Lousy Restaurant Manager

Yesterday (30th Dec'08) was my last paper whereby I can bye-bye to exam (at least for a while). My classmates decided to head to somewhere to chill out with a drink after our "curry" dinner as proposed by my classmate (Thanks Constance).

So we walk along the stretch of pubs & restaurants located at Clark Quay. Finally, we ended up at Asylum which is a pub-restaurant concept with pretty nice decoration. 5-10 mins into our 1st drinks, suddenly, we heard some noisy commotion in the background, to our disgust, the manager was reprimanding their service staff seated in the middle of the pub with volume much louder than the background music (see picture below - 6 waitress in white).

30 mins into the session, the disgusting ranting still on-going with no end in sight. Before I place my 2nd order of the night, a check with the waitress for an "estimated time" for that ranting to stop resulted in a quick reply "soon". Well, it seems to me that such saga is happening on a daily basis. True enough, halfway through my 2nd drink, the ranting finally STOP !

With further probing, it was mentioned that fat-so manager was actually from another outlet located next door !!! What a way to use another outlet to hang their dirty linen :)

By ignoring the presence and respect towards the customers, this tell how well she was "groomed" to be the manager of that restaurant ! In my opinion, she was completely off in the way she handled her staff at the expense of customers :

1. Wrong place to conduct prep talk (hang dirty linen in public ???)
   
2. Wrong attitude in delivery of prep talk
3. Wrong timing to conduct prep talk (during operational hours ???)

Well, if I'm the boss or her staff, I do will myself as well as the customers a favour in sacking this disgusting, fatty & pea brain manager. Guess, she really understand the meaning of Asylum to do such a stunt there.................

Will i go there again ? Hell No ! Unless I lost my sainty & seeking asylum there :)

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SOFT-WEEK : What will you throw ?

Apologize for the delay for the Scenario of the week due to my personal commitment for the past week or so.


Few weeks back, Kiki (contributed to our 1st Scenario of the week scenario) dropped me an email asking about what should be thrown at Bushy if you were the journalist in the press conference ?

So the start the ball rolling, may I begin the list of suggestion :

1. Sanitary pad (guess the number of casualty will increase due to the drippy pad)
   
2. lingerie (probably not going to fly that far)
3. Water bomb filled with ???
   
4. A packet of marijuana (if you do that, do remember to include paper and lighter)
   
5. Others

Just in case if you have forgotten about the issue, pls refer to the link here to recap :)

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English Premier League Video Highlights : 29th & 30th Dec 2008

Manchester Utd (1) vs Middlesbrough (0)



Hull City (0) vs Aston Villa (1)

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English Premier League Video Highlights : 26th Dec 2008

Aston Villa (2) vs Arsenal (2)



Liverpui (3) vs Bolton Wanderers (0)



Wigan Athletic (2) vs Newcastle Utd (1)



Stoke City (0) vs Manchester United (1)



Portsmouth (1) vs West Ham Utd (4)


Chelsea (2) vs West Bromewich (0)

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Merry Christmas

Hi Folks,

On behalf of the site, we would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a great holiday season ahead !

Take good care of yourself from the the "excessive partying" :)

Before we sign off, dedicate the following "non traditional" Jingle Bell song to you. Enjoy the bass :)

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Movie Review : Transporter 3

IMDB - 6.2/10 (7,149 votes)

Starring : Jason Statham, Natalya Rudakova, Francois Berleand

BengGaBoy Ratings :

2/5 (Give it a miss)










Jason Statham once again is back as Frank Martin in the Transporter movie. Wat's up from this kung fu bald man up to this time ? Nothing much, very typical story line on how he suddenly been rope (aganist his will) into transporting a lady (daughter of a powerful political figure in Ukraine) from Marseilles through Stuttgart and Budapest until both of them ended up in Odessa. Throughout the journey, they need to fight the bad guys with endless energy and resouces. At the same instance, they need to keep alive by not straying away from their car due to a bomb is attached to their wrist (how lame).

Consistent as usual, Jason once again display his well choreograph kung fu fight against bad guys who doesn't seems to know how how to USE A GUN ! Anyway, if they knew, there wouldn't be much kung fu show. The lady, I thought should be someone prettier than Natalya who's face is full of freckles that kinda of turn me off. Beside, her acting skill is pretty armature that make me wonder has the economic crisis taken a toll on the movie industry that they cut cost at the expense of beauty ?

