Yan Zi!

Very REAL Renactment

"Spartacus: Blood and Sand":
"Betrayed by the Romans. Forced into slavery. Reborn as a Gladiator. The classic tale of the Republic’s most infamous rebel comes alive in the graphic and visceral new series, Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena where blood and death are prime time entertainment. But not all battles are fought upon the sands. Treachery, corruption and the allure of sensual pleasures will constantly test Spartacus. To survive, he must become more than a man. More than a gladiator. He must become a legend."

This is the first time i watched such a bloody show with full nudity, because they want to capture the true roman era as it is.

Overall, i rate this show really not too bad. Story catches on after a few episodes.

Hoping to see season 2 ASAP....but sadly the lead actor is fighting cancer now.

Hope he recover soon.

Reading

I have not been reading much lately.....as in like novels and such.
Been reading free Stuff Mag / HWZ Mag / T3 Mag....Benefit of working in an IT Firm.
But recently i was introduced a book...and i read 4/5 of it in 2 nights before i fell sick.

Usually, i am not into "Work Related" Books....unless i am studying for exam or researching for projects or work.

But this book really captured my full attention and i can't let it go for 2 nights

IST

IST is not doing so well lately.

Baking under the sun for long hours ( Both Home and Office -> Open Carpark )
Lacking of regular bath
It became a potty spot for birdies

And worst!

Today another tyre need patching....... nails on road....Sigh.

Went Balestier for a quick patch in the middle of the night for S$10.

Wonder how long it will last.

Choices

We have a lot of choices in life.

We tend to hesitate and can't decide what path to choose.

Maybe we are afraid of choosing the wrong path.

But if we don't decide, we will never know.

There are always 2 sides in a Coin. Likewise in life.

Whichever path you have chosen. You will have both the positive and negative.

Just take charge and live your life.

Do not stay put at the crossroad as life is passing you by.

Bali

Management

Life is all about management.

Manage your money.
Manage your relationship.
Manage your customer.
Manage your boss.
Manage your time.
Manage yourself.

How are you managing?

Mio & Hub

Why i won't get Mio.
-> Must sign up land line to get Mio
-> Already have Hub for AXN / NATGEO / HISTORY / Taiwan Variety Shows
-> Too many boxes and Cables on TV Console
-> Not enough Time to watch so many stuff
-> Not enough Money to subscribe to both

But Most Importantly
-> I know where to watch BPL Free !!!

Go here
























To watch this

What i can do

I realised way back.

There are things in this world that we can't control.

--> Other PPL
--> Timing
--> Environment

The thing that i can control.......is myself.

So i decided to just try my best.
And hope everything fall in the right place.

My Idol!

My Name

(European mythology)

An old Italian deity, represented with two faces, looking different ways. His double-gated temple on the Forum in Rome had a symbolic significance: it was open in time of war and closed in time of peace. Janus may have been connected with the fortunes of war because any army had to pass through a gateway in order to start a campaign. An ianua, ‘entrance gate’, has two sides and presumably represents the two possible outcomes of any future event—success or failure.

From this military association Janus developed into a god of all ‘beginnings’. The month of January was sacred to him—today Europeans continue to look forwards and backwards at this time—while as Janus Quadrifrons, ‘four heads’, he presided over the four seasons. The Romans named Janus first in any list of gods invoked in prayer.

Maldives!!!

周 & 周

Just realised that the artist that we both like has the same surname.

周华健


周杰伦
























Pretty easy to guess who is my fav & who is her fav singer right?

两个世界 by 张克帆

两个世界 by 张克帆
过了今晚再也留不住你
迟早要洗去我脸颊上的唇印
你和我约定到了明天
谁都不许再提起
你轻轻地留给我
这深深的回忆
甜言蜜语迟早都会说尽
再多真心挡不住黎明来临
这段属于黑夜的爱情
注定要蒸发阳光底
爱上了不该爱的人
连伤心都会来不及
两个世界的代表作品就是命运
我虽然很有勇气但却放不下自尊心
时钟滴滴答答滴滴答答我还盲目的拥抱你
希望把这一刻的时间永远锁在黑夜里

Perfect Couple

Cats Cats Cats!

