Everyday Lifestyle Blog

说了再建（HDB组屋）

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Tue, 3 May 2011 22:18:00 +0800

LOL!

Found this on mr brown blog.

Need english translation? Try http://translate.google.com/#

Lyrics as follows

说了再建（HDB组屋）

限量的屋价格太贵了
清楚的国人买不起了
失业者在海边上睡觉了

想要房,房不掉泪在飘
你看看你看看不到
还假装自己很重要
解决问题你办不到

说了再建才发现
再也骗不了
国不能就这样
失去她的方向
错了还在说教
成绩却找不到
和外劳对调
你说好不好

说了再建才发现
再也骗不了
能不能就这样
保证薪水不掉
说要给我养老
公积金哪里找
再次投票
一份配套就到

你的笑你的好
老百姓一直在劳
我回首忘不了你错的程度
薪水称第一
你不会良心睡不觉
相信国民们无力逃跑

3 Guys and Twilight Eclipse

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Wed, 7 Jul 2010 07:58:00 +0800

I am a big fan of fantasy movie genres, especially those that involve non-human character, such as wizards, vampires and other mystic creature.

However, this twilight eclipse still fail to turn me on. I have watched the 1st episode and i did not had a particularly nice feeling towards it. A show for more kids and teenagers. And the 3rd episode verified my judgement.

And why the hell i watch this? Well, because of a swimming trip that was cancelled! Was planning to swim with 2 other guy friends, however, public swimming pools with slides and waves, closed on Monday~ And which we decided on this movie, because, one of my friends commented, Wolfs are cool.

Wolves are cool, i agree, but probably not in any episode of twilight.

It is freaking easy to know who the vampires are. Find the characters with the whitest face and wala.. u found the vampires..

And how to locate the wolves?

Find the characters who are tanned and never wear their top!

Watching this movie reminds me of the singapore drama series, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, shen diao xia nu, by Christopher Lee and Fann Wong.

Singaporean should have know about the story line as well. Especially the scenes on the left.

With tons of lovey dovey scenes and quarrels among the wolves and white rectangular face vampire (did not catch his name) on who to protect the

non-vampire female role (again i did not bother remembering her name), it somehow bored we 3 guys.

Other than a 2-3 jokes (yes, they are countable), there are no laughing moments or exciting scenes in the show.

If the fighting scene near the end is exciting, then Sex in The City is exciting as well!!

This is one of the boring films that i have watched years. Waste of my $7 weekday movie ticket. A donation to SPCA is definitely much worth it!!!

My First World Cup Match - Japan Vs Paraguary

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:46:00 +0800

It is not exactly the soccer match that most wanted to watch.

And it is not even the first match, but it was one of the most captivating match, which i feel was in the tournament, up to now.

There are a few misses by the japan team. If they manage to convert those chances, they will not even have to play extra time nor penalty kick.

One of the critical misses which i feel was from Tulio. If only his leg was a bit longer...

And again, another first, which is the first penalty kick match in the entire world cup.

The penalty begins with favor in the Japan team. With the goal keeper, Kawashima, jumping in the correct direction for the first 2 kicks.

After the missed (3rd) kick by komano, the goalkeeper seems extremely nervous! And it went downhill all from there!

One thing i don't get it, why the hell did he wanna try to ram the ball into the top area of the net?

See the miss here..

i have no idea why the video is in slow motion, but you can feel that the ball is travelling extremely fast.

And this guy, i don't think he gonna feel good returning to japan.

Kinda sad to see those teary face fan at the end of the match.

Anyway, great work japan. You all done well against a south american team.

Solution to Upgrading Your Trial World Of WarCraft - WOW Account

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Sun, 30 May 2010 03:30:00 +0800

Well, world of warcraft has been around for the past few years and only recently, had i been persuaded by my friend to join the game.

I was given a free 10 day trial account to begin with and enjoy the experience of playing an online mmo game, and at the same time, hate the levelling.

