of undefined trip

I informed MIW of my overseas trip and as usual I received a confirmation email from them. I expected the email to contain details of my trip and the confirmation number. But what I got was just a word.


I will be taking a blog break and going to an 'undefined' place. Lancerlady and I have been married for 5 years and this is only our second holiday. First one was our honeymoon. We will be back in a week's time.

Happy Deeparaya.
Happy Halloween.
Happy Virtual Insanity.

of stuff n such - 26.10.05

• Mentos Soda Explosion: Another mentos + soda explosion video. [via Koreus]


• Scare Tactics: Other scare tactics here and here. [via Big-Boys and Dump A Link]


• Hypnotizing People: NSFW. Hypnotized people to give oral s3x to cucumbers. [via Dump A Link]


• Wok Da Fark: NSFW language. Learn how to make Vietnamese Pho. [via MetaFilter]


• Cluster Balloon: Be carried into the sky by a cluster of balloons. [via Every Little Wonder]


• Trampoline Game: Make your own game. [via MonkeyFilter]


• 3 Feet Deep: DJ Format rap video. [via Diskographik]


• Loading Ready Run Video: Rap song by a trio who call themselves 64K. [via LinkFilter]

Fountain of Wayne [via pfong]

of open or close

Open or Close?

of jump at cineleisure

[via Anonymous Confessions]

heard from my sis who was there:
some guy jumped from the 3 floor of cineleisure and fell to the ground beside the food court at the basement. thats 4 floors. Apparently, the guy was being interrogated by the police before he jumped.

Any news report on this?
Update 1: It is in today's New Paper and Channelnewsasia. Thanks to Tempest Blue and A Zhaki

Update 2: Added photo via vrforums. Thanks Hang Yong.

of consent

Consent: A short film directed by Jason Reitman

Before having s3x, always make sure you have protection. Legal protection. Sign here for the lawyer-laden world of modern intimacy and give your Consent.

of stuff n such - 24.10.05

• Dinner Party: Commercial from BlueFly, an online clothing company. [via Quakk]


• Shingo: Power Rangers parody. [via Lut]


• Waterbed Prank: Funny video of people getting wet. [via Dump A Link]


• Bouncy Balls: Advertisement for the Sony Bravia LCD TV. Click here to see how it was filmed. [via Grow A Brain]


• Marshmellow Gun: Make your own using PVC pipes. Watch the video. [via Grow A Brain]


• Freaky Universe of McDonald's Advertising: Gallery of McDonlad's videos. [via Look At This]


• Clothed Kama Sutra: Flickr Photoset. [via SnarkySpot]


• Halloween Hangman: Game. [via MetaFilter]

Cumming [via Esdee]

of easiest captcha evar

The easiest word verification evar?

of calling people fat 2

Just now at the shopping centre, Lancerlad dragged me to one corner. A Sales Assistant was talking to a customer. He kept pointing to the Sales Assistant, not wanting to say anything. Later when I told him to say what is in his mind, he whispered "Auntie, fat stomach".

Not again. Another lecture for him.

of calling people fat

Angelia blogs about Aidan, her son, saying the f word. On Thursday, Lancerlad also said an f word. The f word was "Fat".

Lancerlady, Lancerlad and I were in the lift when this plump guy entered the lift. His back was facing us. Lancerlad looked at us and called him "Fat Uncle". It was loud enough for anyone in the lift to hear those words coming out from his mouth. The guy had earphones on, we hoped that he did not hear it. We told Lancerlad that it was not nice to call others fat.

After lecturing him, I will try to make him repeat what I have said. Hoping that it registers into his head.

Lancerlord: We cannot call people fat because it is not...
Lancerlad: nice.
Lancerlord: If we call people fat, the person will be...
Lancerlad: sad.

of the graduate

Agagooga has a funny video clip. Visit his blog for the video link as he tells the story of "The Graduate".

of what kind of beetle

[via Straydog Scraps]

What kind of Volkswagen New Beetle are you?

I'm a Platinum Grey Volkswagen Beetle!

Silent and blunt, you're often as unnoticed as your Platinum Grey Beetle. Odds are that your journal is the only window people have to your personality. But like the Beetle you drive, all you have to do is hock your horn a little and attention will stay you for a while.

of stuff n such - 22.10.05

• Boo: Video showing people scaring people. Good pranks to play on Halloween. [via 40 Stripes]


• Computer gone Wild: Funny video. Switch on your notebook in the library and the startup sound gets blasted from the speakers. [via Engadget]


• Don't Spend Your Life Cleaning: Watch this commcercial of a certain product. Must watch. [via Di-Links]


• Handphone Number: Work out your handphone number using the calculator. [via Digg]


• Mise à Nu: NSFW. Cool interface. This one also cool. [via A Dude Somewhere]


• Kooky Chow: Gallery of wierd food labels. [via Look At This]


• A look Into The Dead: Interactive autopsy. [via MetaFilter]


• Airline Meals: Gallery of photos taken of airline food. The Singapore Airlines gallery has 700 over photos. [via J-Walk Blog]

Song Of The Day: Madonna-Hung Up

Thirsty [via Maybemag]

of i is poor

Daryl is rich. I is poor.

