A short get-away

That was relaxing; I love you, baby

Silent Taxi Drivers

When it's late at night, my transportation would be cabs.
Getting on, I said, "Hello, going to +(destination)"
The driver would start driving without acknowledgement.

"Turn left here".
The cab turns.
"Turn right here"
The cab turns.
"Stop here"
The cab stops.
"How much?"
He displays the total with the meter.
"Okay..."

It is somewhat uncomfortable.  I can dispense with smiles and "Yes, Sir".  Silence makes me feel like I'm driving the car with my own voice.  Is he blaming me for keeping me away from his bed?  Does he resent the need to serve?  Am I missing something?

1 more day...

to reach Vpost USA
>_<

Wedding banquets

Asked to death when I'm gonna get married..
Asked to death when I'm gonna get a flat..
Asked to death when I'm gonna do my renovations..
Asked to death when I'm gonna hold my banquet..

Seriously, do you enjoy grand banquets for its own sake?
Have you come across small cosy gatherings?
Do you find banquets a waste of time and money?

I do enjoy attending my friends' weddings,
but this is an age of one-upsmanship.
How the norms are spiraling out of control

I hope that when mine comes,
there is time for everyone.

Freedom...

starts from having a free press.

Political correctness?

When facts are too far from the truth, is a white lie an outright lie?

Superfish in IE Tab Plus

Some firefox extensions add a certain "Superfish" that activates when you start the browser.
Some extension like IE Tab Plus.
Damn you...

bug report: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=605104

removal insturction: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2014247&start=15

Abt time...

..to dust it off

Android 2.3 Features

source: http://www.android.com/media/

Darkest hour

Monitoress said this was the darkest hour of her career.  That set me wishing I could say, "Me too!"

What kills the most number of people?

a) Wars?
b) Malaria?
c) Others?




source: http://yourheartsontheleft.blogspot.com/2010/12/from-henry-ford-to-rob-ford-auto.html

Don't Chicken Out!

Ads from Burger King, SG.

#1: Vs Cab Stealer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fMSxedQtDDw

#2: Vs Crotch hitter - my fav:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4j1BBoR_Bw&feature=related


#3: Vs Ulu Pandan Bear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYMZF-SjXh4&NR=1

Enjoy

RIP, Winters of Easy Company

Band of Brothers' inspiration Winters dies at 92
read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110110/ap_on_en_tv/us_obit_winters

Low Fertility Rate and Cost of Living

Fertility Rate is such a useful tool.  It can be used by the Government to justify a restoration of the immigration rate.  It can be used by mothers to demand payouts for their unborn child, even though they have already *made* the decision to have one.  It can be used by the Opposition to cry about the Cost of Living.

We are perhaps one of the most prosperous Island states in the world.  That comes at the price of a high inflation rate and a volatile economy.  Most newly formed families cannot afford to rely on a single source of income.  Inflation will erode their earnings over time, and what is job security these days?

Perhaps that's the ill of a modern society.  We're on a canoe, in a mad ride, and the way to survive is to plow ahead.

Married, 20.12.2010

It's been a long road, getting from there to here.
It's been a long time, and my time is finally near.

Hard to imagine it has been 3 years since we're together, and 5 since we met.
To many more, dear.

Samsung's U.S. Galaxy S pages showing Froyo, but updates still missing

Note that the news says U.S.
Not sure about SG though.
read more: http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s-us-froyo-updates

Anime I'm watching or have watched

1. Marvel Ironman
JW: The early episodes are stand alone and the show came to an end too quickly.
Disappointing.
http://jwitworker.blogspot.com/2010/10/ironman-goes-japan.html

2. Code Geass
JW: It has its typical share of teenager-with-special-powers, and eye candies for boys.  The dark tone of this anime later warmed up.  I liked the deep thought behind the strategies, but the impossibly fast and powerful Gundams Knightmares put me off.
Overall, I enjoyed this series.
http://codegeass.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

3. Kemono no Souja
JW: Was hunting for a new anime to watch and came across this.  Slow paced story telling and drawn with simple lines.  It tells the story of a little girl working behind the lines with her mother, in a land guarded by giant lizards called Touda.
Looks promising =)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemono_no_Souja

Push Your Automated Android to Awesome Heights with These Tasker Setups

It's an app to allow you to setup automated tasks, if you can dream it.  For example, you could set your handphone to silent once you check into a library.  Or you could lower your phone's volume when you're in your house and louder if you're outside.
What interests me in this article is they described how you could set it up to reduced the frequency your sms are checked, thereby saving battery power.

read more: http://lifehacker.com/5601133/push-your-automated-android-to-awesome-heights-with-these-tasker-setups#data

Faces

Don't be an ass one day, and be a nice guy on another.  Make up your mind.

Top 10 beach destinations, as posted by Asia one

link: http://www.relax.com.sg/relax/media/524202/Top_10_beach_destinations.html