March 2009
1 post
“Eating durian fruit by the roadside. A stench straight from Satan’s anal...”
– A Tweet from Stephan Fry. Probably the best description of durians i’ve ever heard.
February 2009
4 posts
Singlish mentioned on Q.I.!!!!!
So exciting to hear Stephen Fry talk about Singlish on Q.I., although the way he explains it makes it seem that Singlish is all about changing the r’s to L’s.
watching ant and dec’s SNT…. is it me or is Ant’s forehead getting higher? i think it’s Ant… the taller one.
The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might: He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright— And this was odd, because it was The middle of the night.
The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought the sun Had got no business to be there After the day was done— “It’s very rude of him,” she said, “To come and spoil the...
My turkey masterpiece
Finally uploaded the photos from Christmas… including the turkey!
Not bad for my first attempt at roasting a turkey! A little burnt on the top, coz i decided to glaze it with more olive oil and it started to fry instead. But other than that, nice!
Note to self: If ever roasting a turkey again, remember to plan it for a dinner party, NOT a lunch party! So that I do not have to wake up at...
mosquitoes...
… on the attack! i think it’s that dry spell we had lately that’s causing the mosquitoes to come out in full force.
January 2009
1 post
One reason why i try to avoid watching travel...
… They’ll feature a place/city that I have been, I’ll feel a sudden surge of nostalgia. That sunken feeling that I had to leave the place, and that i’m not there now…
December 2008
2 posts
The reason behind the big bright moon
Once in a Close Moon
Tonight will be the brightest and closest full moon since 1993.
Tonight is the perigee - the closest the Moon gets to Earth during its ecliptic orbit. As a result the Moon will be 30% brighter and 14% larger. The time when the Moon is its furthest away from Earth is the apogee.
These events usually occur once a month, but due to the irregular orbit the exact distance varies...
The brightest & roundest moon in 15 years
or so says the news on Absolute radio. But it is really really bright and round, pity it could be well captured on my camera
November 2008
1 post
From the independent...
In an article about Jeremy Clarkson’s joke about truck drivers murdering prostitutes -
“The Iceni Project, a charity which had helped some of the murdered prostitutes in Ipswich, previously criticised the remark.”
I’m really interested to know how they help dead prostitutes….
read it here
October 2008
1 post
to-do list
1) clean up room
-throw all my A level/ university notes and text books away.
-create a bon fire, if necessary
2) Bake
-trial-run for christmas cookies
-Possible choices: mini apple crumbles, meringue, good ‘ol butter cookies
3) Think of ways to decorate my room
-find that perfect shade of green to paint the walls
-need a pretty way of displaying my photographs (they are works...
July 2008
1 post
i guess i thought it would be a good idea…
i just put moisturiser (crabtree and evelyn, mind you) on a root of the plant at my desk.
June 2008
3 posts
hotel reviews
I just hate it when a hotel review (or description of a hotel) states -
“… feels like home…”
if i wanted it to feel like home, i would be better off staying at home.
Dammit, i would make a great hotel owner. haha.
what does my favourite food critic like to eat?
Giles Coren
The Times columnist and food critic, broadcaster and writer lives in London
I can’t do anything on a full stomach, any food makes me drowsy. But that’s fine, I just lie on the floor and sleep until I feel better.
When I’m writing, I chew matches - a big box of Bryant & May. I light the match, which gives off that lovely smell and makes me think that...
“Har gau, plain prawn dumplings, should be thin, opalescent rice skins through...”
– Gile Coren’s review in the Times (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/eating_out/giles_coren/article4099572.ece). The best description of a har gau that i’ve ever read.
May 2008
7 posts
my iGoogle monster...
eats ice cream in the middle of the night (1am)… i didn’t know that!! greedy monster…
"pub quiz" entry on wikipedia
the first line read: “A pub quiz is a quiz held in a pub, not a quiz about pubs.” right…..
Big kid
Queued up for balloon animals at a kid’s birthday party. We had let those little people get theirs first… grrrr…. actually told him i wanted an orange creature, so he said he’ll make me a mouse. But he forgot about the orange bit, so i got a grey mouse. Oh well… it’s just as cute.
Hmmm...
why so many posts in one day, you say? i have no idea
So, you want to be in the Top Gear audiance?
this is what it says on the site: **We are ONLY booking people in from our Reserve List which is currently running between two and three years. However, please do register your interest and if we do have any cancellations/drop-outs we will contact you*. 2-3 years?!?!?! i imagine some young lad putting in his application, and by the time he gets called up, his hair has turned white and...
April 2008
1 post
March 2008
1 post
Strange dream last night
I dreamt the cats came from eggs - not those hard-shell eggs, more like frog eggs. Big, like the size of a football, with a nucleus surrounded by transparent gel-like substance. Then i dreamt that it was bouncing around outside my house. After that I was touching a really soft cat… really really really soft… awww…
February 2008
4 posts
Spent the whole of yesterday reading all the articles i could find regarding the Carling cup win. From the other side of my cubicle, i look like an idiot constantly grinning at my computer screen.
Then the heavens opened, and choirs of angels started singing…
I want F1 tickets!!!!
Can’t fucking get through to the ticketing hotline or the online ticketing service! Looks like i’ll have to settle with this - Goldfish racetrack! brilliant! *fuck me, it’s only a concept*
It's almost CNY...
and i still have Christmas ham in the fridge. yes, i’m so looking forward to 2 weeks of eating left over CNY food.
December 2007
3 posts
watching the f-word...
doesn’t Gordon Ramsay’s maitre d’ look suspiciously like Jimmy Carr….
November 2007
1 post
My first tooth filling!
Arrgggghhhhhh!!!!!!!
October 2007
1 post
Use iGoogle!
I have my homepage in my work laptop set to iGoogle… and dressed it up with a pretty frog and ladybug theme! Gives me the giggles everytime I launch IE (ya, i use IE at work… i unfortunately can’t download new programmes - by that i mean firefox - into the laptop.) and see the frog and ladybug doing different things throughout the day. This morning, they were having bagles and...
September 2007
1 post
August 2007
6 posts
Got my hair cut...
… it’s much shorter than usual. I use less shampoo now.
Ewwww...
… Jamie Oliver is cooking with such dirty fingernails, all thanks to that Jamie at Home show (his cooking cum gardening show).
“Drivers called Ben are the most likely to crash their cars; Ians are the safest.”
– QI fact of the day
“It’s better to have a short one that works, than a long one that nobody...”
– Mad Labs on NG explaining why snorkel tubes can’t be longer
When regular TV programmes aren't enough...
…, thank goodness for YouTube and a whole bunch of hilarious shows from the UK! Shows that are currently getting me glued to my laptop screen are… 8 out of 10 cats - Just lurve Jimmy Carr! K, he does have a somewhat irritating face and scary eyebrows, but he’s still fun to watch. On one episode they were commenting about the Live Earth and the Diana concerts, and Jimmy said...
July 2007
3 posts
“Seafood and eat it!”
– Salt and vinegar chiplets @ M&S
“Curiouser and curiouser!”
– Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Cold, wet afternoons...
… curled up in bed reading Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, drinking a cup of hot tea, snacking on Mark & Spencer crisps (sour cream and onion. yum.). Will miss times like these when I start work.
New...
…blog, since my previous host site disappeared. Just as well, since I’m too lazy to update often anyway (and working on dreamweaver on my diminishing memory space on my laptop is no fun). So, my friends, if you have managed to find this new blog, Felicitations! You’ll be having some online literature to keep you entertained… well… once in a while at least =) Meanwhile...