Orinity

I have this colleague who always never cease to provoke a reaction from me, and I don’t mean it in a good way. Last Saturday, my office management finally replaced the faulty security key system at the side gate. The security key number is the same, except that this time, we have to key in a ‘#’ after the number.

I shall name this colleague Elephant (You will know why later). Well, Elephant came in later in the morning as he was out at the sales counters settling some stuffs, I presume. So he saw the new security keying device and attempted to key in the previous number. After multiple persistent tries, he was debating whether to detour to the main gate (which was very much a hassle as our office building was sandwiched between two other buildings), or to climb over our metal gate barrier. Guess what he did?

Seriously, I wonder about our metal gate barrier’s purpose of existence. And so, the clever man waved to a passer-by to hold on to his briefcase so that his hands would be free to help him climb over the metal gate. Then, he jumped over into our office compound, took his bag from the passer-by and thanked him, then goes into our office. He told us today, “Climbing the metal gate makes my foot hurt real bad.”

Well, I would guess that this is pretty mild from the other of his antics, like insisting on drinking and then puking all over the table at a company corporate dinner. Up till now, as long as he has a little sip of alcohol, he’d go around having that I-am-drunk face, as if he wanted to tell everyone that he’s drunk. But who in their intoxicated minds will go around telling people that they are indeed drunk?

The little things that he makes annoys most of my colleagues, such as always using speaker phone to talk, having really embarrassing ringing tones, running in a super loud manner as though he is an elephant, playing said ringing tones with his phone cum mp3 player and attempting to talk to another colleague despite that colleague gesturing that she was busy on the phone. The two weeks that he went for his <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservist” target=”_blank” title=”Reservist.”>reservist</a> training, were the most peaceful days in the office.

I can’t imagine he’s in his mid-thirties. He doesn’t behave like his age. Oh, he just asked me if I know how to use 3G technology, probably indirectly showing off his new cell phone like he did this morning.

I have always been intrigued by unknown creatures, particular marine creatures. I am a person who gets scared easily from hearing ghost stories and yet I am interested to hear about unknown creatures, so this combination still baffles me.

The earth is but one really tiny planet in a gigantic galaxy. We might even have more galaxies than we think we have. And that means that there are other creatures yet to be discovered. Are there hundreds of them? Thousands? Millions? What might seem like a normal creature on planet Earth might sound absurb to another being on another planet (if it is true). We would even be considered as ‘aliens’ to these beings!

Back to the video clip, I can’t help but wonder if the creatures are real, as we all know, most things aren’t what we see them to be. And who can forget the hoaxes that accompanies almost every unknown creatures’ story? Next on my question list is, “Are these creatures really a species not yet discovered? Or are they a result of earth’s pollution?” The latter theory is shown in a fictional 2006 South Korean movie called The Host and you can view the trailer HERE, which mentions how some poisonous chemicals are dumped into the sewage system (which is linked to the sea) and a mutated creature is formed (It is interesting to know that the movie is inspired by an actual incident where incident in 2000 in which a mortician working for the U.S. military in Seoul dumped a large amount of formaldehyde down the drain) .The DVD for this superb movie is out for some time already, go watch it!

More interesting reads from:

6 Weird Creatures You Don’t Wanna Meet, Psychedelic Octopus, Weird Creatures, Weird Creature Found.

My friend sent me an email and I must say I need to post the contents here. It is simply too good to not share the laughs!

A young and pretty lady posted this on a popular forum:

Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy?

(Fantastic reply from a financial person)

Pretty Lady: I’m going to be honest of what I’ m going to say here. I’ m 25 this year. I’m very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above. You might say that I ‘m greedy, but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in New York .. My requirement is not high. Is there anyone in this forum who has an income of $500k annual salary? Are you all married? I wanted to ask: what should I do to marry rich persons like you? Among those I’ve dated, the richest is $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my upper limit. If someone is going to move into high cost residential area on the west of New York City Garden ( ? ) , $250k annual income is not enough.

I’m here humbly to ask a few questions: 1) Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the names and addresses of bars, restaurant, gym) 2) Which age group should I target? 3) Why most wives of the riches is only average-looking? I ‘ve met a few girls who doesn ‘t have looks and are not interesting, but they are able to marry rich guys 4) How do you decide who can be your wife, and who can only be your girlfriend? (my target now is to get married)

Here’s a reply from a Wall Street Financial guy:

Dear Ms. Pretty, I have read your post with great interest. Guess there are lots of girls out there who have similar questions like yours. Please allow me to analyze your situation as a professional investor. My annual income is more than $500k, which meets your requirement, so I hope everyone believes that I’m not wasting time here.

From the standpoint of a business person, it is a bad decision to marry you. The answer is very simple, so let me explain. Put the details aside, what you’re trying to do is an exchange of “beauty” and “money” Person A provides beauty, and Person B pays for it, fair and square. However, there’s a deadly problem here, your beauty will fade, but my money will not be gone without any good reason. The fact is, my income might increase from year to year, but you can’t be prettier year after year. Hence from the viewpoint of economics, I am an appreciation asset, and you are a depreciation asset. It’s not just normal depreciation, but exponential depreciation. If that is your only asset, your value will be much worried 10 years later.

By the terms we use in Wall Street, every trading has a position, dating with you is also a ” trading position” . If the trade value dropped we will sell it and it is not a good idea to keep it for long term … same goes with the marriage that you wanted. It might be cruel to say this, but in order to make a wiser decision any assets with great depreciation value will be sold or ” lease” . Anyone with over $500k annual income is not a fool; we would only date you, but will not marry you. I would advice that you forget looking for any clues to marry a rich guy. And by the way, you could make yourself to become a rich person with $500k annual income. This has better chance than finding a rich fool.

Hope this reply helps. If you are interested in “leasing” services, do contact me.

Signed, J.P. Morgan

I was about to log out to my Yahoo email account when I caught sight of a banner of something interesting.

Ocean of Fear: Worst Shark Attack Ever is one of the television shows that the Discovery Channel has for its Shark Week programs. This show is based on the sinking of the USS Indianapolis (which was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-58) in 1945 after the ship has safely transported components of the atomic bomb known as “Little Boy”. Approximately 900 men abandoned ship and those that were wounded by the blast soon died. Despite having an initial 900 odd surviors, only 316 of them survived the five-day ordeal in the shark-infested waters.

This program chronicles how the survivors fought ths sharks, and the reasons why the sharks attacked the way they did.

P/S: I just found out that Shark Week took place from July 29 through August 4. Anyone knows where I can find it?

I noticed that there are some searches on Google that leads to Orinity.com. One of the search terms that caught my eyes is the search term ‘Male Spree Singapore’. Weird? It is. It is rather true that there’s a lot less online shopping spree organizers and shopping websites that targets male shoppers. Somehow, it eludes the minds of the shopping websites and spree organizers that men can be shoppers too. As a typical male online shopper, the things guys buy are quite different from the bags, clothes and accessories that my female counterparts buy. I have purchased various computer parts, my iPod, macBook, books and other gadgets. One may say that my purchases are typically technological gadgets. Apparently, there isn’t many websites selling apparels and ship to Singapore. My only past experience will be buying a sweater from CafePress. I actually find their range of apparels to be quite interesting since it is more like a marketplace selling designs from a range of designers or sellers.

Email me or comment here on any male-oriented shopping websites that you want to share. Men wear clothes too!