Sunday, November 30, 2008
i understand the sentiment...
...since i own the same model of vehicle and love it as well...but this is a tad bit nutso! when someone says, “dude, your car can totally fit through those doors!”, i guess this would be it...
see more photos on the RSX forum HERE.
see more photos on the RSX forum HERE.
this is just tragic...
for a man to be trampled in a rush during a sale? WTF!!?! RIP, poor chap...
Wal-Mart worker dies in sale rush
A shop worker has died after being knocked to the ground by bargain-hunters who stormed into a superstore in New York's suburbs as it opened. The 34-year-old man, along with several other workers and shoppers, was trampled in the rush at the Wal-Mart store in Valley Stream, Long Island.
US stores opened early and offered steep discounts on Friday. The day after the Thanksgiving holiday is seen as the start of the Christmas shopping season. It is regarded as an important test of how willing consumers are to spend. Crowds of shoppers turned up at dawn at stores across the US to snare the best deals.
Wal-Mart, along with electronics retailer Best Buy and department stores Kohl's and Macy's, opened their doors at dawn. Toys R Us offered up to 60% discounts from 0500 to 1000. Several major retailers indicated that crowds were at least as large as last year's, but deep discounts are likely to hurt retailers' profit margins.
Many retailers have suffered as the US economy nosedives although value chains like Wal-Mart have fared better. US retail sales recorded the biggest monthly decline since 1992 in October as consumers cut back on spending.
Wal-Mart worker dies in sale rush
A shop worker has died after being knocked to the ground by bargain-hunters who stormed into a superstore in New York's suburbs as it opened. The 34-year-old man, along with several other workers and shoppers, was trampled in the rush at the Wal-Mart store in Valley Stream, Long Island.
US stores opened early and offered steep discounts on Friday. The day after the Thanksgiving holiday is seen as the start of the Christmas shopping season. It is regarded as an important test of how willing consumers are to spend. Crowds of shoppers turned up at dawn at stores across the US to snare the best deals.
Wal-Mart, along with electronics retailer Best Buy and department stores Kohl's and Macy's, opened their doors at dawn. Toys R Us offered up to 60% discounts from 0500 to 1000. Several major retailers indicated that crowds were at least as large as last year's, but deep discounts are likely to hurt retailers' profit margins.
Many retailers have suffered as the US economy nosedives although value chains like Wal-Mart have fared better. US retail sales recorded the biggest monthly decline since 1992 in October as consumers cut back on spending.
the siege of mumbai is over...
...but now the questions have to be answered...
a total of 183 bystanders dead including 23 foreigners (of which 1 was a singaporean Lo Hwei Yen...RIP)...close to 300 injured with 15 of indian's naval commando forced KIA...at least these are the latest figures...
it's been likened to india's 9/11 and rightly so...
scores of militants dead but one was captured apparently...this chap will definitely be in for a shitty time as he gets interrogated by the indian authorities in an effort to find out more about the preparations and the mastermind(s) behind this dastardly attack...there have claims that the captured attacker is pakistani...and if so, the already-normally-frosty relations between the neighbours will turn even colder as recriminations abound...
so who''s behind this act of terror?
we will not know for days/weeks/months to come but just at this moment, i'll be saying my prayers for the innocents that have lost their lives...
Saturday, November 29, 2008
the bunny's in the house!
...just finished watching THE HOUSE BUNNY...it would've, to be frank, been a bit of a waste of time...formulaic, predictable, flat...but it's somewhat saved by the adorable anna faris...she portrays the titular (playboy) bunny who somehow becomes the house mother for an unpopular sorority and turns the whole place upside down and inside out...
she hits all the right notes as the vapid bunny type with the heart of gold...totally charming and likeable...
ok lah, i'll give it a 5-1/2 outta 10 just for her...she's kinda hoooooot!!! that bod...ooh la laaa....just look below....
oh wait, there's kat mcphee too!!! alright, 6 outta 10 then
i'm also listening to...
Yael Naim's NEW SOUL...off her eponymous album, this single debuted on the Billboard charts at #9 on Feb 18, 2008 and reached a high of #7, spending a total of 19 weeks on the charts...it's a catchy little ditty which is perfect for a weekend's light listening...
enjoy!!! and have a great weekend ahead, one and all....
