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Singapore: Gateway to SE Asia
The hottest cold One of the first things that hits you on arrival to Singapore airport is the intense cold. Litres of Icy cold air is blasted at you from almost all directions from a myriad of air-conditioning machines the size of skyscrapers and it is quite nice to get outside and experience a little heat for a while. Air-conditioning has been taken to new heights by the Singaporeans, indeed the entire Tube system is frosty cold conditioned, as is every single mall and many of the pavement steps surrounding them. To walk around Singapore is to be blasted by heat and cold at such extremes you wonder if you have wandered into a new form of torture.
Beijing and the Great Wall – Our final days in China
"So," said Cesca loudly and clearly, just as I was drinking from a water bottle, "What's all this about [...]
Great Movie Pistoleers
Pistol shooting is an art. Many cinema characters have pursued this amazing skill set. Below is my personal favourites. To [...]
Magpul PTS AEG review – part one
The Magpul PTS AEG MOE Carbine is the first AEG from the the PTS Division who are a part of the Magpul company aiming towards training and therefore of great interest to airsofters. Their website is slick as hell and everything points towards a Gucci product.
Northland: Part Two
Basho and Cesca meet Tane Mahuta - The God of the Forest
What is consciousness? Is it the “self”? Is it “me”? Basho argues no!
You are in possession of the one of the universe’s most mysterious objects. Your personal copy of this object differs [...]
The Hunter Valley
All praise the god of wine!
ASK.COM: Jeeves is ALIVE!
I have always been interested in exactly how intelligent the system was and so decided to interview the search engine as though it was a person and find out!
New Zealand WWOOFing at Furneaux Lodge
Will the second time be any better than the first?
Ground Zero Weekender 2010 – The DA Team
It was when I was sitting in the steam room at Virgin Active with 20 sweaty men all dressed in the same set of bright beach shorts, and making jokes about their penises, that something struck me as odd, “This has to be,” I announced into the cloud of steam, which was being jetted into the room at an alarming rate and temperature, “the most surreal Ground Zero Weekender I have ever been to.”
Vista to Windows 7 Upgrade: Basho’s Experience
There is a popular, and perhaps even factual adage, which goes like this: “Never upgrade a Windows product; always do [...]
Mountains of New Zealand
Bilbo: "I want to see mountains again, mountains Gandalf!
Inside the behavior of the UK looters, why do they make such bad choices?
The recent riots got me philosophically thinking and the following analysis is the results of those thoughts. Much of the [...]
Tier 1 Military Simulation – Operation ORCHID DAWN promo
New release! Just fresh off the render machine is our latest production for Tier 1; Operation Orchid Dawn. In aid [...]
The Salmon of Doubt
Gday all Has anyone else read “The Salmon of Doubt” penned by the late great Douglas Adams? One section [...]
Christopher Ward Kingfisher Diver-Pro review
What makes a man’s watch? It seems to me that the big names in male watches are struggling to sell their brands. Unfortunately this has led to truly hideous watches that have all the hallmarks of a marketing department struggling with not only reality, but also a sense of the times. The times are hard.
The Harsh Judge
For most martial artists, being mugged in broad daylight is an unlikely occurrence. Fit, aware and confident looking people do [...]
Letter to MP: SAVE Airsoft!
Office of Hazel Blears MP Minister of State Home Office 50 Queen Anne's Gate London SW1H 9AT Dear Mrs Blears, [...]