Three reasons why you fail as young parents.

"Anvirrrrrr, come back or police catch!"

1. Naming your son Anvir. Then pronouncing it Anvirrr.

2. You, I'm assuming is mother of devil spawn, screeching across the Immigration Hall, "Anvirrrr, come back or police catch!"

3. You, I'm assuming is father of devil spawn, but you'd never really know, would you? Promising "A whippel meal later at Burger King."

Shoot me now.

Doctor gave me a huge bag of colourful pills and psychedelic liquids.

38.2 Celsius.

Whoah.
(@BlackBerry)

It's Teachers' Day in Vietnam tomorrow. And I got a bouquet of chrysanthemums!

Chrysanthemums! For me?

Aww!

How sweet of them!

Sniff, sniff!

Just belly flopped in a chinese restaurant. How embarrassing!

Cantonese Desert, Red Bean Soup

Lousy wet floor. *mutter* *mutter*

At least I got a red-bean soup desert out of this.

2 days in Beijing and my blog gets hacked. Nice.

(@BlackBerry)

Beijing: 2 years after the Olympics

See the rusting Olympic Rings between the wall and truck?

An abandoned truck partially obscures the unmistakable Olympic rings rusting into oblivion.

Sign of the times.

I am suddenly reminded of Ghost World.

(@BlackBerry)

No Facebook, Twitter, Blogger or YouTube. But there is CIV V!!

Can’t connect to ANYTHING from Beijing.

 

*twitch*

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sick in Jakarta. Not 'of', just 'in'.

Oh alright, 'of' too.

I wanna go home.

(Flight's tomorrow afternoon, joy!)
(@BlackBerry)

Good morning sunshine!

And a perfect indonesian breakfast, giant watermelon cubes and decadent slices of Kueh Lapis.
(@BlackBerry)

Damn taxi service lost my reservation.

I hate everyone.

(@BlackBerry)

Grand Harbour Hotel (Hong Kong)

If you squint hard enough, you can spot the harpist playing at the grand staircase landing.
How chi-chi is that?
(@BlackBerry)

Vivocity is putting up a Christmas Tree. In OCTOBER!

(@BlackBerry)

Dale's scampering outside my office window.

(@BlackBerry)

Strong Interest, FIRO-B, Benchmark, Skillscope and MBTI

I am now certified to run all these instruments. I did MBTI last year.

About MBTI®
The MBTI tool is the most widely used personality instrument in the world, with over two million taking it annually. It is a self-report personality questionnaire used to measure and describe people’s preferences for how they like to get information, make decisions and orient their lives. It is based on Carl Jung’s theory of perception and judgment and classifies people into 16 broad personality Types.

About FIRO-B®
The FIRO (Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation™) instrument is a powerful personality tool that assesses how a person typically behaves towards others and how that person would like others to behave towards him or her. It assesses interpersonal style and its appropriateness in relationships on three levels: Inclusion, Control and Affection. It is ideally suited to team building and development, individual and leadership development and relationship counselling.

About Strong Interest Inventory®
Strong is the world’s leading and best researched measure of occupational interests. It is used to help people understand their work interests and to illustrate the kinds of work from which they might gain satisfaction. It is a vital tool for counselors working with students exploring career options and subject choices, clients considering or exploring job changes, those interested in career development and people interested in understanding job satisfaction and dissatisfaction.

About Benchmarks® & SKILLSCOPE®
They are comprehensive multi-rater feedback instruments from the Center for Creative Leadership®. As 360° assessment tools they provide individuals with in-depth feedback into their development and help identify and enhance development plans. They can only be administered by certified professionals and this program provides that certification.

Plain English Campaign

Gobbledygook of the week

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Geek Trivia

What “secret” ingredient in the formula for Coca-Cola has the soda maker received special permission from the United States government to include in consumer beverages — a legal dispensation unique to The Coca-Cola Company?

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The Brontës: A quick timeline

A death curse on your family, and may you outlive them all!

The Cantonese have a dreadful curse: "A death curse on your family!"

Now, there is an even more horrible curse, uttered only at the most extreme circumstance: "A death curse on your family, and may you outlive them all!"

Sadly, The Brontës suffered the second one, with Patrick Brontë outliving his whole family.

1777 Patrick Brontë is born
1783 Maria Branwell is born
1812 Patrick + Maria get married
1814 Maria Brontë is born
1815 Elizabeth Brontë is born
1816 Charlotte Brontë is born
1817 Branwell Brontë is born
1818 Emily Brontë is born
1820 Anne Brontë is born
1821 Maria Branwell dies
1825 Maria Brontë dies / Elizabeth Brontë dies
1846 Pseudonyms Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell's Book of Poems is published
1847 Charlotte's Jane Eyre is published / Emily's Wuthering Heights is published / Anne's Agnes Grey is published
1848 Branwell Brontë dies / Emily Brontë dies / Anne's Tenant of Wildfell Hall is published
1849 Anne Brontë dies / Charlotte's Shirley is published
1853 Charlotte's Villette is published
1855 Charlotte Brontë dies
1857 Charlotte's The Professor is published
1860 Charlotte's Emma is published
1861 Patrick Brontë dies

1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233...

...377 610 987 1597 2584 4181 6765 10946 17711 28657 46368 75025 121393 196418 196418 317811 514299 832040 1346269 2178309 3524578 5702887 9227465 14930352 24157817 39088169 63245986 102334155 165580141 267914296 433494437 701408733 1134903170 1836311903 2971215073 4807526976 7778742049 12586269025 20365011074 32951280099 53316291173 86267572272 139583862445 225851433717 365435296162 591286729879 956722026041 1548008755920 2504730781961 4052739537881 6557470319842 10610209857723 17167680177565 27777890035288 44945570212853...

Sitting in my hotel room, watching lousy travel documentaries, I felt my brain start her descent into mush-hood.

Hey, I took time to calculate (using niftly sidebar gadget calculator, no less) and type the above numbers in.

Shaddup.

How to post about Nazis and get away with it - the Godwin's Law FAQ

Waiting for Godwin

"...One of the most famous pieces of Usenet trivia out there is "if you mention
Hitler or Nazis in a post, you've automatically ended whatever discussion
you were taking part in". Known as Godwin's Law, this rule of Usenet has a
long and sordid history on the network - and is absolutely wrong. This FAQ
is an attempt to set straight as much of the history and meaning of Godwin's
Law as possible, and hopefully encourage users to invoke it a bit more
sparingly. Of course, knowing Usenet, it won't do an ounce of good..."