Mewwy Christmas

A quiet Christmas indeed. I wonder how the early Christians celebrated their Christmas...i wonder.

Mewwy Christmas !!!

Laundry , the curve damansara

Arrived at KL (thanks to my gracious colleague who gave me a ride back here) , well I'm gonna be here over christmas with the family unit both extended and nucleous.

I met with some friends and we went to the Laundry, at Curve Damansara. I've heard about this place before so decided to hang out.

Music is good, drinks are expensive. A good thing is, there is a place to sit. Hot babes, hunks...they are all here.

Nothing much to do except to talk cock and drink booze, till midnite, then all of us cinderellas decided to head back to get a good night sleep.

Atmosphere : Many lookers, but everyone is minding their own business. It has the semi alfresco, beer garden kinda concept.

Booze : A bit watered down for the sangria, beer $ is on the high side.

Good : Good for catching up with friends over a laid back atmosphere and not so loud music.

Not : Not for dancing, binge drinking (toilet damn far).

web :http://laundrybar.blogspot.com/

Alcohol Rants IV

2006..i partied the most in Singapore this year. Here is a little perspective. This year, we see the transition of small to medium clubs dying, and emerging out are super-Clubs. 2007 will be the dawn of the super clubs. Before this there is only one, Zouk-Velvet-Phuture. Now we have, starting with MOS (Ministry of Sound), then come the St James PowerStation, and now Clinic.

Super Clubs are clubs under one roof occupying a large area with segmented area to caters for every popular genre. Its like a food court of party. One moment you could be chilling out with smooth jazzy music and the next moment you can end up grooving to RnB. Pretty good for a indecisive group of partygoers.

Looks like partying ain't gonna stop in Singapore. But bye bye to small clubs, unless you offer cheap drinks, we gonna end up in super clubs.

Also, undoubtly without mention there is a growing trend of wine drinking. Rochester park, Dempsey and several others are sprouting up. I wonder whats the percentage of GDP alcohol contributes to. And we got duped by the Frenchies again. First they introduced bottle water, now bottled fermented grape juice. Whats next ? escargot satay ?

Cardiac Matters

How isit that there are no warning labels or health risk warning on Unhealthy foods ?

Among all consumables, we have health warnings on cigarettes saying that it kill you, and higher tax on cigarettes and alcohol thats known as Sin Tax.

Well, the leading disease now is all heart related. Clogging arteries to cardiac arrests to stroke. And by large are contributed by a unhealthy diet and a sedantary lifestyle. Ok, smoking contributes largely to it as well but does it share the ammount of negativity?

Ths point is, how come there is so much negative publicity over dangers of smoking and alcohol but not fried oily food, high calorie carbonated drinks, artifical chemicals in food, etc etc etc. Alright, we might have campaigns on healthy eating, daily exercises, but are they effective ? I doubt so. Its like cigarette anti-smoking campaign in their early years, not effective.

I think we should put health warning labels on Fast Foods, nutrition facts should be relabeled as Contents because most of them are not nutrition.

Everything that goes into your body affects you in a way...positively or negatively. We are very fragile.

No place to sit, Bring your own chair .

I was travelling to work one day, I couldn't help noticing this dude. It was slightly post-Rush hour, getting a seat is like trying to queue for McDonald Hello Kitty, first come first take thingy during rush hour. He got his own Chair.He actually brought his own chair inside the MRT. So there, he sits there SITTING , reading his newspaper. Respek this pak.

At least he is not disturbing. Some irritating habits are far worse in the MRT.

1. Pole dancers. Passengers who lean on the pole like they have no spinal cord.

2. Deejay wannabee. People who play loud music on thier handphone speakers...some even have radio.

3. Hoggers. ever notice that the area near the door is crowded and the center is not. Its like you get first prize if you hop out faster.

4. Monkeys. Kids who swing here and swing there. I blame the parents for not disciplining them.

5. LoudSpeaker. Passengers who talk out loud, very loud so everyone knows what you are talking about.

6. BO. Personally I dislike unpleasant smell. This is kinda discriminating though. I just hope deodorants and parfums are cheaper and widely available. Otherwise, just bear with it.

To the extent, there is a blog dedicated to this. I applaud the author.

http://rudesingaporeans.blogspot.com/

Please click to find your pictures if you are guilty.

ring ! ring! ..click! ..Halo, I'm runnin...*pant ..can't talk now.. *gasp

Last Sunday, I finally took up a challenge with a friend IKA to run 10km at the Tuas 2nd Link Bridge. Not a runner myself, so we enrol for the FUN run instead.

