No, we finally got this one instead.

Maybe this one?

Or.......

Or....

Which bouncer?

Yes, indeed a new baby girl was born!

Phonics lessons for your young

Yes... phonics lessons for your young children... done by an American native English teacher - available immediately? For more information, please leave comments! ;)

New Baby Girl

News has it that a new baby girl is in town to rock Singapore. An executive at the company recently gave Singapore a new addition - contributing to Singapore's lack of population - (hip hip hooray).

Big White Room

I came across this nice song called The Big White Room by a singer Jessie.

World Financial Crisis

As major financial institutions go under, and companies going bust everywhere, one wanders what will happen next. The stock market is reacting very badly, and that will certainly cause major consumer spending, which will spiral into an downward crash.

Will Singapore banks be affected by the crisis? What happens IF banks like HSBC, Citibank or UOB fails? Will our hardworking citizens lose their hard earned savings?

The recent AIG issue already caused so much havoc amongst many, what will happen next?



Questioning from the dark corner of the SGX. Sotong Investor.

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The Consumption of Alcohol

"Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink I feel shame Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes and dreams If I didn't drink this wine, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this wine and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."

Jack Handy

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what the hell happened to your bra and panties.
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"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. "

~Frank Sinatra

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher, smarter, faster and better looking than most people.
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"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

~ Henny Youngman

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may lead you to think people are laughing WITH you.
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"24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence?
I think not."

~ Stephen Wright

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to think you can sing.
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"When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin.
When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!"

~ Brian O'Rourke

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause pregnancy.
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"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."

~ Benjamin Franklin

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like a retard.
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"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."

~ Dave Barry

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to tell your friends over and over again that you love them.
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To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a Support Group. Salvation in a can!

~ Dave Howell

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you can logically converse with members of the opposite s e x without spitting.
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And saving the best for last, as explained by Cliff Clavin, of Cheers. One afternoon at Cheers, Cliff Clavin was explaining the Buffalo Theory to his buddy Norm.

Here's how it went:
"Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you are whispering when you are not.

Large Tongue? beat this

World's most dangerous comic

Working for the bleeding edge

I work for a bleeding edge company. Not only I have computers which spoke as well listened, some of them even have ulcers.

The Office Game

Here's a way to spice up your office. Pick two or three colleagues and agree to play the Office Game which awards points as follows:

ONE POINT

Run one lap around the office at top speed. Walk sideways to the photocopier.

Find the vacuum and start vacuuming around your desk.

When they're not looking, pour most of someone's fresh cup of coffee into your mug leaving them with an inch of brew.

Ignore the first five people who say 'good morning' to you.

Phone someone in the office you barely know, leave your name and say "Just called to say I can't talk right now. Bye."

To signal the end of a conversation, clamp your hands over your ears and grimace.

While riding an elevator, gasp dramatically every time the doors open.

THREE-POINTS

Babble incoherently at a fellow employee then ask "Did you get all that, I don't want to have to repeat it." - Double points if you do this to a manager.

Kneel in front of the water cooler and drink directly from the nozzle.

Shout random numbers while someone is counting.

FIVE POINTS

At the end of a meeting, suggest that, for once, it would be nice to conclude with the singing of the national anthem (extra points if you actually launch into it yourself).

Walk into a very busy person's office and while they watch you with growing irritation, turn the light switch on/off 10 times.

For an hour, refer to everyone you speak to as 'Bob'.

Announce to everyone in a meeting that you "really have to go do number two".

After every sentence, say 'mon' in a really bad Jamaican accent. As in, "the report's on your desk, mon". Keep this up for one hour.

While an office mate is out, move their chair into the elevator.

In a meeting or crowded situation, slap your forehead repeatedly and mutter, "Shut up, all of you just shut up!"

In a colleague's diary, write in 10 am: "See how I look in tights".

Carry your laptop over to your colleague and ask "You wanna trade?"

Repeat the following conversation 10 times to the same person: "Do you hear that?" "What?" "Never mind, it's gone now"

Come to work in army fatigues and when asked why, say, "I can't talk about it"

Speak with an accent (French, German, Porky Pig, etc.) during a very important conference call.

Tuck one pant leg into your sock and when queried, answer, "not now" and walk away.

