Nine words women use...

1.) Fine : This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.

2.) Five Minutes : If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour.. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.

3.) Nothing : This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.

4.) Go Ahead : This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!

5.) Loud Sigh : This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to #3 for the meaning of nothing.)

6.) That's Okay : This is one of the most dangerous statements a woman can make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.

7.) Thanks : A woman is thanking you, do not question, or Faint. Just say you're welcome.

8.) Whatever : Is a women's way of saying F@!K YOU!

9.) Don't worry about it, I'll do it : Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking 'What's wrong?' For the woman's response refer to #3..Then you RUN!

Jokes - Local Call...

How much would it cost to (telephone) call Singapore from Hell? You'd be surprised!

All human being will need to go to 'Hell' country one day, nobody can stop this natural facts. If suppose Queen Elizabeth, Gearge Bush and Lee Kuan Yew die and go to hell. But the devil allows only one phone call each. The Queen says, I miss my England , can I use your phone and hear how my people are doing up there.

She calls and talks about five minutes. Then she asks: Well devil, how much do I owe you for the call? The devil says: Five million pounds. She writes him a cheque and goes back to her burning chair .

Bush wants to make a call too. He says I wanna call the US . He talks about ten minutes, then asks how much do I owe you devil? The devil says Ten million dollars He also writes a cheque and goes back to his hot hot seat.

Lee Kuan Yew is also anxious. He says I want to call Singapore . He calls and talks for about an hour to his son Lee Hsien Loong about the high cost of living up there and the constant cursings by the people... Then he asks the devil how much do I owe you?

The devil replies: only one dollar. Lee Kuan Yew is shocked and asks 'why so little?'.

The devils says: if you make a call from one hell to another, IT'S LOCAL CALL.

Yanky Land....

My 'Bro' just came back to work after attending the DEF CON convention held recently in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. His trip is fully subsidised by XXX. Lucky b*****d.... He was telling me about the convention and those weird things that those hackers do. He also talked about his follow-up vacation in New York with his wifey. Doubly lucky b*****d!!

Having heard soooooooo much from him about YankyLand makes me all the more excited about my impending trip there next month with my significant other (SO). We'll be going to the West Coast, specifically San Francisco, Los Angeles & Las Vegas (aka Sin City). This is a 12D/11N Free & Easy trip designed by Uncle Law who had no prior experience or a clue about the places he is going. He ransacked the web with his trusty Google and came up with the places to stay, visit and also how to get around, to and fro each city.

Here's some of the highlights :

• Tour to Napa & Sonoma Valleys
  
• Monterey, Carmel & The 17-Mile Drive
• Disneyland in Anaheim
  
• Grand Canyon
• Sky Diving
• Factory Outlet Malls in Las Vegas

I'm quite excited and can't really wait for end-Sept to come sooner. However, there are a few things that I'm having reservations about...

• Safety @ nite - need I elaborate further?
  
• Food - YankyLand is aka Junk-Food Paradise
• Transport - heard that it can sometimes be hard going around YankyLand without driving
  
• Shopping - feared for my legs as I expect SO to go crazy once we reach the Factory Outlet Malls

It's not the first time I'm going on a Free & Easy vacation. In fact, I've never been on packaged-holiday before. Despite that, I still feel apprehensive about each trip that I'm going because I tended to one who doesn't like last minute situational changes.

My last major trip was back in 2004 where I went to UK for a summer module as part of my Degree program. 4yrs later, I'm once again going to a faraway land, the place where you can be shot for no reasons in broad daylight....

Hope we both get to return in 1 piece each....

YouTube Spoofs.....

An 'irritating' friend of mine recently forwarded me this YouTube video of some spoof taken off a Hitler documentary. They edited the original storyboard with their own and came up with the following :



If you visit the actual location of the video @ YouTube, you will be able to find numerous other spoofs using the very same video BUT with different storyboards. Some are pretty lame but damn funny!

MS Outlook 2003 Tips

If you have deleted your mail items the hard way, i.e. by pressing SHIFT+DEL the mail is not sent to the Deleted Items folder and you obviously won't be able to retrieve them there. Fret not, there are still hopes... By default the Recover Deleted Items functionality is only enabled on the Deleted Items folder in a user’s private folders; items that are hard deleted cannot be recovered. However, the good news is that this can be changed by making a small change to the Registry as follows :

1. Start Registry Editor ( Start > Run > "Regedit")
   
2. Locate and click the following key in the registry : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange\Client\Options
3. On the Edit menu, click Add Value, and then add the following registry value :
   Value name: DumpsterAlwaysOn
   Data type: DWORD
   Value data: 1
4. Quit Registry Editor

That’s it. Now you can recover your hard deleted mails as well. :)

Body Combat - Part 2

This is my 2nd post about Body Combat (aka BC), my favourite Group-Xercise Class at the gym. Exactly what is BC and why am I so enthralled by it? Read on to find out...

