Activities on Friday Weekend

On Friday itself, it was half day work as it was a Friday weekend for Sudan. Sudan, being a muslim country, fixed Friday as its weekend (like Sundays to many other parts of the world). The few of us were quite relaxed in the afternoon and lazy too. Went out to a supermarket to buy some foodstuff for our lunch/dinner (good enough for next 4 days). I bought fresh milk, biscuits, strawberry yogurt and a pint of Haagen Dazs Vanilla Pecan flavour ice-cream which cost me Sudanese Dinar 2,500 (US$11++ equivalent ). Expensive???

We missed our lunch time and only started preparing for our meal at about 4pm. By the time we finished cooking it was already 6pm. Time for dinner!! 5 guys prepared a lamb soup, a plate o lf vegies & By late nite itself, I don't feel quite good and it could be due to too much of the lamb soup. True enough, on the next morning, my whole head was spinning with migraine setting in. Can't move myself much as my head being pounded hard. Lied down on bed restlessly and managed to get up by 10.30am and took a real cold shower (during Sudan's winter period).

Thought it could cool my body down but to no avail. It bugged me for the whole down though much lesser prior to the cold bath. Had simple lunch of sambal anchovies with chicken soup and white rice. Tried to concentrate on my work but hard. A good night came as I watched Man Utd beat Man City in the Manchester derby with a 3-1 results in Man Utd's favour. Went out for a dinner with 4 colleagues at a Malaysian-owned restaurant and ordered a mee mamak with teh tarik that cost me Sudanese Dinar 1,400 (US$6.80 equivalent). Sat down to chit chat while relaxing in the cool atmosphere and suddenly my migraine left me. ahhhhhhhhh what a nice feeling. It was nibbling me the whole night.
Tags: Journal, Diary, Life, Migraine, Manchester United, Manchester City

The Devil Wears Prada - movie review

The Devils Wears Prada – starring Meryl Streep & Anne Hathaway. About this much feared lady boss of a fashion magazine called Runaway. Her staff tends to avoid her as much as possible due to her temper & strictness. She doesn't care about her staff's morale, life, problems or hardships. She doesn't listen to their explanations or accept the word "No". A new assistance, Anne, came for an interview and got the job immediately. People in the same industry who met/bumped into her told her “people will die to get this job”. The boss, Meryl, really gave a good performance as a much hated boss in the office and her belittling attitude really has a heavy toll on the staff morale. Anne almost quit her job as she can’t stand it too. But as time passes by, she managed to get hold of her job and impressed her boss. She got to attend to matters deemed important by her boss.

Comes a time when she has to choose between her private life with her boyfriend/friends and time spent in her work. I think this affects many of us working folks in the whole world. If you are an employee, you would be able to relate to this movie a lot and feel for Anne’s predicament. A highly recommended movie as it managed to depict the life of many people. Watch the movie to see which direction Anne chooses.
Tags: The Devil Wears Prada, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Fashion, Magazine, Movie, Review, Comedy, Drama, Cinema

What Is A Bastard?

Question: What is a bastard exactly?

Quite often we ask ourselves hard to answer questions, like, “What is a bastard?”

And we wax philosophic with metaphysical postulations, incomplete aphorisms, and inconsistent sophisms that make one more and more sure that the only true thing is that a picture is worth a thousand words.

In this photo, the guy on the right is a member of a bomb squad in the middle of a deactivation.

The guy behind him, well, he's a bastard.
Tags: Jokes, Funny, Humour, Bomb, Bastard

Spelling

This truly is a classic!! True story...

Ada seorang staff buat call ke LHDN (Internal Revenue Board) di Terengganu, mintak borang B. Sorang kerani LHDN mintaklah alamat nak hantar borang tu. (a working employee called up to the Inland Revenue Board to request for a income tax declaration form and the IRB staff requested for the correspondence address)....

Kerani: "Boleh bagi alamat encik?" (can give the address)

Staff: "Hantar ke, Ranhill Worley ." (send to, Ranhill Worley..)

Kerani: "Ranhill..eja macam mana?" (err..how to spell Ranhill..)

Staff: "R..for Rumah... A for Ayam..N for Nangka...H for Holland...I for itik...L for lain-lain...." (....... seterusnya..)

Kerani: "Ok..nanti kami hantar ke alamat tu" (ok will send to that address...)

Tunggu, punya tunggu, adalah seminggu, bila sampai....(tengoklah kat bawah ni)...(after waiting for a week, his document arrived with the following address details as below)....Tags: Jokes, Funny, Humour, Inland Revenue Board, Income Tax, Spelling

Genting To Build Sentosa Integrated Resort

After awarding the Marina Bay Integrated Resort to Las Vegas Sands Corps (as per my blog on 18 Nov 2006), today, the Singapore government has now awarded the 2nd Integrated Resort ("IR") to Genting/Star Cruise - the Malaysian gaming and entertainment giant.

