post-its + slinky = AWESOME

they've done it again! eepybird.com, the great minds that brought you the diet coke and mentos experiment, have done it again! this time with 280,951 post-it notes and a whole lotta patience. the sticky notes experiment blows my mind!

can't get enough? enjoy perusing the rest of their experiments!

sign me up!

i want to write a blog that everyone wants to read.

i want to be influential.

i want the free stuff that comes when i have achieved the above said.

too bad i am too busy (i.e. lazy) to pour my heart and soul into self promotion on cyberspace :P

ps: bruises by chairlift (better known as the song from the new nano-chromatic ad) is most catchy!

don't know what you got till it's gone

"Three years ago during my first trip to Singapore, I fell for the Comfort’s classic charm. Sliding onto the rear bench seat, I noticed that the Comfort’s interior was a time warp of black vinyl and easy-clean rubber floors, which, this being Singapore, were actually cleaned on a regular basis. The Comfort had a springy ride that conjured up fond childhood memories of bouncing along in a yellow school bus. In comparison, the murky confines of New York taxis leave me feeling squashed as if I were in the back seat of a police cruiser."- Nick Kurczewski

who knew that comfort cabs would be compared to the checkered cabs of the NYC of yore? Nick Kurczewski, a freelance automotive journalist who blogs for the New York Times' Wheels blog bemoans the fact that comfort cabs' Toyota Comforts (known as the Toyota Crown here in Singapore) are being switched to more fuel efficient taxis.

yes I know that as a country, we may be comfortable, and safe and have all the modern amenities (sans certain freedoms) that we need, but to allude to the Toyota Crown as a Singaporean icon? erm, not so much.

still, it's always nice to read something about your country that isn't condescending or critical (or about food/shopping for that matter). So I'll just keep forwarding that link to all my friends, who will probably respond the same way as darren did ("the NYTimes covers some strange things"), but who will have a little suppressed burst of pride deep down inside, that something as trivial as the taxi cabs we take for grated, are of interest to others.

ps: thanks to garrett ewald for the link!

woah, like, totally old school.

so a chat with sujin led to a search for a singaporean pop band from the early 90s, which culminated with finding this video.

damn talk about a blast from the past! funny how things you kinda enjoyed with you were in your teens seem cringe-worthy a decade and a half later.