An age-old lie

The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age - Lucille Ball

Fine arts

Depicts 200,000 packs of cigarettes, equal to the number of Americans who die from cigarette smoking every 6 months.

Depicts 83,000 Abu Ghraib prisoner photographs, equal to the number of people who have been arrested and held at US-run detention facilities with no trial or other due process of law, during the Bush Administration's war on terror.

Depicts 106,000 aluminum cans, the number used in the US every 30 seconds.

Depicts 32,000 Barbies, equal to the number of elective breast augmentation surgeries performed monthly in the US in 2006.

Bicycle Designs 2000

10 powerful women

Forbes’ 2008 list of the top 10 most powerful women in the world:

1. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany

2. Sheila Bair, chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, USA

3. Indra Nooyi, chief executive, PepsiCo, USA

4. Angela Braly, chief executive, WellPoint, USA

5. Cynthia Carroll, chief executive, Anglo American, Britain

6. Irene Rosenfeld, chief executive, Kraft Foods, USA

7. Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State, USA

8. Ho Ching, chief executive, Temasek Holdings, Singapore

9. Anne Lauvergeon, chief executive, Areva, France

10. Anne Mulcahy, chief executive, Xerox, USA

Nobody...

In a few hours' time, the people of Permatang Pauh constituency will cast their votes for a new MP. It'll take a brave man (or woman) to bet against Anwar being elected.

Winning or losing, depending on which side of the fence you are on, comes with a price to pay. The fear of losing reveals all human weakness and character flaws, even for the fence-sitters.

Let's face it, Malaysia's will never be the society that we all can be proud of calling "home" if some of the politicians and lawmakers wouldn't know how to stop making a fool out of you and me by parading their own uglinesses to the rest of the world. Period.

Words of Wisdom #5

Cats demoralised Demons

GEELONG Cats 8.5 12.7 19.10 24.13 (157)
MELBOURNE Demons 0.0 1.3 2.6 5.11 (41)

It was the #101 meeting between Melbourne and Geelong at MCG on Friday night, and it took just 4 minutes for the Cats to register their first goal through Joel Selwood.


The Demons were scoreless in the first term, as Cats ran riot to win by 116 points – 24.13 (157) to 5.11 (41) in front of the official crowd of 34,610.


Geelong booted the first 10 goals, led 53-0 at quarter-time and were 61 points up when Melbourne managed their first point.


The Cats increased their percentage to a ridiculous 160.28, a boost of nearly 7 per cent, and a margin of nearly 35 per cent over next-best Hawthorn in third place.


Geelong's win means they need just one more victory from the remaining three rounds to secure the minor premiership.

Words of Wisdom #4

Baby-faced assassin

To understand the essence of Solskjaer it is important to rewind to Dec 5, 2006, when the striker was talking to his friend, Bernt Jakob Oksnes, a well-known reporter in Norway.

Solskjaer was musing on what qualities were required to succeed at Old Trafford. "You can't come that far with pure talent," Solskjaer told Oksnes. "You only reach the first team of Manchester United with the hard work and willpower of steel." The next day, Solskjaer took his usual seat on the bench as United took on Benfica in a Champions League group match. As the game pushed into the later stages, Ferguson gave Solskjaer the nod to warm up as he would soon be replacing Paul Scholes. And Old Trafford started to sing, Stretford End at first, then North Stand, and then the whole stadium: 'You are my Solskjaer, my Ole Solskjaer; you make me happy when skies are grey.'

"I asked him what he felt when Old Trafford sang his song, even at times when he was injured. 'I feel proud, but a bit embarrassed as well,' he answered. 'I think to myself: 'Why me?' A little man from Kristiansund.' A legend at Old Trafford."

As the 35-year-old bows out with a testimonial against Espanyol, all football will miss the man for more than just his goals. Solskjaer has been a wonderful ambassador for the game, and all proceeds from this match, and a planned telethon, go towards 10 new schools in Africa.

'You are my Solskjaer, my Ole Solskjaer; you make me happy when skies are grey.'