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  • Posts from July 2009

    Drunk Calls From Paris

    So my ex-boss called me this morning
    Him: WASSZUPPPP!!! What’s the time over there?
    Me: It’s 10am in China.
    Him: Itsch 5am over here.
    Me: It’s 5am in Toronto?
    Him: NOOOOO I’m IN PARRIISSSSS
    Me: Kewl!
    Him: I just called to say you’re a bastard
    Me: Err…
    Him: No you’re THE bastard. BWAHAHAHAHA.
    Me: Are you ok?
    Him: NOOO, I’m drunk.
    Me: How many drink did you [...]


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    30 July 2009 @ 3pm

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    Emails From Crazy People

    Emails From Crazy People – no kidding. They’re all insane.


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    30 July 2009 @ 3pm

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    Mickey Mouse Gone Terribly Wrong

    WTF: the broke-down steampunk dystopian Magic Kingdom of Epic Mickey Mouse. F87king FABULOUS INNIT?!!!


    Because I Didn’t Feel Like Paying, I Really Didn’t

    My blog was unavailable for most of today, and most probably last night.
    Why? Simple. I didn’t pay my hosting bills despite being sent numerous emails about it.
    I didn’t feel like paying.


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    27 July 2009 @ 8am

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    Channel 23

    The closest thing I can get to an English television channel in China is this Phillipino channel called Studio 23. It’s pretty good, in fact it’s similar to Singapore’s TCS5 except that they mix a lot of tagalog into their conversation and also they air live Catholic mass services.
    There is plenty of Phillipino MTV’s which [...]


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    27 July 2009 @ 8am

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    Women file for divorce over hubbies’ unusual sex drive

    Msian Women file for divorce over hubbies’ unusual sex drive – It all started when he had sex with her 17 times on their wedding night.


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    27 July 2009 @ 8am

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    Security guard ‘slapped’ by ghosts at housing area in Malaysia

    Security guard ‘slapped’ by ghosts at housing area in Malaysia. Ghostly S&M!!!


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    26 July 2009 @ 11pm

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    Did you know we’re running out of helium?

    Did you know we’re running out of helium? It’s true. One day, the earth will no longer have any helium left, and nobody knows what to do about it.


    My 31st Birthday in China

    My birthday this year began when I was surprised by my GM who walked unannounced into my office at 11.30am and told me to leave for lunch immediately with him. He then whisked me to an extremely high-end Japanese teppanyaki restaurant where we were served grilled bits of expensive animals by a chef. After the [...]


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    24 July 2009 @ 11am

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    Love in 2-D

    Love in 2-D – I am finding it hard to believe how men can commit to 2-D women. How do they even have sex? This is some crazy shite.


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    24 July 2009 @ 11am

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    So You Want My Job: Professional Gambler

    So You Want My Job: Professional Gambler


    Today Won’t Be Such A Rotten Day After All

    This really made my day. Scroll down to the question “Name some of the bloggers whom you look up to” and check it out.
    It’s nice things like this that make me go on blogging.
    Thanks Jialat, I like your blog alot too.


    A Letter To My Email Inbox

    Dear Ingrid,
    I know that lately you have been bleeding red. And yes, I know it’s not your menses but my tidal wave of unread email.
    It’s not my fault, you see.
    Firstly, I no longer have a Blackberry because my BB Pearl stopped working. Secondly, I’m in meetings all day so I can’t be reading my [...]


    When you reach the part where the heartaches come

    Next month, I’m moving my family into a new house. We’ve finally managed to afford a semi-d house in an exclusive gated neighbourhood next to a river. I can say that my parents are overjoyed.
    My 20 year brother is moving in with me and I’m happy about that. There is no doubt that I’d rather [...]


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    21 July 2009 @ 11am

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    Why Japan’s Cellphones Haven’t Gone Global

    Why Japan’s Cellphones Haven’t Gone Global – I for one would kill for a jappo keitai.


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    21 July 2009 @ 11am

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    Sharing on Facebook Now More Popular than Sharing by Email

    Sharing on Facebook Now More Popular than Sharing by Email – I think this article is probably wrong judging from the crap I receive in my inbox from an assortment of ‘friends’ everyday.


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    21 July 2009 @ 11am

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    MP3: Weezer – The 8-bit Album

    Weezer – The 8-bit Album – friggin awesome!


    The Microsoft Arc Mouse Issue Update

    21 July – Update:
    Microsoft says they’ll send me a replacement. Problem solved.
    Hi Caleb
    Read your blog post about the problem you are having for your Arc mouse and I’m sorry to hear it was defective.
    To make up for the unpleasant experience, and since you’ve been a big supporter of our products, I’d like to replace your [...]


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    21 July 2009 @ 9am

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    Haagen Daz Adventures In Suzhou

    You thought Singaporeans were consumers from hell? Let the women from China show you the how.
    I brought a bunch of my female team members to a Haagen Daaz outlet in Suzhou to reward them for their hard work. In case you don’t know, Haagen Daaz is very very upmarket in China being extremely expensive after [...]