WOW is a monthly subscription based game and of course, after my 10 day trial, my account was frozen and i had to pay to continue playing. And this is where the trouble started.

As shown above, it shows that my wow game trial has expired and i am required to upgrade in order to continue with the epic adventure.

The option to upgrade are

Direct Online Upgrade

In this option, i am given the option to upgrade immediately using credit card from american express, visa, mastercard and 1 more option which i forget.

Enter Key

This is valid only if you have an existing unused licence key, or you have one free key from your friends

Order a Boxed Copy

This is probably the method which that the longest period. You have to wait for the box to be shipped to you before you are able to use the CD key

Direct Online Upgrade Failure

From the blizzard forum, i understand that many people has problems doing a direct online upgrade as the system is unable to accept the credit card transaction even though all details are correct.

I am struck at this option for the past few days as i do not have time to visit a retail game shop. I even tried to get my friend to use his CC card to purchase, which failed too.

Solution to Solve Upgrading issue for trial wow game account

Well, it is a legal method, just that it require a longer route to getting your licence key. Instead of forcing the system to accept your credit card details in the account management page, try this gentler method.

1) Go to blizzard online store at http://us.blizzard.com/store/?rhtml=y (get the idea now?)

2) Look for the game "World of Warcraft" You do not need an expansion at this point of time.

3) Since you are already prepared to use your credit card to make online purchase, select digital download.

4) Checkout and enter the details needed. after which, a licence key will be given. Use that licence key to activate your trial account and upgrade your world of warcraft.

This will solve the issue of your not able to upgrade your trial account to a full WOW account.

Hope this helps the rest of the wow gamers in the world to activate their trial world of warcraft to a full account! :)

Free CrunchyRoll Membership Package - Not Trial

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Wed, 5 May 2010 08:59:00 +0800

I Just signed for this free offer from Crunchyroll, A famous anime and drama streaming website.

Use paypal for your subscription and get $20 off!

How to get free offer from crunchyroll!

First, you need to know how the plan works. Check on the link below

Click here for Crunchyroll Premium Membership Comparison!

Secondly, click out the link below to see the promotion

http://www.crunchyroll.com/promo?src=topbar_msg

By looking at both the links above, and signing for a 3 month membership, anime or drama plan, you even earn money!!

Skeptical? I was too, but not when my paypal received money :D

enjoy while it last though!

Now i am 5 cent richer and i get to watch free animes!

Click here for Promotion

Aliens may exist but contact would hurt: Hawking

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:23:00 +0800

Came across this article in yahoo news and found it to be pretty interesting.

How will Stephen Hawking knows how the aliens will harm us. Well, he set an example of aliens arriving on earth akin to Columbus arriving in America, which harmed the native Americans.

Why cant it be the case of Raffles arriving in Singapore and making it even more prosperous? If they are really that advance, and are looking for planets to live in. Why not give the Antarctica to them in exchange for their technology.

Speeches from famous scientists about aliens are food for thought, but speeches from little children with vivid imagination about aliens are dismissed as rubbish. But if both are saying the same issue, is it rubbish or food for thoughts?

Read the article below:

LONDON (AFP) - – Aliens may exist but mankind should avoid contact with them as the consequences could be devastating, British scientist Stephen Hawking has warned.

"If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans," said the astrophysicist in a new television series, according to British media reports.

The programmes depict an imagined universe featuring alien life forms in huge spaceships on the hunt for resources after draining their own planet dry.

"Such advanced aliens would perhaps become nomads, looking to conquer and colonise whatever planets they can reach," warned Hawking.

The doomsday scenario is suggested in the series "Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking" on the Discovery Channel, which began airing in the United States on Sunday.

On the probability of alien life existing, he says: "To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational.

"The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like."

Glowing squid-like creatures, herds of herbivores that can hang onto a cliff face and bright yellow predators that kill their prey with stinging tails are among the creatures that stalk the scientist's fantastical cosmos.

Mankind has already made a number of attempts to contact extraterrestrial civilisations.

