Paint the World Green With Something Black

The advertisement goes, "Put on your green duds and join Dublin, New York, London, Tokyo and the rest of the world in celebrating St. Patrick's Day." Tokyo? Yeap, even the Japs parade on the street of Tokyo to celebrate this festival. Weird, wonder do they really know who St. Patrick was and what good had he done for them. But, Wth, just another excuse to get drunk.

The Irish celebrates the St. Patrick's Day on 17th March. On 15th March 2008, Guinness Draught, together with Sunrise have organized a St. Patrick's Day Festival at Plaza Mont' Kiara. Guinness was to giveaway 1000 pt of the famous premium black beer to early comers. That's why the slogan goes, "Paint the world green with something black."

By midday, we saw some of our expat neighbours were already getting ready in fancy dresses and were on their way over there. My kids happened to dress in green as well, so I suggested to them to pop over later.

Just after 5pm, it started to rain cats and dogs, and later reduced to drizzle. The sky remained gloomy, so we decided to scrap the plan. We didn't manage to paint the town green with something black, but with something grey.. I meant the gloomy sky.

The Aftermath of the Tsunami Election?

I had lunch with staff from TMB at the Sun and Surf Cafe at the Sunway Resort Hotel. Throughout the two hours, these guys were babbling on nothing but the recent General Election and the post-election issues.

Obviously the whole array of nicely displayed, mouth-watering, scrumptious, international gourmet did not excite them.

For the past week, all I faced was page upon page dwelling on what went so dreadfully wrong, or screen upon screen dwelling on what went so fantastically right ...... but enough is enough. I understand one is allowed to be emotional after an initial shock. But once the hullabaloo subsides, one has to do the right thing as soon as possible to ensure the return of normalcy.

The nicely sliced salmon was waving at me, so was the lovely lemon mousse cake ... Alright guys, you can talk until you need a jug of Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa.

I wouldn't give a damn.

Hmm.. Bon Appetite.

U-hu-hu and Hu-la-la Cheesecakes

The Loaf at the Pavilion has introduced its latest creation, the "U-hu-hu Cheesecakes", which is a collection of miniature cheesecakes. These cheesecakes, which are about the size of cupcakes, come in a variety of flavours and toppings.

According to The Loaf, the name "U-hu-hu" came from the gentle laughter that Japanese women have when they are pleased. It is a gesture of covering the mouth with the hand, muffling the laughter.

This has certainly inspired me to experiment a new flavoured cheesecake other than my usual Oreo Cheesecake or the Lemon Cheesecake. I decided to use strawberry flavoured gelatin and a digestive biscuit base. Here's my creation and I name it "Hu-la-la" coz laughters from my family isn't as gentle as the Japs. Fancy a slice?

Not The Queen's English

Extracted from an article by Nury Vittachi:

[In a fast food restaurant]

Legend :
Ffs - Fast food server (Asian speaking in bare-bones English)
C - Customer (Monolingual English American)

Ffs : Harlowelcumkaneye L.pyoo?

C : What?

Ffs : Harlowelcumkaneye L.pyoo?

C : Er, yes, I'd like one cheeseburger, please.

Ffs : Dull Swiss wit Baygon?

C : Excuse me?

Ffs : Dull Swiss wit Baygon?

C : Oh, no, I don't want a double-Swiss with baygon, I mean bacon. I just want a normal cheeseburger.

Ffs : Humbugger wit jees. Setter Al Eckart?

C : Pardon me?

Ffs : Setter Al Eckart?

C : Ah, got it. A la carte, please.

Ffs : One-for-rice wee tat?

C : Oh, yes, please, I want fries with that.

Ffs : Smormy dyumludj?

C : I'm sorry, would you mind....?

Ffs : Smormy dyumludj. U juan smor, me dyum, ludj?

C : Medium.

Ffs : Wad rink u juan?

C : Fresh orange juice, please.

Ffs : Fray soringe ad too duller. Chippa u buy set.

C : Okay, gimme a set.

Ffs : Wit set u juan?

C : Cheeseburger.

Ffs : Dull Swiss wit Baygon set?

C : Excuse me?

Ffs : You juan dull Swiss wit Baygon set?

C : No. I don't want - actually, maybe I do want Baygon. At least it would kill my appetite.

LV's Spring Collection 2008?

Catch a glimpse of the LV's Spring Collection for 2008.

Nope. These are not LV's collection, but VL's. Let's zoom into the labels.

抱著空氣

鄭嘉穎、周麗淇 - 抱著空氣 《最美麗的第七天》片尾曲

鄭嘉穎、周麗淇 - 抱著空氣

作曲: 鄧智偉
填詞: 陳詩慧
編曲: Johnny Yim

K: 談情時太美妙 但是已經告別了
痛愛每天困擾 是沒法可預料

N: 愛上你太奧妙 為甚要開這玩笑
看痛苦的破曉 伴著我的合照

* 合:曾快樂曾相戀 曾擁抱吻著你
曾吵架曾生氣 如今一一記起
如果心仍不死 容許我 掛念你
明知道迷戀你 而可惜沒法擺脫別離 抱著空氣

K: 說再見那暗示 現實要捨棄情意
N: 但是我想你知 事實我很在意

Repeat *

Procrastination

"Habitual procrastination undermines one's credibility, causes stress and prevents one from succeeding and growing both professionally and personally."

Well, well, don't I know that? But then, my "Things To Do" list seems to just get longer and longer. It is often full of unpleasant tasks I wish would just go away quietly... but of course they never do.

Some says, "Plan ahead so that one won't be able to use the excuse of "I don't have the time". But then, I have never complained about not having enough time. It is just when it comes to undesirable tasks, my energy levels and moods will immediately plunge to the bottom.

Other says, "Try eliminating those self-defeating messages and focus on the good feelings you will experience once the task is completed. " Hmm, sounds sensible, but how?

Yet another daunting task which I would rather leave it later. You get me now? I procastinate so much, it's a wonder anything ever gets done ...