it was magical.

It felt as though time stood still for that second. She looked great as before and hopefully it will not be long before I see her again.

Apple new product : i-Rack

2009-03-04T01:15:00.002+08:00

Apple's products range from ipod, itouch, iMac, iphone and now...

Bringing you... the i-Rack

ProfStabber

2009-03-02T23:03:00.002+08:00

SINGAPORE: A final-year engineering student at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) jumped from a campus block after stabbing a professor on Monday morning.

The professor was in his office at the engineering faculty when the student stabbed him in the back with a knife, leaving him injured.

After stabbing the professor, the male student - who was in his 20s - slit his wrists and jumped off a five-storey building.

Police said they received a call about the incident at 10.35am, and arrived to find the student dead at the bottom of the engineering block.

Eyewitnesses had also told Channel NewsAsia that a person had been stabbed, and that a student, believed to be an Indonesian-Chinese had slit his wrists before jumping off a building.

An NTU spokesman later confirmed that a final year student from the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering was involved in the stabbing.

It, however, did not name the two people involved, and only said that their next-of-kin had been notified.

The student is said to be 21-year-old David Hartanto Widjaja and the professor is believed to be Chan Kap Luk, who was left with injuries on his back and arm.

David Hartanto Widjaja was a former president of the NTU Electronic Sports Club.

Professor Chan, a Singaporean in his 40s, was sent to the National University Hospital for treatment and is said to be in a stable condition.

The professor has been with NTU's School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering since June 1992.

Professor Chan, who is Deputy Director of the Biomedical Engineering Research Centre at NTU, is said to have been the supervisor of the student in a project.

NTU's president, Su Guaning, pledged to help the families of the professor and student and has mobilised its counselling professionals to help. He also said the matter will be investigated thoroughly.

"The university is deeply shocked and saddened by what has happened… The university community will rally together at this difficult time and do our utmost to help the student's family, the professor and his family, and those traumatised by the incident," added Dr Su.

Speaking to the media at the NUH in the evening, Dr Su said Professor Chan might be discharged in a few days. The stab wound in the professor's back was "deep" but no vital organs were injured. His arm was also not "too badly hurt".

It is understood that at the time of the incident, Widjaja was discussing his final-year project with Professor Chan, as he had difficulty obtaining a pass grade.

Dr Su said Widjaja was a "very good student" whose grades had slipped recently, but he was still considered above average.

Dr Su said Professor Chan had expressed regret that he could not help his student earlier.

The NTU president said he hopes to prevent such an incident from happening again. "I think it's an overall pastoral care system that is necessary. We've already set up such a thing, with the Student Affairs Office, many counsellors keeping an eye on students with problems.

"Unfortunately the student never showed that he had problems. Either he kept them within himself, or... We would like to review the system to see how we can pick out better students who have such problems, even if they don't communicate with others."

source : http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/412478/1/.html

Video footage here

I wonder what was the situation that led to this tragedy. Hopefully it will not happen again.

31 ways to make a girl smile

2009-03-02T18:57:00.001+08:00

1. Dont hug her friends or your friends that are girls cause she'll feel left out
2. Hold her hand at any moment . . . even if its just for a second.
3. Hug her from behind
4. Leave her voice messages to wake up.
5. Wrestle with her
6. Don't go hang out with your ex when shes not with you, you might not realize how badly it hurts her.
7. If you're talking to another girl, when you're done talking, walk over and
hug her and kiss her.... let her know she's yours and they aren't.
8. Write her notes or call her just to say "hi"..and not just at night after you've already been out with other girls.
9. Introduce her to your friends . . . as your girlfriend.
10. Play with her hair.
11. Pick her up
12. Get upset if another guy touches her and she doesn't like it.
13. Make her laugh, if you can make her laugh, you can make her do
anything.
14. Let her fall asleep in your arms.
15. If she's mad at you, kiss her.
16. If you care about her, then tell her
17. Every guy should give their girl 3 things: a stuffed animal(she'll hug it every time she goes to sleep), jewelry (she'll treasure it forever), and one of his t-shirts (she'll most likely wear it to bed).
18. Treat her the same around your friends as you do when you're alone.
19. Look her in the eyes and smile.
20. Hang out with her on weekends
21. Kiss her in the rain
22. Kiss her just for the heck of it
23. If your listening to music, let her listen too.
24. Remember her birthday and get her something, even if
its simple and inexpensive, it came from YOU. it means all the world to HER. it's the thought that counts.
25. When she gives you a present on your birthday, Christmas, or just whenever, take it and tell her you love it, even if you don't (it'll make her happy.)
26. Always call her when you say you will, it may not seem like it, but it does hurt her and makes her think you don't care so call even if you can only talk for a minute. Girls don't necessarily have to have hour-long conversations every night but its nice for us to hear your voice even for a quick hello.
27. Give her what she wants
28. Recognize the small things . . . they usually mean the most.
29. Tell her shes beautiful, she needs to know her striving is working.
30. Hang out with her whenever you are free and u should be free to hang
with your girlfriend all the time
31. If u care about her...SHOW her!