Anyway, not a movie I would recommend and I strongly give it a miss and take a nap instead.

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English Premier League Video Highlights : 20th & 21st Dec 2008

Newcastle Utd (2) vs Tottenham (1)

West Ham Utd (0) vs Aston Villa (1)

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SOFT-WEEK : Will You Stop ?

This event was inspired by a true event happened to my colleague a few weeks back while he was participating in Standard Charter Marathon Run (sorry bro, got to borrow your incident for this week's scenario).

It started off with a causal conversaton over lunch where he shared with us on what he did over that weekend. He wasn't too satisfied with his timing (5 hrs xx mins for 42KM run !!!!) as compared with the previous year. So I asked further, what could have been better or rather, what causes the decline in performance ?

Well, that's where the fun begin when he elaborate further on what causes the delay. 2 hrs into the run, suddenly, his stomach felt bad as if a tornado is whinning inside. At the same instance, he felt the tsunami is at the tip of his asshole, any further attempt to hold will result in undersireable consequences. Knowing the danger is just a fart away, without further ado, he dashed to the nearest toilet along East Coast Park and that cost him additional 12 mins !!! For once, I was wondering how the hell he managed to shit and pant at the same time, must be challenging enough !

Anyway, that reminds me of one incident that happened sometime in June this year. There was a marathon runner in LA who faced similar situation. However, he did not let that situation rob him of any additional minutes, instead, he controlled the situation by "uncontrolling" himself !!! Gosh !!! What a mess :)

So the scenario of the week, who's action will you choose ? Stop or continue running ?

Just to give you an idea on how bad it was

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Movie Review : Gran Torino

IMDB - 8.2/10 (2,274 votes)

Starring : Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Brain Howe and Bee Vang


BengGaBoy Ratings :

3.5 / 5 (Slightly above average - watchable)


After a hard day work on Friday, I was lying on the couch hoping to watch something to send me to bed earlier and I pop in Gran Torino knowing how boring Clint Eastwood can be. I was thinking to myself, within the next 15 mins, I should be dead asleep (the whole show is about 2 hrs long). To my surprise, though the starting is slow and abit boring, however, I was captured by how the show develop the characters (especially Clint Eastwood) and the friendship between the neighbours and himself.

Gran Torino is about a man who fought in Korean war in the 1950s. From then till present, he has been living in his past and not able to forgive something which the show did not elaborate. By the way, throughout the whole show, you will not get to see any war at all (so war junkies, take note).

Thereafter his wife passed away, he was left all alone by himself and a dog of course. He has 2 sons (during the show, only 1 of them is visible) and like in a typical storyline, both the son and daughter in law wanted to send him to home for the age and stun his property for $$$.

Living beside his home house a family from Laos. This is where the fun begin on how Clint Eastwood becomes a hero of that community and get up close and personal with them. Throughout the journey, he has come to learn about their culture and accepted their way of living. Likewise, Clint Eastwood managed to inspire a young boy who was lost in what he wanted to do in life.

Nothing is perfect and there are always trouble in disturbing peace. Watch on to see how the bond between Clint Eastwood and his neighbor grew to a point where great sacrifice goes beyond one's life................................

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Flying Shoes

Source : Today dated 15th December 2008, Monday (click link to read)

Wah lau ! First time President kana thrown at sia ! Not bad. Well, that hero was dedicating his throw to the widows, the orphans and for those who were killed in Iraq (see link). He should have used a "sanitary pad" instead of a shoe to reinforce the message across :)

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English Premier League Video Highlights : 14th Dec 2008

Portsmouth (0) vs Newcastle Utd (3)

Look at how Newcastle thrashed Pompey at their home ground :)



Chelsea (1) vs West Ham Utd (1)

Just what on earth those big boys are doing ???? Liverpui managed to stay on top on the league is all because of the big boys not performing !

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SOFT-WEEK : Sending your date back home

What a week for me. The past week has been pretty busy especially our dear brother Ken whom has just got himself legally married :) Well come bro to our MBA club ! Too bad, I wasn't given a chance to put on my pair of skinny jeans, painted black nails and to perform the infamous Jackass "Party Boi" stunt. Anyway, enough of whinning from my side, let's get on to some serious stuff.


