Friday, October 29, 2010

Extraordinary Thai Pantene Commercial

Now this is a very very inspirational Thai Hair Shampoo commercial, I was almost moved to tears in the end and only at the end did I know it was for a hair shampoo... wow!

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Fu Shi Traditional Roasted: There is a future for Hawker Food yet!

In Love with Char Siew and Sio Bak? Check out this stall at 2nd floor of the Shunfu market. Read more about it from the following review at ieatishootipost blog!

Fu Shi Traditional Roasted
Blk 320 Shunfu Road Hawker Centre
#02-25
8.30am to 1.30pm
Closed on Mon - Tues
92378157

Fu Shi Traditional Roasted: There is a future for Hawker Food yet!

Our Products at Far East Plaza #04-121c

Good news!!! You can find our fashion products namely bags and accessories at Far East Plaza Level 4 Unit 121c from this friday 29 October onwards! Come visit us and there will be goodies for you too!

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

In Light, Ghosts are not that Scary!

My heart goes out to the folks in Mentawai Islands

My heart goes out to the folks in Mentawai Islands. I hope the missing ones can be found, let's all send our prayers to those affected!

More can be found from the following, extracted from Yahoo!

Indonesia tsunami death toll tops 100

 
 
Indonesia tsunami death toll tops 100
JAKARTA (AFP) - – At least 108 people were killed and more than 500 missing Tuesday, including a group of Australian surfers, after a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake hit a remote Indonesian island chain, destroying villages in its path.

The 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck in the Mentawai Islands area west of Sumatra late Monday, generating waves as high as three metres (10 feet) that swept away 10 villages, officials said.

One group of Australian tourists reported that their boat with 15 people aboard was destroyed by a "wall of white water" crashing into a bay after the undersea quake and said some had to cling to trees to survive.
"We felt a bit of a shake underneath the boat... then within several minutes we heard an almighty roar," said Rick Hallet, an Australian who operates a boat-chartering business in Sumatra.

"I immediately thought of a tsunami and looked out to sea and that's when we saw the wall of white water coming at us," he said.

Hendri Dori Satoko, a lawmaker in the Mentawai Islands, told MetroTV: "Our latest data from crisis centre showed that 108 people have been killed and 502 are still missing."

Disaster Management Agency spokesman Agolo Suparto added: "Ten villages have been swept away by the tsunami."

Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" and the archipelago is frequently struck by powerful earthquakes, including one of 7.6 magnitude in September last year in Padang that killed about 1,100 people.
The 2004 Asian tsunami -- triggered by a 9.3-magnitude quake off Sumatra -- killed at least 168,000 people in Indonesia alone.

Health Ministry Crisis Centre head Mudjiharto said the Mentawai waves reached up to three metres high and waters swept as far as 600 metres (yards) inland on South Pagai island, the hardest hit.
"Eighty percent of buildings in Muntei village have been damaged by the waves and many people are missing there," Mudjiharto said.

He said medical personnel were on their way to the worst-hit areas in helicopters but rescue efforts have been hampered by disruption to communications in the region.

There are no commercial flights to the island and travelling by ferry from Sumatra can take at least half a day.
Rescuers have also launched a search for a boat believed to be carrying a group of nine Australians and a Japanese national that has been missing since the quake.

"We are sending a boat and a chartered plane to search for the boat," said Andrew Judge of SurfAid International.

It was reportedly not equipped with a satellite telephone but SurfAid's Dave Jenkins said its Australian captain had "been around here for a long time. He knew to contact in if he could. So that's why we're extra concerned."

The undersea quake hit at 9:42 pm (1442 GMT) at a depth of 20.6 kilometres (12.8 miles), 280 kilometres south of Padang, the US Geological Survey said.

"A significant tsunami was generated by this earthquake," said the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre. The tsunami warning was later withdrawn after the danger of further waves had passed.

The first tremor was followed by strong magnitude 6.1 and 6.2 aftershocks several hours afterwards.
Hallet recounted his group's ordeal when the quake struck, with some climbing trees to survive.

"The bay we were in was several hundred metres across and the wall of white water was from one side to the other, it was quite scary," he told Fairfax Radio Network.

Another boat was anchored next to them, he said.
"The wave picked that boat up and brought it towards us and ran straight into us and our boat exploded, caught on fire, we had a fireball on the back deck and right through the saloon within seconds.

"I ordered everyone up to the top deck to get as high as possible, then the boat exploded and we had to abandon ship," he told Australia's Nine Network.

The group jumped into the water, some of them being swept 200 metres inland, and took shelter by climbing trees, waiting for 20 minutes to half an hour until the surges passed.

Eventually all the group were accounted for, he said.
Residents reported shaking as far away as the West Sumatran provincial capital of Padang when the main quake struck.

Paul has gone to heaven!!!!

Oh no Paul the psychic octopus has gone to heaven!!!! Sighz just when he got famous... I guess he's gonna be even more famous now...

Read below report extracted from Yahoo!

R.I.P. Paul the ‘psychic’ octopus

By Ewen Boey – October 26th, 2010
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Paul the octopus who shot to fame during the 2010 World Cup has reportedly died, said his aquarium in Germany.
The “psychic” octopus captured the imagination of many for famously getting all of his predictions correct during the tournament.
“Management and staff at the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre were devastated to discover that oracle octopus Paul, who achieved global renown during the recent World Cup, had passed away overnight,” the aquarium said in a sombre statement.