Lightning damages Singapore's Merlion statue

2009-02-28T23:20:00.000+08:00

SINGAPORE, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Lightning flashes on Saturday afternoon damaged Singapore's Merlion statue, the country's long-standing original icon.

According to local radio reports, the incident, which occurred between 04:00 and 05:00 p.m. local time on Saturday afternoon, caused quite a commotion.

Something like an explosion sound very loud, then after that some of the pieces fell off the Merlion, but no one was hurt in the incident, one witness was quoted as saying.

The explosion, caused by the lightning, created a hole, the size of a soccer ball, on the Merlion, one of five Merlions in the country.

The 8.6-meter-tall statue was originally located at the mouth of the Singapore River, but was moved to the Merlion Park in downtown in 2002.

source : http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/28/content_10918725.htm

Made $152.80 in 2 days !

2009-02-25T18:36:00.003+08:00

I'm so excited ! I have made my first sale from day 1 and I made a total of $152.80 in just 2 days !

after deducting advertising costs on EmailCashPro of $42, I have a net profit of $110.80.

Not too bad for a beginner I guess. =)

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And you thought taking 1 day leave is harmless

2009-02-21T14:00:00.001+08:00

So you want a day off. Let's take a look at what you are asking for. There are 365 days per year available for work. There are 52 weeks per year in which you already have 2 days off per week, leaving 261 days available for work. Since you spend 16 hours each day away fron work, you have used up 170 days, leaving only 91 days available. You spend 30 minutes each day on coffee break which counts for 23 days each year, leaving only 68 days available. With a 1 hour lunch each day, you used up another 46 days, leaving only 22 days available for work. You normally spend 2 days per year on sick leave. This leaves you only 20 days per year available for work. We are off 5 holidays per year, so your available working time is down to 15 days. We generously give 14 days vacation per year which leaves only 1 day available for work and I'll be darned if you are going to take that day off!

Launch of my website

2009-02-18T02:24:00.000+08:00

Today, I'm very happy and excited to announce that my website is "live" !

Hurray !

this is the first website which i have created hence I hope to have your support.

Kindly take a look here at http://www.im-alex.com

Thank you very much and have a great day.

Get paid to read emails

2009-02-06T11:21:00.004+08:00

Hi,

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How cool is that ? It is a website called EmailCashPro and I signed up for it since its 100% free to try it out. After a few days they send me an email which includes a paid link. After viewing the paid link, I was credited right away.

What's more, if you invite your friends to join, you get paid too ! I can't wait to become a gold member.

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Love has it all

2009-02-01T19:03:00.002+08:00

love has it all - Ivana Wong

This is a song by Ivana Wong. Great lyrics and tune. check out the lyrics below

Love has it all
beckons softly with its call night day
e're spreading its silky wings on its way

Love has it all
gently falls to the lonely melting heart
and giving it a fresh new start

Love has it all hot cold emotion
wild free imagination
love has it all don't you ever know
it touches you where're you go
and kisses your broken soul

While i feel lost barely surviving ups falls
when broken dreams are trailing up the sky
winds soaring high
but when i ask love to stay it flies away
leaving no trace makes me wonder what to say

Love has it all hot cold emotion
wild free imagination
love has it all don't you ever know
it touches you where're you go
and kisses your broken soul

