Mongolian model shot and blown to bits

"Mongolian model shot and blown to bits" -- this is the headline of The Star paper today.

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have picked up a prominent political analyst attached with a politically well-connected think-tank for questioning over the gruesome murder of a Mongolian model whose body was blown to bits. More..The Star

A Porsche

A fifteen year-old boy came home with a Porsche and his parents began to yell and scream, "Where did you get that car???!!!"

He calmly told them, "I bought it today."

"With what money?" demanded his parents "We know what a Porsche costs."

"Well," said the boy, "this one cost me fifteen dollars."

So the parents began to yell even louder. "Who would sell a car like that for fifteen dollars?" they said.

"It was the lady up the street," said the boy. "I don't know her name--they just moved in. She saw me ride past on my bike and asked me if I wanted to buy a Porsche for fifteen dollars."

"Dear God," moaned the mother, "she must be a child abuser. Who knows what she will do next? John, you go right up there and see what's going on."

So the boy's father walked up the street to the house where the lady lived and found her out in the yard calmly planting petunias! He introduced himself as the father of the boy to whom she had sold a Porsche for fifteen dollars and demanded to know why she did it.

"Well," she said, "this morning I got a phone call from my husband. I thought he was on a business trip, but it seems he has run off to Hawaii with his secretary and doesn't intend to come back.

He asked me to sell his new Porsche and send him the money." "So I did."


So, what would you say is the moral of this story?

Sandstorms in Dubai

As a follow-up from the previous post, this is a forwarded email on sandstorms in Dubai. We know Dubai for the most expensive hotel in the world (the Burj Al Arab), the Palm properties, the great shopping, but sandstorms?

"See the kind of sand storm that occurs in Dubai!!!! By the way these buildings that u can see are all more than 50 floors high !!! Its a baaaaaaaaaad time if its stormy here! No one is supposed to get out of house...and if u r driving while this occurs then God help u....u shld stop the car immediately no matter where and at what speed u r....as a rule every car should stop but becos some fools dont do that there are major accidents that occur during these storms.."

The World's Tallest Tower

The world's newest tallest building is about to be completed. This must be the mother of all tallest buildings and will surely hold the top spot in the ranking of the world's tallest buildings and structures for a long, long time to come. It looks amazing, a new milestone in architecture and technology perhaps. Can you fancy yourself there on the top floor looking down? I feel woozy already.

(Do they have earthquakes there? Probably not, just sandstorms. I can think of it being hazardous to planes or other flying objects. Oh well... the urge to leave a legacy outweighs everything else. But of course, we must look on the bright side.)



SPECIFICATIONS - BURJ DUBAI (DUBAI TOWER) AND DUBAI MALL, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Key Data
Order year
2003

Construction start
2004

Project type
Mall, residential and retail facilities and world's tallest skyscraper

Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Estimated investment
Dh800 million (mall, residential and retail facilities); Dh3.9 billion (tower)

Completion
2006 (mall); 2007 (tower)

Retail space
5 million square ft²

Shops
>1,000

Car parking
16,000 spaces

Key Players
Sponsor
EMAAR Properties PJSC
Lead contractors, designers, architects and engineers
DC Architects PTE Limited, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Bauer Spezialtiefbau, Middle East Foundations, Turner Construction Corporation, Grocon, Lerch, Bates and Associates Incorporated

This image is from BBC comparing the tallest buildings.


You can't say they don't have a vision. Remarkably, the inspiration for the tower comes from - a flower. The Hymenocallis is a plant widely cultivated in Dubai, India and around the region. It's harmonious structure is one of the organizing principles for the design.


The Foundation

Online-buddy Day

I was told that today is Online-buddy Day so my dear online-buddies, here are some flowers for you. Happy Online-buddy Day.

Take your pick

I think the haze is back in KL since Saturday afternoon. It is not as bad as a few weeks back as the sun is able to come through at least.





I am not complaining, just pointing out a not-so-desirable condition. There are even worse conditions around us. Or there may be people who just wish to be alive. Saddam Hussein may be one such person as he was sentenced to hang.

Screensaver Fish

What does one fish say to another in a screensaver?



Have a Happy weekend, everyone.

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