Well, we are back again to another brand new week ! So how was the week for you ? Same shit different week ? Don't be, read on to set your mind thinking to kick off the Monday blues :)

Here's the scenario :

Imagine you were having a date with 3 beautiful ladies which obviously include a dinner together. After the dinner, you were suppose to send them back home as a form of displaying the gentlemen side of you (when the hell are we supposed to do that ????). However, you could only send 1 out of the 3 back.

Now, what do you think the girls must be thinking at this point of time ? I have listed some possibilities to aid you in your choice. May the game now begin :

1. You are riding a motorcycle. Thus, you could only send one back. Not unless the rest are willing to sit on your fuel tank :)
2. You are driving a 2 seater sports car.
3. You are driving a van, thus, it will posed inconvenience to the other 2 ladies whom are wearing skirt.
4. You are simply stingy and wouldn't want to waste petrol with the other 2 ladies (Hey, we are trying to be environmental friendly over here mar)
   
5. You are simply "Chee Hong" and you choose to pick the girl of your choice

What say you ?

Game on................

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English Premier League Video Highlights : 13th Dec 2008

Tottenham (0) vs Man Utd (0)

Aston Villa (4) vs Bolton Wanderers (2)



Middlesbrough (1) vs Arsenal (1)



Man City (0) vs Everton (1)

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SOFT-WEEK : Will you pick up that call ?

This is a new section whereby I hope to contribute crazy ideas to set you thinking about the actions to come from such scenarios ! Feel free to comment and contribute ideas to this section as well.

Anyway, for the debut, we managed to have the privilege from our anonymous contributor named kiki. The following scenario were inspired from one of his recent trip to a gent.......................

If you are shitting in the office toilet.. and you get a call on your HP... do you pick up the call? If only sometimes, which are the calls you would pick up and which ones won't u pick up...

Cos I was just peeing in the loo... and a phone rang.. and someone (whose voice I recognized) actually picked up and started having a conversation... I fould it unusual as I would not pick up.... if I can reach the phone, I would reject the call and sms the fella that I will call back. What abt you? :)


Hmmmmmm........sounds like a tricky question to me. Anyway, I may or may not answer the call (depending on who was the caller).

Yes, I will pick up the call if that caller is somebody I detest alot. When on earth you got a chance to fart at that person "legally". Though he/she could not smell it, but the sound and the thought of it will set you on a winning streak with sky high confidence and pride. If you need some audio to set you thinking of how it sounds like, click on the following link (Warning : It's a long and wet fart).

No, I will not pickup especially during "warring session" whereby the "projectile" is near the end of the tunnel, it certainly going to cause some level of "u-turn" since the process has been disturbed !

Lastly, I wouldn't want to risk any damage to my image I build over a period of time. That's what we call brand marketing. Unless, if you are really interested to show ppl how loud and deadly those fart sound to be, by all means, be my guest. But never do that on me hor ! Hahaha.

So folks, what's your pick ?

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Sex for pass - ICA Officer Charged

Source : Today dated 3rd December 2008, Wednesday


Wow This is the 4th case of corruption by Singapore ICA in recent times. Earlier on this year, an ICA specialist was charged for $30 bribe ! See link.

Another top ranking immigration officer was charged with 27 charges (including harbouring an illegal female immigrant from China). See link.

Last month, a high ranking ICA officer was charged for accepting bribe totaling S$140,000 over a period of time. See link.


Now, we have the recent case of another ICA personnel accepting bribes in the form of sexual favour ! Very entrepreneur but still get caught !

Anyway, kudos to our Singapore CPIB, good job ! Just in case you are interested in how he (who accept sexual bribe) looks like, see below or link :



He definitely do have a TK look sia ! Anyway, kudos to his wife with unfailing love and forgiveness to even bother bailing him out at a cost of $6K !

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A 4.3% wage hike, really?

Are you sure ? Read the following link (Source : Today dated 2nd December 2008, Tuesday)

Well, I guess, with those cost cutting measures and retrenchment only to benefit those people getting those 4.3% wage hike !

Based on what I know today, companies are imposing longer than expected period of shutdown, shelf aside annual pay increment and variable bonus and some companies even have trouble paying their employees AWS !

Gosh ! Looks like we are having a rough ride for the upcoming days to come. Stay strong and all the very best in staying afloat for this tsunami.

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Woes of the Creditor

Source : Today dated 2nd December 2008, Tuesday

What an interesting read ! I did not know until now, you could only get bankrupt if you owe your creditor $10,000 and above ! Based on the article, you could get away with paying only $100 to make it $9,900 instead :) Nice !

