Why Did the Ducks Cross the Road?

The place where I live keeps some ducks as part of the landscape. They're big, fat and white little buggers which must have done good in their past life. All they do all day is frolic in the pond, snooze under the tree and get fed by all the thrilled little kids and guards! My dad counts them every now and then and it's funny how their numbers increase and decrease sporadically. We suspect the guards for fattening them up for a good ducky meal! :p

Anyway, yesterday morning, I left as usual and had to stop my car cos half of these white fat buggers were crowding around on the road! The other half were watching with their beady eyes over the hedge to see how far their relatives would get before they attempted it themselves! Sitting comfortably on the road, they cleaned themselves and pranced around, making no attempt to move even when I hooted softly.

Then suddenly, the idea that they were holding up traffic must have occurred to them 'cos they suddenly decided to take off back to the other side of the hedge where they came from, amidst much quacking and waddling (they're really too fat!)! So, why did those fat ducks cross the road?! Hehe...a question for you on a Wet Wet Wednesday!

What's Cute?

Watching a tiny little adorable Japanese girl sitting on her papa's lap in the departure lounge singing "Row, row, row your boat" in Japanese! She was such a great entertainment in the boarding lounge at the Phuket Airport and charmed everyone around her with her tiny piping voice and cute bowl haircut. Travellers of all nationalities and languages couldn't help but smile at her antics, especially when she finished with a loud burp at the end of one rendition!

What a nice way to pass time at a boring airport lounge! And this brings the end of my Phuket tips installment...unless my memory has failed me! I'll be doing sporadic Phuket food posts next so if you're headed there soon, tune up that antennna!

p/s What's not so cute is me cursing and trying to get through tonnes of work!

Technorati-ed!

Paris faved me on her Technorati list! Woohoo *muacks* And I found that EastCoastLife from Singapore faved me too! *waves hello* Now time to let my fluffy brain try to understand the instructions *puts on specs*. So, after many frantic sms-es to Paris, here it goes! To Good Karma!

***START COPYING HERE***

Here are the Rules:

1) Write a short introduction paragraph about what how you found the list and include a link to the blog that referred you to the list.

2) COPY the Rules and ENTIRE list below and post it to your blog. To avoid duplicate content and increase the amount of keywords your site can accessible for, go ahead and change the title of the blog. Just don’t change the links of the blog.

3) Take “My New Faves” and move them into the “The Original Faves” list.

4) Add 5 Blogs that you’ve just added to your Technorati Favorites to the “My New Faves” section. Remember to also add the “Fave Me” link next to your new blogs (i.e. http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://www.yourfavesdomain.com)

5) Add Everyone on this list to your Technorati Favorites List by clicking on “Fave the Site.” Those who want good kharma will fave you back. If not, you will for sure get the benefits of faves from the bloggers who continue this list after you.

My New Faves:
Lyrical Lemongrass - Fave the site

Ms Fair Face - Fave the site

Masak-masak - Fave the site

Blissful Delirium - Fave the site

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Hochiak! - Fave the site

Giddy Tiger - Fave the site

Oh! For the love of me - Fave the site

Live Life, organics and your health - Fave the site

Pink Elle - Fave the site

Paris Beaverbanks - Fave the Site

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In the Mood for Love

I came across this book while browsing in the bookstore with sis and I couldn't help giggling at the title. Are there so many China-doll brides these days that we need a Chinese-English dictionary for lovers?!

Makes things quite easy eh?

You're in the mood for a little loving with your young nubile China-doll bride? Have no fear, the Chinese-English dictionary for lovers is here! Just turn to the right page and all your wishes will be met! *wink*

It's going to be a busy week ahead *boohoo* but thank goodness it'll be a short one with the Labour Day holidays to look forward to! Have a great week everyone!

Russian Roulette

Welcome to the Glass Menagerie at Pantai Seafood! *cues flashing lights and music* Where we play Russian Roulette every night! Presenting the players...

So who's the "lucky" player tonight?

Will it be Turbot at RM278/kg?

Turbot: Don't bug us! At RM278/kg, we're trying to procreate more good investments!

