Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!
あけましておめでとうございます！
Nouvelle année heureuse!
Have fun and may all your dreams come true! I will be counting down with the rest of the world at work.
"Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so."
Monday, December 31, 2007
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Try this 绕口令
化肥会挥发
黑化肥发灰
灰化肥发黑
黑化肥发灰会挥发，灰化肥挥发会发黑
黑灰化肥会挥发，发灰黑讳为花飞
灰黑化肥会挥发，发黑灰为讳飞花
黑灰化肥灰会挥发，发灰黑讳为黑灰花会飞
灰黑化肥灰会挥发，发黑灰为讳飞花化为灰
黑化肥灰化肥灰会挥发，发灰黑讳为黑花会回飞
灰化灰黑化肥会挥发，发黑灰为讳飞花回化为灰
Try reading out loud in one shot.
"Treat everyone the same, till you find out there's an idiot."
黑化肥发灰
灰化肥发黑
黑化肥发灰会挥发，灰化肥挥发会发黑
黑灰化肥会挥发，发灰黑讳为花飞
灰黑化肥会挥发，发黑灰为讳飞花
黑灰化肥灰会挥发，发灰黑讳为黑灰花会飞
灰黑化肥灰会挥发，发黑灰为讳飞花化为灰
黑化肥灰化肥灰会挥发，发灰黑讳为黑花会回飞
灰化灰黑化肥会挥发，发黑灰为讳飞花回化为灰
Try reading out loud in one shot.
"Treat everyone the same, till you find out there's an idiot."
Monday, December 24, 2007
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas everyone! May all your dreams come true...
クリスマスおめでとうございます。
圣诞节快乐！
Joyeux Noël!
"Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it white."
クリスマスおめでとうございます。
圣诞节快乐！
Joyeux Noël!
"Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it white."
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Eunos, Your Friendly Neighbourhood
Oh well, ohhoho, what can I say about this neighbourhood, my home for 28 years.
This is the most exciting part of SG ever. I grew up in this neighbourhood hearing and witnessing some of the most exciting stories ever. For starters, Eunos seemed to be a favourite hot spot for suicides, particularly leaping off some other people's block. I remembered as a kid, I would see ambulance and police cars stopping at car parks, and the usual black plastic bag for covering the bodies. One of my Mum's friends, who was a transvestite, turned on gas in her house which later exploded, with herself inside of course, because she suffered a broken relationship. And an unidentified 60 year old jumped off our block and his body landed on top of the Neighbourhood Police Post(as it was called years back).
Fire brigade also frequented this area, sometimes there really was a fire, but sometimes it was probably some prank calls. That being said, the Eunos wet market was burnt down quite a few years ago. My auntie who was also living in Eunos saw the fire and called us. When I looked through my window, the fire was wild and it was all too late. The whole market was ablazed, hot red. I watched in silenced, and in awed.
The kopi tiam just opposite my block was also quite happening. There used to be drunkards fighting and seriously, I hated it. Imagine that you were about to sleep, the drowsiness kicked in, then suddenly you heard men shouting, hurling abuses and women screaming. Then tables and chairs were being manuveured around. Beer bottles broken. And being a kaypoh that I am, I couldn't resist the commotion. I had to take a peek.
There were also a few accidents that happened, 3 actually, which I remembered. 3 of which happened at my block, including one that happened yesterday night, while I was working. A kid was knocked down by a car just behind my block, at the car park. The kid died, unfortunately. I remembered I was inside the house, together with my parents and brother that day but not a single soul heard anything. The second one was a painter whose gondola had mysteriously gone haywired. I was sitting at the living room watching TV. Then I saw, in the corner of my eye, something swang past the living room window, followed by a thunderous crashing sound. I jumped to my feet immediately, horrified by the loud noise. My Mum and I instinctively opened the door and get out to the corridor at 6th floor(we lived on the 7th). And to our horror, we saw a man lying on the grass patch, with white paint spilling all over his body. I could see blood on the man's face. His body twitched a few moments and stop. It was a bit too much for me and tears just welled my eyes.
And this morning, when I just stepped into my house, my mother told me that a car was burnt yesterday.
Probably arson but, I really pity the victim.
So as you can see, I would probably miss this neighbourhood the most :p small and a bit ulu, but never boring.
"Eunos, the urban kampong."
This is the most exciting part of SG ever. I grew up in this neighbourhood hearing and witnessing some of the most exciting stories ever. For starters, Eunos seemed to be a favourite hot spot for suicides, particularly leaping off some other people's block. I remembered as a kid, I would see ambulance and police cars stopping at car parks, and the usual black plastic bag for covering the bodies. One of my Mum's friends, who was a transvestite, turned on gas in her house which later exploded, with herself inside of course, because she suffered a broken relationship. And an unidentified 60 year old jumped off our block and his body landed on top of the Neighbourhood Police Post(as it was called years back).
Fire brigade also frequented this area, sometimes there really was a fire, but sometimes it was probably some prank calls. That being said, the Eunos wet market was burnt down quite a few years ago. My auntie who was also living in Eunos saw the fire and called us. When I looked through my window, the fire was wild and it was all too late. The whole market was ablazed, hot red. I watched in silenced, and in awed.
The kopi tiam just opposite my block was also quite happening. There used to be drunkards fighting and seriously, I hated it. Imagine that you were about to sleep, the drowsiness kicked in, then suddenly you heard men shouting, hurling abuses and women screaming. Then tables and chairs were being manuveured around. Beer bottles broken. And being a kaypoh that I am, I couldn't resist the commotion. I had to take a peek.
There were also a few accidents that happened, 3 actually, which I remembered. 3 of which happened at my block, including one that happened yesterday night, while I was working. A kid was knocked down by a car just behind my block, at the car park. The kid died, unfortunately. I remembered I was inside the house, together with my parents and brother that day but not a single soul heard anything. The second one was a painter whose gondola had mysteriously gone haywired. I was sitting at the living room watching TV. Then I saw, in the corner of my eye, something swang past the living room window, followed by a thunderous crashing sound. I jumped to my feet immediately, horrified by the loud noise. My Mum and I instinctively opened the door and get out to the corridor at 6th floor(we lived on the 7th). And to our horror, we saw a man lying on the grass patch, with white paint spilling all over his body. I could see blood on the man's face. His body twitched a few moments and stop. It was a bit too much for me and tears just welled my eyes.
And this morning, when I just stepped into my house, my mother told me that a car was burnt yesterday.
Probably arson but, I really pity the victim.
So as you can see, I would probably miss this neighbourhood the most :p small and a bit ulu, but never boring.
"Eunos, the urban kampong."
Sunday, December 9, 2007
December = Mood
Yay it's December, the month of Christmas!
Don't feel like doing anything at all. Not even working, not even writing blog, not even going out... Just hope to stay home and rot. Got nothing to look forward to at this moment, except maybe for Christmas' Eve and Eve's eve, because there will be a Christmas log cake.
Hmmm, I've never had one before.
"There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. "
Don't feel like doing anything at all. Not even working, not even writing blog, not even going out... Just hope to stay home and rot. Got nothing to look forward to at this moment, except maybe for Christmas' Eve and Eve's eve, because there will be a Christmas log cake.
Hmmm, I've never had one before.
"There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. "
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