Barnes & Noble Nook

Reviews for Nook has been rather damping. Experts said that the product Nook seems more like a rushed product thrown at the consumers.


While Nook boasts of its distinctions from Kindle from Amazon, it seems to be having a lot of problems for their differences.

It's touch screen seems to be lagging half the time, for example, it takes 3 seconds to flip a page, horribly slow as compared to the 1 second Kindle takes.


Nook is also problematic to use and the tools are not exactly very clear to users. It is hard to maneuver around the various applications.

Often, you tap some button on the color strip — and nothing happens. You wait for the Nook to respond, but there’s no progress bar, no hourglass, no indication that the Nook “heard” you. So you tap again — but now you’ve just triggered a second command that you didn’t want.


Now, the Nook may have some hardware advantages — a removable battery, a memory-card slot and (because of narrower plastic margins) a slightly trimmer shape — but the Kindle is still a better machine. It’s faster, thinner, lighter and much easier to figure out. Its battery lasts more than three times as long.

Credits -nytimes, -thecoolist, -wikimedia

Avatar AGAIN

I went to watch Avatar for the second time, this time in 2D. Honestly speaking, 2D seems to be a more pleasant experience for me as I suffered giddiness when I was watching it in 3D.

I watched it with my parents this time. For my dad, it's his 2nd movie since King Kong and as for my Mum, it's the first time she's watching a movie since 20 years ago.

The moment we stepped into the theatre, my Mum asked me why isn't there anyone leading us to our seats? So cute right?


Apparently in the olden days, the ticket staff will lead you to your seat just in case you can't find it. Haha, I guess that kind of service is long lost in the history already. Well, you might laugh but shouldn't we be ashamed that the service level in the past actually surpasses that of today's? Tsk tsk.


Nonetheless, it remains indelible for both my parents as they were enthusiastically discussing away about the theatres in the 1980s.


Even though it's my 2nd time watching Avatar, I have learnt something new.


Something so flagrant that most of us have taken for granted. That's life I guess? When things are constantly exposed to us, we don't know how precious they actually are.


The clan leader's wife told Jake this, "It's hard to fill a cup that is already full."

Jake, "But mine is empty. Trust me!"


Indeed, Jake's cup is empty. He has not received a single training nor has he clocked any lapse time in the Avatar body. Everyone was apprehensive about him entering the body and that they believed that he will be killed immediately as he was abandoned in the forest.

But to their dismay, he survived and has even successfully encroached onto the land of the natives unharmed. Best of all, he managed to gain the trust of the Na'vi and they, out of volition are willing to teach him the ways of the Omaticaya.


Have you guys ever thought about the point I just mentioned above? I bet you guys realised it right?

But how many of you have actually given it some serious considerations and thoughts? Most of you must have taken it for granted that in the story, Jake is the hero that infiltrated it but I'm quite sure that only a minority of you have thought about the point whereby his cup is actually empty. It's definitely not just a passing remark, but actually the essence of the movie. A message so flagrant that people did not even take note of.

To me, we people are often full of assumptions. Tabula rasa is a state whereby our mind is free of any impressions or opinions. Most of us have already lost it since birth.

Right now, we are merely a container fraught with criticisms and opinions. When the others try to convince us or help us look from another perspective, we remained adamant about it and even reprimand them for their nosiness.


But Jake was different, he did not know a single fact about the Pandora world or the Na'vi people. He just went into their world and learn from Neytiri, his soulmate. He listened and tried to see the forest through her eyes. He feel the creatures from deep inside him and did not assume right from the start.


In the end, he mastered the life as a Na'vi and is de facto one of the most successful military that has gotten so far deep into their culture.


Okay, enough said, I'm sure you guys got my point.


So hopefully from today onwards, you guys will learn to cast all opinions aside and listen to understand, rather than to argue. I'm not saying that you should not have your point of view, rather, I'm saying that you should give the rest a chance to teach you, and to give yourself a chance to see the point of view from the other's eyes.