How aboooouuuttt Scotland Clams at RM118/kg?

Scotland Clams: Bleahhh *sticks out tongue*

Maybe it's haruan at RM40/kg?

Haruan: *sinisterly slinks by*

Oysters at a cheap RM7?

Oysters: Oy! What're ya looking at?! Stop crowding us!

Lobsters at RM233/kg, perhaps?

Lobsters: What're oysters complaining about?! We're triple their value and still crowded!

Might be Snow White at RM183/kg?

Snow Crabs: Who's the fairest of them all?

Possibly even the King at RM288/kg!

King Crabs: Shh..maybe if we crouch real low they won't see us!

Or our last player - Mexican Geoduck at RM152/kg?!

Geoducks: Why do they call us obscene-looking?!

Disclaimer: No marine life was harmed in this round of Russian Roulette. Their stakes were much too high!

Onions make me cry

So it's tough to peel off the layers! But since Soo Yin's always so sweet about doing my tags, here it goes, just the thing to relax a bit with after a rough week!

Part 1: on the outside
Name : I'll answer to Pink Elle! Pink because I like pink and glitter and Elle because I can be a little like Elle Woods in Legally Blonde - fluffy, peeenk with "blonde" moments!
Date of birth : 28 September
Current status : Unmarried
Eye color : Dark Brown
Hair color : Dark brown with hint of leftover highlights
Right or left handed : Righty
Zodiac : The wonky scales - Libra

Part 2: on the inside
My heritage : 100% Hokkien girl who speaks it with a funny accent
My fear : Losing the ones I love
My weakness : Not knowing what I want (blame it on the scales)
My perfect pizza : Thin crust, the thinner the better

Part 3: yesterday, today & tomorrow
Your first thought waking up : I wish it was Saturday
Tomorrow : is Saturday! Yippee!
Your bedtime : 12-ish
Most missed memory : My childhood and Uni years

Part 4: your pick
Pepsi or coke : Don't really drink soft drinks but Vanilla Coke's nice :)
McD or burger king : Burger King. Their burgers feel less commercialised
Single or group dates : Single. I'm an introvert.
Adidas or Nike : Nike..I'm fluffy, I subscribe to the Nike good commercials :p
Lipton tea or nestea : Neither
Chocolate or vanila : Depends
Cappuccino or coffee : Don't drink either

Part 5: do you..
Smoke : Hate it
Curse : Can't bring myself to say the f-word but manage its variations :D

Part 6: in the past month
Drank alcohol : Nope
Gone to the mall? : Work too close to one
Been on stage : Nope, introvert remember?!
Eaten sushi : Yep

Part 7: what were you doing
1 minute ago : Changing the colour of those damn headers :p
1 hour ago : Scrambling like a stressed mad monkey
4 1/2 hours ago : Working through lunch (no lunch!!)
1 month ago : Laughing at this little man
1 year ago : Can't remember so far back :p

Part 8: finish the sentence
I love : Travels and holidays...bring them on!
I feel : The stress slowly seeping out of my bones
I hate : Small-hearted hypocritical imps
I hide : My feelings not very well
I miss : The time when people around me were nicer and less complicated
I need : A maid to clean and iron. Oh and a massage!

Part 9: tag five people
Hmm..this is the hard part. Dunno how many of you have done but hopefully not yet!

Paris
Angie
Ms Fair Face
Tummythoz
Erm..anyone else?

Friday the 13th

It's Friday! Hooray! Happy Friday the 13th and, even if you're not superstitious, do look before you leap! :)

My List

*This is not a sponsored post*

When I started learning about Payperpost and others, I found that most blogs that gave tips on monetizing were mainly foreign-owned. So when Paris told me about this new thing launched by a local blogger, it was a very refreshing change indeed.

