of olympics rings

Flip through today's Straits Times that shows the Olympics exhibition.

Unfortunately I can't upload images to my Flickr site due to some technical problems with my computer. Will post it when I get home.

The Olympics rings are bloken.



Shouldn't it be 3 rings on top and 2 rings below [insert image later]?

Flip the picture around and see it in the other perspective [insert image later].



IOC OIC! But then shouldn't it be Red, Green, Black, Yellow and then Blue [insert image later], unless I corourblind?



Update:
Angelia said,

Could be the guy was showing off the wrong side of the fan since the colors are right if he turns the fan the other way

Thanks, Angelia, for pointing that out ah! I didn't thought of it. My mind not thinking straight today.

of half a year past already

It's July. Half a year past already. Time has gone by so fast that I lost track of dates. And I thought it was 31st June today.


Einstein Sign Generator

of stuff n such - 29.06.05

Rubikcubism: Using Rubik's cubes as a medium to create art. [via LinkFilter]

Google Song-Tribute-Parody: To the tune of 'My Girl'. [via RobotWisdom]

Lego Star Destroyer: 10 hours to build. Watch the video. [via Forever Geek]

Toilet Paper Adventures: Some Germans re-creating a toilet paper commercial in real life. Use WorldLingo to translate. [via LinkFilter]

Beatbox: Cool programmable drum machine. Watch the video. [via MonkeyFilter]

www.dontclick.it: Cool graphical user interface. [via Diskographik]

New Empire: New Empire Strikes Back ending. Rewritten to fit in with the new trilogy. [via The Shaky Kaiser]

Grow: Add items and watch it grow. [via Acardia]

Song Of The Day: Stereophonics-Dakota

of you say whore, i say fwah!

After reading Shelly's post, I didn't know what to do with it. So I consulted Cowboy Caleb. Then he emailed and said "Let us both plug her." After reading his email, I still don't know what to do.

So what to do huh? Plug her? Orh link her is it? My engerrish not powder enough.

Shelly said:

I realise that there's been a recent hoo-ha on SPG's posting of her nude photos online and I'm not trying to follow in her foodsteps. All I can say is, if you've got it, flaunt it. Even if you don't (just like me), your blog is your own personal space on the web, so just go ahead if you feel good about it.

Shelly, remove the "(just like me)" statement from the above paragraph leh. I find it not true.

People, if you don't know what I mean? Read Shelly's blog or Cowboy Caleb's post to find out see for yourself.

of a men's room monologue

[via Zeenie]

A Men's Room Monologue

An informative film about what men go through in the restroom.

Most of the things described in the flash video, happened to me.

of your own flickr badge

[via Beezy]

Create your own Flickr Badge

Note: Make sure your photo is not too small. Any problems, refer to this.

Update: The Great Flickr Tools Collection. Thanks, Every Little Wonder

of stuff n such - 28.06.05

Malaysian Lawmakers to Learn Snake Hunting: CM of Kedah tells people to learn how to catch snakes. liak chua [via Fark]

Aquaskipper: Now you can fly above the water. Watch the video. [via Gadgetopia]

Google Earth: Software for Windows. It puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop. [via MetaFilter]

The Whitest Kids U Know: Official site of the NYC Sketch Comedy Troupe. Their site has some farnie videos. [via LinkFilter]

The Fly: A very cool video by Bum Lee. More videos at his site. [via Grow A Brain]

FedexFurniture: Furniture made from Fedex boxes. [via Look At This]

Falling Woman: Use your mouse to make a woman fall through an endless series of spheres. [via J-Walk]

Finger Reading: What your last finger say about you. [via IZ]

King Kong Movie Trailer: Directed by Peter Jackson. Starring Naomi Watts and Jack Black. Official Movie Site

Song Of The Day: Oasis-Lyla (rename to .zip)


Miss Universe Contestants Resting. [via MissSingaporeUniverse]

of good husband quiz

[via Christine]

Christine did a Are You A Good Girlfriend? quiz. So I thought I search the internet for a "Are You A Good Husband?" quiz.

It turns out there are not many around. But there are tons of "Are You A Good Wife/Girlfriend/Boyfriend/Friend" quizzes.

I tried searching using the following sentences.
- "Are You A Faithful Husband?"
- "Are You A Honest Husband?"
- "Are You A Bad Husband?"
- "Are You A Terrible Husband?"
- "Are You A Boh Chap Husband?"
- "Are You A Idiotic Husband?"
- "Are You A Stupid Husband?"
- "Are You A Ya Ya Papaya Husband?"

After a while, I gave up searching. I ended up doing this one and only Are You A Good Husband? quiz and concluded that there are no good husbands around.

Other quizzes:
- Are You A Good Boyfriend?
- Are You A Good Wife?
- Are You A Good Friend?

of mit weblog survey

[via Anshul]

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is doing a Weblog survey. Results of the survey will be posted at the site in early July.

of bye bye old skin

I've changed to a new skin. Thanks Want, for your expert and professional help.

