Life's Great Expectations!

Terok was travelling in a crowded bus. He was carrying the passport size photograph of his son for college admission. Accidentally, the photograph drop down from his pocket. He started searching for it frantically & found it on the floor below the ends of a woman's saree. He asked her, "Can you lift your saree? I wanna take photograph".... THE REST IS HISTORY He was beaten so badly that he had to be admitted to hospital. He was suprised to see Butol on the next bed to him in a worse condition. Butol explained what happened to him. He had gone to a remote village to work. He finished late & missed the last bus. He couldn't find any hotel nearby. So he approached a nearby house & asked the Owner whether he can stay there for a night. The Owner replied "I have 2 grown up daughters. Sorry, you can't stay here". Then he approached the next house & asked the Owner whether he can stay there for a night. The Owner replied "I have 3 grown u...

Sun Nov 5, 6:43 PM ET In this undated photo released by the New Zealand Defense Force, an iceberg is observed from a New Zealand Air Force P3 Orion maritime surveillance airplane on routine fisheries patrol in the southern ocean. A maritime warning has been issued after approximately 100 icebergs were discovered near Auckland Islands, 260 kilometers (160 miles) south of the South Island of New Zealand Friday, Nov. 3, 2006. The largest iceberg about 2 kilometers by 1.5 kilometers (1.2 by 0.9 miles) and more than 130 meters (425 feet) high were found floating in a major ocean shipping lane. (AP Photo/New Zealand Defense Force,HO) Icebergs near NZ after drifting from Atlantic Wed Nov 8, 5:53 AM ET Scores of icebergs have floated to within about 300 km (186 miles) of New Zealand, with the largest measuring about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) in length and standing some 120 meters (360 feet) above w...

Kelly Martin 2006-11-05 Another new zero-day exploit for Microsoft systems has appeared, capable of compromising fully patched IE 6/7 systems when a user visits a malicious website. Microsoft has issued an advisory on the ActiveX vulnerability and exploit, first discovered by Secunia and labeled as "extremely critical." All Microsoft systems except Windows Server 2003 are vulnerable. Users may fall victim just by visiting a maliciously crafted website. Deflecting responsibility for the situation, Microsoft advises users affected by the zero-day exploit to, "contact their local FBI office or post their complaint on the Internet Fraud Complaint Center Web site. Customers outside the U.S. should contact the national law enforcement agency in their country." The vulnerability affects hundreds of millions of computer systems, however. Of those vulnerable, it is not known how many users will visit malicious websites that contain the exploit before an official patc...

Religious and sectarian passions have taken over and are tearing Iraq apart AMMAN - THE future of Iraq may depend little on whether Saddam Hussein hangs. The Sunni insurgency is so deeply entrenched and sectarian bloodlust so strong that the spiralling violence in Iraq seems set to continue - regardless of its former president's fate. Some fear that the Saddam verdict, by angering the Sunni minority, could intensify the violence once a curfew in Baghdad is lifted. Others say they hope the verdict gives Iraqis a chance 'to unite and build a better future', in the words of US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad. But in the end, Saddam's fate is not what is driving the violence in Iraq now. Instead, religious, nationalistic and sectarian passions have taken over and are tearing the country apart. Even if it causes a spasm of violenc...

Nov 8, 2006 WHEN the sun sets, the world's two most exciting countries to be in are not the United States or Britain, or even Japan. They are Italy and - surprise, surprise - Singapore, the city that only until recently was known as Dullsville. In any case, Singapore is 'hot', say more than 1,500 frequent travellers and travel experts who ranked it No. 2 for nightlife and dining in a global brand study. The Global Country Brand Index was compiled by brand consultancy FutureBrand and public relations firm Weber Shandwick. Singapore did not even make it to the top 10 last year in this category. The finding stunned nightspot operators. The manager of Clarke Quay pub Crazy Elephant, Ms Anita Lydia, said: 'It's a surprise. I guess one reason is that the Government has loosened up, and a lot of new bars and clubs have injected a lot of colour.' Besides easing restrictions to draw...

On 5 Nov 2006, DOUBLE JACKPOT: The lucky winners who bought the number 2096 won two payouts - for its being both second and third prize numbers. Singapore Pools said this was the first time in 20 years that the same number has won both prizes. -- LIM WUI LIANG Same number wins both 2nd and 3rd 4-D prizes ! IT IS a one-in-a-hundred-million chance that a 4D number appears twice in a row. But it happened on Sunday, and several lucky people who bought the number 2096 won two payouts - for its being both the second and third prize number. Singapore Pools, which conducts the 4D draw, said this was the first time in 20 years that the same number had won the second and third prizes. The actual number of winners and total amount paid out cannot be disclosed, but Singapore Pools confirmed that lucky winners have already come forward to claim their extra-plump windfalls. One such lucky ...

