Thinner Waistlines EQUAL Fatter Wallets

Fat people will be offered cash incentives to lose weight and do regular exercise under a radical strategy announced by the British government to tackle the obesity epidemic. Similar schemes have worked well in the United States.

By Microshock

Employers will be encouraged to set up competitions with money, vouchers and other rewards for people who give up those junk food for healthy eating and living. Those who lose the most weight would win the biggest prizes.

Schools should also consider banning children from going out of the gates at lunchtime and town councils are being urged to block new fast food outlets near parks and schools.

The goverment is investing 372Million pounds over the three years to implement the strategy known as "Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives".

Cool Stuff huh Britain!

Teck Whye Sec gets S$800K Synthetic Turf

Teck Whye Secondary School will be among the first of 80 schools to get a synthetic field, paid by the MOE. I am very excited about this because Teck Whye Sec is my ex-school where i came from.

The synthetic field, which costs about S$800,000 is expected to be completed within next 2 weeks. With the new field, there will be a two-fold increase in the usage of the field and the field is more able to take more intensive usage, and needs less maintenance than a grass field. The synthetic field will also allow schools greater flexibility to schedule their Physical Education lessons, field sports and games.

For this few years, the school's niche is in Hockey and thus the new field will make it easier for students to practice the sport in the school. Additionall, logistics of transporting students to previous training ground can be lessen. The pitch can also be used for hosting Hockey Tournaments as these competitions are played only on synthetic fields.

Tips to Beat Inflation

Consumer prices are at a 25 year high and we see no end in sight, with the crude oils prices playing a huge part to drive the consumer prices up. The name of the game now is save, save and save. As such, little bit of tightening our belts counts these days. Below are some tips that can be used everyday to beat the inflation:

By Hurray for Saturday

A) Transport & Communication
* Take trains and buses and avoid taxis.
* For drivers, they can save petrol on long run if they drive Hybrid cars. Taking trains or buses (abt S$2-3) are generally cheaper than taxis (S$10-20).
* Walk rather than take feeder buses (65 cents) for short distances.
* Buy Handphone that suits your needs.

B) Food
* Buy house brands at the supermarket which are cheaper. Some supermarket also gives discount on house brand for necessities.
* Bring own containers when packing food. These days, container for packing food cost an additional 20 cents.
* Eat less often fancy restaurant. Beside the higher cost of the food, we also can save on the Service Charge.

C) Health Care
* Ask doctor for generic drug such as paracetamol rather than branded name such as Panadol.
* You can go to free clinics such as Singapore Buddhist Free Clinic.

D) Recreation
* Go on holidays to nearby countries in the region, which cost about S$1,000 a person compared to US or Europe which would cost at least S$2,000 a person.
* Choosing countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and China is more favourable for the exchange rate.
* Choose free recreational spots such as ECP and WCP rather than Sentosa than charges S$3 per person for entrance fee.

E) Clothing & Footwear
* If you are one for branded items, you can get bargains at Salvation Army or any factory outlets such as those in Peninsula Plaze and Holland Village.
* Men can also stock up staples such as shirts and socks at warehouse sales by major department stores.

F) Education & Stationary
* Buy refills for pens. A refill for a Pilot Pen costs about S$1 compared to over S$2 for a new pen.
* You could also buy secondhand textbooks from seniors in school which allows savings up to S$20 per book. Edition may not be same, but content is very similar.

Hope following Singaporeans will find this tips useful. Perhaps this apply to overseas readers too.

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More of FACTS! for those that love Facts for their Presentation or Speech:

In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact with Pepsi.

The increased electricity used by modern appliances is causing a shift in the Earth's magnetic field. By the year 2327, the North Pole will be located in mid-Kansas, while the South Pole will be just off the coast of East Africa.

The idea for "tribbles" in "Star Trek" came from gerbils, since some gerbils are actually born pregnant.

Male rhesus monkeys often hang from tree branches by their amazing prehensile penises.

Johnny Plessey batted .331 for the Cleveland Spiders in 1891, even though he spent the entire season batting with a rolled-up, lacquered copy of the Toledo Post-Dispatch.

Smearing a small amount of dog feces on an insect bite will relieve the itching and swelling.

