Why can I never get a straight answer from a man? We’re planning a trip to Guernsey (an island) dead early tomorrow morning, so I need to know what time we have to leave so I can set my alarm.
Me: What time do we have to leave home?
Piers: No earlier than an hour before the time we have to be there – which is an hour before we sail (6 am).
Took me 11 minutes of questioning, during which time I got more riddles, before I received the answer: 4 am.
Piers “invented” a really delicious Asian snack combo: Prawn crackers with hoisin sauce! So proud of him!
I also found this awesome lemongrass-flavoured prawn crackers at Tesco. From Netherlands, but makers were Indoneisan settlers. Tastes so great when you dip into hoisin sauce (sparingly)!
Yeah I know my photos are missing from my blog header. Looks very funny, doesn’t it?
Nanny Wen (aka Buggy Wen aka Davienne) says it reminds her of Harry Potter’s moving picture people.
Guess my photos are taking a break. They’ve gone into hiding because it’s been raining a lot in England and the weather forecast says it’s going to hail tomorrow.
IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER!
Crazy or not.
I thought I’d be in discomfort for a year because I was finding it impossible to get used to Invisalign in my mouth. But just 11 days into it, I hardly feel it anymore.
Was playing on my iPad before bed last night when I suddenly couldn’t feel plastic in my mouth and for one horrifying moment, thought that I had forgotten to put my aligners back on after dinner, which was ages ago.
Turned out it’s just my mouth has started to adapt.
Quote of the day
Me: I want a pet duckling!
Piers: LOL why!!!
Me: Cos they’re so cute.
Piers: All baby things are cute! Except babies.
A transport provider in the UK just sent me an e-mail asking me to take part in an online survey to help improve services.
So I go there and answer two questions (age and last time I used the service) and they say:
“Thank you for your time. Unfortunately, you do not qualify for the survey as this time around we are looking to survey our more senior customers (over 60) only.”
WTF fail.
Was googling the difference between biscuits and cookies and got linked to a Yahoo! Answers page. This guy’s answer made me LOL.
“The difference between the biscuit and the cookie is the Atlantic.
Plus, American biscuit more like a savory scone
Plus English biscuit is an American cookie.
Plus English or American cookie is in your computer to do stuff that no one really understands.”
Being too ambitious (or greedy). Two heaped bowls of ricotta and spinach tortelloni in bolognese sauce, with six sausages and three baby zucchinis thrown into the mix. A roll of garlic bread and a bottle of wine. Delicious!
Yay I got white tulips! My favouritest flowers. :)
England has the most beautiful flowers. Tulips and roses in white with pale pink. Gerberas in strawberry milk pink. Makes me happy!
Just read in detail about foot binding in ancient China. I always thought they just wrapped up the feet during infancy to stop them from growing.
But, no! They wait till the girl is 4-7 years old, then break her toes and arch bones so that the toes can curl under the sole. Without anaesthesia.
After wrapping the monstrous creation tightly, the girl is then forced to walk on her broken feet so her weight can help crush them into shape. The feet are crushed and rebound daily for like two years! WTF is wrong with people?!
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Camwhoring is indeed an art form…
Question: What exactly is “economical” rice? I see those stalls at the hawker centres and wonder, how is it “economical”??
@abraxis: ya, it used to be economical. Nowadays it is more like extortion rice
@sheylara: Many photos but not much variety leh. I was hoping to see more expressions and different cute dresses.
abraxis: haha art form, that’s a good one. But there’s some truth in there. Um, economical rice is quite economical lah. It’s one of the cheapest fulfilling meals you can get in Singapore (I mean if you’re eating out.)
tiger4: These were all taken by myself within 2 days leh. For cute dress photos, I have to arrange professional photoshoot… which I have no time to. Haha. :P
And I don’t get why people always want to see more expressions. The purpose of camwhore photographs is to bring a smile to people’s faces and not scare people silly with weird expressions.
You don’t see celebrities make all kinds of funny expressions when they do photoshoots! They all just give their best smile or look.
@Sheylara: That’s the reason why the more we need to see a celebrity (aka you) show some funny faces. Everyone put up their best side and smile, after a while it becomes so boring. Dun have to be weird expressions, some cute “tongue sticking out doing the V sign” expression is quite refreshing sometimes. :P
Like those 五连拍.
Dowan lah, I already have enough people accusing me of acting cute. With tongue and V sign it’s gonna be worse. Haha. :P
Continued from Stomp:
Sheylara, I hate to see you reduce yourself to the level of “bimbo” to achieve your goals. The only difference between the Sheylara who writes on her blog and the Sheylara who is in feature films is the way she thinks about it. If you think that being a “bimbo” and “camera whoring” is the path that will guide you in the direction of your goal, then you are misguided. Align yourself correctly and will get you what you need.
Yoiyoiii made a very good point about addition that applies to everything. It’s not the substance you are addicted to, it the pleasurable result the substance gives you.
This applies to everything we do in life. I doubt the “bimbo” and “camera whoring” give you what you need. They only give you what you want. And what you want is clouded by what you think you need. And that is ego.
If you free yourself from what is in the mirror and know that you are not that reflection, but you are the person observing that reflection, then you will begin to see the truth that all of life’s problems, obstacles, road blocks stem from within. Overcome what is within and you break all the bonds that keep hold you back.
You are not that reflection. You are not that image in the pictures. You ARE the talents and feelings that make Sheylara. Searching outwardly for issues that are inwardly will result in only wasted time.
Time to put those past 10 years in the past and live in this moment. Now is what matters. Not that person in the mirror. The person who is observing you in the mirror is the only one that can reach the goals you have set.
Is there a reason to post this here? I already replied you in Stomp.
No, you can remove it :)
keep your passion going lady ((: it’s your very own avenue of expression. there’s always sadists who explore all avenue to criticise/upset. heck with them i suggest.
keep blogging. tony leung’s teary eyes! it’s smokin!! haha
keep your passion going, lady ((: it’s your very own avenue of expression. there’s always sadists who explore all avenue to criticise/upset. heck with them i suggest.
keep blogging. tony leung’s teary eyes! it’s smokin!! haha
Hmm…based on what I’ve seen, like Tiger4 writes, Economical Rice doesn’t seem economical; seems more like market rate rice.
I usually hit the wantanmee stand at Bugis, behind the OG or the beef noodle stand at Seah Lim Food Center if I want a cheapie meal. I’ll take a closer look at “economical rice” next visit and investigate how it’s considered “economical”…
I think that you should continue what you like to do…it is not easy to find something fun for yourself to.
souvenirs: Thank you for your kind words! Much appreciated! But what’s with the Tony Leung reference?
abraxis: Hmm… but wantan mee not as filling as economical rice leh. :P
Aaron: Thank you muchly! It’s very heartening to know there are people who support what I do. :)
… ‘mirror mirror on the wall…’
^,^