There are many people, old, young, ladies, men , I am suprised that this kind of event would attract people from all sorts.

When I saw a group of old aunties together with me for the Fun Run , I was a bit paiseh because the able bodied young energetic man should be in the competitive run.

Anyways I clocked approximately 1 hr and 10 minutes. I can minus 5 minutes off it because of a toilet break in between.

I must say the event is well organized. there were traffic police, volunteers at every half km , toilet, drinks, and also bags depository.

One thing quirks me is that, many people carries their handphones while running. Some put in their pocket, some have a special pouch, etc. They don't carry towel, they don't carry water which are essentials in a run but they carry handphones, I wonder why.

Are you going to answer a call during the run? Or trying to sms and running ? Or in case of emergency if you fall, you can call for help ? Or let your friends call you to motivate you ? Nevertheless, I don't understand WHY ?.I surrender my handphone into bad depository.

No wonder Singapore is one of the country that have the largest handphone penetration market. And the fastest person who can sms is a Singaporean. He probably finger pump every day and after that a manicure.

I experienced the crossover from no handphones era to the handphones era. I only got mine after I graduated from university. However now, its kinda difficult to imagine one day without a handphone. Losing a handphone or having a faulty handphone is like losing something of significance to you like your relatives have just passed away.

However, I still have friends who refused to answer phone calls then everybody will be frustated because they can't reach them expecting everyone to have a handphone attached to their body. This is the stigma today. Its a culture.

Alcohol Rants IV

Got this from Melanholic,

*Alcohol Effects & Remedies *
* *
*1. Symptom: Cold and humid feet.
Cause: Glass is being held at incorrect angle (You are pouring the drink
on your feet).
Cure: Maneuver glass until open end is facing upward. *

*2. Symptom: The wall facing you is full of lights.
Cause: You're lying on the floor.
Cure: Position your body at a 90-degree angle to the floor. *

*3. Symptom: The floor looks blurry.*
* Cause: You're looking through an empty glass.
Cure: Quickly refill with your favorite beverage.*

*4. Symptom: The floor is moving.
Cause: You're being dragged away.
Cure: At least ask where they're taking you. *

*5. Symptom: You hear echoes every time someone speaks.
Cause: You have your glass on your ear.
Cure: Stop making a fool of yourself!
*
*6. Symptom: The room is shaking a lot, everyone is dressed in white and
the music is very repetitive.
Cause: You're in an ambulance.
Cure: Don't move. Let the professionals do their job.*

*7. Symptom: Your dad and all your brothers look strange.
Cause: You're in the wrong house.*
* Cure: Ask if they can point you to your house.*

Allow me to add

*8. Symptom: Suddenly you see a huge vomit and smells funky in front of you.
Cause: You are puking into the toilet bowl.*
* Cure: Incurable.*

Basic Courtesy - Pwegnant and Trains

More often than not when I takes the train to work at early morning. Sometimes later, just to avoid the rush hour.

I like people watching, (not babe watch..just people). Like for example, he dresses so smart, where does he work, or a this dude reading notes, is he having an exam later...if yes, what subject? and etc etc.

Often than not, I have seen pregnant ladies and old folks boarding train at this hour. Its a nightmare. Referring to souplad's post http://soupofthedae.blogspot.com/2006/10/excuse-me-could-u-please-let-me-have.html.

only 1 out of 3 situations, someone actually offered the poor pregnant lady a seat. And today, its a middle aged lady who seats 2 seats away from the pregnant lady who was standing offers her a seat. In front of her , its a man, pretending to be asleep, and beside the man its a young lady who is staring blankly in front. However, its kinda difficult for the middle aged lady to usher out and for the pwegnant lady to move there as its pretty crowded. Paiseh-ly , the young lady was about to stand up and offer her seat, the man also paisehly stand up and offer his seat. I rolled up my eyes.

As for the other pwegnant ladies before, not so lucky. Well, all of you pwegnant ladies out there, you can heed SoupLad's advice to ask. Lets assume that its a busy and sleepy morning rush hour, everyone's courtesy is still sleeping.

