formula drift
this is the reason why my lobster-red skin is painful to touch... and i'm going to be a shade darker!!! the ice shavings was a god-sent that costed us $3.
scribbled at 7:38 pm
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this is the reason why my lobster-red skin is painful to touch... and i'm going to be a shade darker!!! the ice shavings was a god-sent that costed us $3.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
interesting
Try this questionnaire out and see how well you score!
1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.
2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?
4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
5.. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?
6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters 'dw' and they are all common words. Name two of them.
7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them?
8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 'S'.
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1. The one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends . . Boxing
2. North American landmark constantly moving backward . Niagara Falls (The rim is worn down about two and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.)
3. Only two vegetables that can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons . . Asparagus and rhubarb.
4 . The fruit with its seeds on the outside . Strawberry..
5. How did the pear get inside the brandy bottle? It grew inside the bottle. (The bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, and are wired in place on the tree. The bottle is left in place for the entire growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.)
6. Three English words beginning with dw: Dwarf, dwell and dwindle.
7. Fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar . . Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.
8. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh: Lettuce.
9. Six or more things you can wear on your feet beginning with 'S'; Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts.
scribbled at 11:33 pm
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Try this questionnaire out and see how well you score!
1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.
2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?
4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
5.. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?
6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters 'dw' and they are all common words. Name two of them.
7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them?
8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 'S'.
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1. The one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends . . Boxing
2. North American landmark constantly moving backward . Niagara Falls (The rim is worn down about two and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.)
3. Only two vegetables that can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons . . Asparagus and rhubarb.
4 . The fruit with its seeds on the outside . Strawberry..
5. How did the pear get inside the brandy bottle? It grew inside the bottle. (The bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, and are wired in place on the tree. The bottle is left in place for the entire growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.)
6. Three English words beginning with dw: Dwarf, dwell and dwindle.
7. Fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar . . Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.
8. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh: Lettuce.
9. Six or more things you can wear on your feet beginning with 'S'; Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts.
Monday, April 07, 2008
birthday feasting
i'm down with a bad throat, slight flu and mild fever. must be all the sinful food over the past few days.
let's blog about friday first - i had dinner at pasta de waraku with my entire team on friday evening, and it was kind of a celebratory meal to reward ourselves after a whole week of field work (that just reminds me that my therapist mentioned i became tanner and asked if i've been out in the sun, argh). you'll be spoilt for choice, there must have been at least 40 types of pasta choices, and everything comes with pictures. it wasn't that difficult a choice for me, i decided to be more adventurous and forgo my usual favourite - seafood pasta in tomato based sauce - with something a little more exotic (more jappy!). i didn't regret my choice, i really enjoyed my eel&omelette spaghetti but the serving size was disgustingly small even by my standards. well, they didn't drop any hints that there was going to be a surprise birthday cake (for me), hence, so i went ahead with my order of green tea ice-cream (i really didn't want to share after the first experience with the pasta). yummmmmmm!
not soon after the dessert, the trio who sneakily went off came back with a chocolate fudge cake from angie's the choice! they insisted on singing the happy birthday song again because i forgot to make a wish (and i really wish this will come true), and presented me with the birthday card/present. there were birthday wishes from all ten of them, very sweet indeed, and i'm not even sure if i deserve all the comments they've written. they know i've been working too hard, so they rewarded me with a citispa gift voucher so that i can "rest my mind and revitalise my soul" (and probably get rid of my dark eye rings in time for the wedding). what a cute bunch! we ended the night with a round of drinks at harry's bar! oh a great discovery, i can tie a knot out of a cherry stem!
on saturday, i finally got to meet up with xp and the rest to celebrate OUR birthdays. we missed jack this time round since he's away for work, and i can't believe we'll not get to see him till next january. :-( we went for high tea at goodwood park hotel... it was english tea styled buffet which entitles you to only two drinks each (boring me had two rounds of iced tea). the selection of cakes/sandwiches was nothing to wow about, but almost everything i tasted was good, especially the bread&butter pudding with vanilla sauce!
