Valentine's Day

Tomorrow, February 14th, is Valentine's day the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other.

Chinese New Year!

Tomorrow, February 7th, 2008 is the first day of the year of the rat, according to the Chinese lunar calender. Tonight, New Year’s Eve, families will gather for the biggest holiday season it called reunion dinner. Fireworks will light up the sky all through the night and continuing for the rest of the week. Families will enjoy a big dinner together and watch special TV shows with China’s top performers. In some ways, the Chinese Spring Festival can be compared to the Christmas season, as it is a real family holiday. The Spring Festival ends two weeks later (this year on February 21) with the Lantern Festival.
For some people, this will be the only time in the year that they can get together with their families.
This reminds me Norouz in Iran.

A Poem

We make them cry who care for us
We cry for those who never care for us
And we care for those who will never cry for us

Cooks for Cooks

I found this interesting, check it out to know more

Shattered

A couple have a perfect marriage and a worry-free life until their daughter goes missing ... It is a nice movie, I liked it.

27 Dresses

I went to watch the movie with a friend but I did not like it.

Work Faster

I read this in a newspaper, It is quiet interesting.
Are you a procrastinator,constantly daydreaming and goofing off? Cut it out. Go to work with an attitude that you are here to ..... that's right, work.
Get things done promptly so that you can go home instead of staying on for several extra hours in the evening to finish what you should have done in the morning .
If you are done for the day, leave. Forget about looking good to your boss by putting in unpaid overtime. If your manager thinks that only employees who stay late are good employees, make an appointment for a one-to-one meeting where you can list your projects and discuss how efficiently you have been working.
Remember that in some countries, employees who don't leave the office at five on the dot are perceived as incompetent individuals who can't cope with their work.

Merry Christmass

The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass is a fantasy movie. The story is about an orphan living in a fantastical parallel universe in the world. When her friend is kidnapped, she travels to the far North in an attempt to rescue him and rejoin her uncle.

I watched the movie and i liked it.

SDC

Singapore Discovery Centre is a palace where you can explore the past, present and the feauther of singapore. This is Little John, he is a talking robot. he will reply to your questions.

Singapore Discovery Centre

The Pearl

A pearl is produced within the soft tissue of a living shelled mollusk. The finest quality pearls have been highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty for many centuries, and the word pearl has become a metaphor for something rare, fine, and admirable.

The picture is from OG China Town jewellery section where they were showing how the pearls are taken out from the shell.

Goodbye Mother!

A young man was walking through a supermarket to pick up a few things when he noticed an old lady following him around. Thinking nothing of it, he ignored her and continued on. Finally he went to the checkout line, but she got in front of him.
"Pardon me," she said, "I'm sorry if my staring at you has made you feel uncomfortable. It's just that you look just like my son, who just died recently."
"I'm very sorry," replied the young man, "is there anything I can do for you?"
"Yes," she said, "As I'm leaving, can you say 'Good bye, Mother!' ?
It would make me feel so much better."
"Sure," answered the young man.
As the old woman was leaving, he called out, "Goodbye, Mother!"
As he stepped up to the checkout counter, he saw that his total was $127.50.
"How can that be?" he asked, "I only purchased a few things!"
"Your mother said that you would pay for her," said the clerk.
Author Unknown

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."

Rose And Nightingale

I walked within a garden fair
At dawn, to gather roses there;
When suddenly sounded in the dale
The singing of thee nightingale.

Alas, he loved a rose, like me
And he, too loved in agony;
Tumbling upon the mead the sent
The cataract of his lament.

With sad and meditative pace
I wandered in that flowery place,
And thought upon the tragic tale
Of love and rose, and nightingale
The rose was lovely, as I tell;

The nightingale he loved her well;
He with no other love could live,
And she no kindly word would give.

Think not, O Hafiz, any cheer
To gain of fortune's wheeling sphere
Fate has a thousand turns of ill,
And never a tremor of good will.

Change The World

Can you even imagine what the world would be like if everyone was always truthful, positive and helping others? Would it change the world we live in? You bet it would. It would probably come close to living in heaven on earth.

Environment

When I refer to environment, I’m not just talking about the air you breathe and your physical surroundings. I am more concerned with the people around you. their thoughts and actions, can adversely affect you.

I strongly recommend associating only with positive people, or keep to yourself. The only time you should associate with negative people is when you are trying to help them. Your positive thoughts and actions will have a positive effect on them.

Emotions, positive and negative alike, are nearly as contagious as colds and flu. You can catch feelings of elation, euphoria, sadness and more from friends, family, colleagues, even strangers. Mood "infection" happens in milliseconds, says Elaine Hatfield, a psychology professor at the University of Hawaii .
When interacting with a negative person, take extra steps to remain positive. Otherwise, you may be influenced by his or her negativity.

SUBARU Challenge

These pictures are from The MediaCorp Radio Subaru Challenge 2007, It was just outside TAKASHIMAYA.
The contest started with 388 participants with only the top two driving away with a free car each.

Participants need to keep their hand on the car without removing it any time, and they need hands that stick like glue in order to win this contest and it is much harder than it looks.