Yael Naim Lyrics
New Soul Lyrics
enjoy!!! and have a great weekend ahead, one and all....
Yael Naim Lyrics
New Soul Lyrics
Friday, November 28, 2008
awwww crap........
just heard that the singapore lady who was taken hostage in the mumbai attacks, had been killed...
R.I.P. madam ho...
news flash HERE.
R.I.P. madam ho...
news flash HERE.
i'm listening to...
...Hilary Duff channel Depeche Mode via her new single REACH OUT...the underlying beat is from Personal Jesus...and she's hawwwwwwwwwwt!!! aiyoooo...
some people have too much bloody money!
blimey! talk about conspicuous consumption...why the hell does a dog require those?????
The world's most luxurious dog kennel to be built at cost of £250,000
A dog lover has turned half of her £1.4 million home into a luxury "kennel" for her Great Danes - complete with their own plasma screen TV, lounge and spa. The surgeon, who wants to remain anonymous, told her architect the hi-tech bungalow on the Lower Mill Estate in Gloucestershire must include separate deluxe living quarters for her two pets.
Sheepskin-lined, raised beds will allow the dogs to keep guard out of the windows, while in the lounge they can listen to a £15,000 sound system or enjoy shows on a 52in plasma screen TV. A retina-controlled "dogflap" system allows them to come and go from the zinc, glass and limestone home with ease, keeping out undesirables.
A temperature-regulated Dogspa (with saline purification system) will ease their muscles and clean their coats after a hard day. Cameras all around the property will allow the owner to watch her dogs online, wherever they roam.
The Dog House is divided into two bedrooms, and living room, all with the heat controlled remotely via the internet. It also has its own adventure play area. Self-cleaning food and purified water bowls dispense top-of-the-range dinners and breakfasts automatically.
Designed by architect Andy Ramus, the work is expected to begin on the main three-bedroom house near Cirencester in spring.
see more of this nonsense HERE.
The world's most luxurious dog kennel to be built at cost of £250,000
A dog lover has turned half of her £1.4 million home into a luxury "kennel" for her Great Danes - complete with their own plasma screen TV, lounge and spa. The surgeon, who wants to remain anonymous, told her architect the hi-tech bungalow on the Lower Mill Estate in Gloucestershire must include separate deluxe living quarters for her two pets.
Sheepskin-lined, raised beds will allow the dogs to keep guard out of the windows, while in the lounge they can listen to a £15,000 sound system or enjoy shows on a 52in plasma screen TV. A retina-controlled "dogflap" system allows them to come and go from the zinc, glass and limestone home with ease, keeping out undesirables.
A temperature-regulated Dogspa (with saline purification system) will ease their muscles and clean their coats after a hard day. Cameras all around the property will allow the owner to watch her dogs online, wherever they roam.
The Dog House is divided into two bedrooms, and living room, all with the heat controlled remotely via the internet. It also has its own adventure play area. Self-cleaning food and purified water bowls dispense top-of-the-range dinners and breakfasts automatically.
Designed by architect Andy Ramus, the work is expected to begin on the main three-bedroom house near Cirencester in spring.
see more of this nonsense HERE.
just totally gross!
ewwwwwww!
Giant hairball pulled from Indian girl's stomach
An 11-year-old girl in Mumbai, India, was hospitalized with pain in her stomach, and surgeons were forced to operate. What they found was a foot-long hairball.
The mass of hair - known as a trichobozear -is a potentially fatal result of a mental illness called trichotillomania, a condition in which the patient pulls her hair out and, in many cases, eats it. And while the condition is not well known, American doctors say that it may afflict 1 percent of all Americans.
"It's a fairly uncommon outcome for trichs," said Dr. Martin Franklin, associate professor of clinical psychology and psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, who studies trichotillomania in children and adolescents. "But it's pretty life-threatening if you do end up here."
While he notes that most who have trichotillomania do not eat their hair after pulling it out, he said this extreme form of the condition occurs in between 30 and 50 percent of patients. While cases like the one in Mumbai are not common among trichotillomania sufferers, several occur every few years and they can be fatal when they result in bowel obstruction.
get grossed out HERE.
