Tiger - Roar

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SINGAPORE: Tiger Airways is launching its second anniversary celebrations with $2 one-way air fares to all its destinations in Thailand.

10,000 seats will go on sale from 31st July to the 6th August.

More offers are in the pipeline, and customers can visit the official website at www.tigerairways.com to catch them.

Key to major illness

still remember the sheep dolly ?? The first cloned sheep by humans. There's been lots of funds and resources pump into research of human cells or maybe usable organ parts ultimately to prolong one's life.

Still remember the movie, "The Island" ? For those who missed it, its about a company who provide backup human parts (only for those richie). This company actually got a large scale underground factory cloning their clients once they signed off the deal. Upon crisis of the client, his/her clone will be used.

From, http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/221554/1/.html
Singapore-based biotech company, ES Cell International (ESI), has become the first in the world to create human embryonic stem cells designed for clinical use.

This could speed up international stem cell research, which holds the key to the cure of major diseases.

This technology will prolong human health and lifespan in time to come. More lives maybe save, together with new lives born, what will happen?

Bus agony

Anyone has this feeling of rushing for some events or meeting someone but the bus just won't appear ?

I used to have them whenever i want to take bus 72, somehow it's just so popular. Just a few days ago i remember seeing through 4 X bus 88 before the 72 finally appear. On some occasion where luck is playing fun with ya, the passenger capacity is madness. You will be like almost sticking to one another. Saw this news today,

The standards cover six essential aspects of service -

* Bus service reliability - for example, at least 85 percent of bus services should not deviate more than 5 minutes from the scheduled frequency
* Loading - for example, weekday peak period bus loading shouldn't exceed 95 percent
* Safety
* Provision of information
* Availability of bus services
* Integration with other modes of public transport

reference : http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/221315/1/.html

Well good for the consumers that our agony maybe resolve. But if you are the public transport captains, what's their view on this ?

Toilets

OMG, beware of toilets too.



I feel this is worst compare to the massage prank. It's like a total change of emotion state. Imagine you are urgent and wanna release it, halfway before you are done .... OH HeLLLLlll

Massage?

Beware of Japan massage services =D LOLOLOL....

Transition

Yeah!! finally got my new pair of spec. Make a different type this time, using the transition lens which protect your eyes from ultra violet rays.






[[mummy with my spec]]


From benefits taken from transition webby, http://www.transitions.com/page.cfm?id=96

Convenient protection means getting protection from both glare and harmful UV radiation whenever you need it, without having to think about it.

Visual quality means taking into account all the factors that can diminish vision, and choosing eyewear that provides the best vision, both indoors and out.

Visual comfort means having comfortable vision in any situation, minimizing eye strain and eye fatigue.

Hmmm is this true ?
Most people understand the need to protect their skin from UV rays, but most are not yet aware of the need to protect their eyes. Unfortunately, the effects of UV rays are cumulative. Research also shows that by age 18, most people have accumulated 80% of their total lifetime exposure to the sun.

Some personal views after this afternoon encounter, was on my way to take bus. It was about 1400hrs and pretty glaring outside, without knowing the glaring effect reduce, in my mind,oh must be my transition =D. In the past, i will be struggling with those glaring rays.

Conicidence

Went back to office to settle some paper work and email. I was chatting with my new manager, Victor and CL ( one of colleague who just resigned )pop in front of us. He's now under GMP(a recuitment company). Hmmm just a thought, if the department turnover rate is high ? Does it mean anything ? After gathering some hear say and research, most of the people in my department will leave upon completion of their bond (about 2.5 years) except for some minority.

Had lunch with him and two other guys at a nearby market. Upon parking i saw this nice car,


hahahah i just love bmw

And this my lunch. -> taste like baozhang's home-make maggi mee.


A went to order first, B (me, i saw A coming back without knowing what he ordered). C came after me ( but we mid halfway after i had ordered). D went last. Conicidentally all 4 of us make order with the same stall.

On our way back to the carpark, one of them was saying "better get back to office fast, finish up the tasks and pack up before the manager pop up". Almost immediately when he finished his last word, the door to carpark opened and we saw the manager walking towards us. LOL

updates

been quite awhile since my last update. Feelings lethargic lately and couldn't focus and totally stop about my to do list. There are items which i set the prority "urgent and important" about a month ago and it's still on my list today.

Here's some photos



Early for meeting and ..... you gonna WAIT for the rest, guess how much is the chair i m sitting.