New HR Policies

Casual Fridays:

Week 1 - Memo No. 1

Effective this week, the company is adopting Fridays as Casual Day. Employees are free to dress in the casual attire of their choice.

Week 3 - Memo No. 2

Spandex and leather micro-miniskirts are not appropriate attire for Casual Day. Neither are string ties, rodeo belt buckles or moccasins.

Week 6 - Memo No. 3

Casual Day refers to dress only, not attitude. When planning Friday's wardrobe, remember image is a key to our success.

Week 8 - Memo No. 4

A seminar on how to dress for Casual Day will be held at 4 p.m. Friday in the cafeteria. A fashion show will follow. Attendance is mandatory.

Week 9 - Memo No. 5

As an outgrowth of Friday's seminar, a 14-member Casual Day Task Force has been appointed to prepare guidelines for proper casual-day dress.

Week 14 - Memo No. 6

The Casual Day Task Force has now completed a 30-page manual entitled "Relaxing Dress Without Relaxing Company Standards." A copy has been distributed to every employee. Please review the chapter "You Are What You Wear" and consult the "home casual" versus "business casual" checklist before leaving for work each Friday. If you have doubts about the appropriateness of an item of clothing, contact your CDTF representative before 7 a.m. on Friday.

Week 18 - Memo No. 7

Our Employee Assistant Plan (EAP) has now been expanded to provide support for psychological counseling for employees who may be having difficulty adjusting to Casual Day.

Week 20 - Memo No. 8

Due to budget cuts in the HR Department we are no longer able to effectively support or manage Casual Day. Casual Day will be discontinued, effective immediately.

New Office Policy

EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2008

NEW OFFICE POLICY

Dress Code:

1) You are advised to come to work dressed according to your salary.

2) If we see you wearing Prada shoes and carrying a Gucci bag, we will
assume you are doing well financially and therefore do not need a raise.

3) If you dress poorly, you need to learn to manage your money better, so
that you may buy nicer clothes, and therefore you do not need a raise.

4) If you dress just right, you are right where you need to be and therefore
you do not need a raise.

Sick Days:

We will no longer accept a doctor's statement as proof of sickness. If you
are able to go to the doctor, yo! u are able to come to work.

Personal Days:

Each employee will receive 104 personal days a year. They are called
Saturdays & Sundays.

Bereavement Leave:

This is no excuse for missing work. There is nothing you can do for dead
friends, relatives or co-workers. Every effort should be made to have non
employees attend the funeral arrangements in your place. In rare cases where
employee involvement is necessary, the funeral should be scheduled in the
late afternoon. We will be glad to allow you to work through your lunch hour
and subsequently leave one hour early.

Bathroom Breaks:

Entirely too much time is being spent in the toilet. There is now a strict
three-minute time limit in the stalls.. At the end of three minutes, an
alarm will sound, the toilet paper roll will retract, the stall door will
open, and a picture will be taken! . After your second offense, your picture
will be posted on the compan y bulletin board under the 'Chronic Offenders'
category. Anyone caught smiling in the picture will be sectioned under the
company's mental health policy.

Lunch Break:

* Skinny people get 30 minutes for lunch, as they need to eat more, so that
they can look healthy.
* Normal size people get 15 minutes for lunch to get a balanced meal to
maintain their average figure.
* Chubby people get 5 minutes for lunch, because that's all the time needed
to drink a Slim-Fast.


Thank you for your loyalty to our company. We are here to provide a positive
employment experience. Therefore, all questions, comments, concerns,
complaints, frustrations, irritations, aggravations, insinuations,
allegations, accusations, contemplations, consternation and input should be
directed elsewhere.

The Management

Thank you.

What Managers Must Know

1. Just because you like someone doesn't mean the person is cut out for the task. And it doesn't
matter how many years you know the person.

2. Don't overwrite the decision of your subordinate whom you have empowered.

3. Stop pushing your favourite people into roles just because you want to have a foothold into
someone else's project.

4. Admit it when you picked the wrong person for the job and stop blaming others for his/her
failure.

5. Back off and stop stepping into areas where you are not needed.

6. Don't talk double or triple - you loose credibility and respect.

7. Don't make deals with individual and promise rewards outside the performance evaluation
framework - this is favourism and will cause division.

8. Be humble and don't think you know how to run other people's department - respect others.

9. Grow up and act like a professional worthy of your office - stop behaving like a spoilt kid
wanting to grab at every high visible endeavour.

