7/20/2005 03:10:00 pm|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
I've been buying CDs over the last 20 years for $25 a piece. Guess that's why I get the feeling like I've been ripped off.
Have you been RIPPED OFF by the music industry?
Or have you been doing the right thing with the Internet?
The world's been downloading heaps of music and movies. Here's a reason to carry on doing it! Yeah!
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Help your favourite artists. Burn CDs. Don't buy them.|W|P|
toadjuice@yahoo.com
7/20/2005 05:28:00 pm|W|P|
Cookie|W|P|
I couldn't agree more! Haha...
No wonder I always feel sick in the stomach when I wan to pay for my CDs at the counter... Hmmm....
7/21/2005 12:45:00 am|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
heh heh... support downhillbattle.com at least they have the guts to fight big business.
I just bought a t-shirt from them.
7/21/2005 02:04:00 am|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
Way to go! Finally a cause that I would support... I wrench at the thought of paying another cent for a CD... You bought a shirt? How much of the proceeds go to them? Better check ;p
7/21/2005 01:12:00 pm|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
Actually, i don't really care. Its US$11.00 for a t-shirt that was probably made in China anyway.
The design looks cool, and I'm shallow.
7/22/2005 12:28:00 am|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
Shipping kills, you should send it to me... or Skums, he's returning soonest....
7/31/2005 12:25:00 am|W|P|
Froggy|W|P|
Haha ..
www.limewire.com
www.phazeddl.com
www.bitorrent.com ..
www.mininova.org
www.isohunt.com
www.torrentspy.com ..
uuuhhhyaahh .. U mean there are still neurodeficiency spieces out there still paying for CDs??
7/19/2005 11:57:00 am|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
Scuba in Singapore hit the air waves this morning in the form of a 5 to 10 minutes clip on Channel News Asia's Prime Time Morning programme.
They talked about scuba diving for leisure in Singapore. The clips of underwater footage looked really familiar... I think I saw it during my Open Water training in one of the PADI videos. (The one where Ang Moh hold hand and dive along a wall and then give OK hand signal.)
A seemingly stressed Steven Beng (some of us might know him) was interviewed. He was trying to describe the scuba gear and how it is used, the BC, fins etc...
"... as you can see... this is the regualtor... it is used for breathing underwater... kind of like the snorkel... you see... the mouth piece looks the same..."|W|P|
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toadjuice@yahoo.com
7/19/2005 11:00:00 pm|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
Poor Chap,
Bet Steve would have reacted better if the interviewer were to be a gorgeous babe?
7/20/2005 03:43:00 pm|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
Yeah, I'd think so.
7/19/2005 11:41:00 am|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
Scuba made the air waves this morning in the form of a short 5 to 10minutes clip in the Prime Time Morning programme of Channel News Asia.
A somewhat stressed looking Steven Beng was being interviewed in the programme. He was trying to descrive the BC, regulator, inflator hose and how the equipment works.
Well, at least Scuba in Singapore had some air time.
"... as you can see, this is the regulator... ur... it is used for breathing underwater... like the snorkel... see, their mouth piece looks the same..."|W|P|
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Channel News Asia talks about Scuba|W|P|
toadjuice@yahoo.com
7/14/2005 12:08:00 pm|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
Dear ma'am,
Can I please have a peanut?|W|P|
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Message to Mrs. Goh Chok Tong|W|P|
toadjuice@yahoo.com
7/14/2005 12:34:00 pm|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
OMFG?????
7/14/2005 11:19:00 am|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
Today, an editor from the Local Chinese Newspapers commented that the names of MRT stations should not be translated to Mandarin blindly and that they should hold some meaning.
He mentioned that anyone who reads and writes chinese deserves better than a translation made based on its English pronounciation.
This was sparked off by some LTA person who translated Bayfront MRT to "Bei Fu Lan" in mandarin. He said that it sounds like a Chinese pronoucing Bayfront really badly!
I say, this guy is loaded with crap to the brim! I do not know if this chap even considered the implications if we were to do that. However, to translate MRT station names so that it has a meaning to it is going to be very jialat. Let's start with some examples for a clearer illustration.
Example 1:
Orchard MRT will no longer be "wu1 jie2". The new name has to be "guo3yuan2" or something like that. Malays and Indians would definitely not settle for anything less. Four official languages! I only have one thing to say. Jialat! Four names for one place!