In 2008, American space agency NASA beamed the Beatles song "Across the Universe" into deep space to send a message of peace to any alien that happens to be in the region of Polaris -- also known as the North Star -- in 2439.

But the history of humanity's efforts to contact aliens stretches back some years.

The US probes Pioneer 10 and 11 were launched in 1972 and 1973 bearing plaques of a naked man and woman and symbols seeking to convey the positions of the Earth and the Sun.

Voyager 1 and 2, launched in 1977, each carry a gold-plated copper phonogram disk with recordings of sounds and images on Earth.

Ayumi Hamasaki M Live Convert Version

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Fri, 9 Apr 2010 18:43:00 +0800

Had some free time today and browse youtube to look for the famous Taiwan version of susan boyle, who sang whitney's huston i will always love you.

That guy sang marvellously. If i had switched off my monitor and listen to only the speakers, i will mistake him for huston.

Happened to find my teenage' day idol and listen to her live concert.

One hell of an elaborate concert with amazing costumes and of course her voice!

Look at the costume in the youtube video below, ridiciously long piece of wedding gown!!

Well, probably she already retired by now~ no chance for me to go her live concert :(

Anyway

Loudest Alarm Clock in the world

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Sun, 4 Apr 2010 13:46:00 +0800

Are you a heavy sleeper?

Get these alarm clocks and whack yourself up!

Together with your neighbors!!

Near Accident Air Craft Landing Video

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:39:00 +0800

crazy.. look at this near accident air craft landing video

imagine what happen if the tail hits the ground!

Aircraft Carrier Landing Fake Out @ Yahoo! Video

You Are a Loser - Minus 20%

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:53:00 +0800

What kind of teacher is this..? to call your student a loser.

And an additional -20% marks for being a loser!

Lucky, this teacher is not teaching in singapore, if not, he will be an overnight celebrity by appearing on papers and stomp.

See the video below

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?cl=18594318

Thaksin Urges Supporters to Join Anti-Govt Rally

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:08:00 +0800

This guy really finding trouble against his own country.

Well who don't? When your personal fortune are slashed from billions to millions. With millions confiscated by your country's govt.

If you are not aware, his assets are confiscated on a verdict on 26th Feb 2010

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/169861/thaksin-assets-partly-confiscated

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8536964.stm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/thailand/7326177/Thai-court-seizes-1bn-of-Thaksin-Shinawatras-assets.html

Below is the article as blog post title.

BANGKOK, THAILAND - Thailand's fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra on Saturday used his Twitter page to call on his supporters to join a mass anti-government rally, after a court seized most of his fortune.

Thaksin's loyal "Red Shirts", so-called for the clothes they wear, will gather in Bangkok on March 14 to demand the return of the populist leader, who was ousted in a military coup in 2006, and that the government quit.

"I would like to urge those who love democracy, justice, equality, and those who think that I have been bullied without mercy and humanity, to join the rally," wrote Thaksin on Saturday.

Thailand's Supreme Court last month ordered the state seizure of most of Thaksin's 2.3-billion-dollar shares wealth that it ruled he accumulated illegally by abusing his power to benefit his telecoms firm.

He is currently living in Dubai to escape a two-year jail term from another corruption case. Several other graft charges are outstanding against him.

The Red Shirts say they expect up to 600,000 people to attend this month's rallies, with people starting to gather from around the country on March 12 before the main demonstration two days later.

Thai premier Abhisit Vejjajiva has said his trip to Australia would go ahead as planned on March 13-17 despite the rallies, but a slew of extra security measures are in place and he has said tougher laws may be invoked.

Thailand's pro- and anti-Thaksin camps have both conducted destabilizing street campaigns since the twice-elected tycoon was ousted, with some of the demonstrations turning violent.

Red Shirt riots in April derailed a major Asian summit and left two people dead.

Thailand's social rifts sharply divide its Thaksin-loving poorer communities, largely in the north and northeast rural regions, from those in the Bangkok-based elite amongst the military, palace and bureaucracy.