both xp and i were eyeing new sports watches to replace our timex... we both had broken watch straps and were too lazy to go all the way to tannery lane to get it changed at the authorised agent (btw, we concluded timex watch straps are not made to last for REAL USERS). nothing from nike/adidas/puma caught our eye, so we went for casio baby G which probably had the widest range these days. sad to say, i found out only after buying my watch that bencoolen sells it at about 35% cheaper than even the 10% discounted price from city chain! the only saving grace is that we've only paid a deposit for xp's watch to be transferred from another outlet... so we probably will try to get back the deposit and purchase it from bencoolen. and then we'll both have new cool sports watches to wear!
scribbled at 8:03 pm
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i'm down with a bad throat, slight flu and mild fever. must be all the sinful food over the past few days.
let's blog about friday first - i had dinner at pasta de waraku with my entire team on friday evening, and it was kind of a celebratory meal to reward ourselves after a whole week of field work (that just reminds me that my therapist mentioned i became tanner and asked if i've been out in the sun, argh). you'll be spoilt for choice, there must have been at least 40 types of pasta choices, and everything comes with pictures. it wasn't that difficult a choice for me, i decided to be more adventurous and forgo my usual favourite - seafood pasta in tomato based sauce - with something a little more exotic (more jappy!). i didn't regret my choice, i really enjoyed my eel&omelette spaghetti but the serving size was disgustingly small even by my standards. well, they didn't drop any hints that there was going to be a surprise birthday cake (for me), hence, so i went ahead with my order of green tea ice-cream (i really didn't want to share after the first experience with the pasta). yummmmmmm!
not soon after the dessert, the trio who sneakily went off came back with a chocolate fudge cake from angie's the choice! they insisted on singing the happy birthday song again because i forgot to make a wish (and i really wish this will come true), and presented me with the birthday card/present. there were birthday wishes from all ten of them, very sweet indeed, and i'm not even sure if i deserve all the comments they've written. they know i've been working too hard, so they rewarded me with a citispa gift voucher so that i can "rest my mind and revitalise my soul" (and probably get rid of my dark eye rings in time for the wedding). what a cute bunch! we ended the night with a round of drinks at harry's bar! oh a great discovery, i can tie a knot out of a cherry stem!
on saturday, i finally got to meet up with xp and the rest to celebrate OUR birthdays. we missed jack this time round since he's away for work, and i can't believe we'll not get to see him till next january. :-( we went for high tea at goodwood park hotel... it was english tea styled buffet which entitles you to only two drinks each (boring me had two rounds of iced tea). the selection of cakes/sandwiches was nothing to wow about, but almost everything i tasted was good, especially the bread&butter pudding with vanilla sauce!
both xp and i were eyeing new sports watches to replace our timex... we both had broken watch straps and were too lazy to go all the way to tannery lane to get it changed at the authorised agent (btw, we concluded timex watch straps are not made to last for REAL USERS). nothing from nike/adidas/puma caught our eye, so we went for casio baby G which probably had the widest range these days. sad to say, i found out only after buying my watch that bencoolen sells it at about 35% cheaper than even the 10% discounted price from city chain! the only saving grace is that we've only paid a deposit for xp's watch to be transferred from another outlet... so we probably will try to get back the deposit and purchase it from bencoolen. and then we'll both have new cool sports watches to wear!
Thursday, April 03, 2008
another year older!
a few months ago, when i checked and found out that my birthday would fall on a a wednesday this year, i was actually quite disappointed - that meant there weren't be long weekend celebrations, or a possible short weekend getaway... but nevertheless just spending a day off work was quite a blessing. first of all, thank you to all those who remembered and sent their birthday well wishes, like the bf said, my phone didn't seem to stop beeping the entire day! *touched* and i guess it'll be lots of feasting sessions (as if it hasn't already started)!
