June 2009
Monthly Archive
June 29, 2009
Look what I found from an old newspaper archive!
Goodness. Such MCP messages.
“Listen to him, let him talk first, his topics of conversations are more important than yours”
“You have no right to question him”
“Speak in a low, soothing and pleasant voice.”
Hahaha… Seriously!
Well, but i do agree with certain points but not in entirety.
Like, Be happy to see him. And that’s it, I think.
Not every wife is a stepford wife okay?
I don’t think the modern man can live with a totally submissive wife either. Yes? No?
June 26, 2009
We have a shared network at work which makes it easy for us to transfer or drop a file onto each other’s computer.
My colleagues are always complaining about how clean my desktop screen is. Thing is, there is this OCD in me that I like to keep my desktop clean.
Lil' sweet ol' desktop
But little did I know that one of my colleague decided to play punk with my computer.
so many untitled folders!
Can’t see? here’s a closeup.
le sigh
Ah well….What to expect next?
June 17, 2009
One fine evening, I was heading for dinner and passed by the HDB hub while a notice caught my attention. I made a u-turn and couldn’t help but let out a little laugh.
IBS
It is just kind of in your face isn’t it. I wonder what they talk about during the forum. And I was just thinking that they could have come up with another name for the forum. But, hey, why hide the obvious right.
A check on the IBS support group website shows that the problem affects one in 10 Singaporeans and is the second most common reason for being absent from work, with the first being the common cold. Scary, I didn’t know.
And this reminded me of a true story about a man who sat next to the lavatory on an airplane. He even wrote a complain letter to the airline depicting his experience on seat 29E. Here is his story, in the original form.
Totally hilarious. The man must have a very good sense of humor. Otherwise, he would not be able to pen the letter in such, in my opinion, optimism. But seriously, if he can actually reach out from his seat and be able to touch the door of the toilet, it must have been pretty darn near. Trust the engineers to think of this.
And then there is another airline story. This has surfaced again recently due to the Air France crash.
flying out....
gapping hole...
I have received several versions of this story. Some say it is the Air France crash, and another one, refers this to the GOL B737 crash with a Embraer Legacy. Apparently the memory card was found among the debris and was mircalously undamaged. Is there truth in either of these stories?
A quick check on the net reveals that while the latter story of the Embraer Legacy crash is true, the photos were not from the accident.
Where are the photos from then?
Lo and behold.
They are from…………
The popular TV series, LOST.
Seriously.
Fans of the drama series will quickly recognize the woman using the oxygen mask in the left of the pictures as “Kate” (Evangeline Lilly), one of Lost’s pivotal characters. The slumped figure beside her is “Edward Mars” (Fredric Lehne) the U.S. Marshal who was escorting Kate back to the United States as his prisoner. Kate’s status as a prisoner is shown by her handcuffs, which are clearly visible in the images. Virtually identical images of Kate and the Marshal during the crash sequence can be Lost promotional video and elsewhere on the Internet.
Check out this link for the video….
No wonder I found it familiar when I first received the images earlier this month. Ha..
Never, ever believe all that you see online…
June 12, 2009
I bought a copy of Asian Geographic recently because the cover caught my attention.
a 'sculpture' put together by an artist at S21, Cambodia
Source: Asian Geographic
Perhaps I had been watching too much of Bones, but the cover was hard to ignore on the news stand.
Turns out to be a great issue, covering the taboos in Asia. The most memorable piece for me was one that talked about war photography.
A picture speaks a thousand words. No matter how hard you try to describe the gruesome details of a war/riot/civil turmoils, it is nothing like having a photo. Like this -
Photo also won Reuters Pulitzer Prize
RNPS PICTURES OF THE YEAR - Kenji Nagai of APF tries to take photographs as he lies injured after police and military officials fired upon and then charged at protesters in Yangon’s city centre September 27, 2007. Nagai, 50, a Japanese video journalist, was shot by soldiers as they fired to disperse the crowd. Nagai later died. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (MYANMAR)
The power of photographs.
June 11, 2009
There are some things you cannot complain about being a writer, apart from the measly pay. Recently, I was invited to the food tasting of a themed restaurant at Holland Village.
Presenting the 3-Monkeys Cafe
Welcome to 3-monkeys!
First to greet you are the cheeky monkey plush toys
The sitting area downstairs
And another cosy corner on the 2nd floor
The murals on the wall are actually painted by a local artist who is hearing impaired. They are the most impressive and span the entire restaurant, both downstairs and upstairs.
The restaurant first opened its doors in Singapore in 1997 at the Orchard Towers. They even have a franchise in The Venetian Hotel and Resort in Macau! I didn’t know that. Otherwise I would have tried to look out for it while I was in Macau last year. Support local! This outlet at Holland Village is the lastest addition.
Enough of background. Here comes the important part, the yummies!
Awesome platter (that's the actual name of the dish)
Mighty Joe Burger - the name says it all, it's HUGE
Chicken Fajitas - and they are served on a singing trolley
Garlic Prawn Sizzler
Sampler Platter - a little of everything.
All I can say is that the food is pretty good and the portions are really generous!
The best part of the media lunch was the $50 voucher that was given to us for a return visit. You can be pretty sure that I will be there soon. It is a great place for a gathering. 
3-Monkeys is located at 267 Holland Ave, the same stretch of shophouses where Essential Brew and the banks are. Pricing is similar to Fish & Co.
I can hear the Fajitas calling out to me…….
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