Big Buck Bunny

Big Buck Bunny from Blender Foundation on Vimeo.

I forgot where did I get this. But, I just recall it's an open source animation.
Drop me a note if you know.

Take the unbeaten path to a cemetry today. No joking.

On my way back from Sugardough Panificio e Patisserie, G asked me to drop by Melbourne General Cemetery which she claimed to be...I can't recall how she recommended the place. But, with my courage as immense as roaring lions, I just jumped off the tram at the tram stop across the road and then off visiting my long lost friends.

The cemetery was separated into sections based on religion streams. There was also a separate section for child's cemetery, which was quite upsetting. Somehow, when you actually stepped on the vicinity, the serenity just calmed you down and you just blended into the silence of the place. I believe that's the major difference from the creepy Chinese cemetery that I see for myself or from movies. Death should be a relief from vanity and materialism, however, in certain religion or culture, the living will be conceptualized to have fear and respect for the dead so that the dead will bring them good and no harm.

Anyway, it's been a interesting experience, especially a text message came in from a friend abroad as below:
" HEY YOU, R U ALIVE? How is Aus?........"

Right. I was so alive but everything just felt surreal that I just left the place not long after a couple of young lovers came out from no where.

Anyway, I did not bump into Sir Redmond Barry, the Acting Chief Justice who sentenced Ned Kelly to hang; or famous Australian explorers, Burke & Wills. Everything was great, and you should drop by the place some time.

Here's how you can go there:

Firefox 3

I shall not exaggerate by calling today a day of change to internet usage pattern. But, somehow, there will be a significant change to how we perceive internet browsers. Yes, it's Download Firefox Day and I've done just that. Deeply believe that web browsing trend should be driven by users themselves, this new release just thrilled me.

From end user's perspective, I noticed a few changes after using it for an hour. I have yet to test it on the sites that are only-IE-friendly. I hope Firefox 3 will tackle the flaw that boycotts non-IE browser.

What I like:

1. Smoother flow in page switch. This could be the result of memory usage improvement that's been a key feature in this release.

2. Revamped bookmark feature - New way of tagging a page for bookmark, auto-complete of address field according to page name or website address, as how you bookmark the site, etc.

Then, I googled "Amazing Firefox" and stumbled upon the post by Mozilla's Software Engineer, codenamed Pavlov. Please give Pavlov's write-up a read. The post is about the improvement made on Firefox 3 Memory Usage. It's a geek-friendly post involving a lot of technical jargon. Since it was posted in March 08, it sure did give me a clearer perspective on the key improvements to be expected that I might not notice.

In all, I'm happily using my Firefox 3. Are you? Regardless the fact of you helping them make it to Guinness Record or not, get your Firefox 3 today.

Summer Bloesem!

As I was browsing through Cookie's house tour feature section, I saw a feature on a house located in Kuala Lumpur. The interior is warm and bright, just perfect to raise a kid. And also, Irene's a Dutch, somehow it just clicks with my love for Dutch design although this and that are so not related. But, whatever.

Anyway, Irene also hosts a blog which content I resonate very much with. Don't miss it. Have a look!

Sebastian's Voodoo

I'm supposed to post my pictures from Australia but I ended up discovering stuffs much more worthy of my space here. I didn't even finish my Cambodia/Vietnam travelogue. So, we'll see. ( AGAIN?? Yes. )

Another discovery from BoingBoingTV.

In today's episode, Boing Boing tv presents an animated short by Joaquin Baldwin, a UCLA grad student working towards his MFA in animation. Joaquin has recieved numerous awards for his work, including Best Animated Short at the Sedona International Film Festival and has been featured on the front pages of Youtube, Crackle.com, and Dailymotion.com.

In this piece, entitled "Sebastian's Voodoo," a voodoo doll must find the courage to save his fellows from being pinned to death. For more on Joaquin and information on festival screenings, you can check out http://www.pixelnitrate.com/

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Go gringo!

Gringo, as I looked in dictionary, means foreign language. You know me, always have a <3 for foreign languages. Also, I believe that, to learn a language well, you should learn from the basics and the most commonly used phrases, which will be dirty words. So, it seems that Sao Paolo design agency Gringo also agrees with me, and puts together this website that allows you to learn dirty words in every foreign languages as contributed by users. Each word will come along with a video where you can see how the native gives the 100% punch to the word!

As a start


Record your own



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Crazy Sexy Beautiful

“ ...I refused to be saddled with the isolating stigma associated with cancer. Just because it had changed my life forever, didn't mean that I had changed...
-Kris Carr ”


Having felt the start of dry season for tv series, I have seek alternatives in movie sources as usual. One day, I bumped into RLSLOG's post regarding VoMiT's release. It's about fighting cancer that turned out to be crazy and sexy, as the title "Crazy Sexy Cancer" says. That is quite true as how the main character presented it.

On Valentines Day in 2003, Kris Carr was diagnosed with a rare cancer which was in critical last stage with signs of deterioration. What lied ahead was knowledge of a time bomb being paused but with the possibility of being resumed into ticking in time. Weeks later, she began filming her journey seeking of cure, in medicine, homeopathy and inner peace. In this true-story-turned-documentary, Kris shares her wild and inspirational journey with exuberance and humor.

This documentary is about strength and growth in life, love and friendship, courage and wisdom. I love the editing of the story that really made me wonder how Kris could have faced this hardship alone, and then slowly, other characters such as family, friends and lover were introduced. Now, Kris has founded My Crazy Sexy Life!, a social networking site for the supporters of holistic medicine; Crazy Sexy Blog! that keeps those that concern updated. It's all about WEB 2.0!

In all, she had all my respect and admiration when she just laughed off certain difficult moments and decisions facing death. This is the spirit.

And that is what I do facing inflation. Go NGV!

The Girl Effect

"Girl Power" - one term that arose when female intruded the male dominance in many countries decades ago. What stay estranged is this phrase that is nonexistent in developing countries where female rights are still struggling.

Regardless, adolescent females in developing countries should be entitled to this term, be allowed to earn it by being offered opportunity to battle for the inequality of socio-treatment and economical benefits. They should have the opportunity to make a change not only their families, but also their communities and countries. Before they can change their surrounding, the world needs to give itself a change. As a start, the Nike Foundation and the NoVo Foundation have donated $100 million and collaborated with Norfolk based Grow Interactive and Portland ad agency Wieden + Kennedy to drive this cause for the world to recognize The Girl Effect. With that, we hope social issues such as poverty, disease, early marriage, and pregnancy will see a sign of reduction, so that the girls can unleash their power and lead their communities and nations towards change.

I enjoy watching the clip. I hope you do, and at the end of it, something inside of you is itching and screaming to make a difference, how minimal it may be.

Peace out.

d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y

I've noticed that even native speakers can get spellings for simple words wrong. So, someone smart turned it into a source of creativity.

Definitely, you will want to print the page out if you are not sure of the spelling.