As you might have noticed, I have placed an ad from nuffnang on the sidebar, under the message box. I noticed It is very slow to load and I’m not sure whether it’s worth the time. Every blogs I’ve been to that have a nuffnang ad is slower to load. What do you think? Do you find it slowing down the loading time of your blog or is it just my broadband speed?
Won’t we all want to be holidaying often if not for the costs and trouble involved? Now, that might just becoming a reality, with the affordable prices offered at holidayhypermarket.co.uk. They provide serviced to book flights, rooms and even the whole package for you. You can plan your whole holiday in the comfort at home; a perfect way for an internet nutty that I am. I love the interface and it is very user friendly. There are millions of cheap deals on holidays waiting to be discovered on this site, like cheap flights to Tenerife, the beautiful volcanic island in the Atlantic Ocean, or package holidays in Turkey. My affordable dream holiday is now just a click away from becoming a reality.
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We see a lot of big billboards around us, especially in the central city area. Some catch our eyes and some don’t't. How often do you stop and have a look at these billboards? They are a form of advertising, yes, but some are oddly entertaining too. I love to look at billboards, to me, they are like huge colourful flyers around town. The cheeky ones especially catch my attention. To me, there’s no other platform that works as well in attention grabbing as billboards. Here are some random billboards around town that caught my fancies.
This is a series of billboards run by Tui, a local beer company with a wicked sense of humour. The advertising campaign has been running for a while now. The idea is to produce a series of cheeky lines based on current events, with their tag line, yeah right. It changes every few weeks, and sometimes in a few days if there’s a hot topic running. You can even submit your ‘yeah rights’ on their website and if they like the idea, they’ll put it on a billboard! Isn’t that cool?!
This was a hot topic earlier this year when the Auckland city council proposed a ridiculous idea to ban all billboards in town. The reason? Apparently they affect the beautiful city skyline. They even compared Auckland to Paris, because Paris has no billboards. WTH? What skyline? They approved the ugly shoe-box apartments that are scattered around the city centre, but think the billboards are eyesores?! Also, compared Auckland to Paris?! GOD! Do these people have eyes? There are some smart asses in the council I tell you, those eat too full got nothing to doer. This billboard said it all really.
p/s: sorry about the photo quality, it was taken from a moving car.
Auckland Fullers ferry got a lot of bad press because of this incident. Back in February, the ferry company left about 80 passenger stranded on Waiheke Island because the last ferry didn’t have enough seats to accommodate them. Apparently, the skipper refused to make an extra trip even when told to do so by the duty manager. He asked them to go fly kites (OK, I added this part). So the 80+ people were forced to stay on the Island for the night. Go figure!
Alternative advertisement. Haha.
Hey, someone stop the crazy driver driving up the wall!
This one is my favourite, it is actualy a model midi of actual size!
I have a thing about the thrills and frills of home decoration. Being so particular about house-deco can be a pain sometimes, because it is pretty hard to get the right accessories. Like my cabinets, I find it hard to match the different handles and knobs down to the matching details. That is until I found All Cabinet Parts. They offer many different cabinet hardware, from cabinet knobs to hinges, and drawer handles. No matter what you are looking to match, be it contemporary or traditional styles, you name it and they have it! They even have variety of beautiful hand-carved wood mouldings for that extra finishing touch. I am having fun looking through their selections. There bound to be something you need to complete the look for your deco!
*kindly sponsored by All Cabinet Parts*
For those of you who have to sit in front of the computer all day long, you’d know how important a good computer chair is. It practically can make or break you. OK, maybe not that dramatic, but well, it is very important. To me, a good computer chair is essential, as I am glued to the computer every possible moment. In the weekends, you can expect me to zoom right to the computer from the moment I wake up till I go to sleep. Only pry myself from it during meal times and toilet breaks. Yes, I can be that crazy. So you see the point for me to have a good computer chair.