And recently, Daryl came up with this funky new concept to help all Malaysian bloggers gain links which will help them increase their exposure and rankings! How wonderful especially if you're a struggling blogger like me desperately trying to gain a small foothold in the blogging scene! It's something that'll benefit all Malaysian bloggers, whether new, young, old and not just the famous or celebrity ones. So if you're interested to find out more, moosey over to his page here where he details what you need to do. Hey, if me and my fluffy small brain could understand the instructions, so can you! :)

Presenting...the first batch of My List blogs which have been given the honour of rolling this out:

Earn Money Blogging
PabloPabla's Whatever
Make Money with blogging
Paris Beaverbanks
Free Links Giveaway
Free Blogger Templates
Blogsreview.Net
Making a Living
5xmom
How to be a Better Blogger
My Women Stuff
Hochiak! Delicious Asian Food
Best Recipes
Champagne Tastes on a Beer Budget
Daryl's Discovery Journey
The fluff must go somewhere

Who's Weird?

Paris B twisted my arm in doing this meme! Paris - how come your meme has 10 things?! The ones I saw were only 5! A friend recently called me weird so okay, I guess it's partly confirmed then! So *scratches head*, here goes 10 things that are different about me:

1. I don't like amusement park rides.
2. I'm guilty of anthromorphism - I talk about my stuffed toys as if they're human with emotions and feelings! ;p
3. Nutrilite daily vitamins make me throw up, so does spirulina in any form.
4. I have to floss every night.
5. I'm partly obsessed about cleaning the kitchen sink after I've washed up.
6. I get sudden cravings for certain foods and will eat it everyday until I get real sick of it.
7. I burn my bridges sometimes.
8. I have the attention span of a goldfish and get bored really easily. My many half-finished little projects are testimony to that!
9. I'm usually quiet and reserved unless you know me really well which leads many to assume that I'm really unfriendly.
10. I can't tell left from right :p

Now who shall I tag next?! Hmm...

Soo Yin - you up for another? I always tag you cos you mentioned you like doing them! Just yell at me if you're tired! :p

Angie - Here you go! :)

Alan - how about another meme? ;)

Sweet-smelling Meme

Paris tagged me on her Women Stuff some time back. Yes, my glam sis has her own little glam site with beauty reviews! I may be a "make-up in 15 minutes" person but I can never leave the house without spritzing on my favourite perfumes. So here they are!

Inez de la Fressange - I stumbled upon this one in the Bangkok old airport during their sale. I'd never heard of this French designer before and only picked it up because it was a steal plus it had a really pretty box and bottle. Yes, I'm a sucker for that! I do like the gold bottle it comes in with the embossed gold leaves and its light, floral fragrance. Quite an easy perfume to wear and rather unusual. I don't think I've seen it in KL before.

Alexander McQueen's Kingdom - Okay, this is sis' which I liberally borrowed while bunking in with her. Shh..don't tell her! :p It's got a unique round bottom bottle which makes spraying a little hard sometimes. You've got to get the angle right otherwise nothing comes out of it. I like it's strong musky smell. It lasts all day and will make a great night perfume. Gorgeous! Time for me to get one of my own!

Cerruti 1881 - This brings back memories of Harvey Nicks in a cold London where I was fretting over whether I should buy it. I finally did at Heathrow and am glad I did! It's another heavy, musky perfume that's great for evenings. Very distinctive smell in a nice round bottle.

Bvlgari BLV - Picked this gem up in Bali. Another great perfume for evenings out with its strong and unmistakable undertones. A nice sexy scent although the bottle makes it a little hard to handle at times if in a hurry!

Givenchy's Very Irresistible - This was one of my earliest perfumes. I was feeling dead depressed during a working trip to JB and got it as a pick-me-up. I love the fresh, floral scent and who can't help but love the tall, sexy bottle?! I've been using it sparingly...not wanting it to run out!

Lancome Miracle - Another everyday perfume that I like. Light, sweet scents in a nice peenk bottle! Funnily enough, the new Miracle So Magic doesn't smell as good on me!

Most of my perfumes come from airports or my trips abroad. I used to tell myself that I'll buy a perfume each time I travel. It worked well until last year where I got free AirAsia flights to too many places and then it got a bit expensive! I wonder what I should buy this year!

Now tag-time! Over to you:

• Soo Yin - have fun with the meme! :)
• Lyrical Lemongrass - what other favourite fragrances do you have besides lemongrass?! ;)
• Alan Ang - from a guy's perspective!