Source:

http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20100306-202957.html

Going for holiday in thailand? Better not! If you are... Avoid wearing yellow or red!

NATAS Fair Feb 2010 Offers

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:07:00 +0800

NATAS Fair is here again!

Even though payment is required for entries, the crowds are comparable to IT Show.

If you are not aware, the natas fair is at

NATAS Travel 26 - 28 February 2010 @ Singapore Expo Halls 4 & 5

And if you are going down, please do not bring along your prams or babies along. Crying babies aint going to give you better deals.

If you think you might be lost, check out this floor plan layout here. (PDF Format)

According to Yahoo, it will be crowded, especially on the weekends! http://sg.news.yahoo.com/cna/20100224/tap-494-bigger-crowds-expected-natas-fai-231650b.html

Why? Cos for most, the recession is almost over. Time to fly out to enjoy the world!

Well for me, instead of squeezing, i typically prefer to shop for travel package online in the comfort of my room. And i get to save on the admission fee as well as my transport time!

Check out this week's holiday best seller package here

Free Pair of Movie Tickets for Alice in Wonderland (SG) Only

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:32:00 +0800

Anyone want to change this movie? for FREE,

I have receive this email from nuffnang and here's how

"Contest Details

To win yourself a pair of tickets to the gala premier, simply write a blog entry on the following:

1) Tell us who is your favourite Alice in Wonderland Character and why.
2) Embed the movie trailer found here.
3) Sign off with “Catch Alice in Wonderland Movie starting from 4th March 2010 and join the official Facebook and Twitter page!”

Lastly, submit your permalink to aiw@nuffnang.com with your FULL name, email and contact details!

Deadline: 28th February 2010, 12pm.

*Note: Results will be released on 1st March 2010 via email."

Anyways, to mention which which character i like, probably, i should say it is the white rabbit. Although he did not have much roles in the movie, his was pretty significant. If Alice did not encounter the rabbit, her adventure will not have started.

And again, without the rabbit, there will be no part 2 where she encounters the caterpillar~

Catch Alice in Wonderland Movie starting from 4th March 2010 and join the official Facebook and Twitter page!

Insomnia - My New Best Friend

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +0800

Recently, i got a new best friend. And she is called insomnia. From time to time, she pays me a visit, but within the last 2 days, she has been visiting me every night.

And always accompany me until 4am - 5+. Great friend ar?

Anyways, ginger beer might be the cause since i been drinking at least 1200ml of it for the past 2 days. Ginger is known to keep the mind alert. But does Ginger beer soft drink contains any real ginger at all?

To remove this best friend, i google for some tips for insomnia and it worked for me. Especially the part where i drink milk. Within 30 minutes of drinking, i kept yawning non stop.

Coupled with lavender essential oil, it is enough to give me the sleep which i desperately need!

Facebook Bejeweled Blitz Tips and Strategy for Using Boosts

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:02:00 +0800

With the updates to bejeweled blitz in January 2010, every facebook bejeweled blitz fanatic knows that popcap introduce 5 new boosts to enable us to increase our score.

But out of the 5 booster gems in the game, which are the ones that really help in increase our score?

Facebook Bejeweled Blitz Tips for Boosts

Out of my 5, my personal top favorite boosts are in this order.

Multipler, +5 seconds, Mystery Gem, Detonator and Scrambler

But, the first 3 are not already what i chose to spend m y coins on.

Most of the time, i will be purchasing, Multiplier Gem, Mystery Gem and Detonator (Combo 1)

Alternatively, if i feel that i am lucky enough or alert enough, i get Multiplier Gem, Mystery Gem and +5 seconds. (Combo 2)

Bejeweled blitz tips - Instant Multiplier (2x) at ZERO seconds

This is a 100% working method, only if you use combo 1, which happens to be my favorite. As mentioned in this bejeweled strategy guide, purchase Multiplier, mystery gem and detonator gem (Combo 1)

Before the start of the game, detonate the detonator and you have a great advantage into the game with 2x scores!

