F1 Mercedes-Benz TV commercial

fried chicken dhaka style

fried chicken dhaka style
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my colleague, dennis.... & his much delayed fried chicken....

a fast food joint... called "Fridays Fast Food"......

new bangladesh work week... fridays/ saturdays are the weekends...
just finished our work.... lunch break... on friday....
trying to find a place for lunch... most places are closed....
"Thank God there's Fridays Fast Food".... plus it would a pretty good joke... should a place named "fridays"... would be closed on friday.

AppleInsider | Santa Steve dishes free iPhones, next-gen iPod and Mac hints

AppleInsider | Santa Steve dishes free iPhones, next-gen iPod and Mac hints: "In closing out his speech, which took place at the Apple Town Hall on the company's Cupertino campus, Jobs delighted those in attendance by announcing that all full-time Apple employees would be given a free 8GB iPhone by the end of July -- around the time Apple expects initial demand for the handset to subsided."

WOW!.....

bt "wolverine" tan

bt "wolverine" tan
Originally uploaded by stonz

manicure?..... try a iron file...

prose of da day!

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Originally uploaded by stonz

finally.... i managed to snap a photo of my fav prose....
pure poetry....

maybe it's meant to be .... like rap...
"dengue-rap"!

feis ile bottle 2007 "vintage 1989"

feis ile bottle 2007 "vintage 1989"
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this is turning into an expensive.... "friendship"... but... a 17 yo... at the same price as last year's 12 yo... can't resist...

This year our Feis Ile bottling was really special - a 17 year old chosen by our Master Blender Robert Hicks. Bottled at full cask strength and simply barrier filtered it is a unique example of our ex-bourbon matured Laphroaig at its very finest.

mallet finger no more

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Originally uploaded by stonz

found out from the specialist... the condition i had... was called "mallet" finger...

after a one-hour day surgery... now it's hardware enforced (2 wires in there)...

mallet finger... no more...

also... couple thousand bucks.... no more.

photos from thailand trip 2007

Fwd: Thailand trip... came & gone
Originally uploaded by stonz

Dislocated pinky

Dislocated pinky
Originally uploaded by stonz.

taken... while driving.

quote of da day: seth on cogs....

"the end result is that it's essentially impossible to become successful or well-off doing a job that is described and measured by someone else."

- seth godin "small is the new big"

amen... all tech workers... if you are getting measured by workhours... u know where you stand.

Bad "Prose"....

"if they breed,
you will bleed"

enuff said.... i feel like banging my head on the steering wheel each time see that particular busstop ad...

Today's single malt. Laphroaig quarter cask

i'm loving this.... more than the standard 10 year old.
slight citrus on the nose, ... the fullness of the smoky taste, fills up the entire mouth, throat, tongue... now that's laphroaig for me.

smooth taste of wood (oak?)...

Today's single malt. Laphroaig quarter cask
Originally uploaded by stonz.

the glenlivet guardian pack

the glenlivet guardian pack
Originally uploaded by stonz.

this is way too cool a freebie... theglenlivet.com sign up NOW!
nice package. class... and not to mention... a great drink.

my sinn u1

my sinn u1
Originally uploaded by stonz.

spanking new purchase. i love the "nippled" chunky hands, the clean dial, the contrast between the dial and hands, between the black, white & red. too bad, they had to slice off much of the rubber strap to fit my wrist...

+ 1000metres... here i come... (right!)
+ submarine outer hull stainless steel (harden by Tegiment technology) 1500 Vickers Vs standard harden steel at 220 Vickers
+ ETA 2824-2 automatic movement, operating at 28,800 beats per hour, shockproof according to DIN 8308 specification and anti magnetic according to DIN 8309 specification
+ Super Luminova luminous broad hands and dial markings
+ Width is 44mm, lug to lug is 50 mm, Thickness is 15mm
+ India “vanilla smelling” rubber strap with double push button deployant buckle and fliplock safety clasp
+ Sapphire crystal with anti reflective coating

iPhone the complete video

i want.iphone

apple_iphone.03
Originally uploaded by stonz.

i'm in love.... again... just like when i saw the motorola razr for the first time.. in pictures... this one is as good as it looks....

Happy 2007!

Happy 2007
Originally uploaded by stonz.

have a great one... everybody!

ordered. 2 x. lavavulin 30 yo

Ordered 2 bottles. boys and girls of '76..... this is our drink.

lagavulin 30 year old (1976)
Originally uploaded by stonz.

Limited to 2,340 bottles, so will probably be a very quick sell-out. From refill American Oak casks filled in 1976, each 30 years old.

ABV: 52.6 %
Volume: 0.7 Litre
Region: Islay
Age: 30 Years Old

Distiller's Tasting Notes
APPEARANCE: Bright amber.
NOSE: Unusual, and difficult to place if tasted blind; mature tropical melon-fruit and slightly dusty at first (warehouses, pipe tobacco). Then, fresh, clean soap, with traces of parma violet. After a while, rich
roast chestnut and new vinyl. Water raises the vinyl note and introduces varnish, cedar and nut oil. In time this becomes wood oil and resin. “Like a distillation of the old warehouses at Lagavulin”.
BODY: Ripe and soft.
PALATE: Slow to unfold (as befits its age) with real balance and length in time. Drinks very well at natural strength. Becomes increasingly smoky after a surprisingly sweet start; the smoke drifting above an
apple and melon sweetness. Hints of dry spices (cumin), and Lagavulin’s familiar tar and then suddenly a hit of raspberry and rose. Biscuity. Less sweet with water, and there’s a distinct clove-like coolness.
FINISH: Very long, smouldering. Woody, and not so smoky in the end.