Love has it all hot cold emotion
wild free imagination
love has it all it turns moments to gold
it caresses your broken soul
and touches you wherever you go

Now that i know love is hot love is cold
moments of ice moments of fire
it flashes through the eye
for all i know love would want it to remould
from faded dreams to heart of gold
a brand new story

1 Corinthians 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

P.S some may argue that MONEY is most important. But hey, that's because they LOVE money. =)

Happy Chinese New Year ~

2009-01-29T12:26:00.002+08:00

Gong Xi Fa Cai to all Chinese who are in the festive mood now =)

was back in Malaysia recently for CNY as usual and came back a little richer heh. ( although in RM )

This new year also marks the end of my study life in my final semester of school which means i will be officially unemployed soon. *awww*

On a brighter note, I'm slacking my way through again since I do not have a good chance to improve my overall score so i'm pretty much relaxed this few months =)

As the countdown begins to the end of our studying lives, many of my friends and myself find us looking more around us and what our future beholds and less of what goes on in campus.

i guess this is expected of final year students braving a whole new world out there when more than 10 years of studying comes to an end. Although I will be missing the life of a slacking student, I'm sure future challenges will prove exciting and testing for many of us as well when we step into the working society.

In the meantime, let's all hope for a good year ahead ! Huat ah !

First miracle of 2009

2009-01-21T18:38:00.002+08:00

I got allocated FIN2004 ! haha

A few days ago i was fretting over about my module FIN2004 which is finance. I was bidding for it in the last round but i did not have enough points.

I did an appeal through the school website but no news after days of waiting. While travelling on the bus today I prayed about this matter and hope for the best.

Around 5pm while i was checking my nus mail at the school computer, I received an email saying I got the module ! The very same afternoon !

All I can say is that miracles happen when you pray. All glory to God =)

Song hye-kyo speaks english

2009-01-13T00:08:00.003+08:00

Song hye kyo is the goodwill ambassador for youtube orchestra

I couldn't quite catch what she said after 2 lines but maybe your ears are sharper haha.

Red Cliff

2009-01-10T13:01:00.004+08:00

After watching the first part last year, the much anticipated movie Red Cliff 2 is finally out. I was a little disappointed due to the lack of fighting scenes throughout most of the movie but the final battle was really well elaborated with the decisive naval battle which crippled Cao's navy and a 2-pronged attack by Zhou Yu and Liu Bei crushed Cao's forces in the middle leaving them with no escape.

3 factors which led to Zhou's success in the battle

change in wind direction in their favour for a fire attack on the ships
poor choice of base camp by Cao which renders the navy useless
finally the intelligence of Zhuge Liang in devising the military strategy

This was a remarkable feat considering that Zhou's forces were heavily outnumbered in terms of troops as well as warships.

The movie also depicts Zhuge Liang (takeshi kaneshiro) as a know-it-all whether it comes to farming, delivering a horse, playing zither, predicting the weather and of cause coming up with surefire military strategies.

One of the things he did which impressed me was how he manage to create 100 000 arrows in 3 days.

Using straw boats to borrow arrows

Before the Battle of Red Cliffs, Zhuge Liang went to visit the Wu camp to assist Wu strategist Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu saw Zhuge Liang as a threat to Eastern Wu and was also jealous of Zhuge Liang's talent. Therefore, he assigned Zhuge Liang the task to make 100,000 arrows in ten days or face execution. Zhuge Liang, however, swore he would finish this seemingly impossible task in three days. He requested 20 large boats, each manned with many straw men and a few soldiers. Before dawn, Zhuge Liang ordered his soldiers to beat war drums and shout orders, to imitate the noise of an attack.

Zhuge Liang sat with Lu Su inside one of the boats drinking wine. The Wei soldiers, unable to see in the fog, fired many volleys of arrows at the sound of the drums. The straw men were soon filled with arrows, and Zhuge Liang returned to Wu having fulfilled his promise.

Other strategies not in the movie ...

