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Chelsea v Aston Villa
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Wish you were here!

From Heavenly Observation Deck - Fantastic view of Lake Tahoe

Flying off in 21 Hrs. Will upload low quality snippets from US to my Youtube channel whenever we get Wi-Fi access. U guys can leave comments/ Whatsapp me.

The Chicago Weatherman says....

Damn it's gonna be cold.

Support!

Food!

Flavours from Chicago. I am so psyched.

Ribs


Steak




Deep Dish Pizza

Nice Assist

Maradona called it the "Heel of god"... Lol.
Guti makes this genius move look so simple and understated.

Up in the Air

Don't be fooled by the rather dull trailer. This movie IS good.
Touches oh-so-subtly on so many issues, the core of which - Being alone in a world full of people. Dialogue is witty without being too smart and I cannot imagine a cast more apt. Loved the inappropriate insights and delightful digs, especially when Clooney said: "..... 5 words - Randomly selected for additional screening".
To be released Mar 2010.

My Morning Frappé

1 tablespoon Nescafe instant coffee
4 tablespoons Milo powder
1/2 tablespoon sugar
Some milk (measured instinctually)
Blend well with zhnged-by-ah-beng-looking Blender with fierce blue lights


Add 5-7 Ice cubes, crush ice first using "Ice" function, then blend well at max speed.


Served as is, with whipped cream or à la mode.

Chicago Midwinter Meeting 2010

Starting 2010 with a refresher of life's lessons....

1. The big fish do eat the smaller fish.
   
2. About judging books by covers - Some people look blur/ innocent, but they are bloody con-artists. Some people look like con-artists to begin with - That's usually true.
3. Never expect charity from anyone.
4. There's no such thing as "easy money"
   
5. People who say " If you play long enough, you'd win it all back" are either delusional or con-artists...
6. Only 3 things are certain in my life... death, taxes, and losing money in poker :)
   

New Year's Resolution (apart from to exercise more) - Stay away from Poker!

Flash Mobs

They did it in the UK...


They did it in Singapore


But the scale of this one wins hands down.

Heartfelt thanks....

... to my friends from dental school who met up on the 23rd, and generously gave me this cool blender.

750W of Ice-Crushing Power!

FYI I have used it. Somehow the formula for my "drink-liao-wun-LS" ice-blended milo coffee needs heavy tweaking. Promise u guys Starbucks quality stuff after a few more attempts.

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SMS of the day was undoubtedly from 小吴 :

Lol. No light or moderate drinking hor.
And we all know how that went. Heh.
Thanks Charles for the Vodka shots and Stan and Lulin for the wicked jug of Long Island Tea. I'll repay the favours real soon.

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Merry X'mas everyone!

IPPT after 6 and a half years....

Sang to the chorus of Leona Lewis'- Happy,
the NS-men version - RT (Remedial Training)

so what if it hurts me
so what if i break down
so what if I damn jialat in SBJ, (SBJ: Standing Broad Jump)
my feet ji tao buay zao.
i gotta do sit-ups
i gotta kek pull-ups
don't care about all the pain in front of me
cause i'm just tryin-to siam RT, yea
just wanna siam RT, yea

Bitch Slap

This is a real movie.... Hahaha....

Get Paid Six Figures to Wear a T-Shirt?

From CNBC http://www.cnbc.com/id/34153720/
Published: Friday, 27 Nov 2009 | 11:49 AM ET
By: Cindy Perman (Writer)

From the why-didn’t-I-think-of-that file, we present Jason Sadler, a man whose full-time job is wearing T-shirts.


Sadler goes the distance for his clients: On this day, he's a Multi-Tasking Woman.

[We’ll pause for a moment to give you a chance to kick yourself.]

Here’s how it works: Every day, he wears a T-shirt from a different company. He blogs about it. Tweets about it. Uploads photos. Plus, he does a live-streaming video on YouTube every day at 3pm, where he answers viewer questions.

“I am a full-time T-shirt wearer,” Sadler explains.

Companies pay him anywhere from $1 to $365 to wear their shirt, based on the day of year. Jan. 1 is $1, the 2nd is $2, and so on, until Dec. 31, which is — you guess it — $365.