okay now coming to the birthday program proper. as the pictures said it all - partner arrived with my birthday cake and surprise gift, an awfully chocolate cake (the bf didn't remember i had it last year too but a slightly different flavour, and although you probably can't tell, the wordings on the cake was quite badly done... even a novice like me probably can pipe better), the birthday song, and finally, it's gift-opening time, and ta-dah (!), it's a laptop bag for me to lug my laptop (and notebook/files/whatever...) to and fro work. when i told JL about what happened to the present, he actually said i was being very evil... well, have you guys already realised that the present i opened and the final one in the picture looked different!?! hahaha. yup, i actually thought the one he chose was a little too rugged looking (disclaimer: i really think it suits him way better, with a more guyish and cool feel), also a tad too big for me. so we spent the afternoon searching for one to exchange for at the funan challenger, frankly, even i had a hard time trying to decide. lesson learnt when buying laptop bags: it'll be wise to bring along your laptop, fit it in and try carrying it - it's really about balancing between functionality and looks! i already started using it and am totally in love with it! yay! i hope the bf isn't too upset he didn't make the right choice the first time round... anyway, he was still the one who pointed out to me to try this final one! so... *hugz + pet*
and the second part of the day was of course, the dinner programme! it was a surprise again, and i seriously didn't guess it until we started heading back west, and it just struck me that "hey, are we going to rochester park!?! i've never been there!" and yes, it's one rochester! it's like one of those places you've heard/read so much about but never seriously thought of going. he mentioned it was initially meant for valentine's day this year, and thank god, reservations were full then! we had onion focaccia, portobello mushrooms (with vinaigrette) and field mushroom soup as starters, they were all excellent and set our standards high for the rest of the night. both the main course - pan-seared seabass (usually for ladies) and spiced braised lamb shank (well-liked by men) - were highly recommnded by the lady who served us, and they really bowled me over. i like the combination of mango and fish (strange but surprisingly tasty), while the lamb was incredibly tender and flavourful (and the serving size was not small even for a guy). no wonder this place has got great reviews, and i'll give extra points for the service and serenity anytime. :-) thank you my love for picking such a terrific place!
hope you guys enjoyed the pictures and update as much as i enjoyed the day. i was made a really happy birthday gal. ;-)
scribbled at 9:45 pm
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a few months ago, when i checked and found out that my birthday would fall on a a wednesday this year, i was actually quite disappointed - that meant there weren't be long weekend celebrations, or a possible short weekend getaway... but nevertheless just spending a day off work was quite a blessing. first of all, thank you to all those who remembered and sent their birthday well wishes, like the bf said, my phone didn't seem to stop beeping the entire day! *touched* and i guess it'll be lots of feasting sessions (as if it hasn't already started)!
okay now coming to the birthday program proper. as the pictures said it all - partner arrived with my birthday cake and surprise gift, an awfully chocolate cake (the bf didn't remember i had it last year too but a slightly different flavour, and although you probably can't tell, the wordings on the cake was quite badly done... even a novice like me probably can pipe better), the birthday song, and finally, it's gift-opening time, and ta-dah (!), it's a laptop bag for me to lug my laptop (and notebook/files/whatever...) to and fro work. when i told JL about what happened to the present, he actually said i was being very evil... well, have you guys already realised that the present i opened and the final one in the picture looked different!?! hahaha. yup, i actually thought the one he chose was a little too rugged looking (disclaimer: i really think it suits him way better, with a more guyish and cool feel), also a tad too big for me. so we spent the afternoon searching for one to exchange for at the funan challenger, frankly, even i had a hard time trying to decide. lesson learnt when buying laptop bags: it'll be wise to bring along your laptop, fit it in and try carrying it - it's really about balancing between functionality and looks! i already started using it and am totally in love with it! yay! i hope the bf isn't too upset he didn't make the right choice the first time round... anyway, he was still the one who pointed out to me to try this final one! so... *hugz + pet*
and the second part of the day was of course, the dinner programme! it was a surprise again, and i seriously didn't guess it until we started heading back west, and it just struck me that "hey, are we going to rochester park!?! i've never been there!" and yes, it's one rochester! it's like one of those places you've heard/read so much about but never seriously thought of going. he mentioned it was initially meant for valentine's day this year, and thank god, reservations were full then! we had onion focaccia, portobello mushrooms (with vinaigrette) and field mushroom soup as starters, they were all excellent and set our standards high for the rest of the night. both the main course - pan-seared seabass (usually for ladies) and spiced braised lamb shank (well-liked by men) - were highly recommnded by the lady who served us, and they really bowled me over. i like the combination of mango and fish (strange but surprisingly tasty), while the lamb was incredibly tender and flavourful (and the serving size was not small even for a guy). no wonder this place has got great reviews, and i'll give extra points for the service and serenity anytime. :-) thank you my love for picking such a terrific place!
hope you guys enjoyed the pictures and update as much as i enjoyed the day. i was made a really happy birthday gal. ;-)
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
clearing backlog...
scribbled at 6:23 am
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