Lin Yu Chun

Listen for yourself, there is hope people!

Cherry Call

This is a UK site, but they have sisters sites in down-under too. I must say I haven't tried this yet but my neighbor did, and she said it's fantastic service.

Sounds like all you need is some free minutes on your mobile phone and you're on your way, calling overseas for free. It just get charged as a local mobile call i think. Well, for the lebara sim card my wife is using.. calling a local call is 20 cents/min, NZ call is 5cents/min.. and there aren't any free minutes that come with lebara.. so doesn't work for her.

http://www.cherrycall.co.nz/

http://www.cherrycall.com.au/

Difference

Cat and bird together, the sheer beauty of this photo lies in the fact that you can find harmony despite difference.

Start by doing what's necessary..

then what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible. - Francis of Assisi

Every now and then, we all need a bit of a motivational talk.. this is from the current Monash faculty newsletter..

restaurants

Little did I know the the major shareholder behind Auckand's oldest Japanese restaurant Ariake was the Japan Airline. Now, after 30 odd years in business, it folded after the airline went bankrupt. Ariake will be missed, the sushi from there, from the the cheapest variety which I love - tamagoyaki to the exquisite scallop sashimi, were the best in the town.

Same can't be said about the New Orient. Despite being the city's oldest Chinese restaurant, the food was probably as good as food from any takeaway joints. If a restaurant cannot keep abreast with the changing macro-environment, it odd to at least serve good decent food. New Orient failed on these two counts.