The Boeing 747 is capable of flying upside-down if it weren't for the fact that the wings would shear off when trying to roll it over.

The trucking company Elvis Presley worked at as a young man was owned by Frank Sinatra.

The only golf course on the island of Tonga has 15 holes, and there's no penalty if a monkey steals your golf ball.

Legislation passed during WWI making it illegal to say "gesundheit" to a sneezer was never repealed.

Manatees possess vocal chords which give them the ability to speak like humans, but don't do so because they have no ears with which to hear the sound.

SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below.

Catfish are the only animals that naturally have an ODD number of whiskers.

Replying more than 100 times to the same piece of spam e-mail will overwhelm the sender's system and interfere with their ability to send any more spam.

Polar bears can eat as many as 86 penguins in a single sitting.

The first McDonald's restaurant opened for business in 1952 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and featured the McHaggis sandwich.

Health Talks - Should We be Getting More Sunlight?

Based on the journal Circulation that was published last week, a five-year study has concluded that Vitamin D may offer protection against serious illness, including strokes ands heart failures, as well as play a vital role in supporting bone strength.

Most of us gets our fairshare of Vitamin D from exposure to the sun, but it seems most of us are not getting enough. Based on reports, only about 10 per cent of us are getting ideal levels of it, thou outright deficiency are rare. So the question is how much Sun do we really need? since we know that Sunlight is Good for you, as well as Bad for you! And how are we supposed to get it?

By Predi

Good news that optimizing your Vitamin D production does not necessary must come from baking in the sun, even when you are out of Vitamin D. Short exposures are enough for most people, with some researchers suggesting that a fair-skinned adult wearing a T-SHIRT and trousers needs only 5-10 mins i the midday sun to top their levels in Vitamin D.

Sun-worshippers will be disappointed thou to learn that more is not good. Once Vitamin D has been produced, the rest is converted into inactive substances. The only thing you'll be doing by staying in the UV Rays is increasing your chance of developing skin cancer.

Suncreen worn by most under the sun, will still allows people to get their required dose. One of the study shows that although sunscreen reduced Vitamin D production, it wasn't enough to cause a deficiency.

And if you are concerned about skin cancer or darker skin or spend most of your time in-doors, all you have to do is take the easy option of throwing back a vitamin supplement in the morning.

By Bitzi

No More White Card from Spore to Malaysia

According to reports, the familiar white card, which once was as essential as your passport to getting you in and out of malaysia (for Simgaporeans), is now no more, as overland travellers found out to their surprise and confusion over the last weekend.

Last saturday, without much fanfare or effort to publicise it, the Malysian Immigration Department began a trial towards a more convenient "paperless system" at both the Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints.

For travellers, it means the need to fill up the four-page immigration white card everytime they enter Malaysia from Singapore is No More. Visitors now only need to produce their passport to be inspected and stamped at the immigration checkpoints.

While the move was aimed at smoothing the way, however, travellers who were caught unawares reacted with a mix of confusion and wariness - as there were no official notification about it.

On the Malaysian side of the causeway, A4-Sized notices in English and Malay were placed at the immigration checkpoints an dthe usual booths for foreign travellers to fill up their immigration cards were closed.

But some travellers were perharps more caustious, following recent scares about unstamped passports. There were recent cases of those who had gotten into trouble at the immigration, such as a Singapore Armed Forces Lieutenant that was sentenced to three months in jail, as his passport and immigration card were found to be unstamped.

According to latest confusio, some visitors who had presented their filled-up immigration cards for last few days - were not told these were obsolete. In fact, many said immigration officials stamped and collected their cards as per last time normal.

So my advice to all - Although it is much more convenient this way. We should be more careful, be it card or no card - it is always better to check that your passport has been stamped each time you enter or leave Malaysia.

UK Government Laptops Being Desk-Bound

Britain is getting more comical this days. British civil servants have been banned from removing their laptops containing sensitive information from their offices, after a computer was stolen that contained the personal details of 600,000 people.

