I’ll Tumblr 4 ya!
Due to a steady degradation in my attention span (something to do with dying brain cells, no doubt) I have decided that I will be updating my tumblr more so than this here wordpress blog. So if you are so inclined please give this a loving click.
Hotmail account compromised
Ok this is upsetting. My Hotmail account seems to have been compromised. I have just received an email from my Hotmail account to my YahooMail. Looking at the “TO” part of the message, a copy of the mail has been sent to all the contacts in my Hotmail account. The subject is a simple ‘hi’ and there is a link to some dubious Chinese website selling electronic gadgets eg iPhone etc. I feel so violated.
Effects of humans on the planet ushers in the new epoch “Anthropocene”
Major changes to the planet are underway even as we speak. And our role in the rape of this piece of rock we call home has made an indelible mark so much so that the scientists saw fit to name an epoch after the fact. “Anthropos” is greek for “man” but sadly “Anthropocene” is not coined in recognition of humanity or at least not in any positive light. Starting from the 19th century onwards man started to leave huge carbon footprints all over the place, violating nature like a cheap whore. How long before she fights back and kicks us in the teeth? Not long, thats for sure.
To end on a positive note, as Peter Schwartz pointed out in Wired, if we have created this mess we should also be smart enough to reverse the damage. The healing starts with you!
Malaysian doctor does her country and colleagues proud
I have had a few occasions to come in contact with Tan Bee Hooi and found her to be both professional and efficient. Death has added a new dimension to her for me; that of a beautiful human life. She has given me no choice but to forever remember her as such.
1o ways the internet have changed me
- I no longer buy audio CDs
- I no longer sit in front of the TV
- I no longer have to read or purchase printed media
- I no longer need to indulge in real life social interactions – having this option is liberating
- I can now conceivably live from within my room
- I no longer need the phone to communicate with people I know
- Being alone no longer means being lonely
- Distance is now so yesterday
- I now have a lighter skin hue and probably less calcium from the lack of solar exposure
- My head now holds more junk then it ever did or was made for
Squat toilets
This, believe it or not, is the top 3 searches on Yahoo.
It reminds me of the time my pager fell into a squat toilet at my work place and I had to use my bare hands to retrieve it. Not a high point in my life. For the lowdown go here.
Bob Dylan vs The Pussycat Dolls
“Don’t you wish your girlfriend is hot like me?”
The Pussycat Dolls circa now.
“The ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face”
Bob Dylan circa the 60’s.
Time has been unkind to our generation’s artistic faculty. On one hand we have a bunch of scantily clad, anorexic airheads spewing vacuous nonsense and on the other the words of a musical prophet who gave voice to his generation. 40 years separate the 2 and what does it say about our times? Makes me just want to pull the covers over my head and go back to sleep.
A mighty serious undertaking
This forum posting really piqued my interest at first glance.
Imagine my disappointment when i actually clicked on the thread.
The tooth fairy……..NOT!
One of my lower molar gave out on me last night. Of all things a tiny but rock hard guava seed was its undoing. Chewing through the soft bits of the fruit, I suddenly found pieces of enamel and filling. A good chunk of the tooth had crumbled away!
What I ended up with was a fractured tooth with a very sharp edge. It was like having a razor blade in my mouth whenever my tongue brushed against it. This afternoon I did something that I have avoided doing for the past 10 years. Go to a dentist.
I confessed my sin to her and she smiled bemusedly. I asked for local anesthesia like a nervous school girl and to her credit she did not burst out laughing.
In an attempt to appear calm and composed I laced the fingers of my hands together and placed them on my midriff. While she was digging away at my destroyed molar, I found my fingers dancing up and down with every stab. Truth be told, it was not that bad but having a metal instrument with a tapering end poking around the inside of my head is not my idea of fun.
After what seemed like an eternity of torture she declared that we were done. Like the proverbial bat I was out if that hell in no seconds flat.
“Don’t forget your appointment in 2 weeks time!” she trilled behind me. What a witch!
Panacea for the flu – Roots
After about 5 weeks, I am again in the throes of another bout with the flu and this time around to make things more colorful, I have an irritating hacking cough and a throat like sandpaper.
It leaves me with no option but to come to the conclusion that this year’s flu vaccine DOES NOT work. This is what I have resorted to.
Yes, roots. I have gone native. I am in the process of boiling the above concoction and will be downing the resultant “tea” in a very short while. Wish me luck people.