I was getting sick of my old layout. But I didn't know anything about CSS or web design and how to go about changing the layout of my blog. Then things became hopeful when I learnt that Want has in-depth knowledge and skills in web design and was willing to help me. Kudos to you, Want. I appreciated all your advice you've given.

Now I can throw my old layout into the labbish bin.

of stuff n such - 27.06.05

Sharanpowan: NSFW. Maria Sharapova s3x toy? See also here. [via Fark]

Lapjuicer: NSFW. Juice extractor redefined. Also see here. [via We Make Money Not Art]

Coca-Cola Commercials: Videos. List of Coca-Cola adverts. [via LinkFilter]

Banned Commercials: Videos. A few banned commercials.

Drinkme Music Video: Music video of UK band Drinkme's song, titled 'Manifesto'. Must watch. Very cool effects. [via LinkFilter]

LOST Season 2 Promo: Short promo video of Lost-Season 2. [via The Whore With More]

iFill: By Griffin Technology. Stream music to your iPod. [via Forever Geek]

Being Batman: How to become a superhero ... for a few million bucks.

Song Of The Day: Maroon 5-Must Get Out


Joo Chiat's Public Toilet Tam Pui. taken by Syntaxfree

of trigo simplified

[via sgforums.com]

Proofing Math equation by forumer monkeybusiness.

The equation is a bit flawed but nevetheless, if only I knew it was so easy, I would not have struggled in my exams.

of chao turtle

Flipping through today's papers, I came across the Reader's Pets section. Saw a photo of a pair of turtles (or tortoise, whatever you call them).

Why do I have the impression that these are not allowed as pets? Can't remember what made me think so. Maybe someone told me before.

Anyone know if these are 'banned' in Singapore?

of nosuchunit 2

I just received a letter from my NS unit to inform me that I will be able to do many of my NS adminstration on-line via My MIW.

The letter reads "NS admin excellence - 'One Point, One Touch, One Source'".

Since I mentioned of MyUnit in my previous post, I was expecting that the MyUnit feature would be up and ready. However after logging in, I still got 'nosuchunit'. (I also noticed that my name has disappeared after the greeting). Some more encountered some Maintenance Notice thingy.

'One Point, One Touch, No Source, No Info' ah!

A booklet was also attached to the letter to describe the various NS administration that can be done online. Straydog Scraps has taken a photo of the last page of the booklet as shown below. This is SAF acting cute. You can also see the photo at tomorrow.sg

of toll up and nlb

In the Straits Times today:

- Toll at the Second Link (Singapore side) will increase from 1st July. LTA says the increase takes into consideration the charges introduced by Malaysia on 1st Mayand the exchange rate. I still cannot figure out how you can encourage motorist to use more of the Second Link with all these hikes.

- There's an article on the new 16-storey National Library headquarters at Victoria Street. In it says that the high-tech building has won an eco-friendly award. I just felt that the cost of the building was not addressed in the article.

of parent meet teacher

We had a Parent-meet-Teacher session at lancerlad's school. The teachers said that lancerlad is progressing well except that he is slow in picking up Mandarin. He doesn't converse much in Mandarin. lancerlady and I are not frequently using Mandarin with him at home. Guess we'll have to speak more Mandarin with him from now.

of people's beautiful people

[via Flying Faeries]

Ervin Yeo, Singaporean scholar studying in Yale University, makes it to People's magazine beautiful people list.

Watch the news coverage in the Sunday Times tomorrow.

of flickr montager

[via Every Little Wonder and LinkFilter]

Type in a word and Flickr Montager will make a mosaic of all the images at Flickr.

Try it.

of annoying song

2 years ago, we had the Annoying Thing by turboforce3d.

Now there's the Annoying Song. (Mirror site)

Hope you go to bed tonight with this song ringing in your head. Ding ding!

of movie baton

Got tagged by Yan Yehn-Yohn with the Movie Baton. I'm shooting this baton to 5 others listed at the bottom of this post.

Total Number of Films I own on DVD and Video:
150(VCD - counted or not?) 40(DVD)

The Last Film I Bought:
Don't know how to say this but I paid for 11 DVDs in my last 'shipment'.
I'll just name 1 of them. "Robots"

Five Films I Watch A Lot/Mean a Lot to Me:
Five Films I Like...A Lot (in no particular order): This a bit tough! So many!
1. Jerry Maguire
2. Scent Of A Woman
3. Gladiator
4. Moulin Rouge
5. Saving Private Ryan
6. Tak Giu - QUOTA EXCEEDED (Can only list 5 films)
7. The Sixth Sense - QUOTA EXCEEDED
8. Traffic - QUOTA EXCEEDED
9. Apollo 13 - QUOTA EXCEEDED
10. Black Hawk Down - QUOTA EXCEEDED
11. The Bourne Identity - QUOTA EXCEEDED
12. Ocean's 11/12 - QUOTA EXCEEDED
13. Internal Affairs Yi4, Er4, San1 - QUOTA EXCEEDED
14. Star Wars - QUOTA EXCEEDED
15. LOTR - QUOTA EXCEEDED
:
:
:

Five People To Whom I'm Passing the Baton: I'll pass this on to a different group of people from the Musical Baton one.
- Singapore Official P0rn Site
- Tempest Blue
- Shahruddin
- Breaking Rules
- Black Is The New Brown

[via Yan Yehn-Yohn]

technorati tag: movie baton

of dance machine

B-boying, a style of dance that is part of Hip Hop culture. During my days and to old folks like me, it's also called breakdancing.

