...but how many can you name?
Player #1
Player #2
Player #3
Player #4
Player #5
Player #6
Player #7
Player #8
Player #9
Player #10Monday, June 30, 2008
Finest Cats in action
Player #1Player #2Player #3Player #4Player #5Player #6Player #7Player #8Player #9Player #10
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Don't blow it...
with a hair-dryer when your mobile phone has just taken a bath somehwere.
Dip it in a bowl of dry rice immediately (with the battery pack removed first).
It's not a big deal having a slightly dusty but working device, so do it FAST! In fact, if your mobile was submerged in salty water, you are advised to remove the battery pack and rinsed with clean water before putting the phone into the dry rice.
Dip it in a bowl of dry rice immediately (with the battery pack removed first).
It's not a big deal having a slightly dusty but working device, so do it FAST! In fact, if your mobile was submerged in salty water, you are advised to remove the battery pack and rinsed with clean water before putting the phone into the dry rice.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
What about us?
A person's vitamin status is a good predictor of their mortality risk. High blood vitamin C levels indicate a low risk for cardiovascular disease, certain types of cancer & other immune based diseases.
Goat: 2.28 – 13.30 gram
Rat: 2.74 – 13.90 gram
Rabbit: 1.55 – 15.82 gram
Cow: 1.10 – 1.28 gram
Mouse: 2.35 – 19.25 gram
Sheep: 1.74 gram
Cat: 0.34 – 2.80 gram
The chart above shows the average amount produced by each animal, adjusted to an equivalent body weight of 70kg for Man.
Under normal circumstances the daily amount produced, adjusted for comparison to a 70kg man, is somewhere between 3g & 15g, with an average of 5.4g.
Animals produce variable amounts depending on their circumstances. Under conditions of stress or infection synthesis can easily quadruple. Some primates appear to require up to 2.8g/day equivalent to survive the long-term stresses of captivity.
While a mere 60 mg/day can prevent scurvy, the deficiency disease first identified by Dr. James Lind in 1753, it would be illogical to assume that this is the optimal dose.
Goat: 2.28 – 13.30 gram
Rat: 2.74 – 13.90 gram
Rabbit: 1.55 – 15.82 gram
Cow: 1.10 – 1.28 gram
Mouse: 2.35 – 19.25 gram
Sheep: 1.74 gram
Cat: 0.34 – 2.80 gram
The chart above shows the average amount produced by each animal, adjusted to an equivalent body weight of 70kg for Man.
Under normal circumstances the daily amount produced, adjusted for comparison to a 70kg man, is somewhere between 3g & 15g, with an average of 5.4g.
Animals produce variable amounts depending on their circumstances. Under conditions of stress or infection synthesis can easily quadruple. Some primates appear to require up to 2.8g/day equivalent to survive the long-term stresses of captivity.
While a mere 60 mg/day can prevent scurvy, the deficiency disease first identified by Dr. James Lind in 1753, it would be illogical to assume that this is the optimal dose.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Topless Beauties 6 -10
Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder
Pontiac G6 GT Convertible
Pontiac Soltice
Saturn Sky
Smart Passion BabrioThursday, June 26, 2008
Free bus rides, anyone?
The GOOD news...
ABU DHABI residents will be able leave their cars at home and catch a free ride on one of 125 new air-conditioned buses going into service on Monday, transport officials say. Saeed al Hameli, the general manager of the transport department’s bus office, said the biggest challenge would be getting people to use the new service.
The service is the first step in a public transport programme that will see 1,360 air-conditioned buses operating in the emirate by 2010. The initial phase, under which 258 new and refurbished buses would be assigned to busy routes, would cost Dh700 million (US$190m). A report by the Department of Planning and Economy said the UAE lost about Dh5 billion a year because of road congestion.
The BAD news...
The free journeys would last until the end of the year, officials from the Department of Transport said yesterday.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
What Talking you?
Out of curiousity, I was interested to know what will my blog mean to someone who doesn't understand English but seeks assistance from Google Translator. I would very much like to try translating English to Japanese or Arabic or Russian except I'll still have no clue what my blog would look like or mean to them.
So I used the Translator to change my blog to simplified Chinese...
Well it started quite well:
Architecture and the Art of Bicycle Design
建筑和艺术的自行车设计
then...
This blog has very little to do with architecture or bicycle designs
此博客已很少这样做与建筑或自行车的设计
until...
What you don't get (to see in my blog) can be a stroke of luck
什么您没有获得（上看到我的博客）可以中风运气...
I FAINTED.
Now that I've regained conciousness, I remembered a friend sent me a collection of funny translation. Enjoy...
Cocktail lounge, Norway:
LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR.
