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Yup. You heard me right. For $800,000/year, I’ll work as your minister. Yeah I’ll even take the job of Minister of Health (the current incumbent seems to engender much derision). So they decided to pat themselves on the back and raise their pays. It isn’t even a COLA (cost of living adjustment), it goes way beyond that. I don’t think compound inflation …
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Turns out that scientists have proven what men have always known. Nagging does not work, and it’s counter productive.
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Taken from my babyWhat a change. Last time i took a myers brigg test I was INFJ… now I am ENFP… 6 years will do that to you I guess.
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An interesting fact from the good folks at Mental Floss. You can actually lower your APR with a simple script.Hi, my name is [Your Name]. I am a good customer, but I have received several offers in the mail from other credit card companies with lower APRs. I want a lower rate on my card, ...
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Yup. I’m turning 27. In fact my birthday also marks India’s independence day and the death of the British Empire (sure it goes on until 1997, but honestly without India there is no empire). It’s a time for reflection I suppose.This birthday will mark my first grown up birthday, seeing as how I’ll be starting ...
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Taken from Mental FlossThe Curious Origins of 9 Delicious Phrases 1. The Cold ShoulderBelieve it or not, there was a time when giving someone the cold shoulder didn’t just mean publicly sn …
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Has a chance last week to see this brass quintet in action. They’re good. And the tickets were free. Hee hee.
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The one thing that the whole UNSW debacle has taught me is that comprehensive university education is best left in Singaporean hands. Call me a narrow-minded nationalist or a bigoted myopic well frog, but we’ve set up three universities without too much trouble. In fact NTU is expanding and setting up a social science department, ...
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I do not get this ad. What does a pie throwing machine have to do with the Xbox? Who the hell paid them money for this? Were 100 monkeys stuck in a room and given typewriters? What happened? Who was high on LSD or Sugar? Only Smarties have the answer?!?
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Thanks to Neatorama. Diet Water by Sapporo. Only in Japan. Unless they meant the water for the Japanese Diet (legislative body not some get thin quick fad).Click pic to go to original site.
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Ok so I started wandering around on Youtube after the Erection Dude video and I found the old video for the Japanese Tradition series… The one for sushi. It’s a funny take on Japanese traditions by some Japanese comedians. You remember… This one:They have an origami one that is ridiculously funny, no subs… but you don’t need subs to appreciate …
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How is it the Thais can come up with better commercials than us?
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So I start work on Aug 20, 2007. Yup. My first real full time job. Heh… Can’t tell you how much I earn, but I earn enough to feed myself and Moya (that’s the car).Looking forward to the job. It pays ok and the leave is good. Plus I don’t think the job is extremely ...
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Taken from here. Top billboard belongs to Kingfisher, an Indian budget airline.Bottom billboard belongs to Jet Airways, a major Indian airline.
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All-girl brass band doing a cover of Dragon Ball’s Theme Song. Catchy Tune.
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Although this is an American art form, the Japanese and Koreans have really made it their own. It is utterly amazing, although I think the Koreans are slightly better. If only my arm and …
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Wonder what being a piece of Sushi at a kaiten sushi store (Sakae/Sushi Tei) is like?
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Well my best friend’s blood count is down… He lost a third of his red blood cells. This is not good. He’s not a the point for blood transfusion, but it is a distinct possibility. For now we’re going to give him hormone injections. On the plus side his urea levels are down from 13 to 11. We might bring him home to care for him. We know how to change …
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