Wenjie’s Ramblings

The Last Supper recreated using 4,050 Rubik’s Cubes.

• BBQ by the pool. http://twitpic.com/mq4ku #
• I hate grocery shopping in NTUC on weekends. The checkout queue is long, it's crowded with rude people and their equally rude kids. #
• Lady kept asking her fat kid to get more free samples of ice cream. That is why your kid is over weight. #
• Agree! RT @vickilew: Seriously, is it that difficult to take ur EZlink card out of ur bag, instead of doing the ridiculous bag jiggle #
• There is always a long queue at the NTUC during weekends. After so many years it is still the same. Just saying. #
• Won't it be nice to be with the one you love forever. #
• Cuts both ways \ Our love is like a knife that cuts both ways \ It's drivin' deep into my heart each time I see we livin' the lie #
• It's a challenge to work and manage people from 5 different countries. Bring it on! #
• Time to pick up some basic Thai considering how much time I will be spending there for the next one year. #
• It takes Amazon 1 month+ to ship my orders using standard shipping rates. Just saying. #
• Looks like I am going to start spending a lot of time in BKK starting from next month for a year. #
• Busy, busy, busy day. More of such days to come. #
• Introspective mood tonight, partly due to the old Chinese songs playing on the TV. #
• We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like? – Jean Cocteau #
• OMG, the heat!!! I am melting! #
• They are releasing Astro Boy this week in US, but still no news when it will release in SG. #
• Why do managers like to shout at their employees? You are not asserting your authority, you are just be an asshole. #

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Perhaps trying to grab back the headlines from the Nook, Amazon has killed off the US Kindle, and cuts the price of the International Kindle.

Amazon Kills U.S. Kindle, Cuts International Price

The Kindle 2 starts to ship internationally today. Here is Wired’s rundown of Kindle International :

International Kindle Now Shipping : The Good, The Bad And The Downright Ugly

Here is a fantastic site on Kindle – A Kindle World Blog

Here is another wonderful site on Kindle, eBooks etc – Blogkindle

So the second gate is finally opened last Friday.

The feeling was more of a relief than happy. Partly because it took longer than expected, the few months delay were really painful, and partly because I know the actual work starts now. I remember reading somewhere about asking soldiers which part of the war they hated most, and most of them said it is the waiting before the combat starts that they hated.

The tedious and painful learning process starts now. Mistakes will be made along the way, bad decisions will be made, I just hope that I learn something from all this, and the cost that I have to pay for the lessons learn will not be too much to pay for.

So I just need to take in a deep breath, grit my teeth and say, ‘Bring it on!’

• 'Meet Me on the Equinox' on repeat. 'But always understand, That everything, everything ends.' How dark yet true. #
• This incident regarding the guy who sold a dog he adopted is heating up all the local forums, especially with his personal details revealed. #
• And everytime I visit The Electric New Paper website, it gives me a headache. The website is as appealing as a cesspool. #
• Right, as if the one who set the fires will admit to you- RT @singapore_news: They even knocked on doors to find culprit http://sn.im/sko7s #
• Wow, Chelsea lost! #
• Anyone going for Neil Gaiman's talk on the 1st Nov? #
• So I'm not moving, I'm not moving #
• Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet\ And you'll see me waiting for you on our corner of the street #
• Absolut Vodka Pears. What was I thinking? #
• Just did an inventory of my LEGO collection. Realised I don't have that many actually. Time to buy more! #
• RT @earthquakesfeed: Earthquake Feed: M 6.5, Sunda Strait, Indonesia: Friday, October 16, 2009 09:52:52 UTCFriday, October 16, 2009 04:52:52 #
• RT @BreakingNews: URGENT — Strong earthquake rocks the Indonesian capital, no word on damage: http://news.bnonews.com/mg5g #
• The earthquake that hits Jakarta made me quickly search how far Medan is from Jakarta on Google Maps. Colleague currently in Medan now. #
• RT @BreakingNews: BULLETIN — STRONG EARTHQUAKE ROCKS JAKARTA. #
• RT @standingsushi: A group of foodies have launched a new site that feature community contributions! learn more @SGFoodieClub #
• Just got the news that was way overdue. Many, many challenges ahead from now on. Bring it on!!!! #
• Watching Simon Baker in the last episode of 'the Mentalist' Season 1 makes me appreciate what an amazing actor he is. #
• What a busy day. So much multi-tasking today. Too many things happening at the same time. Glad weekend is coming. #
• Wow, I am impressed with Sylvia's response. RT @mrbrown: Sylvia Lim rebuts ministry's reply on lift upgrading http://tinyurl.com/yfcu95w #
• Anyone has any TODO list app for iPhone to recommend? #
• And yes, I am an AFOL (Adult Fan of LEGO). #
• 3 organisations CapitaLand, LEGO SG and MediaCorp join hands for Charity Drive : http://tinyurl.com/yh4og9y Please support! #
• LEGO Certified Professional : http://tinyurl.com/r6drn Nicholas Foo, Asia only LEGO Certified Professional : http://tinyurl.com/yfljc5v #
• There are currently only 9 LEGO Certified Professional in the whole world. One of them lives in Singapore. #
• Zion Road's Nasi Padang still as good as ever. #
• Such heavy down pour this morning. http://twitpic.com/lglwa #
• It's a clear night. Can see the ships' lights flickering in the distance. #
• Blizzard is making it compulsory to switch all WoW accts to Battle Net. Seems Starcraft II beta is very soon. Argh. Sleepless nights again. #
• LOL, Phua Chu Kang interview done boomz style is funny! #
• Not very good times for Starhub recently. Lost EPL, ESPN to Singtel, and now is the last telco not to offer iPhone. #
• RT @BreakingNews: MobileOne says it will offer the iPhone in Singapore later this year. #
• Is hungry. Need supper. #
• Have an urge to try Korean Spicy Tofu Soup for more than a week now. Still have that urge. #
• MDA wants bloggers to declare their income. Does it include revenue from ads on blog sites? #
• RT @BreakingNews: USGS says a magnitude 6.4 earthquake has struck near Santa Cruz Islands in the South Pacific. No tsunami threat. #
• Flash Forward looks like Heroes/Lost all over again. #

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The past two days clearly demonstrated to me the influence of Twitter.

