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Would you wash your hands?

The restroom near my office has two doors. There's a big trash can inside the inner door. The door you see in the picture is the outer door and there's another small trash can besides it.

"Why do we need two trash cans? We can just throw the paper towel in the big trash can inside!"

Why? The reason is that...

Many men don't wash their hands after going to restroom!! (I'm not sure about women since I don't go to their restrooms :P)

Because of that, people prefer to turn the full-of-germs door handle with the paper towel covering their hands. That's why we need another small trash can between the inner door and the outer door for us to throw the paper towel in after turning the door handle.

Yes! I did, many times, see some men going straight out of the restroom without washing their hands (sometimes even without flushing the toilet, yuck!) And this is not mainland China; this is all happenning in one of the most famous universities in the US, with supposingly "highly educated" people.

Guys, you're not kids. Would you flush the toilet and wash your hands after going to restroom? (O__O )

幸福摩天輪 (Blessed Ferris Wheel) - Eason

I think that the melody of this song is really romantic.. Although you may not notice, this song is pretty difficult to sing too because of the alternating high and low pitches :)

T-Mobile Hotspot @ Home

My friend just told me about this new plan named T-Mobile Hotspot @ Home and it sounds like a pretty cool concept. Basically, the idea is to use a Wi-Fi hotspot instead of a signal tower to make cell phone calls. If you use a Wi-Fi hotspot to make the call, all the minutes will be free, no matter where you're located, even in another country.

After reading about the details, here're some reasons you may consider using this new service:

• You're currently a T-Mobile customer and don't really have good signal at home but you have a broadband Internet connection
  

• You're currently a T-Mobile customer and do have good signal at home, but you talk so much that you always use up your airtime minutes (you know who you're)
  

• You like to hang out at Starbucks and Borders bookstores and like to talk a lot on the cell at those places (Starbucks and Borders are T-Mobile HotSpot locations)
  

• You want to get a free Linksys or D-Link wireless router after a $50 rebate
  

• You want to get a Nokia 6086 or a Samsung t409 for 50 bucks
  

It's not that useful for me since I don't stick to the phone like teenage girls do :P

P.S. If you're interested you can read this article to learn more about it.

Japanese TV Tetris Game

This is so funny hehe :D I really admire the creativity of Japanese people in general. How do they teach their kids?

Buy 1 Smoothie get 1 Free at Jamba Juice

Got this link from my friend on Friendster:

http://www.jambasummer.com/freesmoothie/thankyou3.htm

Just give them your first name, email and zip code and you'll see the coupon page. Buy any one smoothie of any size and get the second one free for any other flavor of the same size or smaller. Offer expires on July 4^th. Maybe you can get two smoothies and watch fireworks with your lover that night :)

Updated: HanaMaru sent me the direct link to the coupon page:

http://www.jambasummer.com/freesmoothie/thankyou1.htm

Thannk you HanaMaru! :)

Google Maps: Dragging Driving Directions

This new feature from Google Maps is one of those cool stuff that wows me when I first check it out. I am also wowed by the fact that a pretty girl like Jess in the video is a product manager at Google. Isn't Google full of geeks? :P