Another thing. Embarking and disembarking the MRT. I was working in Bangkok for a short stint and usually I take the cab to work. One fine day my friend ask me to take the BTS( Bangkok Sky Train) instead, so I agreed. He wanted to show me why the Thais are so courteous and orderly. There are queues outside the BTS door, and in the middle is a gap for the passengers to disembark. I was wow-ed. When train doors open, people just usher in properly, NO pushing, NO squeezing although there is many people. Passengers from inside can walk out properly. However in Singapore, First Class governement, first class opposition, Sigh.....Everywhere you queue but not at MRT.

Alcohol Rants 3

Alcohol Ettique.

Alcohol makes people rowdy and they think irrationally. People say alcohol makes people tell the truth. I beg to differ, I think they just make them say or do the first thing that comes into their mind. Drink responsibly

1. Don't drink and then drive.

Government have campaign on this and there is still many drunk driving related accidents. Well, a lot of people don't drive in Singapore, but I still need to say. Have a designated driver. This person probably is allowed to have a beer. And he got to make sure everyone gets home safely. Otherwise, take a cab or sober up first before driving. Everyone under the influence the alcohol always tries to fight the alcohol thinking they can overcome it. Biologically you can't.

2. Don't get drunk

Know your alcohol limits. Don't get drunk. Its ugly and emabarrasing. For the ladies, its dangerous. And it troublesome to your friends around you. Cheeky friends like me will start taking pictures and poking fun of you being drunk.

3. Don't force your friend esspecially, ladies to drink.

Forcing people to drink is no fun. Its like begging them ( posers ) or torturing them ( victims). Either way, its not having a good night out. Its gonna end lousily.

4. Puke in the restroom

If you don't know your alcohol limit and feel like vomitting. Stop drinking and tell your friend. Goto the restroom and puke. Its terrrible but you will feel better later. Don't try to fight it and hoping it will go away. You will end up puking in the ice bucket, on the floor or at your friend. Ugly.

5.If you don't drink or dance, why goto clubs.

There are people who goto clubs and just sit there and look. They wear that sign " I am just lookin around, do not disturb". Posers. Some are decorative , some are not. Some just go because they felt obligated. Well, if you are not having fun, don't go. Why people goto clubs / pubs ? Because they want to wind down and have fun. You dance, you joke, you talk, you drink merrily, you sing. I think clubs should have a big window so passers by can sit there and watch from the outside.

6. Chivalry

Don't get physical with ladies if they are not comfortable. Alcohol may lower inhibitions, but guys still got to bear in mind of this. Modesty to ladies are important. Well in rare cases, this applies to good hot looking guys as well.
And don't be rude.
Giving the seat to the ladies.
Usher them through a crowded area.
Pouring the drink for them unless they insist to do it themselves.
7.Wear appropriately

Dress for the occasion. Besides having fun. Looking good and groom matters.

8. Be nice to the bartenders and the service staff.

They are not your slaves. Be nice if you want to be nice unto. Bad service are to be ignored and boycott.

9. Have fun.

Whatever it is, have fun. When you have fun, other people will have fun. Don't expect to be entertain unless there is a comedian or a magician friend there with you,



Say thank you, your welcome and smile at them. You might get a seat.

Alcohol Rants 2

Drinking alcohol is a expensive past-time, at least I can prove that in Singapore and Malaysia. This is because the tax that the government impose on these goods are high. Otherwise, they are not much more expensive. In additional to that, clubs and pubs charges exhorbitant prices for it to cover their expenses such as high rental, and higher licensing fee.

Well, even with my mediocre pay, it didn't stop me. All it takes is a few strategy to have a good night out. This mostly applies in Singapore, where i am now.

1. Citibank Clear Card (Platinum one would be better) and some other credit cards.

Nope, I am not paid by Citibank to say this. This card serves those who enjoys the nightlife. It has cool benefits. All you need is a minimum annual salary of 40k to enjoy the Platinum Card. And it comes with a 2 year waiver fee. The benefits include, free entry to clubs, discounts on drinks, 1 for 1 promos,and etc. At velvet, you get to queue at the priority queue when the crowd moves in. At GV cinemas, you get to queue at the priority queue too. Cool eh.

Oh, only applies in Singapore. Credit Cards in Singapore has a lot of benefits.

2. Enjoy the happy hours promos.

Most Happy Hours are at early hours of the evening. Well, some ends at 8 and some ends at 9. Clubs and pubs uses this to attract working professionals, office workers to chill after a hard days work. Most of them have 1 for 1 or attractive discounts. So, go during Happy hours, order 1 and request them to keep the other order for later. You can order 5 and keep the other 5 for later. The disadvantage is you got to plan how much you are drinking, and one have to go earlier. Soem pubs might not entertain such request as per say. Wala wala and Villa Bali does.

