Of avoiding English

Today at work, a vendor called. He had principally been communicating with my senior before this, and I think I have only spoken to him once when my senior wasn't around. The conversation went something like this (irrelevant parts omitted):

Vendor: (speaks Mandarin) Can you speak Mandarin?
Me: (in Mandarin) No [I remember laughing then, because it is rather funny saying you cannot speak a language in the language you are saying you cannot speak :P ]
V: So you can only speak English and...German, no, French? [I guess my senior told him...he likes to "report" to everyone that I can speak French -_- Like it's any use... ]
M: Er...yes.
V: Not even Hokkien?
M: Hokkien, yes...
V: Then let's speak Hokkien, more friendly
M: Okay...
V: ... (sounds like he's having difficulty finding words)
M: English also can
V: (speaks in English)

Hi hi ha ha ho ho..... I guess Hokkien isn't really good for a formal setting.

And...how is Hokkien more friendly?? I guess it's more friendly when the other party doesn't like speaking English...

Photo October Day 24: A letter

No one wanted to write me a letter...so I guess this will have to do! lol

The letter K...for kiwi!

Gervais is a yoghurt brand in France...I don't think I got this myself though, I think a friend gave it to me when she moved out or something.

Just be careful...

On the radio this morning they were talking about sending sms-es to the wrong person. A caller said that he had sent a message which was supposed to be for his girlfriend, to his ex-girlfriend instead.

Now I don't quite know how people send sms-es to the wrong person. I mean, you DO choose the recipient, don't you? How do you make a mistake?

The only way I can think of is by having two almost identical names in your contacts. And what are the odds of having your new girlfriend's name so close to you ex-girlfriend's?

And say that with a big coincidence, their names are almost identical. Are you so dense that you don't recheck the name each time you send an sms to one of them? Especially when you are sending a romantic message, which is what he said he was sending? (the DJ asked that, so maybe he just answered "yes" because it was easier...I don't know)

Okay I just thought of another reason why people could choose the wrong recipient for an sms...touchscreens! When your finger is big and the touchscreen pads are tiny...but then, you should still check the recipient you just chose, methinks.

Another reason not to like touchscreens, I guess :P

Photo October Day 23: A memorable gift

I've been saving this up for this theme! Because it is just so suitable...


He says it's candy...what a sweet gift ;)

(taken the day after his farewell...when he came back for something)

Photo October Day 22: Cash

Cash in an envelope...received from my company for what I advanced to buy some stuff.

Oh, sakitnya perutku...

I was driving WW home. Suddenly there was a sort of clanking sound from somewhere behind the car. I said, "What was that?" He said, "maybe that Ninja Turtles thing".

Okay, so I understood what he meant... Then he asked me, what is that called? After I had finished laughing, I told him, it's a manhole. Then he says, but a manhole is the open one, this one has a cover. His source: Kee's World. Where the comics have "Look out! Manhole!", with someone about to step into an open manhole. That sent me into another fit of laughter as I explained to him that a manhole supposed to be covered, and the cover was a manhole cover.

Goodness, what am I supposed to do with this kid?!?! He learns stuff through the most unreputable sources!

Oh, it's Friday?

Oh yeah, it's Friday...so here's my baby:

It's a baby...and it's mine! Well, kinda... :P

Sorry, I've run out of ideas for MiniStories... :s

Photo October Day 21: A box

Some time ago my thermoflask cover broke. Since I couldn't find a replacement cover, I had to buy a new thermoflask instead.


That was weeks ago... but I'm still keeping the box because it's such a good strong one and I have the feeling that it might come in useful...one day. Someday. Goodness knows when... *pack rat syndrome*

Let the music heal your soul

I wrote about getting The Feeling's albums in my previous post. These few days I have been listening to their songs...and today I added three new songs to my playlist. (all three by Coeur de Pirate; I've shared them here)

When I listen to music with Winamp, I sometimes use the shuffling feature, but sometimes I listen to the songs all through to the last one (shuffle disabled, repeat disabled) And then, if I want to hear the songs again, but not all of them, I move those I no longer want to listen to to the top of the list, and start the playback from the first song I want to hear (so Winamp will play all the following songs on the playlist).

From this morning I have had the exact same songs on my playlist...and at the end of the day this is what I was listening to (I was starting the playback from the first song you see)


So I guess I have discovered my favourites from The Feeling! :D

As of now, I want a helicopter~~ Hehe...

I got the feeling...

Or more like, I got The Feeling! :D

Their albums, I mean. Thanks to Alfred! :D

I've shared their songs many times, just refer to this recent post.

And after listening to two of their albums this past two days, I found even more gems! Here's a list of the songs in their albums, with the ones I already knew and loved in red, and the newly discovered ones in purple-pink. (I copied the song names from Wikipedia, which is why they're in such a strange format (and also why you have the durations :P ) )

Their debut album: Twelve Stops and Home

"I Want You Now" – 3:47
"Never Be Lonely" – 3:31
"Fill My Little World" – 4:07
"Kettle's On" – 4:07
"Sewn" – 5:55
"Anyone" – 4:10
"Strange" – 4:21
"Love It When You Call" – 3:35
"Rosé" – 4:16
"Same Old Stuff" – 5:10
"Helicopter" – 3:18
"Blue Piccadilly" – 9:55
"Miss You" (hidden track)

Their second album: Join With Us

"I Thought It Was Over" – 4:00
"Without You" – 4:49
"Join with Us" – 4:40
"Spare Me" – 4:27
"Turn It Up" – 3:52
"I Did It for Everyone" – 4:25
"Won't Go Away" – 3:48
"Loneliness" – 3:25
"Connor" – 3:41
"This Time" – 3:20
"Don't Make Me Sad" – 5:00
"The Greatest Show on Earth" – 8:40
"We Can Dance" (hidden track) – 3:20

Liking 10 out of 13 songs in an album? That is really, really, good...probably only beaten by 911, 'cos I liked all their songs :P Of course, after listening to them more, I'll have more preferences...the thing is, they've got a good mix of upbeat and slow melancholic songs, so the order of songs in the album makes for good listening.

Besides, the lyrics are really good as well... My new favourite is Helicopter...and the lyrics are really crazy! :P

Thank you for reading through this ravingly lunatic post. Haha...

Edit (the next day):
I've suddenly acquired a taste for Sewn and Rosé after looking through their lyrics. I had heard these two songs before getting the albums, but they paled in comparison to the other songs...

And I just put my favourites in bold in this post (for the full story, refer to this newly written post)