Big Ben.

No, it's not a burger.

And it's not the clock tower, as popularly believed as well.

Big Ben is the Big-Ben-Bell in the clock tower which is affectionately (but not universally) known as Big Ben.

In other words, this is Big Ben:

Say hi!!

Anyway, on 31st May 1859, Big Ben rang for the first time over the House of Parliament in London. Unfortunately for Big Ben dearest, about 150 years down the road, he still tends to be hidden behind this:

Hence the entire structure being known collectively as Big Ben. The poor dude doesn't get the credit he deserves for being heard in the general area.

Flo Rida named himself after Florida, a state known for their amusement parks and space center - not to mention oranges.

So I've decided to join the entertainment industry as well and name myself A Las(s) Ka, after a state known to be delightfully chilly with their fair share of salmon and grizzly bears.

As I have officially finished my marathon, I can continue with my life. If you haven't started, don't.

According to Lake Monster-ology, Nessie

is related to her Japanese cousin, Issie.

Random thought: why do people know about Nessie and forget Issie?

Oh well.

So. Mom and Dad decided to go to Lake Loch Ness to visit Nessie.

But...it soon became apparent Nessie wasn't home when all they saw was this:

Rather. Nessie-less.

This is the bookstore that had a friend and I traipsing across a part of Singapore little known to us:

A wonderful adventure that combined tons of books and not enough money. If you haven't gone there, get there.

It's called Books Actually, by the way.

According to my iTunes on my computer, I have 2 567 songs. That basically amounts to 7.2 days.

I should take the next one week off, listen to all my songs and just vegetate. Maybe I'll find a song I had totally forgotten about.

So here's something to go on. I finally decided to go along with the population and get my own blog going.

Enjoy.