sweeping statement

I learned today never to make a sweeping statement, or rather a statement about sweeping, in front of my mother. She believed that the cleanliness of the house follows the same atomic half life principle as the a radioactive particle. Everyday the cleanliness of the house drops to half its original cleanliness, which was why she made sure the house is being swept on a daily basis. To me, clean enough is enough. No need for sparkling clean. The cleanliness of the room follows a half life too, only that I project the half life to be a week longer than hers. So whilst I was in Paris, I only clean my room on a weekly basis. And my room was still way cleaner than the others.

Today while sweeping the floor, I bragged. Every time I sweep the floor the dirac spike in the cleanliness of the house hit such amplitude that even with a daily half life, a week later the cleanliness of the house will be as clean as if my mum has swept the day before. There. The words flew out of my mouth and I could not take them back again.

half life.

Guess who got permanently scheduled for roster duty.

trivials

1) I have stayed in Bukit Merah for 25 years and I only found out yesterday that they sell sambal stingray at Redhill market/food center. Gosh. 9 sgd per plate.

2) Anyone interested? NTU Bike Rally. 168km.

3) Guess what is the all time best selling single volume book? At an estimated 2.5billions to 6 billions copies sold. The Bible.

4) in my bag, i always have..

.. a book
.. my passport
.. a bar of chocolate
.. a calculator
.. a camera
.. an umbrella

so thanks for the books.

x'mas ride

I just came back from my ride on this wonderful christmas morning. By accomplishing this feat, I surprised even myself, as I was not planning to wake up early this morning. The Christmas morning road was clear. Most Singaporeans are probably still in their post revelry stupor. Drivers basking in the spirit of christmas were exceptionally kind today. My cycling speed averaged at an amazingly slow 25km/hr. A little disappointing. At that speed you are practically being overtaken by everyone. Essentially, I have lost count of the number of cyclist who overtook me this morning. I need more pedal power!

Glad I made it home for brunch. have yourself a great day. merry x'mas to all!

release of results

I'm like a bird...

people

i cannot stress enough, the importance of having a sense of humor.

ebisboshi shotengai

We went to check out Ebisboshi Shotengai, a Japanese restaurant in Iluma, after catching Avatar. I must say, Avatar is a really fantastic movie. The planet of Pandora has a mysteriously beautiful night glow. The raw emotions displayed by Neytiri, the chieftain's daughter from the Na'vi clan, tugged me. Maybe it appealed to some animal instinct inside of me, I really won't mind my partner roaring at me like that once a while. For a bigger picture, this show can be used to back the green campaign, showing how materialistic needs of people have led to the destruction of the lives of indigenous people. So if you haven't catch it yet, please do.

Ebisboshi Shotengai restaurant. 5 thumbs up. I won't give any comments about the food. I have a really low sensitivity to good food; anything that is edible is considered good to me. I was more excited about their new high tech self ordering system. Let me explain. Each table has a infra red pen, that you can use to scan the food you want to eat from the menu. After you have selected your food, you can scan the quantity, then enter it and send in the order. I was so amused by it that I have to check it out. Despite all the hype I had created for myself, the thingy was fun at first, then it lost its novelty after 5 min. It took us that long to realize that if we just keep scanning the menu using the infra red pen for fun, soon we won't be able to foot the bill. If you are wondering about the price, the food's reasonably priced.

But what made this enjoyable evening even better was the waitress J. She served us with such warmth and enthusiasm that it make me want to pin a service gold star on her. She is omnipresent too. At 9plus, I told aa that we should get going. She swooped in on us and commented that the restaurant closes at 11pm and asked if we wanted green tea. So we did and stayed on for another hour more. Hmm how did she appear so fast in front of us? I didn't even see her within my 10m vicinity. 20min later, I collected the menus and stacked them on the table hoping that someone would take them back. *poof* She appeared and thanked us; and there she went. *poof* God. Just a second ago, I checked my back to make sure there wasn't anyone to pass the menus to. Where did she come from? The same magic trick happened a few more times when we ordered desserts and green tea. How is the world did she manage to appear just like that? Amazing. We have a good laugh over this, but stopped ourselves immediately. Just in case she appears in front of us again unexpectedly to find us talking about her. She has a service with a smile and I can tell she enjoyed her work.

Thanks J for the great evening! did you see the phone number on the napkin?

as a ritual

At the end of everyday, we should think about 3 things that make us smile today. It is believed that this will make you a happier person.

1. My mum laughed when she told me about her scary feline encounter today.

2. I finished reading Tuesdays with Morrie again.

3. This girl who sits beside me during the SAP class everyday. She is so handsome. I added her to facebook.

What's yours?