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Being geek ...

Due to lack of reasoning, it has been a while since the last time I mod my PC. So last weekend I happily used Princess' noisy-PC-complain as an excuse to shop for some geeky stuff :).

Total damage? 130SGD for a new fan and power supply. The satisfaction of being geek again? Priceless.



Who says shopping therapy is only good for women?

The Rainbow Connection

This song has been happily stuck in my head in the past few days. Try it and who knows it will stuck in yours too :) ..

Who Want to Be a Superhero ?!?

"Who Wants to Be a Superhero? is a reality show hosted by Stan Lee. Contestants dress up as comic book superheroes of their own invention. Each week, Lee challenges the contestants to represent what "superheroes are all about." One or more of the superheroes deemed the least deserving is eliminated per episode. The grand prize for the winning superhero is to have his or her character star in a Dark Horse Comics comic book written by Lee and appear in an original movie to be aired on Sci Fi Channel. The winner also receives a trip for two to Universal Studios Florida to participate in the park's Parade of Superheroes."

When you think reality show can't get any lower. I am sure Cicak-Man will easily beat them down :) ..

I can sing a rainbow ..

One of the best ads I've ever seen, a touchy song too :) ..

Absolut Raspberri Cola ..

Splash of Absolut Raspberri Vodka

Good doze Pepsi/Coke (you don't want to get drunk, do you?)

Squeeze of lime

Ice cubes

... and who says working from home is boring *winks*

No more free Pandas

Panda diplomacy a thing of the past, say Chinese authorities

BEIJING — The world's cuddliest diplomats are out of a job.

China will no longer give giant pandas to foreign countries as a way of improving international relations, local media reported.

Ending a 1,300-year tradition, wildlife officials said the endangered animals would only be lent for breeding and biological research. There are believed to be only 1,600 pandas in the wild.

But questions are likely to be raised about the financial motives behind a decision, as they are rented out to zoos for as much as US$1 million ($1.51 million) a year.

Panda diplomacy dates back to the Tang dynasty and reached its peak in 1972 when China sent Hsing Hsing and Ling Ling to the United States after breakthrough talks.

"The Chinese government has stopped giving pandas as gifts abroad. We will only be conducting research with foreign countries," the website quoted Cao Qingyuan, a state forestry administration spokesman, as saying.

Under the rent-a-panda scheme, the forestry administration rents them out on 10-year leases.

The charge to foreign zoos depends on a number of factors, including visitor revenues.

In the United States and Japan, the yearly fees are about US$1 million.

Extra payments are also made if the pandas give birth.

China would give pandas as presents only to Hong Kong, which was returned to China in 1997, and to Taiwan, the neighbouring self-ruled island China considers its own.

"This is an activity of sending pandas between brothers," Mr Cao said.

Source: Weekend TODAY, September 15-16, 2007.