Island Chic’s Babble

I’ve always been a huge fan of firefox and when Hotsteppa introduced me to the world of firefox add-ons I was as excited as a child with a new toy (let’s make it a huge box of toys!)
Since then, I’ve been totally hooked! I’ve using many of the add-ons from the huge array of cool [...]

Here are 50 amazing but useless facts that everyone must know. You’d never have guessed them!

1. The word “queue” is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.
2. Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and [...]

I finished my Masters in Public Administration in the Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore and it was one of the most challenging and rewarding intellectual experiences I have had.

“The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy was established in 2004 with the mission of educating and training the next generation of [...]

Recently, at a dinner a friend asked me “so is Maldives really sinking? What will happen to you guys if it really is sinking?”
I answered saying that we might all have to be relocated or we will be forced to build walls around us and so on. Another friend at the same [...]

Barack Obama has made history by becoming the first African-American to win the US presidency! He is young, inspirational and we have no doubt that he will make the world a slightly better place than it is now. Congratulations President Obama!
Watch his inspirational acceptance speech here!

Here’s wishing a happy Diwali to all my friends who celebrate the day and especially Dee and his family.
I surely miss the fireworks and the jovial celebrations during Diwali when I was studying in India. Definitely the biggest and the most colourful festival I’ve ever come across!

Here’s a list of China’s best Universities enrolling foreign students. Check out the link for photos of their campuses and contact persons for foreign students.

1. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (Beijing)
2. Peking University (Beijing)
3. Tsinghua University (Beijing)
4. Chengdu University (Chengdu)
5. Chongqing University (Chongqing)
6. South West University (Chongqing)
7. Dalian Polytechnic University (Dalian)
8. [...]

The leaders of three African trading blocs have agreed to the creation of a free trade zone of 26 countries with a GDP of an estimated $624bn (£382.9bn), yesterday.
As hoped, this will be a step towards easing access to markets within the African region and ending problems arising from the fact several [...]

“Prison Break” without doubt has been the greatest escape ever devised on television. Its action-packed, mysterious and nail-biting drama has captured the attention of viewers and kept them glued to their television.

Since the legendary break from Fox River State penitentiary masterminded by Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) in Season 1 and the fast-paced life [...]

It’s funny how I never knew this, considering how much of text we select and paste in Microsoft Word everyday! Here is a wonderful way to select vertical text in Microsoft Word.
Vertical text selection might not be a very useful tool, if we have all come this far without using this tool. However [...]