3. Buy bottle if you have a party more than 4

IF you have a party of 4 drinkers/revellers, Get a bottle. Divide it equally and its cheaper than each one ordering single drinks. Of course, all have to agree on drinking the same thing. What the heck, its still alcohol anyways. And always always, ask for free mixers. You probably can negotiate for more free mixers. Water mixer should be free. In Malaysia, you can negotiate with the waiter for cheaper prices for the bottle. They get a cut if you buy from them.

4. Drinking elsewhere.

Getting bottles at DFS or NTUC or anyway else is always cheaper than clubs or pubs..duhhh !!! Well, if its a night out with a bunch of friends to catch up or chit chat, why not meet at someone's place, book a chalet or..get creative. House parties i think are fun, but a lot of cleaning up and preparing for the host.

5. Cover Charge

I don't believe in cover charge. I don't like to being force to pay to drink before I enter a club/pub. I believe in a range between 8 - 10 bucks. Well, another way is to get in earlier to get a chop. Then you can enter later the night. I don't do that, because I have to go earlier. Its just a suggestion. Most expensive covercharge I have ever encounter is 26 bucks, and in Malaysia Rm50.

6. if all else does not applie..cheapo way

Drink at home or kopitiam first to get into the mood and then hit the clubs. In kopitiam, drink ABC , because it has higher alcohol content. Alcohol to dollar (A2D) worth is higher.

7. Ways to get wasted faster then you don't need to spend more to get wasted, read my alcohol rants 1 and go against them.

There...if anyone has more ideas, tell me.

Drink responsibly.

Stress

Big issue at work. Today is my unlucky day. So many things happens, so many problems.Stress. How do you cope with stress?

When you are stress, you will get pissed off at small , trivial disturbances.

Well, I almost flare up...so..what would you do.

Take deep breaths. And then smile.

Sigh..now i am depressed.

I need Alcohol. I just violate my own alcohol guides.

Alcohol Rants I

This is one of the liquor which you can drink that makes you feel rich. :P

Here are a few tips to hold your liquor. Well, too much of it will still bring you down. Some of it, you guys might know.

1. Do not mix your booze. This is true esspecially with beer. Do not mix beer with the rest. Beer is gaseous and it brings the alchohol into your brain quicker.

2. Do not drink with a empty stomach. Oldest tip in the book. Food helps you to absorb alchohol. Empty stomach just makes it easier for the alchohol to go into your bloodstreams.

3. Light colored alchohol does not provide as much hangover as darker alchohol. Still experimenting.

4. Always mix alchohol with mixers. Do not be a hero to down it neat. Water is the best.

5. Always be the friend to the best drinker, so he won't toast you down.

6. Be the bartender, then you know how much to pour for youself.

7. Drinks lots of water in between drinks. it dilutes the alchohol.

8. Dance. you are there to party, not to be a alchoholic. Somehow, the alchohol effect will wear off. Don't worry if you can't dance well, no one cares.

9. Don't drink too fast. why ? alchohol is expensive, and you are not trying to commit suicide.

10. If you feel light headed, seriously stop drinking until you feel better. A wasted person is always an emabarassment.

11. Don't drink if you are tired or sad or depress. The other way , you can hold your liquor better when you are happy.

12.Cocktails. If you do not know what isit, don't drink too much of it. They may taste harmless, but there are potent. They are meant to be drink slowly.

Here's a 2 post from one of the blogs I read on how to care for your wasted buddies.


Part 1 - http://vandalin.blogspot.com/2006/06/definitive-guide-to-caring-for-drunk.html
Part 2 - http://vandalin.blogspot.com/2006/06/definitive-guide-to-caring-for-drunk_28.html

Rules

Rules

Here's a picture of Galileo facing trial for believing that the Sun is the center of the universe.

Just a random thought.Why people follow rules blindly ?

Ever wonder why isit you can only drink when you are 18 ?

or why you can get a driving license at 17 ?

or why drugs are banned but not ciggarettes ?

or why there is only legalised bookie ?

or Why no chewing gum ? oh...to keep the country clean !!! Why not ban ciggarettes ?

Arent laws or rules enact for the people's benefit?

and many more whys..not just country have rules, religious body, schools, family, games, corporate all have rules.