The lost laptop containing details of potential recruits for their Ministry of Defence, was stolen earlier this month of January in Birmingham City at central England. This was confirmed by the ministry last week and reported by all major newspapers globally.
Pix By Johny Vulkan
It is the latest in a series of data blunders in Britain by government bodies. Two months ago, personal details of 25 million people which is nearly half the country's population, was lost in the post. That episode triggered a series of parliament discussions and debates whereby opposition parties are calling the head of the new Prime Minister Mr Brown.

The Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell (British Top Civil Servant) has written an internal email to all permanent secretaries that from now onwards, no unencrypted laptops or drives containing perosonal data should be taken outside secured office premises. He has also asked for assurance that this is communicated throughout their organizations and delivery bodies and implemented immediately, and that steps are taken to monitor compliance.

This top-down action should be been announced long time ago since the lost of the 600,000 details of British people. Just how you will feel if this details actually falls into the hands of the Terrorists.

Funny Songs

More of the funny video clips i found on the net:

Crazy Frog - We Are The Champion


The Jurassic Fart


Blue Alien Singing and Dancing

Apple with Thinnest Laptop - The Macbook Air

APPLE'S chief execuive Steve Jobs have stole the limelight away again.
Last Tuesday at the Macworld Expo, he strode onstage holding a brown envelope typically used for internal-office mail. All eyes were glued to what he was going to do next.

In trademark theatrical style, he slid an ultra-slim laptop out from the envelope and proclaimed with a smile that The Macbook Air is the thinnest notebook computer around. This is a wedge-shaped, lean, 0.16 inches thin at the front and 0.76 inches thick at the rear. To make such a thin laptop, Intel, the World-Leading Chip maker shrank one of its fast dual-core processors by 60 per cent at Apples urge to fit the power of MacBook Air.

Macintosh computers sales have surged due to the "HALO EFFECTS" from the company's trendy iPod and iPhone models. For those that want to feel how thin the MacBook Air is, here is the video:

Funny Songs

Found out a couple more of those funny cute video clips:

Original Crazy Frog Song


Crazy Frog - You Cant Touch This



Crazy Frog In The House

Ultimate Search Engine to be developed in Singapore

Wow!

Just read from the newspaper article that the Singapore's A*Star Agency - for Science, Technology and Research, that Singapore is aiming to develop a search engine so sophisticated that it can recognize objects in pictures and video as well as words in audio! Wow, How about this news!

After A*Star success in attracting some of the world's best talents from the biomedical field, she is now seeking to tap the top brians from the technology industry. Here will come a global competition to attract the likes of top software engineers, leading researchers and search engine enthusiasts.

A*Star reckons that a new and more powerful search engine to outdo all other search engines would benefit millions of Internet users around the world. It would also be a great boost to Singapore's attempts to become a digital media hub. Current search engines can only find pictures, videos or audio files based on file names, tags and ther contextual text that appears on the same web page as the media file.

Reward to anyone that come up with such capability will be US$100,000 and it is known as The Star Challenge. We shall see if A*Star can emulate and compete with the dominating likes of Google and Yahoo.

Facebook Scrabulous in Legal Tangle

Halo friends of this blog,

If you are an avid user of Facebook and has been playing their online game: Scrabulous - has been asked to be removed from Facebook applications. Scrabulous is an addictive and popular game on this social networking portal, but Hasbro, the maker of the reknown Scrabble, on which the game is based, is claiming a breach of copyright and is ordering the site to remove the application.

Understand from reports that fans of Scrabulous want to fight for the existence of Scrabulous. Online petitions to save the online game have emerged with hundreds of replies received. The game by the way, was developed by 2 Indian brothers from Calcutta.

Many have argued that Scrabulous is basically a free advertising for Scrabble and thys Hasbro, and should not be gotten rid of. Many felt a shortsightedness of Hasbro in terms of this free marketing tool, that Hasbro should have leverage on this reach by partnering with Scrabulous of Facebook. What do you think?

Funny Songs

Hey,

Found the following video on Several funny songs in www.singaporeolevelmath.com, and find it so interesting and enjoying that i need to share with the world..