Example 2:
English speaking and writing people will start to demand parity on this issue as well. Yishun MRT will have to change name since it does not mean anything in English. To me, Yishun just sounds like someone pronoucing "yi4shun4" very badly in mandarin.
For most of the existing stations, I can't imagine the translation LTA would probably come up with, but for those that I can imagine, here goes...
English to Mandarin
Woodlands=mu2di4
Queenstown=huang2hou4zi1cheng2
Mandarin/Chinese to English
Ang Mo Kio=Tomato MRT
Yio Chu Kang=Yeo's Village MRT (in Malay will be Kampong Yio)
Simei=Four Beauties MRT (erm...)
Sengkang=Newport MRT
Hougang=Rearport MRT (ur... maybe call is Backside MRT also can lah or Tanjong Blakang in Malay)
This list can go on and on... but I think you guys should get the drift by now.
If we can accept "lai2fo2shi4" for Raffles, I think we should just shut up and let the station owners (LTA) decide on the names.
Bei Fu Lan sounds like some sort of vulgarity but hey, look in the bright side... just poking fun at this name will provide fun for generations of Singaporeans to come.|W|P|
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toadjuice@yahoo.com
7/14/2005 12:34:00 pm|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
Mwa ha ha ha... *feeble attempt to tickle meself*
7/14/2005 04:59:00 pm|W|P|
Allan Lim|W|P|
Todd,
I'm impressed with your level of cina.
applause....
7/14/2005 05:08:00 pm|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
Thanks. And Bryan, tickle won't really help ços you ain't got no sense of humour... you can try beer though...
7/14/2005 09:40:00 pm|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
Cyanide is what I'll need to get me laughing buddy.... *still feebly trying to tickle meself*
7/13/2005 09:52:00 am|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
Confirm won't enter wrong toilet! |W|P|
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toadjuice@yahoo.com
7/14/2005 05:37:00 am|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
I'll bet you anything that Skums will enter the pink door......
7/14/2005 05:09:00 pm|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
Ur... I can't bet with you on that. I'll have to agree with you.
7/09/2005 11:30:00 am|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
Attack of the Average Joes! |W|P|
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toadjuice@yahoo.com
7/09/2005 11:34:00 am|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
My Heroes... drool....
Can I touch you?
7/09/2005 11:44:00 am|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
Yeah baby...
7/09/2005 07:48:00 pm|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
Oh...... Behave...
It's Smashing :)
7/09/2005 10:37:00 pm|W|P|
Cookie|W|P|
omg....... wat an eye-opener indeed...
*giggling like crazy*
7/10/2005 05:30:00 am|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
You talking about Ben? Eye-opener? heh heh
7/12/2005 10:45:00 am|W|P|
Cookie|W|P|
hee hee... =p
*tries to control my laug.. admiration*
7/08/2005 05:12:00 pm|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
When I received news that London was on being bombed lastnight, I thought, "Hmm... there's something's really familiar about this..."
September 11, President George W Bush's popularity was on the decline. Due to the controversy behind his election win, he was effectively a 'lame duck' President. Then BOOM! The World Trade Centre got hit. The War on Terror started and his popularity sky rocketed...
Fast forward... July 7, 2005, London. Tony Blair won the election by a narrow margin. He might lose his Prime Ministership... KA BOOM! London BOMBED! Coincidence?
There's something really wierd about this bombing. Let's compare this with the Madrid bomb blast.
Madrid, 1 blast - 200 dead
London, 4 blasts - 40 dead?
The London Underground seemed pretty empty for a morning rush hour... Hmm...
The BBC reported that the Emergency Services reacted in a very professional and calm manner. Wow! Were they expecting it?
We all know that no matter how prepared we are, we do not react calmly to an emergency! Ask our Civil Defence people, I'm sure they are pretty well trained and prepared. The Nicoll Highway collapse was definitely handled in a very professional way, but I don't think the word 'calm' would be used to describe how the rescue was being conducted.
And I'm not the only one wondering...
http://www.thesimon.com/magazine/articles/canon_fodder/0889_what_behind_london_attacks.html|W|P|
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London? Bombed? Hmm... something about this smells familiar...|W|P|
toadjuice@yahoo.com
7/09/2005 01:38:00 am|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
I like your conspiracy theory.....