In that way, we will have minimal conflicts in the world. Peace out!

Credits -mgeisler, -fanpop

Misfits

Misfits is an English live-action superhero comedy-drama about a group of young offenders forced to work in a community service programme, where they become imbued with special powers after a strange electrical storm.

Misfits follows five teenagers on community service who get struck by lightning and are given special powers. Kelly (Lauren Socha) becomes telepathic, Curtis (Nathan Stewart Jarrett) can rewind time by small amounts, Alisha (Antonia Thomas) can send people into a sexual frenzy when they touch her skin, Simon (Iwan Rheon) can make himself invisible when he feels he’s being ignored. Seemingly left unaffected is smart alec Nathan (Robert Sheehan). It follows in episode two, that the main characters are not the only people affected by the storm.

Credits -ggpht, -bleedingcool, -wikipedia

New Year Chalet Part 2

Sorry for the start off to this post.

It's too gay I know but yeah they are mad people.

Here is David popping the bottle.

The people beside our chalet cheered us on he popped it.

Hello, we just finished our meal as you can see. Look at Dominic on the far left, so unglam.

1 group shot.

HAHAHAHAHA. THIS WAS THE BOMB.

He can easily advertise for the biscuit.

By the way, this biscuit was introduced to us by Jaryl.

Now, I will teach you how to make this American snack.

First, you BBQ the marshmellow until it is squishy-squashy and then sandwich it with 2 plain crackers and trickle the chocolate sauce on the marshmellow and there you have it.

The American snack, Chocolate Marshmellow.

Isn't this cat gorgeous?

It took me a lot of effort just to get a good picture of it because it was scared of the flash.

Can you see Jaryl?

This is what I call the abyss of darkness.

Fyi, I cannot see him at all !

Poor Wei Kuan, being beaten up by David

Here comes Jaryl again, blocking the shot. Now you see how big he is ?

Brobdingnagian~

2 Straights !?!?!??!

But guess what? I still won against it!

I'm good right?

Here is me coaching Dominic on how to play Dai Di!

The Final Showdown. Won him against Dai Di but lost badly when we played Hearts.

He is the master of Hearts, better not mess with him guys.

He will trash you flat!~

Ayam Penyet

My friends told me that the key to great Ayam Penyet is actually the chilli sauce.

Apparently, it will make or break the entire dish. And all my friends gave it thumbs up.

A unanimous decision

HAHAHAHHAHA I love this picture the best!

Wei Kuan's girlfriend is back once again.

I bet you all have been waiting for her right?

But she sleeps around, check her out on Jaryl's neck

Then she sleeps on top of the cups

Woooooooooooooooo!!!

Now she's in a bed.

Wei Kuan is beside by the way, he has been sleeping with her the whole night.

Tsk tsk tsk.

I have nothing to say.

Okay, that's the end to the short stay at Aloha Resort.

Although the chalet was not very new, it has the quaint feeling tagged along with it.

In addition, it's really gigantic considering that we only pay a mere $53 bucks to it. However, for you guys out there who are interested in booking a room with Aloha Resort, please be sure that you have a civil servant in your family first because this is a privilleged price only for civil servants.

Kraft's pizza gone

"While a divestiture is not a complete shock, we admit to being caught off guard by the nature of this specific transaction," Stifel Nicolaus analyst Christopher Growe wrote in a note to clients this week. "The frozen pizza business was widely regarded as a key growth pillar for Kraft, one of the company's fastest growing businesses in our view and thus likely not the first choice for sale."

What's more, Kraft called its stock "undervalued" in a press statement and added that "its share price is depressed as a consequence of a number of short term factors which it believes will dissipate once the uncertainty surrounding its Offer for Cadbury is resolved."

Kraft mentioned that they believe that their stock values are undervalued and that the stock prices should rise way faster than it is suppose to. But are they themselves the cause of the slow rise?

