Ferrari Smash

Imagine getting a call from your son in the middle of the night with this message, "Dad, I've crashed your limited-edition Ferrari. You know, the one that is valued for about $400,000". OK, maybe not exactly like that but 'Ferrari' and 'smash' are two words that shouldn't be in the same sentence.

Well this happened to a very very very unlucky dad. His precious Ferrari was smashed (to a tree), just have a look at the picture above (right). On the left is the boy who crashed it and probably reporting the incident to his dad.

The Ferrari is a limited edition F360 Challenge Stradale, was imported 4 years ago. Only 16 cars are believed to be imported to Australia and New Zealand.

The cause of the crash is (obviously) speed. Probably the kid wanted to try "getting 80 in first gear" like the radio commercial of Melbourne Airport. But for whatever reason, it was a reckless thing to do.

Let's just hope that the dad pays his insurance.

picture from theage.com.au

Iron Man Review

Well, I watched Iron Man yesterday (thanks to Qantas) and it was alright (not great, just OK), typical action hero movie. I guess the first movie is always the most interesting part cause it tells you the beginning, what happened and how that 'hero' was created. This particular hero does not have super power (like Superman, Spiderman), he just have a super-brain that can develop a super-suit that has a lot of power.

The story line is pretty simple. Guy owns everything by selling weapons, get captured, given a taste of his own products, ran away from the captives (by building himself a man-suit), realise that there is other things to do in life besides selling guns and missiles, decided to stop the weapons production. Fiuh...and that's only the first part. The second part is about him creating the perfect body-suit to help people (by destroying missiles that he produced) then he was back-stabbed by his 'business partner' who creates a bigger suit for himself. They fought and at the end of the day, he won (and get the girl). Pretty simple right ?

Iron Man is played by Robert Downey Jr and his assistant is played by Gwyneth Paltrow. The villain is played by Jeff Bridges and Iron Man sidekick (in the Defence Force) is played by Terrence Howard.

One thing that was fascinating from this movie was the detail of the suit that was shown. Unlike Transformers, the transformation from a car to robot was instantaneous so you can not really look at it with great detail. But this movie was pretty detailed. All I can say is, this year, a lot of kids would want to be an engineer when they grow up.

If you like action hero type of movies (or Iron Man in particular) then go and watch this movie. The movies is packed with action and it's not boring (filled with drama like Spiderman), even managed to slip in a few jokes. I'd say it's alright (just because the story is so predictable) overall but my wife loved it and wants the DVD (or Blu Ray) when it comes out.

Standing Egg

Can an egg stand ? I just got a very interesting email that says eggs CAN stand, not everyday though. Apparently this phenomenon can only happen once a year, on a certain date. In 2006, it was the 31st May, the following year it happened on 19th of June. This year it's going to happen on the 8th of June. It's something to do with a Chinese festival or something like that.

Sounds impossible ? Have a look at the pictures below.

And again,

So, what do you think now ? Photoshop ? Maybe. I don't know the real answer as well. But come 8th of June 2008, I'm definitely going to try it and if it is a hoax, I'll let you know. If you want to try it, prepare the egg beforehand and don't put it in the fridge.