Met Sophia for shopping at orchard, she was talking to another guy when i reached the MRT control station. Found out that the guys was actually looking for new faces kinda modelling stuffs for events and he approached her. After that just before went entered into the tunnel towards far east, another lady tapped her on the back and ask for her contacts, similar kind of stuffs. I was like "WHERE GOT SO POPULAR ONE!!!!" oh bck to the above pic took it at DFS, contains all the cannot signs. "Singapore a fine city" haha interesting ? Oh one last thing, didnt know that we cant purchase alcoholic drinks at DFS, the sale person actually told us that we need to pre-order. hmmmm...





had steamboat with beng,zk,heng and our bro,kachi, whose back for holiday. chong qin still taste better haha. We went for sheesha after the dinner, my first time man. We were unable to finish the bottle of apple mint man. wasted!!

PS: new mega shopping center at harbour front, Vivocity will be up in 3 months. The biggest GV threate will be there too. http://www.vivocity.com.sg
VivoCity and WDA organise Job Fair from 14-15 July 2006 to help tenants recruit staff

10M wedding

How much do you plan for your wedding ? It's 50k for my wedding. How would you want it to turn out ?

Check this http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/217201/1/.html

"It's a $10 million fairy-tale wedding between a Singaporean bride and the son of an Indian tycoon.

Decked like a prince, 27-year-old Adarsh Gabodia arrived - on a horse - at the Ritz Carlton Hotel on Tuesday evening to claim his 25-year-old bride Neha Didwania.

A 6.5-carat engagement ring was what he gave her as a token of his love.

This was followed by a 10-carat diamond wedding band estimated to be worth at least a million dollars. "

fuel

Have you notice that general product/services prices are going up, especially the bills. One of the root issue, fuel price spike. Many countries are affected globally. What's going on in middle east man ? Fuel resource depleting soon?

Heard that SBS gonna review the fare soon. My mum updated me on the rise of electricity and gas bills. One of the article today - ComfortDelgro, which operates 15,600 taxis, has said that from July 10, it will increase the flag-down fare for its Comfort, CityCab and Yellow-Top taxis by 10 cents.

ComfortDelgro will also double the peak hour surcharge from July 10.

It is also adjusting its distance-related fare structure, which means commuters will be clocking a shorter distance for every 10 cents metered.

Even the gov are using it as reasons - "Maritime officials have said that the high cost of fuel is one key element restricting Indonesia's ability to conduct frequent maritime patrols along its vast coastline."

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/217166/1/.html

PS : those with car allowance, try ya luck asking for car allowance review =D

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Was sorting out my mailbox with 27 new mails. One of the more interesting mail that i want to share. As for the accuracy of those info, please do your own research..

1. Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo
Kabushibibaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer.

2. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and
down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. (Must test for myself)

3. A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.

4. 40 percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

5. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

6. On the average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

7. Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog's heart and
nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.

8. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

9. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine.

10. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other
at the same time.

11. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II
weremade of wood.

12. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

13. Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to
paint Mona Lisa's lips.

14. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so
you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.

15. The original name for the butterfly was "flutterby"!

16. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink
in quicksand.

17. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks
the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

18. Dentists recommend that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet
away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. (Cap your toothbrush)

19. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.


20. The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.

21. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the
Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

22. Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.

23. Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but
was talked out of it by her doctor.

24. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola,
and Budweiser, in that order. (Only for the US and Western world?)

25. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be typed with only the
left hand.

26. To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, prick your fingers into
its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.

27. A mathematical wonder: 111,111,111 multiplied by 111,111,111 gives
the result 12, 345, 678, 987, 654, 321.

28. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

29. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

30. The "pound" (#) key on your keyboard is called an octothorp.

31. The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.

32. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

33. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

34. "Dreamt" is the only word in the English language that ends in "mt".

35. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

36. In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat
your fingers off".

37. A cockroach can live for 10 days without a head.

38. European women didn't wear underwear until the 1900's.

39. We shed 40 pounds of skin a lifetime.

40. Yo-Yos were once used as weapons in the Philippines. (Mmmmm...)

41. Coca-Cola can be used as car oil.

42. Mexico City sinks abut 10 inches a year. (It should have disappeared by now..)

43. Brains are more active sleeping than watching TV.

44. Blue is the favorite color of 80 percent of Americans.

45. When a person shakes their head from side to side, he is
saying"yes" in Sri Lanka.

46. There are more chickens than people in the world. (Definitely not after the bird flu!)

47. It's against the law in Iceland to have a dog.

48. The thumbnail grows the slowest, and the middle nail grows the fastest.

49. The only word in the English Language with all vowels in reverse
order is "subcontinental".

50. There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.

51. Beethoven poured ice water over his head before he composed. (Now we know why his hair looks so unkempt!)

52. In Pakistan, it's rude to show your feet.