Environment, Living & Science: Locky's Own Energy Saving Tips With Simple Science!!!

This is bad, you see that one glass is filled with water?
Image from Locky's English Playground

There are so many ways to save energy out there which you can easily find on the internet, well, I have some really useful yet unusual ones to share!

Splashing water on dirty dishes
Image from dreamstime

First of all, say you have some vegetables to wash and soak, and you have some dishes you need to wash eventually, you can use those washing and soaking water to splash away some of the lipids on the dirty dishes, making it much easier for washing later on. Same theory goes to washing your hands in the sink, the water will be "reused" in the same way. But you must do it right.

Only the top water  is being replaced by new splashes
Image from Google

Most people will arrange them tidily like I did in the very first photo above, actually, this is not the best way to do it. Yes, it does look better but if your glasses and bowls are standing upright, but once the containers are filled with water, the lipids are going nowhere with subsequent splashes, only the top part of the water will be replaced, therefore, most of the grease is at the bottom, leaving that glass in the very first photo milky after several splashes.

This is good, tilt all containers
Image from Locky's English Playground

What you should do is to tilt all dishes sideways or at an angle, so that when you splash recycle water onto them, the lipids are allowed to leave the containers and go down the drain.

Desalination of
Image from water.usgs.gov

Second, now you boiled those vegetables, leaving the hot boiling water in the wok, don't pour them away just yet! If you have unfinished food you want to reheat from the previous night, you can use the water for steaming, since steams are essentially very clean, otherwise, there would not be any desalination of sea water into drinking water.

Have some cold soup to heat up?
Image from Locky's English Playground

Third, once the steaming is done, if you still have cold soup in the fridge, just place that soup container in the hot water and cover it with a wok lid, after 5 minutes or so, your soup will be completely reheated and be suitable for drinking!

Four, of course now that the hot water has done its job, you can use it for another splash, hot water removes lipids fast.

Too wet? Too hot? Close the windows and hang your clothes!
Image from Locky's English Playground

The summer in Hong Kong is really hot and very humid, so it is very difficult to dry washed clothes completely. Some people have a tumble dryer at home and so they prefer to use them because they are quick and time-saving. The downside is your gas / electric bill gets higher. My blog readers know that I am a big fan of solar energy, though I do not have solar panels at home, I do harness free power from the sun all the time.

The solution is, hang your clothes on the window frames to dry, since the morning sun at my home is scorching hot, it can protect my furniture from getting "sunburn" and keep my home cool. This is because evaporation is in fact an endothermic process, meaning that it takes energy (radiation in this case) to turn water into vapour, thus cooling down the surrounding. But again! You must do it right!

Diffusion
Image from Hartnell College Biology Tutorials

The right way to do it is keep the windows closed after you have used the air-con the night before! That is because you want to create a humidity difference. If you have opened the windows for a long time, say overnight, before hanging your clothes, the air inside your home and outside the windows are just as wet, drying your wet clothes under the sun still works but will be less efficient because there is a lack of humidity difference. By keeping the windows closed after you used air-con the night before, the air indoor remains relatively much dryer than the air outdoor, thus creating a humidity concentration gradient and preventing diffusion. With the windows closed, diffusion thus happens between the wet clothes and the dryer air indoor, thus increasing the efficiency of clothes drying under the sun.

Image from Locky's English Playground

Last but not least, we all know how horrible the electricity bill can look in summer, if you want to enjoy some air-conditioning while keeping the bill low, try switching on the air-con for awhile at a slightly colder temperature than room temperature, say 23°C for 5 minutes, once you feel the air is cool enough, switch off the air-con and use a fan to move the cold air instead. You will feel comfortable for at least an hour and will cut the cost by 90%!

I work out 90% because you saved 55 minutes of electricity for the air-con per hour, thus 55mins /60 mins x 100% = 91.7%, deducting 55 mins of fan, so it is roughly 90% of electricity saved!

After an hour, you can switch on the air-con again and repeat the same process.

Hope you like my tips! Let's start saving money!


