When you hear Khao San Road in Bangkok people will know it’s a backpackers’ paradise. Also from the scene The Beach when Leonardo Dicaprio went to town to buy supplies back to the island. Khao San means raw rice in Thai. Back in the days the street was a major rice market for Bangkok.
We ate [...]
boston.com’s The Big Picture has compiled a great set of pictures that tells the story of the F1 2008 Singapore GP. Some of the pictures capture the emotional roller coaster that Fernando Alonso went through.
During Qualifying Round 2, Devastation after a fuel pump failure:
After the race, Jubilation, Winner of Singapore GP 2008:
More after the jump.
The [...]
That is right, i use the word amazed by Fantasea theme park. It’s one of those things whereby you just go there without knowing what to expect. I didn’t even know it was a theme park. All of us went there thinking we’re just watching a show. Photos will explain it all.
Once we got down [...]
The good folks at PF1 has produced an excellent write-up of “Winners and Losers” for the Singapore GP.
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Fernando Alonso, Renault, 1st
It just goes to show that good things come to those who can do a Basil Fawlty impression. Alonso was the big beneficiary of the Safety Car lottery, but what was quite clear was that [...]
From being the fastest in Practice 2 and Practice 3, to the lowly 15th in Qualifying due to mechanical failure in Round 2 of Qualifying, Fernando Alonso stormed to claim the first ever Singapore GP win in its maiden race!
It’s his first win of the season, and hopefully there’ll be more to come after this! [...]
Phra Phrom is the 4 face buddha in Thailand also known as the Erawan Shrine. We wanted to visit 4 face buddha temple in Bangkok, but according to the receptionist we asked, she told us there isn’t any. She did tell us where to go where by we can just go there and pray. Once [...]
I had been really busy for the past 2 weeks, since 2 of my bff was visiting from the U.S. When i got home picking them up from the airport, i can’t believe what i found popped up right outside of my bathroom.
Gives me the creeps. Now it’s outside of my bathroom?! It must have [...]
In Phuket, I went for parasailing, and from a supposedly fun activity, it turned out sour, at least for me. Don’t worry, I’m all fine, all healthy and unhurt, but the experience leaves a sour taste in the mouth, and I’ll tell you why.
We walked down the beach to find the best rate for parasailing, [...]
If not for his multi billion warchest and killer instincts for the difficult-to-estimate valuations of companies, Warren Buffet can be considered an ordinary bargain hunter, just like any other that keeps an eye on the sale periods and discounts thrown by retailers for off season items. Much unlike the stock trading gamblers out there, he [...]
Courtesy of Consumerist, we have a list of top 10 bankruptcies in US history according to a slideshow by CNBC. Enron’s assets before filing for bankruptcy was $63.4 billion, while Lehman Brother’s pre-bankruptcy assets is 10 times, no you didn’t see it wrong, it’s a whopping TEN TIMES the value of Enron when it collapsed [...]
