uniquely singapore - orchard road

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uniquely singapore - orchard road
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uniquely singapore - orchard road

this has to one of the biggest oxymoron of singapore.

found on the website "Uniquely Singapore"

with the intro text...
"For the Orchard area, these are the nightspots that are strongly recommended:

In no particular order,"

the site highlights 5 nightspots... with the same picture of "Shaw Centre"

so much for "uniquely", "in-no-particular-order"

either that... someone working for them.. loves shaw centre.

http://www.visitsingapore.com/publish/stbportal/en/home/what_to_do/nightlife_in_singapore/nightspots/24-hour_districts/orchard_road.html

similar other links:
City Hall:
http://www.visitsingapore.com/publish/stbportal/en/home/what_to_do/nightlife_in_singapore/nightspots/24-hour_districts/city_hall.html

Singapore River:
http://www.visitsingapore.com/publish/stbportal/en/home/what_to_do/nightlife_in_singapore/nightspots/24-hour_districts/singapore_river.html

Punting 101: Return of EBAY

added another stock to the portfolio. ebay. as usual, working the total amount to be around s$2.5k

EBAY 40 x $38.5

it's the comeback stock, the last time i bought it. at $46. gained about 20%. sold it off... the naturally it keep rising until it split at 80+.

here we go again. i hope this ride would be as fun.

Current US Stock Holdings:

IBM 44.23 | $64.77 | +28.2% |
GOOG 5 | $286.99 | +21.1% |
AAPL 30 | $49.2 | +14.7% |
EBAY 40 | $38.35 | +0.8% |
MSFT 50 | $26.7 | -6.6% |

Technorati Tags: stock picks, ebay, IBM, GOOG, AAPL, MSFT

My fav.

My fav.
Originally uploaded by stonz.

Halloween! Guardian pharmacy style

Halloween! Guardian pharmacy style
Originally uploaded by stonz.

Halloween! Guardian pharmacy style

Halloween! Guardian pharmacy style
Originally uploaded by stonz.

Halloween! Guardian pharmacy style

Halloween! Guardian pharmacy style
Originally uploaded by stonz.

url of da day: ASME's TOP 40 Magazine Covers of the past 40 years

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pic of da day: superman playing "5-10" with a bottle of johnnie walker red label

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superman playing "5-10" with a bottle of johnnie walker red label
Originally uploaded by stonz.

yeah! go supaman!

link of da day: The Drinking Man's Diet - Forbes.com

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atkin's, south beach? nah....

taken from page 2:

Drinking Man's Diet: Sample Menu
(With grams of carbohydrate)

Menu planning, the Dean Martin way!

Breakfast
1/4 cantaloupe or 4 ounces of tomato juice (5)
Ham or bacon, 2 slices (0)
Egg, fried, boiled or poached (trace)
Coffee or tea (0)

Lunch
Dry martini or whiskey and soda, if desired (trace)
Broiled fish or steak or roast chicken (0)
2 glasses dry wine, if you wish (trace)
Green beans or asparagus (1)
Lettuce and tomato salad with French or Roquefort dressing (4)
Coffee or tea (0)

Dinner
Martinis or highballs, if you desire (trace)
Hors d'oeuvres of 2 stalks of celery stuffed with pâté (5)
Shrimp cocktail (4)
Beef, pork, lamb, veal chicken or turkey (0)
Green beans, 1 cup, brussels sprouts, 1/2 cup, or cauliflower, 1 cup (6)
2 glasses dry wine (trace)
1/2 avocado with French dressing (8)
Cheese: Roquefort, Camembert, Swiss or cheddar (trace)
Coffee or tea (0)
Brandy (trace)

Total grams of carbohydrate: 33

ebay-ed! COPAG Poker cards

COPAG Poker cards
Originally uploaded by stonz.

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got here in time, for our poker night... for mr. B's wedding.

let's get ready to.... R.U.M.B.L.E.

link of da day: my man joel's (& lydia's) wedding site

of cos.... my man.... mentioned me. his best man.
my conclusion... i could be the most mentally stable person.... hence approved by the wife.

me, me, me!

if anyone wants to do websites.... especially wedding ones. i'll secure the replication rights to this one... and resell it to you. contact me for more details.
after THE wedding, of cos, i do have tiny morsels of integrity and decency somewhere in me.

abt me.

yes. for fans only.
http://stonz.multiply.com/journal/item/3

this is rare right? ha. enjoy.

quote of da day: structure & success

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"I want to make sure my hires succeed. In a startup, you want people who can survive without structure -- or who can invent structure as they go. Things likethat don't come through on a résumé."