In case you have yet to see it, without further-a-do, here it is:

I Will Survive - by Alien


The Hippo Song



The Crazy Frog


Hahahahahahaha..Enjoy

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Peter The Great Facts

Tsar and Emperor of Russia Peter the Great (1672-1725) was unusual ruler by many means. In the battle against the Turks in 1695 he fought as regular foot soldier believing that was the only way to beat the Turks. Peter is believed to have been six feet, seven inches in height (2.04 meters). He married twice and had 11 children, many of whom died in infancy. The eldest son from his first marriage, Czarevich Alexei, was convicted of high treason by his father and secretly executed in 1718.

Idi Amin Ate His Opponents

Idi Amin, the former dictator of Uganda and the former heavyweight boxing champion of Uganda was one of Africa's most notorious dictators. During his eight-year rule an estimated 500,000 people disappeared or were killed. He praised Hitler and said the German dictator "was right to burn six million Jews." He offered to be king of Scotland if asked. It was reported that Idi Amin ate his opponents.

U.S President Trafficking Virgins

United States presidential election, 1824, Andrew Jackson emerged as winner with majority of votes. However, under the 12th Amendment, if no candidate got a majority of the college, the election went to the House and there it was decided by Henry Clay, the all-powerful Speaker, who gave it to Adams, under the secret condition that Adam makes him secretary of state. Arguments went out of control and Adams supporters claimed that Jackson is bigamist, adulterer and murderer. Adams was accused of trafficking American virgins to Russian Tsar.

Meet Turkmenbashi

His Excellency Saparmurat Niyazov Turkmenbashi, president of Turkmenistan is one of the most controlling dictators in the world today. There are no churches because he knocks them down. Each year he wants to resign as the president, but congress begs him to stay. He has even rewritten the calendar and renamed the month of January to "Turkmenbashi." April is named after his mother.

George Washington Facts

On February 22, 1732 George Washington was born. George Washington was the only of all Founding Fathers to free his slaves. Marijuana was the primary crop grown by George Washington at Mount Vernon. He was the first Mason to serve as president. Washington rejected a movement among army officers to make him king of the United States. Washington is the only president who was elected unanimously.

World's Largest Market for Luxury Goods

Lately, i was pondering how much money a couple of my "Branded" friends are spending for their branded luxury goods. It seems like almost anything they used or wear must be branded. Perharps, it is their monthly salary and family $ net worth that allows them to spend it that way.

There is another clear reason for it: The Growing Market of ASIA.
Based on a recent report in HongKong, Asia is now the world's largest market for luxury goods, accounting about 37% of this US$80 Billion sector. Luxury giants are shifting their focus from Paris and London to the malls of Asia to take advantage of booming demand. Behind the spending spree ia an Asian Culture of conformaity as well as a simple need to show off success in this part of the world. Many take this as the time to show off wealth and success to the world.

The Asian mania for luxury goods started in Japan in 1980s as the country's economy took off. The success was then repeated in our Asia countries such as HongKong, Taiwan, Singapore, and despite a little nationalists resistance, South Korea.
Now China will be the main focus of almost all luxury brands, as the country's massive economic growth and the SHOW-OFF culture of Chinese will create a perfect market. Luxury brand managers are also looking closely at India and Vietnam as their next target market.

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FACTS IN CHOSEN CATEGORY - Myspace Facts

MySpace was founded by former Friendster members Chris Dewolfe and Tom Anderson in 2003. They saw opportunity to beat Friendster with more options and less restrictions for social network users. MySpace was purchased in 2005 for $580 million by Rupert Murdoch creator of a media empire that includes 20th Century Fox and the Fox television stations. MySpace has more than 40 billion page views a month. Google paid $900 million to be MySpace's search provider. MySpace runs on Microsoft .NET Framework, operating under Windows 2003 server and applications written in C# for ASP.NET.

History Of Amazon.com

Jeff Bezos coined the term Amazon.com from the earlier name Cadabra.com. It was the excellent way to present large volume online bookstore. But did he have hidden intentions? It is hard to believe but in the early Internet days, when Yahoo was dominant search engine, results on one page were listed alphabetically. Amazon would always appear above its competition for a specific keywords. This could be a breaking point for Jeff to expand and became what it is today.

What Is Google?

Google, the Internet search company founded in September 1998. by Larry Page & Sergey Brin, got it's name from the word Googol, which represents number 1 followed with hundred zeros after it.

What Is Yahoo!?

