Wenjie’s ramblings as he goes through this thing called life.
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For the first time this year, Singapore is taking part in the Earth Hour 2009.
What started off as a campaign in Sydney in 2007 has turned into a global movement that has 50 million people in 35 countries participating last year. I joined in last year, and I am definitely doing it again this year. It is simple. Just turn off all the lights for 1 hour at 8.30pm, showing that it is possible to join together as a global effort to take action on global warming.
Tags: Earth Hour, Environment
Everytime there is a horrific tragedy, no matter how terrible it is, some miracle will happen amidst that seems to tell everyone there no matter how bad it is, there is still hope. It is almost like somehow there is a divine intervention just to drive that message across.
I hear of people who survived for a few days in a trapped building, I hear of people who survived for a few days drifting in the sea after a giant tsunami, and now I hear of a koala bear who survived the worst bush fire ever in Australia.
Sam, the koala bear, was found by a fire fighter who stopped his fire truck in order to rescue her. The fire fighter gave her water to drink, she grabbed his hand and promptly drank 3 bottles of water. Her paws were burnt, and is now currently recovering in an animal shelter. The picture shown above has since captured the hearts of millions around the world.
Watching the video, I am inspired. I can tell myself, no matter how bad the situation is, there is always small pockets of miracle. There is always hope. Just like Sam.
For the past several weeks, partly influenced by mrbrown, partly due to me getting worried over my weight gain, and also the fact that my knees continue to give me so many problems, I have been thinking of getting a bicycle.
For starters, I was thinking of getting a foldable bicycle. The advantages are obvious. I can bring the foldable bicycle and take a bus or a train to somewhere, two places that I have in mind are Lim Chu Kang area and Sentosa, and then if I am feeling tired, I can always take a bus or a train home with the bicycle. With the Land Transport Authority finally approving the Foldable Bicycle Scheme allowing foldable bicycles to be taken on the trains and buses, this sounds like a good plan.
Now once I get used to the foldable bicycle, my next purchase might be a mountain bike. One that can allow me to travel longer distance at a faster speed.
The benefits are there. Besides losing weight and keeping fit, I can do something for the environment.
This is really very tempting.
The newly appointed Germany Minister of Economic Affairs, has the official name
‘Karl Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg’.
Or just ‘Mr. von und zu Guttenberg‘.
Tags: name
Amazing lunch bag art! Lucky kids, cool dad.
Tags: art
With promotional pictures like this :
and Joss Whedon as the creator, the Dollhouse is yet another TV series that I will watch.
Tags: dollhouse, joss whedon, TV
Finally tried the Vietnames Coffee in the Trung Nyguen Vietnamese Coffee outlet at Liang Court. Had passed by it a few times previously but did not find the time to try it.
I asked for the strongest full-bodied coffee that they had, and they recommended the Creative 1. After waiting for the coffee to drip down the filter (pictured left), I took a sip. There is only one word that can summed up the experience, ‘Shiok!‘.
I regretted when I left without buying their instant coffee. It seems like their G7 Gourmet Instant Coffee is loved by a lot of coffee drinkers. Anyway with the outlet near my house, I can always drop by to get it.
One reminder to myself, never drink this coffee too late in the afternoon or else I will be wide awake the whole night.
Tags: coffee, vietnamese coffee
How to tell if your spouse is cheating on you? Make him/her sign up this :
Tags: google
Hidden message in a children’s game.
This comes after a previous incident from Fisher-Price doll, saying the same thing.
Tags: video game