Great? Read on for even better news!

Why i choose Mystery Gem over +5 seconds or any other Boosts

Simple! Refer to the image below

Notice the 2x and 3x advantage i have from the start of the game?

With mystery gem, i have a higher chance of getting my 3rd multiplier within the first 3 seconds of the game.

If the mystery gem, turns out to be a star, flame or rainbow gem, i have 80% chance of getting my 3rd multiplier within 1s into the game.

To get a multiplier gem, you need to destroy 12 gems or more in a single swap. A star gem clears more than 12 gems. a flame gem clears at least 9 gems. A hypercube averagely clears 8 gems or more.

That all for my bejeweled blitz strategy which i have been using since boosts were introduced into the game. Hope that the above bejeweled blitz tips help you to scale higher scores!

February Bejeweled Blitz Facebook Cheats Hack Released

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:01:00 +0800

Once again, Cybershadow has lived up to his expectation of being a bejeweled blitz cracker and had released a new version of the cheats.

The installation method is pretty similar to the previous method which involves firefox and the addons for the game hack.

How to install this bejeweled blitz facebook cheats in firefox?

Here is the step by step guide to install this working score cheat for the game.

1) As usual, download from cybershadow's site.

Again if you are lazy, install directly from here

2) After installing, restart firefox and enjoy using the hack.

This new version of facebook bejeweled blitz cheats works in a slightly different way when compared to the past few versions.

Instead of allowing game cheats by adding hyper cubes, power gems, star gems into the 1 minute game, this cheats will only allow us to modify our score and boosts.

Here the screenshot

Once the cheats is enabled in the game, it shows a customized image and music instead of the typical popcap bejeweled game image.

And from here, directly modify your game score and the boosts and... WHOP! restart the game and see yourself at the top and amazing amount of boosts

And to continue playing the game, disable the cheats to allow the game to run normally

There is no way to play this game when this bejeweled blitz cheats is enabled, hence off it if you want to play the game.

If the game hacks does not work for bejeweled blitz, try the following method.

- restart firefox

- reclick on the bejeweled game link

- Clear your browser's Cache

- In some cases, try restarting your PC

- Create a new firefox profile

This facebook bejeweled blitz cheats will not work if you are behind a proxy or firewall. Contact your network administrator for more information.

PS: I am not cybershadow, so thanks him instead. :)

disclaimer: i am not responsible for PC crashes or related PC disasters after installing this bejeweled blitz hack.

Everyone Knows About Second Hand Smoke - But Third Hand?

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:18:00 +0800

It is amazing how they managed to coin these terms.

First hand smoke - direct from the stick

Second Hand smoke - exhales from the smoker

And now a third hand smoke.. Will they invite a 4th hand smoke?

Read on

WASHINGTON (AFP) - – You know smoking is bad for you. You know inhaling someone else's smoke is bad for you. Now a US study says third-hand smoke -- tobacco residue clinging to surfaces -- is also bad for you.

When a cigarette burns, nicotine is released in the form of a vapor that collects and condenses on indoor surfaces such as walls, carpeting, drapes and furniture, where it can linger for months, said the study, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

"Our study shows that when this residual nicotine reacts with ambient nitrous acid it forms carcinogenic tobacco-specific nitrosamines, or TSNAs," said Hugo Destaillats, a corresponding author of the study.

"TSNAs are among the most broadly acting and potent carcinogens present in unburned tobacco and tobacco smoke," he said.

The most likely human exposure to TSNAs is through either inhalation of dust or the contact of skin with carpet or clothes -- making third-hand smoke particularly dangerous to infants and toddlers.

Opening a window or turning on a fan to air out a room while a cigarette burns does not eliminate the hazard of third-hand smoke. Smoking outdoors doesn't help much either.

"Smoking outside is better than smoking indoors but nicotine residues will stick to a smoker's skin and clothing," said Lara Gundel, a co-author of the study.