--Tony Zhang, 43, founder and CEO of AskMeFinance

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quotes of da day: Singapore

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in 1993: [url]

Singapore is a relentlessly G-rated experience, micromanaged by a state that has the look and feel of a very large corporation. If IBM had ever bothered to actually possess a physical country, that country might have had a lot in common with Singapore. There's a certain white-shirted constraint, an absolute humorlessness in the way Singapore Ltd. operates; conformity here is the primedirective, and the fuzzier brands of creativity are in extremely short supply.

Now: [url]

Many local people in Singapore seemed to feel the need to half-apologize to me about the Singapore government. And every last one of these lamenters was, insome sense or another, affiliated with the Singapore government.

news of da day : Alarm Bells ring as 'girlie' Irish liqueur creams off top spot

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Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Alarm Bells ring as 'girlie' Irish liqueur creams off top spot

dang! bailey's the the top selling spirit in britain.....
go whisky!

rant of da day: singapura ekonomics 101

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just needed to put this down... it's as simple as this....

What % of publicly listed company in singapore, is govt linked?
let's simply things.

First the govt privatise certain sectors.
1) privatised govt sectors get listed. we, the citizens of singapore, pay for those shares. (they own assets to used to belong to the govt/ country)

2) hey! those assets were funded by the govt.... which are funded by us in the first place. (keep the count: we have paid twice for the same assets.)

3) now the trend is.... these "companies" sell their assets/ properties to REITs... and guess what.. who's buying those REITs? us.... baby... still us...
is that good biz or what? single asset, 3 times over.

think about it.....

quote of da day: The Buck

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"Money is almost always the silent subtext to stories about work and career."

—Pamela York Klainer, Career Coach

pic of da day: New national ribbon campaign?

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New national ribbon campaign?
Originally uploaded by stonz.

could be... first in the world...
"tri-purpose" ribbon campaign! rock on 40!

further info: on.... WSOP gal.

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from da man... in japan... click away..
http://fogsignal.blogspot.com/2005/07/shes-there-all-right.html

I also found out that her name is Satoh Tamao (family name first)

all repeat after me.... satoh tamao.... satoh tamao.... satoh tamao.... satoh tamao....

rant of da day: No blank ammo for army exercises? Yell "bang" instead

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Boing Boing: No blank ammo for army exercises? Yell "bang" instead

hush!... don't tell anyone... it's a SOP for our national servicemen. i always thought it was quite an original idea.... well, well... legacy teachings from the brits. ho!

rant of the day: new hairstyles

new 'do
Originally uploaded by stonz.

this just happens to everyone right?
you get a new hairstyle at the salon... and that is probably the last time you will ever see it... you wake up the next day/ after 1 wash... you just forced to style it, like 364 days before that.

"freestyle", "natural"... it doesn't matter what the hairstylist tells you.. you can't do it..

here's the place... to store your "one-time" hairstyles.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/hairdo/

update on the red rose cutie at WSOP...

http://fogsignal.blogspot.com/2005/07/japanese-girl-in-wsop.html

my previous post
bt-world: pic of day day: WSOP 2005. cute!

could this be.... the same gal?
powers of makeover.... but still.... marry me! (based on the WSOP photo)

just ebay-ed! macallan leather flask with 2 shot glasses

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macallan leather flask w 2 shot glasses
Originally uploaded by stonz.
just bought it off ebay.
looks cool. ha. yeah. impulse buy. that's what happens when u are squatting in jakarta.... with nothing much to do

pic of day day: WSOP 2005. cute!

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WSOP 2005. cute!
Originally uploaded by stonz.

as seen at World Series of Poker 2005.

known as the "red rose lady".... wow! major cutie.

if i was paying us$10k for entry... i would be as flash... at least, she got photographed and likely to be on ESPN's coverage.

cheers!

marry me please. *red rose lady*!

my tool...

Originally uploaded by stonz.

aka call me bt "blade" tan or bt "federer" tan

never knew i had such a wicked forehand.
those mosquitoes never had a chance... but they are winning the war.

it's like... after killing a entire HDB block worth of mosquitoes. you go to sleep... and when u wake up... those mosquitoes "hey! free lodgings! free food! tell the whole village!" there's more than ever of them. sunday! the whole kampong have moved in.

the mosquitoe coil is burning, baygon sprayed... i've "wimbledon-ed" a good 45 mins... go into the shower and when i come out? the next bus of mosquitoes have arrived. wtf!

war goes on......

best "aliens" movie scene:
you walk into the toilet. ready to take a dump. you are certain, you have already killed most of the mosquitoes in there.... 2 kamikazi fly right into your face. "wtf! where do they come from?"... you look up.... and go "SHITE!" and run out to fetch your weapon.
it's like discovering the mother alien's nest....

best "aliens" movie dialogue:
"bitch! get down here. i'm waiting for you!" as you sit... on the toilet. talking to the big fat mosquitoe perched on the walls above you..... (for the interested readers: that one was terminated by a patented move: "the jump smash")

Drink up!

