十二年前的今天。。。

邓丽君在曼谷因哮喘病而逝世。一转眼就十二年了。

永远的邓丽君 - 何日君再來

another first for singapore

Pedestrians in Singapore were crowned the world's fastest movers, walking 30 percent faster than they did in the early 1990s.

The study was carried out with the help of the British Council, which promotes British cultural links with countries around the world.

Researchers in each city found a busy street with a wide, flat pavement, free from obstacles and sufficiently uncrowded to allow people to walk at their maximum speed. They then timed how long it took 35 people to walk 60 feet.

They only monitored adults on their own, and ignored anyone on a mobile phone conversation or struggling with shopping bags.

The times, in seconds, recorded in 32 cities across the world are listed below:

1) Singapore (Singapore): 10.55
2) Copenhagen (Denmark): 10.82
3) Madrid (Spain): 10.89
4) Guangzhou (China): 10.94
5) Dublin (Ireland): 11.03
6) Curitiba (Brazil): 11.13
7) Berlin (Germany): 11.16
8) New York (United States of America): 12.00
9) Utrecht (Netherlands): 12.04
10) Vienna (Austria): 12.06
11) Warsaw (Poland): 12.07
12) London (United Kingdom): 12.17
13) Zagreb (Croatia): 12.20
14) Prague (Czech Republic): 12.35
15) Wellington (New Zealand): 12.62
16) Paris (France): 12.65
17) Stockholm (Sweden): 12.75
18) Ljubljana (Slovenia): 12.76
19) Tokyo (Japan): 12.83
20) Ottawa (Canada): 13.72
21) Harare (Zimbabwe): 13.92
22) Sofia (Bulgaria): 13.96
23) Taipei (Taiwan): 14.00
24) Cairo (Egypt): 14.18
25) Sana'a (Yemen): 14.29
26) Bucharest (Romania): 14.36
27) Dubai (United Arab Emirates): 14.64
28) Damascus (Syria): 14.94
29) Amman (Jordan): 15.95
30) Bern (Switzerland): 17.37
31) Manama (Bahrain): 17.69
32) Blantyre (Malawi): 31.60

phew! did someone just walk pass me?


Big Spender OST Sweet Charity

Planet Green

Congratulations!
You've helped to reduce Evergreen's carbon fooprint.
Your final score is 9,525 out of a possible 10,000.

what i can do to be environmentally friendly:
#1 use 95 octane petrol
#2 use energy saving bulbs
#3 use recycle bags for shopping
#4 reduce the number of times i open the fridge
#5 turning the office air-con to 23 degrees
#6 remove chargers when they are not in use

i was reading the papers this morning and someone wrote to the forum asking for the anti-spitting campaign and courtesy campaign to be back. i then began to reminisce the past campaigns, including the current bring-your-own-bag. it seems that they haven't been met with much success, unlike japan's natio-wide effort in re-cycling and hong kong's 23 degrees movement.

sometimes i'm so tickled by the amount of resources pumped into the so-called world class education that singaporeans are receiving. laughter's the best medicine.


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