Gmail

You know our company wide had gotten rid of using Microsoft Exchange as our general email application & switch to Google Mail. Gmail for short. Initially when all of us started using this we really felt "Cheap". Why is it so???

Lots of functions which were so simple in MS seems like impossible in Gmail. For example

• No drag & drop into folder.
• No folder filing concept.
• No sub folder concept.
• No copy & paste from a source like picture or charts to compose mail body.
• No nice word formatting like what we see in MS.
• No mail attachments
• No many many more just to name a few above.
  

Gmail is a web base application therefore all of us have to use Firefox & most of us here are not familiar with multiple tab browsing concept. However with these said, there are also lots benefit having us to switch. Not mention the amount of $$ being saved, also now one can read their emails any time any where if you have a browser phone & also VPN is not required to read mails as well!

Lately Google also introduce new patches that allow theme customization on the Gmail skin. What got me so facinated was the theme that I chosen actually changes its images base on the timing of the day. Come to think of it, this Gmail thingie is really not that bad after all... :)

 

Not Me!!! Not Me!!!

Larry immediately commented on my Facebook whether did I?? No no I don't. Though I find the cows very cute, I am still a law abiding citizen. I only took pictures....

By the way in the full report, if anyone wishes to purchase a cow for keepsake. One may contact Moove Media & they are selling each cow @ $188 per piece. All proceeds will donate to charity :)



Excerpt of this story can be view from this link -> The Straitstimes.com.

Welcoming the Year of Cow.

If you notice around you (in Singapore I meant :P) you will see on some open area where there grass patches, there are colorful cows "grazing".

I vaguely remember last year this media company Moove Media who are a subsidiary of Comfort Delgro did similar advertisement. Since their mascot is a cow so & ushering the year of the cow, they pull out the same trick again.

I am so fascinated with these cute cows, can't help stopping my car in a car park, walk near to them & snap these pics. Trust me, all the other drivers driving past that corner heading towards the expressway was really wondering what am I doing...

But I think the effort of taking these pics were worth it. They are really so cool & cute.

April Fool's Joke

Did you get fooled last week? Today during lunch, I heard this vicious April Fool's joke told to me regarding "Some one" and "Some guy".

Apparently the naughty played a serious work joke to both "Some one" and "Some guy". Both "Some one" and "Some guy" fell for it & got really mad when heard about its a April Fool's joke. At the end both "Some one" and "Some guy" threaten the Naughty on his next trip to Singapore, both "Some one" and "Some guy" will make the Naughty so damn drunk at Holland Village & will dump him by the phone booth. hahaha!!!

So much about some one, some guy & the naughty. The best joke I have seen this year is from BBC - The Flying Penguin.

See this.


The making of this video

Wisma's fish to get new home

Following my post on "Do you remember" in commentating the going of the Fish tank @ Wisma Atria, below is another write up from MyPaper regarding this Fishy relocation.

AFTER delighting countless babies and fascinating streams of passing shoppers and tourists for two decades, Wisma Atria's iconic fish tank will be removed.

More than 100 fish from the 20-cubic-metre tank will be moved to the Underwater World Singapore at 9am next Wednesday.

The 1.5-metre tall tank at Wisma's basement has been home to hundreds of fish spanning 12 different species since it was built in 1986, when the mall was first opened.

The move, according to Ms Amy Lim, general manager of Macquarie Pacific Star Property Management which owns the mall, is to allow the marine life to continue to thrive in a bigger andmore natural aquatic ecosystem at the oceanarium.

"We are delighted to have found a good home for the fish. While the aquarium has brought much cheer to customers at Wisma Atria over the years, we have decided to use the space to enhance the retail offering in Wisma Atria," she said.

The company declined to provide more details on future plans for the space. Underwater World Singapore's general manager Mr Kwek Meng Tiam said that the fish would be introduced to their new home with arms wide open: "Together with their 2,500 relatives here, we warmly welcome them as part of our big family."