"Those residues follow a smoker back inside and get spread everywhere. The biggest risk is to young children," she said.

"Dermal uptake of the nicotine through a child's skin is likely to occur when the smoker returns and if nitrous acid is in the air, which it usually is, then TSNAs will be formed."

Substantial levels of TSNAs were also found in the truck of a heavy smoker, the study says, adding that most vehicle engines emit some nitrous acid that can infiltrate the passenger compartment of a vehicle.

Researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory led the study, which they say is the first to quantify the reactions of third-hand smoke with nitrous acid.

Ris Low Educational Videos

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Fri, 5 Feb 2010 15:54:00 +0800

This is an image, not a video file. Clicking on the play button repetitively will only give your finger cramps

The Ru Hua of Singapore.

Pretty desperate way to gain publicity i feel.

If she really wants to bump up her publicity, staying out of public eyes is one great way, instead of wearing a bigiki and a scientist robe that she is wearing to cover up whatever skin she had.

The caption at the page was pretty misleading, it should be "By Ris Low" and not "With Ris Low" And it was the "With" that caught me watch that video which was a big softener..

A warning though: Video for mature audience only. Although no human anatomy was part was, object references exist.

Safe XX with Ris Low

And the ending part of the video was completely redundant.

And as usual, she speaks as though something is still struck in her throat, muffled and i do not think that this is the mic's problem.

And certainly, I don't think this will be the last from her...

Free Facebook Bejeweled Blitz Boosts

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Thu, 4 Feb 2010 08:17:00 +0800

If you are looking for bejeweled blitz boosts for the newly released game patch, log in now to received 50k worth of free cheats for your game.

It is given free of charge by popcap team.

Food for thought...

Now i am thinking that are they luring us with their boosts and possibly get us to use real life money to pay for boosts in the future~?

Hell of Sand

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:30:00 +0800

Found another game, i wun really call this a game, but more of self designing java game.

You may seems lost initially, but slowly, you will do what u think you wanna do.

my own design on the left, after mixing napalm with fire to create the fireworks

Hell of Sand
Author: Unknown
Description: There are many dynamics to this game but no goal. Play around for a while and you'll get the hang of it.

kudos to the creator of this game, if u called it a game :)

New Facebook Bejeweled Blitz Version Boosts Gems January Update

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:28:00 +0800

Being a bejeweled blitz fan, i am glad that they added more feature to the game in facebook. The interface is still as per the October 2009's game's interface. And they have added some official cheats into the game.

However, there is a catch, you have to earn the cheats yourself. Instead of trying to top the scoring chart, now you collect something a new gem called coins gems.

I have enlarge it for your reference. There are only 2 ways to earn the coins which are listed below

Ways to collect coin gems in Bejeweled Blitz

A coin gem can be treated as a yellow gem. To get 100 points, you have to form a cascade with, of course, the yellow gems. This is the main method. And no, you do not gain bonus coins even if you formed a cascade of 2 coin gems and 1 yellow gem, you will gain only 200 coins.

Additional coins can be gained at the end of every game. Every remaining coin gem will give you 100 coins and every level of multiplier will give you 100 coins as well. Confusing? Here are 2 example.

You have 2 coin gems at the end of the game with a multiplier level of 3x. You gain 2x100 + 3x100 coins.

You have 7 coin gems at the end of the the game and a multiplier level of 2x. You gain 900 coins in this scenario.

New Bejeweled Blitz Boost

As the name states, these booster gems are meant to help with you game, assisting you to gain even more points. There are 5 new booster gems added to the name, which are the mystery boost, the detonator boost, the scrambler boost, plus 5seconds boost and the multiplier boost. And depending on their usefulness, they cost different amount of coins, as shown above.

Once bought, a boost can be used for up to 3 rounds, after which the effect ceases and you have to repurchase and depending on the boost bought, the way the game play enhancement will be different.