Stone Sentinel Maze

In Chapter 84, as Lu Xun pursued the fleeing Liu Bei after the Battle of Yiling, he felt a strong enemy presence near Baidicheng and cautioned his army for possible ambush. He sent scouts ahead, who reported that the area was empty except for some scattered piles of stones. Bewildered, he asked one of the locals, who answered that Qi started to emerge from the area after Zhuge Liang had arranged the stones there. Lu Xun himself then inspected the area, and determined that the array was only a petty display of deception. He led a few cavaliers into the array, and as he was about to come out, a strong gust blew. Soon, duststorms were shadowing the sky and the stones became swords, mountainous piles of dirt emerged while the waves of the Yangtze River sounded like swords and drums. Lu Xun exclaimed, "I fell into Zhuge's trap!" and attempted to exit to no avail.

Suddenly, Lu Xun saw an old man standing before his horse, who then asked if Lu needed assistance out of the array. Lu Xun followed the man and exited the maze unharmed. The old man revealed himself to be Zhuge Liang's father-in-law Huang Chengyan, and explained that the array is constructed using the ideas of the Bagua. Huang Chengyan said that Zhuge Liang had predicted that a Wu general would stumble across this maze as he constructed the structure, and asked Huang Chengyan not to lead the general out when that happens. Lu Xun immediately dismounted from his horse and thanked Huang Chengyan, and when he returned to his camp, he exclaimed that he could never top the genius of Zhuge Liang.

Empty Fort Strategy

During the first Northern Expedition, his efforts to capture Chang'an were undermined by the loss at the Battle of Jieting. With the loss of Jieting, Zhuge Liang's current location, Xicheng (西城), was in great danger. With the army deployed elsewhere and left with only a handful of civil officers in the city, Zhuge Liang decided to use a ploy to ward off the advancing Wei army.

Zhuge Liang ordered all the gates to be opened and had civilians sweeping the roads while he sat high up on the gates calmly playing his zither with two children beside him. When the Cao Wei commander and strategist Sima Yi approached the fort with the Wei military, he was puzzled by the scene and ordered his troops to retreat.

Zhuge Liang later told the bewildered civil officers that the strategy only worked because Sima Yi was a man of suspicion, the latter having personally witnessed the success of Zhuge Liang's highly effective ambushing and misdirection tactics many times before. Furthermore, Zhuge Liang had a reputation as a keen but extremely careful military tactician who rarely took risks. Zhuge Liang's well-known carefulness, coupled with Sima Yi's own suspicious nature, led Sima Yi to the conclusion that entry into the apparently empty city would have drawn his troops into an ambush. It is unlikely the same strategy would have worked on someone else, and indeed Sima Yi's son Sima Zhao saw through the ruse immediately and counseled his father against retreat.

Goodbye 2008, Hello 2009 ~!

2009-01-03T23:04:00.003+08:00

Hello everyone, Happy New Year to you !

Hope you have a great time counting down to 2009 unlike me who spent the last few seconds at the side of the road watching fireworks only to be blocked by the occasional buses passing by.

Sorry this post is a little late due to my busy *ahem* schedule of slacking and dota-ing. Went to Clarke Quay on the last day of 2008 for dinner at Billy Bombers. Shan't bore you with the details so I shall upload some photos instead =)
For a picture speaks a thousand words.

Hu Tong - A chinese restaurant we passed by

So who's in the mood for a swim ?

- Fireworks -
No its not an ad for Challenger

That's all folks ~!

Linda Chung - Swear

2008-12-29T13:18:00.007+08:00

Hi there another video post by lazy me. This is a really nice song by Linda Chung and if you have noticed she is the girl in the photo above. Enjoy this song Swear by Linda =)

More of Linda here ...

Where the hell is Matt ?

2008-12-25T15:20:00.004+08:00

Answer : Anywhere

For those who you who love to travel, bet you will love this man's job : basically get paid to travel round the world and do his "dance". Check out his video below

Dancing 2006

Dancing 2006 Outtakes

If you simply cannot get enough of him, visit the website http://www.wherethehellismatt.com/

The Bedside Detective - Movie

2008-12-21T17:44:00.004+08:00

สายลับจับบ้านเล็ก
Sailab Jab Baanlek

Summary
Jock, a television mechanic has his special job. Apart from his regular work, he is identified as a detective hired to detect secret lovers for those wives who have unfaithful husbands. The strict rule is not to fall in love with the target, but the new target is such an irresistible girl called Nampan, who's a secret lover of a wealthy old man. When Jok goes deeper into the case, he finds out that Nampan also has another wealthy admirer and the wife of her admirer plans to blackmail her. Though the case is risking and nearly breaking the rule of his work, Jok decides to help her from danger.
(Source www.movieseer.com)

