Tokyo Hotel:
Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not a person to do such thing is please not to read notis.
Bucharest (Romania) Hotel:
The list is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.
Leipzig (Germany) Elevator:
Do not enter the lift backwards and only when lit up.
Belgrade (Yugoslovia) Elevator:
To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order.
Paris Hotel Elevator:
Please leave your values at the front desk.
Athens (Greece) Hotel:
Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 a.m. daily.
German Camping Site:
It is strictly forbidden on our Black Forest camping site that people of different sex, for instance, men and women, live together in one tent unless they are married with each other for that purpose.
Hong Kong Ad:
Teeth extracted by the latest methodists.
Rome Laundry:
Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time.
Czech Tourist Agency:
Take one of our horse-driven city tours. We guarantee no miscarriages.
Yugoslovian Hotel:
The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid.
Japanese Hotel:
You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.
Moscow Hotel:
You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists, and writers are buried daily except Thursday.
Swiss Menu:
Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.
Austrian Ski Lodge:
Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.
Polish Menu:
Salad a firm's own make; limpid red beet soup with cheesey dumplings in the form of a finger; roasted duck let loose; beef rashers beaten up in the country people's fashion.
Hong Kong Tailor Shop:
Ladies may have a fit upstairs.
Bangkok Dry Cleaners:
Drop your trousers here for best results.
Paris Dress Shop:
Dresses for street walking.
Rhodes (Greece) Tailor Shop:
Order your summers suit. Because is big rush we will execute customers in strict rotation.
Soviet Newspaper:
There will be a Moscow Exhibition of Arts by 15,000 Soviet Republic painters and sculptors. They were executed.
Swiss Mountain Inn:
Special today- no ice cream.
Copenhagen (Denmark) Airline:
We take your bags and send them in all directions.
Moscow Hotel:
If this is your first visit to the U.S.S.R. you are welcome to it.
Norwegian Lounge:
Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.
Budapest (Hungary) Zoo:
Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food give it to the guard on duty.
Roman Doctor:
Specialist in women and other diseases.
Acapulco Hotel:
The manager has personally passed all of the water served here.
Tokyo Shop:
Our nylons come more than common, but you'll find they are best in the long run.
Japanese Hotel:
Cooles and Heates: If you want just condition warm in your room, please control yourself.
Tokyo Car Rental Firm:
When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously at first, but if he still obstacles your passage then tootle him with vigor.
Majorcan Shop:
English we talking. Here speeching America.
Swedish Furrier:
Fur coats made for ladies from their own skin.
Hong Kong Calligraphy for Tourists:
May every memory bring the feeling that you have not lived for anything.
French Swimming Pool:
Swimming is forbidden in the absence of the savior.
Regent Singapore Hotel:
Final Exit.
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# posted by [07:50]
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15.4.05
Signs from all over the world
11.4.05
And the winner is....
During our flight home 5 days ago, my friend Dennis, a PhD. candidate in IT, showed me an article in his copy of Business Week. He handed me his magazine and said, "Here, read this. This is really impressive."
This morning, I checked my e-mail to find that my uncle had posted this on a mailing list. Different source, but identical article.
April 11, 2005 - ASIAN BUSINESS
How Google Searches -- For Talent
At the India Code Jam, only the hottest software writers need apply
Mar. 26 heralds the opening of the spring season in India, a day celebrated with riotous color and revelry. But in one corner of Bangalore, India's info tech hub, the sunny Saturday is heavy with tension. At an Internet cafe, a group of engineers and math majors, all in their 20s, hunch over terminals, ready to write some killer code -- and, with luck, launch careers with one of the world's premier tech companies, Google Inc. (GOOG)
It's the Google India Code Jam, a contest to find the most brilliant coder in South and Southeast Asia. The fastest will win $6,900 -- and more important, the offer of a coveted job at one of Google's research and development centers. At the stroke of 10:30 a.m., the contestants begin, emerging exhausted three hours later. "It's been incredibly difficult and awesome," says Nitin Gupta, a computer science undergrad at the Indian Institute of Technology at Bombay.
Google has staged Code Jams in the U.S., but this is its first such bakeoff in Asia, and the response is huge. Some 14,000 aspirants registered from all over South and Southeast Asia for the first round in February. The top 50 were selected for the finals in Bangalore: 39 from India, 8 from Singapore, and 3 from Indonesia. "It's a dog-eat-dog world," says Robert Hughes, president of TopCoder Inc., the Glastonbury (Conn.) testing company that runs the Code Jams. "Wherever the best talent is, Google wants them."