10. Leave your staff alone to do their job - they were at it long before you came along to be
their manager.


They just don't get it--

Airplace Crash

Marshalling at an airforce base.

BluRay Titles Cheap

Title		Sale
Michael Clayton		$ 56
Monty Python's Life Of Brian		$ 40
Good Luck Chuck		$ 52
Terminator 2: Judgment Day		$ 35
The Punisher		$ 35
Total Recall		$ 35
Stargate		$ 35
The Devil's Rejects		$ 35
Stir Of Echoes		$ 35
Dragon Wars		$ 52
Resident Evil		$ 40
Pan's Labyrinth		$ 56
Rush Hour 3		$ 58
Blade Runner		$ 62
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix		$ 56
Harry Potter: Years 1-5		$ 222
The Legend of Zorro		$ 40
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire		$ 45
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban		$ 45
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone		$ 45
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets		$ 45
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End		$ 54
Ocean's Thirteen		$ 56
Ratatouille		$ 52
Spider-Man 3		$ 58
Spider-Man: The Motion Picture Trilogy		$ 124
2001: A Space Odyssey		$ 40
King Of New York		$ 40
Hollow Man		$ 40
Bram Stoker's Dracula		$ 40
The Replacement Killers		$ 40
Doctor Strange		$ 40
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within		$ 40
IMAX: Blue Planet		$ 40
300		$ 52
Wild Things		$ 40
The Fifth Element		$ 40
The Patriot		$ 40
Hellboy		$ 40
Curse of the Golden Flower		$ 40
Dirty Dancing		$ 40
Planet Earth: The Complete Series		$ 139
The Pursuit of Happyness		$ 53
Chicken Little		$ 52
The Untouchables		$ 40
Casino Royale		$ 53
Mission: Impossible		$ 40
Mission: Impossible 2		$ 40
Dreamgirls		$ 40
Reservoir Dogs		$ 40
Payback		$ 40
Black Rain		$ 40
Black Hawk Down		$ 40
The Manchurian Candidate		$ 40
Failure to Launch		$ 40
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera		$ 40
World Trade Center		$ 40
U2: Rattle And Hum		$ 40
Aeon Flux		$ 40
The Italian Job		$ 40
Four Brothers		$ 40
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow		$ 40
Sleepy Hollow		$ 40
Nacho Libre		$ 40
Training Day		$ 40
House of Flying Daggers		$ 40

ERP takes it toll on regular people

Get ready folks! ERP is getting more expensive from 7th July 2008. And yes... 5 additional toll gates, higher prices (50cts more per pop), and all in the name of getting smoother traffic!

Oh well.... expect higher transportation costs, meaning business owners will increase products or services to maintain their profit margins, which means more GST to collect... bottom line is - higher inflation.

What can we do to help ourselves?

1. travel less - certainly would help.
2. travel by bus - avoid taxi and cars
3. walk if possible - more exercise - good for health

By traveling less to Orchard or Singapore River area, you not only save on transportation cost, but also expenditure on coffee, food and what not. That translate to business owners needing to transport less raw material (eg. coffee bean, cooking oil etc), into the business area. Hence win win for everyone - almost.

For the kids/teenagers - please avoid the Tolls areas to reduce ERP charges! hah

Cloned Immune Cells to tackle Cancer

A patient whose skin cancer had spread throughout his body has been given the all-clear after being injected with billions of his own immune cells.

Tests revealed that the 52-year-old man's tumours, which spread from his skin to his lung and groin, vanished within two months of having the treatment, and had not returned two years later.

Doctors attempted the experimental therapy as part of a clinical trial after the man's cancer failed to respond to conventional treatments.

The man is the first to benefit from the new technique, which uses cloning to produce billions of copies of a patient's immune cells. When they are injected into the body they attack the cancer and force it into remission.

Campaigners and scientists in the UK yesterday welcomed the breakthrough. "It's very exciting to see a cancer patient being successfully treated using immune cells cloned from his own body. While it's always good news when anyone with cancer gets the all-clear, this treatment will need to be tested in large clinical trials to work out how widely it could be used," said Ed Yong at Cancer Research UK.