My blog is worth $0.00.
How much is your blog worth?

of flock has landed

Flock: A new browser. It is based on the open source Mozilla so Firefox users will be familiar with the user interface.

Flickr Photoset - Some screenshots taken can be found here.

What Others Are Blogging:
- Elia Diodati: Flock Rocks
- Popagandhi: The Future Has Landed
- Gadget Dude: Flock Testing
- Jade*: Flock And Wordpress
- Jasper: The Flock web-browser
- Kishore: Flock First Impressions and Flock Collections
- theory.isthereason: Flock is here… the killer web browser for bloggers!

of under the brown bush song

Listen to The Under The Brown Bush Song. [Mirror]

Under the brown bush, under the tree
Johnny broke a bottle and he blamed it on me
I told my papa, I told my mama
lancerlad babble babble babble babble...
cha cha cha!!!

Actual lyrics here.

of tgif video - 21.10.05

[via danerd.com]

Netmeeting: Commercial by Microsoft.

of stuff n such - 20.10.05

• Did Ya Know: NSFW cartoon. Some interesting things to take note. [via Look At This]


• Make A Police Sketch: Create your own sketch. [via Bag Of Nothing]


• Laser Slingshot: World's first laser slingshot. The ultimate slingshot. [via LinkFilter]


• Almost Human: An "actroid" greeting robot. [via Digg]


• All The Best Cards: Another one of the generator thingy. Make your own. [via J-Walk Blog]


• Transparent Billboards: Outdoor billboards doing the transparent screen. [via MetaFilter]


• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star: WAV. Bhangra style. [via Mandrake]


• Can't Park: Flickr photoset showing people who cannot park properly. [via Offpoint]

Song Of The Day: Sugababes-Push The Button

It is the law. Must read [via Mercer Machine]

of triturages

[via J-Walk Blog]

Triturages: Very cool. Photo montages from Gael Fontana.

of stuff n such - 19.10.05

• What Is The Secret: A worldwide television event. Watch the trailer or go to the Forum. [via LinkFilter]


• Grandpa Japan: Funny clip of a person disguised as an old man. [via Jayaxe]


• Life Inside A Water Bottle: Extreme VR shot inside a water bottle, by photographer Thomas Mottl. [via Grow A Brain]


• B00b Earmuffs: Guys like b00bs! Baron Bob is a guy. He loves b00bs a lot. [via Strange New Products]


• How To Cook Rats: Photos showing how they are cooked. Caution. [via LinkFilter]


• Billboardom: Gallery of billboards. [via MetaFilter]


• iTunes+iPod Ad: Commercial by Eminem. [via Brand Infection and Adweek]


• Maze Game: Get out of the maze. [via Robot Wisdom]

Not Expensive Terminal [via Tym]

of taikonaut

[via Bingfeng Teahouse]

Taikonaut is the Chinese counterpart for astronaut and cosmonaut.

"Taikong" is a Chinese word that means space or cosmos...Removing "g" from "taikong" is to make the word short and easy to pronounce. On the other side, its pronounciation is also close to "taikong ren", the Chinese words "space men".

Tai Ko is something that means "to win by chance" (according to TalkingCock.com.

of appointments

Making appointments to see a doctor at one of our hospitals is like playing musical chairs.

Six months ago, I made an appointment to see a doctor. The appointment was for 16th November.

In July, I called the hospital to reschedule the appointment to an earlier date due to last minute work comittment. The hospital confirmed the change by sending a "Change In Appointment" notification letter to my home address.

In August, I received another "Change In Appointment" notification to inform me the appointment has been rescheduled again because the doctor "is not available".

Yesterday I got another notification. Change in appointment again. 16th November. Have to call them again.

of ikea ps

[via rhizm]

What If...: IKEA's latest campaign. Check out the website and the videos, especially the one called "Grandma".

IKEA asked 28 designers to explore and experiment. To test new materials, techniques and new ways of working. But most of all, to have fun.

of looza

[via Brand Infection]

Looza Cocktails: Wierd Weird brand name.

of stuff n such - 16.10.05

• Japanese Traffic Police: Video showing the motorcycle test that Japanese TP has to go through.