Vocabulary:
lipid -- (n)[C] a substance such as a fat, oil or wax that dissolves in alcohol but not in water and is an important part of living cells
harness -- (vb)[T] to control something, usually in order to use its power
endothermic -- (adj) a chemical reaction in which heat is absorbed
diffusion -- (n)[U] defined as the net movement of molecules from an area of greater concentration to an area of lesser concentration.


Resources:
Message: 2012 Roundup -- Top 44 Posts Of 2012 @ Locky's English Playground
http://lockyep.blogspot.hk/2013/01/message-2012-roundup-top-44-posts-of.html

General Chemistry Online: FAQ: Energy and chemical change: What are some examples of exothermic and endothermic processes? @ Frostburg State University
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/thermo/faq/exothermic-endothermic-examples.shtml

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/lipid?q=lipid
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/harness_2
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/endothermic-reaction?q=endothermic+

TV: Watch Free American TV Online

Image from Cucirca

Always busy on Mondays and Tuesdays these days, and will continue to be for another 5 weeks as I have to prepare lecture notes for a university course I am teaching. So on Wednesdays, I want to chill out a bit and watch a bit of TV before I head back to working on my PhD project.

Every Thursday and Friday, my wife and I love to sit on the sofa and watch Gordon Ramsey and co. testing their contestants on MasterChef Season 3, but sometimes we missed it for one reason or another. Do you want to catch what you have missed too? Now I have a way!

Cucirca offers quite a number of good TV programmes, feel free to go and find the ones you like.

Image from Cucirca

The instructions to viewing is pretty direct, just find the show, click on the episode you want,

Image from Cucirca

then click the cross at the top right corner to close the ad ( I use Chrome with AdBlock so the ads don't show),

Image from Cucirca

click on "Continue to File",

Image from Cucirca

press play and start watching! The quality is real good too!

What you don't get, are the subtitle and to watch this on a Samsung Smart TV. I've tried it, it just keeps going to an ad website. I think Samsung really need to improve its web browser functionalities, otherwise, it will just be another dumb TV.



Resources:
Cucirca
http://www.cucirca.eu/

The Simpsons
http://www.animetoon.tv/the-simpsons-season-23-episode-11

Sport & People: Tribute to Javier Zanetti -- Il Capitano Sempre!!!

Javier Zanetti, the heart of Inter Milan
Image from EFE/EPA/MATTEO BAZZI

"Il Capitano" -- The Captain in Italian, a term given to nobody else but him, Javier Zanetti, the legendary captain of Inter Milan.

19 photos, 19 years
Image from FC Internazionale Milano's Facebook Page

He played 857 games in the Inter shirt for 19 years between 1995 and 2014, with 1 haircut and the same face for 38 years, let alone the miles "El Tractor" has run throughout his career. Talk about passion and loyalty?

He has only earned 1 red card in his entire career and it was not even a dangerous tackle! I say that because the opponent got up immediately. Talk about sportsmanship?

Here's what the ESPN Soccernet presenters say about him,

Here's what I say about him, he is the perfect role model of football, of a sportsman, of an athlete, of a man.

Paula Zanetti and Javier Zanetti, with eldest daughter Sol, elder son Ignacio and little Tomas
Image from Getty

A great man who live a simple life, who met his wife at 19 when she was 14, owns a restaurant called "El Gaucho" in Milan in the Navigli district and has 3 kids (1 girl and 2 boys).

Javier Zanetti and Cristiano Ronaldo during a friendly match on 9 February 2011
Image and caption from Wikipedia

A philanthropist, who founded charity Fundación PUPI with his wife for the social integration of poor children in Argentina, and co-founded Leoni di Potrero with teammate Esteban Cambiasso to help coach young children with social isolation problems and motor coordination difficulties.

A highly disciplined individual, trained his physical every day, including holidays and even on his wedding day.

Farewell to the Captain
Photo by Claudio Villa/Getty Images

I remembered the first day I watched Inter Milan played, I was instantly captured by Zanetti's charisma. No matter how many times he was pushed, fouled, tackled, he never waited for the referee's whistle to help; he stumbled, yet he had the ball, he fell then he bounced right up and he still had the ball; he ran and ran and ran, dribbling past 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 players and the ball was still glued to his legs.