Cast
Sunny Suwanmethanon - Jock
Patarasaya Krousuwansiri - Nampan
Panisara Pimpru - Rhautai
Chalermpon Thikumporn-teerawong - Jack
Nimit Luksameepong - Sutin

This is the first non-horror thai movie I've seen and I think its pretty funny ~! ( for some parts )
especially when the male lead (Jock) was riding the bike through bumps and the girl (Nampan) was sitting behind him and bumping into him at the same time.

Good looking starring actors and interesting cast. A good watch for a lazy Sunday afternoon.

>> Check out the movie here on crunchyroll <<

Bedside Detective Trailer

Bedside detective theme

How to avoid getting a virus through msn

2008-12-20T13:10:00.004+08:00

Recently I've been seeing many people sending me links on msn messenger which have totally no relevance to me or my interest and I guess the virus is at work again.

Why do so many people fall into this trap ? Most people do not think twice about opening a link sent by their friend no matter what the link is. Therefore, do take a step back and think carefully if the link is really sent by your friend by simply asking the person again. If the other party is offline, it is highly possible that the link is a viral link. DO NOT CLICK ON IT. Simple. =)

Here are some steps to highlight which you can take

do not hastily click on any links you receive
ask the person if the link is sent by them
check if the person is online
install and update your anti-virus and firewall

Doesn't take a genius or a computer expert to implement them.
Cheers to your virus free MSN messenger.

Pro Wrestler Mike 'Mad Dog' Bell dies at 37

2008-12-20T02:36:00.001+08:00

News from Newport Beach, California: Former pro wrestler Mike "Mad Dog" Bell has died at age 37, reports say.

Bell was found Sunday at a Costa Mesa live-in rehabilitation facility, although the cause of death is still to be determined. The coroner is waiting for the results of toxicology tests.

Bell's longtime struggle with alcohol and painkiller abuse was featured in the documentary Bigger, Stronger, Faster by his brother, Chris Bell. The youngest brother, Mark, also did some pro wrestling and was a worldclass powerlifter. From the Associated Press:

"He was always wrestling, he was a personal trainer, he was always pushing his body to the max," Chris Bell told the Orange County Register.
"You can't really blame wrestling, but it's kind of the lifestyle," he said. "You have a couple of painkillers to get to the next match, have a couple drinks night to night and it gets out of hand."
Bell wrestled on World Wrestling Entertainment's "Monday Night Raw" as a "jobber," a fighter who takes falls to promote others.

"Although Mr. Bell was never under a WWE contract, WWE extends its deepest condolences to the Bell family," the organization said.

Source : np posted

5 things not to put on squeeze page

2008-12-18T14:32:00.003+08:00

What to have on your squeeze page

Provide two optin forms on every page
Use a “graphical” optin box at the top of the page
Always provide your name and email address at the bottom of your squeeze page
Privacy Policy
Professional Graphics

full article here.

What not to have on your squeeze page

Outbound link.
Long web page copy
Order link.
Product recommendation
Visible Hit Counter

full article here

Are you carry buckets or building a pipeline ?

2008-12-18T00:22:00.004+08:00

Once upon a time there was this quaint little village. It was a great place to live except for one problem. The village had no water unless it rained. To solve this problem once and for all, the village elders decided to put out to bid the contract to have water delivered to the village on a daily basis. Two people volunteered to take on the task and the elders awarded the contract to both of them. They felt that a little competition would keep the prices low and insure a back up supply of water.

The first of the two people who won the contract, Ed, immediately ran out, bought 2 galvanized steel buckets and began running back and forth along the trail to the lake which was a mile away. he immediately began making money as he labored morning to dusk hauling water from the lake with his two buckets. He would empty them into the large concrete holding tank the village had built. each morning he had to get up before the rest of the village awoke to make sure there was enough water for the village when it wanted it. It was hard work, but he was very happy to be making money and for one having one of the two exclusive contracts for this business.

The second winning contractor Bill, disappeared for a while. He was not seen in months, which made Ed very happy since he had no competition. Ed was making all the money.