And the winner is...one of these clever IIT grads from India, right?
Surprisingly, no.
Ardian Poernomo, a third-year undergrad computer engineering student at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, lands in first place. The No. 2 finisher, Pascal Alfadian, a second-year student at the Universitas Katolik Parahyangan in West Java, is Indonesian, too. Poernomo didn't commit to taking a job with Google, however: He may go for a PhD in computer science in the U.S.
Still, Google now has a new pool of Asian talent to choose from. According to Krishna Bharat, head of Google's India R&D center, all the finalists will be offered jobs. And Google needs them. The search company has been frustrated by its inability to find top-notch engineers for its year-old Indian center, according to industry insiders. Its Bangalore staff now totals 25, but it was hoping to have signed up at least 100 engineers by last December.
Bharat refuses to discuss the company's difficulty in filling its ranks, except to say: "It has been a challenging year."
WAR GAMES
Google's frustrations in India stem from two factors. One is the red-hot job market in Indian tech. Engineering students are assured a job a year before they graduate.
But Google makes things hard for itself by having some of the most exacting hiring standards going. The contest is an example. Participants are tested on aptitude in problem solving, on designing and writing code, and on testing peer-written work.
Finalists are asked to create and test software for unique Web searches and to get from point A to B in a city with a minimum number of turns. The final challenge is programming a war-based board game, a task so complex that only winner Poernomo completes it.
For Google, the Code Jam will serve as a short cut through its hiring regime. Candidates normally go through a seven-stage process that can last months -- and, at the end of it, they're more likely to be rejected than hired. Much of that screening can be set aside for Code Jam winners.
For Wunderkinder like Poernomo, Google can be patient. Stanford grad Jon McAlister was the 2001 winner of TopCoder's U.S. Collegiate Code Jam, but didn't sign up with Google until 2004. He eventually rejected competing offers from Goldman, Sachs & Co. (GS) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT ) "Google is the genuine engineering company," says McAlister. Google hopes its India finalists think so, too.
By Josey Puliyenthuruthel in Bangalore
# posted by [09:59]
This morning, I checked my e-mail to find that my uncle had posted this on a mailing list. Different source, but identical article.
April 11, 2005 - ASIAN BUSINESS
How Google Searches -- For Talent
At the India Code Jam, only the hottest software writers need apply
Mar. 26 heralds the opening of the spring season in India, a day celebrated with riotous color and revelry. But in one corner of Bangalore, India's info tech hub, the sunny Saturday is heavy with tension. At an Internet cafe, a group of engineers and math majors, all in their 20s, hunch over terminals, ready to write some killer code -- and, with luck, launch careers with one of the world's premier tech companies, Google Inc. (GOOG)
It's the Google India Code Jam, a contest to find the most brilliant coder in South and Southeast Asia. The fastest will win $6,900 -- and more important, the offer of a coveted job at one of Google's research and development centers. At the stroke of 10:30 a.m., the contestants begin, emerging exhausted three hours later. "It's been incredibly difficult and awesome," says Nitin Gupta, a computer science undergrad at the Indian Institute of Technology at Bombay.
Google has staged Code Jams in the U.S., but this is its first such bakeoff in Asia, and the response is huge. Some 14,000 aspirants registered from all over South and Southeast Asia for the first round in February. The top 50 were selected for the finals in Bangalore: 39 from India, 8 from Singapore, and 3 from Indonesia. "It's a dog-eat-dog world," says Robert Hughes, president of TopCoder Inc., the Glastonbury (Conn.) testing company that runs the Code Jams. "Wherever the best talent is, Google wants them."
And the winner is...one of these clever IIT grads from India, right?
Surprisingly, no.
Ardian Poernomo, a third-year undergrad computer engineering student at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, lands in first place. The No. 2 finisher, Pascal Alfadian, a second-year student at the Universitas Katolik Parahyangan in West Java, is Indonesian, too. Poernomo didn't commit to taking a job with Google, however: He may go for a PhD in computer science in the U.S.