Watch this video. It shows some spectacular moves by Junior and illustrates the creativity of b-boying. Must watch! Mirror site. (Video hosted by Bboysattic.com)

Fellow blogger Lester Tan gives an introducion to b-boy while Psycker has some videos in his blog. You can also check out local hip-hop news at 2rightfeet.net.

Other videos:
- Brakmart.net. Watch the "Wanted Posse" videos.
- Video taken during Kollaboration
- Another Junior video
- Video 2

Other sites:
- b-boys
- Battle of the Year

of stuff n such - 23.06.05

JCB Music Video: Music video of the JCB song by Nizlopi. [via MetaFilter]

Beach 'n Billboard: Environmentally safe advertisements that are imprinted in sand. [via MonkeyFilter]

50 Coolest Websites 2005: A list compiled by Time. [via LinkFilter]

Folding Paper In Half 12 Times: Britney Gallivan has solved the Paper Folding Problem. [via MetaFilter]

Tom Cruise Kills Oprah With Sith Lightning: Spoof video of Tom Cruise at the Oprah Show. [via Tian]

Gum Man: Video. Very cool clip of a matrix-style shooter. This advertisement confirm ban in Singapore. [via Abum]

Soccer Str3akers: NSFW. Video. Who are the str3akers? I'm confused. [via Wimp]

Car S3x: NSFW. Video introducing a car. The Mercury Mistress. [via Wimp]

Initial D Game: Try the game at the bottom called Drift King.

Google Maps Hack: Learn how to get a Satellite Imagery. [via Robot Wisdom]

Google Maps Singapore: Satellite photo of Singapore. [via Gadget Dude]

Song Of The Day: Daniel Powter-Bad Day


Vader asking for help. taken by Soapdinosaur

of learning to be rocky

Learn to be Rocky

of what I might blog about

[Adapted from Jayelle's "What I Might Blog About: At Age 35"]

"What I Might Blog About: 20 Years Down The Road"

Lancerlad has gone out...somewhere. Lancerlady just called his 9G Sorny-Elickson-Nokar-Motolola handphone. Via the video stream, it seemed like he was outside some pub. Must be out drinking with his buddies again.

Lancerkid just called from his camp. He's been transferred to some Combat Environment Simulation Center. He says his training does not involve going otudoors. Everything is simulated indoors at the center. From IPPT, SOC, rifle range to brigade exercises. Technology these days.

Lancergal is hogging daddy's notebook again. Blogging as usual. She is feeling down lately since her relationship ended with Ah Gu. Poor gal. How to console her. Daddy where got girlfriend at your age.

Lancerdude is playing his ZBox for hours now. At this rate, his eyesight is going to get worse.

Tomorrow.sg has begun to call for volunteers for Blogger.SG 2025. This annual event, in its 20th running, will be held in July and this year's catchphrase is "Lai, lai. Don't shy!". The event is expected to attract bloggers from international and local scene. They'll be flocking to Singapore Expo Halls 1 to 10 for the inaugural event.

Moonhub's Premeir Channel is so cool. Now we don't need to go to the movies, can watch live premier at home. We were lucky to be chosen by Moonhub for its trial. Starhub, Moonhub's parent company, says that they will invite more subscribers to the try out this new channel soon.

"Batman Ends" was really good! Lancerlass, Lancerlady and I have just finished watching the live premier of the latest and final Batman movie over the Premier Channel. The way Batman transformed into Superman at the end of the show really caught us by surprise..oops a little bit of spoiler here. So could we see a "Superman Begins" soon?

Lately I am thinking of blogicide. I've been thinking about it for a long time already, I can't imagine what got me started in 2004. 2004! That's a long way back. Can't imagine a 50-year old Ah Pek blogging. Still thinking...still pondering

of the umbrella stabber

I was nearly 'stabbed' by a man carrying an umbrella just now. It wasn't raining so he was holding his folded umbrella in one hand. He came from behind and walked in front of me, swinging his arms back and forth. Lucky I was fast to avoid his swinging umbrella.

I also had previous close encounters like walking up the stairs and nearly kena stabbed incident.

So far all my encounters are with guys. I guess that's the manly way of carrying umbrellas.

of stuff n such - 22.06.05

War Of The Worlds eComic: Contains some comics. [via Look At This]

Bicycle Thief: Video showing how easy it is to steal a bicycle. [via MonkeyFilter]

Bike Parts: Flash movie showing photos of this abandoned bike taken from 27 Sept 2004 to 13 June 2005. [via MetaFilter]

Improvised slippers: Photo showing those who cannot afford a slipper. [via Look At This]

007 Br3asts: Website containing subject of woman's br3asts. [via MonkeyFilter]

Joogal: Image sharing website.

