Earth Hour

Another project brought to you by WWF.

Sir David Frederick Attenborough, the respected broadcaster and naturalist, once doubted that human is the predominant caused of environment change, but now being convinced by the irrefutable evidences, has actively participated in campaigns that create awareness on this issue on a global scale.

Created to take a stand against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, Earth Hour uses the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to deliver a powerful message about the need for action on global warming.

This simple act has captured the hearts and minds of people all over the world. As a result, at 8pm March 29, 2008 millions of people in some of the world’s major capital cities, including Copenhagen, Toronto, Chicago, Melbourne, Brisbane and Tel Aviv will unite and switch off for Earth Hour.

Here is a list of things we can do that make a difference to our environment.

Inflate Your Tires

Keep the tires on your car adequately inflated. Check them monthly

Use compact fluorescent light

Replace 3 frequently used light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs

Change Your Air Filter

Check your car's air filter monthly

Use Recycled Paper

Make sure your printer paper is 100% post consumer recycled paper.

Check Your Waterheater

Keep your water heater thermostat no higher than 120°F.

Change the AC Filter

Clean or replace dirty air conditioner filters as recommended.

Take Shorter Showers

Showers account for 2/3 of all water heating costs.

Install a Low-Flow Showerhead

Using less water in the shower means less energy to heat the water.

Buy Products Locally

Buy locally and reduce the amount of energy required to drive your products to your store.

Buy Minimally Packaged Goods

Less packaging could reduce your garbage by about 10%.

Buy a Fuel Efficient Car

Getting a few extra miles per gallon makes a big difference.

Carpool When You Can

Own a big vehicle? Carpooling with friends and co-workers saves fuel.

Don't Idle in Your Car

Idling wastes money and gas, and generates pollution. Except when in traffic, turn your engine off if you must wait for more than 30 seconds.

Reduce Garbage

Buy products with less packaging and recycle paper, plastic and glass.

Plant a Tree

It takes in carbon dioxide and produces oxygen..

Replace Old Appliances

Inefficient appliances waste energy.

Use a Push Mower

Use your muscles instead of fossil fuels and get some exercise.

Air Dry Your Clothes

Line-dry your clothes instead of using the dryer.

Bring Cloth Bags to the Market

Using your own cloth bag instead of plastic or paper bags reduces waste and requires no additional energy.

Turn off Your Computer

Shut off your computer when not in use. Conserve energy by using your computer's "sleep mode" instead of a screensaver.

Ditch the Plastic

2.5 million individual plastic water bottles are thrown away every hour in the US. Start using a reusable water bottle and just say no to plastic!

Ken Lee

*the reason why i like to watch reality show... KEN LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

LMAO

XD

The PetPets

The weekend unofficially starts on Friday for me. Usually, I’m pretty much in the weekend mood by lunch time. Rest of the day will be dedicated to tying up loose ends before it accumulates into an uncontrollable clusterfcuk.

It has been a busy week. Report, report and more reports. W, the manager, is flying to Houston for 2 weeks. Had him to sign all the important documents like leave application :P, proposals and reports before noon time.

Done.

*phew*

Relax.

What should I do now? How about some music?

The Pipettes… who?

Yup, The Pipettes (like the laboratory instrument, but it sounds like petpet :P) are an indie girl group hails from UK. I like a few of their songs like ‘Pull Shapes’, ‘Your kisses are wasted on me’ and ‘ABC’. Very very infectious Petpet. It makes me wanna put on my dancing shoes and dance ala 60s. Groovy baby! Let’s dance!

Pull Shapes

Your kisses are wasted on me


ABC

He knows about A-B-C 1-2-3 X-Y-Z

But he don’t know about X-T-C

:)

Oink Oink

Happy Birthday to you

Oink Oink

Happy Birthday to you

Oink Oink

Happy Birthday Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to you

Oink Oink

That’s the song I learned from dining at El Cerdo yesterday. El Cerdo is pork in Spanish and being true to their name, the restaurant serves a large variety of pork delicacies like suckling piglet, pork chop, ham, goulash and plenty more.

CJ & I visited the famous pork restaurant to fill our tummies with porkielicious food after catching Vantage Point at TGV yesterday. We arrived to a full house but we’re very fortunate because the waitress managed to find us a table at the non-smoking section of the restaurant. We’re quickly seated by the attentive waitress and I must say I’m very impressed by their service. The restaurant is decorated with quirky pig memorabilia and posters. How Cute!

While we were browsing through the menu, a loud din startled us. We turned around and saw a patron throwing plates on to the floor. Flabbergasted, I signaled a waitress over and asked her what’s going on. She then explained to me in her limited English that according to an old Spanish tradition, diners are supposed to carve up the roast piglet using a plate before breaking the used plate into a bucket ‘for luck and prosperity’. Since there’re only 2 of us, we decided to try it out the next time with a bigger group.

They have an extensive menu of French/Italian food and wine! I ordered the Grilled Pork Chop Tenderloin con Queso Cabrales (Grilled & Gratinated with Ham & Spanish Blue Cheese on Homemade Garlic Pasta) and CJ opted for the Marinated Pork Shoulder Steak (Marinated for 48 hours with the Finest Paprika, Herbs, Onions, Garlic and Mild Dijon Mustard).

My pasta was cooked to ‘el dente’ and the pork & ham were simply porkielicious. CJ kept raving about his pork steak and the potatoes. After we finished our main course, a waiter brought us two complimentary shots of EL CERDO SPECIAL 22 %( A delectable Digestive consists of `Spirit, Wine and Juices). Suffice to say that we had a very satisfying meal and we’ll definitely come back again.

Oh and about the song. A guy next to our table was celebrating his birthday. The waitresses sang him a birthday song after presenting to him a cute mini pig chocolate cake :)