ah yes, about that iPhone thing...

A few days ago I posted this.

Not surprisingly, not many bothered to leave their thought. What do I have to do to get comments eh? =P

Anyway, here is the truth about the whole thing, if you haven't found out already. ^_^

Some time along your relationship or marriage, you will either say or hear this phrase: "what's yours in mine, what mine is... of course mine!"

So hor, recently my brother-in-law upgraded his mobile phone from iPhone 3GS to Samsung Galaxy SII, and he gave the iPhone to wifey.

Yes, do feel jealous and wish you have such generous sibling. =P

So according to the phrase quoted above, my wifey's stuff is also mine lor, right? That means I have an iPhone, right?

=D

Well, the thing is, that "what's yours in mine, what mine is... of course mine!" phrase is almost always only applicable and said by a specific gender. No iPhone for guessing which gender that is. =P

So no, I do not have an iPhone. =)

I am rather happy that the few of my colleagues and friends who read my blog but not leave comment told me in person they do not believe I have an iPhone.

My caveman reputation is still well and intact, hehe. ^_^

Gibberish

Alas, can't form party with free account. That sucks.

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Sick while on leave sucks. Big time.

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His promises are meaningless, while reprimands and punishments bounch off him leaving not the slightest imprint. Would be lucky just for him not to talk back.

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Raya? I feel downright miserable and depressed.

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Think my insanity just got +1.

I'm No Superman

I knew I was burning out, I knew I was going to crash if I don't take a break from work. I knew, as the body has been sending me signals.

Guess I had overestimated myself, thought I could hang on for a few more days. You see, starting tomorrow, my applied leave will start, a long one letting me rest and relax until the week after next.

But I was wrong. The body had enough.

So here I am, bed-ridden for most of the day, feeling like a rotten vegetable, a day before my long break is to start.

It's suppose to be rest and relax in a happy and fun way, not miserable and uncomfortable way.

This sucks.

I'm no Superman.

And I don't wear my underwear outside the pants.

I'm No Superman is a catchy phrase in the theme song Superman for the TV series Scrubs, one that I followed when I was in England.

Thank you friends, you are bottleful

I needed about 50 to 60 plastic bottles, to fill them up with water, and use them as weights. And I had two weeks to collect them.

Judging on my own household usage, we only produce one or two empty plastic bottle per week. That is not going to cut it so it's time to ask for help.

Hence, two weeks ago I sent an e-mail to around 20 to 30 of my colleagues asking them for the favour of keeping and passing to me any plastic bottles they would have thrown away otherwise during these two weeks. I figured that if every one of them gave me one bottle, I would be about half way there, if they gave me two bottles, I would have enough.

Of course I didn't expect all of them to respond or to help out, so wifey had been asking our neighbours for help as well.

Gotta say the results were not at all what I expected.

A few replied just wanting to find out what exactly do I want the bottles for? What project am I working on? I guess using them as weights is not good enough an explanation, I have to provide something like a full report... -_-

Anyway, I didn't get many replies, which honestly wasn't unexpected. What was unexpected though, is the number of bottles I got in the end and their source.

- number of colleague in my department who helped: 0 (this is a real shocker, the bad kind)

- number of colleague at ulu place who helped: 1 (this is a pleasant surprise)

- number of colleague not at ulu place who helped: 6 (this is a real surprise, the nice kind)

You see, I work at ulu place, I would have expected more help to be from ulu place, but the fact is quite the oppostie.

None of my immediate colleagues bothered was just... disappointing. I guess I must be a real pain in the arse in my department. =(

Out of the seven persons who helped, six of them are females. Proves that women are just more helpful in nature.

I received a total of 102 plastic bottles in the end, and 96 of them are from the five ladies in Penang. Way out of expectation! 0_o

Please allow me to express my sincere thanks to Mooi Kim, Ryan, Lee May, IZ, Hoay Tien, Wen Wen, and Chin Chin. You are wonderful (and bottleful)! ^_^

I, Pastor

Warning: this entry contains a mixture of English, Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese, Malay, Manglish, and probably some other languages or terms I simply made up.

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Received an e-mail today about wedding plan for a friend, most likely just a joke since according to the plan, I am requested by the bride-to-be to be their pastor.

Mua? Pastor? 0_o

Fine, ask and thou shall receive! (Can ah? Sounds like real pastor or not?)

But since I am not a Christian or have the authority to perform solemnisation of matrimony, what you receive may not be what you asked for. =P

After I think think a bit, this is likely what I am going to say...

- to address the audience and get things started when couple arrived, or when the bride-to-be's father handed over the daughter, depends on what the couple have in mind:

"Oi, sit down and diam lar! I talk now you all listen. Be good or else I shoot anyone who makes noise."

Think I should cock the shotgun at this point but will check what the bride-to-be thinks, maybe she wants to do it herself. I am flexible. *shrug*

- after everyone have behaved themselves:

"Okay, so hor, we all here because kena red bomb, sipeh boh huat. Since I so veli the nice I no make you suffer more, I skip all the rubbish talk about love and relationship that nobody listens to anyway and go straight to the point. Sui boh? Well, if you don’t like this you can leave, if you beh siok and make noise I shoot you."

- after all the cheering or booing and any necessary shooting, I will look at the groom and ask:

"So, you lub her (point to the bride)? If you say no I shoot you."

