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3 Comments » Looking at the Goonfather’s Facebook ads, and then looking at my own, I feel rather… frivolous.
I also feel somewhat guilty for playing Restaurant City on the Goonfather’s Facebook account, which possibly messes up his profiling and confuses the advertising engine.
Because, once in a while, he gets silly ads for silly Facebook games. LOL.
No Comments » I dreamt that I dreamt that I was eating some very amazing Danish butter cookies (those we can’t find anymore, or I don’t know where to find the good ones).
I dreamt that I woke up craving butter cookies and was happy to see an unopened packet from a CNY hamper.
On my way to grab it, I got distracted by other things, as dreams go, so I didn’t eat it.
Then I woke up and realised that it had all been a dream and there are no butter cookies.
17 Comments » Who was the one who came up with the stupid PR phrase: “Can I trouble you to [insert request]?”
I know it’s supposed to be a tactful, polite way of asking for something, but what is wrong with “please”??
Why use five words instead of one?
“Can I trouble you to” sounds condescending to me. It’s the same as saying, “I’m going to give you a nasty task but I don’t want you to hate me for it so I shall pretend that I’m asking you a favour so you’ll feel awesome instead,” but in fewer words.
Someone came up with this phrase and everyone thought it was a great idea and started using it. I don’t doubt it works on most people but I see it for what it is!!!
Can I trouble you to comment?
6 Comments » You might expect that I would write about the Jack Neo scandal eventually.
I knew it the very day Wendy Chong’s name came to everyone’s lips, about a week ago. I knew that it was going to become the Star Blog topic for this week, and I was right. LOL.
As you all know, I don’t like to write about scandals and gossips, preferring to live in my dream world where everything is happy and everyone is nice to each other.
But life gets in the way and I choose to live it instead of commiting suicide, so I have to live by its rules, unfortunately.
So, here’s my take on the Jack Neo saga and my personal encounters with him.
TYVM.
5 Comments » Something cute for a Sunday evening!
The latest from icanhascheezburger:
It’s funny, although not necessarily my favourite lolcat.
Just thought to mention it cos it reminds me of Conehead Zombie in Plants vs Zombies!
Read the description!
The PVZ guide to all the plants and zombies has the most irrelevant but funny stories.
A few of my favourite ones:
Too funny and cute for words! I would like to kiss the writer of these funny descriptions.
No, I’m no longer obsessed over Plants vs. Zombies. Because I’m obsessed over Dynomite, instead.
No, no. Really. I managed to get some work done last night and today. Slowly but surely ticking off all the items on my planner!
You might be asking, then, why am I reading lolcats when I’m supposed to be working?
Cos I follow ICHC on Plurk so I get updates instantly lah. I have a few things open on my screen 24/7 and Plurk is one of them. Gmail is another.
Awright, back to work!
Heh.
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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