Together with Universal Parks and Resorts as a non-equity partner, Genting group emerged as the winner with its S$5.2 billion project, Resorts World at Sentosa because it submitted the most compelling proposal, overall, that best meets our economic and tourism objectives. The Design Architect for Resorts World is Michael Graves. (source: AsiaOne)

Following attractions will be available when the IR starts operations:-
* Research centre within the IR and named marine biologist Dr Craig Venter as the man to head this Research Centre. Dr Venter who has been round the world studying the rich diversity of marine life is set to start ground-breaking research into the microdiversity of Southeast Asian waters.

* World's Largest Oceanarium - Quest Marine Life Park, featuring marine educators Dolphin Quest, featuring 700,000 aquatic animals and the world's largest collection of coral reef and open ocean fish, spread over 8 hectares.

* Equarius Water Park with exciting water rides. Designed by Forrec Limited of Canada, the park will have, among other features, a 450m water flume, or water coaster rides, winding through tree-tops, a surf pool that generates various kinds of waves, and also a water-based adventure zone.

* Maritime Xperiential Museum, by the world's largest interpretive museum design firm Ralph Applebaum Associates, dedicated to the heritage of Asia - the Asian voyages of discovery and a chronicle of global trade in the region and beyond. Also, in this museum will be a theatre, a 360-degree multimedia experience where visitors board an Arabia-bound vessel which sank near Singapore 1,100 years ago.

* The Universal Studios - 22 feature attractions, many unique to Singapore, on a 49ha plot with features such as live studio with soundstage as well as back lots for movie and television productions. Rides could be tied into movies such as King Kong, Jurassic Park, The Mummy, Shrek and Spiderman.

* Hotel Michael, Maxim's Residences, Hard Rock Hotel, ESPA Villas, Festive Hotel, Equarius Hotel and a casino which will be located underground.

Read more about it in AsiaOne and TODAYonline.
Tags: Genting, Star Cruise, Universal Parks and Resorts, Singapore, Sentosa, Travel, Resort, Leisure, Business, Entertainment, Casino, AsiaOne, TODAYonline, Resorts World, Michael Graves, Dr Craig Venter, Dolphin Quest, Ralph Applebaum Associates, Maxim's Residences, Hard Rock Hotel, ESPA

GIFA 2006

The keenly anticipated G.I.F.A. Awards 2006 is being held in Kuala Lumpur from 7- Dec 2006. Glam-brand Provogue has been roped in as the Title Sponsor of Global Indian Film Awards 2006. G.I.F.A. - a global brand and the brainchild of Popcorn Entertainment and Global Events - has been re-christened as PROVOGUE G.I.F.A. 2006 AWARDS.

GIFA 2006 promises to be a slick show with a galaxy of Bollywood superstars performing to a worldwide audience in Malaysia. The three-day extravaganza began on 7 December 2006 with a World Premiere of B R Films and Ravi Chopra's Baabul at TGV cinemas, KLCC, in Kuala Lumpur. The Baabul World Premiere was attended by the lead star cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee and John Abraham. The Awards function, scheduled on 9 December 2006, will have mega performances by Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif and Ameesha Patel and the master of ceremonies will be Arshad Warsi and Amrita Arora. Leading Indian film stars and personalities from the sports and corporate world will be gracing this International Mega Event.

Tags: GIFA Awards, Global Indian Film Awards, Popcorn Entertainment, India, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Provogue, Baabul, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee, John Abraham, Shah Rukh Khan

Women, Wine & Hair

A woman was walking down the street when she was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked her for a couple of dollars for a meal.

The woman took out her purse, extracted ten dollars and asked, "If I give you this money, will you buy some wine with it instead of food?" "No, I had to stop drinking years ago", the homeless woman replied. "Will you use it to go shopping for clothes instead of buying food?" the woman asked "No, I don't waste time shopping", the homeless woman said. "I need to spend all my time trying to stay alive." "Will you spend this at a beauty salon instead of food?" the woman asked. "Are you NUTS?" replied the homeless woman. "I haven't had my hair done in 20 years!"

"Well," said the woman, "I'm not going to give you the money. Instead, I'm going to take you out for dinner with my husband and myself tonight. The homeless woman was astounded. "Won't your husband be furious with you for doing that? I know I'm dirty, and I probably smell pretty disgusting. "The woman replied, "That's okay. It's important for him to see what a woman looks like after she has given up shopping, hair appointments and wine.
Tags: Jokes, Funny, Humour, Women, Wine, Hair