Did You Know?

My brother showed me a gift he received from NUS (National University of Singapore). It's a planner book created by the Dentistry students over in the NUS. The book looks quite cool and inside the book, there are 2 pages of interesting facts. How many of the following do you know?

1. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

2. The person who invented the electric chair was a dentist.

3. Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.

4. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.
Spades- King David
Clubs- Alexander the Great
Hearts- Charlemagne
Diamonds- Julius Caesar

5. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

6. If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.

7. The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.

8. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

9. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

10. If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

11. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

12. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

13. Right-handed people live. on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.

14. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

15. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

16. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

17. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

Dull posts...

I've been wanting to write for so long. I would like to write a new post with all those pictures I have taken these days attached to it. But I can't find the cable that connects my mobile phone to my laptop. Where have I put it? I really have no idea. Without it, I can't transfer my pictures to my laptop. And without the pictures, my posts will be dull. Cable, oh cable! Return to me, please!!

Stop Telling Me You're Not Free

His favourite quotes:

1. 我很忙啊！不要吵我！(I'm very busy! Please do not disturb me!)
2. 你以为我很得空啊？(You think I'm very free?)
3. 不要来烦我。。。(Do not disturb me!)
4. 我很忙。我有很多东西要做。(I'm very busy. I have a lot of work to do.)

Even when I asked him why does he always use these quotes, he still replied me with the above utterances...How am I supposed to communicate with you if you keep telling me these things? Sigh... incurable...

别乱认妈

Last week. My mum's phone rang.

Mum : 喂? (Hello)
Caller: 妈！！ 救我！！救我！！ (Mum! Help me!! Help me!!)

Mum smelled something fishy.

Mum : 你是谁？(Who are you?)
Caller: 我是你儿子啊！妈！快救我！(I'm your son! Mum! Help me quick!)

Notice that the caller refused to tell my mum his name.

Mum : 你从哪里打来的？(Where did you call from?)

Again, the caller refused to answer my mum's question.

Caller: 妈！快来救我！！我是你儿子啊！难道你要见死不救？(Mum! Come and save me! ! I'm your son! Do you wish to leave your son and see him die?)

My mum hang up the phone and dialed my brother's handphone. He answered my mum's call with a groggy "hello". As expected, it's just a fraud or a hoax.

A Day Easy to Remember

This Singapore celebrity couple is getting married. When? Tomorrow! What a great day to get married! On my birthday? So easy for me to remember! lol!! Some of you might recognise them... The guy is from Malaysian anyway...

And how about the couple below?? Both are Singapore artists too and I bet most of you recognise them! Fann Wong and Christopher Lee! Similar to Shaun, Christopher is also from Malaysia. And Christopher and Fann will be registering their marriage on the 16th of May- It's Hsuen Huey's birthday!! Easy to remember too! Hehe!!

The good thing about their wedding is...I have something to watch on TV! Tomorrow Shaun & Michelle's wedding will be live on TV. So at least there's another programme for me to watch to kill time! hehe!

Skating, Sick and Smile...

It's been a while since I produce any new posts. This blog is going to become an "abandoned house" if not because of some cheeky monkeys that is chattering here to make it more lively. Thank you all anyway. And do pardon me for this long absence. It's not that there's nothing to write. On the contrary, there are so many ideas for my blog I think I'll just summarise some and omit the rest.
Where shall I start?

4 May
First, I have to thank the "ice-skating group" for the wonderful trip. This is my first time stepping on a huge slab of ice. I can't describe how unbalance I was on that piece of ice. My knees were wobbling. And of course, as expected, I fell. But hey! Even falling can be fun! hahaha! Ask Irene and Su Teng. They'll tell you the same too.... Although I would prefer to fall in a better looking pose as that of Teng Teng. lol! Anyway, if you ask me, you don't learn anything if you never fall.

We had our dinner at Delifrance. Eating, chatting and playing with the food. Of course nothing short of a few pictures taken there. The staff there doesn't seem to be very good in photography so we had to think of our own means to take group photos.

Surprisingly, Teng Teng, Irene and the rest came up with the idea of having second round shortly after our dinner. And yeah!! We went SS2 to have our supper!! I didn't eat though... just ordered a hot drink to suppress my poor runny nose.

And there goes the last day of exam. I reached home at around midnight. Took a bath....the result is... I was down with fever, flu and cough.

5 May
Suffered from a feverish night. My body was still weak. But I have no choice but to wake up early to meet my supervisor. I did not feel any better even after having lunch with Irene. When I reached S17, I knew I have to postpone the trip back to hometown. I can't even walk properly.
And so I slept and slept and slept. I believe I have just set a new record. Never in my life have I slept so much. I slept at 12.30pm, woke up at 2pm, slept again at 4pm, woke up at 5pm, slept again at 6....and it goes on until almost midnight. Obviously, the time when I was asleep is longer than the time when I was awake. lol!

