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Archive for June, 2006

Looking For A New Wordpress Look

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

Okay. After some on-off discussion with a famous local blogger (ahem), I’m decided to test around with new templates, so don’t be surprised for the next few days to see some changes every now and then as I test a few new looks.
I just struck me a few days ago that I’ve had this template […]

Top Ten Signs Your Neighbour Is a Big Time Football Bookie

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

Top Ten Signs Your Neighbour Is a Big Time Football Bookie.

The annoying sound that come from his house in the few hours just before kick-off - the incoming calls placing bets from as far as Azerbaijan, the CB radio listening in to police frequencies, the humming sound of dedicated servers running the online gambling websites […]

Making Money During The World Cup

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

As much as I like watching football, there seems to be an overload of World Cup related exposure everywhere I turn these few weeks. It’s everywhere – on the idiot box, on radio, in the papers, incoming text messages, on the billboards, every available space is filled with it.
Football translates into money, even in a […]

Happy 3rd Birthday, PPS! / Fansign / Finally, A Pic of Simon!

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

June 23rd is Project Petaling Street’s (PPS) birthday, and this year it’s the third. Most bloggers will remember the big birthday bash last year at Charlie’s Place in KL, I remember there were plenty of postings about it, and not to mention the many pictures popping up everywhere… including The Star’s In-Tech.
PPS has changed […]

An Introduction to Blogger and Blogspot

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

A friend of mine, who has been following this blog from day it started, has decided to start her own blog. She’s using the popular Blogger’s blogspot platform, which I would say is a good way for newbies to start.
(Side note: She has since migrated to Blogsome. Hmmm…)
She actually didn’t tell me about the blog, […]

My Lucky Day

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

Her: “Hello is that Mr. Simon?”
Me: “Yes, who’s this?”
Her: “Hi, Good morning, my name is Chia, calling from XXX Cards. How are you today?”
Me: “Oh, no. Well my day was fanastic right until I picked up this call… What is this regarding?”
Her: (showing no signs of understanding my slight at her company) “Mr. Simon, we […]

Dads Are Like Moms Except…

Friday, June 16th, 2006

The media isn’t going to let you forget that this Sunday is Father’s Day, not when they want you to buy the latest massage chair or spend RM88++ for a buffett lunch.
I saw this funny posting by our own millionaire recluse Viewtru, so i’m nicking his idea (eheheh…) for this post…
Dads Are Like Moms Except…

…they […]

Remembering Football

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

Jogo Bonito, The Beautiful Game.
The other day, driving home in one of those gnarly KL traffic jams, just a few days before the the World Cup started, I saw one of the many buntings flashing the words ‘Jogo Bonito’. I believe Pele used those words to describe football (‘soccer’ to you Americans), but I doubt […]

Nuns and Elephants, Again

Monday, June 12th, 2006

I’m sick of my job. I’d rather be in a sunny beach.
Bleargh.
Somebody tell me a joke to cheer me up. No jokes about nuns or elephants, please.

IMDB’s Top 100 Movies

Sunday, June 11th, 2006

Read in one of the PPS blogs last week where this guy listed down the worldwide top 100 movies in the IMDB website.
I took a look at the list. (I’ve reproduced it below this article).
I starting marking out all the movies that I have watched, but after about 20 movies, I realized it would be […]