Yahoo the complex internet organism has complicated name. Word "Yahoo" is shortcut for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle". It was coined by PhD candidates at Stanford University: David Filo and Jerry Yang.

Mao Tse-tung Facts

Mao Tse-tung founded the People's Republic of China in 1949. He was one of the founders of the Chinese Communist party in 1921. In 1915 Mao attended university in Changsa, China where he wrote the longest recorded graphite, criticizing the Chinese school system and current state of Chinese society. His graphite consisted of more than 4000 Chinese characters. Mao Tse-tung was married four times and he believed that having sex with virgins "would help to restore and reinvigorate a man’s health and vigor”. Mao was responsible for more than 30 millions deaths mostly from hunger and starvation.

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Maya Predicts Our Future

Maya people were masters of mathematics and calendars and they were keeping track of time using three separate calendars. For predictions about the beginning and end of the “world” they used “Long Count” calender. And on December 21st 2012, the Long Count will be at the point zero which Maya predicts as the end of time and beginning of the new world. The Mayas were very accurate in their predictions and they predicted invasions on their soil and the World Wars.

Testis Or Testify

The word "testis" cames from the Latin meaning to bear witness. In ancient Rome, only men could bear witness or testify in a public forum. In order to show importance to their testimony, they would hold their testicles as they spoke, and an oath was declared while holding another's testicles.

Is This The Last Pope?

St. Malachy, (d. 1148) Irish Bishop and Seer, produced an accurate list of future popes which began with Pope Celestine II in the year 1143. The prophecy is concerned with the succession of the Popes and there will be one more Pope after the current Pope Benedict XVI according to the prophecies of St. Malachy.

The Seven Wonders

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World compiled by ancient Greek historians are: The Great Pyramid of Giza, The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, The Colossus of Rhodes and The Lighthouse of Alexandria.

The Great Wall Myth

It is common mistake to say that The Great wall of China is visible from outer space. It is too thin to be noticed from such a great distance. Only two man made structures visible from space are: The Pyramids of Giza and the Hoover Dam.

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Halo Planet, Interesting Facts!

FACTS IN CHOSEN CATEGORYNumbers And Words:

If you spell all the numbers and try to find letter "A" you will have to count to thousAnd. Did you know that: 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321. Weird rite?

What Does WD-40 Stand For?

Maybe you didn’t know but WD-40 stands for Water Displacement, 40th attempt. Name was coined by the chemist, Norm Larsen, while he was attempting to concoct a formula to prevent corrosion by displacing water. Norm's persistence paid off when he perfected the formula on his 40th try.

Coffee Beans Aromas

The full chemical name for caffeine is 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine and its chemical formula is C8H10N4O2. When coffee is roasted, and when the coffee beans begin to cool, they release about 700 chemical substances that make up the vaporizing aromas.

Two Million Years Road Trip

Closest galaxy to our Milk Way galaxy is Andromeda and even traveling at the speed of light it would take 2 million years to reach it. There are 100 billion galaxies that we can observe. Prediction is that there is much more, but Hubble Space Telescope couldn’t detect them.

FACTS IN CHOSEN CATEGORYEarth's Record Holders

Highest mountain on Earth, Mt. Everest grows about 4 millimeters a year since two tectonic plates which collided millions of years ago to form the Himalayas, continue to press against each other. Earths highest waterfall is at Angel Falls in Venezuela which drops 3,212 feet (979 meters). Hottest place on earth is Azizia in Libya 136 degrees Fahrenheit (57.8 Celsius) and coldest was in Vostok, Antarctica -129 Fahrenheit (-89 Celsius). Pacific is the biggest ocean (32.6% of the Earth's surface)and Nile River in Africa is longest 4,160 miles (6,695 kilometers).

Fear Of Number 13

The fear of number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia and it was derived from treiskaideka, the Greek word for thirteen and phobia. There were 13 people at Christ's Last Supper before his captivity, it is recorder that Christ was crucified on Friday. Routine mission to the moon goes drastically wrong on Apollo 13. Some hotels skip number 13 when numbering rooms. In Formula 1, there is no car with the number 13.

