Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Breast Cancer Awareness Month
"Wear The Pink Ribbon Contest"

I'm selling ribbons for the above contest and the pins are going at a minimum price of $2 (but no maximum amount). All proceeds will go to the Breast Cancer Foundation. http://www.bcf.org.sg

Be spotted wearing the ribbon in October 2006 and win attractive prizes!

Interested in getting one? Contact me via nytemare1979@gmail.com. Whilst stocks last!

nine inch nails

okay i've got the tire fixed, and discovered that there are 2 nails, instead of just 1. one of the nails hit the sidewall, which meant that simple plugging wasn't going to work. the tire shop had to take out the whole thing and plaster it from within. since they were at it, i decided to do balancing and rotation as well. then got them to fill nitrogen. why nitrogen? inert. runs colder, less expansion problems. used in indy 500, airplanes. it won't cause as much corrosion as normal air would to the metal parts and rubber. but it's not cheap, $32 for an initial fill, $5 per refill for 4 tires tho. then i didn't know how to initialize my tires and had to go down to pml to get my csa to demonstrate it to me. *slaps forehead*

but all is well now!

psssssfffftttt

nailed. right rear tire that is. @#%&#%&#$&#

got to spend money going to the tire shop to get it plugged.

at least i know the on board computer works....

Development

Article here. http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/bank-slams-singapore-crackdown/2006/09/15/1157827157933.html


Smile Singapore Police Force! You've once again shown how well you've handled the situation. Our laws are our laws! You don't bend the rules, not even for our colonial masters!

I certainly hope there won't be more bad press. But this will go down in history as the most peaceful WB/IMF meeting ever. In fact we've actually shown a lot of progress and development. Besides gagging Singaporeans podcasting during the elections, we're now able to gag anyone who may want to disrupt the important seminars and meetings.

And then there is http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=asj9AZ2w59vI&refer=asia

"Words like security, words like undesirable, words like troublemaker are sort of general characterizations but never have I seen a consistent or coherent explanation," Kevin Kellems (Acting vice president for external affairs, communications and United Nations affairs for the World Bank) said, referring to the Singapore police's description of the 27 people. "There's insufficient clarity."

Our CCTV footage is high definition, high clarity! How dare you say there is insufficient clarity, our CCTVs are all HD quality.

If this event really leaves a bad taste, the future of exhibitions and conventions of such a scale look bleak. Maybe in a few years time, undesirable gamblers won't be welcome to our IRs too!

And then, if these people who've flown here are turned back at immigration, where do they go? Maybe we'll see a few Tom Hanks running around in the airport waiting for their return flight...

Development

Article here. http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/bank-slams-singapore-crackdown/2006/09/15/1157827157933.html

Smile Singapore Police Force! You've once again shown how well you've handled the situation. Our laws are our laws! You don't bend the rules, not even for our colonial masters!

I certainly hope there won't be more bad press. But this will go down in history as the most peaceful WB/IMF meeting ever. In fact we've actually shown a lot of progress and development. Besides gagging Singaporeans podcasting during the elections, we're now able to gag anyone who may want to disrupt the important seminars and meetings.

And then there is http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=asj9AZ2w59vI&refer=asia

"Words like security, words like undesirable, words like troublemaker are sort of general characterizations but never have I seen a consistent or coherent explanation," Kevin Kellems (Acting vice president for external affairs, communications and United Nations affairs for the World Bank) said, referring to the Singapore police's description of the 27 people. "There's insufficient clarity."

Our CCTV footage is high definition, high clarity! How dare you say there is insufficient clarity, our CCTVs are all HD quality.

If this event really leaves a bad taste, the future of exhibitions and conventions of such a scale look bleak. Maybe in a few years time, undesirable gamblers won't be welcome to our IRs too!

And then, if these people who've flown here are turned back at immigration, where do they go? Maybe we'll see a few Tom Hanks running around in the airport waiting for their return flight...

And why is our birth rate falling...

Someone overhead this at a SDU speed dating event...

Guy 1 - This tour is very value for money.
Guy 2 - Why
Guy 1 - You divide the number of gals u meet here with fees paid, it is about S$0.30 per gal.

Cheaper than Mustafa can offer!

But of course beware the hidden costs, of post event dates where more often than not the guy is expected to pay.
The dowry.
The wedding.
The children.
And if unlucky, the lawyer fees and alimony.

Was reading some of my friends' blogs and one particular one struck me.
http://nottozlady.blogspot.com/2006/09/tsks-and-ceks.html

She was ranting about the amount of noise pollution we're taking in these days. What I theorize is, that beneath all these transmissions we're being invaded with, radio, advertisements, tv media, are underlying subliminal messages that make us as sheepified and lamblike as possible. To make us all conform and follow the leader, all have a herd mentality, not question authority and basically be good citizens.

Maybe that's why we were told to avoid the Marina area due to road closures, bus fares can be raised at a whim, cat abusers are let off lightly...

Another boo boo for the boys in blue, who have now stepped in to explain that the Marina Bay area is still open, via certain roads, please forget that we told everyone to stay away, and come so the shopkeepers there won't give our boys on the ground killer stares of why are you here, taking away my business

fuji ice palace's wonderful fountain

and apparently it happened again this week! haha...


fuji shld be relayering their ice in the coming weeks...

Smile S2006

Smile Singapore 2006! Let's welcome the IMF/WB delegates with our brightest smiles. Let's show the world what a fiasco this whole affair has been.

Hotels have increased prices in anticipation of the delegates who would be attending the meetings. They've turned away customers so ensure there would be rooms for the delegates, perhaps even the protesters would've contributed a large number to the occupancy rates, but as the situation is now, nobody's coming to protest either.

Limo drivers at the airport are complaining that they're waiting at the airport, for nobody. Suntec businesses have seen better days, even during SARS.

No wonder they were collecting smiles for murals. Because nobody's going to be smiling during the event, or after it.

part 2

byebye...

videos of the towing

okay this is part 1.. part 2 shld be up soon...

car... my car

it's gone again..

this time my handsome slowest car in singapore had to be towed away on a flatbed tow truck... because of high blood pressure, had a stroke...

the sterring hose burst... no power steering.. rather good workout for the arms i must say...

but the lovely and bestest e90 division pals.. plus one amg hung around way after midnight to be with me until the tow truck came.. thanks guys, and gal..

and thanks to my patient goddess for sticking it out with me....



on a separate note.. if the force isn't strong enough in this fella, he can just kawaii them to death...

burn baby burn

Apparently this F430 was being driven in a demo session in Santa Barbara, California when mid-way through the afternoon, the Ferrari, with 750 miles on it, springs an oil line and burns to an 18 inch high pile of melted aluminum.