• Show The Finger: Gallery of fingers. [via Codewolf]


• Jenga Tower: Sears Tower using 15000 Jenga blocks. [via MetaFilter]


• Receipts: 2133 receipts collected by Mark Thomas. [via MetaFilter]


• Spin Ikea: Interactive graphics from Ikea. [via J-Walk Blog]


• Unique Website Design: Cool interactive GUI. Click on 'interactive fullscreen'. [via Digg]


• Bill Surprise: Bill Gates surprises students as "stand in" professor. [via Digg]


• Hand Eye Coordination: Video showing a person controlling a 2-player arcade game. [via Digg]

Are you hungry for some CCB? [via Chehzhaimeen]


Race Day

of playing house and jungle

Lancerlad has not been to school for 4 days due to cough. He has to use the nebuliser under the doctor's orders. The medicine he has to take makes him hyperactive. He has created his own home as well as a jungle within the flat. By night time, he has no energy left.

of stuff n such - 14.10.05

• Beatallica: Milwaukee band that plays Beatles songs in a Metallica style. [via LinkFilter]


• Missile D|ck Chicks: We are a posse of pissed-off housewives from Crawford, Texas. [via Missing Kitten TV]


• Chinese Photo Stance: Funny photos of people taking photos. [via Guerino]


• Giant KitKat: Making a giant KitKat out of 4 KitKat Chunkies. [via Look At This]


• Funny Name: Names found in phone books. [via Nordy's Place]


• MP3 Br3ast: MP3 that could soon be stored into br3ast implants. [via Pasta And Vinegar]


• The Drug Song: Become a pharmacist in 90 seconds. Flash video by two qualified doctors. [via Jay's Horizon]


• Egg Game: Move the egg game. [via Robot Wisdom]

Inverted for a reason [via Shimmertje]

of tgif video - 14.10.05

Yes: Commercial by Verizon. Funny but contains NSFW language.

of parasitic advertisements

[via A Dude Somewhere]

Parasitic Advertisements: Interesting Flickr photoset.

of barflies halloween

Cowboy Caleb and his barflies are organising a fun-raising fund-raiser called Virtual Insantity. They cordially invite all who are sane and insane to join in some fun at Cocco Latte on the 30th of October.

More importantly proceeds will go towards Women Makes A Difference (WMD).

All are advised to turn up in costumes (Guys in swimming costume count or not?). Or else you will get summon from the Sherrif.

Check out the official website and the post at tomorrow.sg for more details.

of pick the colour

[via Screenhead]

Click The Colour, Not The Word: A game by b3ta.com to test your left-brain, right-brain. Very frustrating.

of smoking ads

[via LinkFilter]

EU Anti-Smoking Images: Gallery of picture warnings on cigarette packs.

of new improved

lancerlad has been taking PediaSure formula milk by Abbott. Now Abbott has just introduced a new formula. "New Improved" and "PediaSure Complete" are written on the tin.

Does it mean that the older formula milk is incomplete and it is lacking something (that is why need to improve)?


Old packaging


New packaging

of banana

[via LinkFilter]

What Kind Of Banana Are You? Take the quiz.

I am a Green Banana.

Though you know where you want to go and what you want to be you haven't quite reached your goal. You are unsure of yourself and embarrassed by your shortcomings. But don't worry, there are plenty more like you that have yet to ripen. Be patient. Someday you too will make it to that supermarket shelf!

of color and lights

Driving on the roads in Singapore will be interesting.



Firstly, LTA has introduced an extra red line on a certain part of Orchard Road that marks new extended hours for the bus lane. Any motorist caught using the lane can be fined $130.


Soon Singapore will not only be a fine city, it will also be a colourful one.


Then there are blinking lights at the traffic lights. It will be cool during Christmas season if these blinking lights are implemented along Orchard Road as well. When go to Orchard Road to watch the Christmas light-up, the roads can light up too.

of blue death

[via News From me]

UNICEF's latest commercial shows Smurf village being bombed.

The people of Belgium have been left reeling by a public service commercial featuring the Smurfs, in which the blue-skinned cartoon characters' village is annihilated by warplanes. The 25-second commercial is the work of UNICEF, and is to be broadcast on TV across Belgium next week as a public fundraiser.

Here is the link to the video.

of jellylad

lancerlady bought the red-coloured agar-agar powder from the supermarket last week and she made jelly for lancerlad. These jelly powder are so powderful that it can stain his teeth, lips, tongue and things that come out from his bum.

of stuff n such - 09.10.05

Safekeep Your Handphones: Video showing how handphones get stolen.