What on earth is happening? Are we running out of research ideas? This is absolutely insane and outrageous! Are we trying to destroy mankind? Is this some kind of ultimatum or armageddon? By approving such experiments, we are acknowledging ourselves as terrorists of our DNA! Is this what stem cells research is all about? What are we trying to achieve? Could we handle the unimaginable outcomes? Perhaps, it's ripe to revisit some ancient medicine, explore deeper into the secrets of accupuncture...or even monitor the strange diets that we have been feeding our animals. The last thing we ever want to see is strange creatures dominating our fragile ecosystem! We should pick up some pointers from sci-fi shows. If humankind could imagine it, it's not gonna be far-fetch! Come on, earthlings! It's time we should stand firm on such controversial issue...before it's too late! We are blessed to have such a beautiful but yet fragile planet to call home. PLS DON'T LET IT BE...

Part cow, part human embryo bid by British scientists LONDON - Scientists in Britain applied for permission to create part cow, part human embryos to be used in research on treating diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. The procedure, which they hope will provide a plentiful supply of stem cells, involves transferring nuclei containing DNA from human cells to cows' eggs. At present, embryonic stem cells have to be obtained from unwanted early-stage human embryos left over from in-vitro fertilisation treatment. But the proposal has been questioned by some ethics campaigners, who claim it could blur the line between animals and humans. The application was submitted on Monday to Britain's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the body regulating embryo research, by the North-East England Stem Cell Institute, run by the universities of Durham and Newcastle, northern England. Dr Lyle Armstrong, a Newcastle University lecturer leading the team, said the work...

Co-founders of YouTube Steven Chen (left) and Chad Hurley, beat out a vaccine and a shirt that simulates a hug to win top honours. -- REUTERS NEW YORK - YouTube, the video-sharing website recently acquired by Google for US$1.65 billion (S$2.58 billion) has grabbed top honours as Time magazine's 'Invention of the Year for 2006'. It beat out a vaccine that prevents a cancer-causing sexually transmitted disease and a shirt that simulates a hug. Time magazine, owned by media conglomerate Time Warner, wrote in an article that YouTube's scale and sudden popularity have changed the rules about how information - along with fame and embarrassment - gets distributed over the Web. It had 27.6 million unique visitors in September, according to Nielsen NetRatings. YouTube came along at just the right time, according to Time: social-networking websites were hot, camcorders were cheap and do-it-yourself media was expanding beyond text-based blogs. YouTube inherits the tiara from Snupp...

REDMOND (Washington) - Microsoft Corp said it has wrapped up work on its delayed Office 2007 suite and released the code to manufacturing. The world's largest software maker announced last week that Office 2007, along with updates of its Windows operating system and Exchange server for e-mail and calendars, would be made available to large business customers on Nov 30. The products are to be offered to retail consumers in early 2007, with prices for the full standard edition starting at US$399 (S$625) and upgrades starting at US$239. In June, the company delayed its release of Office, which includes its popular Word word processing, Excel spreadsheet, and PowerPoint presentation programmes. Office 2007 had been scheduled for release to big corporate customers in October and to consumers and smaller businesses in January. But Microsoft said feedback from technical experts and its own staff during 'beta' testing raised enough concerns about quality and performance that it dec...

YouTube™ – Broadcast Yourself I want to share the following video with you: Video Description Mr Brown Show Personal Message This video is awesome! Thanks, someone Copyright © 2006 YouTube, Inc.

Land Transport Authority (LTA) has contracted six traffic wardens from a private company at $34,000 a year to take down the licence platenumber, make and colour of vehicles that intrude into bus lanes at peak hours. (They are incognito with camera in hands......so don't expect to see a TP, etc) Note you can get fined $130 for dropping someone off at or near the bus stop. Bus Lane operation hrs : 7.30 am to 9.30 am and 4.30pm to 7pm (Weekdays) 7.30 am to 9.30 am & 11.30 am to 2 pm (Saturdays) LTA has intensified their operations at the following areas: 1) Eunos Link 2) Hougang Ave 3 3) Jurong Town Hall Rd 4) Lorong Chuan 5) Orchard Rd 6) Upper Serangoon Rd 7) Upper Thomson Rd 8) Yishun Ave 2 Additional spots where speed traps were seen, 1) PIE towards airport near Toa Payoh exit, tripod mounted speed camera at the pedestrain overhead bridge. 90km/h 2) PIE towards jurong near adam road exit, tripod mounted speed camera over at Adam Road flyover. 90km/h 3) Braddell Road after Bish...

Transcend Releases its 8GB SDHC Secure Digital Card By Daniel Lim Fri 06 Oct 2006 Taipei, October 5, 2006 -- Transcend Information is proud to announce its 8GB high-capacity SDHC. The SD card is the most popular flash memory standard in the world now, and the SDHC (SD High-Capacity) is the new generation of SD cards (Version 2.0). Formatted in FAT32, SDHC cards reach a maximum capacity of 32GB and can fulfill the high-capacity demand of the new SDHC devices such as Casio Exilim Z1000/Z600/S600 cameras, Panasonic DMC-L1 camera, and HP printer A/B. Now you can enjoy a high-quality digital life and store all of your MP3 music files, high-resolution pictures, and video clips in your SDHC card. Transcend’s standard SDHC memory cards offer hassle-free data storage and transfer with the best price-to-performance value. Transcend produces its SDHC cards using original brand name NAND Flash chips and quality components to ensure that your Flash card keeps your ...