How the Starbucks Siren Became Less Naughty: How the Starbucks coffee logo evolved over time. [via Quick Online Tips]

Rachel Gets Fruity: Rachel Stevens (S Club 7) teaches us about fruits. [via Ed, Edd & Eddy]

Unclaimed Monies: Visit this website to check to see if gahmen owe you money or not. [via Aridity]

Song Of The Day: Snoop Dogg-Signs ft Justin Timberlake


Pay Ah Heng Construction. [via Stormtrooper's Lackey]

of giving directions

Overheard at a coffeeshop. 2 persons (Ah Su and Ah Ku) giving directions to another person (Ah Blur) over the mobile phone.

Ah Su: How to get from ABC Road to XYZ Road?
Ah Ku: You come down from ABC Road, XYZ Road is on the left.

Ah Ku calls Ah Blur on his mobile phone.
"You come down from ABC Road, XYZ Road is on your left. Where are you now? You see it or not?"

From what I know, ABC Road to XYZ Road is about 2-3km. Along ABC Road, there's a Y-junction and plenty of roads to turn into smaller roads.

I wasn't surprised to hear Ah Ku giving directions to Ah Blur for about 15-20 minutes. Ah Su frequently interrupting Ah Ku saying "XYZ Road on the leftside".

Some people oversimplify things. Not sure where Ah Blur ended up.

of stuff n such - 21.06.05

Jesus Bling: Photo showing a very holy guy. [via New Links]

Oooms: Dutch company with unusual products like the 'Rollator' (video) and the 'Anti-Gravity Machine' (video). [via engadget]

How To Perform Strong Man Stunts: How To Tear A Telephone Book in halves. [via MetaFilter]

Philippines' Hello Garci: The "Hello! Hello! Garci" sound clip is now a car horn. Download the ringtone here. [via Textually]

USB Thumbdrive: A fake thumb though. [via Popgadget]

Bruce Lee Clones: Contains a list of Bruce Lee wannabes. [via We Make Money Not Art]

Poloroid-o-nizer: Poloroid generator. [via Bohemian Philosophy and Every Little Wonder]

Song Of The Day: Jamiroquai-Dynamite

Shahbucks
Taken by Serialdeviant

of hidden meaning

[via cRayola]

The Hidden Meaning In Names

These keywords are associated with 'lancerlord':
Creating, Self-expression, Joy-bringer, Happiness, Enjoyment of life, Fun, Charm, Communication, Emotions, Enthusiastic, Imaginative, Inspirational, Gift of words, Optimism, Friendships, Openness.

Check your name here

of stuff n such - 20.06.05

Rangsit University BJ Row: NSFW. Students at the Thailand university simulating inappropriate actions. [via Mango Sauce]

Shoplifting 101: Bad Ideas for Bad People [via New Links]

Art in Coffin: Admire Michaelangelo painting in a coffin. [via Grow A Brain]

L33t Speak Generator: Have you rsentences 'leet-o-fied'. [via Look At This]

Veer Wallpaper: Nice gallery of wallpapers. [via Look At This]

File Magazine: A collection of unexpected photography. [via MonkeyFilter]

Face Generator: Build a face in a few easy steps. [via FemmeGrip]

Paper Toys: Just print them out, cut, glue and enjoy. [via Every Little Wonder]

Song Of The Day: Papa Roach-Scars

of hanging advertisements

Was at Plaza Singapura over the weekend. When I was inside the shopping center, I saw those huge box shaped advertisements that were hanging from the ceiling. They were supported and secured by metal cables. Each cable had to support 3 'boxes'.

I'm just curious how much can those cables withstand.

of stuck on you

[via MetaFilter]

Visit this site. This is a cleverly done advertisement for Loctite Super Bonder-"Sticks For Real".

You are watching the first advertising reality show ever. The main character of the show is the monitor you see on the screen. It was glued on the wall only with Super Bonder and the images are being broadcasted 24hs a day.

Watch the making of the advertisement.

of stuff n such - 19.06.05

Google vs. Yahoo! Interface Design: By Lukew. Comparing the interface design each company employed.

Welcome To My Home: Must take a look at this. this guy is building up a structured, visual record of everything in his house. [via A Whole Lotta Nothing]

The Green Hummer Project: Our SUV is healthy, friendly, non-polluting, simple, inexpensive, fun, and socially responsible. [via Grow A Brain]

Flesh Movies: NSFW. Flash movies at Starterupsteve. See
this, this, this and this.

Singapore's Japanese Pr0stitute Era Paved Over: Bugis Junction, a former Japanese red-light district. [via MercerMachine]

2012 Olympic Candidates: New York, London, Madrid and Paris. [via Design Grid]

Song Of The Day: The Killers-Mr Brightside


Dustbin by CrazyUnicyclist

of lancerkid day no 1

Just finished a small birthday celebration for Lancerkid with relatives. Phew! Dead tired. Lancerkid knocked out. Sleeping since 3pm. Lancerlad and Lancerlady also KO-ed. This is Lancerkid's first birthday and we're celebrating it 2 days early. Guess we'll have another small one this coming Tuesday.

of money no accept

I used the Brunei money to pay for some food at a food court yesterday. The lady at the counter told me that her company does not accept this type of money.