At a Budapest Zoo:
PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS. IF YOU HAVE ANY SUITABLE FOOD, GIVE IT TO THE GUARD ON DUTY.
Doctor's office, Rome:
SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.
Information booklet about using a hotel air conditioner, Japan:
COOLES AND HEATS: IF YOU WANT TO CONDITION OF COOL AIR IN YOUR ROOM, PLEASE CONTROL YOURSELF.
Sign in men's rest room in Japan:
TO STOP LEAK TURN COCK TO THE RIGHT.
In a Nairobi Restaurant:
CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER.
On the grounds of private school:
NO TRESPASSING WITHOUT PERMISSION.
On an Athi River highway:
TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE.
On a poster at Kencom:
ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO, WE CAN HELP.
In a city restaurant:
OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND WEEKENDS TOO.
A sign seen on an automatic restroom hand dryer:
DO NOT ACTIVATE WITH WET HANDS.
In a cemetery:
PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES.
Sign in Japanese public bath:
FOREIGN GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO PULL COCK IN TUB.
Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations:
GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED.
On the menu of a Swiss restaurant:
OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR.
In a Tokyo bar:
SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS.
In a Bangkok temple:
IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN EVEN A FOREIGNER IF DRESSED AS A MAN.
Hotel room notice, Chiang-Mai, Thailand:
PLEASE DO NOT BRING SOLICITORS INTO YOUR ROOM.
Hotel brochure, Italy:
THIS HOTEL IS RENOWNED FOR ITS PEACE AND SOLITUDE. IN FACT, CROWDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD FLOCK HERE TO ENJOY ITS SOLITUDE.
Hotel lobby, Bucharest:
THE LIFT IS BEING FIXED FOR THE NEXT DAY. DURING THAT TIME WE REGRET THAT YOU WILL BE UNBEARABLE.
Hotel elevator, Paris:
PLEASE LEAVE YOUR VALUES AT THE FRONT DESK.
Hotel, Yugoslavia:
THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID.
Hotel, Japan:
YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID.
In an East African newspaper:
A NEW SWIMMING POOL IS RAPIDLY TAKING SHAPE SINCE THE CONTRACTORS HAVE THROWN IN THE BULK OF THEIR WORKERS.
Hotel, Vienna:
IN CASE OF FIRE, DO YOUR UTMOST TO ALARM THE HOTEL PORTER.
A sign posted in Germany's Black Forest:
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN ON OUR BLACK FOREST CAMPING SITE THAT PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT SEX, FOR INSTANCE, MEN AND WOMEN, LIVE TOGETHER IN ONE TENT UNLESS THEY ARE MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THIS PURPOSE.
Hotel Zurich:
BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPRIETY OF ENTERTAINING GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX IN THE BEDROOM, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE LOBBY BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
An advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist:
TEETH EXTRACTED BY THE LATEST METHODISTS.
A laundry in Rome:
LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME.
Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand:
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?
Airline ticket office, Copenhagen:
WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
So I used the Translator to change my blog to simplified Chinese...
Well it started quite well:
Architecture and the Art of Bicycle Design
建筑和艺术的自行车设计
then...
This blog has very little to do with architecture or bicycle designs
此博客已很少这样做与建筑或自行车的设计
until...
What you don't get (to see in my blog) can be a stroke of luck
什么您没有获得（上看到我的博客）可以中风运气...
I FAINTED.
Now that I've regained conciousness, I remembered a friend sent me a collection of funny translation. Enjoy...
Cocktail lounge, Norway:
LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR.
At a Budapest Zoo:
PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS. IF YOU HAVE ANY SUITABLE FOOD, GIVE IT TO THE GUARD ON DUTY.
Doctor's office, Rome:
SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.
Information booklet about using a hotel air conditioner, Japan:
COOLES AND HEATS: IF YOU WANT TO CONDITION OF COOL AIR IN YOUR ROOM, PLEASE CONTROL YOURSELF.
Sign in men's rest room in Japan:
TO STOP LEAK TURN COCK TO THE RIGHT.
In a Nairobi Restaurant:
CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER.
On the grounds of private school:
NO TRESPASSING WITHOUT PERMISSION.
On an Athi River highway:
TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE.
On a poster at Kencom:
ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO, WE CAN HELP.
In a city restaurant:
OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND WEEKENDS TOO.
A sign seen on an automatic restroom hand dryer:
DO NOT ACTIVATE WITH WET HANDS.
In a cemetery:
PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES.
Sign in Japanese public bath:
FOREIGN GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO PULL COCK IN TUB.
Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations:
GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED.
On the menu of a Swiss restaurant:
OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR.
In a Tokyo bar:
SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS.
In a Bangkok temple:
IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN EVEN A FOREIGNER IF DRESSED AS A MAN.