And always there are people breaking them. Well, rules are canonized into law to control people. More often than not, its usually to protect the people making them.

Essentially there are two major types of people in this world. People who follows the rules and people who make their own rules. This is the fundamental of civilazation. There is the governing body , the ruler and the commoners, the citizens. Earlier civilazations, rulers are people who have might, powerful, not necessary smart and the commoners are the weaker race. As we transcend into the 20th century, rulers are now multinational corporations. Look at this, they have foothold in every country. Their employees slave for them for a salary which rhymes with slavery. They sponsored political parties so they can win elections becoming the people who make laws.

Thats why no matter how harmful ciggarettes is, they are still here. They provide a economy.

I am not suggesting people to break rules but rather question and think why.

I prefer to believe that they are guidelines instead.

...

I guess I have been watching too much of House M.D.

The Economies of A Chinese Wedding (my humble views)

What happen when you decided to say I do as a Chinese in South East Asia ?

Mastercard should use this

1. Photo Shoot 5,000(est)
2. Wedding Gown 3,000(est)
3. Wedding Dinner 20,000(est)
4. Ang Pows 1000 (est)

Getting married to the love of your life, saying bye bye to bachelorhood...priceless.

(est) is because i haven't been through it yet. From what I heard, you usually have to eat economical rice for a few months after that.

Anyays, What happen during the last decade ? Weddings suddenly becoming an million dollar industry.Thanks to the Bachelorette, now its picking up in the US as well.

And wedding suppose to be a sacred ceremony between two people (male and female) that decided " ok people, we are off the singles market now, go find other people". There will be someone to ordain the event, and witnesses to make sure you don't back out in the later part of life ( there, I saw you get married, now don't you play play ).

Why can't it be a simple ceremony with friends and families..and then..off to the honeymoon.

Here is my conspiracy theory,in the mid 1987's , after asian economic crisis, people went bankrupt, out of job, spending less drives the chinese restaurant business , wedding parlors into despration.

So, one smarty chinese restaurant owner meet up with the wedding parlor owner for coffee and came up with a new idea. Why don't we have wedding packages ? We will psycho the girls, knowing each girl has a dream of a grand wedding. And then the girl will make their future loving spouse to pay for it. ITs perfect, win win situation. Hence today, all chinese restaurants have wedding package, all wedding boutiques (no more parlors..cheapskate name) have wedding package for all levels of income.

So, most chinese can't afford to lose face, will either keep up with the grandness or make it grandier.

I have heard people asking, "when you are getting married?". the person answer " I am saving up for it."

Now they even rope in the videographers and the flash programmers. Whats next ya?

I would have a circus act in mine. hahaha..

Coming in my next few posts...my humble views to the economies of

1. Having Children
2. Divorce

I've been virgin tagged.

I'm virgin tagged by the virgin pornstar for 7 favorite songs.

7 favorite songs..I've never thought about that. Its everchanging, some i even forgotten their titles.

Well, the following is what I can think of.

1. BitterSweet symphony by The Verve
2. I Think I am Paranoia by Garbage
3. 100 Years by Five for Fighting
4. Boulevard of Broken Dreams by GreenDay
5. Secret Garden by Bruce Springsteen
6. One way leads to North by Jay Zhou
7. Bad Day by Daniel Powter

Anyways, I find the following a cute and funny animation courtesy of Pixar,



I'm suppose to tag 7 people. forwarding this tag to

1. Mango and Banana
Mango is a walking encyclopedia of music and movies.
2. Souplad
3. BeerBrat
4. Miss Hornist
5. Diveaway
6. AhSuah
7. Yvonochikara

There...seven.

hookah...or Sheesha

Went to this Sheesha place with souplad after tired of waiting for Miss Hornist. ITs called Samar..



Very Turkish kind of Setting. I had Apple shisha while souplad have Vanilla shisha. Oh, you got to request for a new mouthpiece, or they will just give you a washed one..yuckksss.

Evidently, shisha is also known as Hookah. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah




its Sgd 12 for one shisha. Food wise is really authentic but not my taste.

Good place for chillin. However, we felt very windy in the stomach and proceed to go massage to release it.

blink!

Well, I am suppose to read this book. I am giving up..after thin slicing it. I find it boring,, no offense to people who like this book. So I am moving on to something more light and humorous, Comedy. I am always a fan of comedy. Singapore is so lack of stand ups, so I got to download them from the internet. A few of my favorites are Russel Peters,Seinfeld, Pablo Franceso, and many more.