    This cannot be explained

    Words, they fail me. More madness that cannot be explained here.


    How To Cheer A Man Up In Any Situation

    I just had an epiphany.
    In any given scenario, whereby a man is depressed – for an example

    dude got retrenched
    dude’s house burned down
    dude’s boss just f87ked him in the ass
    dude got dumped
    etc etc

    There is one magical way to cheer him up instantly.
    Just ask him – do you want a blowjob?

    Note: you have to be female and [...]


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    19 July 2009 @ 8pm

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    Man Not Superman

    Man Not Superman – I find this comic rather disturbing on several levels


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    19 July 2009 @ 8pm

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    MC Hammer Vader Busts-A-Move

    MC Hammer Vader Busts a Move – Watch more Funny Videos


    And I Thought They All Loved Him So

    For the past few months, it had been an open secret that another manager’s team would soon be reporting to me. The general feeling I got about this was that this was not something they desired. In fact, there were rumors that the entire team would resign in protest if I displaced their current manager.
    But [...]


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    18 July 2009 @ 10am

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    Bedpost is a personal web application that will give you some insight into your sex life.

    Bedpost is a personal web application that will give you some insight into your sex life.


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    18 July 2009 @ 10am

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    (NSFW): The Cosby Show Gone Terribly Wrong

    (NSFW): The Cosby Show gone terribly wrong – you’ve never seen the Huxtables like this.


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    18 July 2009 @ 10am

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    There is no hope for the human race

    Read this and despair, there is no hope for the human race


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    18 July 2009 @ 10am

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    The 7 Most Baffling Criminal Defenses (That Sort of Worked)

    The 7 Most Baffling Criminal Defenses (That Sort of Worked) – America is full of stupid people.


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    18 July 2009 @ 10am

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    This is a massive gallery of chicks with Twilight tattoos.

    This is a massive gallery of chicks with Twilight tattoos. Because Twilight is like the female equivalent of blowing shit up with fireworks for a guy. Most of the tattoos are quotes and the book cover art. This one about the lion falling in love with the lamb seems to be particularly popular. And guess [...]


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    18 July 2009 @ 10am

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    Jobless Singaporeans thumb noses at menial work

    Jobless Singaporeans thumb noses at menial work – you won’t see this on the Singapore news networks.


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    18 July 2009 @ 10am

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    Cheating Malaysian wife caught but lover manages to flee hotel room half-naked

    Cheating Malaysian wife caught but lover manages to flee hotel room half-naked


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    18 July 2009 @ 10am

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    Michael Jackson and the Invisibl Skratch Piklz

    Michael Jackson and the Invisibl Skratch Piklz – incredible cover of “Billie Jean”


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    17 July 2009 @ 2pm

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    When gin was in

    When gin was in
    Why is it that societies periodically succumb to epidemics of drug addiction? The history of London’s gin mania provides some clues.


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    17 July 2009 @ 2pm

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    The 7 Greatest Stories in the History of Esquire Magazine… in Full

    The 7 Greatest Stories in the History of Esquire Magazine… in Full


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    17 July 2009 @ 2pm

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    BETTER THAN FREE

    BETTER THAN FREE By Kevin Kelly


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    17 July 2009 @ 2pm

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    The NewsDeck – Faster News Headlines

    The NewsDeck – An interesting effort by USA Today.


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    17 July 2009 @ 2pm

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    Transforming The Economist Online using Drupal, open-source and Scrum

    The Economist describes its decision to migrate to Drupal. The same CMS that powers Tomorrow.sg. Looks like James Seng was years ahead of the curve.


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    17 July 2009 @ 2pm

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    The World’s Greatest Music Service

    The World’s Greatest Music Service – Spotify streams every song you’d ever want to hear for free


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    17 July 2009 @ 2pm

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    The Great Google Doodle Triforce Conspiracy

    The Great Google Doodle Triforce Conspiracy
    In many well-known programs there are hidden features or messages called easter eggs, being put there by the developers for you to find. Like in some applications from Google: Docs (Cliply), Picasa (bears) and Reader (ninja and the end of internet). But it seems that these ’eggs’ are not only [...]


    Blogathon 2009

    For twenty four hours, 10 bloggers will compete head-to-head against each other in a Blogathon where they will blog, blog, tweet, blog, tweet, blog and blog inside TANGS’ window displays. 40 winks aren’t allowed, although hey, we understand the need for the occasional flirting with the passerbys from outside the windows. Two winners will be [...]


    The Awesome LG S-Class User Interface

    LG’s latest Arena mobile phone sports their groundbreaking 3D S-Class user interface. Amazingly rich 3D graphics, incredibly sensitive touch sensitivity with great audit and video capabilities with HSPDA and Wi-fi are the norm for this flagship model.

    Navigating is done simply by flicking your fingers to manipulate a 3D cube. Each face of the cube serves [...]