Home Brand Evening Gowns

I was in our local hypermarket when this pink contraption caught my eye. I was amazed...our hypermarkets have even started selling their own value version of evening gowns! Move over, Beatrice Looi, Daniel Yam and Carven Ong! We now have our own home-brand evening gown!

Alas, the sign above it disappointed me. It was just a novel way of displaying their towels! I was so looking forward to wearing that fluffy pink tube to my next wedding dinner!

But if any creative and imaginative person out there is looking for a nice evening gown, do hop over to our local hypermarket and you could be pleasantly surprised! Gowns in a unique terry material, available in at least 12 different colours and at a fraction of a couture gown!

*Pins to hold up dress are not included

Friday Funnies

A few funnies to see you on your way to a fun Friday night!

Girls, don't fall for this one!


Always make sure the other can catch you before you let go!


Too cute!

Have a happy and great weekend! :)

Meme about me-me-me!

Paris tagged me for this blogger meme some time back. I've been procrastinating this meme and now she's threatened not to tag me anymore if I don't do what she tagged me earlier so I better get down to it!

I left the blogging scene some time ago and recently just came back again but while I was away, I've still been an active lurker on my favourite blogs. Confession: It sometimes takes me about 2+ hours just to go through all the blogs bookmarked in my Favourites list! *blush* Makes me wonder where the day goes sometimes! Hehe...anyway, here's to you, Paris! The first meme I've done in a long long while!

1) Who is the first blogger you met?
Hmm..I must say it has to be Paris! I probably met her when I was...um...1 day old?! Hehe...ok seriously, I've never really met any blogger but I've seen some famous bloggers like KimberlyCun, ShaolinTiger and KidChan (who used to be in one of my college classes before he became THE KidChan!) around before.

2) Who is the ‘Most wanted to meet blogger?’ for you?

Hard question. There are so many of my favourite bloggers I'll like to meet. Pass for now.

3) Who is the ‘I can meet, want to meet but somehow never got to meet’ blogger?

None yet

4) Who are the group of bloggers you most wanted to meet?

Some would definitely be LB, Little Miss May and their Hughug Club!

5) Do you have any bloggers/blog readers that you wish to meet right now?
Right this moment? None for now.

Who do I tag next?

This is seriously hard! I haven't been blogging much but I'll try tagging some of my favourite bloggers on whose blogs I lurk on: Masak-masak, Soo Yin and Precious Pea

GSC Buy 1, Free 1

A treat for all you movie-goers out there! I saw this promotion on GSC's website. It's a Buy 1, Free 1 promotion for some movies (asterisk movies only). I tried using it for Ghost Rider last Wednesday and I got 2 tickets for it at RM7! Which made it only RM3.50 per ticket! I love deals like this! Hehe..plenty of spare change left for pop corn!

It's valid till 31 March so go check it out! Happy watching!

Free Coffee!

I was thrilled to see this advertisement in the newspapers yesterday:

So this morning, I thronged to the Starbucks opposite my office to see that a long queue was already starting! Malaysians and their freebies!

We all didn't have to wait long though because they had already anticipated the crowd and prepared a steady supply of coffee cups to distribute. So all we had to do was to go up to the counter to be given a nice steaming hot cup of coffee!

I don't usually drink coffee, what more Starbucks which I don't believe in paying for. So this freebie was a nice one indeed! :) If nothing else, I could pretend to be like one of those busy executives on TV scurrying to work with that famous coffee cup in their hands!

p/s I must say their cardboard sleeve is pretty good in keeping the coffee hot and your hands cool! But it still isn't enough to turn me into a Starbucks convert! RM10 for a cup of coffee is still a bit too hot to swallow.

Unique Advertising

I often pass a small market on my way out to work. It's nothing grand...just a few vans or stalls lined up against the road that services the local community. I often just spare it a cursory glance on my way to work but this morning something caught my eye while I was stuck at the traffic light.

