Jakarta posting

Hey guys,

You guys know how I love being away in a new country...

Well I'm off to Jakarta for 3 months for work!

Leaving tmrw.
Quite excited.

So maybe I'll blog then about some touristy stuff :p
Or let me know of places YOU recommend!

Anyway, wish me luck!

^8 Cee

Chatroulette

What do you get when you mix speed dating and russian roulette?

=Chatroulette

I just got introduced to it last night by my cousin and brother who are still in high school....Man, kids these days....(haha go to the site and you'd get my point!)

Its created by a 17 year old Russian guy.
And its a pretty huge thing now.
In any case, I'm sure you procastinators will procastinate more.
Its kinda addictive.
Its your usual chatting room but more like a freak show.
Pretty random pretty interesting

A snapshot of whats out thereAnd my very own encounter
Because of course I, as a blogger, have a duty to test it out for you :p
(excuse the hat, you never know who will screen shot you)Based on experience (1 night's worth),
1) if you dont show face your partner will disconnect immediately, a lil bit of face with a cap faces 70% rejection rate, and face time (my sis as test subject) 10% rejection rate.
2) if you're a boy you face 90% rejection rate (since this site is predominantly boys), and if you're a girl and come across another girl you face immediate rejection.
3) Me? I wasnt calculative, I was here for the experiment. I'd chat even with the fattest guys and biggest geek and would face rejection after refusing to take off my cap
pfft....go figure the cyber society. so much for those days of anonymity

But hey its not all gloom and doom....there are others out there who sticks to the traditional ways of anonymity and would give a decent chat. but RARE occasions!!
I'd recommend the experience :)

^8 Cee

Live Green

We've moved past the stage of traditional solar/wind farm at some far away land to create renewable energy. The way to go is to integrate ways of "Living Green" in our everyday life to reduce energy use and carbon emission. We have a bunch of innovative inventors to thank, to enable us to one day make the switch more convenient and feasible.

Inventions/ plans that integrates Living Green:

1. Efficient planning
E.g. Openheim's Beach Tower - an oasis: solar, wind, beach and plenty of greens
E.g. Green Geothermal District in Beijing2. Solar power in your everyday life
E.g. Solar Powered iPod and iPhone-no need for chargers
E.g. Solar Powered Camel Clinics Carrying Medicine Across Dessert
And the one I'm Most Interested in is:
3. Creating energy from our own self
E.g. Crowd Farming

"The Crowd Farm works by turning mechanical energy into electricity. In this proposal, the weight of a person is translated to tiled blocks which be slightly pressed down as people walk past them. A generator embedded inside them would take that small vertical movement and translate it into energy. To prove that their concept works, they created a small stool which when sat on, would power four small LED lights inside it."

Imagine this:
"How many people does it take to launch the space shuttle? The answer is 84,162,203, all of them taking a single step in a Crowd farming system"

"The band takes center stage, the fans surge forward and the sheer power of the crowd’s excitement amplifies the sound of their favorite songs — providing enough energy, in fact, to move a train."

So imagine if this system is one day feasible and implemented at high traffic areas like a subway, stadium, mall, etc...Imagine the power that it'll generate...the power that WE will generate and all this simply by carrying on with our everyday lives. I think its pretty damn amazing how we can be self-sustainable.

Click! and click! for articles

Other use of our kinetic energy:
E.g. Kinetic OLED Cell Phone - the more you use your phone the more energy it creates (complete opposite to what we have now)
E.g. Power your music with your running pants - what a future: create energy, burn fats
E.g. The human powered floating gym

Instead of overloading you with more links, why dont you visit inhabitat.com for more of these awesome creations.

^8 Cee

Giverny

Destination: Giverny, Vernon, North West of France

I want a garden as romantic as the paintings of Monet

But I guess being there will suffice too :)

Everyone discusses my art and pretend to understand,

as if it were necessary to understand,

when it is simply necessary to love

-Claude Monet

^8 Cee

Itch to Travel

Travel pictures
Travel stories
I hate em all

So many places to see
So many experiences to live
And I'm stuck dreaming

But hey its not all bad
Its good to know of the beautiful world that I live in
And the endless possibilities to look forward to

:)

^8

Nish nish

Who would have thought that the girl I met in her oversized shirt in the common room first day of boarding house would have been a good friend of mine 6 yrs down the road. Boarding house days and uni days wouldnt have been the same without you. Pfft if it wasnt for you we wouldnt have been crazy enough to do Time Series Analysis and Forecasting with a bunch of Masters students (yep i'm never letting you of that!) But it turned out aaaight like all the other subjects in uni which we crazily debated and panicked about just before exams.... Coffee in uni talking about the randomest ideas and philosophy is always interesting and you'll always debate about it passionately! hehe like a real chilli padi. And not forgetting a real cili padi that will randomly kick my ass in uni for no apparent reason and will get unbelievably high on sugar e.g coke!!! Nish Nish...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! :)))

^8 14 Feb

Natchen,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
Acquaintances in 08 -> random Cho Gao night out -> pretty random sofa talk after swims and pancakes that sets the beginning of all trips-> random backpackers travelling together in Feb 09++random travel stories -> impromptu trip to catch a DJ and exhibition in Singapore in May 09 -> ++ more random night outs/ day tripping++more random stories.....dudeeeee you're my random friend and its special like that!!! :))

First birthday i celebrated with you was with a bunch of old naked saggy ladies in Budapest's bathhouse and second time around its been an epic getaway at Sekeping Serendah, a retreat in the jungle with outdoor showers, hammock days, bbq-ings and poker faces. Sooo, here is a post to to toast that you'd do something out of the ordinary every birthday coz you're awesome like that ;)

Happy Birthday Natalie Rose!


^8 14 Feb