Saturday, May 31, 2008

I cannot believe it.

I am really, officially on a One Whole Month's Break! XD

What am I gonna do?! Where am I gonna go?! I have so many things speeding and flashing through my mind but just so do I have that much time and money to do all of them? Well maybe not... but still it's a good opportunity and well deserving treat after all that stress from studies and work before I head back to more to come right? :P

Wish me luck! (and pray that I won't become broke and depressed again after over-spending in this unpaid month ><) *both fingers crossed*


My Unbelievably Believable To-do List (Hopeful)

  1. Trip/ Travel/ Soul Searching
  2. Take lotsa pics, write down what I see/ feel & experience on my 'Travel Journal"
  3. Write stories - own collection (help from Ciaee's illustrations? Collaboration?)
  4. Cooking & baking!
  5. Handicrafts & DIYs for friends and folks
  6. Paint/ draw/ design
  7. Solo shopping/ pampering
  8. Spring clean room & closet!
  9. Tune body clock and healthy living patterns
  10. Hit the gym already!
  11. Bring Kei Kei for a day out (my student)
  12. Finish my books & novels =_=
  13. Bring Julius for walks more often! ><

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

The Worst City Names in the World

*lol*

Alright, maybe it's a little surprising to see 'this' appearing in my blog... but hey, I stumbled onto this when I was browsing for city names by accident and it's just freakin' hilarious! And I just got to share with everyone right?

They are the worst city names existing in the world. I don't know if they still do now, but oh well, who cares?! As long as they make me laugh! XD

You HAVE to check this out. It'll make your day. I promise.
Enjoy! XD



1) Cockburn, Western Australia

Although this name is often pronounced "Coburn" by those who stand to lose from its awfulness, who actually reads that when they see this word? Oh, how it burns.

2) Twatt, Orkney, Shetland Islands, Scotland

The Shetland Islands, pronounced "Shitland Islands" by the locals. Oh the pride...

3) Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapok-
aiwhenuakitanatahu
, New Zealand

Locals call this hill in Hawke's Bay "Taumata" because... Well. Just because.

4) Muff, Ireland

They have a town called Muff. Har har har.

5) Looneyville, Texas, United States

Little Looneyville was named for storekeeper John Looney in the early 1870s. But who gives a shit. This is a hilarious name for a town in the state that brought us Dallas, the Bush Twins and Waco. How awkward must that be when you go to college? "Hey guys, my name's Johnny and I'm from Looneyville!"

6) Titty Hill, Sussex, England

Falling squarely into the extensive Stupid Place Names From England category, Titty Hill is probably located just north of...

7) Thong, Kent, England

Which actually is south-east of...

8) Gravesend, Kent, England

Oh, come on, England. Graves End? What a nasty, depressing little name. You could have at least gone all the way with this one and called it Corpse Feet.

9) Wetwang, Yorkshire... yep! England again!

Okay, so I'll cut England some slack. It's an old country. You know, if the United States is Google, then England is IBM. Their country is older than freakin dirt. They can't be blamed for having names that sound funny in 2007. But this is kind of ridiculous. Wetwang? I'm surprised they don't have towns called Squishy Vagina or Infected Scrotum.

10) Spread Eagle, Wisconsin

If I were mayor of Spread Eagle, I'd be making diplomatic advances towards the city leaders over in Wetwang to form a Sister-City relationship. Or maybe more of a Platonic-Friends-City relationship. After that, we'd just take thing slow and see what happened.

11) Bald Knob, Arkansas, United States

Well, I guess it's better than Hairy Knob. I assume England already has that one covered.

12) Cockup, Cumbria, England

Cumbria is a county in the very north-west of England. What the backwoods of Alabama are to America is what Cumbria is to Britain. They talk funny up there. Thus, it isn't thoroughly surprising that they have a town called Cockup. What do you call someone from this place? A Cockupper? Cockupeleite? Cockuppian? Cockupican? I suppose it's mildly better than Wetwangger.

13) Whiskey Dick Mountain, Washington State, United States

As hard as America tries, it can't compete with Britain's high standards. This was a good effort, though. Well done, Washington.

