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  1. Got la. Got la. selegie area walk walk and take video
  2. That I don't support hawker, f&b etc..... I support to be independent, learn to cook myself is the best. Give me $19 I can buy 1kg of salmon fish fillet, then cook and eat until song song
  3. Thousands of Hongkongers have been leaving the city, with no plans to come back. According to estimated government figures, about a thousand people a day are leaving the city permanently. While some of them have chosen to go to Taiwan, Canada, Australia, and the U.S., most are heading to the UK, according to The Washington Post. The British government has offered citizenship to up to five million residents from Hong Kong, in response to the controversial national security law imposed by Beijing last year. Beijing has threatened retaliation against the UK for such an offer, saying they will "bear all the consequences", The Guardian reported. Many of those leaving cited reasons such as the tough crackdown by Beijing, which has stripped away their political freedoms and the city's once vibrant civil society, as well as the government's forceful push for a pro-Beijing patriotic education. Carrie Lam weighs in Hong Kong's chief executive Carrie Lam, however, did not seem too bothered by the recent exodus. According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), at a press briefing on Tuesday (July 20), Lam dismissed concerns sparked by the exodus of Hongkongers. She said, “For those who feel a sense of belonging to Hong Kong and are willing to toil away here, this is the best time. But if they choose to leave, this is a personal decision.” She added that her government had no official position on this occurrence, saying that Hong Kong has a "prosperous future". Lam added that such emigration trends come up every now and then in the city's history, according to The Standard. Hong Kong has gone through waves of emigration previously, with the most significant one taking place ahead of the 1997 handover to China. As many as half a million had moved to countries like Canada, the UK, and Australia, according to estimates by sociology professor Janet Salaff of the University of Toronto. Exodus part of a trend The recent emigration statistics are indicative of a wider trend of Hong Kong youth who wish to leave the city for good. According to a recent survey by the Chinese University’s Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies in April, almost 60 per cent of Hong Kong's youth said that they would emigrate if given the chance, reported SCMP. The survey also found that youths are not optimistic about Hong Kong's future, giving an average rating of 2.95 out of 10.
  4. https://www.facebook.com/singaporeatriumsale/posts/928363707892727
  5. Me not interested in most character, so not wasting money on it.
  6. Remind me of something else but different colours
  7. If you thought what happened to Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow in Avengers: Endgame was unduly harsh, I suggest averting your eyes from the latest box office figures. On its opening weekend, the newest instalment in the Marvel franchise took almost £6.9 million at UK cinemas – which, with the country still legally and psychologically inching its way out of Covid restrictions, and the film having also been made available to watch at home on Disney+, felt like a cheering result. (The last of the pre-pandemic Marvel movies, 2019’s Spider-Man: Far From Home, opened with £8.4 million.) Then at the end of last week, something startling happened: Black Widow’s three-day takings plummeted to £1.8 million; a drop of 74 per cent. This is the steepest decline of any Marvel Studios release to date, and in pre-Covid times would have meant one thing alone: word of mouth on the film had been toxic. (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which is often used as a test case in such matters, saw its second weekend takings drop by 68 per cent in 2016.) In the US, things were not much more encouraging. There, Black Widow’s takings fell by 67 per cent in its second weekend; again, an all-time low for the franchise. Unsurprisingly, cinema owners blamed Disney’s decision to release Black Widow as a ‘premier access" item on their streaming service, unlockable for £19.99. “It demonstrates that an exclusive theatrical release means more revenue for all stakeholders in every cycle of the movie’s life,” the US’s National Association of Theatre Owners said in a statement, adding: “Simultaneous release is a pandemic-era artefact that should be left to history with the pandemic itself.” On the face of things, their argument makes sense. As soon as a perfect HD version of a film is made available online for a charge, it’s a matter of minutes before the same version can be obtained for free on various disreputable platforms. Earlier this week, the website Torrent Freak claimed that Black Widow had been the last weekend’s most pirated film, though was circumspect about exactly how it had come up with that statistic (as you’d imagine it might be). What was clear, however, was that nine of the films on the site’s top 10 chart of illegal downloads were also legally available to stream. Conspicuously, Fast & Furious 9 and Peter Rabbit 2 – both exclusive to cinemas, and the two most commercially successful post-lockdown releases in the UK to date by some distance – did not appear on the list. (Those films’ second-weekend drops were 52 per cent and 56 per cent respectively: more or less pre-Covid business as usual for a big-dumb-fun releases.) When around half of Hollywood decided late last year that such so-called day-and-date releases would be their route out of the pandemic, they must have priced in the inevitable uptick in piracy the strategy would entail. Of course any retreat from cinemas to the lawless wastes of the internet would only further enable the torrenters. But could rental and subscription fees – brand new revenue streams that didn’t have to be split with venues – help offset the cost? Well, Disney did note that Black Widow made a further $60 million worldwide on its opening weekend from streaming charges, largely within the US. But that sum doesn’t come close to accounting for, let alone ameliorating, the film’s precipitous theatrical decline. Marvel's Loki - Marvel Studios So what went wrong? Back in April 2020, I wrote that Hollywood’s current franchise-driven business model was uniquely unsuited to weathering a long-term operational pause. For almost a decade, new Marvel films had been arriving at a rate of two or three a year, creating a momentum that kept audiences coming back to find out what happened next. With Covid, that stopped dead – and unluckily for Marvel, the film they came back with wasn’t a continuation of the story but a sideshow, centred on a character who had already been bumped off, and set between two previous instalments that had been in cinemas five years ago. In the interim, three new Marvel series of variable quality appeared on Disney+, love-bombing the faithful with almost 16 hours of new serialised content since January. In that context, who but completists would care about another two that don’t come bundled with the basic subscription charge? Three further Marvel films have also been readied for release by Christmas – and the studio has made clear that unlike Black Widow, these will be exclusive to cinemas. The only viable means of fighting piracy the film industry has ever had is to make it easier and more fulfilling for consumers to watch films legally – and perhaps the problem with Black Widow is that for the many Marvel fans still bloated on WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Loki, the additional premium fee was just a hurdle too far. Alternatively, perhaps the pandemic has altered our viewing habits more than we’ve yet grasped, and yesterday’s must-participate-in pop culture moments are today’s ways to kill time, to be experienced as and when we can be bothered. Disney will not be the only studio praying it’s the former.
