Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Hurricane Grill, Bondi Beach


My office buddy Keiron organising a great meaty night out in Hurricane Grill, 130 Roscoe Road, Bondi Beach. It may be the first time a marketing guy telling the truth about a product as it was really awesome! And it did come in the "right" portion for meat lovers. So there was I sitting with good friends enjoying the food and beer. It was very crowded, people were queueing to get tables, and it was Wednesday! Good think we had our table reserved. This is definitely a recommendation, and you may see me popping in once in a while.... Well done, or should I say "Rare"?

Monday, September 25, 2006

Emoticon Cake


birthday cake
Originally uploaded by meebo.
Meebo's birthday cake - very unique

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Shanghai: It's a Big Pajama Party

This was taken from Reuters. Should've introduced them to "Victoria Secret"....

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - People wearing pajamas in public, still a common sight in Shanghai, is one of the most irritating aspects of life in China's biggest city, according to an opinion poll of residents.

The survey found that pajama-wearing on the streets and in public places such as shops, banks and parks is among the most uncivilized things in the city, along with aggressive pets, unhelpful neighbors and disregard for the natural environment,

Over 16 percent of respondents said they or family members often donned pajamas in public, and 25 percent reported they sometimes did, Yang Xiong, a professor who helped conduct the poll, said Wednesday.

The survey was sponsored by the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and the Shanghai Women's Federation.

Theories differ over why the practice of wearing pajamas -- baggy cotton outfits which are often printed with flowers or small animals -- is so widespread in China's richest and most cosmopolitan city.

Some believe residents are showing off their social status by underlining how close to the city center they live, while others say it is a holdover from life many decades ago in small, self-contained communities.

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Friday, September 15, 2006

I'm going to Floriade 2006



Floriade is coming! This Saturday the famous Australian Flower Festival begins and I will be there. I already booked my car, will pick it up tomorrow and off to Canberra for the weekend.

I will keep you all posted.

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Jogja

Jogja (nickname for Yogyakarta), is hardly my home. But I always consider myself a Jogjanese. It is a Special Administration Region of Indonesia and a special place in my heart.

Ok Go - Here It Goes Again

Very creative choreography from Ok Go, a Swedish band. They gained popularity from internet populations and their songs (and videos) are available in iTunes Music Store. It is amazing that how new ways of self promoting methods came out. Their website is also very cool http://okgo.net/ - I like the game there as well.

A Girl with Urban Husband....


Beautiful But Stupid !! - video powered by Metacafe

I know this is wrong, but this is so hillarious I just have to put it in the blog. Sorry to those who got offended by this video.

Saturday, September 02, 2006

Good Bye My Little Friends.....



Couple of months ago - a couple of pigeons decided to settle down in my balcony. They placed a nest and lived there. They lived their own live and never got into my place eventhough I kept my windows open. We were just happy neighbours. They laid a couple of cute eggs and last Monday baby birds started chirping. That was an awesome experience for me. For almost a week, I always heard chirping and purring in my balcony every morning.
Friday morning, I woke up and found the couple in my living room and flying around wildly. I was a little bit angry because they had violate my property. I shooed them away, closed the windows and went to work. When I went back from work, I saw the couple standing outside and "kind of" staring at me. I ignored them because I was still feel violated by that morning incident. And I did not notice the chirping....
This morning I was doing my laundry and cleaning, and I still saw the birds standing outside and staring at me. I went out and to my surprise, I saw the baby birds were lying cold. My anger dissapeared and what I could do is to tell them how sorry I was and started cleaning the nest and the dead babies. The couple gave me a nod (or I thought they were) and walked off and flew away.
I would like to say to the baby birds that their life was not a waste. You had given me a slight happiness and that really means a lot to me. To the couple, life sometimes does not go as you would like it to be, but you have to keep on moving on and hope for the best. Good luck. Good bye my little friends....

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Friday, September 01, 2006

Jay Chou - Fearless

Jay Chou's new music video for his new song Fearless - at theme song for the latest Jet Li's movie with the same title.

Jay Chou is one of my favourite Chinese artists who had released world-class songs.