Beside, those bankrupt will be discharged from bankruptcy after a period of 3 years ! Best of all, in the event of a confiscation exercise, the debtor will somehow be notified in advance before the commencement of the auctioning exercise ! How thoughtful :)

Bottom line, make sure that your debtor owe you way more than $10K and assets are heavy to "sneak away" in advance during an auctioning exercise ?

Well, I leave it up to you since I will not have that much money to lend anyone at all :)

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Guest Bloggers Wanted !

Dear folks,

Currently, we are looking for guest bloggers to contribute to the site. If you think you have crazy ideas, observation or encounters, frustration and life in Singapore you would like to share, pls drop me an email (BengGaBoy@gmail.com) so that I can assign the publishing rights to your ID.

Thanks

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Stories to Chase Away Blushes

Source : MyPaper dated 28th November 2008, Friday

What a marketing campaign initiated by Durex to promote safe sex. Too bad, I did not bother to go to Orchard road over the weekend to grab myself a copy of that wonderful and sexciting "Kamasutra" handbook :)


Nevertheless, Durex has compiled a booklet containing 7 juicy stories documenting most embarrassing sex stories shared by their volunteers ranging between the age of early 20s to late 30s. Though the book is targeted at 18 years old and above, I'm not too sure whether there is any PG18 rating on the book :)

Who knows, in future, instead of publishing in a form of booklet, Durex reenact the event and distributed via the means of a viral video. Of course, at the opening warning messages should be included to prevent home viewers from practicing at home without the supervision of their parents :)

Anyway, if you do have a copy of that book, feel free to share it with the net citizens out here by dropping me an email :)

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Mistresses Hit by Downturn

Source : Today dated 27th Novemeber 2008, Thursday




Wah ! Hahaha ! Mistresses also kana hit by recession sia ! Imagine they suffered from pay cut or retrenchment by their lover :)

I'm wondering do their lover issue pink slip indicating an end to their contract and any notice period will be given loh ! Hahaha

For those folks interested in having some extra love, now maybe a time for bargain hunting ! Do remember, hunt, but don't get hunted !

Happy Hunting

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Fewer Malls Offer motorcycle parking lots

Source : MyPaper dated 27th November 2008, Thursday

I understand it doesn't concern most of you since the majority of you folks are either driving or taking public transport like me :(

Anyway, I'm writing based on my 10 years of experience with motorbiking. As I always tell my friend, in any building, you can 101% confirm to find a parking facilities for car but I can't say the same for motorcycle (cast aside the availability of parking lot). Name me a place whereby there is legal parking facilities for only motorcycle and not car ? (I buy you a MacDonald value meal if you able to name one)

Many years back, I still remember when I was trying to park my bike beside Cineleisure whereby there is a basement carpark sloping downards (just like a deep dark cave). Upon heading towards that hole, to my disgust, I was greeted with a sign indicating no motorcycle parking. To me, it's as good as pointing a middle finger at me and I could hear a voice whispering in my head asking me to "F.O" !

Imagine, there were several cars behind me and each and everyone of them have to reverse slightly to make way for me to perform a magical u-turn right infront of them ! Hahaha. How loser sia !

Nevertheless, it may point to Singaporeans are getting richer, car getting more afforable or shopping malls wanted to convert those money losing space into profit to beat the recession ? Well, I leave that thought to you...................

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Singtel Launches Tracking Services

Bad news for Singtel subscribers ! Singtel has recently launched a new and affordable service whereby YOU CAN BE TRACKED anytime and anywhere in Singapore ! Well, to me this sounds like an intrusion of privacy and encouraging dis-trust between parties.

The way Singtel market this service is by targeting the elderly and young ones whereby their safety is a prime concern. Thus, with a press of a few buttons on the mobile phone, their location could be reported back to requestor. Fortunately, this transaction will not be successful without the consent of the user simply by accepting the request on the mobile phone.

Nevertheless, I am pretty sure this is another tool whereby the target audience could be expanded to include checking on spouse and partners as well. Probably, it will create more argument and frustration between parties due to the unwillingness to accept the location request or accepting the request in an untimely fashion (to evade from been at the wrong place at the wrong time). This may intensify the situation and escalate the tension to the next level.

