Life Lessons From 'New Moon'

New moon is the second book from the epic saga Twilight.



Meh. Certainly not my type of book. 2/10

Synopsis: a couple hundred pages of lame teenage angst and puppy love.

Life lessons from this book:
1. Girls, if your vampire boyfriend dumps you, try a wide range of cool self destructive activities (possibly suicide). Somehow, someway, for some reason, a cool guy (hopefully a werewolf) will save you and your ex-boyfriend will notice you and love you even more.
2. Guys, the best way to deal with guilt is to try to get yourself killed in public, especially since you can't kill yourself (you're a vampire remember?). It will make you look cool like a jackass. Oh, one way to do it is by getting naked in public, so that people may brutally kill you for being gay.

However, I can't wait to see the movie this November. I just hope that they made it better in motion picture.

New Way to Look at Food

Courtesy of Carl Warner
See www.carlwarner.com

Backyard Genius Awards

They made these stuffs in their backyards,
can you believe this?


A giant (27 feet long) mechanical hands capable of crushing cars - and a really firm handshake. By Christian Rostow.


A cute walking robot. 15 centimeters long. Powered with AA batteries. By I-Wei Huang.


The infamous Tumbler. An internal Batpod will be included soon. By Bob Dullam.

You can read about this more in Popular Mechanics Magazine October Edition.
Website: www.popularmechanics.com

Anomaly

45 billion light years the size of the universe
80 billion galaxies
7 sextillion stars

1 unique star

Only 1 planet able to sustain life



Think again.
=D

South Africa Trip

Finally! My recent trip to South Africa is now well documented!






If you are my friend, you can see more pictures at my facebook account!

Milk, Alcohol, and Something Else

Two days ago I opened my bottle of Baileys with the plan of sharing it with the whole family. Then my mother refused to drink. Today my father went to Jakarta.

What? I got an opened bottle with only myself to drown into? Personally the bottle cost me about Sing$30 so there is no way I'm going to waste it.

So I drink it. In as many ways as possible.

Here are the result of my 2 days of experiment:

*Baileys Coffee Caramel + Milk = Good for a good night's sleep.
*Baileys Coffee Caramel + Chocolate Milk = Too sweet. Must be drank cold.
*Baileys Coffee Caramel + Tea = Teh tarik with alcohol? Not bad.
*Baileys Coffee Caramel + Coffee = Almost perfect. I hope I got those coffee bits to add. Must be drank cold.
*Baileys Coffee Caramel + Brownies = Kids like it.
*Baileys Coffee Caramel + Ferrero Rocher = Not enjoyable.
*Baileys Coffee Caramel + Baskin Robbin's Cookies and Cream = Nice, but too sweet.
*Baileys Coffee Caramel + Baskin Robbin's Royal Chocolate = Almost perfect.

My best combination ever!
*Baileys Coffee Caramel + Avocado + Baskin Robbin's Royal Chocolate + Ferrero Rocher = Paradise.
Note: count the calories.

Only 3/4 litre more to go...

Unstable Wave

Damn. It's happening again.

Yesterday I've got nothing I wanted to do.
Today there are too many things I wanna do.

There are countries to visit.
Photos to edit.

Homework
Blog
Fitness target
Baileys to drink
Books to read
Movies to catch up

My observation tells me it always happens every couple of months. Ideas pouring like flood I know I cannot write them all. When it happens suddenly life becomes a game of race.

Yeah. Motivation comes when you least expect it.

However, usually the result is typical - less sleep for me.

Bad for muscle growth.

Shut up. Maybe it is because I'm blood type O? But I'm a Phlegmatic, so...

Haven't you got THINGS to do? Homework, blog, fitness target...

Okay, OKAY! Time to work then...

Car Security

Yesterday someone broke into my car. Here is the story.

So yesterday I got back from college really late. It was 8 o' clock at night, and it was already dark. I walked to my car, Toyota Yaris, which was parked at Saraga. After I saw my Yaris, I opened the lock, and got in.

After I got in, I knew something was wrong. The driver seat was set close to the steering wheel. You see, I am 185 cm tall and I always set my seat as far as possible from the steering wheel. That night, someone OTHER THAN ME has entered my car and changed the seat position.

Shit. Someone broke into my car. Okay, don't panic. Think.

Question: What is the most logical thing to do when you realize someone broke into your car?
Answer:
1. Lock the door. Done.
2. Check if something is missing.