Apparently, many people out there are now criticising Kraft for its tremendously slow, creeping growth. At this rate, Kraft might lose out even more to Nestle. As far as I am concern, Nestle has been staying at the top for quite some time and that Kraft has no threats towards it for now.

Worst still, it has now sold the DiGiorno pizza to Nestle.

From the way I see it, Kraft has definitely made a huge mistake there. The frozen pizza business has always been one of the fastest growing business for Kraft and that has become more of a staple food for the Americans now; even for the Asians.

It is definitely a clear-cut long term strategy to keep the frozen-pizza business to further propel its growth.

But from the way Kraft sees it, it is more of a short term strategy to keep the business.

However, for Kraft, pizza had more limited global potential than confectionery. "We're looking to focus on products where we can bring global scale," he said, and since the pizzas are frozen, "it would be difficult to leverage globally."

I thought that this is simply hilarious. The reason they provide is simply shallow and pathetic! Just because it's frozen? No way man seriously. It is difficult? I thought nothing is difficult in this world?

Come to think of it, even commodities can be sold worldwide with a high price if you are willing to add much values to it. Everything boils down to values and services at the end of the day, not the product per se. Look at Starbucks coffee, Frito-Lay's chips and Mcdonald's meals.

What kind of nonsense is Kraft trying to give to the public now. Are they trying to bamboozle us just because their stock values are constantly plummeting now? They can fool the naive ones but definitely not the smart ones.

The pizzas can definitely be marketed well globally (albeit frozen) because of its recognition worldwide. It has become the choice for every pizza-lovers, where they simply microwave it and enjoy it with their late night soccers.

Storage facilities now are definitely way better than before so there is no excuse for Kraft to say that it is costly or hard to store the pizzas.

Finally, I will suggest that Nestle make full use of this purchase and kick Kraft far, far away from their current position in the chart. Now that Nestle has acquired the frozen-pizza business, it is time to create a tumultuous new start for the pizza.

It is the new beginning for the frozen pizza, I hope that they will add some values to the commodity product. For instance, they can do a panoply of radical stuff like pairing it up with some other products that they have. For instance, think of

What other stuff do people take when they are eating pizzas,

Where are they eating pizzas?

Do they need tissues when they eat pizzas?

How do you make it easier for people to heat up the pizzas?

How can they not be messy when they consume the pizza?

It is not easy to wash so is it possible to lias with products that aid cleaning or easy disposal such as paper plates?

By integrating all these together, you bring the consuming of pizzas to a whole new level.

Go Go Nestle. I support you now. Kraft is dissapointing.

Credits -cnn, -michaelthemaven, -livetradingnews, -pgteenspace, -intracore, -icelings, -flickr

New Year Chalet Part 1

So on 2 January 2010, we embarked on a journey to Aloha, a chalet located near the Changi Village, infamously know for the prevalence of tyrannies. However, we only met up with 4 thankfully, not alot because according to Dominic, most of them have already shifted their territory as the rates at Changi Village plummeted.

So we met each other at 1pm at Pasir Ris, White Sand Shopping mall to purchase the BBQ stuff ( no pictures ) before we head towards Aloha.

We reached Aloha at around 3pm and the check-in head who is David was nowhere to be seen. Then, he messaged us that he will be slightly late.

So we thought since we had nothing to do in the mean time, we will take a couple of pictures.

Check out how he occupied the whole bench. Truly an authentic baba.

So possessive.

Then, the rest of us decided to join the fun!

Notice how the picture seems to be 3D?

Me, being on the extreme right is deepest in the picture followed by Wei Kuan, then Dominic and lastly Jaryl who almost came out of the picture.

Really very plus size I must say

Da da, presenting to you, our $53.50 chalet. Considering its brobdingnagian size, I must say that it is 100% worth your money.

Take a look inside !

Chairs and Dining Table

Bedroom. For your information, there are 3 bedrooms!?!?!?