But most shoppers my paper interviewed were reluctant to see the fish tank go.

University student Stefanie Tung, 19, said the tank reminded her of shopping trips with her mother when she was a toddler.

"The fish will probably get better care but it's such a pity. I can't visualise anything else in its place," she said.

Receptionist Ms Hani Kader, 36, said it was a popular landmark for meeting friends when she was a teenager.

Now, she brings her one-year-old son Reezwan Mas Junaidi to view the fish at least once a fortnight.

Pointing out the fish to Reezwan while the duo were taking a mid-shopping break on Wednesday afternoon, Ms Hani said: "It's too bad it won't be here when he's a teenager."

One jewellery store salesgirl at the basement level,Miss Liew Ziling, 22, has even personally christened one fish within the tank "Ah Or" for its deep black colour.

Said Miss Liew, who has been working at the mall for five years: "Must they really move the fish tank? Can you tell them not to?"

To mark the big move, Wisma Atria has lined up a week-long promotion for aquarium fans and shoppers to bid their farewells.

Shoppers can send in their fondest memories of the aquarium.

Those with the most moving stories and pictures stand to win limited edition Fish Series stamp sets and tickets to the Underwater World Singapore.

A photography station will also be set up for shoppers to take their final photographs with the aquarium fish this weekend.

Sources from Asiaone.com

Do you remember

It was such a hype when Wisma Atria opens in 1986 where it straight away became one of the most happening shopping mall situation right at the start of Orchard Road.

On top of this, one of the most selling point of this mall is not only wide available ranges of shops ranging from fashion to day to day necessities like tooth brushes. Also at the basement is their well acclaim fish tank.

This is a circular fish tank which surround itself around the lift shank of the building lift. Trust me this fish tank has really become a landmark in Wisma & even in Orchard. How many times this fish tank has become a meeting point for many people. Of course me as well.

However things evolves & develops, catching the enbloc fever the fishes & tank cannot escape this fate of relocation.


Catch a glimpse this week end before it goes away.

Dogs Poisoned to slow & cruel death

This article was posted at our block lift area. I am very sadden reading this & cannot imagine why there are such people living within my quiet vicinity.

Frankly Sunset Way is rather a animal caring neighborhood. We have people here who feed the community cats daily (just like me), provide shelters to stray dogs & none but not least there are 3 vets & 4 shops selling pets related food or stuff.

As of today, Rajah still roams around freely but he is very human shy due to what has happen to his family. I've personally saw the family of dogs roaming around our area, they did not bother the neighbors.



STOMPer Choo says it is time we speak up for animals, which should protected and loved, just like us.

He sent us photos from an SPCA ad about two dogs, Shiloh and Shelly, which were found dead on Feb 13 near the forest in front of Block 118 Clementi Street 13.

According to the ad, the body of the third dod , Blackie, cannot be found. All the dogs were suspected to be have been poisoned between Feb 11 and Feb 11.

It says that only one dog, Rajah, survived the ordeal. The town council and the AVA has agreed to let SPCA volunteers catch and rehome Rajah.

Please contact 90090731 if you would like to support this cause or help Rajah in any way.

The SPCA urges anyone with information regarding the two dead dogs to call them at 6287 5355.

Source from STOMP

Meows...

From a start don't ask me why they are all name as Soccer stars & MU to be exact. When I am first introduce to them, already been named by their "mommy" in that manner.

Allow me to introduce to you the 3 resident cat whom roam around my apartment void deck.



As you can tell Beckham & Giggs are brothers (yes they are all male).

Don't get deceive by the fierce looks of Hunter. He is the most timid amongst all 3. However timid does not equate with food. He is the most greediest of all.

Beckham is more demure but friendly. Giggs has a queer character. Only comes when the food container is rattle & when he is hungry. If no hunger, no matter how hard I rattle, he will rather sleep!