} the one about a shark sculpture, england & facebook

how cool is THIS:
(click on picture to read the article)

this is why I want to go to the UK. people there are so quirky, so bizarre, so interesting. :)

i mean, there must be people like that everywhere, but the environment here is largely so stifled. so stuffy. all practical and all pragmatic. im still relearning to embrace craziness! i mean, nothing wrong with pragmatism, but its kind of boring. :/

thats what they're saying about FABIO CAPELLO too. but i get a good vibe from him. i dont know enough about football to be a critic, obviously, but vibes are quite reliable. eg., like what i said all along, anyone with a name that sounds too close to a maths term (maclaurin's) cant be good, so mcclaren was bound to fail. :/ but a name like FABIO CAPELLO?? it bloody rhymes!! plus he's italian, how boring can he be, haha.

really hope the england players will wake up and buck up cos its embarrassing, man. being so hopeless at their own game. its like steve jobs getting fired from apple! (which did happen before, actually..) and the greatest irony is that they're world class players from world class leagues! :/

on the other hand, sunderland has been on a winning streak! :) :) :) im such a terrible fan for not knowing this earlier, haha. i blame it on work and uni&scholarship applications (i blame those two for everything and anything i cant manage to do these days actually, ha ha). oh well still, im happy! and i decided to get over my fear of being a jinx and just watch the match this saturday. anyway i'll be coming home from work late so i may as well stay up longer and maybe catch the second half or something.

oh and, in other news, i finally joined facebook haha, cos i wanted to join some groups there. at first i thought i would go crazy with all the cool facebook things everyone talks about, but surprisingly i found im way too lazy to use any of their cool features ahaha. oh the woes/wonders of laziness. i guess at least im protected from facebook addiction. =P

(i find facebook kind of creepy anyway. i agree su, its a bit stalkerish.)

EDIT: i have to post about this because i'm so horrified. a while ago my boss asked me to help think of a name for a new publication for the company, which is supposed to feature advertisements (only), highlighting great deals for consumers basically. the idea itself already sounds cheap, so i tried to suggest names that would make it look like a respectable publication rather than some bunch of flyers in an IT fair.. but he rejected them all. so today, he told me he already has a name for it, and its... (brace yourself)

"SHIOK KING"

.....?????!!!?!?!??!

and earlier he rejected one of my suggestions "Rummage" because its associated with rummage sale = flea market. but how is shiok king any better?? he said he wanted to use local lingo, ok fine. at least Shiok by itself wouldn't be so bad. but Shiok King??? WHY????

YEAH its really shiok-king man... i.e., SHOCKING!

i really dont understand this company. i mean, have some self-respect! i know if i received some publication like that, IN THE DUSTBIN IT GOES, without another glance. can someone please tell me if i am overreacting? e.g., if anyone finds the name appealing at all, in any way, please tell me. seriously.

2008-04-10, 11:40 a.m..
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