Giant hairball pulled from Indian girl's stomachAn 11-year-old girl in Mumbai, India, was hospitalized with pain in her stomach, and surgeons were forced to operate. What they found was a foot-long hairball.
The mass of hair - known as a trichobozear -is a potentially fatal result of a mental illness called trichotillomania, a condition in which the patient pulls her hair out and, in many cases, eats it. And while the condition is not well known, American doctors say that it may afflict 1 percent of all Americans.
"It's a fairly uncommon outcome for trichs," said Dr. Martin Franklin, associate professor of clinical psychology and psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, who studies trichotillomania in children and adolescents. "But it's pretty life-threatening if you do end up here."
While he notes that most who have trichotillomania do not eat their hair after pulling it out, he said this extreme form of the condition occurs in between 30 and 50 percent of patients. While cases like the one in Mumbai are not common among trichotillomania sufferers, several occur every few years and they can be fatal when they result in bowel obstruction.
get grossed out HERE.
day 9
...was a bit of a crazy rush...we departed Gotenyama (my friend's place) around 9 some, headed for the famed Tsukiji Fish Market first...i was gawking like a country bumpkin at the enormous amounts of seafood on display. regretfully the tuna auction was now closed to the public but still there was more than enough to keep me well and truly rapt...
dotting the outer ring around the fish market were many small sushi/sashimi joints...we had sort of a brunch there...the fish was unbelievably fresh of course seeing as it came directly from the market...the fresh uni, negitoro and ikura on a bowl of hot steaming rice was just heavenly!
from the Tsukiji, we took a short walk around the corner to the Hamarikyu-en Gardens...an oasis of green in the midst of the Tokyo concrete jungle...beautiful place and so serene that one actually forgets the surrounding denseness of stark office buildings...
from Hamarikyu, we took a river cruise up the Sumida River to Asakusa...to walk the Nakamise-dori and see the Shinto shrine Sensoji (also known as Asakusa-kannon)...it was pretty much over-run by people...and i felt the myriad of stalls lining the streets made it a tad bit commercialised (huge numbers of tourists come here)...
thereafter we rushed back to Gotenyama to join my friends for dinner at the TY Harbour Brewery...Western food! it was certainly a welcome change from Japanese cuisine for sure...
dotting the outer ring around the fish market were many small sushi/sashimi joints...we had sort of a brunch there...the fish was unbelievably fresh of course seeing as it came directly from the market...the fresh uni, negitoro and ikura on a bowl of hot steaming rice was just heavenly!
from the Tsukiji, we took a short walk around the corner to the Hamarikyu-en Gardens...an oasis of green in the midst of the Tokyo concrete jungle...beautiful place and so serene that one actually forgets the surrounding denseness of stark office buildings...
from Hamarikyu, we took a river cruise up the Sumida River to Asakusa...to walk the Nakamise-dori and see the Shinto shrine Sensoji (also known as Asakusa-kannon)...it was pretty much over-run by people...and i felt the myriad of stalls lining the streets made it a tad bit commercialised (huge numbers of tourists come here)...
thereafter we rushed back to Gotenyama to join my friends for dinner at the TY Harbour Brewery...Western food! it was certainly a welcome change from Japanese cuisine for sure...
- waiting for the subway to Tsukijishijo station
- prepping of live conger eels
- balls of octopi
- a kaleidoscope of seafood
- crabs prepped for transport...iced down and covered with sawdust
- slabs of tuna.....and that knife that the fella was using was akin to a short sword!
- fat fat fat scallops!! holy!
- the price for fresh seafood...considering the freshness, rather good value if i do say so meself
- entrance to hamarikyu-en
- irrepressible kids at play
- japanese arachnid
- greenness surrounding by concrete
- waiting by the pier for the cruise
- taking wing
- view from the boat
- an icon of asakusa - the kaminarimon gate with its humongous lantern
- nakamise-dori
- lining up
- sensoji entrance...5-storey pagoda
- inner courtyard of sensoji where the pilgrims are going through a cleansing routine
- in the backlanes of asakusa, a jongleur plies his trade
- portrait
- art exhibition near the TY harbour brewery
- getting together
- a 350 gram ribeye for sharing...yum!
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