Happy new year to my family, beloved wife and friends all over the world! Love you all! Have you made your environment pledge?
Facts, in case you wonder :
1. It takes less than half a second to turn off the water tap while brushing your teeth, and that in turn saves 14,600 litres of water a year!
2. It requires less than 0.1% of your brain power to remember to turn lights out when not required, and that action saves 68kilogram of CO2 a year!
3. It requires less than couple of mouse clicks to print 2 pages a sheet, and that setting saves half a tree every year!
Those are my pledges to prevent the earth from deteriorating. You don't have to be involved in lots of activities to save the earth when you can even start small at your own pace. Make your pledge today here! Together, we can 
Perth, an option
I went to Perth on 21 Feb 2008 to make my first entry as a PR of OZ. Initially, i planned for Gold Coast, but since the airfare cost as much and i've never been there, i changed my destination. After this trip, i can conclude that my friends have been feeding me wrong information about the place. Yeah, you can say it is boring, but i like the pace and setting. Near to 30, you don't expect me to jump up and down every minute anymore, right? I spent about 3+ days there at an auntie place. She is very friendly, and so are the other family members. Thanks to them, i had a superb yet real relaxing break there. Don't wanna spend my time writing long stories where people don't finish, i will just summarize my itinerary.
Here goes:
20th Feb - took the night train down to Singapore. My first and last. There was place to sleep, but the train ride was noisy and rocky. So if you are a light sleeper, forget it. Next time i rather travel by bus earlier.
21st Feb - loiter around Singapore since my flight was at 3pm. Nothing much to buy after considering currency conversion. Reached Perth at 11pm and had no problem going through the custom. Slept like a pig after supper and a long day
22nd Feb - woke up late and auntie accompanied me down to city just to show me a few tips. After that, i was all alone. Took a bus up to King's Park first and the view was great. Not going to describe here as i sucks at it, so browse the gallery. Walked around the city and explored their factory outlets which are just nearby. Followed auntie's direction home. Nearly lost but i reached in one piece 
23rd Feb - Woke up very early to follow auntie to wholesale market. You never get price so cheap here and i was pretty shocked! Where do you get a box (a big one) of brocollis for mere AUD5?! And lots of fruits too! Joined the gang to Fremantle Market since most guides talk about it. Quite disappointed at the size but content matters. We walked around the beach area after and went home to runaway from the burning sun.
24th Feb - Met up with old secondary classmates for lunch! Been a couple of years (ten years for one of them) since i last met them. It was great to catch up 
In the late afternoon, went to the Cottesloe beach, and i find it very nice, and somemore it is near! Auntie brought me to Point Walter too, to see the stretch of strolling path which leads into the river. Time to go home tonight and quite sad to leave them. Gonna miss you all!
All these while, i was considering Melbourne only as my migration target. After this trip, i like Perth very much too! Auntie kept asking me to move over there, and even starts to look out for house for me. Well, we will see in near future where i will end up at
I am on Facebook
You would be saying, "What? You are so out man! We've been fooling around in there for ages". Alright alright, i know i am slow. The main reason that i registered for it was to view photos from my ex-colleagues. Only after i logged in, i found tonnes of my friends in there (who weren't active in such portal before).
Frankly, i don't like Facebook much, except that it is responsive and hell lots of friends are in there. They have too much of those 'applications' which complicate the whole thing. Whenever i browse profiles, i am only interested in the top section, where the biodata and photos links are. I still prefer Friendster style where things are kept to simplest form. Oh maybe i am not into 'socializing through the web' now, so i don't see the usefulness of those goodies.
Anyway, if you want to, you can find me in there with email digital.ric@gmail.com. Happy Facebook-ing!
Do our bit!
Inspired by Blacksnail on her effort to start reducing waste (http://blacksnail.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/save-the-world-chapter-1-reduce/), i started a page to keep track of how am i doing in the same. If each of us can do the little bit (which doesn't even need 0.01% of your daily effort), the world will be a better place to live in. Well, that's if keeping politics and war aside
Support by visiting this page, and let's help to keep earth the way it is!
Hello 2oo8!
Yes, this is totally new. Too lazy to move the old one over. Ah, actually nothing much to move too except a few miserable posts on my photos. Oh well, new year new blog. Let's hope this year i can keep this place more alive with whatever materials i have.
So stay with me!