Svedka Vodka: NSFW. Controversial liquor manufacturer introduces Svedka_Grl, a humanoid android. [via AdJab]

Meet the Farkers: Woman thrown off of Southwest Airlines flight over a political message on her T-shirt. [via Who The Fark Is Lemmy]

Electra Raygun: NSFW. Some dude/some chick. [via LinkFilter]

Pumpkin Gutter: Gallery of carved pumpkins. [via LinkFilter]

Printable Scrabble Board: Prints on A4 size paper. [via LinkFilter]

View From The Top: Supermarket shelves from the top. [via Robot Wisdom]

Memry: Memory game using Flickr photos. [via MetaFilter]


Sitting Legs [via Peiwen]

of win-win

Drivers on the road practise win-win situation.

Red car wants to filter right to go to the first lane. Blue car signals left and wants to filter left to exit the expressway but red car does not give way.

There are many cars in front of the blue car. So it is impossible for the red car to filter right even if it overtakes the blue car. Furthermore there are plenty of space behind the blue car for red car to filter right.

Blue car driver prefers the red car to slow down to let him filter left. By doing so, the red car can then filter right.

Unfortunately the blue car is me. I had to slow down to let the red car slot in front of me and the car in front. Well, this is still a win-win situation. Both drivers win in the end, depends on who win first. This is a "You Win First and I Win Later" situation. And unfortunately it is not the first time I encounter this type of 'tight' situation.

of walk and talk

Both lancerkid and lancerlad are growing up fast. lancerkid has started to walk and lancerlad has started to be talkative.

lancerkid still walks in a 'drunken state' but he is able to balance himself. Now he keeps walking to the television to switch off the TV. Either we raise the television beyond his reach (which is impossible) or we put a barrier around it (which is duh).

lancerlad has started to talk more. But sometimes it takes a while to 'decipher' what he wants.

lancerlad: I want to put in the bowl of the mango.
What he means: I want to put the mango in the bowl.

lancerlad: Where to open where?
What he means: How do I open?

These are some of the simple ones that are easier to decode.

of how pregnancy happens

[via Guilty Secrets]

How Pregnancy Happens: Flash video created by FlickerLab. Listen to what your gen|tals have to say.

Update: Alternative link to the video. Thanks to GhOsT who has posted this clip before.

of tagyu

[via Adam Kalsey]

Tagyu: Tell Tagyu what you are going to blog about and it will tell you what tags you might want to use.

I entered 'Singapore' and Tagyu lists the following tags: singapore, policy, environment, lodge, hostel, review and perak.

of tgif video - 07.10.05

DJ Ditty: The Dell DJ Ditty maximises your music. Instructor Mitch Ferrence maximises your ditty.

of future products

[via LinkFilter]

The Top 10 Most Ridiculous Products Of The Future

of ascii images

ASCII Converter: A cool tool from PageCurve. Enter an image URL and it will convert it into ASCII text.

Here is lancerkid.

of bookcrossing

[via Digg]

Bookcrossing: The practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise.

Here is the Singapore's list of books that are in the wild.

of 28 hours a day

[via Digg]

Here are some "what ifs".

What if you have the ability to change the number of hours each day has?
What if there were only 6 days in a week? Tuesday to Sunday.
What if there were 28 hours in a day instead of 24 hours?

Check out The 28 hour day.

This may give rise to "Tuesday blues" (since there are no Mondays).

of stuff n such - 05.10.05

Computer Graphics Girls: The second competition to find the most beautiful CG girl. [via J-Walk Blog]

Dildoll: NSFW. A toy with heavy bean-bag balls and a moveable foreskin. [via S3xblo.gs]

Volte Face: Gallery of people doing crazy thing with PSPs. [via Pasta And Vinegar]

Yucks: Pick your nose and wipe it on someone else. [via New-Links]

Google Earth Zoo: Gallery of Google Earth pictures that look like animals. [via Look At This]

DIY Nano Case: Print and then cut out the template. [via Digg]

Which Country To Invade Next?: Funny video from SpikedHumor. [via LinkFilter]

8 Up: Game. Spot the correct one. The 8th one is the toughest. [via MetaFilter]


I will not enter after reading this [via Brady Frequent Traveler And Eater]

of maid safe

lancerlady showed me a pamphlet advertisement of a restaurant.

There was a fine print at the bottom of the pamphlet that says: "Maid and stroller safe".

What is "maid safe"?

of 200gb nano

[via LargeHearted Boy]

Want to 'upgrade' your iPod Nano to 200GB? Here is a DIY.

Unfortunately it has transformed a piece of 89mm by 41mm by 7mm gadget to a 147mm by 101mm by 26mm 'monster'.


Nano stripped