14) Hookersville, West Virginia

Undoubtedly named before "hooker" meant "prostitute who picks men up on street corners," Hookersville combines two crimes of place-naming. One, a dirty sounding adjective (they couldn't have chosen "Pleasant"? "Sunny"? "Happy"?) And two, they added "ville" to the end of the town's name. Affixing "ville" to the end of a town's name is like dressing your silly little dog in a cardigan and letting him carry his leash around in his mouth. It just makes the poor animal look stupid.

15) Hell, Michigan, United States

The people in this town at least seem to have a good sense of humor about their home's unfortunate name. Although, I'm sure there's some midwestern idiots in Hell who get all offended and defensive when the town shows up on lists like this. I'm looking forward to reading their insightful emails and comments.

16) Toad Suck, Arkansas, United States

So that's what they do down in the big AR.

17) Middelfart, Denmark

I guess it's not so funny to them, but how do we know that "Seattle" doesn't mean "Big Fat Stinking Turd" in Danish? That's right, we don't. And it probably does.

18) Horneytown, North Carolina, United States

Its proximity to Hookersville, West Virginia is no coincidence. I also assume that, like Hookersville, the naming of Horneytown took place before "horney" meant "aching for a hot piece of ass" with an extra "e". But I'm starting to wonder why, pride and tradition aside, the townspeople in these little places never saw it fit to change their homes' names? Do they enjoy being ridiculed by the entire English-speaking world?

19) Shitterton, Dorset, England

I wonder if they bleep out the first part of Shitterton's name if it's mentioned on the Disney Channel?

20) Disappointment, Kentucky, United States

Le sigh. Never mind. You live in a small town in Kentucky. At least it was appropriately named.

21) Fucking, Austria

The idiots who live in Fucking, Austria had a vote in 2004 to determine whether or not they should change the town's name, and you know what they did? They voted against it, preferring instead to put up with international ridicule, numerous stolen road-signs and horrific Google results.

22) Last but not least: Whakapapa

Why is this the worst place name in the world? In Maori, the native language of New Zealand, the "wh" sound is pronounced "f". Say it aloud in your office and see what happens.



p/s: Ooh guess what?? There's more!

Monday, May 26, 2008

My Way by Jidi

Jammy, my colleague brought this beautiful comic titled "My Way" by Jidi to work today.
I was really amazed.

'Beautiful' is just not enough to describe this full coloured, more like a very illustrative storybook rather than a comic to me.


I was once again in love when I laid my eyes on this pretty colours and such unique looking characters, chipping in a little melancholy. But... I regrettably announce, that this
is another wonderful masterpiece by an illustrator from China. In other words, it is written in chinese... and to make that even clearer... it means I couldn't read it. *cries out loud*

I could only tell that it is a story about a magician. (as far as I can guess).






























































And I suppose this would be another illustration by her, non-related to this comic. There are some I found even way better than this image I found online (from the book). Equally beautiful that is.
p/s:
1) Looking up on this artist and this work was how I got stumbled upon Jim
my Liao as well. (refer to previous post and do check out the video please? ><)
2) Please forgive me on the weird spacing and layout of the images. (blogspot has never liked me in the beginning *sobs*)

The Fish With A Smile



Although I did not understand a word from it, it made me teary-eyed.

Such pure and sincere illustrations show innocence and feelings clearly. It's moving and beautiful both the art and the message. It simply wakens the inner child in us, triggering our emotions. Other than being close enough to bring me tears, it painted a smile on my face.

And so, I found myself another favourite illustrator, Jimmy Liao.


Moody Monday

Like every weekday morning, a drowsy, grouchy, lazy wake-up from a less than 6 hours sleep.

Especially being Monday, I ought to follow my routine of tapping on the 'power' button on the radio, in hopes of letting the wacky pair (morning crew) to cheer up my morning...

I fell back on my bed, listening to the tune being played, and my heart wrenched. Without an apparent reason.
I curled up even more on my snuggly bed, comforting me warmly in this cooling temperature in my sanctuary, I felt even more dispirited.

With the heaviest of disinclination, I got up... switched on my pc at 8:45 am Monday morning (45 mins before being late at work), and wrote this.