7/09/2005 03:10:00 am|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
Hey... you never know...
7/08/2005 03:29:00 pm|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
There are so many things wrong about this world! I'll tell you some.
- I have not enough money!
- There are too many idiots.
- People in the MRT at the end of the day have smelly armpits.
- My neighbour from 2 houses away got a policeman to my house, demanding that I return her parrot. (I don't have a parrot in the house.)
- Chomp Chomp is still crowded, hot and stuffy after renovation.
- Newton Hawkers still sell food to tourists at cut-throat prices.
- Ah Bengs have upgraded from driving Honda Civic to 2nd hand BMWs. (Bryan, you're out-dated.)
- In Singapore, beer is still more expensive than water.
- Some men still wear socks with sandals. (I thought they went out of fashion when the Roman Empire collapsed.)
- LTA double penalises you if your goods vehicle is overloaded. Both the driver and the company gets a fine.
Let's just start with these 10 wrongs. Remove these and the world will be a slightly nicer place.
Remember, big things starts with baby steps.
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Let's start with a few wrongs... baby steps...|W|P|
toadjuice@yahoo.com
7/09/2005 01:36:00 am|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
One more WRONG: People are still not drinking enough!
7/08/2005 01:49:00 pm|W|P|
Allan Lim|W|P|
I am thinking of starting a movement....
Title : What wrong to with the world?
We live in a very different world today. This morning i was driving dixie to the train station and can't help but wonder what would happen if a bomb xplode in our train system....Chances are some one we know will be affect or death may come knock.
What wrong with this world?
Maybe it will be a good idea to start a website which allows for everyone to post thier views on what wrong with us so that perhaps a collective understanding of this one world we live in could be achieve...
Maybe someday we can tell our children that this world is still worth living in.
FATA|W|P|
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Whats Wrong With the World|W|P|
allanlimyc@gmail.com
7/07/2005 06:20:00 pm|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers...
(Cliff Clavin, of Cheers)|W|P|
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Seriously speaking......|W|P|
jonnbryan@gmail.com
7/08/2005 10:53:00 am|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
This is also a reason why we handled our exams so well back in the school days when mindless boozing was part of our weekly activities.
Try taking those papers now. Can't even understand shit you will. Not engough alcohol you have.
7/08/2005 11:32:00 am|W|P|
Allan Lim|W|P|
chop logic is say?! but then again u solved the viridian room quite fast so there must be some truth to it.......now.........pass me the alcohol....i gotta solve the puzzle.....
pea
7/08/2005 12:11:00 pm|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
heh heh,
Pea, you understand me real well.. ha ha ha.... I'm looking forward to more rooms, gosh its addictive!
Saw my name on the billboard?
heh
7/08/2005 09:06:00 pm|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
Hate to tell you this but, I first tried this room at least two years ago. Still the same... and only room.
Happy waiting...
7/09/2005 01:35:00 am|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
Well toddy,
I have completed all 3 roooms now (Crimson, Veridian, and Blue)... Looking forward to the next one... LOL
7/06/2005 01:45:00 pm|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
And here's why smoking doesn't seem so bad after all... |W|P|
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toadjuice@yahoo.com
7/07/2005 01:33:00 am|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
And so's drinking, Beer has no Trans Fat!
7/06/2005 11:53:00 am|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
Call me paranoid or whatever, but I have this strange feeling that the cause of many young healthy people suddenly dropping dead these days could be due to trans fats in our diet.
Old people don't get it because trans fat only started becoming part of our diet over 30 years ago. This mean old people started consuming trans fats the same time we did and we have the same chance of getting a heart attack as them!
Wanna know why trans fats are bad and why it can kill? Click here!
Back to M&Ms... I was looking for M&Ms yesterday. They have nice colours and a jar full of M&Ms on your office desk usually makes the place more pleasant looking.
Ever since I became a trans fats paranoid, I look at product ingredients carefully. If I am going to consume poisons like trans fats, then I'd like to know when I am consuming them.
You can't find them in the nutrition table because it is still not mandatory info. However, hints like partially hydrogenated vegetable oil or vegetable fat would indicate that trans fats are used.