Still, Google now has a new pool of Asian talent to choose from. According to Krishna Bharat, head of Google's India R&D center, all the finalists will be offered jobs. And Google needs them. The search company has been frustrated by its inability to find top-notch engineers for its year-old Indian center, according to industry insiders. Its Bangalore staff now totals 25, but it was hoping to have signed up at least 100 engineers by last December.
Bharat refuses to discuss the company's difficulty in filling its ranks, except to say: "It has been a challenging year."
WAR GAMES
Google's frustrations in India stem from two factors. One is the red-hot job market in Indian tech. Engineering students are assured a job a year before they graduate.
But Google makes things hard for itself by having some of the most exacting hiring standards going. The contest is an example. Participants are tested on aptitude in problem solving, on designing and writing code, and on testing peer-written work.
Finalists are asked to create and test software for unique Web searches and to get from point A to B in a city with a minimum number of turns. The final challenge is programming a war-based board game, a task so complex that only winner Poernomo completes it.
For Google, the Code Jam will serve as a short cut through its hiring regime. Candidates normally go through a seven-stage process that can last months -- and, at the end of it, they're more likely to be rejected than hired. Much of that screening can be set aside for Code Jam winners.
For Wunderkinder like Poernomo, Google can be patient. Stanford grad Jon McAlister was the 2001 winner of TopCoder's U.S. Collegiate Code Jam, but didn't sign up with Google until 2004. He eventually rejected competing offers from Goldman, Sachs & Co. (GS) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT ) "Google is the genuine engineering company," says McAlister. Google hopes its India finalists think so, too.
By Josey Puliyenthuruthel in Bangalore
# posted by [09:59]
4.4.05
Bahasa gaul, asal muasalnya
Nih Yee...
Ucapan ini terkenal di tahun 1980-an, kalau tidak salah tepatnya November 1985 pertama kali diucapkan oleh pelawak Diran, kemudian dijadikan bahan lelucon oleh Euis Darliah...
Memble dan Kece
Ini adalah ciptaan khas Jaja Mihardja, di tahun 1986 kemudian di mainkan dalam Film Memble tapi Kece yang diperankan oleh Jaja Mihardja sendiri dan Dorce Gamalama.
Booo........
Ini ucapan populer di pertengahan awal 90-an, pertama dipoplerkan oleh grup GSP, kalau nggak salah Hennyta Tarigan dan Rina Gunawan yang pertama kali mengucapkan, kemudian kata-kata ini pernah di ucapkan dalam lenong rumpi, tapi kata- kata ini populer dalam lingkungan pergaulan di kalangan artis, Titi DJ-lah orang benar-benar
mempopulerkan ucapan ini.
Nek...
Setelah kata-kata Boo... tak lama kemudian muncul kata-kata Nek... bagi generasi yang SMA-nya di pertengahan 90-an pasti mengalami bagaimana populernya kata-kata ini, Ucapan Nek...pertama kali di ucapkan oleh Budi Hartadi seorang remaja di kawasan kebayoran yang tinggal sama neneknya, makanya dia sering ngucapin Nek... kebetulan dia latah jadinya setiap ngomong dia ngucapin,
"Nek...Nek...eh lo mau ke menong, Nek?"
Si Budi ini seneng gaul di wilayah Tjokro, Menteng. Kebetulan ada waria Menteng yang denger, kemudian si waria itu ngikutin kata-kata si Budi, so... banyak waria ngomong gaya Budi, jadi banyak orang mengira kata-kata ini di populerkan oleh para waria .
Jayus
Di akhir dekade 90-an dan di awal abad 21, ucapan Jayus sangat populer, kata ini artinya lawakan yang nggak lucu, garing atawa tingkah laku yang mau ngelucu tapi nggak lucu orang yang mengucapkan ini adalah kelompok anak SMU yang bergaul di kitaran Kemang, konon ada seseorang bernama Herman Setiabudhi, dia dipanggil temen-temennya Jayus, soalnya Bapaknya bernama Jayus Kelana seorang pelukis di kawasan Blok M. Si Herman alias Jayus ini kalau ngelawak nggak pernah lucu, temannya yang
bernama Sonny Hassan alias Oni Acan sering ngomentarin tiap lawakan yang nggak lucu dengan celetukan Jayus, ucapan Oni Acan inilah yang kemudian diikuti tongkrongannya di daerah Sajam, Kemang lalu kemudian merambat populer di lingkungan PL, dan anak-anak SMU sekitar Melawai. Puncaknya pas ada acara PL Fair 2000 kata-kata Jayus ini banyak di ucapkan.