Scrambler Boost Gem in Bejeweled Blitz for Facebook

One of the useless boost which i feel that is available. As the name states, it merely scrambles the gems on the board to give you a new view and provide you with new combination to blast the gems away. It can be used twice per game.

Do not buy this unless you have too much coins to spare

+5 Seconds Boost Gem

One of the critical gems to get high score. The 3rd most expensive gem at 5000, but i feel that this is way better than a mysterious unknown gem.

At the end of a game, this is usually where your score racks up extremely fast with the speed bonus and multipliers gathered during the first 40s of the game. If you are an alert player with fast reflexes, this gem is a winning factor for you to rule the scoreboard.

Detonator Booster Gem

It destroys any special gems such as multiplier gem, hyper gem, especially multiplier cubes that are out of reach. A multiplier gem that is destroyed at an earlier stage of the game, gives a big advantage over your score.

However, it should be a pretty rare case, where we are unable to destroy the special gems, hence given a choice, i will not purchase this boost for my game.

Mystery Gem

Do you like surprises? If yes, get this gem, you never know what special gem it is going to give you. If you are lucky, you get a multiplier gem to boost your scores immediately.

If not, a hyper cube will do too. Since destroying a hyper cube is almost 80% guaranteed to drop you a multiplier gem.

As for the rest of the special gems, no thanks, i am not interested. :)

Free Multiplier Boost Gem

The most expensive of all boost at 7.5k coins, which takes me around 10~25 games to accumulate. Though a bit deary, it does pay off itself with the scores i had.

If you are planning to cheat by restarting a lousy game before it ends, well, popcap has already taken prevention to this. If you bought the free multiplier gem boost, and your game has started, the boost is activated. Hence if you restart the game at the 55s remaining mark, say goodbye to your multiplier gem.

However, there are some bugs which i have discovered for these boosters. A boost, if not activated, can be used again.

Take for example the 5s booster gem. As long the game has not reached the last 10s and you restart the game, the booster will automatically activates itself on the next game.

If you like bejeweled blitz, you will definitely like bejeweled twist :)

It is free to download from popcap's website.

If you are not aware, popcap is the creator of bejeweled blitz

Avatar - My Thoughts

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:49:00 +0800

Instead of squeezing with the many others that are rushing to watch this epic movie by the director of the sinking ship, i choose to watch this near the end of its filming period. I watched the 3D version which is not very 3D.

And from the way they speak, i think i seriously need the subtitles in some parts of the movie.

Visual-wise, with or without 3D, the world of pandora is certainly a beautiful one, without the hungry humans. Floating hills, flying whatever, and dinosaur horses. Imagine more peaceful version of Lord of the rings ,without the sorcery, combined with medieval ages lifestyle, that somehow sums the background of the movie and the pandorians or the blue creatures.

Shall not dwell on the storyline which you should be able to find on other websites. Their way of taming creatures amused me. They have some kind of special hair extension which can communicate and bond with almost living thing, which also has such an extension, in their world. These hair extension is used to communicate with the horses and flying creatures and to control them.

In a particular scene where jake, the guy above on the right, has to pass a hunter test, he has to conquer a fierce flying mob by using his extension to link to the creature's mind to speak with it. And it seems as though he was trying to rape the poor ferocious creature, did the director purposely filmed the scene or was just me? :D

If there is anything that can transfer my mind out of my body, to another entity, other than a stationary tree, i love to try.

With such stunning graphics, watching it on anything less than HD quality is doing great injustice to the effort James Cameron put into the movie. Buy it only on blu ray disc and be awed by the visual effects of his fantasy world

Flash Style 3D FPS Game

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:14:00 +0800

Another short entertainment for you to play during your lunch break

There is even a storyline for the game! An even an high score board.

It is a first person shooter game where you have to shoot aliens called puki.

Not as easy as i thought it was to play~

http://www.gskinner.com/games/puki/

The Shooting Star - JAL

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:10:00 +0800

Now it is official, they declared bankrupted. Pretty scary how a national airline could become dead broke.