Peter Johnson, chief clinician at the charity, added: "Although the technique is complex and difficult to use for all but a few patients, the principle that someone's own immune cells can be expanded and made to work in this way is very encouraging."

Cassian Yee at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle extracted immune cells from the patient and found that a small proportion of them, called CD4 T cells, naturally attacked a protein found on nearly three-quarters of the cancer cells. Using cloning techniques, Yee's team replicated these cells until they had more than 5bn of them.

When the cells were injected into the patient they immediately began attacking the cancer. Intriguingly, the patient's immune system gradually began a wider offensive, attacking all the cancer cells in the body, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine. Two months later medical scans failed to pick up any signs of cancer in the patient.

The team believes the treatment could be effective in around a quarter of skin cancer patients whose immune systems have cells that are already primed to attack their tumours. "For this patient we were successful, but we would need to confirm the effectiveness of therapy in a larger study," Yee added.

In an accompanying article Louis Weiner, director of the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Centre at Georgetown University, Washington, wrote that Yee's work "underscores the remarkable potential of the immune system to eradicate cancer, even when the disease is widespread".

The case showed that hopes to turn the immune system into a weapon against cancer was becoming a reality, Weiner added. "If the destination is not yet at hand, it is in sight. The endgame has begun."

Using the immune system to fight cancer could be much safer than existing treatments, which often have serious side effects.

Mentos and Coke - the Water works

This is for those that didnt know that Mentos Reacts to Coke.

Mentos with Carlsburg?

You know about Mentos and Coke right? Now watch this video about Mentos reaction to Carlsburg beer.

Mathematics about Humans

Equation 1
Human = eat + sleep + work + enjoy
Donkey = eat + sleep
Therefore,
Human = Donkey + work + enjoy
Therefore,
Human - enjoy = Donkey + work
In other words,
Human that don't know enjoy = Donkey that work
============ ========= ========= ========= ========= ===
Equation 2
Men = eat + sleep + earn money
Donkeys = eat + sleep
Therefore,
Men = Donkeys + earn money
Therefore,
Men - earn money = Donkeys
In other words,
Men that don't earn money = Donkeys
============ ========= ========= ========= ========= ====
Equation 3
Women = eat + sleep + spend
Donkeys = eat + sleep
Therefore,
Women = Donkeys + spend
Therefore,
Women - spend = Donkeys
In other words,
Women that don't spend = Donkeys
============ ========= ========= ========= ========= =====
To Conclude:
From Equation 2 and Equation 3
Men that don't earn money = Women that don't spend.
So, Men earn money not to let women become Donkeys! (Postulate 1)
And, Women spend not to let men become Donkeys! (Postulate 2)
So, we have?
Men + Women = Donkeys + earn money + Donkeys + spend money
Therefore from Postulates 1 and 2, we can conclude
Man + Woman = 2 Donkeys that live happily together!

Microstock

Are there any photography fans out there? We want to do an experiment, to determine if Microstock can generate a decent income. Please go and shoot 3 original photos of things you think can sell well as a Microstock. Example could be PC peripherals or cute animals, or numbers off the wall of the financial market.

We will submit approx 20 photos and see how these photos fair in the microstock environment. Act Now!!

Stock Market, Investments and Finanial Times

Let's post what stocks are good to trade!! everyone share the lobang! come 'on!! join the investment wave!

SINGAPORE Telecommunications (SingTel) is investing $220 million in an islandwide cellular network upgrade to set the stage for delivering higher-speed mobile broadband services.

The Knack

Watch the Rocking Chair carefully

3-minute Management Course

LESSON 1

A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings. The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next-door neighbor.

Before she says a word, Bob says, "I'll give you $500 to drop that towel." After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob. After a few seconds, Bob hands her $500 and leaves.

The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs. When she gets to the bathroom, her husband asks, "Who was that?" "It was Bob the next door neighbor," she replies. "Great!" the husband says, "did he say anything about the $500 he owes me?"

Moral of the story: If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk with your shareholders in time, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure.

LESSON 2

A priest offered a Nun a lift. She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal a leg. The priest nearly had an accident. After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg.

The nun said, "Father, remember Psalm 129?" The priest removed his hand. But, changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again. The nun once again said, "Father, remember Psalm 129?" The priest apologized, "Sorry sister but the flesh is weak." Arriving at the convent, the nun went on her way.