Dubai Facts

Dubai is the fastest growing city in the world. No taxes on income and there are no personal taxes either. In Dubai Emirates Mall you can ski indoors while shopping, measuring 400 meters and using 6000 tons of snow. Burj Dubai will become the world's tallest building, along with the world's tallest man-made structure when it is completed. Eighty percent of Dubai residents are foreigners.

Monopoly Facts

Monopoly was invented by Charles B. Darrow during the Depression in the 1934 and at first it was rejected by Parker Brothers due to "52 design errors"! Streets in Monopoly are taken from Atlantic City, New Jersey. Game was very popular in Cuba until Fidel Castro took power and burned all the Monopoly sets. Standard Monopoly bank starts with $15,140 and it is estimated that Monopoly has been sold 250 million times through out the world.

Just For Laughs - Good Jokes on The Way

Take a break...Just for a laugh to make your day!!!!

Teacher: Ted, if your father has $10 and you ask him for $6, how much would your father still have?
Ted: $10.
Teacher: You don't know maths.
Ted: You don't know my father!

Mother: David, come here.
David: Yes, mum?
Mother: You really disappoint me. Your results are getting worse.
David: But I will only get my report book tomorrow.
Mother: I know that. But I am going to Hong Kong tomorrow, so I am scolding you now.

A mother and son were doing dishes while the father and daughter were watching TV in the livingroom. Suddenly, there was a loud crash of breaking plates, then complete silence. The daughterturned to look at her father.
Daughter: It's mummy!
Father: How do you know?
Daughter: She didn't say anything.

Girl: Do you love me?
Boy: Yes Dear
Girl: Would you die for me?
Boy: No, mine is undying love

Teacher: Simon, your composition on "My Dog" is exactly the same as your brother's.
Did u copy his?
Simon: No, teacher, it's the same dog!

Teacher: "How come you do not comb your hair?"
Ah Kow: "No comb, Sir."
Teacher: "Use your dad's then."
Ah Kow: "No hair, Sir."

A boy came home from school with his exam results."What did u get?" asked his father."My marks are under water," said the boy."What do u mean 'under water'?""They are all below 'C' level"

Muhahahaha...Isn't it funny? Hope you enjoyed it.

10 Things Happy Couples Do

Hi,

I came across an article on 10 Things Happy Couples Do By Mark Goulston, M.D and find it very interesting. Decided to share with readers that are currently in a relationship.

Happy couples know that the real relationship begins when the honeymoon is over. They know that unless you maintain the garden of love, its beauty will wither and die. In a recent column, you discovered the 10 relationship mistakes to avoid.

Now discover the 10 things that happy couples do:

1. Go to bed at the same time. Remember the beginning of your relationship, when you couldn't wait to go to bed with each other to make love? Happy couples resist the temptation to go to bed at different times. They go to bed at the same time, even if one partner wakes up later to do things while their partner sleeps.

2. Cultivate common interests. After the passion settles down, it's common to realize that you have few interests in common. But don't minimize the importance of activities you can do together that you both enjoy. If common interests are not present, happy couples develop them. At the same time, be sure to cultivate interests of your own; this will make you more interesting to your mate and prevent you from appearing too dependent.

3. Walk hand in hand or side by side. Rather than one partner lagging or dragging behind the other, happy couples walk comfortably hand in hand or side by side. They know it's more important to be with their partner than to see the sights along the way.

4. Make trust and forgiveness your default mode. If and when they have a disagreement or argument, and if they can't resolve it, happy couples default to trusting and forgiving rather than distrusting and begrudging.

5. Focus more on what your partner does right than what he or she does wrong. If you look for things your partner does wrong, you can always find something. If you look for what he or she does right, you can always find something, too. It all depends on what you want to look for. Happy couples accentuate the positive.

6. Hug each other as soon as you see each other after work. Our skin has a memory of "good touch" (loved), "bad touch" (abused) and "no touch" (neglected). Couples who say hello with a hug keep their skin bathed in the "good touch," which can inoculate your spirit against anonymity in the world.

7. Say "I love you" and "Have a good day" every morning. This is a great way to buy some patience and tolerance as each partner sets out each day to battle traffic jams, long lines and other annoyances.

