One of those awkward moments in life – Getting stuck in the office lift with someone you’re not entirely familiar or comfortable with, but still having to make small talk because it would be unsociable not to do so, while at the same time both of you are keeping an eye on the lift display, eagerly awaiting for [...]
Archive for November, 2006
Awkward Moments in Life
Tuesday, 14 November, 2006
The Decline of the Heavyweights
Monday, 13 November, 2006
So Wladimir Klitschko defeated American Calvin Brock in Madison Square Garden via 7th round TKO. It’s lamentable that the Heavyweight division today is a pale shadow of its glory days…the days of the likes of Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, and of course, Muhammad Ali. In fact, I think the Heavyweight division started going downhill ever since Tyson messed [...]
“Fed-Ex”
Sunday, 12 November, 2006
One of the best puns to come along in a long time: K-Fed (short for Kevin Federline) is now known as “Fed-Ex” after his break-up with Britney Spears. Couldn’t help laughing at this pun. Really good one!
Parking Pontianak
Saturday, 11 November, 2006
Since we’re on the Dim Sum Dollies… I believe this song made it’s debut in the “Revenge of the Dim Sum Dollies” in 2004, starring Selena Tan, Emma Yong and Pam Oei. (Too bad I missed that show, cos I was working in London at that time.) According to my family members who watched it, this [...]
Little Shop of Horrors
Friday, 10 November, 2006
Just watched “Little Shop of Horrors” (starring the Dim Sum Dollies) at the Victoria Theatre earlier tonight. Hadn’t watched the movie before, so the songs and the plot were all rather new to me. The book and lyrics are by Howard Ashman, and the music is by Alan Menken (one of my favourite composers). Some [...]
Patriot Games
Wednesday, 8 November, 2006
So the Indianapolis Colts beat the New England Patriots 27-20 at Foxborough on Monday morning in a highly-anticipated mid-season showdown. Apparently they were showing the game live on telly, but I missed it. Just as well, cos I didn’t fancy watching the Patriots lose. Peyton Manning was at his usual impeccable best (20/36 for 326 yards, 2 TDs, 1 [...]
“Ladbrokes” (What’s in a name?)
Wednesday, 8 November, 2006
Ladbrokes is in the news recently because they are in talks to buy 888, and online gaming firm. Ladbrokes is the second-largest bookmaker in the UK. Is it just me, or has anyone ever seen the irony in the name “Ladbrokes”? To me it connotes “the lad becomes broke”. (And Ladbrokes is a gambling house…geddit?) Believe me, [...]
Cord or Chord? Wrack or Wreck?
Tuesday, 7 November, 2006
English is such a fascinating language, don’t you think? For instance, one thing I can never figure out is whether it is “struck a cord“ or “struck a chord“? Both phrases seem to be used frequently in articles (depending on which articles you read). I tend to think it should be “chord”, because of the whole [...]
The Prestige
Sunday, 5 November, 2006
I caught “The Prestige” recently. It was a movie I’ve been quite eager to catch for some time, because it’s a story about magicians, and as you might know, I was (and to a large extent still am) a huge fan of the Art of Magic. Friends have been saying many good things about this [...]