Fortunately, I wasn't with Singtel and this is the best defence you can have for now (until Starhub and M1 start offering such service as well). No service, no check, no talk and no argument. If you are still interested in tracking somebody or been tracked by somebody else, for more information, check out Singtel's press release and product information here.

HAPPY Tracking !

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Men better at detecting infidelity ?

Source : MyPaper dated 26th November 2008, Wednesday

(click on the picture for clearer view)

What an interesting news article claiming men is better at detecting infidelity ! Does that translate to better prevention of wearing a green hat for the guys ?

My personal view is that, in some way, there’s a certain amount of truth in it.

In a typical Asian culture (though the survey was conducted in the West with an unknown sample size), men tend to lead the family, provide for the family and making most of the decisions (I certainly hope that’s true for the guys reading this blog). If the spouse was caught having an affair (Ladies, a tip for you, sing “It Wasn’t Me” by Shaggy), that certainly put a dent deeply to a man’s pride and ego. With the stakes are high, it’s natural to extend his radar to pick up any abnormalities in the spouse’s behaviour.

Next, if both parties do not see each other long/often enough, thoughts tend to run astray and be paranoid about everything. For example, maid issues, I have colleagues and friends that keep on worry about their maid activities back home. Some even installed CCTV to ensure control is still within grasp while others will periodically gave a ring back home to check on them. Thus, I believe, once you can’t get to see something, you tend to be paranoid or skeptical about things may happen. At this point, I do not believe it’s a Mars versus Venus issue but rather a simple common physiological nature.

Lastly, ladies tend to be more emotional and guys steering towards transactional, it will result in a different length of infidelity. The longer you stay in it, the chance of getting caught will increase as well. Thus, that probably explain why guys are better at detecting infidelity, not because man are better but simply the duration of infidelity by ladies are longer that attract unnecessary attention. I know I’m been stereotyping over here (no hard feeling), but dun bash me up for that, I’m just a messenger to spice up your boring day. To sign off, let me dedicate the following music video to all the INFIDELITIES people out there !

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Ugly Singaporean Chiongster tussle over $10 tips

A fellow stomper witnessed an encounter while passing by one of the popular nightclub in his course of work as an electrician. During one night, as he walked pass one of the KTV room, there was a commotion that caught the electrician’s attention. Out of curiosity, he head towards the source of the commotion and to his horror, there was a tall, skinny and bespectacled Singaporean customer in his early thirties quarreling with a lady furiously while puffing his Marlboro light cigarette away with a conceited look on his face. Perhaps, he was hoping to use some level of smoke screen to get away from the situation.

Throughout the commotion, there was a constant physical tussle between both parties and upon interviewing his friends (introduced to the electrician as R.Martin and J.Bond); the quarrel was sparked off due to a discrepancy with the amount of tips reimburse to the lady for her "companionship". What surprises the electrician was the indifferent attitude (Mr. R busy digging his nose away while shorty Mr.J singing his favourite Mayday song) exhibit by his friends throughout the commotion that lead him to the conclusion that it’s not the first time such discrepancy surfaced.

With further probing, it was realized that the customer offered only $10 due to high level of dis-satisfaction suffered by him. Based on an unnamed source, the minimum market rate ranges between $20 to $30 for a session of companionship involving “non-special” activities. Some of the dissatisfaction cited includes lack of affection, poor attitude, subpar stimulation, foul breath and constant butterfly. It appears that the Singaporean was a usual victim of “Robert” by PRC that accusation and stereotyping wasn’t spared from the heated argument.

Immediately, the lady recognized the denial behaviour exhibited by her customer and retaliated with verbal abuse claiming her “exposure” has seen bigger money than a mere additional $10 note tightly withheld by her cheapo customer. Besides, she stood firmly to her working ethics and would not allow such obnoxious customer getting scot-free without reimbursing the fair amount for her companionship services.

Sensing her fear, desperateness and demonstration of lower values, the customer decided to leapfrog his advantage by summoning the manager to the room to resolve the issue. By spending a considerable amount of time arguing over that $10, she has overlooked the fact that she could have earned more than $10 with the same amount of time with other customers.

Finally, that customer has satisfied his ego and share of fun, he handed that additional $10 note to the lady that brought a grin on her face and she left the room gingerly filled with satisfaction. To add further pain to her ordeal, she accidentally left behind her Esprit t-shirt that easily cost $30 and above.