This is when I discovered that Milk Chocolate M&Ms made in Thailand do not contain trans fats. They use cocoa butter. However, Milk Chocolate M&Ms that are made in Australia (and more expensive) uses trans fat in the form of hydrogenated oil.
So, if you have to eat M&Ms, get the Milk Chocolate ones that are made in Thailand. Don't take the peanut butter flavoured ones... it has Heart Attack written all over it.|W|P|
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toadjuice@yahoo.com
7/06/2005 11:56:00 am|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
Gimme the Greenies, Gimme Gimme....... Drool.....
7/06/2005 12:14:00 pm|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
Just buy those Made in Thailand ones...
7/06/2005 01:24:00 pm|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
Those made in U.S.A has no trans fat too, so says the wrappers, Woo Hoo!
Yummity Yumm yum
7/06/2005 01:46:00 pm|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
Send ém over dude! I know all Pepsico chips are trans free... or so it says on the wrapper too...
BEER is trans fats free too. Cheers!
7/07/2005 01:32:00 am|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
I was about to add the beer bit too, was checking the labels last... er.. wait.. I retract (hope sKum's out of earshot)... I drink in moderation for the record... Bloopers!
7/05/2005 12:12:00 am|W|P|
Allan Lim|W|P|
Well apparently i do and many singaporeans too.
Especially the civil servants (the term civil servant is a misnomer, cos they hardly behave like servants, those fuckers... but thats another story). Reason? Finally they can justify their existence..
Just like they say in the army. Generals of the other countries earns their stars thru wars; here they earn their stars thru National Day Parade...
So the police chiefs that org-kwee-nice the beefy security forces around Fort Raffles will probably earn their Super-scale G sooner than the others. SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!
[I'm writing this cos i a bit tu-lan. Fucking coppers are all over the shop at Raffles. And its all wayang!!! Even the Gurkhas have join in the wayang...]
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allanlimyc@gmail.com
7/05/2005 02:30:00 am|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
Seems like the ramblings of the ill-informed.....
7/05/2005 09:35:00 am|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
...or ramblings of the incoherent... I don't get the message...
anyway, with the IOC in town, I wouldn't even touch the area with a 10 foot pole.
7/05/2005 12:07:00 pm|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
I hear you brudder, shudder to think what a huge target its gonna be!
7/05/2005 08:32:00 pm|W|P|
Allan Lim|W|P|
oops...
just realised civil servant = gay boy, too..
took a swipe at him too...
Okay, i'm only cursing the coppers, not the grunts..
7/05/2005 10:27:00 pm|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
No worries,
I'm a civil serpent.....
Wanna watch me uncoil and draw it out?
7/02/2005 10:54:00 pm|W|P|
Allan Lim|W|P|
finally..it's done.
after months of jugling work, family and training. Ben, todd and myself completed the ossim sprint triathlon this morning under the sweltering heat.
now experience a weird state of physical awareness...the whole body is freaking screaming......ouch....|W|P|
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it's done|W|P|
allanlimyc@gmail.com
7/03/2005 01:50:00 pm|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
Congrats guys,
You're the Men!
B
7/03/2005 03:57:00 pm|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
It was a Saturday well spent...
7/04/2005 09:20:00 am|W|P|
Allan Lim|W|P|
I was well spent on saturday too...
7/04/2005 09:43:00 am|W|P|
Cookie|W|P|
ahhh... i think you guys can finally heave a sigh of relief.. anyone needs a massage? hahaha!!
Ben shud be aching high n low... haha.. *grinz*
hi guys, i'm a fren of Ben. Juz wanna let u guys know tat this blog's cool..love ur diving pics.. put up more yah! =)
7/04/2005 11:29:00 am|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
Kudos to those that completed the race... and Naked Ben Rocks!
heh heh
7/04/2005 04:22:00 pm|W|P|
Toadjuice|W|P|
Ben, defend yourself... say you've never felt better heh heh...
Bryan, having fantasies about nekkid Ben?
7/05/2005 02:28:00 am|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
ha ha ha,
We had a long history.. aye Ben?
7/05/2005 02:00:00 pm|W|P|
Cookie|W|P|
wah... sounds kinky to me.. ;)
hehee...
7/05/2005 10:28:00 pm|W|P|
JonnBryan|W|P|
ha ha,
Trust me, the world isn't ready for this yet....
LOL