6 May
I felt much much better! The fever's gone!! Almost all of my energy's back! Woohoo! Since I felt much better, I thought of doing what I had planned to do some time ago- clean my room and the house. I did not manage to clean the whole house...but at least I cleaned my room, the living room, the wash basin and the porch. No worries. I'll continue with the cleaning when I'm back to PJ! :)

Today
Finally I can go back!! Yoohoo!! Had an early lunch with Boon Pei in PA before setting off to puduraya. I managed to catch a 2.30pm bus to JB. There was a few foreigners in the bus- White man, Black man....

Not long after I collapsed on the seat of the travel bus, sweating all over, in came an old Indian man who sat not far from me. He tried to adjust his seat but failed. So I pointed to the level at the side of the seat and mouthed "Tarik". He smiled and pulled the level beside his seat. Seeing that his seat still would not recline, I bent over and helped him pull the seat down.

The old man turned over, smiled and pointed to the leg rest and asked "This one?" I know there should be another level under the leg rest but I could not see any. So the old man called one of the puduraya staff who happened to board the bus. The guy just threw him a "rosak". The Indian old man did not seem to understand so he asked again. This time, the staff was annoyed. He yelled at the old man, "Rosak! R-O-S-A-K! Rosak!"

The old man managed to pull the leg rest halfway up but feeling annoyed, gave up and changed to sit behind the tall white guy.

Next, a Black guy boarded the bus and happened to sit at that exact particular seat. This guy, however, does not like to have the leg rest up. He tried to push the halfway-up leg rest back into its original position but failed. And he so happened to have asked the same rude staff about how to push the leg rest back. He was given the same attitude.

"Rosak!!" the staff yelled.

Feeling annoyed like the Indian old man, this Black guy too, changed seat.

Sigh... What a shame...Is this Malaysians' attitude? How embarrassing!

At somewhere near Tangkak, the bus finally stopped for a while. Many people went down to stretch their legs. As usual, I did not. I just listen to the music I saved in my handphone while watching another bus pulling into the car park beside our bus.

Slowly, one by one the passengers return to the bus. I looked up and happened to meet the eyes of the extremely TALL white guy. Yeah... Even when he's sitting I can see that he's tall. He smiled so I smiled back.

Not long after that, the driver boarded the bus and asked a few passengers whether they are going Singapore. Most of them that were asked are those foreigners. They nodded and was told to change to the bus next to us.

The Indian old man, nervously stood up and muttered something to the driver but he was ignored. Poor man... Panicked, the old man picked up his luggage as if he wanted to follow. Realising no one answering the old man's question, the Tall White Guy turned to the old man.

The Tall Guy: Singapore? (He used the simplest question he could think of so that the old man can understand him)
The Old Man: Yes!
The Tall Guy: Next bus. (I can't remember the exact words but I think this is what he said)

Bless the guy for being so nice to the old man! So they all moved over to the next bus.

While waiting, I looked out of the window and I was surprised to see that the tall guy happened to sit at the same row as me in the bus next to us. He looked up, saw me and his whole face brightened up. He broke into a HUGE smile and gave me a VIGOROUS wave. Although I could not hear anything, I can see him mouthing "HI!!"

It's such a friendly gesture I couldn't help but returned a big smile. Seriously, part of me wanted to laugh. I've never seen anyone giving a stranger such a vigorous wave and such a friendly smile as if we know each other. But in fact, we've never spoken to each other...Not even a WORD!LOL!

Before the bus pull out from the parking lot, I turned to look out. Again, his face broke into the same BIG SMILE and WAVED me goodbye. I waved and smiled back in return. The Indian girl sitting behind me must be thinking we know each other. XD

Don't think I could forget that HUGE SMILE and that VIGOROUS WAVE for some time. What a friendly man! He had certainly brought a smile to my face. If only the puduraya staff and the bus driver would be friendlier like him! If I were to compare the different people I met on the bus today, I would have been very ashamed of my fellow Malaysians.

To the tall guy- Bravo for being so friendly and nice to those surrounding you. I'm not sure where are you from but no matter which country you are from, they should be very proud to have you as their citizen.

To Malaysians-I hope there'll be improvement from local people. Malaysia boleh! So I know Malaysians can do it! I hope there will be no more rudeness the next time I boarded the bus.

Self- Praise 2

Situation 1
C : BP, I tell you something. Chinese class Lecturer Z hor, said my oral [presentation]
BP : [Don't tell me. I already know (what you want to say).]
C : No la...You don't know de... [He said...]
BP : [I know].
C :*continues without stopping* he said my oral presentation is very zhun(accurate).
BP : =.='''

Author's note: BP has already made it clear she doesn't want to hear it. Why do you still want to force her to hear you self- praising yourself??

Situation 2
WK: How's your Chinese presentation?
C : (straight away answered) He said my Chinese very chun. *she meant to say zhun accurate*
Of course la...
*WK and I were like =.=''' as she continued*
My Chinese very chun.
WK: It's zhun not chun.
C : (laughed sheepishly) No la... I'm using dialect ma...

