Archive for July, 2004

Engrish Signs

mrbrown stole it from someone else. Now I steal it from him.
I haven’t had such a good laugh in a long time. So much so it’s worth archiving this here for future memories.

Dry cleaners in Bangkok:
DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR BEST RESULTS.
In a Nairobi restaurant:
CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER.
On […]

Yuki

Everytime I see snow in a show, I want to see snow for myself. There is no snow in Singapore except in Snow City, and even then it isn’t real snow.
The closest I’ve been to extreme cold is either in Genting or Australia. And even then it wasn’t snowing, bah.
Snow, snow, snow…

My Beloved Pencil

I am not one to throw things away. Often, I give them away and hope that people will throw them away for me, so that I won’t have to throw them away myself. I’m just far too sentimental about things.
One thing which I really love is my Shaker ID. It’s been with me since primary […]

Satay Burger

I don’t know when I started disliking onions, but it was long, long ago. And I still try to avoid onions whenever possible. It’s not like they are the only food with some substance essential for some bodily function.
But KFC’s new Satay Burger wasn’t that bad. I took a spoon and dug out every visible […]

Breakfast At Business Canteen

A slice of ham. A piece of sausage. A poached egg. Two slices of toasted bread. A scoop of baked beans. All for the “cheap” price of $1.20. Maybe I’ll try the burgers next time.
I miss the breakfast set over at TJ. You get heaped with tons of carbohydrates and two sausages for $1.50. […]

Since Order of the Phoenix

No book has caused me to stay up until almost 6am reading it. And I only stopped as my concentration and visualization was failing. That’s three hours or so of non-stop speed-reading. I probably completed thirty or so chapters of the book.
Yes, that’s how addictive The Da Vinci Code is.