A little van was parked outside the 7-11 selling all kinds of paper offerings for the coming Ching Ming (Chinese grave-sweeping Day) festival. Loud catchy Chinese music was blasting from the van but the funniest sight was the owner of the "stall" - a little fat balding man. He was dancing energetically to the catchy music, swaying his hips and waving his hands to the beat! And as I watched him, he grabbed some paper ties in his hand and was waving them around his head as he jived and bopped. I couldn't help laughing at him and his jovial expression as he waved to the amused market customers.

Call it a unique form of advertising but he sure made my morning!

Express World

"Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!"

These famous words from the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland is a pretty good idea of how we live our lives today - in the Express lane!

We drive in the express lane:

We fly express:

We drink express coffee:

And eat express noodles:

We shop express:

Then pay for it in the express lane:

So is it no wonder then that services today are also express?!

On the first day of Chinese New Year, we went to a family friend's open house. Whilst eating, we were greatly excited to hear the "tong tong chiang" of an approaching lion dance lorry and even more pleased cos we had front row seats to watch the lion. The lorry stopped and the workers wheeled out the drums and brought out the lion head with much flourish. Striking up their drums and cymbals, the lion kowtowed 3 times, proceeded to move its head from left to right and THAT WAS IT!

Sis and I stared at each other in aghast! Our lion dance lasted for the grand total of 2 minutes and it probably took them longer to set it up!

It looks like even with the optimistic trend of the economy, some people are still not taking chances and choosing to opt for the "budget" section, or to put it a little more politically correct...the Express Lion Dance Service!

What a great marketing tool for busy businessmen who still want the "tong tong chiang" beats but don't have the time! We can start with this tag-line:

"We dance in no more time than it takes for you to peel your mandarin; don't blink or you might just miss us!"

World Cup Fever!

How are you heralding in the 9th of June?! Why, I'll give Carrefour Subang top marks for their innovative display!

The whistle blows, the crowd cheers...

The players fight over the ball...(See the little guy on the left? He's got a funky almond hairdo!)

The goalie rushes to defend the goal...

Keep score with a buttery score board!

What an adorable edible display! It's cake with a kiwi marzipan playing field as spectators made out of little chocolate danish puffs watch and cheer the chocolate and icing-covered players run around with the chocolate puff ball!

4 days more to go...*preet, preet*

What kind of food are you?

You Are Chinese Food

Exotic yet ordinary. People think they've had enough of you, but they're back for more in an hour.

What Kind of Food Are You?

Exotic?! Hmm...it conjures up the picture of fair ladies with long black hair and small eyes wearing tight cheongsams with thigh-high slits! Hehe...I'm a real Tiongkok girl! And I must say I do sometimes prefer Chinese over any kind of food!

Meme 23/5

I got tagged by the popular Ramadhan specialist for another Meme! Thanks Boo! :) Let's see...I have to look for the 5th sentence in my 23rd post and ponder it for meaning! *Digs through archives* I started this blog only in July 2005 and it doesn't seem like many months but I was surprised to find quite a bit of archives to dig through! And voila! My 23rd post!

Erm...which was titled Breathe...breathe... when I had to take a temporary break from blogging due to work! It doesn't even have 5 sentences so I think I'll backtrack one and use my 22nd post titled Junkie Chicken! The 5th sentence was:

Interesting!!

Hmm...this doesn't bode well for my Meme! Well, that Junkie Chicken dish was definitely the most interesting chicken dish I'd ever tasted! I had marinated it with an ecclectic mix of seasonings - onion slices, balsamic vinegar, ranch herbs, a dash of soy sauce, a sprinkle of basil and pepper and finally rubbed with honey mustard. Luckily for the cook, the flavours amalgamated well enough to create a tangy and well-flavoured chicken dish! The chicken was incredibly tender from the vinegar and had a subtle hint of herbs. Not a dish I'd be able to replicate again though it was fun wondering how the dish would turn out after I had marinated it!

Now to pass the baton on to 5 more people! I'll tag these wonderful food bloggers, enjoy!

1. Tian & Mark in Sydney
2. Aromacookery in Singapore
3. Eating Asia in KL
4. Kuishinbomeow in Japan
5. Foodcrazee in KL