8. Say "Good night" every night, regardless of how you feel. This tells your partner that, regardless of how upset you are with him or her, you still want to be in the relationship. It says that what you and your partner have is bigger than any single upsetting incident.'

9. Do a "weather" check during the day. Call your partner at home or at work to see how his or her day is going. This is a great way to adjust expectations so that you're more in sync when you connect after work. For instance, if your partner is having an awful day, it might be unreasonable to expect him or her to be enthusiastic about something good that happened to you.

10. Be proud to be seen with your partner. Happy couples are pleased to be seen together and are often in some kind of affectionate contact -- hand on hand or hand on shoulder or knee or back of neck. They are not showing off but rather just saying that they belong with each other. Even if these actions don't come naturally, happy couples stick with them until they do become a part of their relationship. They know that it takes 30 days for a change in behavior to become a habit, and a minimum of six months for a habit to become a way of life and love. "Life is not about what you've gained, it's about what you've done"

All the best for 2008 and beyond.

Cheers
Sean

Murphy's Lesser-Known Dictums

• Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
• He, who laughs last, thinks slowest.
• Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
• Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
• Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
• The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
• If you lined up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them, five or six at a time, on a hill, in the fog.
• If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.
• The things that come to those who wait will be the things left by those who got there first.
• Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
• Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day.
• Flashlight: A case for holding dead batteries. The shin bone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room.
• A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
• When you go into court, you are putting yourself in the hands of 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.

Interesting Ways of Reading

Halo,

Our mind are designed in an interesting manner for ask to read, and recently found out about a short article that highlights the interesting ways our mind reads.

Don't even think about using spell-check!!!!!!!!

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55
plepoe out of 100 can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty
uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the
hmuan mnid,
aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht
oerdr the
ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit
and lsat ltteer be in the rghit
pclae . The rset can be a taotl mses and you
can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae
the huamn mnid deos not
raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh, and
I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! If you can raed this forwrad it.

Intereting huh. Do send this webpage to those you think can read it.

Cheers
Sean

Funny Comics to Share

Halo,

Some funny Comics to share. Managed to find such Gem as i was tidying up my labels i n my email account. This is meant more for Singapore readers due to the language used.



Cheers
Sean =)

Incredible Things Happen in United States

Halo friends all over the world,

I happened chance upon this few email attachments while clearing my email for old mails, and i thought this is so interesting that i must share with you through this blog.




And if that is not enough, check out another phenomenon below:


Sean
=)

Funny Arithmetric

Halo friends,

This one is funny on people that loves arithmetric!

ROMANCE MATHEMATICS

Smart man + smart woman = romance
Smart man + dumb woman = affair
Dumb man + smart woman = marriage
Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy


OFFICE ARITHMETIC

Smart boss + smart employee = profit
Smart boss + dumb employee = production
Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion
Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime


SHOPPING MATH

A man will pay $20 for a $10 item he needs.
A woman will pay $10 for a $20 item
that she doesn't need.


GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
A successful man is one who makes more money
than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.


HAPPINESS

To be happy with a man, you must understand
him a lot and love him a little.
To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot
and not try to understand her at all.


LONGEVITY

Married men live longer than single men do,
but married men are a lot more willing to die.


PROPENSITY TO CHANGE

A woman marries a man expecting he will change,
but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change,
and she does.


DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE

A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the
beginning of a new argument.


HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUGGING YOU ABOUT GETTING MARRIED

Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking
me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next."
They stopped after I started doing the same thing
to them at funerals.

Forward this post TO A SMART WOMAN WHO NEEDS A LAUGH
AND TO THE SMART GUYS YOU KNOW CAN HANDLE IT

=)
Sean

Worldwide Countdown to Year 2008

Halo friends,

I have compiled a list of videos from the net on the countdown celebration to 2008.
This will start with Singapore, my hometown:

Countdown Celebration in Singapore:(Fireworks)


Countdown Celebration in London:(Fireworks)


Countdown Celebration in Sydney, Australia:(Fireworks)


Countdown Celebration in Melbourne, Australia:(Fireworks)


Countdown Celebration in Hongkong Disneyland:(Fireworks)


Countdown Celebration in Taiwan, Taipei 101:(Fireworks)


All the Best to 2008!
Sean =)