OK lor!

of father's day

[via Brownielocks.com]

In 1962, Paul Peterson sang on "The Donna Reed" show the song. It became an instant hit. And has been a song dedicated to fatherhood.

My Dad by Paul Peterson (.wav)

Happy Father's Day, lancerdad.

of underwater hockey

Just saw the Underwater Hockey snippet in the sports section in today's papers. More about the sport will be talked about in tomorrow's papers.

At its homepage, the Singapore Underwater Hockey Club (SUHC) introduces this sport.

Also known as Octopush, Underwater Hockey is an underwater sport that can be enjoyed by both males and females, young and old together. It is a non-contact sport that combines swimming, snorkeling and team sports into one.

This video shows you what this sport is all about. The video was taken by students at the Syracuse University.

Not an easy sport to me.

of stuff n such - 18.06.05

Finger Licking Chicken MP3: Listen. [via boingboing]

Superball Prank: What to do with 2000 superballs? See the video. [via Gizmodo]

Building a Walltop: Laptop on a wall = Walltop. [via MetaFilter]

Comixpedia: Tons of comics. [via MonkeyFilter]

Skinning Gmail With A Custom Stylesheet: Re-style Gmail with your own CSS. [via Robot Wisdom]

Foldable Mouse: Unique design. [via Popgadget]

James Bond Flowchart: What if scenarios in James Bond movies. [via Robot Wisdom]

Tie knots: How to tie ties? With photos. [via Grow A Brain]

Song Of The Day: Bloc Party-Banquet

of lancerlad's first movie

lancerlady and I brought lancerlad to watch Madagascar this morning. His first ever movie. Get to see big big animals like geebra, geeraff and hipporportamas. Get to eat sweets. He was a happy kid.

During the screening, he watched the show motionless. Didn't even break out into his dance when the "I like to move it, move it" song was played. He would start to dance at home when the song was played on TV.

Maybe he was unsure, watching a cartoon in a big and dark room with so many people. This is the first time he's seen such a blardie big 'TV'.

of lunch breaks and songs

I was reading the Life section in today's Straits Times and came across 2 letters written by readers.

- The first one titled "Longer Lunch Breaks" sent in by Eric Ho. Yay! Extending lunch breaks means more time spent can then be spent on blogging during lunch break. Exercise fingers, wrist, eye-hand coordination, brain...Healthy not?

- The second letter titled "Sing-apura" sent in by Lau Kim Boo. Very true! I don't even know how to sing Majulah Singapura correctly and pronounce the words properly. I have also forgetten the lyrics to those patriotic Singaporean songs like "Count on Me Singapore". *shake head*

of stuff n such - 17.06.05

Mystery Surrounds Snipes' South African passport: Includes photocopy of Wesley Snipes' South African passport. [via Fark]

Animal Extremes: World Records of the animal kingdom. [via Look At This]

Japan and Korea: Contains some 'diplomatic' photos for a school project. [via MonkeyFilter]

Europride 2005: NSFW. Funny video for the Oslo G@y Festival. [via MetaFilter]

Breakout: A very Pek Chek game! [via New Links]

Spiderman: Another pek chek game. [via MonkeyFilter]

Summerlovedance 2005: Beach party at Sentosa on 18th June 2005. Visit Km8 or LiquidRoom. [via aGentX]

3DDesktop: Cool 3D application for your desktop. [via Hendri]

Episode 3 Backstroke of the West: by Winterson. Direct English to Chinese translated subtitles. [via Serialdeviant]

Song Of The Day: Beautiful South-Livin Thing


Do not PET the rabbits. Taken by Chucha

of singapore charlie

What is Singapore Charlie? A store in Australia?

of hewlett-packard ads

I've always liked the Hewlett-Packard "You + HP" Commercials. The commercials are directed by Francois Vogel. Some of the frequently shown commercials are titled "PictureBook" and "Francois. There's a short paragraph at the HP website that describes the making of "PictureBook"

Here's Francois Vogel's latest one which is equally good. It has picture-within-picture effects. See video hosted by Boardsmag and Danerd

of subliminal messages

What are Subliminal Messages?

Some examples:
- Message from Britney Spears [via Startupsteve]
- Eerie. Be warned. Lower volume. [via AlbinoBlackSheep]

Visit subliminalmessages.com

of stuff n such - 16.06.05

Pr0n Bread: NSFW. Imagine steaming hot pr0n, so gooey delicious you can't get enough. [MonkeyFilter]

Science of Tennis: Big balls are good. Size matters. [MetaFilter]

Accident: This photo shows beer and driving do not mix well. All those Grolsch wasted! [Simplebits]

Tuesdays With Mantu: by Rich Siegal. My adventures with a Nigerian con artist. [MonkeyFilter]

Julian Beever: Artist whose pavement drawings have to be seen to be believed. [MonkeyFilter]

How The Batsuit Works: by How Stuff Works. [Jim's Blog and mrbrown]

Spamusement: Poorly-drawn cartoons inspired by actual spam subject lines. [Straydog Scraps]

