Jinxed July 2013

The first month of the 2^nd half of the year has been a very eventful month. Most of it is coloured by grim news all over the world. Here is what has happened in month of July:

2nd July 2013	News from home: 6.1-magnitude earthquake shook Aceh. What a way to start the month, especially when the Muslim-majority province was going to observe fasting during the month of Ramadan, starting on 9th July. The death toll is 35, with 275 injured.
3rd July 2013	Morsi, the then President of Egypt, denounced and thrown out of office.
6th July 2013	Lac-Megantic train derailment. An unattended runaway freight train carrying crude oil derailed in the town of Lac-Megantic, Canada, causing massive fire and explosion right at the centre of town’s centre. (Final Destination? Could be a potential storyline for the next horror/thriller summer movie)
6th July 2013	Another earthquake in North Sumatra; this time with magnitude of 6.0. No tsunami occurred.

For Running Man Lovers

 지석진 아저씨 대박!
ㅎㅎㅎ.. 차 차차 차차 살아있네 임팔라!

(Translation:
Uncle Ji Seok-jin awesome! Hahaha.. Cha cha cha cha cha Impala is alive!)

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/11/travel/impala-escapes-cheetahs

Some background story:

noiseless mouse by Tuscani

When I moved to my current company and started my first day at work, the first thing I noticed was how uncomfortable my mouse was. I couldn't scroll smoothly and the click sensor was not sensitive enough. I tried to put up with it for a few weeks, but in the end I gave up..

So.. I needed a new mouse. ASAP. And because I'm soooo addicted to Qoo10, I decided to look for a mouse there. Usually they sell a good yet cheap stuff. And I found this 'noiseless mouse by Tuscani' at Qoo10. Reviews mentioned that it was great for stuff as cheap as this one. So I decided to buy it.

World War Z

I’d never have thought I’d watch a zombie movie, ever. The last close-to-zombie movie I watched was Will Smith’s “I am Legend”. Even that is not zombie; it’s rabies/vampire-like virus. I couldn't think of other zombie movies/books I read either. The only zombie thing I enjoyed was the game “Zombie vs plants”.

The idea of watching zombie movie to me was, uh, uncompelling. If it is an apocalypse movie about a deadly virus, not zombie, which humans have never encountered before, maybe I’d still watch it even though it’ll gross me out. But, the undead? Hmm…

But here I am, a person who has watched a zombie movie, starring Brad Pitt. So, why the change?

My Very Own Drama

Oh my goodness!

I really can't believe this!

They are engaged, and she still worries I have 'something' towards her fiancée!

I think I can make my own Korean drama out of my life story hahahaha.

DISCLAIMER: I didn't, and I don't, and I won't ever have any feelings towards the guy whatsoever. He's just totally not my type. AT ALL. In the past, now, or forever. And to me, the idea was, is and will be just too ridiculous to be true.

OK, here is the story:

Thank You!

thank you for the sky so clean,
thank you for the air we breathe,
thank you for the wind that clears away the air,
thank you God for everything, Amen!
(sing to the tune of "Thank you for the World so Sweet" Sunday school song)

* I know it might be temporary, but I'm still thankful I can breathe a little more freely during the weekend; it allowed us to have our Sunday service normally :)

The Return of the Haze - "I'll be back..."

I blinked my eyes once, twice, thrice… It’s still blurry. Then I smelled the smoke. Oh, I thought, the haze has finally made its way back to Singapore. It slowly approached the island and surprised me with its presence on Tuesday morning. My morning looked like lala land with using smog as visual effect.

What has Indonesia done now, another forest fire? It seemed pretty bad… And as if the smell of the smoke was not enough, strangely the number of people smoking along my walk to the MRT increased by 4 fold. My lungs immediately screamed for fresh air. Well, I wouldn't get any until I reached MRT premises.