Sanity… is for the Weak

… was at Sun With Moon, located at Wheelock Place.

A traditional ground green tea (Macha) with a box of Japanese sweets. Very yummy.

Sun with Moon Japanese Dining and Cafe
501 Orchard Road #03-15 Wheelock Place
Tel: 6733-6636

How Much Is My Life Worth?

Your Life Is Worth…

$773,500

$773,500!?! That’s it?!?

Got two of these in the e-mail:

I reproduce one of them here as it looks more “authentic”.

The National Lottery

The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE6 1HX
England
(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/69
Batch: 074/05/ZY379

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are happy to announce to you the draw #(1120) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 16th September 2006. It is yet to be unclaimed and you are getting the FINAL NOTIFICATION as regards this.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:66475600545 306 with Serial number 5377/06 drew the lucky numbers:
11 12 16 33 34 43
28 BONUSBALL
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 6 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 634,310 (six hundred and Thirty-four thousand Three hundred and Ten pounds sterling)
in cash credited to file KTU/9023117310/06.

This is from a total cash prize of 4,44O,170GBP shared amongst the(7)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 6 plus bonus.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Websites through computer draw system and extracted from
over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.
In view of this, your 634,310GPD (six hundred and Thirty-four thousand Three hundred and Ten pounds sterling) will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact her.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you i n whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

To file for your claim,please contact our claims agent below.
**************************************************
Name:Mr Charles McCoy.
Phone:+447031911231.
Email: claimagentcoy@aim.com

Foreign Services Manager,Payment and Release order
Department,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

Endeavour to email him your full names,winning numbers,email address,telephone/fax numbers immediately.
Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.

sincerely

JAMES IRVIN
CONTROLER

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
P.O.Box 1010
Liver pool, L701NL,
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Looks convincing, yeah? But it’s all a scam. Check out the truth in the links:

:Link:
Lottery Scam Warning
Hoax Slayer
Fraud Aid

Audio:Slave
In the B&O:
Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing
+Ok Go: Oh No
+Hed Kandi: The Mix 2006
+Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits

Visual:Slave
In the DVD:
+Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu (The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi)
+Final Fantasy: Advent Children
+Gokusen
+Howl’s Moving Castle
+Karas
+Vandread: the Second Stage
+Gun Parade March
+Samurai 7
+Gunslinger Girl
+Initial D: 4th Stage
+Scrapped Princess
+The DaVinci Code
+V for Vendetta

In the PSP:
+Battlestar Galatica Season 1
+Battlestar Galatica Season 2
+Ouran High Host Club
+Zero no Tsukaima (ゼロの使い魔)

Movies to Catch:
+Ice Age 2
+Superman Returns
+Cars
+Mission: Impossible 3
+Pirates of the Carribean 2
+Miami Vice
+Tristan and Isolde
+Underworld: Evolution
+X-Men 3
+Lord of War
+Open Season
+The Seninel
+Casino Royale
+The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift
+Over the Hedge
+Night At The Museum
+Crank
+Zoom
+Happy Feet
+Azumi
+Man of the Year
+Flyboys
+Accepted

Movies to Catch: 2007
+Spiderman 3
+Transformers: The Movie
+Ghost Rider
+Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Finally caught The DaVinci Code on DVD. Somewhat different from the book, but in general, the story remains true to Dan Brown’s (fictional) vision of the Grail story. Many people I’ve met have lamented about how different it is from the book; but think about this: why pay hard-earned money to watch something that is exactly the same as the one you read?

Recent Photos
Ran into an old friend last weekend; Brian.

Haven’t seen him in a while (even though we “meet” online for games pretty often), since he’s had his baby ~ I suppose taking care of something that’s helpless right now is a full time committment. Here’s another sincere wish that ours will come soon. In the meantime, our dogs bring joy into our lives with the unquestioning love they show.

Anyway, I also met up with Mo; and seeing as how I’d be free every Saturday afternoon from now till the end of the year as the wife has classes, we decided to try to get something going again with the old group ~ maybe some boardgames and stuff, to try and keep in touch. We’ll see how that goes.

Random Nonsense
Was surfing the ‘net and came across something that was up for sale: An abandoned US Missile Base.

Immediately:
*ding*
Instant Evil Overlord’s Lair.

“One Million Dollars!”
*mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!*

*More* Random Nonsense
View this page in Japanese!

Laser-Sighted Slingshot.