Don't be cruel, you don't have to like them. But DON'T KILL THEM!

Glad 1 killer was caught recently.

From Straitstimes.
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_474550.html

Jan 7, 2010

Cat killer remanded

By Elena Chong

AN ODD-JOB worker was charged on Thursday with killing a cat at the void deck of a block of flats in Bukit Batok on New Year's Day.

No plea was taken from Zamzam Ismail, 41.

He is said to have committed mischief by swinging the cat twice against the wall at the void deck of Block 269 Bukit Batok East Avenue 4 at about 8.20am last Friday. .

He was remanded for psychiatric assessment. His next court appearance is on Jan 21.

If convicted he faces a jail term of up to five years and/or a fine.

LOAN SHARK! ! !

WE ARE INNOCENT!

Their target is our neighbour
who lives 1 floor above us.
Their unit number and mobile phone
was written on the wall.

But our neighbour installed a Surveillance Camera,
So the loan shark splashed the paint at our door instead.

The sad thing is, our neighbour did not even apologise to us.

OR they tried but we are always not home......

E-Book Reader - Environmental Friendly?

Are E-Books getting more popular?

The market for E-Book seems to be growing.

There are many E Readers in the market now.

Kindle, Sony E Reader, Ipad and many more.

Practicality aside, my concern is more on earth friendliness.

I thought conventional books will be more earth friendly compare to E-Book Reader.
But it was not.

Extract from Robert Nagle Article
http://www.teleread.org/2009/07/09/apple-amazon-rated-at-bottom-of-climate-change-scorecard-and-what-about-ebooks/

• Dead-tree books require cutting down trees. (Duh!). Dan Shapley writes, "The paper industry is the 4th largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions among United States manufacturing industries, and contributes 9% of the manufacturing sector’s carbon emissions." Allen Hershkowitz from the National Resource Defense Council agrees, saying, “The paper industry is the No. 1 industrial pressure on forests."
• Umbra Fisk summarizes the research so far into books vs. ebooks:

A MS candidate named Greg Kozak pitted textbooks against e-book devices [PDF] in 2003. He found that paper production, electricity of printing operations, and personal transportation were the main factors affecting the book footprint, while electricity was the main issue for e-readers; and that books were responsible for four times the greenhouse emissions as e-readers. In ‘04, two UC-Berkeley students evaluated newspaper vs PDA-based e-newspapers [PDF], and decided that a newspaper released 32-140 times the amount of CO2, and used 26-185 times the amount of water. A 2007 study in Sweden (here is the abstract) also looked at newspaper and found that newspaper’s biggest impact was in the paper production, while energy was the big impact for reading on the internet; for e-devices (the Kindle, etc.), production of the e-object is the biggest impact. The study concluded that reading e-newspapers had less impact than an actual newspaper.

• The current book ordering system encourages bookstores to order more books than they can reasonably sell. That increases the number of published copies and consequently the number of returns (and the amount of shipping costs).
• A number of print books which are bought are not read. In other words, books are produced with the goal to be sold, regardless of whether it is actually read. One cannot blame the publishing industry if people fail to read the books they buy; but with digital books, energy or resources are being consumed only if the ebook is actually being read.
• E-ink readers are the ultimate low-energy devices. Charges last for weeks or sometimes longer than a month. The only additional step they can take is to make the devices run by solar energy (sigh!).

After reading this article, will you convert to E-Book?

I will not, i still prefer the good old way, a book in bag, anywhere i go, with a bookmark to mark my page, no batteries needed and can loan it to anyone once i finished it.

I will instead patronize 2nd hand bookshop to help save the earth.