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Monday, August 25, 2008
Not content with making my blood piss boil in the waking hours, it has wormed its way into my dreams and leave me puzzled over the significance of its cameo in my dreams.
It's not the Boogie Man, or Loch Ness monster, it's the god damn world class transportation system that our nation boast to operate. The other night I dreamt of the ERP, yes the sameunsightly gantries that our own prime minister poked fun at, being erected a few short distance away from my house. Oh great, not another stupid ERP joke. But wait wait, I believe that some higher being is trying to send me a message, to fulfil destiny. Just that I'm unable to decipher the true meaning behind the ERP dream. Am I supposed to fulfil the prophecy and be the chosen one to erect an ERP gantry at Pedro Branca, or lead a vigilante movement to tear down all the ERP gantries on the island? If dictated by recent events, the latter scenario seems more probable. Public transports are getting increasingly crowded as a result of the spillover of drivers forsaking their cars. There is not a single day whereby I won't get jabbed in the ribs or back area by commuters trying to squeeze their way into the trains. I can live with being squeezed and whiffing in the BO of others if the train rides are fast and smooth, but in reality the train rides are anything but smooth. The rides are so jerky that I reckoned Singaporeans will soon boast the strongest thighs and calves muscles in the world given the daily balancing acts they engaged in while on the train. The malaise is not only confined to the train system. Last Friday after work, I was at the bus stop along the newly ERP enhanced Fullerton road waiting for bus 10 to take me to Old Airport Hawker Centre. What usually took 10 minutes turned into a 45 minutes test of patience as two sardine cans whizzed past without stopping. If not for the fact that my friend is already at the hawker centre, and more importantly I have a game of mahjong later that night (thou shalt not do evil deeds before a mahjong game), I would have stood my friend up and headed home...via the MRT trains. In hindsight, maybe that night was an exceptional case. Maybe people were heading towards the Esplanade to catch the works. Maybe the commuters wanted to tune into TV mobile to catch the table tennis bronze medal match. Maybe...they ought to revamp the whole fucking transportation system! Random Picture of the Day  Thank god I'm not Hulk or I gonna smash all your pussy buses and trains!!
posted by Stormtrooper's Lackey at 7:48 PM
Thursday, August 21, 2008
One good thing of having friends who are perpetually on business trips is the opportunity to "tumpang" them to buy stuffs from abroad. Yes, I can sense the LV, Coach fans nodding their heads furiously. Thanks to Weiting, a frequent flier in her auditor role, I got this awesome LE Metal Gear Solid 4 T-Shirt from the ut@uniqlo from Japan. Woohoo! 
posted by Stormtrooper's Lackey at 10:05 PM
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
What an irony. The Olympics is an global event celebrating the sporting culture, yet it is turning millions into couch potatoes. And of course, being the king of couch potatoes, I was naturally in the thick of the Olympics action. Usain Bolt smashing the 100m world record ro Michael Phelps amphibian like performances in the pool, I have witnessed all of it. Heck, I even woke up at 730am on a Sunday morning just to catch the ladies's marathon. And how exciting it proved to be, I even managed to catch the world record holder Paula Radcliffe taking a pee break at the roadside. Heh. In spite of amassing an impressive hours of TV time, I was kicking myself after realizing that I missed out the following two events! Courtesy of the BBC website's Live Olympics update, which has proved to be my favorite application at workplace, overtaking the leave planner and the payslip database: 0314: This just in from one of the major press agencies in Beijing - and I quote: "The New Zealand hockey manager has been banished from the field at a crucial men's match because officials objected to his players' underwear. Kevin Marr was ordered to watch the must-win match against Germany from the grandstand as punishment for three players wearing black undies beneath white shorts in an earlier match." The article goes on to suggest that Olympic dress codes demand players' underwear match their shorts. Who decided that? What did they envisage might happen if that rule didn't exist? Jade Seah uttering Fuck on air. Ooh baby.. If only I have 6 pairs of eyes and 60 days of leaves, I could had catch them all!
posted by Stormtrooper's Lackey at 10:14 PM
Friday, August 15, 2008
Yay! Singapore is guaranteed of at least a silver medal in this year's Olympics, thanks to the heroic performances of the ladies table tennis squad. Well done! Now, let's celebrate with some Tsingtao beers!