    Making Up For Lost Time Is Exhausting

    This weekend, I returned home for a short break.
    However, it was a mad dash to catch up with my life away from work. The day would begin at 8am with me rushing to have breakfast with my immediate family, followed by driving in a hurry to meet up with contractors to check the status of [...]


    FML it’s only Friday

    How fucking sad is my life?
    I’m in the Hong Kong International Airport. Have been since 9.30am today for a 1.30pm flight back to Singapore. Instead of going shopping for birthday gifts for my brother and mother, I’m chained to a desk in the lounge because I have to WORK at sending emails and making phone [...]


    Drunk, Literally

    Power.
    Power corrupts. There is no doubt now. Faced with a plethora of god-like powers, Zeus is resisting the urge to do bad things like punishing those who displeased him in the past and rewarding his sycophants.
    It also creates a lot of stress. When each decision is made, Zeus wonders how people are perceiving him. Is [...]


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    8 July 2009 @ 8am

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    Twitter, Internet play a key role in China’s latest bout of ethnic unrest

    Since the outburst in the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi, the Chinese government has blocked Twitter and Facebook, scrubbed news sites, unplugged the Internet entirely in some places and slowed it and cell phone service to a crawl in others to stifle reports about the violence — and get its own message out that authorities are [...]


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    7 July 2009 @ 9pm

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    What stuntmen think are the best stunt films of all time.

    What stuntmen think are the best stunt films of all time.


    National Library Board of Singapore’s Digital Media Collection

    This just in from Preetamrai via twitter
    With OverDrive Media Console v3.2 for Windows®, most audiobooks can now be transferred to the iPhone™ and the iPod®! In just a few clicks, send audiobooks to your Windows-formatted iPod using the built-in Transfer Wizard! The ‘Plays on’ icons at this site indicate whether titles are compatible with Apple® [...]


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    6 July 2009 @ 2pm

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    4chan may be behind attack on Twitter

    4chan may be behind attack on Twitter – a huge influx of fake accounts on Sunday, pushing the NSFW trending topic, #gorillapenis, all the way to the top of the list. Popular image board 4chan /b/, along with other various sites, appears to be behind this latest raid on Twitter.


    Frankly, We Couldn’t Care Less But We’d Rather You Stay Away From Our Little Hive Of Scum & Villainy

    An incident happened, which is both ridiculous and sad.
    Why my rather thoughtless comment created a maelstrom which soon I get sucked for I really have no idea. I can’t help but feel I was picked on and singled out, after I was subsequently told by a friend that the entire group of them were already [...]


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    5 July 2009 @ 7am

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    EVE Online Banker Embezzles To Cover Kid’s Medical Bills

    EVE Online Banker Embezzles To Cover Kid’s Medical Bills – it’s great to wake up on a Sunday and read shite like this.


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    4 July 2009 @ 3pm

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    This Cannot Be Explained

    This Cannot Be Explained – there is no hope for blonde women


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    3 July 2009 @ 2pm

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    “Centrepoint Kids” is a term used to describe the social phenomenon of groups of youths who used to hang out at shopping complexes in Singapore during the mid 1980s.

    “Centrepoint Kids” is a term used to describe the social phenomenon of groups of youths who used to hang out at shopping complexes in Singapore during the mid 1980s. Other similar moral panics that have appeared in the Singapore media includes the McDonald Kids (early 1980s), the Marina Square kids (early 1990s), the Far East [...]


    Hello to @SingaBeng

    I really like @singabeng who tweets under the twitter nick “Singa Courtesy Lion” and is a self-described “Guai Lan Courtesy Lion” (more about that on Wikipedia)
    Some examples of recent tweets:

    You all today got call your mother anot?
    Say thank you or I beat you.


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    3 July 2009 @ 12pm

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    (NSFW) If you’re a Seinfeld fan, don’t click here

    (NSFW) If you’re a Seinfeld fan, don’t click here


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    1 July 2009 @ 5pm

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    Watching This Singaporean Twitterer Flick Her Hair Has Healing Properties

    Watching This Singaporean Twitterer Flick Her Hair Has Healing Properties. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Quick get it before she realizes what I’ve done and takes it down.


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    1 July 2009 @ 5pm

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    Walter Robot has directed a new music promo for Death Cab for Cutie.

    Walter Robot has directed a new music promo for Death Cab for Cutie.


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    1 July 2009 @ 2pm

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    The Coolest University Website EVARRRRR

    The Coolest University Website EVARRRRR


    Expect Massive Layoff At Malaysian Companies

    The Malaysian government has announced that the 30% bumiputra quota (read: Malay) requirement for companies seeking to list on the Malaysian Stock Exchange has been done away with under an overhaul of the Government’s economic policies.
    Do you know what this means?
    Any company listed on the stock exchange is probably now exploring the possibility of retrenching [...]


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    1 July 2009 @ 10am

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    (NSFW): Nude Air New Zealand Flight Attendant Ad Hopes to Boost Sales

    (NSFW): Nude Air New Zealand Flight Attendant Ad Hopes to Boost Sales – I don’t think this will work. Maybe they should dress up (cosplay!) like elves and hobbits instead?