Jan Moir wrote an article for the Daily Mail on the death of Stephen Gately. The former Boyzone member had died in his sleep, and basically she was bashing him because he was gay. The article was originally titled, ‘Why there was nothing ‘natural’ about Stephen Gately’s death.’, but has since been changed to ‘A strange, lonely and troubling death.’

It was picked up by Stephen Fry, with a huge Twitter following. And before long, it received worldwide attention. So much so that Moir had to issue a statement to say that she was the target of an orchestrated campaign. Ads were withdraw from Moir’s online article and more than 1,000 complains were lodged with the Press Complaints Commission.

Such is the impact of Twitter.

More articles on this :

Why there was nothing ‘human’ about Jan Moir’s column on the death of Stephen Gately

Jan Moir of the Daily Mail speaks out after Gately uproar

And the article that caused it the uproar : Why there was nothing ‘natural’ about Stephen Gately’s death.

It seems like Amazon not shipping the Kindle 2 to Singapore might be a blessing after all.

International Kindle User To Pay More

Amazon Kindle’s International Launch Is A Mess

Singapore actress Joanne Peh manages to get her hands on a Kindle too.

The kind of game shows they have in Japan.

• Guy who adopts rescued puppy to resell for profit. http://bit.ly/njMQj #
• It has been many years since I found myself in Holland Village. #
• RT @BreakingNews: BULLETIN — REPORT: SINGER STEPHEN GATELY OF BOYZONE HAS DIED. #
• You love someone, you open yourself up to suffering. #
• What's wrong with my frontal lobe being a dried-up raisin? #
• Porridge, raw fish and century egg for dinner. http://twitpic.com/kymue #
• Ah, seems like Wendy's is coming back to Singapore. Still remember when they were in HV many, many years ago. #
• What a thunderstorm. #
• Hungry. Again. #
• Bombing the moon sounds like we nuking the moon. It isn't. It is crashing unmanned spacecraft on the moon. And it has been done before. #
• RT @johnmscott Too bad the Nobel peace prize didn't go to the Iranian protesters or Mousavi, that would have been a statement. #
• RT @BreakingNews: BULLETIN — PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS HE IS "HUMBLED" TO WIN THE 2009 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. #
• NETS has a new contactless card? Why do they announce this after the ez-link wastetimewastemoney exercise is over? #
• Just realised the industry I worked in is small. Everyone seems to know everyone. #
• RT @standingsushi: Obama Nobel promo! Maguro (Red) & Ika (White) combo for 2 SGD if you're wearing (Blue) jeans – only tonight! #
• RT @lucian: PRC chinese with good command of english wanted for job in Singapore. Others need not apply. http://tinyurl.com/ylf3d5m via @dk #
• RT @stcom: Miss S'pore World 2009 second runner-up Pilar Carmelita Arlando, 20, will represent S'pore at the finals. http://bit.ly/lTtaR #
• RT @dumdidav RT @MitchBenn It's official: George Bush was such an asshole you can win the Nobel Peace Prize just by not being him. #
• RT @BreakingNews: BULLETIN — PRESIDENT OBAMA WINS THE 2009 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. #
• One of the ways I destress is to go to a pet shop and look at the dogs/cats/hamsters/guinea pigs/fishes etc there. #
• Marge Simpson to pose nude in November issue of Playboy! http://bit.ly/3DjYAL #
• RT @AmazingPics: RT @petapixel Check out what these guys caught while fishing 1.5 miles offshore: http://j.mp/14btYg #
• RT @BreakingNews: The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says a magnitude 7 earthquake struck near Vanuatu Islands. No tsunami warning issued. #
• RT @BreakingNews: AFP: Death toll in Kabul after the car bombing outside the Indian Embassy reaches 12. At least 83 people were wounded. #
• Stomach is growling for food. #
• Endorphins are all good and nice. But what happens when it is gone? #
• Amazon ships the Kindle to Vietnam, but not Singapore. Just saying again. #
• Amazon ships the Kindle to Rwanda, but not Singapore. Just saying. #
• Seeing quite a few retrievers up for adoption. Don't buy retrievers just cos they are cute! Think carefully before you buy!! #
• And to rub it in, Hong Kong gets the international Kindle version but not us. #
• Then I started cursing and swearing when I realise Singapore is not part of the 100+ countries. #
• Such joy when I read Amazon is shipping Kindle worldwide. #
• RT @BreakingNews: BULLETIN — EXPLOSION HITS TRAIN STATION IN MADURAI, INDIA. #
• RT @mrbrown: http://bit.ly/1SoC1 ez-link: Where's the benefit? (Spot on rant) #
• After so many times, I still choke at the end of the movie 'Titanic'. #
• RT @LIFE: Too Cute! Dogs in Hats: http://bit.ly/2RqGuz **So cute!!** #
• Nothing beats pounding the treadmill to vent my frustration. Ahhhh, endorphins. #
• Cat killed at Dhoby Ghaut MRT station. http://tinyurl.com/ya5kcze #
• RT @izreloaded: Dethroned Miss Singapore World Ris Low spent $12,000 on buying ads and tables for the pageant. http://bit.ly/3QrD5F #
• Keep seeing lightning but no rain. Where's the rain? #

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