We’ll take the math out of that for you: Sadler made nearly $85,000 this past year — just from wearing T-shirts — and he expects it to double next year.

He rarely leaves the house but don’t call this guy a slacker — he says he works 12- to 14-hour days and even while he’s on vacation.

According to the official “terms and conditions,” Sadler says, “If I am sick, I am still going to get dressed. If I am at some fancy wedding in Maine, I will still wear your shirt under the tuxedo, and make sure I get lots of pictures on the dance floor.”

He’s worn shirts for online-shoe retailer Zappos.com, identity-protection site Lifelock.com and even Bill Cosby, who was trying to build his social brand online, Sadler said.

The weirdest T-shirt he’s ever worn?

Probably the “House of Bachelorettes,” a women’s bachelorette and accessory company. They had him go the full distance, adding a feather boa, wand and tiara to his ensemble that day.

And it’s not just for companies. Sadler says individuals can buy a spot for personal use — say your grandmother’s 80th birthday — or if you want to propose to your significant other in a “fun, Internet way.”

As if you don’t feel bad enough that you didn’t think of this first, his business has been so successful that he’s hiring a second full-time T-shirt wearer and for 2010 — which is already booked through July — he’s charging double rates. So, $2 for Jan. 1, $730 for Dec. 31. He also plans to branch out into Canada, South America and Europe.

That's right — he’s taking this T-shirt thing global.

Aside from getting paid to basically get dressed in the morning, Sadler says it also shaves a few minutes off his morning routine.

“Now I have only half a decision to make,” he quips, adding that he’s hoping to sell his pants next year and remove all the guess work from his morning.

Oh, and in case you were wondering — you know you were — he's already sold his underwear.

“Not even joking,” Sadler said. “I have an underwear deal — with Tommy John.” (The clothing line, not the former baseball pitcher.)

Open-mindedness

Disturbing doggy behaviour.....

End of an Era?

Allowing dentists from Asean, India to practise here will ease shortage

By April Chong
		Delegates checking out equipment at the FDI Annual World Dental Congress at Suntec City. The event, which opened on Wednesday, runs until Saturday. -- ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN

TWO new initiatives are in the works to ease the dentist shortage here by allowing more dentists from the region to work in Singapore.

Together with other recent measures, this can help bring down the dentist to population ratio, from about one dentist for every 3,400 people to one for every 2,200 within the next two decades, said the Health Ministry's chief dental officer, Associate Professor Patrick Tseng. He attended the FDI Annual World Dental Congress at Suntec City which opened on Wednesday.

Prof Tseng said an agreement is being discussed with India to make it easier for dentists from their top institutions to work here, as long as they pass a series of qualifying exams. Currently, their dentists are not eligible to sit for these exams. 'They are willing to export. They have 260 dental schools there,' he said.

A mutual agreement was signed earlier this year to allow dentists from Asean countries to practise in other member countries, subject to the qualification requirements in each country. This will be implemented in January next year.

This means, for example, any dentist from the Philippines or Thailand can apply to work here. Previously, only a restricted number of dentists from Asean could apply.

Thoughts:

1. There should be some kind of numerical restriction before the number of dentists with foreign certs explode. They've increased NUS student intake, trained dental therapists, more Singaporeans are coming back from abroad with dental degrees, and even foreigners (e.g. Malaysians) are studying in recognized universities abroad with the intent of working in Singapore. Bond free.
   
2. There is no shortage of dentists in private practices. The problem is filling crappy government jobs (read: more work, less pay. Bullying from tyrannical bosses optional). Maybe foreign dentists should also have a bond period (institution/ polyclinics) if they choose to work in Singapore. Just like local dentists. Better still, restrict them to government service.
   

If left uncontrolled, the demographics in Singapore will end up like the medical doctors', where there can be up to 5 or 6 clinics struggling to survive in as many HDB blocks. And, unlike the medical profession, dentists have a high initial outlay for the purchase of equipment and materials.

Saddled in debt, more and more in the profession, cynical and miserable, will become unethical salesmen, selling unnecessary treatment instead of giving honest assessments.