Thursday, November 19, 2009
Why Men Don't Write Advice Columns
Dear Walter Labels: humour
I hope you can help me here. The other day, I set off for work leaving my husband in the house watching the TV as usual. I hadn't driven more than a mile down the road when the engine conked out and the car shuddered to a halt. I walked back home to get my husband's help. When I got home I couldn't believe my eyes. He was in our bedroom with the neighbor's daughter.... I am 32, my husband is 34, and the neighbor's daughter is 22. We have been married for ten years. When I confronted him, he broke down and admitted that they had been having an affair for the past six months. I told him to stop or I would leave him. He was let go from his job six months ago and he says he has been feeling increasingly depressed and worthless. I love him very much, but ever since I gave him the ultimatum he has become increasingly distant. He won't go to counselling and I'm afraid I can't get through to him anymore.
Can you please help?
Sincerely
Sheila
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A car stalling after being driven a short distance can be caused by a variety of faults with the engine. Start by checking that there is no debris in the fuel line. If it is clear, check the vacuum pipes and hoses on the intake manifold and also check all grounding wires. If none of these approaches solves the problem, it could be that the fuel pump itself is faulty, causing low delivery pressure to the injectors.
I hope this helps.
Walter
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I took this off Rishik's fb note, who prolly took it off somewhere too. Just some humour to lighten up the study mood. :)
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
official start of studying
Some people have asked me how I study. A picture paints a thousand words, or something like that, anyway.
This is not my table at its messiest either. Keyboard real estate is a prime area, you know? So happens I was chatting before I took this photo. =P
and I really miss having a corkboard/something to stick notices on, so I kinda improvised a bit. =D
As for the next picture, you might be wondering, what on earth is that?
It's for me to know, and for you to er.. not know. Suffice to say, the title of the picture is "boulevard of broken dreams". It's deliberately distorted bcos I can only be so evil.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Haircut
Next time I cut my hair, remind me to bring someone who speaks hairdressese, ie hairdresser language in Chinese.
I keep forgetting that my understanding of hair-related terms in Chinese is like.. zilch. The ensuing conversation between the hairdresser(H) and me(J) went like this:
*Conversation is translated from Chinese. "???" represent unintelligible Chinese words.
H: You want to cut?
J: Actually I want to trim.
H: Ok.
H: Your hair is quite thin.
J: Uh-huh.
[After trimming for awhile]
H: ??? ??? ???
J: Huh?
H: Your hair is very ??? ???.
J: Huh?
H: *says louder* You hair is very ??? ???.
J: Er, ok, so..?
H: So, not many people have hair like that.
J: Like what?
H: ??? ???.
*H takes a mirror to shows me how my hair looks like from the back*
J: *looks just like my hair to me.* Er.. er.. If my hair is not like that, then what should it be like?
H: Oh, other people's hair normally would be ??? ???.
J: Oh, issit? Er.. aiyah anything lar.
H: OK, done.
*H starts to remove the cloth around my neck*
Needless to say, I was kind of confused.
Next time I go, I'll pretend that I don't know Chinese, I wonder if that would help.
Imagine if I go in and say in an upperclass British accent:
"Aunty, I would like to trim my hair. No, I don't speak Mandarin."
Nah, prolly not believable. My skin tone is too dark, but I don't look Malay either leh.
"Aunty, boleh awak menggunting rambut saya?"
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But what the heck, my haircut only cost me $3.80.
Free samples!
Have to review this website for the zone mag - basically it's a Singapore based free sample website. When you join you're awarded 6 points (to redeem 3 samples). You have to verify your address (they managed to find one-north! Joy to the world!) and pay a small postage fee via immediate ATM transfer or iBanking. I had to pay SGD$2 for my samples.
Samples include cosmetics, face products, perfume, body wash, etc. It's more tailored towards the women (as you will notice if you look at their "about us" section), but there are samples for men too. My guy friend who referred me got some facial wash or something, his samples arrived fine in the mail, so it should be quite reputable.
Granted, their English ain't so good (I would LOVE to edit their English), and their web interface ain't that great either, but for us very web-savvy people, that shouldn't be a problem. English-wise, well, what can I say? We're in S'pore. :(
Interested? Click the image above to register (and help me get some points too :) and try it out yourself!
P.S. The final verdict will come when I get my samples.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Slumdog Millionaire
(blogging frm email now - Note to self: add in labels later)
Template
I wanna make a link at the bottom of my blog page that says "older entries", is it possible without Major modifications to the code on my template? Labels: template
I'm aiming this question at tech whizzes like *coughs* G.. *coughs*
U know, like those they have for the standard templates.. "older entries", "newer entries".
If it's too difficult, forget it! =X
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Malay!
Recently started to play B$ again. This is bad timing! Exams are coming, more importantly, my Malay oral is coming, but I totally don't feel prepared. Labels: blogshares, games, malay
Oh yes, when I surf random blogs (over the course of my B$ game), I realise that Singaporean blogs tend to sound the same. Even for the singlish-less blogs, I can guess that the author's a Singaporean. Really lor. :)
Ok, tomorrow's my Malay oral, so maybe I should practice some:
(mouse over some words to see their meaning :)
My favourite eating place. (Kegemaran gerai makan saya?)
Saya suka makan nasi itik di Gerai Makan Dunman Road. Makanan di situ murah dan sedap. Sepinggan nasi itik harga dua setengah dolar. Saya selalu makan di situ dengan keluarga saya pada hujung minggu. Kami juga suka makan laksa, mee udang dan telur dadar tiram di situ. Ia sangat sedap!!
Jiran saya (My neighbour -- i dunno my neighbours, gonna pretend that I stay at 102 sunbird...=P)
Jiran saya nama Encik Tan. Dia bekerja sebagai jurutera. Kadang kala, dia akan berniaga di China. Isteri Encik Tan seorang guru. Dia mengajar kimia di Sekolah Menengah Tanjong Katong. Dia ada ramai pelajar.
Encik Tan ada dua orang anak. Anak sulung nama SY. Dia sedang belajar di NUS, mengambil kursus komunikasi. Biasanya, dia akan pergi ke NUS dengan menaiki MRT dan bas. Tetapi, semasa bapanya ke China, dia akan memandu kereta ke NUS. Anak bongsu sedang belajar di Dunman High School. Dia berumur tiga belas tahun.
Saya selalu menghabiskan masa dengan mereka.
Keluarga Saya
-- Too lazy to write out. Let's see..
Kimia - Chemistry
Fizik - Physics
Ilmuwan - Scientist
Maybe I can just adopt my "neighbour"'s family. *nods*
Estet Perumahan Saya (my housing estate - slightly fictitious to protect my own privacy)
Saya tinggal di kondominium. Kondominium saya terletak di estet perumahan Marine Parade. Saya tinggal di situ sejak saya dilahirkan.
Estet perumahan Marine Parade ada banyak kemudahan. Saya boleh berjalan ke pusat membeli-belah. Pusat membeli-belah ada banyak kedai. Saya suka makan dan membeli baju di situ. Di dalam pusat membeli-belah ada dua pasar serbaneka - Cold Storage dan Giant. Barang-barang di dalam Giant murah tetapi barang-barang di dalam Cold Storage mahal. Ibu saya selalu membeli sayur-sayuran dan ayam-ayam di giant.
Estet Perumahan juga ada perpustakaan. Semasa saya percuma, saya akan ke perpustakaan meminjam buku. Saya suka baca buku cerita ditulis oleh Michael Crichton. Kegemaran buku saya "Jurassic Park".
Saya suka tinggal di Marine Parade.