FlickrAlbum: Have your photos in Flickr displayed in an album...then you flick the album. [Cowboy Caleb]

Brick Testament: by Brendan Powell Smith. Holy Legos! [via Ngader]

Baybeats 2005: 15th-17th July 2005 at the Esplanade. [Superautomatica]

Song Of The Day: Backstreet Boys-Incomplete

The Great Sports Store Sale
The sale not worth waiting for
Taken by Zeye

of evan and gareth

[via Interactive Branded Entertainment]

Evan and Gareth are fictitious characters played by 2 funny people. They've been keeping a journal, filled with photos and videos, that chronicles their daily 'adventures'.

of controlarms.org

Control Arms is a campaign started in 2003. Jointly run by Amnesty International, IANSA and Oxfam to prevent the proliferation and misuse of arms.

Watch the Campaign video (2-minute video).

Control Arm's Million Faces Petition is a visual petition - a way for you to show your concern about the spread of arms around the world.
View the Million Faces gallery. See the Faces from Singapore.

Update: My "photo" just got 'approved' and is showing at the Million Faces gallery.

of stuff n such - 15.06.05

Math Songs: Video of Tom Lehrer performing at a Maths lecture. [via MonkeyFilter]

Slang Repository: Assplant=a plant that is very fun to park your ass on, possibly fart on. [via Robot Wisdom]

Michael Jackson Innocent: Cartoon. [via J-Walk]

Guide to Blogging Etiquette: by Daryl Sng. Always bow before you blog.

Great Singapore Sale: Sale sale sale everywhere, even online.

404 Pages: Webmasters get creative with 404 pages. [via Zeenie]

Public Toilet Map: Locate a toilet in Australia. Service provided by the Dept of Health and Aging. [via PP.Blogz]

Throw Paper: Try this game. [via Ms Feline]

I-Resign.com: Resignation letters. [via Shion]

Movie Trailer: Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire [via Frogbody]

Song Of The Day: Black Eyed Peas-Don't Phunk With My Heart

of nosuchunit

MIW has a feature, called MyUnit, that lets you access your ICT information and other admin instructions. MyUnit is your Unit's electronic notice board. I was told last year that my Unit will roll in this feature in February this year.

Well, I logged into MIW to access MyUnit but I was greeted with a nosuchunit tab.

of fingernail and local sports

I was just browsing through today's Today.

- In the photo of PCK shaking hands with SM Goh Chok Tong, Gurmit's handshake did not seem to be a firm handshake. He must have had been very cautious not to scratch SM with his lethal fingernail.

- Then I came across a section which showed Team Singapore's Sports Idol contest. I counted the number of local sports stars that I could recognise. I could not recognise more than half of the sportspersons listed. This shows how much I know of sports in Singapore. *shake head*

of stuff n such - 14.06.06

Interview Questions: List of questions asked during interviews. From Microsoft to Google to Apple.

Running Of The NVdes 2005: NSFW. 5th July. Pamplona, Spain. Help us end the "Running Of The Bulls" and bullfights.

Manhole Art: Photos of artistic manhole designs. [via MonkeyFilter]

Liger: Lion+Tiger = Liger. It's true. [via MonkeyFilter]

Karate School Advertisement: Nice advertisement. [via Brand Infection]

Think Of The Kittens: Check out the last photo in Kelly's post. [via Ms Feline]

Funny Schitt: Story about the Schitts. Farnie. [via Chickens Run Free]

Candy Bra: the bra fits all sizes - the ties are very long and knot easily - just nibble off the sweets you don't need. [via Spirit Fingers]

Eat Meat=Animal Abuse: Protest on 6th June 2005 by PETA. [via theory.isthereason]

James Blunt: UK singer-songwriter. [via Sha]


So many signs ah! Taken by Ledaz

of bread naming

Since Talk and Top have been mentioned in Tomorrow.sg, there are more variations to the art of bread shop naming.

BreadTalk (no pic)

Breadtop [via Min and Jac]


Bread History [via Finicky Feline]


Bread Story [via BahGae]


Anymore out there?

of paris or not paris

Hiring the right person makes a lot of difference.

Check out this video by Accolo, a company that specialises in Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO). The video is a spoof from the Paris Hilton Carls Jr Commercial.

Videos hosted by Da Nerd.

Update 1: The links are fixed. Thanks, aGentX. You can view your idol now.

Update 2: Original ad (with pictures) at Accolo site.

of human beatbox

Human Beatboxing is a fascinating vocal artform which involves the rapid and precise manipulation of the vocal organs to emulate the beats and rhythms of a drum machine.

Check out homegrown beatboxer, Dharni. Listen to some of his beatbox sample beats.

Also check out Malaysia's Hyperkinetix. See their latest video clip.

Other cool Human Beatbox (HBB) links/videos:
- Yuri Lane. Most you must have seen his harmonica cum beatbox stunt. In this video, he says HBB is all about breath control.
- Another excellent example of HBB. This is also a popular video.
- 1st Annual BoxCon 2003 video. (BoxCon = Human Beatbox Convention)
- BoxCon 2004 DVD trailer.
- Eklips, French beatboxer (I think)
- Make Some Noise (MSN) 2005 Beatbox Battle videos. Also see the forum thread.
- Killa Kela's Video Compilation, UK beatboxer.

