in his Ubi et Orbi, the Pope issued a familiar message: don’t let this Christmas be another one symbolised by the commercialism. i have defied him. in my defense, it’s been nearly 1.5 years since i did major shopping and Boxing Day Sale was too tempting to miss.
prior, i had a great Christmas lunch in […]
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defying the Pope
Published by December 28th, 2006 at 12:17 am in catholics, entertainment, indonesia, movies, christmas and consumerism. 0 Commentsthe second installment of miff for me is a film by Jason Reitman, ‘Thank You For Smoking’. It’s a sold out event and imho, easily ranks in the top 5 movies i’ve watched in the miff. i definitely want to get the DVD of it, which wasnt due to be released until October 3rd this […]
my fourth miff’s adventure started with a very interesting doco, Deliver Us From Evil. This doco puts the human face on the victims of Catholic priests’ abuse while the children are on their duty of care. It’s quite disturbing especially to see a father who was so distressed learning about what her daughter has gone […]
i’m currently enjoying the free internet connection by Samsung at the KLIA. Let me tell you that it is almost true that every single flight taken with any indonesian airlines would be delayed. Mine just got delayed by 30 minutes.
Anyway, last night was the eventful dinner ‘reunion’ at hooked (Saw’s place). there were many muoss […]
BS’s Black Friday
Published by November 26th, 2005 at 10:59 pm in entertainment and amusing. 2 CommentsBS has gone mad. It was the dreading Black Friday that every investor has been talking about (so much of mimickin the 1929’s crash)!
My $300T has been revalued to a mere $30b…. crazy! Everybody is selling his/her holdings…. I don’t even recognise the market anymore!
gear up for the WW’s live debate
Published by November 6th, 2005 at 3:25 pm in entertainment. 1 Commentthis Sunday (US time), Vinnick and Santos will square each others off in a much anticipated live debate for the WW - the first live episode ever. there will be two of them, one for each of the West and East Coast audience (yes, you heard me right, two versions!). Apparently, they have received extensive […]
Why Indonesians have to produce more babies
Published by September 20th, 2005 at 8:18 pm in current affairs, entertainment and amusing. 0 CommentsThe Jakarta Post - An Indonesian bears $600 in debt
The fact that one in five Indonesians still lives on less than US$1 a day is made even gloomier by the fact that every person in the country — including those extremely poor and even newborn babies — already has nearly Rp 6 million (US$600) in […]
Tips #2: free trance - iiNet users only
Published by September 10th, 2005 at 5:26 pm in entertainment and general. 0 Commentsif you are an iiNet ADSL customers, and you want trance (or any other music for that matter) 24/7 that do not count towards your quota, open up your itunes (& Ctrl-U) or winamp (& Ctrl-L) and remember these important addresses: (the ones in bold are my faves)
http://trance.iinet.net.au:8001/ - D I G I T A […]
The ultimate weapon against men
Published by September 3rd, 2005 at 2:10 pm in life in general and entertainment. 0 Comments‘Penis flytrap’ on sale - World - theage.com.au
An ordinary South African woman prompted to action by the high number of rapes around the country this week launched a weapon against a crime to which grandmothers, infants and little girls often fall victim.
Dubbed “the penis flytrap” by South African media, the plastic and latex device in […]
The Crazy Frog
Published by June 15th, 2005 at 2:52 am in entertainment, amusing and general. 0 CommentsThis world has gone crazy….the news report has confirmed that the Crazy Frog ring tone has beaten Coldplay’s latest Speed of Sound to the top of UK chart by 3 or 4 copies to one!
Originally created by a Swede, the tone was popularly used for the famous Insanity Test. It’s a test requiring you […]