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i knew it.... that 's what i've been telling everyone... whisky is the "water of life. good for you...


THE traditional toast when drinking a good malt whisky is, of course, slainte (to your good health). To the uninitiated, this is just a pleasantry, but there is good scientific evidence that whisky is good for you. Earlier this year, studies were published showing that a regular (but modest) dram may guard against the risk of cancer. Whisky contains antioxidants, in the form of ellagic acid, which wage war on the unstable free radical atoms in the body that hasten cell replication. But the more cells replicated, the more chance you have of developing rogue cancer cells. Fortunately, ellagic acid is a highly-effective free radical scavenger that absorbs or eats up rogue cells. And single-malt whiskies have even more ellagic acid than red wine.

"...And single-malt whiskies have even more ellagic acid than red wine."

Now there is even more good news. Scientists in Japan claim to have discovered that a dram a day is also good for keeping wrinkles at bay. A three-year study has found evidence that the chemical constituents found naturally in barrels made of oak are secreted into the whisky. These react with the whisky itself to slow down the ageing process, leaving your face looking much younger. But then, we always knew that whisky was the water of life.

url of da day: retro toys

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for all your flashback needs. both good (hey i got that.) or bad (i wanna rob *john* of his )

here's my list.
Slideshow Link

• 93. Rubik's Cube
• 92. Zoids/Transformers
• 90. Mastermind
• 89. Walkie-talkies
• 86. Sorry
• 79. Viewmaster
• 76. Tomytronic 3D
• 71. Connect 4
• 57. CGL Galaxy Invaders 1000
• 51. A radio controlled car
• 48. Silly Putty
• 47. Operation
• 43. Slime
• 40. Game and Watch
• 38. Etchasketch
• 37. Cluedo
• 31. Screwball Scramble
• 23. Speak And Spell
• 20. Star Bird
• 16. Tasco Telescope
• 15. Six Million Dollar Man
• 8. Sea Monkeys
• 1. A bike

23 items.... that's "american" toys.... thanks dad.

"The Macallan" bar....

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great! now i gotta at least try it once.... and blow more monies.


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Another first for The Macallan

The Macallan single Highland malt whisky has become so sought after in Singapore it now has its own bar, where a nip can set you back £117.

Located within the aptly named Divine Society Club, the private bar has only one entry criteria: you must be well heeled, especially as membership fees alone are over £1,500 a year.

Frequented by the country’s rich and famous, The Macallan bar is located in the opulent lobby of the famous Parkview Square building in Singapore city – affectionately known by ex-pats as the Gotham City building of Batman fame. Created by Las Vegas designer James Adam in grandiose art deco style, The Macallan bar is as opulent as it is exclusive and the famous Speyside malt is the only Scotch on sale. Ceilings painted with Italian frescos tower overhead while marble with gold trim decorate floors and walls.

Next to The Macallan bar is a wine cellar standing 12 metres tall. Believed to be the tallest in Asia, waitresses known as ‘wine angels’ are attached to invisible wires and pullied up and down on ‘wings’ to reach ordered bottles.

The Macallan is highly coveted in Singapore and other parts of Asia. In Taiwan and Japan, it enjoys huge popularity with thirty somethings, particularly young businesswomen.

The bar has proved an outstanding success since it opened, according to Charles Yeo, Singapore’s marketing manager. “The concept of The Macallan bar is one we had wanted to develop for some time in Singapore and with the exclusive and extraordinary Divine Society, we found the perfect partner. Like the Divine Society, The Macallan stands for uncompromising quality and sophistication.”

Link of da day: Photo Polaroidonizer

photo
Originally uploaded by stonz.

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hey. i've been looking for this.... for a long time.

recall thise .mac account photo galleries?

this site allows you to do the same, "polaroidonize" your online photos.

"Polaroidonized"


"Original"

very cool indeed.... to see more examples.
Flickr group: Calling Card

quote of da day: poker vs life

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"Poker is about understanding human behavior and managing emotions."

—Phil Hellmuth Jr., World Poker Champion.

link of da day: email images

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for those who are perverse enough to publicly display your emails, on messageboards...etc

http://services.nexodyne.com/email/index.php

e.g.


no, this is not my email address.

quote of da day: Do it Now!

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"Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."

-- Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
Author, personal success pioneer --

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Pic of da day: Great Singapore Sale!!!

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Pic of da day: Great Singapore Sale!!!
Originally uploaded by stonz.

it's an "auction" for.... the canon ixus 700.
as clearly stated: Recommended Retail Price: s$808.

Current Bid: $870.

3 cheers for the spirit of shopping! hip-hip-hooray!

as for the spirit of.... hunting for the best bargain..... all down the drain.