He is not a striker, so he did not dribble with fancy footwork; he was fast, but not the fastest, yet the opponent simply could not tackle away the ball from him. They saw that ball which was not moving too quickly, but they simply could not touch it, because he protected the ball so well with his great physique, he just seemed to know where the opponents are coming from.

Zanetti VS Giggs
Image from Google

He is the most versatile footballer of the history of Inter Milan if not of football, he could play as left and right fullback, wingback and winger, as defensive midfield and box-to-box midfielder, and even as central defender when duty called. In other words, he owned 2/3 of the positions on the field.

Former president Massimo Moratti described then the 40-year-old captain as such,

Zanetti the Superman
Image from Google

"I discovered that he comes from the planet Krypton and 

that he will still play for another four or five years!

He is a real-life Superman!! (And you don't call yourself a Superman until you still can outrun the youngsters in a top-flight football league at the age of 40)

Inter Milan Squad photo 98/99
Image from pro-paul.net

There were in fact many international team captains in Inter Milan, such as Ronaldo of Brazil, Baggio of Italy, Ivan Zamorano of Chile, Youri Djorkaeff of France, Alvaro Recoba of Uruguay and Nwankwo Kanu of Nigeria, even the current Atlético Madrid coach Diego Simeone was Zanetti's teammate, but only Javier Zanetti gained the longest captaincy of Inter Milan.

He is truly amazing and unique!

Like all devoted footballers who fight for glory of the club till the end, he dislikes being substituted. Roy Hodgson, the current England manager, was imbecilic enough to do such most disrespectful to the untouchable Il Capitano in UEFA Cup Final 1997, resulting in a lost in team spirit and subsequently in the penalty shootout even with 1-0 aggregate on hand. The fans were furious as they threw coins and lighters at Hodgson, whom eventually left Inter the very same year.

Captain Javier Zanetti’s letter to Inter and Argentina fans, sports fans
around the world, and his team-mates over the course of his long career
Caption and Image from Inter  Milan official website

English translation of the letter above
Caption and Image from Inter  Milan official website

Though Javier Zanetti bid the fans goodbye, he will continue to contribute as an Inter director, and as my Italian student Gianluca Oggionni reminded me on Facebook,

Image from Locky's English Playground

the captain still runs a restaurant and there are still chances for the fans to get to meet him.

Image from Locky's English Playground

Having taken his advice, I went to the Inter Online Store and bought myself the first Inter jersey ever with the captain's name, number and badges. What's missing are his signature and a photo/video with him. One day I will pay him a visit. Until then, I will train hard and practise my football! Thank you so much for all your teaching!

***********************************************

A final note, if you ask me, it is entirely stupid for Inter to put the retirement of the number 4 shirt in discussion, they should have announced the retirement of number 4 right on the day the captain played his last match! I mean, how often do you get someone as great as Il Capitano in the history of a football club or in the history of football? Don't be greedy with a number, Inter!

Though as an Inter Milan fan, it seems too logical for Nagatomo to be the next captain, but only Zanetti knows best, if he said Ranocchia can succeed him, then Ranocchia it is. Let's just hope that he is not leaving for arch enemy Juventus first.

Last but not least, the best article on Javier Zanetti goes to Paolo Bandini from The Guardian. It is definitely a must-read.

