life, love, *motherhood, and then more
Archive for November, 2006
We all need a little House.
Nov 30th
I met up with Scorkes and Vince for makan today. Had the privilege of listening to Scorke rant out her latest post in real life.
Then we remembered this made-in-Hollywood aphorism, 'Isn't it interesting… religious behaviour is so close to being crazy that we can't tell them apart.'
House said that in an episode where he had to treat a special (protestant) kid who claims to hear God speak. A season back, House treated a Catholic nun who believe that she would leave everything, yup, everything to God. When she refused treatment, House said this to her,
You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.
Now if only I had the guts to tell that line to my fundie-friends directly. That said, I must say I'm completely in awe of what Scorkes did to her friend. (Stood up, walked away, left poor friend sitting, mouth agape. )
If I were in her shoes, I'd probably sit till the very end nodding my head off and promising that I'll attend church ASAP and hope to God the woman will leave me alone. So, minishorts KOWTOWS to Scorkes!
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Please click this link if you wanna try your luck with that Pink Chocolate phone I'm giving away. Last day, last chance!
Last day for LG Pink Chocolate Contest!
Nov 30th
Just a gentle reminder that you've got less than 15 hours to post your final entries to win that KG800, courtesy of LG Malaysia.
(Sounds so… commercial eh?)
Anyway, today's the last day of the contest, and I'm closing the contest a little bit after midnight today. Just for refreshers:
= You must own a valid Malaysian address, better be Malaysian lah, otherwise claim warranty damn leceh lah.
= Your e-mail must be valid.
= If you win the phone, we will contact you personally, so please make sure you are a living human being who's willing to part with your personal identity, IC number and all.
= Make sure your entry arrives here before the 1st of December. Contest period ends 1st of December mah.
= Be creative, but don't send over 3 entries per person. You can borrow another person's identity to compete of course, but make sure he/she is willing to let you have the phone if you win it.
No comments allowed here so that you'll run to THAT place to submit your entries.
Easy Link to contest site again!
Ta!
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Nov 29th
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Note: Work requires me to utilize my so-called bilingual abilities. Problem is I've been soaked in an almost 100% English-Malay environment for over five years so a return to my Chinese education roots means hell for me. But because I'm required to use the language at lot at work, that means editing copies too (O.M.G. Me? Editing Mandarin copies? Hah!) I've got no choice. So I'm going to blog one Mandarin post every week. Now my Mandarin skills have been on a steady decline since the last five years, so it's not going to be fun reading these pieces. And if you don't understand Mandarin, no worries, you're not missing a thing. It's mostly my way of practising language skills by rewriting some past posts, and composing some anecdotes. We'll see whether 'practice' makes perfect here!
Confession time.
Nov 29th
I've got a little problem at hand here.
I. Can't. Stop. Thinking. About. Daniel. Craig.
I went to Scorke's site and saw her gushing over the new Bond. And I kept nodding with a stupid smile on my face.
Can you like, see that bump there? There? Can you? Can you?
*drools*
Gah.
This is bad.
To what extent.
Nov 28th
Sometimes I wonder where is the threshold of tolerance and pain one can afford to offer a partner when both are in a love-relationship.
A friend once said that people who are involved in relationships are generally nicer people to be with, because they're able to learn how to compromise, and give and take. That generally means that singlehood is also not a bad thing at all. It's important to learn how to appreciate singlehood because being single allows one, no, forces one self to learn how to cherish the most important person in the world, YOURSELF.
That's probably why singles who remain single for a long time just can't get used to being in relationships, said my friend. According to him, if you're alone for too long, you'll just grow to dread having to compromise to another person, compromise being a necessary ingredient in any relationship. The fact is, hardly any relationships are made up of completely compatible couples. There's always at least something that you'll find irritating about a person. A relationship works, when both sides of the relationship are able to give and take at a comfortable level.
So how far can you give? How far should you take? To what extent do you draw the line?
I'm just wondering.
