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I'm feeling better now. Except for the serious sunburn that I'm suffering now. It's painful all over and I hope I will recover soon, as it will be difficult to work in this condition.



Not everyone was as fortunate as me.

A red Mitsubishi Magna collided with a tipper truck at Glendenning, south of Sydney.

The dead 17-year-old male P-plate driver was the "best and brightest" of Loyola Senior High.

This is the third fatal crash involving P-plate drivers in the past month, in which 6 other teens were killed.



You might have seen an elephant roaming the wilderness, I bet you have never seen its astonishing journey through the womb from 1 cm foetus to to a calf weighing 118 kg.

At 16 weeks, the foetus begins to look like an elephant as it develops a trunk. 2 weeks later it is seen exercising its trunk and legs, and ears that already detect sound start to grow.

By 12 months, the foetus is a replica of what will emerge 10 months later, except that it is just 45 centimetres long now.



Denmark's Australian born Crown Princess, Mary introduced her toddler son, Christian to Tasmanian wildlife today. Things took a comical turn as an echidna sprayed urine at her.

Rangers took it away, and returned with a small wallaby, only to kicked in the head from the young prince.

A future footballer perhaps.



The salaries of more than 60,000 civil servants in Singapore are expected to go up next year to stay competitive as private sector wages rise. This will ensure it remains competitive and quality does not decline. says the Minister-in-Charge of the Civil Service Teo Chee Hean.

Civil servants will enjoy a 2.2 months bonus in December due to the good performance of the economy.

I was reminded of the crappy bonus I received from my ex company because, it was pegged to the overall global business performance.

So is salary the only way to keep the stat board quality up? So if no bonus, we expect slower service lar?



It's great to see the familiar faces of the Singapore team returning home on today with 2 gold medals from the Culinary World Cup in Luxembourg.

And they were given a hero's welcome at the airport by family, friends and officials, including the Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean, who is the President of the Singapore National Olympic Council.



The team won gold in the "hot cooking" and "cold display" categories at the prestigious Expogast 2006 Culinary World Cup.

The chefs in Singapore are finally getting the exposure and recognition for their contribution to the economy.