Once in a while, I receive emails about some special hotel deals and today I received one about some new hotels in Koh Samui, Thailand. “Great !!” I thought, I need more sunshine and rests … so let’s see what’s included in those new hotel packages …
Oh … Compulsory Breakfast … I better prepare for [...]
Filed under: Entertainment, Services & Products on August 21st, 2007 | No Comments »
I am helping one organization in town to organize an event to celebrate their 25th Anniversary. In other words, back in 1982 a group of bright minds founded the organization. So I asked myself … what other big events happened in 1982? A couple of searches from Google and Wikipedia … and I found [...]
Filed under: Ashes of Time, Search-a-holic on August 21st, 2007 | No Comments »
I talked about Bocelli in my previous post … I think I first knew him was years ago when I switched to a German TV channel (well you know, it doesn’t mean I am fluent in German …) and it was an interview about a blind singer … oh what a singer … probably because [...]
Filed under: Entertainment, Music Video on August 21st, 2007 | No Comments »
It’s unbelievable that the winner of “Britain’s Got Talent” Paul Potts is in town this week. What even more unbelievable is his CD signing event is to be held in a shopping mall just next to my apartment. And the most unbelievable thing is I don’t need to work today …
Unfortunately, I don’t need to [...]
Filed under: Entertainment on August 21st, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I am a fan of Mr. Bean, no doubt, but I think all Mr. Bean’s fans are kinda tired of Mr. Bean’s performance in his latest movie “Mr. Bean’s Holiday”. But then, how the Internet link Mr. Bean to “Finding Nemo” ?
Even though the movie is so so, but the soundtrack is not too bad. [...]
Filed under: Entertainment, Music Video, Search-a-holic on August 15th, 2007 | No Comments »
Steve Jobs once said the killer application of the iPhone is making phone calls. It’s very very true, of course; but to me, my SmartPhone is more than making calls, checking emails and appointments.
One of the killer applications to me, as a bookworm, is to check whether a book worth buying … especially you find [...]
Filed under: Book, Technology on August 4th, 2007 | No Comments »
Stumble upon this web site today and there is a collection of “poetry”of the US ex-DOD chief - D. H. Rumsfeld. It’s really amazing that what one can speak in front of the press … and I remember this lucidly …
“As we know, there are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know [...]
Filed under: Off Topics on August 2nd, 2007 | No Comments »
One by one, we demolish our city’s landmarks … piece by piece, we let go our memories and histories …
When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we’ll see
No I won’t be afraid, no I won’t be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
My faith was [...]
Filed under: Ashes of Time, Off Topics, Photography on August 1st, 2007 | No Comments »