Vocabulary:
physique -- (n) the shape and size of a human body
imbecilic -- (adj) a person who behaves in a stupid way
charisma -- (n)[U] a special power which some people have naturally which makes them able to influence other people and attract their attention and admiration


Resources:
Sports & Opinions: Nagatomo Should Be Made Inter Milan's Captain! @ Locky's English Playground
http://lockyep.blogspot.hk/2014/05/sports-opinions-ranocchia-should-not-be.html

Not a hair out of place as Internazionale's Javier Zanetti hangs up his boots | Paolo Bandini | Football @ theguardian.com
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/07/javier-zanetti-internazionale-argentina-retires

The very best pictures and Inter's farewell video from Javier Zanetti's final match at the San Siro @ Yahoo! Sports
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/the-very-best-pictures-and-inter-s-farewell-video-from-javier-zanetti-s-final-match-at-the-san-siro-010239431.html

ESPN FC: Javier Zanetti to retire @ ESPN FC
http://www.espnfc.com/video/espnfc/video/_/id/1802599?cc=4716

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE! @ F.C. Internazionale Milano - Official Website
http://www.inter.it/en/news/45707

ZANETTI: "A NIGHT I'LL CARRY INSIDE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE" @ F.C. Internazionale Milano - Official Website
http://www.inter.it/en/news/45639

ZANETTI: "I WANT TO USE MY EXPERIENCE WHILE GROWING WITH INTER" @ F.C. Internazionale Milano - Official Website
http://www.inter.it/en/news/45740

Javier Zanetti @ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Zanetti

Andrea Ranocchia should be new Inter captain, says Javier Zanetti @ Goal.com
http://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/3881/italy/2014/05/29/4848044/ranocchia-should-be-new-inter-captain-zanetti

PRESIDENT MORATTI JOINS ZANETTI FOR "GIOCARE DA UOMO" PRESENTATION @ F.C. Internazionale Milano - Official Website
http://www.inter.it/en/news/44045

Does Roy Hodgson Have The Credentials? @ The Tomkins Times | News, Opinion, Statistics and Discussion about Liverpool FC Football Club
http://tomkinstimes.com/2010/06/does-roy-hodgson-have-the-credentials/

Inter Online Store

http://store.inter.it/en/

RESPECT!! Goodbye Javier Zanetti - Final Moments For Inter Milan [10/05/2014] @ YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r8mExvXr_E

Javier Zanetti gets only red card ever @ YouTube

http://youtu.be/R2ebGLTuVi4

UN CAPITANO C'E' SOLO UN CAPITANO! @ YouTube
http://youtu.be/FMBMVMHiRyM

Zanetti s'infuria contro Hodgson @ YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9h_WaAYcmc

Javier Zanetti || "ElCapitano" || Skills @ YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNQKa-b7n3s

Javier Zanetti || The Legend @ YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDA8oNQ3oOQ

Inter Song-Pazza Inter Amala @ YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV9saAXvlXs

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/physique?q=physique
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/imbecile?q=imbecilic
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/charisma?q=charisma

Culture & Food: What Foreigners Think About Foreign Food?

What is this?
Image from BuzzFeed

Last time round we looked at what Americans think about Japanese snacks, this time round, we have American, British and Australian goodies!

How do you think they would react?

bland -- (adj)  usually disapproving not having a strong taste or character or not showing any interest or energy
pop the cherry -- to lose one's virginity, used as a metaphor in the above video to mean, "trying certain food for the first time".
fuss -- (n) [S or U] a show of anger, worry, lack of satisfaction or excitement, usually one which is greater than the situation deserves

rancid -- (adj) (of butter, oil, etc.) tasting or smelling unpleasant because not fresh

cinnamony -- (adj) taste like cinnamon

ranch -- (n)[U] refers to ranch dressing -- A condiment made of buttermilk or sour cream, mayonnaise, minced green onion, garlic powder, and other seasonings mixed into a sauce.

Never thought their preferences can be so different right? Wanna have some of those now?


Resources:

Culture: What Do You Know About Japanese Culture? @ Locky's English Playground
http://lockyep.blogspot.hk/2014/05/culture-what-do-you-know-about-japanese.html

Americans Try McDonald's For The First Time @ YouTube
http://youtu.be/kbjxBNx1_Hg

Americans Try Coke For The First Time @ YouTube
http://youtu.be/Mfav2BCYwHs

British People Taste Test American Snacks @ YouTube
http://youtu.be/s4UEifGF8DU

Americans Taste Test Australian Food @ YouTube
http://youtu.be/ru6wri23Ljk

Vintage Foods You Won't Believe Actually Exist - Taste Test @ YouTube
http://youtu.be/p8hnLuiOi_Y