By nature, if one isn't aware that someone can lie to them through a technology, then that technology is trusted. When you aren't aware of how simple it is to make technology do bad things ---- or even aware that's possible ---- it seems pretty logical to login to your online banking account if your bank sends you an urgent message.

1. There was a church that had problems with outsiders parking in its parking lots, so they put up a sign: CHURCH CAR PARK - FOR MEMBERS ONLY Trespassers will be baptized! 2. "No God - No Peace. Know God - Know Peace." 3. "Free Trip to heaven. Details Inside!" 4. "Try our Sundays. They are better than Baskin Robbins." 5. "Searching for a new look? Have your faith lifted here!" 6. An ad for one Church has a picture of two hands holding stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments are inscribed and a headline that reads, "For fast, fast, fast relief, take two tablets." 7. When the restaurant next to another Church put out a big sign with red letters that said, "Open Sundays," the church reciprocated with its own message: "We are open on Sundays, too." 8. "People are like tea bags -- you have to put them in hot water before you know how strong they are." 9. "Fight truth decay -- study the Bible...

What Face Mean To The Chinese An American, a Japanese and a Chinese went for a hike one day. It was very hot. They were sweating and exhausted. When they came upon a small lake, they took off all their clothes and jumped into the water, since it was fairly secluded. Feeling refreshed, the trio decided to pick a few berries while enjoying their " freedom. " As they were crossing an open area, suddenly a group of ladies from town appeared. Unable to get to their clothes in time, the American and the Japanese quickly used their hands to cover their privates. But the Chinese covered his face while they ran for cover. After the ladies had left and the men got their clothes back on. The American and the Japanese asked the Chinese why he covered his face rather than his private part. The Chinese replied, " I don't know about you, but in my country, it's the face that people recognize. "

/ Random Rants Wednesday, July 26, 2006 Good English Cool! In a recent newspaper interview on the Speak Good English Movement, Professor Koh Tai Ann, Chairman of the movement, said: "We would need workers who can communicate with not only the non-Singaporeans among us but all the visitors we are attracting to Singapore — tourists, those who come for conventions, meetings and so on. It would so ironic if we find many Singaporeans' English not suitable and we have to bring in foreign workers to work in these industries who can speak better English than we do." Dunno whether correct or not but a Sammyboy forum chap made some corrections to the quote, in the spirit of good Englishing: We would need workers who can communicate not only with not only (poor sequence) the (article unnecessary) non-Singaporeans among us but all (all is hyperbole) also the visitors we are attracting attract (present tense is used since article suggest future rather...

Recently the NY Times had ran a story about the Mosquito ring tone, a high-pitch ring tone kids have been programming their mobiles to use during class - but inaudible to the teacher. Allegedly inaudible to adults, this 17Khz ringtone has become popular among teens looking to be able to send and receive text messages surreptitiously in class. Are you too old to hear it? Try it out: The mosquito ringtone . Source>> The Mosquito Ring Tone: This Adult Can Hear It!

1: I am currently out at a job interview and will reply to you if I fail to get the position. 2: I'm not really out of the office. I'm just ignoring you. 3: You are receiving this automatic notification because I am out of the office. If I was in, chances are you wouldn't have received anything at all. 4: Sorry to have missed you but I am at the doctors having my brain removed so that I may be promoted to management 5: I will be unable to delete all the unread, worthless emails you send me until I return from vacation on 4/18. Please be patient and your mail will be deleted in the order it was received. 6: Thank you for your email. Your credit card has been charged $5.99 for the first ten words and $1.99 for each additional word in your message. 7: The e-mail server is unable to verify your server connection and is unable to deliver this message. Please restart your computer and try sending again (The beauty of this is that when you return, you can see how many in-duh-vidua...

TO MAKE A WOMEN HAPPY....A MAN ONLY NEEDS TO BE : 1. a friend 2. a companion 3. a lover 4. a brother 5. a father 6. a master 7. a chef 8. an electrician 9. a carpenter 10. a plumber 11. a mechanic 12. a decorator 13. a stylist 14. a sexologist 15. a gynecologist 16. a psychologist 17. a pest exterminator 18. a psychiatrist 19. a healer 20. a good listener 21. an organizer 22. a good father 23. very clean 24. sympathetic 25. athletic 26. warm 27. attentive 28. gallant 29. intelligent 30. funny 31. creative 32. tender 33. strong 34. understanding 35. tolerant 36. prudent 37. ambitious 38. capable 39. courageous 40. determined 41. true 42. dependable 43. passionate WITHOUT FORGETTING TO : 44. give her compliments regularly 45. love shopping 46. be honest 47. be very rich 48. not stress her out 49. not look at other girls AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU MUST ALSO : 50. give her lots of attention, but expect little yourself 51. give her lots of time, especially time for herself 52. give her lots ...