Sudoko

So you can waste time at work and not just during your lunch break while reading the papers.

Alphabet

Bet you will try this more than once. Stopped at around 6+ secs. The seldom used letters at the end are the most difficult.

Toasty

Toasty Toes, the girl in the ad looks really thrilled. Those japanese really think of everything!

Wendys

Personally, I blame his parents for giving him a name like that. Poor guy probably has been abused since kindergarden.

Cyril

This guy is Cyril Takayama and he is one of the best new magicians around. Unlike David Blaine he dosent rely on cheap publicity stunts and video editing for impact. Here he is doing one of my favorite sleight of hand tricks. I know how its done but its still amazing.

Check out his other tricks as well

note:

1. He repeats the trick in front of little girl but for the same audience. This is never done by magicians but he changes the timing of the trick and does it even smoother so he gets a greater effect the second time round

2. He is known as Sero in Japan (thats how they pronounce his name) and he is half Japanese and half French/Moroccan.

3. Marshimaro is actually the Japanese pronounciation of Marshmallow

Boom

Why dosent this happen to those idiots that are always talking on their phones in the Cinema

"Hello?? Hello!! Watching Movie la. .... Hello???"

USD100

laptop

Britney

Who would have thought?

Im shocked! shocked i say!

Yoga

Indian Yoga





vs






Irish Yoga

Kazakhstan

I personally think Ali G is hilarious but then again, he isnt insulting my country.

Dominos

There are so many comments I can make about this article;

Why these crazy Dutch have nothing better to do than set up 4million Dominos
Did they have to shoot the bird?
Exterminators in Holland carry guns.

Curry-N-Rice

A contribution from Suresh, Curry-N-Rice Girl

Let me know if you figure out which one is him

Zhng!

This is from a Singaporean podcast some Ah Beng talking about how to "Zhng" a car.

Part1

The file is about 20mins long but its definitely worth it for a chuckle. Note that its a podcast so they are allowed to use Singlish which is banned on Singapore National TV/Radio

Concentration

Lately I have been having a problem concentrating on things that I have to read. It seems that I can get through more than 2 paragraphs before my mind starts drifting to another topic. Have tried to slow down my reading speed (and hopefully improve my comprehension) but that hasnt really helped.

I guess some of the blame can be placed on my lack of patience these days, however, I also blame some horrible writing on the internet and crappy local journalism. As proof i present to you this article.

The topic is actually an extremely simple one, why are there both U shaped toilet seats as well as O shaped ones. Instead of a simple answer, the writer choses to launch into a 1000 word discourse on everything remotely related to a toilet. I note that author is of Indian origin (sorry ah joes). Nonetheless, there is no benefit to using a verbose writing style with obtuse words other than for the author to try to prove his greater command of the English language. What you end up with, to quote Ms K, my ex-English teacher, is verbal diarrhea (pun not intended).


btw, in case your wondering, No, I didnt make it to the end of the article.

Kalimantan

Interesting article. The only thing is that why does every picture of the girls have them on a motorbike? A subtle attempt to draw attention to their mobility and convenience perhaps?

Or maybe the cameraman was too lazy and just decided to snap photos from outside his hotel lobby :)

France

Scathing article on the riots going on around Paris for close to 2 weeks now.

Beer

True? or just a great marketing gimick?

Although it should be pointed out that Japan have is one of the highest nations in the world for per capita beer consumption and they are the nation with the the longest individual lifespan.

Lost

Yes Im a big fan of the show

Awwwwwwww

Just in case any of you were worried that there were too many car/boy type articles in this blog, I present to you this article. Make sure you scroll all the way down to see all the pictures......

If you are very bored Snopes is an excellent website to kill some time and should be a mandatory pit stop prior to sending out any of those "please pass this to 20,000 of your best friends" emails.

1+1

Any takers?

Bono

No matter what you think of U2 (I personally have not forgiven them for their bible thumping days and that whole zooropa fiasco), this is a a pretty damn cool thing to do for a group that is probably the greatest rock band of the past 25 years (yes they have been around that long).

Things like this can change the life of a young musician. And he got Bonos glasses (good trade man)! If anyone knows Kenny Wayne Shepard, his story is that as a toddler he was pulled up on stage by the late Stevie Ray Vaughn, put on and Amplifier and sat through his whole concert. KWS picked up the guitar shortly after that and has evolved into one of the finest young blues guitarists in the world.

China

While reading this list, of the 10 things that Chinese do better than Canadians, I was struck not by how advanced the Chinese are, but rather how backwards the Canadians seem to be. Well I guess with developed nation status comes much higher labour costs which makes the personal niceties of life uneconomical for the consumer.

Phaeton

You know Ive always felt that VWs were pretty good cars with huge history but they depreciated quickly and didnt have the same badge recognition as some other marquees (sorry chun).

Having said that, if you buy a VW Phaeton, it will be made in this plant in Dresden. From a manufacturing viewpoint, its an absolutely incredible factory and something that could probably only be achieved in Germany. Whatever you think about Germans, you have to admit, that nothing comes close to Teutonic Engineering.

Back

You know, Im pretty sure that at one point in time, I knew all the words to this song.

sad but true