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What’s an hourglass? Oh yes, it’s an ancient time piece, flowing fine sand quietly marking time in a perfectly balanced glass. It was the kick-off party to start the countdown for BMW’s European launch of the latest model of BMW 7 series, slated to take place this fall. The car, displayed in the world’s largest hourglass in the Red Square, has not received much coverage but as soon as the construction for the hourglass marvel began four months ago, online buzz about it has been consistent. The 12-meter-high glass contraption was the centerpiece of the party thrown to 400 invited guests and celebrities. At the start of the build-up, more than 180,000 silvery balls concealed the car that was gradually revealed as the balls fell to the lower level. If you like this, you may want to check this out .

An Art Exhibition by Tim Craker and Louise Saxton Thu 10 July to Sun 27 July 2008, 11am to 7pm The Annexe Gallery Presented by Central Market and The Annexe Gallery Supported by the Australian High Commission Kuala Lumpur Australian artists Tim Craker and Louise Saxton's delightful joint exhibition of installation pieces is a must-see. Using commonplace and rare materials such as plastic cups, netting and embroidered swatches from all over Asia, the artists reflect on Malaysian life and culture through the gauzy gaze of the outsider. The effect is bright, clean, relaxed and simply joyful. Artists' presentations on Sat 26 Jul, 2pm.

IKEA has received two customer reports where the zip bottom stop has detached from the zipper which also makes it possible for the zip slider to detach. Both parts could present a choking hazard to small children. No injuries have been reported. The cause of the failure was poor quality of the zipper. We have stopped sales and production of BARNSLIG sleeping bags and we are now reviewing our routines to secure the quality of BARNSLIG. Children’s safety is always a top priority at IKEA. All products are subject to comprehensive risk analysis and assessment during the development process. As a guiding principle; wherever possible IKEA applies the strictest requirements on any of our sales markets. Customers who have a BARNSLIG sleeping bag with date stamps 0745 to 0824 are asked to bring it back to their local IKEA store for a full refund. The date stamp (yyww) is to be found on a label sewn inside the sleeping bag. For more information, contact 03-7726 7777.

The Swedish National Electricity Safety Board has tested the spot light and claims the construction of the lamp could create a risk of over-heating. IKEA has received no reports or complaints from customers of incidents involving over-heating of FEMTON spot light however; safety is always of highest priority at IKEA and that is why FEMTON clamp spot light is being recalled as a precautionary measure. FEMTON is a so called “goose-neck” lamp with a flexible stem which allows the beam to be directed at will. Tests have shown a variation of the stiffness of the flexible stem meaning that some lamps could be positioned with the bulb too close to a surface area for example a wall, shelf or table top which could result in over-heating. This is of course not acceptable and immediate measures have been implemented to secure future deliveries. The clamp spot light FEMTON concerned is produced in China and has been sold since 2004 in Europe, Asia and Australia. It is marked with a four digit date...

I'm on my way to win a RM1000 IKEA voucher. All you take is just 5 min survey. Please do not click on the link below. By having more ppl to do the survey, I'll have slimmer the chance to be the lucky one. Please do not take the survey. Unless you want to share RM500 with me if you are the lucky one. Erhmm.. RM200? Deal.. there you go... http://www.ikea.com.my/loveyourhome/survey.htm

T his is a great great event. The Perhentian Island Challenge 2008 ~!!! It is a weekend-getaway adventure-race which will feature two levels of outdoor-adventure racing in the beautiful outdoors of Terengganu’s Perhentian Island. Race Day will be on 23 August 2008 and organizers have custom-made Race Packages to ensure all participants are taken care of from Kuala Lumpur, throughout the event; and then back again to Kuala Lumpur. There is 2 type of race which is ELITE RACE and novice race. Well, Novice race definitely more suitable for me. But For the well trained, the ELITE race level will allow you to test your physical capabilities and will highlight the following principles: -Swimming (obstacle courses or with life jackets only) -Kayaking -Running Trail / Beach -Cargo Net -Mystery Tests / Brain Teasers -Water Orienteering The ELITE race will be open to teams of 2 and will be broken into Men’s category and Mixed Category with a race course that is expected to test the teams for bet...

One of the biggest problems that people have with iPods is that unless you have a diploma in hacking, it is extremely difficult to share your tunes, especially without getting a computer involved. That is of course until now. Want the latest album from your friends' iPod? Simply connect both iPods to the miShare unit, press the button and away you go. It's kind of like swapping football cards in the playground, although much cooler. Providing that your files are not DRM protected (that's digital rights management to you technophobes), everything from movies to photos to songs can be transferred. Even entire playlists. Nice. There is however one downside – for now the unit does not work with the iPhone or iPod touch, although we are told that a firmware update is being looked in to.