Jaim
Ucapan Jaim ini di populerkan oleh Bapak Drs. Sutoko Purwosasmito, seorang pejabat di sebuah departemen, yang selalu mengucapkan kepada anak buahnya untuk menjaga tingkah laku, pada suatu hari Pak Pur, begitu ia sering dipanggil, berpidato di hadapan anak buahnya untuk Jaim, inilah kutipan kata-katanya, "Saudara-saudara, sebagai pegawai negeri kita harus Jaim, apa itu Jaim? Jaim itu yah...Jaga Imej," itulah awal kata-kata Jaim itu populer, kemudian seorang anak buah Pak Pur, Bapak Dharmawan Sutanto, yang punya anak bernama Santi Indraswara, pernah memarahi Santi untuk gak terlalu ngumbar ama temen-temen cowoknya, "San...kamu kalo jadi cewek harus Jaim..!!!!" Santi bengong dengan muka begonya dia nanya, "Pa...Jaim itu apa seh..?" Pak Dhar langsung keluar kamar Santi sembari ngomong, "Jaim itu Jaga Imej." Santi yang masih bengong cuman ngucapin, "Oooooh..."
Nah hari seninnya Santi pas upacara bendera dia ditugaskan jadi pembaca UUD 1945, diakhir kata dia gak sengaja ngucapin, "Jaim doooong..." Kepala Sekolahnya langsung noleh ke Santi dan nanya ke Santi, "apa tuh Jaim?" Santi dengan santai
jawab "Jaga Imej..." Pak Kepala Sekolah dengan muka bego juga cuman ngucapin "Ooohh..."
Gitu Loooooooooohhh........(GL)
Kata GL pertama kali diucapin oleh Gina Natasha, seorang remaja SMP di kawasan Kebayoran, Gina ini punya kakak bernama Ronny Baskara seorang pekerja event organizer, nah si Ronny ini punya temen kantor bernama Siska Utami, pada suatu
saat Siska bertandang ke rumah Ronny, pas dia ketemu si Gina, Siska nanya, "Kakakmu mana?" si Gina ngejawab, "di kamar, Gitu Loooohhh..." terus pas ditanya lagi, "Eh Gina kelas berapa sekarang?" si Gina ngejawab, "Kelas dua SMP Gitu looohhh..."
Yah namanya tamu, Siska trus nanya Gina, "Kalau yang benerin genteng bocor siapa seh?" Gina ngejawab, "Siapa aja... Gitu Looohhh" sampai sebelas pertanyaan selanjutnya si Gina ngejawab dengan kata-kata "Gitu Looohh..." Esoknya si Siska
di kantor ikut-ikutan latah dia ngucapin kata "Gitu Loooohhh..." di tiap akhir kalo dia ngomong.
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# posted by [15:46]
Ucapan ini terkenal di tahun 1980-an, kalau tidak salah tepatnya November 1985 pertama kali diucapkan oleh pelawak Diran, kemudian dijadikan bahan lelucon oleh Euis Darliah...
Memble dan Kece
Ini adalah ciptaan khas Jaja Mihardja, di tahun 1986 kemudian di mainkan dalam Film Memble tapi Kece yang diperankan oleh Jaja Mihardja sendiri dan Dorce Gamalama.
Booo........
Ini ucapan populer di pertengahan awal 90-an, pertama dipoplerkan oleh grup GSP, kalau nggak salah Hennyta Tarigan dan Rina Gunawan yang pertama kali mengucapkan, kemudian kata-kata ini pernah di ucapkan dalam lenong rumpi, tapi kata- kata ini populer dalam lingkungan pergaulan di kalangan artis, Titi DJ-lah orang benar-benar
mempopulerkan ucapan ini.
Nek...
Setelah kata-kata Boo... tak lama kemudian muncul kata-kata Nek... bagi generasi yang SMA-nya di pertengahan 90-an pasti mengalami bagaimana populernya kata-kata ini, Ucapan Nek...pertama kali di ucapkan oleh Budi Hartadi seorang remaja di kawasan kebayoran yang tinggal sama neneknya, makanya dia sering ngucapin Nek... kebetulan dia latah jadinya setiap ngomong dia ngucapin,
"Nek...Nek...eh lo mau ke menong, Nek?"
