TOM YUM Soup for the Soul

A colleague just emailed me an article that men appeared to happiest when they are online as compared to women. Perhaps this has to do with the technology being more male-friendly and generally the guys are the tech-savvy ones. Come to think of it, it is quite true that I do spend a large portion of time on my computer, surfing, playing games, msn-ing, social networking, blogging etc etc. And I won't say that it is less fun then going out to do sports or spending some relaxing time out at the pool or cafe. In essence, there is a time for everything so at the right time and with the right mood, I do what I feel best.

Extracts from the article:
“Just over half of men said happiness meant surfing the Internet, playing online games or accessing social network sites such as Facebook, compared with only 39 percent of women.”

"Fifty-five percent of women said having meals and spending time together as a family made them happiest, compared to 45 percent of men. Women are also more likely than men to have been made happy by their pets."
(Read the whole story here)

However, there is one point of contention as well. Perhaps it has to do with occuptional hazards but I appear to see women getting very much into the computer as well, especially in terms of blogging and msn. For the sake of finding out, I shall put up a poll on my blog and have you net-citizens to vote and comment on whether you are happiest online or otherwise.

The long awaited hype is finally here. The F1 racing 2008 has commenced tonight with the practice runs taking place on the tracks. As of now, Louis Hamiliton appears to be in the lead with the best time of 1:49:352 and the rest are still warming up and in the bid to close the gap. Now of course I am not some fanatic racing fan or here trying to promote people to go for the actual race on the 28 Sep. I thought I just wanted to highlight a few things arising from this event that I encountered in one way or another.

(1) ROAD CLOSURE

Most of the major city roads were closed since the cars need places to race. And it had to be the most busy city areas that were closed so there were some places that I couldn't go to. For example I had wanted to pop by Marina Square for a bit of shopping last week but was sad to find that the major roads were closed and having to made a detour that took a longer time. @_@

(2) TEMPORARY STOPPAGE OF BUS SERVICES

Yesterday was trying to get home from Dobby Ghaut Park Mall and went on my usual practice of taking the express bus home. To my surprise, after waiting for 5 minutes and then I looked at the electronic board, there were many bus services that were temporary taken off service due to the F1 racing. @_@

(3) TRAFFIC JAMS

Today while trying to get my way back from Marine Parade to Bukit Merah area, my taxi passed by the ECP area near the racing grounds. And you can actually HEAR & see the racing going on but there were also a lot of other cars that were jamming up the highway either because they were trying to catch a glimpse of the racing or genuinely due to problem (1) and all cars had no place to go but to jam themselves up on the highway. And the result of that is my taxi fare chalking up additonal $$$. @_@

Looks like though the government supports the whole F1 racing, it's causing quite a bit of inconvenience for citizens like me. Just hope that it will end soon and we can get our roads back. LOL

P.S. Anyway, looks like F Alonso has overtaken L. Hamilton with the better timing of 1:45:356. Stay tuned to channel 5 for more racing news. (",)