Instead of buying 2 buckets to compete with Ed, Bill had written a business plan, created a corporation, found 4 investors and employed a president to do the work, and returned 6 mths later with a construction crew. Within a year his team had built a large volume stainless steel pipeline which connected the village to the lake.

At the grand opening celebration, Bill announced that his water was cleaner than Ed's water. Bill knew that there had been complaints about the dirt in Ed's water. Bill also announced that he could supply the village with water 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Ed could only deliver water on the weekdays... he did not work on weekends. Then Bill announced that he would charge 75% less than Ed did for this higher quality and more reliable source of water. The village cheered and ran immediately for the faucet at the end of Bill's pipeline.

In order to compete, Ed immediately lowered his rates by 75%, bought 2 more buckets, added covers to this buckets and began hauling four buckets each trip. In order to provide better service, he hired his 2 sons to give him a hand for the night shift and on weekends. When his boys went off to college, he said to them, "Hurry back, because someday this business will belong to you."

For some reason, after college, his 2 sons never came returned. Eventually Ed had employees and union problems. the union was demanding higher wages, better benefits, and wanted its members to only haul 1 bucket at a time.

Bill, on the other hand, realized that if this village needed water then other villages must need water too. He rewrote his business plan and went off to sell his high speed, high volume, low cost and clean water delivery system to villages throughout the world. He only makes a penny per bucket of water delivered, but he delivers billions of buckets of water every day.

Regardless of whether he works or not, billions of people consume billions of buckets of water, an d all that money pours into his bank account. Bill had developed a pipeline to deliver money to himself as well as water to the villages.

Bill lived happily ever after and Ed worked hard for the rest of his life and had financial problems forever after.

Does this story sound familiar to you ? Are we guilty of carry buckets ?

This story is taken from Robert Kiyosaki's book Cashflow and it has opened up my mind to different perspective which I have never thought of before.

Therefore, I hope to strive towards building a pipeline and I hope this story inspires you too. =)

You can begin building a pipeline today just by clicking HERE. May you achieve success in building your very own shiny pipeline ~!

Web or sex? Nearly half of women would rather go online

2008-12-16T16:56:00.003+08:00

This is a survey done in Washington and the results are pretty surprising to me.

You can check out the article on yahoo here.

Its hard to imagine the pervasiveness of the internet in our everyday lives nowadays =).

"Ninety-five percent of those surveyed said it is "very important, important or somewhat important" to be able to access the Internet."

"Forty-six percent of the women polled said they would rather go without sex for two weeks than give up access to the Internet for the same period of time, according to the survey, "Internet Reliance in Today's Economy.""

Fewer men have been reported to choose internet over sex. I guess this may mean good news for all doing business on the internet out there but not so good news for the guys :(

SAP course at NUS

2008-12-12T17:10:00.009+08:00

It is the last holidays of my studying life at NUS and i'm spending half of it in school. why is that so ?

When I tell people that I'm attending a SAP course in school,

The next question that follows up most certainly would be... "What is SAP ?"

SAP AG is the largest European software enterprise and the third largest in the world, with headquarters in Walldorf, Germany. It is best known for its SAP ERP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software.

The workshop is conducted by a group of certified and wonderful NUS students. In this workshop you learn about business processes and of course, have a better understanding of SAP.

If you are interested, you may find out more about the course here.

My day begins at 10 a.m in the classroom with the theory lesson given by the student trainer.

10:00 - 12:30 pm ...

my bored classmate

Then we would break for lunch at the usual biz/arts/engineering/science canteen.

By the way the dumpling noodles fried dumplings are pretty good =)

around 1:00 to 4:00 pm...

This is where I would spend the rest of the day until the end of the lesson. We would be having the lab lesson here which ~~mostly comprised of surfing net~~ is pretty much applying what we have learnt in the morning's lesson. =)

Music

2008-12-08T17:42:00.000+08:00

mangekyoueyes

The Little Nyonya Theme : 如燕

2008-12-05T17:52:00.003+08:00

For those of you who have been tuning on to your television at 9pm faithfully everyday on channel 8, you would have been greeted by the melodious tune of the theme of "the little nyonya". The first time i heard the tune, i've been mesmerized by the melody as well as the beautiful voice who sang it. hence i've been really curious to find out the voice behind song and lo and behold, the singer is as beautiful as her voice. =)

Olivia Ong, born 2 October 1985 is a Singaporean singer. She sings mostly in English but develop her career singing in English and, later, Japanese.