To the horror & disgust of the electrician, those 3 guys started to think of unimaginable act by peeing on the t-shirt inside the KTV room !!! Gosh ! That would easily warrant a few violation of civil law (e.g. vandalism of property & indecent exposure).

Looks like a pretty bad night for her, besides losing her t-shirt worth $30 stained with pee, she has to work real hard in gaining that additional $10 by losing another $20-$40 of opportunity cost.

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English Premier League Video Highlights : 22nd Nov 2008

Aston Villa(0) V Manchester United(0)


Liverpool(0) V Fulham(0)


Manchester City(3) v Arsenal(0)


Chelsea(0) vs Newcastle Utd(0)

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Movie Review : Journey to the Center of the Earth

IMDB - 6.4/10 (6,572 votes)

Trailer

Starring: Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem


BengGaBoy Ratings :

3.0 (Good enough to pass time)

Brendan Fraser is the guy popular with such adventurous movies plot. Yawn............ kind of boring that show after show is about the same old stunt from that guy.


So what's new with this movie ? Are we expecting some mummies chasing after them ? Anyway, this show looks like a combination between Jurassic Park and National Treasure. During the show, you will see dinosaurs, flying HUGE piranha, man-eating plants and plenty of uncovering of clues and tunnels.

You have to watch this show without asking and applying too many questions and logical thinking. In such show, typically will not result in any death, unlimited supplies and resources, tons of luck and coincidence.

The story started off with Brendan's sister in-law requesting his help to take care of his nephew for the next 10 days while similarly passing him a carton of old stuff left by his deceased brother. Within that box, it contain a book with the same title as the show documenting their experience to the center of the earth. Believing it's real, they set off the journey with their mountain guide in search of what has happened to his brother.

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Movie Review : Death Race

IMDB - 6.7/10 (6,347 votes)

Trailer

Starring: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson, Natalie Martinez

BengGaBoy Ratings :

3.5 (Slightly above average - watchable)


Jason Statham is back with yet another "action pack" kind of movie again. Just in case you have forgotten who he is, check out the following show Transporter, The Bank Job and War.

The story started in the future (2012) whereby the America's economy could no longer support the prison system. Thus, the prison has to find it's own way in sustaining it's own operation and at the same time keeping those convicts away from the public.

From there, it has modernized the Roman empire's "Gladiator" style of killing each other into various form to entertain the public earning money to sustain it's operation. However, after a while, the audience get bored and demand more "exciting" style that gave birth to Death Race.

Jason was sentence to jail for something (killing his wife) he never commit. Been an ex-racer, he was immediately drafted by the prison system in participating the death race with each racer given the promise of freedom with 5 wins.

So who killed his wife ? What do they want from Jason ? How did Jason fool the system ? Watch on and get entertain by the killings and gore.................................

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"Upgrading from Vista to XP" for Compaq Presario V3505TU Notebook

This write up is meant for folks who owned a Compaq Presario V3505TU notebook. In the original form, it was pre-installed with Microsoft Vista Home Premium operationg system. As most of you know, Vista tend to consume more resources and resulting in laggy performance especially if you only have 1GB of ram couple with a slow processor.

Thus, this article serve as a purpose of saving you the agnoy of "upgrading" from Vista to Windows XP.

Notebook Specs

• Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 1.8Ghz (2MB/L2 cache) 800 FSB
• Integrated Intel Graphic media accelerator X3100 (256mb)
• 1GB DDR2 (667)
• 120 GB (5400rpm)
• 14.1 WXGA Brightview Widescreen
• LightScribe Super Multi 8X DVD-RW (dual layer) 5 in 1 media card
• Intel Pro/Wireless 4965AGN/Bluetooth

Stuff that you need

1. Windows XP (Home or Professional) Edition with Service Pack 3 Integrated
   
2. NLite application
3. Device Drivers (see section B on where to download)
4. A working PC/notebook with CD-ROM burning capability
5. 1x blank CD-R or CD-RW disc
6. Internet connection for downloading OS update, application

A. Slipstream the SATA drivers into the installation disc

In the original Windows XP installation disc, it does not include any SATA drivers in it. Thus, during installation process, the OS will fail to detect the presence of a hardisk (even though physically it exist) and abort the installation process. Refer to the guide for information on how to slipstream.