I saw that the tape was still there. Good. Then I checked the drawer. There were still some CD's and books there. Another good news. But something is not right. Why would someone enter my car, screw around (he changed the seat position) and steal nothing? I thought maybe he was looking for something in my car when I arrived. Then he panicked and ran away.

Sounds logical.

I'm lucky then.

Time to go home.

That time I was thirsty. I sent my left hand to reach the bottled water I put in the center of the car when I was driving to college. But instead my hand touched something else. It was not bottled water. It was an empty cup water. Then something hit my mind.

What if---the bad guy who entered my car is still in my car-sitting behind me silently to strangle me from behind? That sounds LOGICAL too right?

No. I was alone. I looked around, and no one is behind me.

Enough. Time to go home.

...

My key did not fit.

What? I got out of the car, and immediately I realized the whole story.

It was NOT my car. It was the same Toyota Yaris but it was not mine. My car is several meters away from the one I got in. I got in the wrong car because the owner seems to have FORGOTTEN to LOCK his car.

What a coincidence! An identical car was parked near mine and the owner forgot to lock his.

He forgot to lock his car! What a smart guy. And an even smarter guy who entered the wrong car and didn't realize it.

~Sigh~! Time to go home.

Inhumane Deeds

You know fur, but do you know how it is produced?

This video about FUR PRODUCTION is NOT INTENDED FOR CHILDREN. It contains EXTREME VIOLENCE.


Pledge to go fur-free at PETA.org.

Don't buy real fur. it is not worth it. Buy fake.

Book Review: Emergency

Prepare for financial collapse, natural disaster, and terrorism. 7.5/10

This book was written by Neil Strauss, the writer of How to Make Love Like a Porn Star. This time, he became an overly paranoid bloke who is certain that the U.S. government is no longer capable to ensure the safety of its citizen. Sounds strange, but this book serves its purpose.

This book tells you several ways of getting dual citizenship, transferring money offshore, getting out of the U.S., surviving terrorist attack, escaping from kidnappers, surviving in the forest, and skinning your own goat. The book tells you all these in a fun, self mocking autobiographical style with the author as the protagonist: a paranoid who prepares for the worst.

Although this book does not cover all the details, it is a fun material to read. There are several comic strip in the book explaining a detailed method to beat hunting dog and to turn a credit card into a weapon. Also a detailed method on how to live longer, how to win a car chase, and how to unlock padlocks and escape from handcuffs.

Even for only its entertainment value, this book is worth reading. However, I believe the information provided is quite useful too. Although I will not do what the book tells me to do, at least I know what to do when there's a terrorist attack.

Book Review: The Lost Symbol

You may call this a flop. This is the least interesting of all Dan Brown's novel. 5.5/10

The story is slow paced with too many coincidences. Robert Langdon becomes irritatingly slow, and the main antagonist, Mal' akh, is simply too absurd. The ending twist is not so great either.

Oh c'mon, Dan Brown! I know you can do better than this!

Book Review: The Winner Stands Alone

This is the latest novel that I've read and I really like it. 8.8/10

Apart from what seems to be a very girlish cover, this book is not a girl book at all. At first, I thought this book tells a typical story about a girl struggling to achieve her dreams and ends with happily ever after. I was MISTAKEN. It was far BETTER than that.

This book tells a story about a man named Igor. He is a very rich and well connected man. He is a veteran of war, skilled in various kinds of murder technique, and he is on a mission.
Igor's wife has just left him, and he is really pissed off. Not pissed off in a typical way, no. Igor still loves his wife, and he is trying to get her back: by sending her a message that he is ready to kill all people in the world to prove his love for her. That is the point where the story begins. He is now in Cannes Film Festival, with six months of preparation, ready to prove his love.

There are several points that make this book interesting. First of all, this book tells us about the savage side of humanity where people eat each other (and fashion world is a fierce world, read it yourself). Second, the book provides us with many interesting facts. You'll learn about terrorism, haute couture, psychology, autopsy, weapons, and absurd lifestyle of celebrities. And third, the fact that although the readers know that Igor is a serial murderer, they cannot escape from liking him. His perspective, coupled with other supporting characters', tells us a lesson that most of the time human acts absurdly.

In short, if you are looking for a meaningful reading material, The Winner Stands Alone is the right book for you.