I am reading ..



I find it a very good read. I must admit, i am reading it for the 2nd time. I shall quote some of his insights here in the future.

I am giving it 4.5/5.

Na Beh !!!

*Caution, this post is rated V (Vulgarities). This post is meant for educational purposes.
刁

I always wonder what that means. I hear Mr Brown scold it so many times , so I google it and guess what I found

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=na+beh

na beh
Various contractions of "Ka Ni Na Bu Chao Chee Bye". The rudest phrase of all. Use only if you wish to be beaten up or want other people to think you were raised in a longkang. Literally: "Fuck your mother/Fuck your mother's smelly cunt." Usually used in Singapore.

Na beh, do you have a problem with me?

Interesting web site so i proceed with other vulgarities I have accumulated for the past 8 years. I only start spilling out vulgarities after the legal age of 18. Guess life begins to suck after that , ya.

tiu
Equivalent to 'fuck' in Cantonese when pronunced in high and abrupt tone.

Tiu nia seng!
(Cantonese: Fuck your mom!)

kan ni nia

fuck your mom.

u want me to pay for your dinner? KAN NI NIA!

cibai

Common in Malaysian/Singaporean Cantonese. Equivalent to English 'cunt' (vagina).
Chau Cibai - smelly vagina (also used as a derogatory to females)
Cibai Been - vagina/pussy face ! Hahahahaha

See also 'Hai' or 'Chauhai'/'Chowhai' ie 'smelly cunt'

Cibai this stupid keyboard!

puki
filipino term for vagina
hugasan mo ang puki mo!!! = wash your vagina!!

Malay term of a vagina too.
"Kepala puki mak kau" = "Your mothers pussy"

lan
a turkish expression used when calling for a friend or wanting to insult a stranger

Friend: 'Lan' lets go and watch Turkey win Greece in the soccer.

Stranger: Hey 'lan' if i see you near my sister again i will fucking rip off your nuts and stick em in your fathers ass

Pubjabi for a male dick.

Carmen Electra: Yo Jag you've got a big lan. Can i suck it?

Jag(Me): Of course, but don't make a mess.

short form Hokkien for a male dick too.

See Lan jiao

Lan Jiao
Lan Jiao n the external male organ of copulation, used to transfer semen to the female. In most mammals, it is also used to expel urine from the body.

You wanna suck my Lan Jiao?


So, for non-chinese sometimes you will meet with some local singaporeans or malaysians who may look at you in a unsatisfied look mumbling these phrases, you will know what they mean.

I also know some tamil version..maybe next time.

Boston Legal

Was watching Boston Legal late last night. Funny, sacarstic and intelligent. Overall its entertaining and it shows lawyers can talk the dead into living. Same fella who produce the popular Ally McBeal, Boston Public and etc.

I only managed to catch a few episodes , its humor with a twist. Here an excerpt from yesterday's episode where Schmidt argue that the Little Jimmies snack was causing Mr Mickel's diabetic condition. It happen when erractic partner Poole decides to sue someone and chose Lil Jimmies Snack for Mr Mickel's condition. Whats interesting is Schmidt has only one night to prepare for the opening trial.

Also, it reminds me of the conversation souplad and I had on we should put health warning labels on unhealthy food like they have on ciggarettes.

Enjoy ..

