workplace fatality rate

"Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has set a more ambitious, 10-year target of reducing deaths at the workplace to 1.8 per 100,000 workers..." read more.


Workplace here probably refers to the construction sites.
But I wonder if PM Lee knows that the number one job hazard in the offices is paper cuts.



"Papercuts are deadly and should be avoided at all times. They are an infamous happening throughout the world, with an increasing occurance rate in Asia..." read more.

G9 is GR8

This lens bracelet looks very fitting.. especially since I just bought my new camera today.
I might need an accessory to match my new gadget. haw haw
This blog should spot more photos.. if I'm not too lazy.

The List Universe

I've been really absorb with The List Universe lately. TOO absorbed. I think I actually spent like hours on this website. It's that addictive!

It's a website that has lists and lists of top 10s, 20s and 30s, in all categories imaginable.

One of the more interesting lists of things are the:



top 10 incredible sound illusions,






15 incredible japanese videos,






and the top 30 brilliantly timed sports.


..and the list goes on. haw haw
Awesome stuff.

50 ways to help the planet

here's to a greener planet.

random thoughts.. really.

i've a paper in 14hrs and i'm in absolutely no mood to study for it. been thinkin' 'bout stuff, like how i once was really into the whole acoustic guitar thin', and then i somewhat lost the passion for it along the way. kaki king really impressed me back then when she started her music career as a chic acoustic slapperstylist, and 'tho shes changed her style heaps, she's still cool. i was also checkin' out tour dates for don ross, antoine dufour and andy mckee, hopin' to find somethin' near buffalo in fall. really gotta get back to playin', its a world of opportunity out there.

anyway, in the true spirit of a blogger, here's 5 things to do durin' my semester break:

1. Apply for visa; book flight tickets
2. Pack ye rooms
3. Restring & polish my guitars
4. Visit my dentist, Will
5. Ferrell; and format my laptop

I will wake up early for this

Brilliant gadget. Quick and tasty breakfast sandwiches made in a snap with the Egg and Muffin toaster. More awesomeness here.

Public service annoucement

Ben & Jerry's will celebrate their 30th birthday with the annual Free Cone Day.

Ben & Jerry's shops across Singapore - and around the world - will serve up any cone or cup of your choice, absolutely free!

Time: 12 - 7pm
Date: 29th April 2008
Place: Participating Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shops in Singapore, and around the world!

Singapore Arts Festival - Amjad

i'm really psyched to watch this one.
you shouldn't miss it too.

Singapore Arts Festival
6 – 7 Jun, 8pm, Esplanade Theatre
$35, $55, $75, $95, $110, $130

SIMS 3!!!!

coming in 2009..
aw shucks. thats still quite far away

marian bantjes

for the cover of the guardian's g2.
i really love marian's work.
you can check out the bigger image on her website here.

Raccoon encounters

check out the rest of the creative encounters via photoshop genius here.

roaches facts

• Roaches wear their skeletons on the outside of their bodies.

• What if you skinned your knee and white blood came out? If you're a cockroach, no big deal. Cockroaches bleed white blood.

• Roach mouths work sideways.

• The world's largest roach lives in South America.

• Some roaches are tiny and live in ant nests.

• Tropical cockroaches are often brightly colored green, yellow, red.

• If you were to collect one of every species of cockroach found in the world, you'd need a lot of jars to put them in. There are some 5,000 species of cockroaches worldwide.

• Most species of cockroaches live in the tropics.

• Cockroaches have six hairy legs. The tiny hairs found on each leg give them their sense of touch.

• Cockroaches have 6 legs and least 18 knees!!!

• The world's largest roach is six inches long with a one-foot wingspan.

• Cockroach kidneys look like a bunch of writhing snakes.

• Pregnant for life? It doesn't sound like much fun, but some female cockroaches mate once and are pregnant for the rest of their lives.

• Roaches live all over the world, including the North and South Poles. In extremely cold places, however, they survive by moving in with humans.

• No food for a month--not even a crumb? Roaches can go without eating for a month but will only live a week without water.

• It's hard to sneak up on a roach. They have one great big nerve connecting their tails to their heads, alerting them to danger from behind.

you can read other facts here.
but i just had to post this up cos just reading this makes me squirm

Love

it's 4.30am and i'm thinking about the issue of love.
which was probably triggered when i read mamak.

i was 17 or 18 when a friend asked me what i think love means..
so i gave the usual answer.. that love is romantic, or platonic or family.
i think i gave a huge load of theories about love or something
and my friend just replied, love is God.

honestly, back then, when i still wasn't a christian,
though i feebly mumbled my agreement, just to get my friend's approval,
i thought he didn't know better at all.

"Love is not just a subjective feeling.
Love is God sending his Son to die,
so that we might live, so that we might
know God, and so that we might love.
This perhaps is the greatest love story ever told."

now at 24, i'm thankful for being constantly reminded of His love.
especially moments like this, when i'm reminded of my old self..

this friend and i aren't really talking much at all now.
but if i do see him one day, i'll thank him for being one of the first few
to introduce me this love story.

Faces in Places

Seeing yellow



Fungus, the bin man



and my personal favourite, the gobby twins



many more delightful and hilarious faces in many places here.

thanks to deborah for the link!

yet 2 more shirts

oh dear..
i'm already thinking of getting more


le broke.

podcasts are totally awesome

been trying to maximum the use of my time
listening to podcasts from mars hill church..
i'm currently listening to the religion saves series
by one of the pastors, mark driscoll.
you can check it out here.

mixes

you can get your own mix tape here.

weather in new york

this is for tim when he goes to buffalo in august..



from michael surtees

just for fun..

and then there are two

yay. the raccoon is joined with her ferret.

join us on our little journey.. :)

i am tim, hear me squeal..

.. and so i've joined the raccoon at her blog on an auspicious day such as april fools.. hopin' that this won't be the last of my posts. anyway for those of you who don't really know who i am.. here's a brief introduction of myself....



*squeals*

simple and sweet

cards from kisforkatie.etsy.com