Update: Another cool link. Thanks, Bohemian Philosophy.
- Joel Turner: Australian beatboxer

For some fun, try this nifty Video Beatbox Sequencer to make your own Beatbox effects. Also try Video Beatbox Sequencer V2 starring Killa Kela.

Humanbeatbox.com has a good collection of video tutorials, if you're interested.

of what kind of blogger am i

[via Jasmine and Kak Teh]

You Are a Link Blogger!

Your blog is more about cool links than thougtful posts. Better to be entertaining and brief than longwinded and boring!

What kind of blogger are you?

of stuff n such - 13.06.05

Ted Jesus Christ God: Huh? *facepalm* [via Brandon Abell]

Free Katie: Free her from Cruise control!

How To Make A Million Dollars: by Marshall Brain, creator of HowStuffWorks.

World N@ked Bike Ride 2005: NSFW. N@ked protest against oil dependency and car culture.

Human Tetris: Real-life video of a tetris block from SomethingAwful. [via engadget]

Xiao Li Tan: Check the videos and pictures. Website of Chinese student at New York University (I think). Alternate site. [via We Make Money Not Art]

Rock Star Real Names: Jimi Hendrix = James Marshall Hendricks. [via Look At This]

How To Do Some Idiotic Things: Like learn how to make your own Jesus Toast. [via Look At This]

Spooky Paper Toys: Contains a variety of rather unusual paper toys. [via MetaFilter]

Daily Dancer: See this computer geek's dancing moves. Watch his videos. [via boingboing]

Big Mac Index: by The Economist. Watch the video. [via Simon World]

What To Wear: From BBC. Tells you what clothes suit your body frame. Only for people with b00bs. [via aGentX]

Grid Game: Try this game. [via Abigael]

Song Of The Day: The Caesars-Jerk It Out


Number 1 building. Cleverly taken by Waitee

of cab rental and ns ration

2 articles in the papers today. One on cab rentals and the other on NS food ration.

Article 1: More cabbies failing to pay rental

"Rising numbers of cabs, few users mean many can't make ends meet. The drivers pay a daily rental of about $90, on top of about $40 a day for diesel and other outlays on things like carparks and car washes."

Is there a chance to reduce the cab rentals? Well that's what I hope for because that's what I always hear the drivers complained. Rental so high, cannot make it!. And do the cabbies still pay rental for the satellite equipment thingy at the dashboard? In the past, they had to pay some form of charge to use them. Not sure about now.

Article 2: Oreos, soldier? Familiar brands may join ranks of troop rations

"TROOPS in some army units and the Officer Cadet School are trying Uncle Toby's cereal bars, Kellogg's Frosties cereal and Oreo biscuits as field rations."

I wish we'll get this soon in our ration.

of singapore records

I was looking through Guiness World Records website on Saturday looking for achievements set by Singapore. I had wanted to post this today. Then I popped by La Idler's blog early early this morning where she pointed some more record attempts.

Singapore's record-breaking feats was one of the two things that I spent searching the net over the weekend. The other one was Beatboxing which I'll post later. The record attempt and beatboxing are in the papers today.

Here's the list I extracted from GWR.
Largest Fountain: Suntec City Fountain of Wealth. 1,683.07 sq m. US$6 million to build. (1997)
Fastest Stair-Climb In The World's Tallest Hotel: 6 minutes 55 seconds, 1336 stairs. (4th June 1989)
Largest Game Of Pass The Parcel: Pass-the-parcel game involving 3,918 students (28th February 1998)
Most Strings Of Noodles: 8,192 noodle strings from a single piece of dough (31st July 1994)
Longest Human Domino Line: 4.2km human domino chain (30th September 2000)
Largest Display Of Rice Dumplings: 13,192 rice dumplings (13th July 2003) - May be broken, pending on the 14,038 rice dumplings displayed on Sunday 13th June 2005.
Fastest Text Message 160-character text in 43.2 sec (27th June 2004)
Largest Sand Painting: 12.24 m by 12.24 m painting (May 2004) (May be broken soon - see here)

Latest:
Largest contingent of balloon-hat wearers in a single gathering: 1,300 wearers
Largest Display Of Rice Dumplings: 14,038 rice dumplings (13th June 2005)

Broken records:
Largest Pizza: 33.9m diameter pizza set in June 1990. Record broken on 8th December 1990.
Longest Team Drumming Marathon: 27 hours 45 minutes. Record broken in March 2002.

of rock on singapore 05

Rock On Singapore will be held at Orchard Green on 17th and 18th of June, starting from 6pm.

For a list of homegrown bands performing at the event, you can refer to the event programme.
Check out the video/audio section.

of stuff n such - 12.06.05

Dr Evil Soundboard: Listen to Dr Evil. Muahahaha...