Hotel room notice, Chiang-Mai, Thailand:
PLEASE DO NOT BRING SOLICITORS INTO YOUR ROOM.
Hotel brochure, Italy:
THIS HOTEL IS RENOWNED FOR ITS PEACE AND SOLITUDE. IN FACT, CROWDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD FLOCK HERE TO ENJOY ITS SOLITUDE.
Hotel lobby, Bucharest:
THE LIFT IS BEING FIXED FOR THE NEXT DAY. DURING THAT TIME WE REGRET THAT YOU WILL BE UNBEARABLE.
Hotel elevator, Paris:
PLEASE LEAVE YOUR VALUES AT THE FRONT DESK.
Hotel, Yugoslavia:
THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID.
Hotel, Japan:
YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID.
In an East African newspaper:
A NEW SWIMMING POOL IS RAPIDLY TAKING SHAPE SINCE THE CONTRACTORS HAVE THROWN IN THE BULK OF THEIR WORKERS.
Hotel, Vienna:
IN CASE OF FIRE, DO YOUR UTMOST TO ALARM THE HOTEL PORTER.
A sign posted in Germany's Black Forest:
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN ON OUR BLACK FOREST CAMPING SITE THAT PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT SEX, FOR INSTANCE, MEN AND WOMEN, LIVE TOGETHER IN ONE TENT UNLESS THEY ARE MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THIS PURPOSE.
Hotel Zurich:
BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPRIETY OF ENTERTAINING GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX IN THE BEDROOM, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE LOBBY BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
An advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist:
TEETH EXTRACTED BY THE LATEST METHODISTS.
A laundry in Rome:
LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME.
Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand:
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?
Airline ticket office, Copenhagen:
WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Room to Let
ViennaI've got no idea what it is... a retired Big Bus or a traffic police outpost?
I took the photograph in Vienna but I am not sure of the exact location. I took the photo when I was on board a Big Bus tour and I was near the Ferris wheel.
After looking up on Google Earth, I think the location is: Latitude 48°13'3.96"N; Longitude16°23'37.56"E.
Can anyone in Vienna please advise me whether the room is still available?
Balls or Guts
We've all heard about people having guts or balls.
But do you really know the difference between them? In an effort to keep you informed, the definition for each is listed below:
GUTS - is arriving home late after a night out with the guys, being met at the front door by your wife with a broom, and having the guts to ask: "Are you still cleaning, or, are you flying somewhere?"
BALLS - is coming home late after a night out with the guys, smelling of perfume and beer, lipstick on your collar, slapping your wife on the ass and having the balls to say: "You're next."
I hope this clears up any confusion on the subject.
But do you really know the difference between them? In an effort to keep you informed, the definition for each is listed below:
GUTS - is arriving home late after a night out with the guys, being met at the front door by your wife with a broom, and having the guts to ask: "Are you still cleaning, or, are you flying somewhere?"
BALLS - is coming home late after a night out with the guys, smelling of perfume and beer, lipstick on your collar, slapping your wife on the ass and having the balls to say: "You're next."
I hope this clears up any confusion on the subject.
Buffalo Theory
"Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... 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."
By Cliff Clavin - explaining his Buffalo Theory to buddy Norm one afternoon at Cheers.
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."
By Cliff Clavin - explaining his Buffalo Theory to buddy Norm one afternoon at Cheers.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Cats annihilate Eagles
Geelong has recorded its biggest ever winning margin over the West Coast Eagles in a Subiaco shellacking last night. The Cats thumped the Eagles by 135 points, 28.14 (182) to 5.17 (47).
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Angry Drivers
F1 drivers are angry that the FIA has increased the fee drivers have to pay by more than 400% this year. Last year, each F1 driver had to pay the FIA euro1,725 and an extra euro456 per point won.(If world champion Kimi Raikkonen equals his 110-point haul from last year, he would have to pay euro230,000. Raikkonen reportedly earns euro25 million per year from Ferrari, while other top drivers like Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton are believed to be paid around euro10 million.)
Well, at least they don't have to worry about the price hike of petrol that you and I have to live with these days!
Friday, June 20, 2008
Hokkien Laaang
Cute blog; interesting and plenty of laughs. The self-declared Hokkien Laaang cannot be a thorough bred, but just as well. It's more than just HO LIAU.
Go and see it for yourself, and chase the blues away.
Go and see it for yourself, and chase the blues away.
Portugal 2 Germany 3
Portugal is out of Euro2008.
Fans of Ronaldo all over the world will be disappointed but Manchester United will not be entirely unhappy over Portugal's early exit. Ronaldo will be fit for the start of the next Premier League season, or be sold to Real Madrid - both Ronaldo and Man Utd will laugh all the way to their banks.
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