Vivian Marino: No doctor or medical professional has ever linked his diabetes to Lil’ Jimmies Snack Cakes.
And even if they could, so what? All the information Mr Mickel needed to make his informed dietary decision
was right there on the label. My God! When are people going to start taking responsibility? This man snorted
down three boxes a day, not to mention the soft drinks, the potato chips. The only exercise he got was
reaching for the cookie jar. And he wants to blame us? Then what? We outlaw desserts altogether. We
criminalize the cupcake because people cannot be expected to eat in moderation. It’s ridiculous. Mr Mickel
wants to be able to snack and sue. He wants to have his cake and eat it too, and enough is enough. That’s
one word this plaintiff can’t seem to appreciate. To Phil. Enough.
Shirley Schmidt: Reading off the label of a Lil’ Jimmies box. Yellow dye tartrazine, which is a coal tar
derivative. Blue dye triphenylmethane, which is a petroleum-based product. Red dye carminic acid, which is
derived from the carcasses of the cochineal beetle.
Judge Katherine Taylor: I’m sorry. Did you say the cochineal beetle?
Shirley Schmidt: Carcasses. That’s right. Partially hydrogenated vegetable or animal shortening. Which is beef
fat, pork gelatin. Which is made from boiled bones, tendons, and skin of pigs. Ugh. So far, we’re up to motor
oil, bugs, road tar, and pig bones.
Vivian Marino: So far, she hasn’t named a thing that isn’t in the majority of cookies and snack cakes.
Shirley Schmidt: Ha. And isn’t that scary?
Vivian Marino: No, what’s scary is that we’re being singled out.
Shirley Schmidt: Yes, it has us all terrified. May I continue? The Judge nods. Bleached white flour. The
common ingredient used to bleach flour is chloride oxide, the use of which has been linked to the destruction
of the pancreas and a form of type II diabetes. And finally the biggie, high fructose corn syrup. This product
does not metabolize as a normal sugar in the body and it prevents a certain hormone, leptin, from reaching
the brain. This hormone normally sends a signal to the brain that your stomach is full and tells you to stop
eating but, whenever you eat anything with high fructose corn syrup, your brain thinks it’s not full, and so you
keep eating and eating and eating. This product, like many dessert cakes, is addictive and causes diabetes,
and that is what this lawsuit will show. As for defense counsel’s remark that the whole thing is ridiculous… To
Vivian. …is it? The rate of diabetes has increased 80% in the last decade. Nearly 21 million Americans have
diabetes. One in three children will get it in their lifetime. I just want to say that again, one in three children.
These companies are corporate drug dealers. Their products are killing our children.
Vivian Marino: Objection. This is beyond inflammatory.
Shirley Schmidt: Is it? One in three children? You market to children. At least tobacco companies say on the
packages that cigarettes can kill you. Ha. And you have the temerity to accuse my client of not taking
responsibility?


Boston Legal : either on TV, pirated DVD or Originals, reccomended.

Friday part 2

After work, I met up with lian for dinner, then after that we head on to this microbrewery and met up with souplad.

Archipelago microbrewery is one of its kind. My 2nd time actually. First time, the place was empty on a Saturday night. But friday is packed with people, from work, some farangs, and not to mention cute singapore girls.

They are popular for their handcraft beer, Traveller's Wheat, Trader's Ale and Straits Pale. Traders Ale i think its the more popular one. Lian likes it, I likes it , and Souplad likes it. Traders Ale have gula melaka you know. However, I prefer Straits Pale amongst the three because of it being more hoppy. Anyways, check out the website http://www.archipelagobrewery.com/ .
A good place to chill out especially when you get tired of those bottled beers. A place to round up a party of 3 -4 , more than that would be slight uncomfortable. Those beers are 10+ each.
Yes, it allows smoking, no 10% rule here yet.

my other favorite brewery would be Brewerkz which is famous for its IPA ( my fav).

After Archipelago, we adjourned to Rav with BeerBrat and an old friend who just got back from Japan. The website , http://www.rav.com.sg/ . Dead place. I was here 2 weeks ago with souplad and we can't get in cos its too pack but now its swatting fly ( ta wu ying). Talk about ups and downs of the entertainment industry. Anyways settle down here because of the promo (gimmick), buy one and get the next one for 10 cents, go figure.

Fun started when we played Liars Dice ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar ) . Loser drinks. After that, we played a slightly different version of the game. Instead of dices, we uses toothpicks. Ya, liar toothpicks. Had Hard time to figure out the game ( booze effect ) but eventually we did. Each player has 5 pieces of toothpicks. Each player will then choose the numbers of toothpick they wish to play. If you choose 2, take 2 toothpicks and clasped them in your fist. After all player put forward the fist with the toothpicks in it, 1st player start by guessing the minimum number of toothpicks he thinks is in this round. IT goes clockwise to the next player who has two choices now. Either he call it a bluff ( he thinks there are less toothpicks than the number he called) or he has to call out a new minimum which is higher than the previous one. The game continue until someone calls bluff, and then all fist open to reveal the total of the toothpicks there. IF the total toothpicks if more than the minimum called, the person who calls bluff, drinks. And if the total toothpicks is less than the minimum, the person who calls the minimum , drinks.




I think we shall call this Liar's toothpicks. ( Nga chim em kong dai wah).

We played untill wee hours in the morning and the last one in Rav.

This proceed on with supper and then home sweet home. Not bad for a friday night out.