Pamela Anderson Video: Speaking for Kentucky Fried Cruelty. [via Rolando Garza]

Albert Einstein Film: Colored video of Einstein. [via Grow A Brain]

We Didn't Start The Fire: A history on Billy Joel's song. [via MonkeyFilter]

All Your Base Are Belong To Us: Video. [via New Links]

Fridgeplay: Must-have fridge gift. [via Wonderland]

TshirtHell.com: Tshirt designs. We design our shirts to amuse ourselves. We don't care if you're offended by them. [via Minority Man]

Song Of The Day: Coldplay-Speed Of Sound

Congratulations Lancerlord, you are...

mr brown of www.mrbrown.com
Which Singaporean Blogger Are You?
via Kenny Sia

of singapore family tree

I was just checking out Singapore Family Tree.

Singaporeans can create and build their own family trees when they sign up for a free trial at Singapore’s national family tree portal. Spearheaded by the National Heritage Board (NHB), the Singapore Family Tree (SFT) is a one-stop portal that enables Singaporeans to document personal and family histories, build their family trees, and share family values – all in the comfort of their own homes. By embarking on this journey, Singaporeans can strengthen family unity across generations – as described by SFT’s tagline 'Building Trees, Connecting Generations'.

Read the media release by NHB.

To encourage the public to sign up at the new portal, NHB will be launching the "Largest Family Tree" Competition. Start building your family tree from 29 May to 30 June to win attractive prizes.

I played around with it and created a simple 3-gen family tree.

However NHB has given me 1 year to "build trees and connect generations". My free account expires in 365 days. So this is their effort to strenthen family unity across generations.

of counterstrike

[via Kaopeh and boingboing. Video hosted by DumpaLink.com]

Re-enactment of the popular game, Counterstrike. Funny stuff. From using the voices to the robot-like movement to bug glitches.

"Lock and load!" Watch the video.

Other Counterstrike videos:
Video 1
Video 2

Update: More videos from Missy Claris. Thanks.
Video 3
Video 4

of stuff n such - 11.06.05

iPod Dance: Nick Dunns dresses up as an iPod Man and dances in an Apple store. See video here. [via Something Awful]

Star Trek Transporter Effect: A tutorial to create the effect. [via Engadget]

Transl8it: Type sentences and get it translated to SMS lingo. [via Look At This]

Bloggers Without Borders: An icon created by David Galbraith to symbolize free speech in blogging. [via Robot Wisdom]

Meet The Genitailor: Meet Dr Roy Jackson who specializes in vag|nal and vulvar cosmetic augmentation procedures. [via Robot Wisdom]

ScratchPad: Draw together with others online. Must try! [via MetaFilter]

Captain Weenie: Check out the video/audio page. [via Nick Douglas]

Murderball Movie Trailer: Inspirational documentary about quadriplegic athletes. Shown at Sundance Film Festival. Not sure if it'll be showing in Singapore.

Song Of The Day: Weezer-Beverly Hills


No Eating...only at Jurong Birdpark. Taken by Christine

of bloggers.sg

My way of spreading the word. (Using Church Sign Generator)

To help us plan better (venue, food, etc), we'd like to have know how many of you are coming for Bloggers.SG, the first Singapore Bloggers' Convention, which will be held on the afternoon of 16 July (Saturday).

For more information of the event, visit tomorrow.sg

of stuff n such - 10.06.05

Wax Audio: Contains digitally remixed mp3s. Hear George Bush, Tony Blair and John Howard rap in unison. [via MetaFilter]

Dude Factory: Avatar creator. [via MetaFilter]

Stik: Functional fashion that attaches digital watches to your body. [via Popgadget]

Scott eVest Commercial: iPod spoof by Scott eVest. After watching the silhouette commercial, we decided to have some fun and spoof it with our own commercial.

Technorati Beta: Beta version. [via Joi Ito]

Japanese S3x Slang: NSFW. How to talk dirty in Japanese. [via Robot Wisdom]

Funny Garbagemen: Funny video. [via Da Nerd]

"The Island" Movie Trailer: Releasing on 21st July. Science fiction movie starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. Official movie site.

Song Of The Day: My Chemical Romance-I'm Not Okay


Exit...No Way Out. Taken by theCallowQueen.

of notorious msg

[via Bohemian Philosophy]

Notorious MSG: The Original Chinatown Bad Boys.

From humble beginnings off the streets of New York City's Chinatown, these three restaurant workers have carved a path of destruction through the music industry and will not stop until every man, woman and child has succumbed to their sizzling, orange-flavored beats.

Listen to samples of their songs

Watch their video

of videos

zrmx.net

This site contains videos, mostly showing clubbing scene. Mostly from last year and some dating back to 2003.

of wisma webcam

[via stuupid]

onemotoring.com.sg has got live video over the internet to show traffic along certain roads.

Wisma Atria also has Live Web Cam...(to show human jam???)

Update: Webcam link is not working. The URL says "nowebcam.asp". Duh!

of vegetables

Received an email from a friend that said

According to researchers, even too much of vegetables can make you fat!!!

of ns song

ai yoh ai yoh ai ai yoh.....

How many times have you listened to this?

NS Hokkien Song hosted at Internet Archive.

Song about Singapore National Service in Hokkien. Performer is unknown, song write is also unknown.