B. Downloading of drivers

1. HP Software - Link
2. Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family - Link
3. Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN - Link
4. Ricoh 5-1 Card Reader - Link
5. Marvell Yukon 88E8039 Ethernet - Link
6. Software and Drivers for HP Integrated Module with Bluetooth Wireless - Link
   
7. Conexant HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP - Link
8. Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) Bus Driver for High Definition Audio - Link
9. Conexant High-Definition Audio Driver - Link
   

C. Installation of drivers

After the installation of Windows XP operating system (I am assuming the reader has the knowledge of performing basic OS installation via bootable CD-ROM), install the drivers in the following sequence (tested to work for me) :

1. Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Windows XP v14.36.2.4980
2. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager v8.5.0.1032
3. Marvell Yukon 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller Driver v10.22.4.3 A
4. Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
5. Software and Drivers for HP Integrated Module with Bluetooth Wireless
6. Ricoh 5-1 Card Reader Driver v3.52.02 A
7. Conexant HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP v7.67.0.0 A
8. Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) Bus Driver for High Definition Audio (sp33867) v1.00B3
9. Conexant High-Definition Audio Driver 3.38.0.50 A

For item 1-7, it's pretty straight forward and in fact, you can change the sequence between 3 and 4 depending which mode of connection is more readily available to you.

I would like to bring your attention to item 8 and 9 which are the most difficult and additional steps have to be taken care of to ensure successful installation.

After installing item #8, refer to the following thread (look for a post by Cherly.G dated 22nd Dec'07 01:51:17 GMT) and follow the steps in installing item #9.

Hopefully with this post, it helps to reduce the amount of "mouse walking" you need to ensure a successful installation. Happy installing.................

Cheers,

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Movie Review : Big Stan

IMDB - 6.5/10 (2,566 votes)

Trailer

Starring: Rob Schneider, David Carradine, Jennifer Morrison

BengGaBoy Ratings :

3.0 (Good enough to pass time)

Hahaha ! This show is one funny shit from Rob Schneider. Just in case you have forgotten about him, he's the man behind Deduce Bigalow : Male Gigolo, The Hot Chick and The Benchwarmers !



So what's up from this dude this round time ? Well, the story is about a professional conman who trick unaware consumer into buying properties at exorbitant prices at lousy locations. As a Chinese proverb said "上得山多终遇虎", finally, law has caught up with him and he was given a jail sentence. For some reasons (I could not remember why), he was given a 6 months period before he starts serving his sentence.

Upset with the sentence, he went to seek opinions from ex-convicts on how's life like in a prison and immediately he was been warned of getting rape by fellow prison mates ! Hahaha ! So depressed that he went home crying to his girlfriend :) Well, I could imagine his feelings of been helpless and having to subject to a foreign object sticking up your ass where chasity belt is NOT an option and safety is not guarantee by the wardens.

So the poor man decided to enroll himself with some martial arts school, however, patience and time is running out with stakes (his virgin ass) running all time high, he got frustrated and gave up. Suddenly (once again, can't remember how), an old sinseh show up and decided to take him as his disciple imparting skills to defend against getting rape by fellow prison mates.

On his first day of arrival to the prison, he made his presence felt by beating a hell out of those potential rapist instead of waiting for them to bang his ass. From there, the story develops further to uncover one of the conspiracy behind the prison system and organization.........................Watch on and enjoy ! Ooops ! Dun forget your chasity belt :)

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Movie Review : Doomsday

IMDB - 6.2/10 (17,534 votes)

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STARRING: Rhona Mitra, Sean Pertwee, Bob Hoskins, MyAnna Buring, Adrian Lester


BengGaBoy ratings :

3.5 (Slightly above average - watchable)

This is the first movie that I ever watched spoken entirely in British accent ! This shows how popular British movies are :) Anyway, in short, this science fiction movie was set in the late 90s whereby there was a deadly virus affecting human mankind with no known cure. Sounds familiar ? So what are the differences between the previous "plot alike" movies like "I am Legend" and "28 weeks later" ?

Well, to begin with, I think the lead actress Rhona Mitra looks great with her moves and style. The film approaches differently from the rest by isolating the virus infested Scotland that indirectly stopping the virus from spreading.

Upon discovering survivals from satellite images within virus infested Scotland, the British government decided to send a team of special forces into the isolated area in hope for a search of a cure to the deadly "Reaper virus". Thus, the journey begin with entering into the isolated Scotland after 30+ years and as usual, they faced tons of endless "creatures" running at them.