Friday , I'm in love

Listening to Friday, I'm in love by The Cure and still working in an empty office (because its late and everyone has gone back). Sien...sometimes I hope I develop a hot body like the picture above and join the troupe entertaining ladies and get paid more than what I have now.

*Slap, stop dreaming and get back to work.

Post Independance, Merdeka so what

Post-Merdeka...recalling our history as we Malaysians in school have read in our history textbooks, here's a bried crash course. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hari_Merdeka

I am working today because Singapore isn't celebrating this day. They celebrated theirs, 22 days ago. I think they should celebrate because its also the day this little island got liberated from the colonials. Then I can have two holidays ma....

Kenny Sia blogs about how un-malaysian we can get, makes me wonder, maybe colonialisation happens in a different way today. Looks at how BIG MNCs flourishing in our country, how MTV invade our lives, every corner we have McDonalds, KFC and my favorite Starbucks. McD is like a family restaurant here when in US, its somewhere similar to our roti prata shop. I have friends who wanna be black, some who wanna be white, and some just wannabees. Don't get me wrong that I am against western culture and i am not a fundamentalist. I just envy the japanese and koreans because of the fact they can asimilate their culture and the western culture making them unique and strong.

So, creating our own unique identity and culture , will be day we merdeka.

A hot fact I got to know from a friend ,

si ngapura
Malaya ---> Malay a ---> Malaysia. 1963 thats when we got our name. This fact somehow got truncated out from our textbooks. Machiavellians !!!

Anyways, i find that malaysians are pretty united overseas, but squabbles back home. Hence the saying , never wash dirty laundry outside ma...:)

Bringing Down the IRs ?

Book Reviews ... I am poor at them. Never did a good job in school.

Anyways...told myself this year, I am going to read more.

I was at Borders and miss JB die Hard have some printed coupons for 20% discount. I didn't any titles in mind at that moment. Can't resist the temptation of such good discount, I scrounged around. I came across this book " Bringing down the House" at the gambling section.

I heard about this book before some time ago. So I bought it. Its about how a group of MIT students reveal how they manage to win millions from a few large casinos in Las Vegas and some other places legally. They played blackjack, which through the words of Kevin Lewis " BlackJack is the only game in the casino that is beatable over an extended period of time because blackjack is subject to continous probability.

To put it simply. Once an Ace is out, the chances of getting another ace in the deck reduces. Before I start reading the book, I thought these people have great memory skills, to be able to count the cards literally i.e. 3 ACE, 2 Kings...4 Queens...In fact , they have a system. ( see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_counting ) . Too bad , I can't use this techniques during Chinese New Year to win money. Sigh !!!

The book is more about how they work as a team and trust each other as a team.

A intriguing and good read for engineers(myself) or mathematicians. With the Singapore IR coming up, we can start practicing now because its perfecting legal. However, a casino can always refuse you.

A better review see , http://www.techsoc.com/bringing.htm

As for my reading, I am still stuck with Freakanomics, going to start Blink ( recomended by SoupLad ), and going to get Good Omen (recomended by VirginPornstar )

Happy Reading !!!

Ghost Game

Souplad, BeerBrat, a few others and I went to watch "Ghost Game", a thai made horror flick. Not a bad show. I googled it and it seems its a very controversial movie that sparks tension between Cambodia and Thailand. It seems that this movie is modelled after the Khmer Rouge torture. Go figure ... http://www.tharum.info/2006/05/10/ghost-game-film-made-in-thailand/ . Such cruelty existed in the past, and its over. Just be glad it ain't happening right now.

My review. Not very scary. Partly due to the fact I am not a fan of horror movies. It has an unexpected ending though.

Rating : 3/5 stars

Back to blogging...yes, I have been lazy.

a little intro.

I am a Malaysian. ( some ignorant ang-mor thinks I am Malay !!!)

Born, bred in a small town.

I speak Malay, English, hokkien, Cantonese and Mandarin(Malaysian style).

Glad my childhood is in the era with no Xbox, no extra tuition, no stress exams and seems my hometown is much of the world I know.

Went to a National School. Only bad thing is I didn't learn mandarin.

CLick ... fast forward ....

finished Local university ( trust me, getting in is like winning the lottery) , and now contributing to Singapore economy. Irony ain't it.

This will be the place where I rant all my life in Singapore. Here for 5 years already and I still say "bu de kong", " chi mei yi sia" .

Stay tuned.

Malaysians and Singaporeans differ in a way despite the proximity we shared. I have the best of both worlds. :P