News of da day: Gold(plated) Years

[Category-Sillypore]

[source]

hmm... this is kinda strange... shouldn't we be investigating why we are UNABLE to provide for our golden years... instead of trying to extend my working years?

root issue... why after working for 55 years, we are unable to retire?

Singaporeans need to work beyond retirement age to provide for their golden years

Singaporeans have been urged to work past the legislated retirement to build up a nest egg for their golden years as the funds might not stretch long enough.

Citing figures, the National Trades Union Congress Secretary General Lim Boon Heng said a high proportion of older workers have dropped out of the job market.

That is why a tripartite committee comprising NTUC, the government and employers is studying how to help older Singaporeans find work and stay on working.

Mr Lim said: "NTUC has long recognised this and therefore pushed for raising the effective retirement age. It is important to focus on the effective retirement age and not on the legislated retirement age. Currently our official retirement age is 62 but many drop out from the age of 55 years."

first death @ novena medical centre at Square2

first death @ novena medical centre at Square2
Originally uploaded by stonz.

saw a bunch of foreign workers huddled around U-turn of novena terrace.... "that's early to stop work"... when i got off the car, realised that one of them was crying...

then i noticed a pair of "tong aik" uncles... 3 police cars....
"oh dang!"......
read the rest from the new papers...

Novena Medical Centre @ Square2

lagavulin 30 year old (1976)

lagavulin 30 year old (1976)

Originally uploaded by stonz.

add this to my wishlist....

limited to 2340 bottles.

lagavuilin 1976 (30 year old)... hello whisky! nice age....

pic of da day: visit thailand

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Originally uploaded by stonz.

"Happy Birthday" Tan Boon Teck

"Happy Birthday" Tan Boon Teck
Originally uploaded by stonz.

"Happy Birthday" Tan Boon Teck
Originally uploaded by stonz.

This is fun. getting a hotel booking... and realising it's for "stephen tan

boon teck"

and he happens to be from IBM Singapore...



nice. you return to the room... and find a handwritten note... and a

birthday cake... what the heck... celebrations time!

self plug of da day: my bookshelf

have been looking around for something like that...

BT's Bookshelf

pretty cool... if you ask me....
too bad's the free account, limits to 200... i'll stick in those that i own first; not the "read" ones

quote of da day: Vodka

"yeah, i've made mistakes. The biggest was vodka. i never believed the public would want to buy something with no taste to it. my whole life was built on blending flavours."

- Samuel "Mr. Sam" Bronfman (Seagram)

Uncle BT. Round 2.

Uncle BT. Round 2.
Originally uploaded by stonz.

Plug of da day: seth godin's blog

[link]

What people want

The same thing everyone else is having, but different.

A menu where the prices aren't all the same.

More attention than the person sitting next to them.

A slightly lower price than anyone else.

A new model, just moments before anyone else, but only if everyone else is really going to like it.

A seat at a sold out movie.

Access to the best customer service person in the shop, preferably the owner.

Being treated better, but not too much better.

Being noticed, but not too noticed.

Being right.

news of da day : er.....

DECOMPOSING INFANT'S BODY FOUND IN FAIRPRICE BRANCH
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A HIGHLY-decomposed infant was discovered yesterday at a locker room in
NTUC FairPrice's Bishan Junction 8 branch. The grisly find of the
premature baby was triggered by a stench coming from the staff locker room
of the popular supermarket.

well.. i could say something abt cold rooms... and hot weather... "the fresh food people" would have trained their staff to use the cold room... not the locker.
this beats my dead-rat-in-bag episode... i've been trumped!

News of da Day: 4 Guns Good, 6 Guns Bad

[Category-Sillypore]

[link]

For the first time in the history of the National Day Parade, only four 25-pounder guns will be used in the Presidential Gun Salute compared to the traditional half a dozen guns.

The Presidential Gun Salute has been a mainstay of the National Day Parade: 21 shots fired within 3 minutes as a mark of respect to the President when he inspects the contingents in the stadium.

how about that? we only need 1/2 the number of guns, to make the same 21 shots. chalk up another victory for productivity.

Side line : my first food blog entry

[Category-Food]

took me awhile to do this. for my man. adrian's communal food blog.

http://food.rumspace.com/2006/06/20/maxs-chicken-the-house-that-fried-chicken-built/

i know, i'm usually involved in eating.. rather than writing. and that's one of the longest entry i've written..since...

enjoy!

Cyndi Wang concert @ Mikie Holiday, Medan Indonesia

Cyndi Wang concert @ Mikie Holiday, Medan Indonesia
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quote of da day

"Repression, Sir is a habit that grows. I am told it is like making love-it is always easier the second time! The first time there may be pangs of conscience, a sense of guilt. But once embarked on this course with constant repetition you get more and more brazen in the attack. All you have to do is to dissolve organizations and societies and banish and detain the key political workers in these societies. Then miraculously everything is tranquil on the surface. Then an intimidated press and the government-controlled radio together can regularly sing your praises, and slowly and steadily the people are made to forget the evil things that have already been done, or if these things are referred to again they're conveniently distorted and distorted with impunity, because there will be no opposition to contradict."

-Lee Kuan Yew as an opposition PAP member speaking to David Marshall, Singapore Legislative Assembly, Debates, 4 October, 1956

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