Likened to Seiko Matsuda, she won a singing contest and was signed to a Japanese recording company at only 15.

After taking her O-level examinations in Singapore, Olivia moved to Japan to further her studies and career as a solo artist. In Japan, she became a member of a Japanese pop (J-pop) group called Mirai, before she released her bestselling début, "a girl meets bossanova" at only 19. With her sultry, soulful, pristine and innocent vocals, she reinterprets Frank Sinatra such as "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" and other jazz and pop numbers. She is one of the new wave of Singapore talent being exported internationally. So far, Olivia is the only pop sensation exported exclusively to Japan, previous stars such as Kit Chan, Tanya Chua, Stefanie Sun, Michelle Saram etc, have only been exporting to the Greater Chinese market through Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Hope you enjoy this song as much as I do. =)

How to Explode Your Affiliate Income!

2008-12-04T16:14:00.003+08:00

Hi there,

Here's an interesting blog post for you..

When videos started to grow popular on the Internet in
the past couple of years, the Internet Marketing
landscape started to change.

Affiliate Marketing was not exempted, either.

The most classic mistake people tend to make in
affiliate marketing is not capturing the opt-in leads
first before sending their visitors to the merchant's
website.

So what smart marketers often do is that they would
have their own Squeeze Page for the visitors to opt
into their list, before sending them to the website
they are an affiliate for.

This is so the affiliate marketer can build his own
opt-in list and do his follow-ups later.

A few but exceptionally smarter marketers, on the other
hand, take this to the next level.

=====> THEY IMPLEMENT VIDEO MARKETING, TOO.

You probably notice most top Internet Marketing experts
are now using videos on their Squeeze Pages. And
smarter affiliates are also doing the same for their
own, for one obvious reason:

=====> VIDEOS CAN SKYROCKET YOUR TRAFFIC AND SALES
CONVERSIONS!

Unfortunately, the problem with video marketing is that
to begin with, you have to know how to make your own
videos.

And even if you could do your own videos, what if you
learn that the affiliate program doesn't convert well
for you after all?

Affiliate Power Videos remove all these barriers.

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At Affiliate Power Videos, you get 10 unique, high
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So all you have to do is:

Step 1: join any or all of the listed affiliate
programs (free)

Step 2: Upload the video and squeeze pages to your web
host

Step 3: Start driving in traffic, build your opt-in
list and rake in affiliate sales!

You might be thinking that this is going to be a costly
monthly membership - maybe $97, $197 or even $297 a
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Here it is again:

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Sign up for your free Silver membership access now and
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your own string of affiliate video businesses up and
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the last holidays

2008-12-04T12:57:00.001+08:00

hmm this is a list of things i want to do or at least try in the event i get caught up in playing FM2008 or dota and forget all about it haha... which is quite likely since its been happening for the past few hols.

Anyway this is it :
(not in any order)

~~cut hair~~
train up for ippt and hopefully pass
work on the affiliate model
buy some clothes ( i.e jeans, etc )
buy a new phone ( this one is dying soon )

play fm 2008 (oops how did this get here)

this is it for now, hope to complete at least some of the stuff here before january 2009.

The Overture

2008-12-01T01:57:00.000+08:00

Hi this is a thai movie which i saw recently call The Overture. Its about this music genius who plays this instrument called the ranad back in the good old days of thai traditional music.
This is a short clip from the movie. Enjoy ~!

the first post

2008-11-30T17:00:00.000+08:00

Hello everyone,

welcome to my blog. This is the first of many many more posts to come so please keep your bookmarks here and visit me often !

This is the car driven by Camille Montes in Quantum of Solace of the latest James Bond movie.

I find it a pretty cool looking car and quite refreshing from all the other highly gadget-tised vehicles of the James Bond films.

The Ford Edge can be found in your nearest Ford Dealership while the Ford Ka is only made in Europe, but word is that it's making itself into the U.S. Market so keep an eye out for it.