On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129. "It said, "Go forth and seek, further up, you will find glory."

Moral Of The Story: If you are not well informed in your job, you might miss a great opportunity.

LESSON 3

A sales rep, an administration clerk, and the manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp. They rub it and a Genie comes out. The Genie says, "I'll give each of you just one wish." "Me first! Me first!", says the admin clerk. "I want to be in the Bahamas, driving a speedboat, without a care in the world."

Puff! She's gone.

''Me next! Me next!" says the sales rep. "I want to be in Hawaii , relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of Pina Coladas and the love of my life."

Puff! He's gone.

"OK, you're up," the Genie says to the manager. The manager says, "I want those two back in the office after lunch."


Moral Of The Story: Always let your boss have the first say.

LESSON 4

An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing. A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing?"

The eagle answered: "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Moral Of The Story:To be sitting & doing nothing, you must be sitting very high up.

LESSON 5

A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy."

"Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull.
"They're packed with nutrients." The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch..

Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree. He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree taking him for a vulture.

Moral Of The Story: Bull**** might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there!

This ends the 3-minute management course.

The Aristocrats joke using Cards

Old Lady Sues lots of Giants

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/21/little-old-lady-to-take-down-sony-samsung-nokia-and-everyone-e/

Note that some Singapore company is also being named

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Survivor 2008 - Microasia

If you have watched the latest installment of the Survivor series, you will notice that the weakling and useless burger (also known as Chet) didn't get voted off 3 times in a row. Instead, the more useful and productive tribe members were voted off - namely Mary, Mike B and Joel. Sounds familar?

This is to foster the blind land. You know the saying, in the land of the blind, the one-eye man is King!

Reporting from the tele-console from afar

New Year 2008 - Moving Forward, Looking Upward, Thinking Outward..



For some naive airhead wannabes who are hoping to be noticed by upper management this year, it is the time to start on a clean slate. Old scores are pretentiously forgotten and attempts are made to 'get' to know managers better, smile more, be a 'yes' man and score points by giving feedback about your colleaques, because telling on others is 'the' ticket to move ahead and up.

Yet for some more desperate individuals, raising their hands for any kind of projects for visibility is the trend as 'self volunteering' is the right thing to do in the name of supporting the company's direction; even if the idea sucks and lacks depth and foresight.

And for some disillusioned souls still chasing the illusion of a reward, private time with the managers is a must, participating in out-of-office social activity builds rapport and will pave the way to a promotion. Afterall it has been mathematically proven with certainty that hardwork and attitude only help you to reach your potential but talking management rot and ass kissing will get you the job title you want:

Formula: A - Z <=> 1 - 25

Hardwork = 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 94%(slog..slog..slog and still not there yet)
Attitude = 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100% (you just make the mark ie. you are now noticed)
Bullshit = 2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20+= 103% (ah..you are beginning to smell like one)
Ass Kissing = 1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 133%! (Congras! you are now an assh**% piece of sh*%)

Another thing to do that will nail you that promotion is if you are a totally outsourced solution to an MNC vendor, treat them nice. It is a partnership not a professional business relationship. Be mindful of how you convey your needs to them. Molly colly them even when they failed to do their job, it is called 'give and take' and they expect you to fully understand the word 'leverage' all the time. SLAs are for the benefit of the vendor not you.

And after you have done all the above to move forward and looking upward but you forget to keep your visiting directors 'entertained', everything will be futile. If you need coaching in this area, just watch how the managers and vendors behave when the directors are in town. But if you value your dignity and have an ounce of self esteem left in you then, thinking outward is perhaps a worthy consideration for 2008.


May the Force Be With You!!

Reporting From the One That Got Away

Going Black is Cool

Yes. Black is the new colour (or lack of colour). Its hip to be black, cool and dark. Look at the Apple Ad for their now not so new mac book




Also, in recent years.. movies have also embraced black. Look at the recent Spiderman 3 movie which feature Spidey in a cool black suit.

Even music groups have names like "Black Eye Peas". Before long, the business world will go black too! Meanwhile, here's the trailer for "Black Sheep" - don't be one!




Reporting from a dark/black corner

2008

The cyclical work begins again this year on 2008. The new year brings hope and new inspiration to those who took bold steps to explore the unknown.

wishing everyone a fruitful year ahead!