When my old chair broke after 4 years of faithful service, MR K and I decided to get a better quality chair. Of course, within a reasonable price range. We searched high and low and finally found the perfect one at an office furniture store. They sell all sorts of chairs, with arm, armless, mesh, fabric, leather, you name it, and they have it. I think I sat on the most chairs in my life during the choosing process. Browsed until my head also pening (spinning) already. We literally spent hours in there sitting on different chairs. Haha.
Anyway, after hours of trying, we finally narrowed down to this spectacular chair Genesis by Ergoform. The moment I sat on it, I know it is the one. Apparently it is an ergonomic chair that is built to follow the shape of your body and provides maximum support for long hours of sitting and comes with a 10 year warranty. Of course, good things all come with a price tag. 3 hours and NZ$700+ lesser later, we were done. Who knows buying a computer chair can also be so complicated. I don’t care much for the descriptions, I just want a comfy chair to sit on and don’t feel sore on my buttocks after a few hours. That’s it.
So, there you have it, my chair story. ;P
I know it’s no Herman Miller, but still, very comfortable. In fashionable orange micro-suede too. 
p/s: Special thanks to my sponsor MR ATM.
computer chair Genesis Ergoform
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It is 6am now and it’s 5 degree Celsius. I am freaking freezing! It’s not even winter yet.
I have been up since 3am. After turning and tossing in bed for a good half an hour, I knew I wasn’t going to fall asleep and decided to do some blog-hopping online instead. I use a RSS reader to keep track of all my blogs of interest. It has over a hundred blogs on the list. Have been quite busy and haven’t been able to read through all of them. So forgive me if I haven’t been coming to your blog and leave my two cents worth ya!
I love leaving comments and I love receiving them even more! Every time I get a notification email telling me I have a new comment, I’d be smiling with joy, with my adrenaline pumped up. I always make sure I reply all the comments that are left in my blog, as they are the results of someone taking their time to left their thoughts on things I wrote and I really appreciate that. So, thank you for all of you that have been commenting and keep them coming! You are making me very happy.
OK, I am freaking cold now and cannot think straight, have to go and sit next to my heater.
Watch this video and tell me if you don’t want to punch the bitch in the face.
As you know Jordin Sparks has just won the title of American Idol. And there went some ridiculous woman calling her obese and criticised her for portraying an unhealthy image to others?! While I would say she is not exactly thin, but there is no way she is obese! She looks perfectly fine and beautiful to me! I mean get down on your high horse and stop using the ‘health awareness’ as your mask, crazy woman. If you ask me, she is just bitter. Trying to justify her stick thin body by labeling people with a few extra pounds obese and unhealthy. Lady, thin does not equal healthy you know?! It is people like that who is causing some teenagers to hide in the bathroom and vomit her guts out right this second.
How would you like to see yourself dating a celebrity? Now, you can have a chance at winning a date with Mirelly Taylor, star of movies such as Kiss Me Again and Serving Sara. Just visit Seduce a Celeb at GoFish.com and upload a video about yourself. Your video can be as funny, seductive and original as you want it to be. Free videos at GoFish.com are a perfect way to share your talents and showcase your personality. Mirelly, who has also appeared on television shows like “Las Vegas”, “Punk’d” and “Numb3rs”, is looking for the right person to share this special date.
Seduce a Celeb is the first online program where participants will get to be part of the show when they submit their videos. The contest will run on GoFish.com over the next 14 weeks and is produced by Emmy Award winning producer Scott Sternberg and hosted by Andrew Firestone from “The Bachelor”. The following video of Mirelly dancing is real groovy. Feel free and check out all the other hilarious and creative videos on this site.
This is a huge billboard in downtown Auckland. As you know New Zealand is a rugby-mad nation, housing the world number one All Blacks. So it is no surprise that the kiwis are all excitingly anticipating to the counting down of Rugby World Cup 2007 (photo taken in January 2007). The billboard you see here has been there since last year, counting down the minutes to the first game of RWC at France in September. The RWC comes every 4 years, and guess what? Auckland, New Zealand has been chosen to host the next RWC, in 2011! Imagine what buzz it’d bring then. The nation already cannot wait!
