Random Ramblings

ANZ Hates Money

It’s true. The ANZ online banking web site has undergone some recent changes. Apart from a face lift, I’m not sure what else has changed.
I use Microsoft Money to keep track of my savings and expenses. Money works great if you live in the US… alot of banks either let you connect to them directly […]

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Why Clijsters and Hewitt Broke Up…


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Soy Milk: Fat In Disguise?

Everyday without fail, I buy a coffee at Bar Bellos, a lovely cafe at Circular Quay. I was introduced to Bar Bellos by Sylvia Santoso, a friend who really knows her coffee (we both agree that Star Bucks suck).
We get on well with the guy who makes our coffee, whom we’ve secretly nick named Botak […]

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Killer Durians?

Durians can kill you. It’s well known that its pungent smell intoxicates certain people (mainly guai-los). But did you know eating too much can “heat” you to death?
A Thai man literally burnt his insides out when he consumed too much of the durian fruit. The moral of the story? Alcohol and durian don’t go hand-in-hand. […]

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It’s All About ME!

Read an article on the Herald again today that was very relevant. It identifies a new category of young adults among the Australian population.
These guys are in their late 20s to early 30s, have jobs, no financial commitments, and two thirds of them still live with their parents. They tend to spend all their money […]

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Video Games Are Good For You

Interesting article on the Sydney Morning Herald today. Basically, it confirms what most of us gamers have been claiming all this time. Playing video and computer games gives you an edge in life.
Quote: “Researchers are finding players can make sharper soldiers, drivers and surgeons. Their reaction time is better, their peripheral vision more acute. They […]

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One Hand Slapping?

It’s a well known fact that Japanese men are some of the most hardcore, sex crazed men in the world. The sinful things they have introduced to this world includes school girls, anime porn and so much more.
Now they are turning the sex industry upside down by introducing pay-for-self-service sex. I mean, there are many […]

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The best Singapore has to offer…

Some of my visitors from Singapore were very offended about my previous blog entry, Pity the Singaporeans.
I was quickly given a link to a self-confessed super action hero called Steven Lim, who claims he is the most handsome man in Singapore.
His web page is hosted on a free Yahoo! GeoCities account, and because of the […]

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Pity the Singaporeans…

It’s embarrassing being Singaporean. Especially if you’re a man. Fortunately, I’m not… Singaporean.
In a recent survey by FHM magazine, they found that not only did Singaporean men had very little sex per week, they also had the second smallest ding-a-lings.
Ages ago, fearing that the population will rise too fast and overload Singapore’s limited space, the […]

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Dead or Alive chicks… to hug and to hold

Any die hard XBox fan will know of the chicks from the Dead or Alive games. If they’re not kicking each other’s buttocks in street fights, they’re in bikinis playing volley ball at the beach.
But if you buy an XBox in Japan this month, Microsoft is throwing in a dakimakura or hugging pillow, similar to […]

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