Gone to Italy. Be back in 10 days or so.
If possible, I’ll post from there.
Monthly Archives: July 2007
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Reentry
Originally uploaded by davidteter
I love Flickr! (and Flickr loves me…)
From time to time, I browse through the ‘Interestingness’ pages to admire the photos from both the pros, amateurs and, at times, the wannabe photographers. Okay, okay… none of my photos have made these pages so I will dial down the bitchiness.
Anyway, I stumbled upon this photo from davidteter and my initial reaction was jealousy. Who wouldn’t? How many people are lucky enough to see the world from this point? A tad few. I love how this photo captured the atmosphere, which separates our beloved planet from the harsh elements of space. It seems thin yet it has made life possible and seeing it this way makes one feel so sentimental. Bravo to you, davidteter!
Ah! I dream to be in space. Hell, I want to be in space! Even for just that moment that I could see the blue earth from suborbital space. It is my childhood dream to be an astro/cosmo-naut (hey, whoever gives me the chance, really!) — but the closest I got is through books, studying the science of it all. Unless, of course, you can count seeing Prof Stephen Hawking giving a lecture at Cambridge the closest encounter.
My stripper name
I’ve recently discovered this application on Facebook on finding out your stripper name. It’s fun! I’m not exactly sure what algorithm they use but mine turned out to be Jasmine Sunnykiss. Still not quite stripper-ish, just a tad maybe. So, I searched the net for more stripper name generators that will sound (or read) more convincing. Google UK will return 2.2 million results for “what is your stripper name” as search key. Here are my names from the first 2 pages of the search results.
From Blogthings:
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Hmmm… kinda boring, isn’t it?
According to Jeremy Zadowny’s blog, your stripper name is composed by using the name of your first pet as your first name and the name of the first street you lived as your last name. So, in my case, my stripper name would be Alfie St Mary — sounds more like a starlet name to me!
There are different variations to this algorithm — use your mother’s maiden name instead of the street name as your last name or the first name is your favourite ice cream flavour in place of your pet’s name. But the mother’s maiden name won’t work too well where the women don’t really change their names when they get married, like in Spain. I do like the ice cream flavour though, which makes me Mocha St Mary.
Updated… finally!
Saw it. Loved it.
I am talking about the Transformers film, of course! Went to see the preview screenings at Friday midnight and for the entire day, I was buzzing with excitement.
See, I grew up watching Transformers on TV along with the other robot cartoons — Voltes V, Mazinger Z, Voltron and Daimos. I even had the toys! And I had more robots and cars than I did Barbie dolls. This is why when I first heard that they were bringing Transformers into the big screen, I couldn’t wait. And I must say, it did not disappoint.
Okay, so there were really a few disappointments. Like Bumblebee presented as a Camaro instead of a Beetle. Or Megatron as this high flying jet when in fact, he was just a pistol. But there were quite a few surprises, too. See, Ratchet was upgraded from being an ambulance car to a hummer! As for the human actors, well, kudos to them, too. Both Shia and Megan probably had not been born yet when Transformers first came to the small screen but they did justice to their respective roles. I bet all the men would not disagree when I say that about Megan Fox! I mean, even I would give anything to get that flat stomach!!!
I’ve heard of some die hard Transformers fans who refuse to see the film because of these disappointments but methinks they are missing out. I’d really recommend seeing it. It’s really goooooood…
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Where’s my ice cream?
Brits love to talk about the weather.
“Sun’s out, grab your sun creams!” 5 minutes later…. “Now, where’s that brolly?”
Oh yes, British weather is known to be SH*T. In one day, we can have rain, sun, sleet, snow, hail, and gail.
This year, we already had summer back in April. Yes, those 5 glorious days in April.
Ugh!
I want my summer now, dammit!