Author's note: chun and zhun has different meaning. If you mean chun then it doesn't connect with what you said at all. So I assume you mean zhun. Sigh...If you can't even pronounce zhun properly, how can you still say that your pronunciation is zhun (accurate)??? wakarimasen...

Situation 3
Context: After teased her about getting a guy for her.
BP: What time is your class tomorrow?
C : Huh?
BP: *repeats* What time is your class tomorrow.
C : You know what? Just now a guy called me.

BP's note: I know u want to say you got 'market' la... no need to show off. Come to think of it, you're just thinking too much. Receiving a call from a guy is actually nothing. Why do you have to mention it at all? Probably this is the only guy whoever called you.

Situation 4
Context: C called BP...for fun...as usual... *this irritates BP a lot* Shown below is only part of their conversation.
C : You didn't pull out the plugs right? I pulled it off before I left just now because got lightning.
BP : Oh is it? Thanks!
*BP hang up the phone*
Me: What did she say?
BP : Bla bla bla....she said she pulled out the plugs.
Me: What?!! I'M the one pulling out the plugs, not her! OMG! She can even show off things she has not done!! =.='''


Her criteria for her future spouse:
- 176cm and above
- cannot be fat, not too thin either
- someone like Brad Pitt (must be handsome la...)
- fair
- no body hair
- High qualification (Phd. level)
- knows how to play piano
- knows how to draw
- loves cars and watches
- health- conscious (must eat organic food everyday)
- cannot wear shorts
(The list goes on...It's too long. I can remember only these)

Author's note: If I can find any guys who are perfect, I would want to keep it for myself la... When will it be your turn. WK has already hinted by telling you if you have such a high expectation on people, they will also have high expectations on you (meaning how can you have such a high expectation on people when you yourself don't meet normal people's expectation?).
But it's such a pity you didn't get WK's meaning. It seems that you really think too highly of yourself. Actually from what I've seen, it's not that you really have those quality. You are just exaggerating whatever little quality you have and then look down on others. Sometimes, I really can't stand to hear you criticise people when you yourself are no better. =.='''

Situation 5
Context: We teased her a lot about looking for a guy for her.
C : BP, what you all said is true or not?
BP: What?
C : There....about finding a guy for me ar..
BP: Oh...you really want is it? Of course we're serious about it laa... *BP wanted to tease her more*
C : Yer...No la..you all ar...better don't...

Author's note: Seems like you like it very much. Don't have to deny. Otherwise you wouldn't have asked at least twice.

Situation 6
Context: C had never cleaned her room since she moved in. It's always BP doing the work. Whenever BP asked her to clean the room, she'll give lots of excuse...usually her excuse is she's busy (I wonder how busy she can be. Busier than us, the final year students?) It's already April. So BP can't stand it anymore and decided to make her do it.

In an afternoon...
C : BP, I can't sleep la.
BP: Don't sleep then. Get up and clean the room.
*C stood at the door*
C : Where is the broom?
*BP almost felt like slapping her*
BP: Go and find la!! You want me to bring it here to you??
*BP helped her move some things while C swept the floor*
*C stopped and wait for BP to move her (C's) things*
BP: What? Move your things la... How are you going to sweep with your things there?
C : I see that you seem to enjoy moving the things for me so I let you move lo.
*Again, BP felt like slapping her*
BP : Hello Miss...It's YOUR things ler...

After sweeping the floor, BP asked C to mop the floor...
C : How to mop? *stopped as if waiting for BP to mop the floor for her*
BP: *geram* You take the mop, soak it into the pail of water, squeeze it dry using the cover on top of the pail la!!
*C did as she was told but didn't squeeze the mop properly. Obviously, she doesn't know how to do it*
BP : *Geram and =.='''

Situation 7
WK : C!! Why is that every time you come out from the toilet, there'll be one or 2 drops of water (urine) on the toilet seat?
C : Yameh?
WK: Yalah!!
C : Huh... I didn't see also (tried to deny)
WK: Got lo!!
C : Ya...ok...
WK: And I found that my dish washing gel is almost finish lo... (Note: C has been using WK's since she moved in)
C : Huh? Yakah...
WK: Yes!! This time I sponsor it. After this, you'll have to buy one and replace it!!

WK's note: You think I'm so good ar?? I seldom use it. You actually use it more than me. This is not to say that you use before asking. And now you expect me to buy another new one?? You go and buy and give it to me!

Situation 8
Context: We were still teasing her.
BP: She told me many people said she doesn't look like she belongs to that class o... *BP is trying to say that people say that because C looks older than C thought she is*
C : Yalor. They really say that. It's because my coursemates are all older than me....bla bla bla...because of my qualification. (she wants to say that she's young but manage to take a degree now. Something that's rare in her class. Show off.)

*** I think that's all for today. It's impossible to write everything down. There are just too many of them. Maybe one day I can write a book on her which will be as thick as the encyclopedia.