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/bland?q=bland
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=popping%20the%20cherry
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/rancid?q=rancid
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/fuss_1?q=fuss
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cinnamony
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ranch_dressing

Auto: Tesla Model S Hong Kong Version Demo Car Test Drive @ Crown Cellar

Tesla Model S P85+
Image from Locky's English Playground

This is the first time Tesla Motors Hong Kong has organised test drive for the newly arrived right-hand drive (RHD) Model S. There were two periods offered with two test tracks, the earlier one was between 17th and 18th May at Disneyland Hotel, the latter was between 24th and 25th May at Crown Wine Cellar.

There was online reservation available but due to technical issues of the website, I had to email a staff to get the test drive arranged together with my sister and her boyfriend.

My sister drove me, my wife and baby Muse to 18 Deep Water Bay Drive and arrived before the appointment time at 5pm. After a quick fill of an online form, Trista the staff immediately gave us a tour of the car.

Image from Locky's English Playground

To be honest, her introduction of the car was really unnecessary for enthusiasts like us, but just to be polite we listened to her ultra-quick tour anyway. It was ultra-quick as the mosquitoes were embracing us, literally.

Image from Locky's English Playground

The first round I chose to be the passenger with my sister's boyfriend as my sister took us for the ride. Half way downhill,  Trista told her to switch driver and her boyfriend took over, and the real ride begins!

He stomped all the way down on the accelerator and that was the first time I have ever experienced the immense torque of the Model S! At the back seat, I could feel my whole body thrust backwards, the air pressing hard onto my face and the instant ear pressure pushing in against my eardrums! The car speeded uphill like it was on skis!!! Everything outside the windows disappeared so quickly that the car 50 metres ahead was right at the tip of the Model S in 1 second! This car is a rocket on wheels!!! Except that this is a silent rocket, and all I could hear was the "wheeeeee" sound during the acceleration.

An unbelievable experience I will never forget!!!

Image from Locky's English Playground

When it was my turn back at the wine cellar, I did it safe and slow because my wife was the passenger (and that is my character), testing the regenerative braking, rear camera, parking sensors, multiwindow reverse parking display and suspension.

21" Wheel
Image from Locky's English Playground

Overall, I am satisfied as I managed to test everything that I intended to except putting the pram into the boot to see how much space is left.

That being said,  I was / We were a little disappointed as all 3 of us registered for the test drive but were only allowed 2 rounds of test drive. Felt a bit cheated. But I guess the route was not really ideal for showing off all aspects of the Model S anyway. Supposed the Disneyland route is a much more flatter one, the Wine Cellar route is all uphill, downhill and corners. Not sure about the Festival Walk one. Maybe one needs to try out all 3 routes in order to experience all.

Don't think I will go to the Festival Walk test drive because I don't think I can get any new information from the staff. The only useful piece is that being the 378th order means I will be getting my car in September.

I do have one complaint about the test drive though, and that is the mosquitoes issue. Leave the wine cellar for 5 seconds and you will be surrounded by mosquitoes. It was almost impossible to take a good look at the car and take some decent videos. My plan to make a nice detail  test-drive video for my blog was ruined, only managed with the above.

Thus, I can only borrow another enthusiast DITB's test drive video taken at Disneyland:

For those of you who wants to go and take a look at the car or even try it out, here's the information:

Image from Tesla

Here are some photos at Festival Walk,

Photo by DITB

Photo by DITB

Photo by markwj

And here's someone test driving at Festival Walk:

Vocabulary:
enthusiast -- (n)[C] a person who is very interested in and involved with a particular subject or activity
stomp on sb /sth -- mainly US — phrasal verb to step down hard on someone or something
torque -- (n)[U] a force which causes something to rotate (= turn in a circle)
pram -- (n)[C] a vehicle for moving a baby around which consists of a small bed supported by a frame on four wheels


Resources:

Auto: Tesla Adds Titanium Underbody Shield and Aluminum Deflector Plates to Model S @ Locky's English Playground
http://lockyep.blogspot.hk/2014/04/auto-tesla-adds-titanium-underbody.html