Seriously, I am very impressed. Which chalet comes with 3 bedrooms at a cheap price of $53.50?

Make-up table. But none of us uses it because we don't use make up!

Aren't you very surprised. There is actually a Barley water service in our own chalet.

Haha, guess who was the one making the tentalising Barley that is so sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet but definitely tasty.

Mama Lim

It is very thoughtful of him to make Barley water for us because he forsee that we will all suffer from the excruciating sore throat after the heaty BBQ.

Thanks Dominic !!!!!!!!!!!!

Check out the water bombs plastic bags which we filled with water.

They are not intended for bombing, rather we are actually preparing ice. But it was epic phale because none of the water bags turn into ice in time.

The water in the bags only became ice in the morning the next day.

Check out the fire starters of the day.

David & Jaryl.

Fire starting 101 is to be patient or your fire will burn out quickly.

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. This doesn't fail to put a smile on my face.

She is officially Wei Kuan's girlfriend.

You can go get yourself one at $10 at River Island in Ion Orchard if you want one.

Definitely worth the money, check out the voluptuous figure!

No she is not swimming.

According to the manual, she will grow a magnificent size of 6 times in 3 days if you put her in the water.

How cool is that !?!?!?!

Unfortunately, we did see her grow to her maximum potential by the end of the next morning.

However, she is one major slut because she sleeps around in the house.

Want to see her again? Stay tune!

Booming fire ahead

Isn't this gorgeous? This is even better than sparklers.

That's the power of DSLR for you.

Charred fire starters

The food for the day, Weiners

Sparklers which we didn't really play with because the sparks were extremely weak and pathetic. I could barely see any sparks after I light it up.

No wonder it's only $2. I got cheated :(

Olive oil

The 2 Mama-san

White and Black.

Aren't these prawn balls gorgeous?

Don't you want to put them in your mouth?

Please do not start to fantasize. NC16

Chicken wings that are poked

Icy cold refrigerator keeping our food fresh before the fire is started.

Check out the bottles of wine above. They are complementary from Dominic.

He's really the best!

Providing us with the healthy Barley along with the classic wines.

Check out the black slut in the middle.

Stick out his tongue somemore.

So salacious!

In the end, he got beaten up by Wei Kuan because he's too slutty.

But look at him, he's still not repenting.

So in the end, the slave had to provide free massage for the master.

He deserved it.

But who needs the tyrannies when you already got one major one here.

Copenhagen Talk.

Whether to continue to BBQ or not.

1.Yes

2.No

Obviously we chose .....

1. YES YES YES

Check out Wei Kuan poking the poor packaging of the Plain Crackers.

He's not playing with it.

In fact, he's making us one DIY fan which we can use to fan the charcoal to keep it burning.

Thanks to you, Wei Kuan.

DIY for the win !!!

He can even work it with this thing !?!?!?!?!

He can easily win the model of the year.

Look carefully at the picture.

Dominic is actually using pandan leaf in place of a brush.

How creative. According to him, the food will smell nicer. Is it true?

Fail, it's okay. Maybe the others are okay.

OMG Fail again.

Panic outbreak

Epic Phale

 At this point in time, I lost all hopes. I was on the verge of calling BBQ wholesale for help.

The BBQ simply weren't working at all!

The food all turned out to be seared.

I must salute those BBQ uncles, they are really adroit in BBQ-ing.

A round of applause please

Since the chicken wings are flagrantly charred badly, we have decided to remove the sticks and BBQ them on its own.

Well, we have come to the end of the New Year Chalet Part 1.

Want to find out what happens at night?

Hints about Part 2 : Wei Kuan's girlfriend sleeps around, How we rescued the BBQ, showdown in Hearts and Dai Di, Changi Village expedition and the encroachment of Old Changi Hospital.

Do come back again to find out what exactly happened on the New Year Chalet Part 2.

Stay tuned!

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