Skillz

A friend told me the reason why his blog has more readers and almost all his entries received many comments is simply because he has skill.

In other words, I have no skill.

Oh well...

Want to learn mad blogging skillz!

虫言鸟语

此篇专为 虹虹 鸿鸿而写。

路是人走出来的。

字也是人造出来的。

当某鸟与某虫写些令人“毛鬼唱起来”（即是起鸡皮啦）的东西时，真是叫人受不了！

不过我知道鸟人的用意的，他也不过是要激我显出我不让他盗用的‘极品’罢了。

好啦好啦，看在 每天都有美眉来找你让我们的眼睛轻松下 你的名字够阴性的份上，我就公开这‘极品’啦。

我先警告你们，这个新字可是很强的哦！

虹 + 鸿 = …

“虫工鸟”

此字全属虚构，但也版权所有，如有雷同，真是见鬼太巧合了！

Welcome to the Club

Yeoh the Evil laptop owner, the Boogie Master*, the Ultraman Cosmos, the Super Engineer with extensive engineering experience™ (e³), et cetera et cetera, has become a father as of Saturday, 21nd June 2008.

Congratulations!

Well done Mrs Yeoh, we all know you did all the hard work giving birth to your lovely daughter while Yeoh fainted at first sight of blood. =)

Welcome to parenthood, bye bye to private time and sleep! Muahahahaha!!

If you need a hand in coming up with baby name, I know a few creative minds. Do note that I shall bear no responsibility whatsoever for the ruining of your baby's life if you took up the offer and consult said loonies.

=P

* I did not invent any of these nicknames, Yeoh came up with them himself and I shall post the proof to this particular nickname when I dig through my instant messages archive.

Stay tuned.

EDIT: can't find the IM chat log, bummer. =(

It's Against the Law to be Fat!

Seriously it is.

In Japan.

If one is between 40 to 70 of age, and has a waistline of more than 33.5 inches, then the Japanese government requires said person to be on diet and get fit, or else one will get a hefty fine.

I kid you not.

I heard this from MyFM on my way to work this morning, and later in the day I read it in newspaper. Go look it up if you don't trust me (why oh why?!?! I am honest and trustworthy and goody goody and...).

This Japanese law doesn't apply to me since I have always been a chi liao bee (waste rice) but if you are er... "big-boned" and like to spend your mature years in Japan, it's time to start losing the spare tyre. =)

Or just go the other extreme and become a sumo wrestler. =P

Vocabulary Lesson with CK (June 08)

Spud noun

A spud is a gardening tool similar to a narrow spade, used for cutting the roots of weeds, et cetera.

Of course if it only has that meaning, it would not be in my vocabulary lesson.

=P

A spud is also a...


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Wait, there's more!

The following conversation was how I came to know the word spud. It's a conversation that happened a few years ago when I was still in England, between my (then) girl friend and a female friend of ours, a British lady younger than us, married.

The ladies were talking about men, I was present but they simply ignored me and chatted as if I wasn't there.

"Some are gorgeous, some are great fun, but when it comes to getting married and settling down, it's still the plain, honest, nerdy, bookwormy type that's more secure."

"Yea, the spuds like Tim and CK."

(Oi! I am standing beside you ladies!)

So there, I am a spud.

Er... yay? =\

I See Dead People

"I see dead people... in the mirror"

That's what I put on my Live Messenger personal note today.

It caused a few of my friends who were kay po concerned to inquire what supernatural encounter I had been through.

It's nothing like that lar!

I am sick today, the note is meant to describe my zombie like reflection I saw in the mirror this morning.

Sorry to have caused undue excitement, I blame my six sick sense of humour.

I know I know, lame attempt at joke. Nothing to see here, move along now.

I, father

This is my first Father's Day as a father.

I spent most of the day in bed with that empty space underneath my skull filled with mucus and that secretion that comes out of the nose when we have a runny nose, whatever it's called.

Good thing we went out yesterday to celebrate Father's Day at one of father's favorite Japanese restaurants, else all he would get would be my hand made "wantons" (dumplings).

As for Hsiang, he said many variations of "aa", different pitches, tones and volumes.

Not specifically to me, and nothing that sounds like papa.

Yes, he loves me too... >.<

I will go back to my bed now.

Happy Father's Day to all the fathers.