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I need to be on a strict diet and exercise regime, period.

Absolutely Valentine

Valentine's Day is here...

To whom all I love and adore, Happy Valentine's Day.

I went to Wikipedia and read some about the origins of it. It seems there are many versions of its origins, but for sure its name after Christians matyrs named Valentine. 2 versions which I like are ...

One version is on the eve of Valentine, Mr Valentine who was due to be persecuted, passed a love letter to the jailer's daughter , "from your valentine ..."

Another version is St Valentine secretly arrange Roman soldiers to get married when Emepror Claudius of that time ban roman soldiers from getting married.

And the rest is history. It became a holiday, then into a festival, then a custom, and now, a gimmick. Why do we need a day to remind each other how much we love them ?

Interestingly, in Japan and Korea, the ladies is accustomed to give candy and chocolates to whom they like. Then the following month, on the 14th, the men give back. To the flower shops, chocolate shops, gift shops,...it means more money !!!...I think i am being cynical. By the way, March 14th is call a White Day.

I like Black Day the best which is on April 14th. The singles get their own day to celebrate if they didn't get any either on February, MArch 14th. They will gather and eat Chinese noodles with black sauce. I bet alcohol is involved as well.

Read more about it here ,.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentines

So everyone get a piece of the fun. There are many many more varitations to this holiday.

Not to mention one, the Chinese Valentine, but thats another story.

To the singles...its SAD ( Single Awareness Day ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singles_Awareness_Day

Valentine to me, is ...just another day. Because, St Valentine send love letters to his love every other day as well. Why only we remember the day when he was killed ?

I am not againts Valentine Days, just a piece of advice... don't get ripped off.

Absolut Gong Hei

Chinese New Year is coming soon,

We will all be receiving this,




















Why Don't we get these...




















Drink and be merry tis season and Drink Responsibly,

Don't ...





















Gong Hey Fat Choy !!!

The Beauty Trap

Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, were two famous characters in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms where they fall out because of a women. The beautiful lady was a strategic move by the court ministers to diminish the power of Dong Zhuo, the current prime minister during that period. Lu Bu was his son, a great general in the Army.

Humans being humans, undoubtly superficial. Pretty things, are always in favor more than its lesser counterparts in comparison. Its natural.

This is dedicated to my friend and of cos myself because we are merely normal man. We got weak at the sight of pretty ladies.

Todays incident, my friend was sitting, reading chilling out at Mc Cafe. Behold , a few feet away, seated therein 3 gorgeous ladies. I knew because he was excitedly sms-ing me. My friend, if you are reading this, you know who you are.

Then came a little girl, approaching my friend for donation. My friend in the presence of 3 beautiful swans, graciously, generously whipped out his wallet. Imagine the look at his face, when his wallets contains no less than a 50 dollar note. Unwantingly to emebarass himself, he generously gives the girl 50 dollar. The little girl, shockingly, keep thanking him for such a generous offer. And my friend, in depth...just labeled himself as "sucker".

When he tells me this, which he shouldn't, I keep laughing. Well, I do have my fair share being a sucker to pretty girls.

So, beautiful people, being pretty is a gift. Use it for the benefit of the society, go gather donations. Do you know NKF always put the pretty ladies to get donations from us?

SSB

I am probably one of fewer guys who admittedly watched Sex and the City. Yes, most guys don't but they probably sneaked their girlfriend and wives 's copies and fantasize on Samantha when they are not around. ITs a good sitcom, with the only thing I envy is..they can eat eat eat and party..and still look gorgeuos.

SSB, a term i gotten from one of the episodes. Its "Single Secret Behavior". Carrie define it as something secret you do when you are alone and single which is not for the public roving eye,, not even the partner. Its probably to be shared with the closest, most intimate significant other.

I know I have a couple. Have you ?

I want, I need, I desire

There are many things in life that one live for, fight for, earn for.

When you spend you keep or wages, self help books on finance always urged you to seperate it into Wants and Needs.

Its simple.

Need takes the highest priority. A must have. Things like shelter, food, water...etc

Want would probably be something you like and enjoy but its not a must have. And you are able to afford it after saving some money for it.

But I would like to introduce Desire. Desire and want shares a thin line seperating them.

I view desire as wicked, something you want but hard to get or can't get. Something not always tangible. Something belonging to someone, or someone has. Desire is the highest of want. Usually its sexually related. haha.

I desire ...

Desire is what makes out life more coloful and fun.

Kawan, Peng You, Friends

Sometimes I see someone familiar while walking, but you just couldn't recall his/her name. What do I do ? Or perhaps, someone you see while taking the bus or train seems like was introduced to you before. You remember the face , but can't recall.

A. Act blur, look at another direction or divert to another direction.
B. Look at his/her and see if he/she smiles to you or like yourself looking towards other direction.
C. Walk up to her and say " Hi, How are you doing ? " and go blah blah blah...hoping for him/her to reply " err...sorry, but i can't remember your name" or worse still, he/she remembers.
D. Smile and Nod if he/shelooks back at you.

These are Hi Bye friends. Friends who are introduced to you by your friends once or twice but failed to make a conversation ( conversations that lasts more than 30 minutes) or connection.

Honestly, I pick A nd D. When I pick B, the other party seems to pick A. Probably I am fugly or deem as someone dangerous. :P

Pretty obvious I classify friends. Some of my friends don't classify friends. All their friends are friends. What I meant, friends excluding girlfriend which of cos needs to be special. My take is , humans are bias, so the tendancy to classification either intentionally or not, is there.

Friends classification usually is segregated on how closely one is to the person usually based on the feeling of Trust. The closer and more priviledged friends , the more Trust existed beyond them. Trust is a very thin line, often breaks if one party betrays the Trust intentionally or unintentionally for his/her benefit. Some segregate friends by benefits. The more mutual benefits they get from each other , the closer they are. Hence...friends with benefits. haha !!!

Others can classify through clans, i.e. same village, same school. or through interest/hobbies, i.e biking friends, Dancing friends, golfing friend..etc and well...I can't think of anymore.

As for me...Trust.

Favorite Things

What are your favorite things that makes you happy ?

I like the fresh crisp touch and smell on a new sun dried pillow.

I like the smell of a garden after a light shower of rain.

I like the the a view from the top over the city.

I like the sounds of a bustling morning in the city.

I like the smell of roasted meat.

I like to dip my hand into the sack of rice.

I never realised these are little things that cheer me up. Watching Amelie, makes me realised them. Go watch Amelie, great show.

What are favorite things ?

Kopitiam Prank...

Following the popular RK house prank ...no pork..which is subsequently banned in youtube probably due to religious sensitivity.

the eat-free-nothin-to-do-but-daring-guys hit on the kopitiam unca. Not as funny as the predecessor but manage to hit my funny bone nonetheless.