Si Budi ini seneng gaul di wilayah Tjokro, Menteng. Kebetulan ada waria Menteng yang denger, kemudian si waria itu ngikutin kata-kata si Budi, so... banyak waria ngomong gaya Budi, jadi banyak orang mengira kata-kata ini di populerkan oleh para waria .
Jayus
Di akhir dekade 90-an dan di awal abad 21, ucapan Jayus sangat populer, kata ini artinya lawakan yang nggak lucu, garing atawa tingkah laku yang mau ngelucu tapi nggak lucu orang yang mengucapkan ini adalah kelompok anak SMU yang bergaul di kitaran Kemang, konon ada seseorang bernama Herman Setiabudhi, dia dipanggil temen-temennya Jayus, soalnya Bapaknya bernama Jayus Kelana seorang pelukis di kawasan Blok M. Si Herman alias Jayus ini kalau ngelawak nggak pernah lucu, temannya yang
bernama Sonny Hassan alias Oni Acan sering ngomentarin tiap lawakan yang nggak lucu dengan celetukan Jayus, ucapan Oni Acan inilah yang kemudian diikuti tongkrongannya di daerah Sajam, Kemang lalu kemudian merambat populer di lingkungan PL, dan anak-anak SMU sekitar Melawai. Puncaknya pas ada acara PL Fair 2000 kata-kata Jayus ini banyak di ucapkan.
Jaim
Ucapan Jaim ini di populerkan oleh Bapak Drs. Sutoko Purwosasmito, seorang pejabat di sebuah departemen, yang selalu mengucapkan kepada anak buahnya untuk menjaga tingkah laku, pada suatu hari Pak Pur, begitu ia sering dipanggil, berpidato di hadapan anak buahnya untuk Jaim, inilah kutipan kata-katanya, "Saudara-saudara, sebagai pegawai negeri kita harus Jaim, apa itu Jaim? Jaim itu yah...Jaga Imej," itulah awal kata-kata Jaim itu populer, kemudian seorang anak buah Pak Pur, Bapak Dharmawan Sutanto, yang punya anak bernama Santi Indraswara, pernah memarahi Santi untuk gak terlalu ngumbar ama temen-temen cowoknya, "San...kamu kalo jadi cewek harus Jaim..!!!!" Santi bengong dengan muka begonya dia nanya, "Pa...Jaim itu apa seh..?" Pak Dhar langsung keluar kamar Santi sembari ngomong, "Jaim itu Jaga Imej." Santi yang masih bengong cuman ngucapin, "Oooooh..."
Nah hari seninnya Santi pas upacara bendera dia ditugaskan jadi pembaca UUD 1945, diakhir kata dia gak sengaja ngucapin, "Jaim doooong..." Kepala Sekolahnya langsung noleh ke Santi dan nanya ke Santi, "apa tuh Jaim?" Santi dengan santai
jawab "Jaga Imej..." Pak Kepala Sekolah dengan muka bego juga cuman ngucapin "Ooohh..."
Gitu Loooooooooohhh........(GL)
Kata GL pertama kali diucapin oleh Gina Natasha, seorang remaja SMP di kawasan Kebayoran, Gina ini punya kakak bernama Ronny Baskara seorang pekerja event organizer, nah si Ronny ini punya temen kantor bernama Siska Utami, pada suatu
saat Siska bertandang ke rumah Ronny, pas dia ketemu si Gina, Siska nanya, "Kakakmu mana?" si Gina ngejawab, "di kamar, Gitu Loooohhh..." terus pas ditanya lagi, "Eh Gina kelas berapa sekarang?" si Gina ngejawab, "Kelas dua SMP Gitu looohhh..."
Yah namanya tamu, Siska trus nanya Gina, "Kalau yang benerin genteng bocor siapa seh?" Gina ngejawab, "Siapa aja... Gitu Looohhh" sampai sebelas pertanyaan selanjutnya si Gina ngejawab dengan kata-kata "Gitu Looohh..." Esoknya si Siska
di kantor ikut-ikutan latah dia ngucapin kata "Gitu Loooohhh..." di tiap akhir kalo dia ngomong.
Lembaga Penelitian Bahasa
Departemen Pendidikan Nasional (ceunah... heheheh)
# posted by [15:46]
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