Your Guide to Your Coffee (kopi) in SG

For those travellers out there which like to have an original Singapore coffee (and don't wanna go to Starbucks or any other  but wanna enjoy those original Singapore neighbourhood coffeeshops) I'm sure following poster might be really helpful...

Enjoy your black gold :-)

10,980

10,980 – that’s the number of hits my video “Shopping in Bangkok - part 1”, which can origianlly found in my Thailand travel blog and one of my travelpod’s, got right now at YouTube.

Fun Facts about this video:

• Most viewers are from Australia
• 67% of the viewers were male – even if the video is showing a shopping street ;-)
• The age group mostly watched this video is between 45 and 54

So, let’s have another look at this video right now – maybe you can tell me what is so fascinating about it…

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In some way I’m proud that some people are really watching (and after all also reading) my videos & blogs :-D

The German Golf License – Part 4.3

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The year 2010 is a year of changes… Barack Obama isn’t that popular anymore, lotz of people I know will get a relationship or – even better – are having a baby and me, I "re-discovered" eBay (dammit... it's not a good idea to be tipsy while you have internet access nearby...) - and if everything’s going smooth, I’ll pass the 2nd License Test on May 9 (y’know that I haven’t succeded the first time, don’t you?).

Due to the fact that Europe was hit by a loooooong and hard winter there wasn’t really a chance to practice my swing nor game – so I hope that there’s nuff time from now on till the test to “improve to the max”.
That’s another reason why I’m happy to be down in Singapore in less than 10 days ;-) and I hope that the 18-holes I can play @ INDAH PURI GOLF RESORT down in Batam are a good training (yes… back to the roots *keke*)

At least my golf equipment looks more and more like I’m a serious golfer… not only that I have meanwhile a bunch of tees and balls (which I’m pretty sure I will loose quite fast in the rough and the water hazards) I also have a nice trolley for my bag (I can hear already cheering my back ;-) , a much better bag and, you won’t believe it, “pimped” my iPhone with several neat “golf apps” (Yes – I even PAYED for one! A corresponding [GOLF-]APPS ON MY IPHONE post will follow soon – in the meantime: feel free to ask which GOLF-APPS I have tried out…)

So... hope you keep your fingers crossed - otherwise I know who I can blame if I don't succeed ;-)

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Golf – a price comparison try

As mentioned a few posts earlier I not only started to play golf but I also will have the chance to "practice my swing" down in Asia for a few hours.

So I thought it would be a quite nice for all you (German) golfers which are planning to go on a vacation down to Asia (not only to golf there) to have a rough overview of the prices.

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H1N1 in Thailand - Update

Ungefähr 500'000 Infizierte?!? Holy Shit... Hoffentlich wird das Geld auch da eingesetzt, wo es eingesetzt werden soll...

clipped from www.straitstimes.com Thai govt boosts flu fund BANGKOK - THAILAND'S cabinet on Tuesday earmarked an additional US$13.2 million (S$19 million) to combat swine flu as the number of infections climbed to an estimated 500,000. Around 8,000 cases of the A(H1N1) virus have been confirmed but government spokesman Phumin Leetheeraprasert said the actual figure was likely to be much higher. A total of 44 people in Thailand have died from the virus. 'The new budget will be spent on containing the outbreak, buying more anti-viral drugs, public education and buying 210 respiratory machines to help seriously ill patients,' he said. The cash is in addition to a US$25 million fund approved by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva earlier this month to buy vaccine and medicines.

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Swine Flu is getting worse

Not only that the swine flu now arrived at several schools in Stuttgart it also gets more and more victims down in Thailand...

clipped from www.straitstimes.com Thai H1N1 toll hits 44 BANGKOK - THE H1N1 flu death toll in Thailand rose to 44 on Wednesday, making it the country with the most reported fatalities in the Asia-Pacific region, officials said. The death toll, almost double the figure released last week, surpassed that of Australia, where 38 deaths linked to the virus have been recorded. 'I am not surprised at the high number because there was a backlog from last week,' Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told AFP. Thailand's public health ministry confirmed on Wednesday that 6,776 people have been infected with the A(H1N1) virus - less than half the number of cases reported in Australia. Mr Abhisit's cabinet has approved a US$25 million (S$36 million) budget for vaccines and anti-viral drugs to curb the spread. -- AFP

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Boom de Ya da

What's with this wonderful song going on?!?

Okay, I'm talking here about the "Discovery Channel" song Boom De Ya Da which I saw the first time back November 08 in Asia.

That was THIS video:







That video brought me to the "total search result page" where I found really great versions of this song.

For example this is a quite nice version:






But now... I'm REALLY confused... coz I have seen THIS commercial on German TV a few secs ago...





That's the tv commercial for a German energy company.


According to this website the singer is Houaida Goulli and the song is called "I love the mountains" (well... I like "Boom De Yada" better *keke*).


So, either the agency (the guys who made this really cute commercial for RWE) are watching Discovery Channel on a regular base (sorry, no clue if the D.C. commercial was screened the same way in Germany than down in Singapore, Thailand and the other Asian countries) or... Houaida Goulli wrote a really great piece of music and her agent is a damn good one... :-)

Anyway, for me it will be always the Discover Channel song.

Great Pic

clipped from mdn.mainichi.jp A white curtain of Japanese somen noodles sways in the wind at a noodle company in Niigata Prefecture. Busy season for the production of the typical summer dish will continue until mid-August, with about 400 kilograms of noodles produced every day. (Mainichi)

H1N1 in Thailand

Hmmm... wieso hört man davon nix in den deutschen Nachrichten?!?
Gibt's bei uns (in Europa) keine Schweine-Grippe mehr...?
Wer zensiert hier?!?

clipped from www.straitstimes.com Thai H1N1 toll rises to 14 THAILAND'S death toll from swine flu has risen to 14, the public health ministry announced on Friday. The government office reported one more death from the A(H1N1) virus and confirmed another 146 cases, bringing the total number of infected since the outbreak began to 3,071. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva insisted on Friday that all private tutorial schools must close for two weeks until July 28 to contain the spread of the virus. The government said the schools, which provide extra coaching for students from public schools at weekends and during evenings, are a breeding ground for the virus, but owners have complained they will lose money because of the closure. 'I want to reiterate that the virus spreads easily and if we do nothing the situation will deteriorate,' Mr Abhisit told reporters.

Hoffe es geht ihnen gut

Derzeit geht's ganz schön böse ab in Thailand... hoffe, meinen Freunden und Bekannten geht's gut - wenn man so die Presse liest, hört sich's nach Putsch & mehr an. Hoffentlich wird's kein Bürgerkrieg oder ähnliches...

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Bangkok under state of emergency Thailand's prime minister imposes a state of emergency in Bangkok, after at least one person dies in anti-government protests. Q&A: Bangkok protests Thais speak out on protests State of emergency in Bangkok

Bollywood zum Superpreis

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Hab's grad erst gesehen - und dachte, es interessiert den ein oder anderen:

bei AMAZON gibt's derzeit Bollywood-DVDs ab 6 EUR

Da bleibt mir nur zu sagen: Viel Spass beim Stöbern :-)