However, this show proves to be a little different from the rest, there are a lot of hand-to-hand battle and car-chasing scenes unlike the usual gun and bomb explosion type of killings. After 30+ years in isolation, Scotland has transformed "backwards" into the early days of civilization whereby you will you treated with quite a fair bit of castles, knights, arrows, shields and gladiators style of competition.

Ofcourse, the film do intend to challenge the viewer's memory and sense of humor. An APC (Armor Personnel Carrier) designed with 2 inch armor plate to handle 30mm rounds to chemical weapons attack, however, the windscreen is easily broken by a homemade bottle filled with gasonline and fire :) I would have sack the design engineer repsonsible for HF design.

Watch this movie with an open mind and you will be surprised with the outcome. Enjoy..........

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A better MRT System ?

A visit to STOMP especially on the "Ugly Commuters" section where there are tons of pictures and comments about commuters NOT giving up seats for the old/disabled, pregnant and even placing their belongings on the seat next to them. Well, the list goes on and similarly, their lives goes on as well...................

So what the hell can we do about it ? Education ? Nah, Singapore is one of the few country in the world to have the highest literacy rate (95%), but yet, look at us, how much control (via fine) and people performing ungracious acts on a daily basis without the slightest guilt ! Guess, they must be a fan of Michael Jackson's song "Smooth Criminal" (minus the moonwalk and iconic white socks) !

For example, back in July'08, I was boarding a train towards City Hall standing near to the exit door and there was a girl (about the age of a primary 5 school kid) seated on a priority seat (wondering how many commuters understood that term) with an old granny standing right in front of her pleading for the seat through her eyes and expression.

Due to ongoing embarrassment from public stare, reluctantly, the mother instructed the kid to offer the seat to the old granny . Guess what, the kid just replied "Why should I do that ?" and resumed reading her book without paying any attention to the old granny. At that point, I was hoping for a 9mm projectile would drive through her temple and issue a one-way ticket to hell ! What kind of barbaric animal would do that ???

On the contrary, there was an incident that amused me as well. There was once when I boarded a train at Aljunied station and suprisingly, there was an empty seat right before me, wow, what a lucky trip must be for me ! Upon seated, there was an auntie in her mid 40s seated directly opposite placing her little handbag next to an empty seat shamelessly. At that point of time, the train was getting packed as it approached Bugis, guess what, there were quite a handful of commuters actually dashed to the seat and only to be disappointed by a lifeless little handbag. And best of all, they simply just back off without even asking for the seat. I could imagined their thoughts to be "suck thumb lor". Nevertheless, the curse of the orange seat was finally lifted by an auntie of similar caliber (I assumed) at Outram MRT. For the past 7 stops, none of the commuters actually challenge for the seat and I guess this maybe heavily influenced by the culture.

Having wrote that much, so what BengGaBoy going to suggest that solve everything ? Well, from my perspective, there will not be any single policy that solve everything and agree by everyone. Similarly, we are not going to solve world hunger right ? Read on if you are still interested........................

Pay As You Seat (PAYS)

How it works ?

1. Every single seat on the MRT will be converted to a "cinema like" kind of seat whereby it will automatically flip upwards
2. If a passenger would like to have a seat, they would need to tap their EZlink card on the seat to "unlock" the seat
3. For commuters with special needs (e.g. disabled, old & etc), it will be qualified by a centralized office whereby a special card will be issued. Thus, they will NOT need to pay additional charges
   
4. For pregnant, ladies, upon confirmation with relevant medical documentation, similarly, they could apply for a special "no charge card"with a validity period of 1 year
5. Each train section will be allocated a fix number of "no charge access only" seats for the needy
   

Benefits

• No more dashing for seats by commuters and hopefully that would change the disgusting habit of dashing into the train as well
  
• secured allocation of seats for the needy
• no more 2nd guess for the commuters on who really need a seat (but continue to guess in Deal or no deal)
  
• supply and demand matching by implementing "ERP" like prices
  
• no more obnoxious commuters placing their belonging next to an empty seat
• Win-win situation between commuter and operator. If there isn't much commuters seated means more people can cramp into the train. Thus, this will increase operational efficiency by having a larger economy of scale. With that, cost savings could be pass back to commuters
  

I sincerely hope that such system would implement in Singapore someday and make the trip more pleasant ! With that, Singapore will steal the worldwide headlines of being the 1st country to implement an innovative "ERP" like seating system !

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