The Singapore Red Cross is launching a public appeal to help victims of the South Asia Earthquake.
All proceeds from the donations will be used to fund purchases and direct delivery of emergency items like medicine and first aid, food parcels and other relief supplies for the displaced and homeless victims.

The Singapore Red Cross is currently accepting monetary contributions only and requests no donation-in-kind at this stage due to logistical considerations. The Singapore Red Cross hopes to raise S$500,000 through this appeal.

How to donate?
1) Cheque donations
By cheque to the “Singapore Red Cross Society”(Please indicate behind the cheque “South Asia Earthquake Appeal” Kindly include name, address and telephone number, as a receipt will be sent to you)
Post the cheque to:The Singapore Red Cross | 15 Penang Lane | Singapore 238486

2) Cash/Cheque @ the Red Cross House
Donors may wish to come personally to make a donation at the
Red Cross House 15 Penang Lane | Opening Hours: 9.00 am to 7.00pm (weekdays)9.00 am to 1.00 pm on Saturdays | Closed on Sunday and Public Holidays

For all international contribution, please check local listings and contact Red Cross Organisation.

Below listed are some of the books i would be buying soon.

The Black Hole

I am fascinated by the outerspace. Its broad. I have been doing my own little research about black holes for a while now.

Loosely speaking, a black hole is a region of space that has so much mass concentrated in it that there is no way for a nearby object to escape its gravitational pull.

When a large star has burnt all its fuel it explodes into a supernova. The stuff that is left collapses down to an extremely dense object known as a neutron star. If the neutron star is too large, the gravitational forces overwhelm the pressure gradients and collapse cannot be halted. The neutron star continues to shrink until it finally becomes a black hole.

What i still cant get is by does a black hole pull everything inward. So strong till even light cannot escape it. Fascinating.

Cheers

It has been bugging me a while.

I am a avid and vivid and riveted hardcore fantasy reader. I read fantasy when im hungry, when i want to throw up and importantly, when i cannot find a reason for my exhaulted existence.

Well, there is this Lord Voldemort in the all too famous Harry potter series. And i think this guy is a serious cliche for a bad dude.

1. He exists outside death and his greatest foe is a short/lame dude – like Sauron from     Lotr

2. He is a sick bastard who has no frens and love torture – like darken Rahl from Sword     of truth series

3. He Knows more about anything more than anybody but fail to grasp simple concept –     Like Shaitaan from Wheel of time

So i say you, people of the book, who think this Lord Voldemort is scary and wonderful, i assure you, he is not. He is but a hastily and shabbily designed villian lifted off the imgaination of many others.

ps: The Hobbits is lord of the ring are the sickest people i know

Cheers

Archtomato

I was leafing thru today’s paper, and an interesting report caught my eye.

The Huang Na murder trial im sure has been well publicised and well documented

It seems that the many thousand dollars donated by the many thousand people here

is being used by Huang Na’s parents to build a third story to their 2 story apartment

Dumb singaporeans donating dumb money to some dumb couple and see what happens.

It seems to me that DUMB is the word of the week.

So i have decided to start my own cause. "Save the Tomato" campaign.

All citizens are encouraged to donate to this worthy cause. The local media will be informed of this event and you should be able to see the ads in papers, tv and radio by the time you read this article. Please donate so that i also can buy the flat next door.

Cheers

I just realise that Hotmail have increase the space for mails from 2MB to 250MB. Wow, thats alot of increase, now people store alot of emails and not worrying of it being over limit. Well, I don’t get that much of emails also. Just curious about what is to be done.

But nothing beats Gmail. It gives you 2GB of space. Hell you never have to delete another mail again, and the interface ot Gmail is fantastic. Simple yet elegent, Thats the way to go.

Currently my gmail states that:

You are currently using 19 MB (1%) of your 2652 MB.

This after nearly 1.5 yrs.

So If you are reading this and want your very own Gmail account. Just drop me a line and we can make it happen.

Cheers

Don’t stop reading this because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you can read it…

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch taem at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn ‘t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Such a cdonition is arppoiately cllaed Typoglycemia –

Amzanig huh? Yaeh and yuo awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt.

ps:I always hated my english teachers at primary and kindergarten level.

Cheers

10. The Fat dude in The bus early morning, taking up 2 seats

09. Bush in CNBC Asia trying to form perfect sentences

08. Wacko Jacko latest Album

07. Chidambarathil Oru Appasaamy

06. The crying Infant next door

05. Dengue Fever

04. HR managers who talk like they know you for years

03. Captain Vijaykanth

02. The Lame Japanese Guy in LOST (The tv show)

01. Lion Dates Advertisement

Eight October two thousand and five

08 October 2005

08 10 05

Whichever way you want to say it, its still a good day

Today is the day that i have finally been cleared of my NS liabilities.

Today is, my ORD DAY.

I would like to congratulate all my brudders in

– 4Th Singapore Infantry Regiment

-3rd Battalion Singapore Guards

– Basic Military Training Centre

who are also ORDing together with me on this joyous day.

I would also like to thank:

1) 3rd Battalion Singapore Infantry regiment HQ coy, for its support during my brief     stint there.

2) 6 DIV/ACE brigade, for their free food and free internet access.

3) 1st Battalion Singapore Infantry regiment, for opening the gates for me w/o     complaining

4) Singapore Shooing Contingent, for learning from the best shooters.

And lastly I would like to Thank

Sispec (School of Infantry Specialist) for having me as a section instructor for this long.

The last group of NSF intructors leave Sispec this week. A big chapter ends in Sispec history but the lecgacy lives on.

Thanks all for the 2.5 yr bitter sweet painful and enjoyable experiences i have gathered. They make what i am today.

Yes folks, i have been returned to you.

More good years to come.

Cheers

10. Must be eager to work with a dynamic group of diverse suicidal maniacs

9. Must be a “self-starter;” also, a “self-detonator”

8. Must be a “people person”

7. Absolutely no prima donnas! Whether it’s fetching coffee or sawing off the head of a female schoolteacher, there are no “small tasks” at Al Qaeda, only “small workers”

6. Must have a good “phone voice”

5. Must be willing to relocate to Paradise on 24 hours notice

4. Qualified candidates should have 3-5 years experience with Excel, Java, Quicken, and rocket-propelled grenades

3. Special consideration will be given to any candidate who can fit a complete stinger missile system up his ass (we promise– no giggling!)

2. Must not have already registered with Kelly Temps

…and the Number One Requirement for Employment With Al Qaeda…

1. Not a requirement but a perk: Every Friday is Hawaiian-Shirt-and-Crazy-Tie Day!!!