Three Demotivational Posters for the Day

Joost TV is HERE!

This is Joost, a beta site offering free (for now) high quality TV on PC here.

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I liked the World's Strongest Man episodes (Year 2000 to 2005) and Guinness Book of Records (40 episodes).

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Get Well Soon, Aunty Kuan!

Read from Bernard's blog that Aunty Kuan is a little unwell.

Get well soon, Aunty Kuan, and hope your MU Team wins !
(sorry, Aunty Kuan.... Didier Drogba just scored! Nevermind, MU is still EPL champ!)

Here's a poem adapted for you from all of us aka BOB,
(courtesy of http://www.poemsource.com/)

We're sending this to let you know
We think of you each day,
And pray for your recovery,
Hoping soon you’ll be okay.

You’re going through a lot right now;
You’re treatments can be trying;
Remember while you do them
It’s your problem you’re defying.

Hold on to your positive attitude,
And when things get hard to bear,
Know that we're here for you;
Remember that we care.

And when you’re well and flourishing,
Look back and realize,
You learned what you were made of;
That’s a reward that satisfies!

By Joanna Fuchs

For Those Who Take Life Too Seriously

Original from here :

Beijing Photos II

I spotted this lorry ferrying workers to their work place. I asked my van driver why they did not have proper buses for them. He looked at me as if I was from outer space !

I counted more than 25 of these workers on the lorry. Seat belts, harness, helmets? Never heard of them!

Beijing Photos I

The new Beijing Olympic Stadium.

This was the closest anyone could get to the spanking new stadium in Beijing. Picture quality was not satisfactory due to the haze/fog.

Nicknamed "The Nest", the stadium will be the venue for the opening ceremony on 8th August 2008.



The new Beijing International Airport from the air.

This photo was taken on 15 April 2007 as the plane took off from the existing airport.
The new airport is being built by the Chinese government in time for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and will be the world's biggest, bigger than all the terminals in Heathrow combined, according to its British architect, Lord Foster.

Shanghai Photos IV

The crossroad junctions of some of the main streets in Shanghai are so wide that the City Council has provided these "Elevated Pedestrian Roundabouts" for easier and safer passage of pedestrian. Problem is to get people to use them!


Sunset at Yu Yuan Old Street, a well known tourist attraction in Shanghai. Here, one could sample the old architecture of The Bund while tasting some of the best "Xiao Long Bao" (小笼包) and local titbit.

This picture was taken in a Silk factory. With 2008 Olympics just around the corner, China could do well to improve on the quality of its english translation. Some of these are simply hilarious.

Shangahai Photos III

This is the Sutong Bridge. It spans across the river mouth of the mighty Yangtze River where the deepest water is more than 100 metres deep. It links Suzhou and Nantong, hence the name, Sutong Bridge. To give it some perspective, the barge on the water was some 30 metres long!


The midspan between the two huge A-shape towers is 1,088 metres long, making it the world's longest cable-stayed bridge when completed. When this picture was taken on 10 April 2007, the gap between the two approaching box girder was a mere 200 metres. It is slated to be opened to traffic in September 2007!

Artist's impression of the completed Sutong Bridge, an engineering feat no less. No wonder the Discovery Channel was there to film this magnificient MEGA STRUCTURE!

Shanghai Photos II

The 1st Tee Box at the Lake Melaren Golf Club in Shanghai. It is about one-hour drive from the city and the green fees on weekend is $1200 yuan or about RM650 each without caddy! It is expensive to play golf in China!


The rubbish bin in the Lake Melaren Golf Club has separate compartments for recycleable and non recycleable wastes.


These, unbelievably are urinals in the posh Lake Melaren Golf Club 's men's rest room. Nice!