During my early days in England, I was homesick and probably wore a perpetual woeful expression.
One day, a cheerful chappie, came up to me and said "Cheer up - things could be worse!
This form of optimism proved to be the first of many English traits I've picked up.
Today I read Paul Krugman's blog in the "New York Times".
The following extract caught my attention.
"Right now I feel like the guy who was told, “Cheer up — things could be worse!” So he cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse."
Which explains why I'm a pessimistic optimist!!
Spouting oxymorons is the second trait I picked up!!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Grateful is as Grateful does
Following on from last week-end's adventures with the car and the knackerd battery... the Sith Lord expressed surprise that I returned his Kia with a full tank of petrol and some additional parking coupons.
Well it's only fair that I did so as an expression of gratitude for helping me out in a tight spot.
However, he further mentioned that as I had gone to the trouble of doing all that, he was surprised that I hadn't actually washed and polished the Kia as well.
Well... if only it had been the beemer...
maybe a trip to this car wash would have been on the cards. ;-)
Well it's only fair that I did so as an expression of gratitude for helping me out in a tight spot.
However, he further mentioned that as I had gone to the trouble of doing all that, he was surprised that I hadn't actually washed and polished the Kia as well.
Well... if only it had been the beemer...
maybe a trip to this car wash would have been on the cards. ;-)
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Mum
In the last week, mum had a little bit of a turn. It turned out that her blood sugar level was low as she has been reducing her food intake recently.
So the doctors have now to readjust her medication to stabilise her system. This may take some time as she is on 12 different types of pills! Overall she's fine; bar some fine tuning of the drugs.
I must thank Ser Heng for having a look at and advising on her long list of medication.
So the doctors have now to readjust her medication to stabilise her system. This may take some time as she is on 12 different types of pills! Overall she's fine; bar some fine tuning of the drugs.
I must thank Ser Heng for having a look at and advising on her long list of medication.
Antonio Bourdain III
From the information provided by Sitemeter, I've noticed that the vast majority of my casual visitors from afar afield as Slovenia, Spain or America, chance upon the blog after searching for "Antonio Bourdain". This probably means that there must be many, many searches for this cool dude.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Jackie Chan Comes to Town
Jackie Chan was in town last week-end.
Not him...
Her!!!
fresh from her 18 month stint with the International Olympic Broadcast Organisation in Beijing; bearing tales of the recent Beijing Olympics.
Well it was an incident packed weekend.
It began as usual in Jim's Cottage, where we had some drinks with the usual gang. As the Sith Lord had arranged a BBQ at his home, we got ready to leave at about 8pm. I got to my car, only to find that the battery was flat! Since no one had jump leads, we decided to call on AAM to come to attend to the matter. As some of the gang was staying on for a further discussion, Wong decided to loan me his pick-up for Jackie and me to head for the BBQ, while they stayed on to to talk and wait for AAM.
With a squeal of delight, Jackie said, "It's a pick-up!! I'll drive!!!" So off we went to the BBQ. At the BBQ, news came that AAM turned up without a battery!!! So the decision was made to leave the car overnight at the pub as Stephen had volunteered his Kia as a loaner to get us home. (Unfortunately the keys to the 2 Beemers were kept securely out of sight!!)
As for the BBQ, the Sith Lord had as usual provided far too much food, and although the food was excellent, (those excellent lamb sausages must be mentioned here) more food was left over then was consumed. Looks like the Tams will be eating left-overs for the next few days.
On Saturday, it was a slow start to the day. Having finally got our asses in gear, we had a Yong Tou Foo lunch; after which we got Dr. Ho, the mechanic, out with a replacement battery to get the car going, only to find that it was losing a little water, so the good Dr. took the car back to his work-shop to fix the leak.
Having done that, it was back to the flat for a little snooze, then the 6 million dollar question, "What's for dinner?" Jackie actually fancied some wine followed by some local coffee-shop food.
So we went over to Harpers, to find that the menu has changed. They're now more of a Tapas Bar, then a Wine Bar Restaurant. So obviously we had to try out the Tapas!!! We went for a selection which included a good Garlic Mushroom dish and an unforgettable pan fried fish with Wahsabi mash.
After Harpers it was off to "Siang Malam" for the Curry Wan Tan Noodles with the lot. (i.e. with additional Chicken, Char Siew and Siew Yok" Then it was off home for GnTs and the football. Naturally, we fell asleep watching the football.
As Jackie had to be home in Singapore for her nephew's birthday lunch, she had to leave early on Sunday, still with a full belly.
All in all an enjoyable and eventful weekend.
Not him...
Her!!!
fresh from her 18 month stint with the International Olympic Broadcast Organisation in Beijing; bearing tales of the recent Beijing Olympics.
Well it was an incident packed weekend.
It began as usual in Jim's Cottage, where we had some drinks with the usual gang. As the Sith Lord had arranged a BBQ at his home, we got ready to leave at about 8pm. I got to my car, only to find that the battery was flat! Since no one had jump leads, we decided to call on AAM to come to attend to the matter. As some of the gang was staying on for a further discussion, Wong decided to loan me his pick-up for Jackie and me to head for the BBQ, while they stayed on to to talk and wait for AAM.
