Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Diablown Away
The Koreans took just SIX hours to slay Diablo. You are probably still queuing for your preorder.
Don't game against the Koreans. You will lose.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Kills you dead!
This is a powerful bleach because it kills germs till they die from it, unlike other bleaches that kill germs but the germs still live.
Diablo 3: May the odds be ever in your favor
Today is the big day. As you queue to get a queue number, and you queue to pick up your preorder, and then queue to enter the servers, may you not get a message like this on your screen.
Game on!
Monday, May 14, 2012
How to fix your Singtel Mio before the next football match
[photo via Jimmy Quek]
Last night, some swore at Man U. Some swore at Man City. All swore at Mio.
The TV service glitched just before a crucial late game goal by Man City.
Dear Singtel Mio TV: Just because the Man City match was in stoppage time didn't mean your 没有 TV service can also stoppage time.
Also interesting was the disappearance of angry posts by irate football fans on Singtel's Facebook page. I think the admin gave up in the end because too many complaints came in. (Update: Or it may be the new Timeline filter that made it look like the angry posts were deleted.)
Check out the video glitches on this Youtube video during the crucial matches, shot by Mr Phyo Myat Thu.
My friend, Chandra, helpfully offered this pro tip.
How to fix your Singtel Mio:
Step 1. Unplug all cables from box.
Step 2. Open window.
Step 3. Throw it out.*
*Needless to say, I was only kidding about throwing your Mio box out of the window. That would be killer litter and illegal. Want to throw, throw into dustbin also can.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
My first home and our big, black, noisy gate
Warning, shameless product placement at the end of this sincere post.
My first home was a three-room flat in Upper Aljunied Lane. My parents lived there for three years before they had me, their firstborn. My family went on to stay there for the next fifteen years.
We had one of those old school gates, a heavy black metal gate that opened by sliding to one side. You can see it in the photo above (yes, that was me in 1969). Because the bearings below were damaged and Pa didn't bother to fix it, every time we opened the gate, the whole neigbourhood could hear the clanging sound. It was like the sound of a castle drawbridge being lowered.
We hardly kept the door closed anyway, because our neighbourhood was like a little kampung. Neighbours walked in and out of each other's homes, doors were not locked till late at night, and kids played along the common corridor.
More than once, my brothers and I had some limb and head stuck in the one of the gaps in the gate, and our parents had to rescue us.
I miss that monster of a gate. I miss my old home. We had many good times and fond memories of the place.
Recently, I went to look at my old flat again. It has been upgraded since, of course. There is now an additional lift that stops on every floor appended outside (the old one inside that stops on the first, fifth and eight floor is still there) and the basketball court we spent many a Saturday morning playing badminton and catching is now a multi-storey car park (sigh). But I still remember the neighbourhood like it was yesterday.
I guess you never forget your first real home.
Shameless product placement follows:
Incidentally, the tagline for the new Polo 1.2 TSi is “You never forget your first real car.”
If you have time, do check out the new Polo 1.2 TSi. Prices start as low as $96,800 and it is the latest Polo to join the Volkswagen family. You can test drive it at the launch on the 12th and 13th May at both Volkswagen dealerships (Alexandra and MacPherson). More details at their website.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Ninja Perodua
How did the car... I don't even...
Malaysia BOLEH!
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Possible Interpretations of Approved Election Symbols for Hougang By-Election
Returning Officer Yam Ah Mee approved these nine symbols for candidates to use if they wished to contest the Hougang By-election. Two thoughts crossed my mind:
1. Good grief, the clipart is ugly. They look like the kind of word-processor clipart used by Resident Committees and Community Centre for their event banners.
2. The symbols are open to interpretation.
So here are my interpretations.
The Hougang By-Election Games: May the odds be ever in your favor
So it seems that the Hougang By-Election likely to be 26th May, while Nomination Day is 16th May.
On PM's Facebook page: he hopes Hougang residents will "use this opportunity wisely, to elect the best candidate with commitment and integrity: someone they can rely upon to express their hopes and concerns, address their needs, and make a real difference to their lives."
Wah, he quite Suan King ah?
Rumours are also rife that on 17th May, McDonald's is bringing back the Hello Kitty plush toys.
Yes. God help us all.
In the name of suggesting decent candidates, I nominate McDonald's Hello Kitty for the PAP candidate at Hougang By-election!
It is cute, white, and does not have a mouth. Also it is popular (sells out easily).
To be on the safe side, may I suggest Workers' Party field a eunuch. Preferably from the Ming Dynasty. I heard they very smart.