- depending on whether I have to shoot the groom, if yes, end of story. If not, look at the bride and ask:

"So, you lub him (point to the groom)? If you say no I can sao gong go home now."

- depending on whether I can go home liao or not, if yes, end of story. If not, continue lor:

"Okay, rings leh? Quick quick give each other, everyone waiting to see the kiss and for the food nia. But hor, don’t kan jiong until cannot put on lar, waste even more time like that."

- after the wedding band exchange:

"Okay, now hor, anyone wants to object ah, wants to do runaway bride or groom ah, wants to come and grab the en tao ba or siao cha bo ah, quick quick do now before I go next step. Don't worry I won't shoot anyone for doing any of the above. But hor, no guarantee what the bride will do lar."

- depending on what happen then, maybe end of story. If not, continue lor:

"Okay, finally reach this part, sui! Always wanted to say this. By the power and authority I saja say I have, I pronounce you ang and bo! You may kiss the bride. Oi audience, clap hands and cheer lar, else I shoot you!"

- after all the hoo-ha and any necessary shooting:

"Bride and groom now go make babies. Don't play play one! The rest, kia jiak!"

I think this is going to be one memorable solemnisation, if I say so myself. =P

NOoooOOOooOo!!!

So close! Argh~~~!!!

>_<

Datuk Lee, I have no nail left after watching the match. Good thing I don't have heart disease.

I like your between the legs save, but that continuous 5 point lost in the second match was veli the frustrating.

*Sigh*

=(

Oh well. Am still proud of you Chong Wei, go Penangite! =)

And damn you Lin Dan! =P

It's 2011 Badminton World Championships final for men's single I am talking about, in case you really don't know.

Looking for...

Looking for 3 to 5 card and/or board game enthusiasts, who can spare at least 2 dedicated* hours solely for card or board gaming on a regular basis.

Must be geeky enough to love this genre of gaming, have sense of humour, not taking things too seriously, and mature enough to enjoy and have fun playing whether win or lose.

So, any takers?

* meaning those who while physically there but spend most or all the time on their mobile phone need not apply. Seriously, why bother to meet up if all you want to do is to play with your mobile phone alone?

Liberated

I spent all my time at work today at my cubicle, did not enter the dungeon at all.

Despite requests from various colleagues, mostly reasonable and polite with just a few annoying and demanding ones, despite the new jobs and responsibilities boss is piling on me during the meeting with him, I left office before five, and had enough time to help my elder son build his new LEGO set as well as to play ball with both my kids before they went to bed.

Feel so... liberated.

Guess I just don't care anymore until I have a break.

Meltdown

Actually, there is no specific reason I titled this entry as "Meltdown", it's just the first thing that popped into my mind when I started writing.

Anyway, I am home before 20:00 hours today! On a working day, what an achievement!

It feels like ages ago that I arrived home before the kids had gone to bed. Finally able to interact with them and kiss them goodnight on a weekday. They were crying and shouting when I got home though, typical.

So nice to be able to watch the 8 o-clock news. Riot in England? Bloody hell! Was just about to send my brother an e-mail when I noticed that he already sent an e-mail announcing they are alright over there. Yea, I haven't been checking my personal e-mail account for a few days now.

So nice to leave the office before the main door is locked. Moved office recently and the main door to this building is locked at 20:00 hours. For quite a number of days so far, I had to walk all the way to the adjacent building where my old office used to be to exit, as that door is open 24/7.

Initially wanted to go to badminton today, since exercise is such a good way to relieve all the pent up stress. I got out of the dungeon around 17:45 hours (record!), though by the time I settled stuff in my cubicle, it's already 18:30 hours so I came home straight instead. =\

I am burning out and I could really use a break.

Monopoly Deal

A visit from a friend in the afternoon to borrow tripod prompted an impromptu gathering of old friends later at night.

On impulse I brought along my Monopoly Deal card that I bought a few weeks ago but never got a chance to play.

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Turned out to be a rather fun game, easy to learn, relatively fast to play, probably at most half an hour depending on the number of players. The winner is the first player to collect three full property sets of different colour.

There are ten property sets with various wildcards to fill in. There are also action cards to steal property, force swap property, demand money as rent or birthday present, et cetera.

The game requires a bit of luck, some strategy and planning. Being ruthless helps too. =P

I am going to list a few things we didn't realised since it's the first time for everyone. I just found out after going through the rules carefully after the gathering. I hope my friends read this before we next meet and play again. ^_^

- "Just Say No" can be used to cancel another "Just Say No" card

- can only have one house and one hotel on any full property set

- can only add a hotel after you have added a house

- can swap Property Wildcards around among different sets on your turn

- related to the above, if you acquire the property you need, you can replace the Wildcard and reuse it elsewhere

Can't wait till the next game! =)

If I say...

If I say that I have an iPhone now, what would you say?

These are a few reactions you can choose from if you do not feel like writing your own. Feel free to choose more than one. =)

(a) Yea right!

(b) Caveman has gone to the "dark" side!

(c) Is this a trick question?

(d) Really? Where you got it from?

(e) lu mai hao siao lar!

(f) If it's true, I cut my ____!!

(g) You won it one is it?

(h) Some generous and kind person gave it to you?

(i) You wife bought one is it?

(j) Are you sick?

(k) You work too much until crazy liao is it?

Those who need a bit of background can check out here, here, and here.

Come on, tell me what your reaction is. ^_^