posted by Stormtrooper's Lackey at 11:27 PM
Thursday, August 14, 2008
I chuckled when I read this in the revamped Straits Times while on the way to work today. Its either I'm tickled by the rare candor on display, or I'm just finding ways to destressed before the wretched day at work. An excerpt of the article is found below, while clicking on the link will lead you to the NEW, REVAMPED, USER-FRIENDLY (not my words, theirs) Straits Times interactive website. Complaints up against Sim Lim shops. Shoppers commonly complained about being overcharged and sold defective goods. Others grumbled about unsavoury sales tactics, misleading claims about products and a failure to honour refunds. One of the most serious cases came earlier this month, when a shopper claims he was beaten up by three employees of a second-floor game shop. The man, who corresponded with The Straits Times via e-mail and did not reveal his name, said he was about to buy a PlayStation Portable when a salesman jacked up the price at the last minute. That led to a heated argument, after which the man claims he tried to take a picture of the store. But the store manager slapped him in the face, said the man, who was with his girlfriend. Before he could retaliate, two other men rushed out of the store and started whacking him with stools, he recounted. The fight stopped only when the building's security officers arrived and called the police. 'I never thought this kind of blatant scam and violence would exist in this wonderful country,' said the man, who moved here from the Philippines in May. 'I still think Singapore is a great place to be in, I just know now that it's not exempt from these kinds of events.' He filed a report with police, who are investigating the Aug 2 confrontation. The owner of the store said the salesman did not start the fight and employees did not gang up on the shopper. He told The Straits Times that it was a 'one-on-one fight'. Random Video of the day Even Hilter is dissing the ERP.
posted by Stormtrooper's Lackey at 9:34 PM
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Perhaps they need more of this to arrest the slide of the Euro. MADRID (Reuters) - A one euro coin has turned up in Spain bearing the face of cartoon couch potato Homer Simpson instead of that of the country's king, a sweetshop owner told Reuters on Friday. Jose Martinez was counting the cash in his till in the city of Aviles, northern Spain, when he came across the coin where Homer's bald head, big eyes and big nose had replaced the serious features of King Juan Carlos. "The coin must have been done by a professional, the work is impressive," he told Reuters. Link to the full article from Reuters.com Link to an enlarged picture of Euro Homer
posted by Stormtrooper's Lackey at 10:25 PM
Saturday, August 09, 2008
Rhodophobia - The phobia of the color red If you do suffer from it, steer clear from the City Hall MRT station on every August 9th. Check this site out for a list of phobias in our galaxy. Now I hope that more people suffer from Vestiphobia and the day that I would succumb to Venustraphobia will never come. Oh oh! For those who caught the NDP on Channel 5, hope you didn't switch off your TV set after the parade ended. Else you would have missed the premiere of Mediaco*k TV's latest sitcom, Calefare. Didn't Ricky Gervais do something similar with Extras back in 2005? Maybe Mediaco*k is suffering from Ideophobia. (Not so) Random Video of the Day I missed the
posted by Stormtrooper's Lackey at 9:23 PM
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
And very soon, the price of broccoli will rocket past that of oil. Broccoli may undo diabetes damage Eating broccoli could reverse the damage caused by diabetes to heart blood vessels, research suggests. A University of Warwick team believe the key is a compound found in the vegetable, called sulforaphane. It encourages production of enzymes which protect the blood vessels, and a reduction in high levels of molecules which cause significant cell damage. Brassica vegetables such as broccoli have previously been linked to a lower risk of heart attacks and strokes.
People with diabetes are up to five times more likely to develop cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and strokes; both are linked to damaged blood vessels. The Warwick team, whose work is reported in the journal Diabetes, tested the effects of sulforaphane on blood vessel cells damaged by high glucose levels (hyperglycaemia), which are associated with diabetes. They recorded a 73% reduction of molecules in the body called Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS). Hyperglycaemia can cause levels of ROS to increase three-fold and such high levels can damage human cells. The researchers also found that sulforaphane activated a protein in the body called nrf2, which protects cells and tissues from damage by activating protective antioxidant and detoxifying enzymes. Countering vascular disease Lead researcher Professor Paul Thornalley said: "Our study suggests that compounds such as sulforaphane from broccoli may help counter processes linked to the development of vascular disease in diabetes. "In future, it will be important to test if eating a diet rich in brassica vegetables has health benefits for diabetic patients. We expect that it will." Dr Iain Frame, director of research at the charity Diabetes UK, stressed that research carried out on cells in the lab was a long way from the real life situation. However, he said: "It is encouraging to see that Professor Thornalley and his team have identified a potentially important substance that may protect and repair blood vessels from the damaging effects of diabetes. "It also may help add some scientific weight to the argument that eating broccoli is good for you."
Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/health/7541639.stm Published: 2008/08/05 23:12:52 GMT © BBC MMVIII  Broccoli power.
posted by Stormtrooper's Lackey at 11:55 PM
Monday, August 04, 2008
 Meat never taste this good, especially in a week I spent 67 bucks on a vegetarian meal. Sorry meat, don't blame me. Blame the greens.
posted by Stormtrooper's Lackey at 10:08 PM
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