The things you learn from your supervisor....

Ever noticed that the "N" in 7-Eleven is lower case? Well, neither did I until my supervisor pointed it out to me. Ever curious, I decided to investigate the possible meaning behind this whole branding exercise...

There are several reasons that are floating about on the internet:

1) It's for Feng Shui or Numerology reasons; the lower case "N" as a magnet for good luck and fortune.

2) An all upper case "Eleven" appears harsher in branding, so the lower case "N" was introduced to give a softer, graceful look to the company.

But thank god for me talking up a PhD just to know about this...

The Big Bang Theory: The Asian Shark

Fearing that The Big Bang Theory is not an accurate portrayal of Caltech University, the creators of the show decide to introduce a new British Asian/Chinese character, in the form of Nam, a British Born Chinese Statistics student on exchange for a year. This ultimately causes the show to jump the shark, much to the fans disapproval.

"Hiliarity" (in the loosest sense of the word) ensues as the geek clique (both socially and statistically) encounter the following scenarios:
- Chinese food just being normal food to Nam.
- Nam suffering an identity crisis as he's more British than Chinese, and in America.
- Nam having a low tolerance in alcohol, resulting in many drunken escapades and Nam frequently blending in with red objects behind him.
- The geek clique, particularly Sheldon, not understanding many of Nam's Britishness.
- The geek clique not getting many of Nam's British geeky knowledge such as Amstrad computers being his computer of choice.
- Penny, Bernadette and Amy being completely ensnared by Nam's James Bond-esque qualities.

After much revolt from the fans, Nam will be killed off in the season finale, having ironically done some research on micromorts.

Swimming in the pool?

What nonsense!

The One with the Asian guy

And the Oscar goes to...

(It's a real Oscar!)

A word of warning from Starbucks...

Conference Bombing

The resemblance is uncanny...

Leonard was away on holiday apparently...

Conversations by the Pool

Girl: What do you do? Are you an artist?
Nam: No...
Girl: A chef?
Nam: No...
Girl: International Relations?
Nam: No...
Girl: An accountant?
Nam: No...
Girl: Economist?
Nam: No...
Girl: Are you homeless?
Nam: No...
Girl: Mathematician?
Nam: Yes of sorts... I'm a Statistician.
Girl: Oh...You should become an Enigineer.

Nam face palms.

Going gangasta...

9021-Oh-Ohh

The Misadventures of Nam & R.O.B: The Wedding

Previously on the Misadventures of Nam and R.O.B. ...

the robotic clique was on the verge of an electrifying cliffhanger as they teetered by the side of pool, all on the eve of the robotic wedding of the year.

CUT TO: the front page of a newspaper (The Short Circuit) with the headline "Ping Ping My Ding-a-Ling" with the remainder of the front page featuring a zoomed in photo of a perfectly formed robotic derrière. Pippa should be scared...


The episode retraces back all that has happened on the wedding day with hilarity ensuing from the wedding ceremony being interrupted by a one of R.O.B's past conquests, Androgyonic .
Add to this the robotic ceremony parties on down to the "The Humans are Dead (Robot Boogie)" making Nam feel very awkward.

And finally, as the night draws to a close, R.O.B. sheds a tear and transforms into a young man. The camera pans out gradually, showing the UK, the Earth and then the Solar System. The misadventures of Nam and R.O.B drawn to a close, but R.O.B. embarks on his own set of misadventures with Eve.

Oh what a night...

Another productive day then...