By now, you may be aware Cheung Kong Center is known as 'the box that the Bank of China building came in'. Ever wonder how Li Ka-shing feels about that? Reader Roger Johnson used to wonder. Then last week, he thought he had the answer. He was heading Peakward on the tram one night when he glanced back at the night skyline. That's when he noticed that strings of lights had been scrawled down the building's length. 'Bigbox', Mr Johnson read. Marvellous, thought he. Clearly this showed Mr Li's responsiveness to public opinion, not to mention a healthy sense of humour. But as the tram rose higher, Mr Johnson was disappointed to find that there was more. 'Bigboxx.com' it said. So it was just an advert after all. Of course, we think it was obvious this wasn't a KS thing. That would have read 'bigbux'. Issue hit for six: Things haven't been going so well for 36.com Holdings. The creative minds behind the news portal aggregator came up with what seemed like a clever gimmick. They wanted to make their shares more memorable when they hit the GEM board on Friday. So they issued them at 36 cents each with a stock code of 8036. All GEM company codes start with 8, so this meant that 36.com made its Friday debut with a stock code and share price that matched its name. Not for long. On its first day's trading, shares of 36.com plunged seven cents to close at 29 cents. Yesterday saw the number slide to 24.1 cents. Oh dear. Sad when a company can't live up to its name. Burning sensation: Lai See has been reading about Curry. No, we don't mean the spicy food. We refer to the bold, handsome, brave, slim and sexy race car driver. We know he's all those things because he says so on his Web site. Visitors to www.rubberburner.com are greeted by a photo of Curry, resplendent in red leather trousers, white shoes and thin 'tache. Variously angled photos show him flicking his long blond locks about. Oops, Sorry. Curry says they're 'terracotta blonde [sic]' locks. Anyway, our race car driver is something of a philosopher, and he has created this site to 'defy perceptional contradictions'. He claims to provide living proof that a person can have 'a huge personal interest in heavy duty motors' and yet be a 'clean, sexy and stylish guy'. Amazing. There follows a list of five things the clean, sexy philosopher feels contribute to his happiness: 1) I do what I want; 2) I've got an attractive body and hair cut; 3) I understand psychology on different levels; 4)I am tender; 5) I am only emotionally attached to myself. And boy, is he ever attached. He describes himself as 'handsome', 'attractive', 'gorgeous' and 'good-looking'. Bit redundant. And those words crop up over and over again. Curry does tend to repeat on you. Graphic: whee01gbz