Image by Seth Wee Junyi on FB
Monday, May 07, 2012
A little light at the end of a very long tunnel
At age 11, Faith still does not have speech. Her autism is fairly serious and it is something we have come to accept. Whatever is on her mind, what she knows and what she doesn't, is pretty much locked away in that head of hers. Occasionally, she lets us have a privileged look at what she is thinking and what she is capable of.
Her Special School teachers shared something startling with us when they did their home visit. One Friday, in March, Faith kept shoving the card for the number 16 to her teachers. They couldn't figure out why at first. But she kept giving them the number 16.
Then the teachers got it and asked, "Today is your birthday, ah? Happy birthday, Faith!"
Turns out that day WAS the 16th of March, it WAS her birthday, and once the teachers said that, Faith stopped pushing the number forward.
That totally blew my mind. We never knew she understood the concept of a birthday, much less the concept of date and time.
Another time, the teachers got a cryptic number 3 from Faith, on the 2nd of March, Friday. They kept guessing until they realised and asked, "Your grandma coming home from India on the 3rd ah?" and then she stopped.
The 3rd of March, Saturday, was the day my mother was to return from her India holiday. Faith knew that fact and that date. And was obviously looking forward to it.
One of the ways she "converses" with us is pointing. She would grab my finger (or the finger of people close to her) and point it at something, waiting for us to say what it is. "Floor" and "window" gets pointed at a lot.
Recently, the wife sent me this text message:
After making her mother point at all the clocks in the home, and making her mother say "clock", Faith tried to say it herself.
I got a taste of this last night too.
Faith took my finger and pointed it at the ceiling lamp.
Me: "Light, Faith."
Faith: "Lie-ee"
Me: "Right, Faith. Light."
Inside, I did a little dance.
Hey, Hong Kong Single Asian ladies!
Find the foreigner of your dreams at this event! Only HK$4800 for the ladies and free for the foreign men. (ad's original source)
Wrong in soooooo many ways.
Also see a series of meme posters at this Facebook album.
[via]
Friday, May 04, 2012
What if Star Awards had been (poorly) censored by the MDA
After that post about the girl-on-girl kiss, I wondered what the next Star Awards would look like if it got censored. Let's begin with Mediacorp actress Constance Song's controversial dress:
How about this kiss by "Auntie Lucy" (Zhou Chong Qing):
Korean singer Jay Park may have been censored like this:
More random kissing censored:
Tay Ping Hui looks very happy here:
[Original photos via xinmsn]
MDA to probe kissing actresses
Apparently the MDA is probing the one-second lip-on-lip kiss between Mediacorp actresses actresses Vivian Lai and Kate Pang at the recent Star Awards show, following complaints from some members of the public.
Will the MDA be checking for tongue?
I wonder if MDA has a Girl-Kissing-Girl Policing Division. Or is it lumped under General Kissing (Same Sex) Policing Division.
Probably also a Listen-to-Dumbass-Complaints Department.
MediaCorp says that the "kiss" will be censored for the repeat telecast "as some viewers may not be comfortable".
Maybe next year, at Star Awards 2013, all the female actresses should kiss each other, and all the guy actors can kiss each other, then the reruns will only be 5 minutes. We could hope.
Here is the actual (super short and simple) kiss in video (and izreloaded's "extended" version)
I think the phrase "Chey, liddat only ah?" comes to mind.
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Shocking News: MRT rail claws dislodge despite cable ties
They never use cable ties from Superman's planet lah, that's why:
Mr Loke, who was the night duty officer after the 17 December disruption, told the court that cable ties were placed around all claws on the North-South and East-West lines during a thorough joint inspection by the Land Transport Authority and SMRT.This prompted Committee of Inquiry member engineering professor Lim Mong King to ask if Mr Loke knew of instances where claws have dislodged even with the cable ties in place.
Mr Loke answered: "I believe there were."
When asked why the claws dislodged, Mr Loke said the cable ties used were the "normal, industrial cable ties, not the special one."
Ah well, there's always Velcro and Duct Tape.
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Avengers, Fall In!
Miyagi calls me Capt (NS) Aljunied. I couldn't resist trying on the masks at the toy department.
The wife and I caught Avengers in 3D on Monday midnight with eight other friends (next day holiday, can stay out late).
It was my second time (I caught the very early media preview on the 16th of April) but it still rocked.
They had better let Joss Whedon direct the rest of the Avengers movies or we fans will go Hulk Smash on Marvel.
Over breakfast on May Day, the Wife said, "Actually you are like Tony Stark."
Me: "Why, thank you!"
Wife: "Except without the armor and the money. Just the motor-mouth."
Guagua.
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