And they are now finding a monk, with business experience, to take over temporarily. Interesting,

Just hope this serves as a warning to other airlines, esp our SIA, since JAL has reach the top and fell like a shooting star.

article below

TOKYO (AFP) - – Japan Airlines sought to reassure the travelling public Wednesday that it will keep flying despite declaring bankruptcy as its share price dropped to a new record low of just two US cents.

The debt-laden carrier apologised in full-page newspaper advertisements for causing "tremendous worries to customers" and promised that "JAL will keep flying" and that passengers' air miles will remain valid.

"Please be reassured and use us as before," the company pleaded.

The once iconic airline, a symbol of Japan's rise to prosperity, filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday with 26 billion dollars in debt in the country's biggest post-war corporate failure outside the financial sector.

It is set to undergo a painful overhaul under a new corporate chief, with more than 15,600 jobs to be cut, reducing the workforce by a third, and many loss-making routes expected to be slashed.

JAL, which carries more than 50 million passengers a year, is set to receive almost 10 billion dollars in public funds and emergency loans under a three-year turnaround plan.

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Cabin crew have changed their inflight announcements, now promising passengers that the airline is "striving for an early revival."

"We ask for your continued patronage of the JAL group," a cabin attendant said in a choked voice as she rehearsed the announcement before television cameras at a meeting at Tokyo's Haneda airport.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange will delist JAL shares by February 20, a move expected to wipe out shareholders' investments.

JAL shares closed at a new record low of two yen (two US cents), down three yen or 60 percent from Tuesday.

The company has made no announcement regarding its tie-up talks with American and Delta Air Lines, which are in a bidding war for a slice of the carrier, eyeing its lucrative Asian landing slots.

JAL is understood to prefer switching its alliance from the American Airlines-led Oneworld grouping to SkyTeam with Delta.

The government has tapped Kazuo Inamori, a 77-year-old entrepreneur and ordained Buddhist monk, to run the stricken airline during its overhaul, replacing Haruka Nishimatsu, who resigned as president Tuesday.

JAL's woes, analysts said, are the result of years of bad management, high costs stretching back to its days as a state-owned flag carrier as well as government pressure to service unprofitable routes to small domestic airports.

JAL was also hit particularly hard by the global economic downturn because it has a bigger network of overseas flights than its smaller rival All Nippon Airways, which was supported by relatively stable demand on domestic routes.

Shinsei Securities credit analyst Yasuhiro Matsumoto said JAL's turnaround plan involved "getting rid of money-losing businesses to return to profit and is not based on unfounded optimism that travel demand will grow in the future."

However, he said, the government still "has no growth strategy. It doesn't have a strategy on how JAL should design its international network."

Standard & Poor's said its credit ratings on Japan's financial institutions and insurance companies -- many of which are owed money by JAL -- would be unaffected by a request for a debt waiver of billions of dollars.

The bankruptcy dominated newspaper front pages.

The Nikkei business daily said debt-ridden JAL's failure should serve as a warning to other companies and the government in a country where the public debt now stands at about 180 percent of gross domestic product.

"If you shun the pain that is ahead of you, greater pain will come some day," the Nikkei warned. "The fall of JAL, which shone in the past, sends this message to the state and companies."

source http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100119/tbs-japan-airline-company-distress-jal-e5c2383.html

Shangri-La Anime OST Kimi Shinitamō Koto Nakare

noreply@blogger.com (Nick Lee) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:34:00 +0800

An OST from the the anime shangri-la which i watched on crunchyroll. When i heard the OST, i thought was ayumi singing. Though the vocal is similar, there are noticeable difference between their voice.

This is a not a song which you will like immediately, listen long enough and it will grow on you,

Song Kimi Shinitamō Koto Nakare (キミシニタモウコトナカレ Thou Shalt Not Die^?) The song name greatly suits the anime. However, i cant understand a single word. Tried using google translate with the jap lyrics and they make no sense at all.