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  9. Freezing temperatures brought on by severe frosts in Brazil’s coffee belt this week have stoked fears of lower production, sending prices to near seven-year highs. The New York futures price for arabica, the higher quality bean, rose above $2 a pound, a level not seen since October 2014, after a sharp fall in temperatures in Brazil’s three largest growing regions — Paraná, São Paulo and Minas Gerais — raised worries about next year’s crop. Prices are now up more than 30 per cent this week, and 60 per cent since the start of the year. The surge is likely to hit coffee lovers as roasters and supermarkets, including Tchibo of Germany and Japan’s UCC, had already started to increase prices because of the explosive market rally in 2021. Traders said the frost had been more severe than anticipated, with many areas experiencing temperatures below 0C and falling to minus 5C in the worst-affected regions. The frosts follow a year in which Brazil, the world’s largest coffee producer and exporter, had been hit by the worst drought in a century, meaning trees were already weakened by heat stress. “The damage from Brazil’s frost is much worse than we could have imagined and is resulting in a worsening outlook for the 2022-23 crop potential, which, coming after the current small drought-hit crop, is very worrying,” said Kona Haque at ED&F Man, an agricultural commodities merchant. Line chart of ICE arabica ($ per lb) showing Coffee price soars Analysts are downgrading estimates for next year’s crop by 5-10 per cent, although the damage could be worse and levels will depend on farmers’ pruning of trees. If the damage is extensive, farmers would be forced to prune the trees hard, leading to a sharp fall in production, said Carlos Mera at Rabobank. A significant proportion of trees in the key coffee-growing areas of South Minas and Mogiana would have to be aggressively pruned, meaning no harvest next year. Even if the trees are not pruned, the frosts will affect the flowering process for next year’s crop, creating further uncertainty in the market. Young trees, which need to be replaced would lead to a decline in productivity over the next three to four years, Mera added. Weather forecasters are predicting that another frost will hit Brazil next week and coffee traders are braced for more price volatility. A small variation in temperature makes a big difference in the level of damage on the trees, said traders. Coffee buyers are concerned that many farmers and exporters will “default” on their contracts, and not honour their agreements, seeking higher prices. One trader said while it was too early for such moves, he was “predicting them for sure”.
  10. Casio has launched a limited-edition G-SHOCK timepiece with local artist Tobyato to commemorate Singapore’s 56th National Day. Inspired by the colours on Singapore’s flag, the brand’s AW-500BB-4EDR base model is decked out in red with a white lion designed on the band. The watch comes with a specially designed box similar to the band too. “Singapore is more than just a home to me. As an artist, Singapore is the place that allowed me to pursue my passions. Singapore is the place that allowed me to chase my dreams. Singapore is the place that let me tough it out and become the creative I am today. And I will always be grateful for this place I call home,” said artist Tobyato of his design. Priced at S$219, the limited-edition watch is available first to CASIO ID members from 27 July 2021, before opening orders for the public from 1 August 2021 online and in all physical G-SHOCK Stores. In light of the collaboration, there will be a special installation at G-SHOCK MBS Premium where fans can know more about this collaboration and Tobyato starting from 1 August 2021. This isn’t the first time the brand has worked with a Singapore artist. In the past, the Japanese watchmaker unveiled another limited edition collaboration with Singapore’s ‘Sticker Lady’ Sam Lo and local street artist Clogtwo.
  11. A single Japanese man almost died from masturbating, according to a medical case report. Doctors claimed the 51-year-old, who they didn't identify, enjoyed pleasuring himself several times a day. ADVERTISEMENT But his habit nearly killed him on one occasion last year, after he suffered a stroke just moments after ejaculating. The NHS says the stroke the man suffered can be triggered by having sex, coughing and even going to the toilet. The man was instantly struck down with agonising 'thunderclap' headaches after he climaxed, and later began vomiting. A CT scan (pictured) showed the man's brain bleed. The white material indicated by red arrows is fresh blood that should not be present. Those spaces should be filled by cerebrospinal fluid, which looks like area marked by the blue arrow The arrow points to the 51-year-old's aneurysm, which occurred at the base of the brain in the left internal carotid artery. The carotid arteries are the main blood vessels that supply the head and neck https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-9810615/amp/Japanese-man-masturbates-death.html
  12. Me eat then always shit oil, Pang sai the sai oily, then make my ass oily. Need to use soap to wash the oily away
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