Auto & Opinions: Concerns Of A Prospective Tesla Model S Owner @ Locky's English Playground
http://lockyep.blogspot.hk/2014/02/auto-opinions-concerns-of-prospective.html

Auto: Interviewed by The New York Times @ Locky's English Playground
http://lockyep.blogspot.hk/2014/02/auto-interviewed-by-new-york-times.html

Auto: BMW 520iA Review feat. Tesla Model S @ Locky's English Playground
http://lockyep.blogspot.hk/2014/01/auto-bmw-520ia-review.html

Listening & Video: LegCo's YouTube Page  @ Locky's English Playground
http://lockyep.blogspot.hk/2014/03/listening-video-legcos-youtube-page.html

Tesla Takes Taxi @ YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jd_NVGCGHM

Tesla Pop Up at Festival Walk! | Events @ Tesla Motors
http://www.teslamotors.com/en_EU/event/tesla-pop-festival-walk

Festival Walk - What's Hot - Tesla Model S Pop-Up
http://www.festivalwalk.com.hk/en/whats-hot/event.php?id=322

Tesla Hong Kong RHD @ Crown Wine Cellar @ YouTube
http://youtu.be/ixS6QFvVvos

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/enthusiast?q=enthusiast+
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/stomp-on-sb-sth
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/torque?q=torque+

Vocabulary: Words Worth Noticing

Backpfeifengesicht????
Image from zcache

A busy week for me is a lazy week for me on the blog, meaning I won't be writing too much. That being said, there are still tonnes of goodness to learn here.

"Park the bus"
Image from Locky's English Playground & ESPN

Those of you who follow me on Facebook and Google+ should realise that I am increasingly interested in soccer these days. Who wouldn't anyway? That's exactly how I came across a forgotten term, "park the bus", which sort of originated from one of the best football manager in the world, Jose Mourinho. More on soccer terms when the World Cup draws even closer.

Now, 22 words you won't believe are brand names:

To be honest, I only know that Xerox, Jacuzzi, Laundromat, Post-Its and Zip Code are brand names, in addition to Scotch tape, Tipp-Ex, Band-Aid, Panadol, Viagra, ... but hey, if I start going into medicine names then everyone is a brand name.

Let's go to the next one, 16 Words We Don't Have In English,

I must say I really really like "gigil" from Tagalog (because the girls need it), "shitta" from Farsi (because it sounds like "shitter" meaning "more than disgusting" and it kind of fit), "bakku-shan" from Japanese (because there is a very similar term in Hong Kong) and "Backpfeifengesicht" from German (because they are everywhere), but the problem is, I probably won't remember how to pronounce the last one, which pronounces like /ˌbæbˈfaɪə.fʌŋ.ɡə.sɪhst/ (or "bacb-FIRE-fungus-seaHisst"). Last but not least, megagaltastic!

Let's practise!

Vocabulary:
park the bus -- expression used when all the players on a team play defensively, usually when the team is winning by a narrow margin.
gigil -- (Tagalog) when something is so cute you have to pinch it
shitta -- (Farsi) leftover dinner eaten for breakfast
bakku-shan (バックシャン ) -- (Japanese) seeing a woman who appears pretty from behind but not from the front
backpfeifengesicht -- (German) a face badly in need of a fist
megagaltastic -- (adj) characterized by an extensive vocabulary

Resources:
bakku-shan @ Wiktionary
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/バックシャン

16 Words We Don't Have In English @ YouTube
http://youtu.be/gykOF7lWpyM

22 Words You Won't Believe Are Brand Names @ YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi1Ilv_x7kM

Bakku shan - Japan Season - BBC Four @ YouTube
http://youtu.be/JyQmVB-vVeI

Glossary of association football terms @ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_association_football_terms#P

Scotch Tape @ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_Tape

Tipp-Ex @ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipp-Ex

Band-Aid @ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band-Aid

Panadol @ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panadol

Viagra @ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viagra

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=megagaltastic