What is Body Combat?
BODYCOMBAT™ is a non-combat, martial arts-based fitness program with moves drawn from Karate, Tae Kwan Do, Kung Fu, kickboxing, Muay Thai and Tai Chi. Each 55-minute BODYCOMBAT™ class is choreographed to 10 tracks of the latest music, providing an exhilarating exercise experience that delivers ultra-fast fitness results.

- Extracted from Les Mills' Official Site


BODYCOMBAT™ Benefits

• Improves heart and lung function and reduces the risk of heart disease
• Tones and shapes key muscle groups
• Burns calories for a leaner body
• Improves co-ordination and agility
• Improves bone density
• Improves posture and core strength and stability
• Builds self-confidence

A typical class consists of 10-Tracks as follows :

• Track 01 : Warm Up
• Track 02 : Combat 1
• Track 03 : Power 1
• Track 04 : Combat 2
• Track 05 : Power 2
• Track 06 : Combat 3 aka Recovery
• Track 07 : Muay Thai
• Track 08 : Power 3
• Track 09 : Conditioning
• Track 10 : Cool Down

For me, I usually skip Track 9 & 10. However, I will stay beyond Track 8 if the instructor adds on additional tracks (which they often does) instead of proceed to Conditioning after Track 8.

As mentioned in "Body Combat - Part 1", I hit the gym typically thrices weekly on Tues & Sat as they're my usual gym days. Mon, Wed, Fri & Sun are the other possible days. Over the past 20mths of BC-ing, I've come to 'compile' my personal list of favourite, not-too-bad & cannot-make-it (CMI) instructors. You will hardly (if ever) see me attending the class if its conducted by those on my CMI listing.

I've also compiled a list of my favourite tracks as follows :

• Track 01 : BC2901, Thank You
  
• Track 02 : BC2802, The Final Countdown
  
• Track 03 : BC3303, Angel Eyes
  
• Track 04 : BC2704, Tribal Dance
  
• Track 05 : BC3605, Don't You Wanna Feel
  
• Track 06 : BC3506, That's Right
  
• Track 07 : BC3107, We Rock
  
• Track 08 : BC3408, Believe In Me
  
• Add-On 1 : BC2303, Field of Dreams
• Add-On 2 : BC3003, Shooting Star

PS : Conditioning & Cool-Down skipped as I do not usually do them. :)

My Company Folks

My company, being the 'foremost' R&D organisation in SG, hires over 1400 'TOP TALENTS' from the local pool (thank goodness) but there are a sprinkling of converted FTs here and there. Today's topic is not about these FTs, so don't worry....

I've been around the company for nearly 2yrs and had seen my fair share of the uglier side of the folks in XXX (I've replaced my company initials with XXX for confidentiality). I must admit I've not seen worst peoples then those I'm now working alongside with! They are conceited, selfish and very demanding. Before you concluded that I'm bashing the entire bunch, I must admit that most of them are alright, just that there were quite a few black sheeps around in the herd.

As mentioned earlier, the folks recruited into XXX for R&D are usually the 'Cream of the Crop'. Somehow, I also don't know how, a few of these 'Cream' seemed to suffer from Big Headed-ness, Selfish-ness and are obviously very demanding towards their junior colleagues and corporate divisions. There was a case of how a high-level 'Cream' banging the table and demanding a solution from corporate staff, for proper disposal of a pen-knife blade! While another 'Cream' commented that certain items issued to users such as thumbdrives are without hooks which causes users to lose them!

I was dumbfounded when I saw these 2 cases! I can't imagine how/why would someone need to use his 'weight' to demand a solution to a simple problem? You mean you, having studied much (maybe Phd) more than your fellow colleagues, can't even think of a safe way to dispose of pen-knife blades? Do you mean the company is to also to ensure things/equipment issued to you are safely secured? I thought this is our OWN RESPONSIBILITIES?

I cannot imagine the Government, in addition to issuing us with Identity Cards, Passports, etc, they also have to ensure that we do not lose them! How? Provide every household with a safe? This is most ridiculous. I really don't know what to comment of that 'selfish' fellow.