With a squeal of delight, Jackie said, "It's a pick-up!! I'll drive!!!" So off we went to the BBQ. At the BBQ, news came that AAM turned up without a battery!!! So the decision was made to leave the car overnight at the pub as Stephen had volunteered his Kia as a loaner to get us home. (Unfortunately the keys to the 2 Beemers were kept securely out of sight!!)
As for the BBQ, the Sith Lord had as usual provided far too much food, and although the food was excellent, (those excellent lamb sausages must be mentioned here) more food was left over then was consumed. Looks like the Tams will be eating left-overs for the next few days.
On Saturday, it was a slow start to the day. Having finally got our asses in gear, we had a Yong Tou Foo lunch; after which we got Dr. Ho, the mechanic, out with a replacement battery to get the car going, only to find that it was losing a little water, so the good Dr. took the car back to his work-shop to fix the leak.
Having done that, it was back to the flat for a little snooze, then the 6 million dollar question, "What's for dinner?" Jackie actually fancied some wine followed by some local coffee-shop food.
So we went over to Harpers, to find that the menu has changed. They're now more of a Tapas Bar, then a Wine Bar Restaurant. So obviously we had to try out the Tapas!!! We went for a selection which included a good Garlic Mushroom dish and an unforgettable pan fried fish with Wahsabi mash.
After Harpers it was off to "Siang Malam" for the Curry Wan Tan Noodles with the lot. (i.e. with additional Chicken, Char Siew and Siew Yok" Then it was off home for GnTs and the football. Naturally, we fell asleep watching the football.
As Jackie had to be home in Singapore for her nephew's birthday lunch, she had to leave early on Sunday, still with a full belly.
All in all an enjoyable and eventful weekend.
Mama Mia!!
The following is one of the funniest tales I heard last week.
Apparently there is a contract manufacturer based in Klang, who is planning a company outing for it's staff to watch Mama Mia.
The chaps with the key to the executive toilet are watching the West-end musical; the others are watching the film!!!!
Apparently there is a contract manufacturer based in Klang, who is planning a company outing for it's staff to watch Mama Mia.
The chaps with the key to the executive toilet are watching the West-end musical; the others are watching the film!!!!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Football Refocus
I was watching ESPN's "Football Focus" with John Dykes earlier tonight; I could not help feeling embarrassed for the punters as they struggled with the subject of the BPL club debt. Apart from Jamie Reeves, these ex-footballers just do not know anything about economics. So boys, from now on, please stick to the foot-ball!!!
Monday, October 13, 2008
Marmite III
Here's some new pictures of Marmite after going to the Hair-dresser's... or after an accident with a lawn-mower.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Kakistocracy... a Malay word?
Just read this article from the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7659954.stm
The one one word which stood out from that list of 50 is kakistocracy which actually means; government by the worst persons; which I'm convinced has it's roots in Malay, where as in Malaysia; there runs a government where certain "kakis" get into power!!!
In reality it's roots are actually Greek, but don't you love the coincidence??
The one one word which stood out from that list of 50 is kakistocracy which actually means; government by the worst persons; which I'm convinced has it's roots in Malay, where as in Malaysia; there runs a government where certain "kakis" get into power!!!
In reality it's roots are actually Greek, but don't you love the coincidence??
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Briefly
Was just informed that sub-titles are available for all Asia Food Channel programmes. Wonder what they are like for Gordon Ramsey's shows??
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Marmite II
Some more pictures of Marmite
Here's Marmite trying to look sweet
Sill trying to look sweet.
Ah well... truth will out!!!
Porn for Women
During my travels around the web, I came across a video clip entitled "Fantasy Porn for Women".
So being a curious soul I clicked on the link...... and guess what I saw??
Here's the link http://www.revver.com/video/991641/fantasy-porn-for-women/
So being a curious soul I clicked on the link...... and guess what I saw??
Men doing housework and looking after the baby!!!
Laugh!!!! Well I almost peed in my pants.
And by the way, if you were wondering how I chanced across this item, I was googling Dog training, came upon "My Dog Watching Porn LOL" ... as you would do; clicked on that, then "Fantasy Porn for Women" appeared in a relevant list. (Hey, I wasn't searching for 'those' sites....well not this time anyway ;-))
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Out of Topic
Having read some Malaysian forums lately, the phrase; "out of topic" jumps up at me.
This seems to suggest that the contributor has run out of ideas,but in fact the phrase is used to convey the fact that the contributor wishes to digress from the main thrust of the discussion. An aside as it were. Going off at an tangent even.
Oh!.... the joys of Manglish. (Malaysian English) Don't you just love that Portmanteau word? Doesn't it conjure up an image of English being mangled!?!
This seems to suggest that the contributor has run out of ideas,but in fact the phrase is used to convey the fact that the contributor wishes to digress from the main thrust of the discussion. An aside as it were. Going off at an tangent even.
Oh!.... the joys of Manglish. (Malaysian English) Don't you just love that Portmanteau word? Doesn't it conjure up an image of English being mangled!?!
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