Saw an interesting article hahaha… Kacau…

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A British man fed up with his wife's complaints advertised her for sale -- and got a number of offers.

"Nagging Wife. No Tax, No MOT. Very high maintenance -- some rust," wrote Gary Bates, 38, in a small ad in Trade-It, more usually used to buy and sell cars or household goods.

Bates, a self-employed builder from Gloucestershire, southwest England, snapped after his wife Donna on got on his nerves while she was watching television and decided to place the ad as a joke.

"She was nagging me for doing something small, while she was watching some rubbish on TV. So I just thought I'd put an ad in to get rid of her.

"I didn't think anyone would ring up but I've had at least nine or 10 people calling about her. It's gone mad. There was no one I knew -- just people asking, 'Is she still available?'"

The couple only married last year, and Bates said his 40-year-old wife -- whom he advertised in the magazine's Free to Collect section, along with some of his fishing tackle -- initially gave him "a bit of an ear-bashing."

But he said: "She's seen the funny side of it now though!"

Source:yahoonews

Top 12 locations for Asian expatriates: (last year's rankings in brackets)

1. Singapore (1)

2. Kobe, Japan (2)

3. Yokohama, Japan (3)

4. Tokyo (5)

5. Hong Kong (4)

6. Taipei (6)

7. Macau (7)

8. Kuala Lumpur (9)

9. Bangkok8)

10. Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia (9)

11. Shanghai (11)

12. Seoul (12)

Singapore was also named the top Asian location for European expatriates, followed by Kobe, Yokohama, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Source: straits times, Channel News Asia

Wonder when will any city in Indonesia make it into the list?

Long due post that has been sitting in my drafts for few days, but I'm posting it anyway!

The long awaited Oscar result is finally out; guess who the big winner is?

It is Slumdog Millionaire – sweeping off 8 awards!

Here are the results!

• ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE : Sean Penn in Milk
  
• ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: Kate Winslet in The Reader
  
• ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
  
• ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  

  
   

• ART DIRECTION: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
  
• CINEMATOGRAPHY: Slumdog Millionaire
  
• COSTUME DESIGN: The Duchess
  
• DIRECTING: Slumdog Millionaire
  

• DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Man On Wire
  
• DOCUMENTARY SHORT: Smile Pinki
  
• FILM EDITING: Slumdog Millionaire
  
• FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Departures
  
• ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: Wall-E
  

• MAKEUP: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
  
• MUSIC (SCORE): Slumdog Millionaire
  
• BEST PICTURE: Slumdog Millionaire
  

• SHORT FILM (ANIMATED): La Maison En Petits Cubes
  
• SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION): Spielzeuglang (ToyLand)
  

• SOUND EDITING: The Dark Knight
  
• SOUND MIXING: Slumdog Millionaire
  
• VISUAL EFFECTS:
  The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
  
• MUSIC (SONG): "Jai Ho" in Slumdog Millionaire
  

• WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY): Slumdog Millionaire
  
• WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY): Milk
  

Do you know that Slumdog Millionaire movie is adapted from novel by Vikas Swarup??

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