The PS-52 Slingshot uses a laser pointer that automatically aligns itself to the trajectory of the fired projectile. Aim the PS-52 Slingshot just like a pistol and shoot at targets with incredible accuracy. The PS-52 Slingshot uses an innovative two axis pivoting system that tracks the trajectory of the projectile based on the pouches position with respect to the fork. Thus, by pivoting the fork, a plane is created which is perpendicular to the fired projectile. Therefore, by mounting the sight on this plane, the sight will be in alignment with the fired projectile. Using the PS-52 slingshot shooters have hit cans consistently at 50 feet. The PS-52 Slingshot has a unique arm brace that reduces stress on the wrist. This allows the shooter to extend the pull of the rubber bands which provides for higher velocity shots. The PS-52’s unique arm brace and upper fork folds down to a size that is smaller than most arm brace slinghots. The PS-52 is small enough to slide into your back pocket or can be carried in your fishing box. Using the laser sight, you can accurately, quickly & effectively strike a target. Simply point the laser at your target & shoot. With the laser sight, a quick draw shot can be fired from the waist making it fun to shoot. The PS-52 Slingshot includes an open sight like those used on guns. This sight is ideal for shooting under bright sunlight conditions, where the laser sight has limited performance. The sight has a left/right and elevation adjustment.

I’m in love.

:Link:
PS-52 Laser Sighted Slingshot

Xak: Yeah, yeah. Just done with episode 9. Gonna start on the RAWs now, ‘cos 私は日本語少しを理解する :p

Audio:Slave
In the B&O:
Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing
+Ok Go: Oh No
+Hed Kandi: The Mix 2006

Visual:Slave
In the DVD:
+Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu (The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi)
+Final Fantasy: Advent Children
+Gokusen
+Howl’s Moving Castle
+Karas
+Vandread: the Second Stage
+Gun Parade March
+Samurai 7
+Gunslinger Girl
+Initial D: 4th Stage
+Scrapped Princess

In the PSP:
+Battlestar Galatica Season 1
+Battlestar Galatica Season 2
+Ouran High Host Club

Movies to Catch:
+Ice Age 2
+V for Vendetta Missed this.
+Superman Returns
+The DaVinci Code looks like we missed this one.
+Cars
+Mission: Impossible 3
+Pirates of the Carribean 2
+Miami Vice
+Tristan and Isolde
+Underworld: Evolution
+X-Men 3
+Lord of War
+Open Season
+The Seninel
+Casino Royale
+The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift
+Over the Hedge
+Night At The Museum
+Crank
+Zoom
+Happy Feet
+Azumi
+Man of the Year

Movies to Catch: 2007
+Spiderman 3
+Transformers: The Movie
+Ghost Rider
+Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Just a quick update: looks like one of my fave actors ~ Robin Williams ~ is having a busy year; first up will be the comedy Man of the Year, followed by animated feature Happy Feet. There’s also a thriller The Night Listener by Williams, but I’m really not into scary movies, so I’ll give that a skip.

Book Mooch
Read about the Book Mooch service on Tomorrow as posted by ketsugi, and I thought it was something worth joining ~ seeing as how I’ve got tons of books collected over the years. In fact, not one day since I’ve put a few books up on the site and I’ve already got someone asking for two of them!

However, the idea of sending off books in the mail to someone else in the tiny island we call home does sound a little… excessive. Does anyone know how much package post costs!?! We’re proposing a Singapore Mooch Use’s meetup (perhaps we should call it a “Mooch-Up” ) and do a direct book-swap ~ hope this works out…

You’ve Experienced 68% of Life

You have all of the life experience that most adults will ever get. And unless you’re already in your 40s, you’re probably wise beyond your years.

Interesting. Not shocking, but interesting.

Wise beyond my years eh? Does that mean I have a Wisdom of 18 / +4, and should have been a cleric? Oh, wait. I *am* a Cleric in DDO.

Finally a chance to slow down and take things easy.

Went for lunch at Liva Life over at South Buoma Vista. It’s a little ice cream shop that sells great asian-inspired sandwhiches over the weekends as well. All made fresh on the spot, right down to the fries ~ a set meal of Sandwhich + fries + drink will set you back about $7~8. A little hidden gem in a quiet little shopping centre. We’ll be back there again for the ice cream!

Liva Life
3 South Buona Vista Road #02-14
The Village Center S(118136)

After picking up the wifey from her classes, we decided to explore the little eateries over at Gillman Village, where the famous “Little Bali” is located. It’s a quaint and charming place that hides many gems, among which was The Turquoise Room where we had dinner. It’s not immediately visible, as you’ll have to walk down a short flight of stairs to the main door, but we were drawn by the dazzling white paint job and soothing chill-out music piped out form the speakers. It’s interior, however had a rough, unfinished look to it that gave it a feeling of stripping to the bare essentials; however, the food was anything but! i get the feeling that we’ll return, and the next time we’ll be trying the impressive looking wine collection they have.

The Turquoise Room
7 Lock Road (Ground floor)
Singapore 108935
Tel: 64733655