Thursday, September 09, 2010
Saturday, November 28, 2009
because i am too lazy to write a long post
u look like those auntie who complains alot about buying a vegetable which has half a leaf less than usual. then gossips to the entire apartment for the next 2 weeks about it
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Stepping out
I also have to think about when I want to start work. One firm is letting me start as soon as next week, but I'm wondering whether I should defer it to next month so that I can do just a little bit more work on my LLM? I am a tad worried about how work is going to affect writing my thesis, but my cute mum says I just have to be consistent and do a little everyday and before I know it that 15-20k word mark will be met. Sounds easy right? But it is not! I realise of late that I am having mucho trouble reading articles off my laptop. If I spend long hours reading off the screen, I tend to get tired faster and sleep extra long at night. I've already reduced the brightness of the screen but it hasn't made much of a difference. HOWWW LAAHH.
Later this evening I am gonna go shopping with my mum for work clothes. Whee, so exciting! I gave away alot of clothes recently cos I felt that they didn't work with my new "yuppie-to-be" image. Haha! I wonder if it's considered unprofessional in the legal world to blog about your life? I've read loads of magazine entries that tell you to be a little wary about how much you share and the things you say cos you never know when your boss might stumble upon your blog. But I guess I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. For now, I'm just happy I get to go shopping later and not pay out of my own pocket (YET)!!!!!!!!
Friday, September 25, 2009
Joke
A little humor with a good moral.
The Pastor's Ass
The pastor entered his donkey in a race and,
it won.
The pastor was so pleased with the donkey
that he entered it in the race again,
and it won again.
The local paper read:
PASTOR'S ASS OUT FRONT.
The Bishop was so upset with this kind of
publicity that he ordered the
Pastor not to enter the donkey in another race.
The next day, the local paper headline read:
BISHOP SCRATCHES PASTOR'S ASS.
This was too much for the bishop, so he
ordered the pastor to get rid of the donkey.
The pastor decided to give it to a nun
in a nearby convent.
The local paper, hearing of the news, posted
The following headline the next day:
NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN.
The bishop fainted.
He informed the nun that she would have to
get rid of the donkey, so she sold it to a farmer for $10.
The next day the paper read:
NUN SELLS ASS FOR $10.
This was too much for the bishop, so he
ordered the nun to buy back the
donkey and lead it to the plains where it could run wild.
The next day the headlines read:
NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE.
The bishop was buried the next day.
The moral of the story is . . .
Being concerned about public opinion can bring you
much grief and misery, & even shorten your Life.
So be yourself and enjoy life.
Stop worrying about everyone else's ass and
you'll be a lot happier and live longer!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Update
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Wednesday Sept 23, 2009
No intention to patent local food, Dr Ng says
by FLORENCE A. SAMY
Malaysia does not intend to patent local food but wants its citizens to know their origins, Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen said.
She expressed surprise over responses on her statement on local food and Malaysia’s intention to lay claim to several dishes, which were synonymous with the country’s identity and ideal as a tourism product.
“Neither did I say that no other countries can cook such food. We are not trying to compare with other countries,” she told a press conference on Wednesday.
“Malaysians must know about the origin of their food. We want them to start thinking about their food when they eat them. We also want them to improve on their dishes and be more creative.”
Dr Ng’s recent statement that nasi lemak, laksa, bak kut teh, chilli crab and Hainanese chicken rice are Malaysian dishes had sparked off a "food fight" on the Internet, including from some unhappy Singaporeans who insisted that chilli crab and the chicken rice were theirs.
Dr Ng said a study on the origins of foods in the country would be conducted and an apology conveyed if it was wrongly claimed.
“At the end of the day, tourists will go to where the food is tastiest,” she added.
The National Heritage website, www.warisan.gov.my has 100 types of food and drinks listed under its food heritage list.
These include nasi lemak, laksa, chilli crab and Penang char kuay teow.
Citing an example, Dr Ng said bak kut teh -- which is Hokkien for meat bone tea -- originated from Klang in the 1930s by a Chinese sinseh.
“Ba kut teh can be chicken or any meat because it is meat bone,” she said.
Local dishes, she said, could be part of the Malaysian tourism product branding as many were already in the heritage food list.
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Friday, September 18, 2009
Whose food is it anyway?
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Thursday Sept 17, 2009
Laksa and nasi lemak among our pride, says Yen Yen
by TEH ENG HOCK
KUALA LUMPUR: Laksa, nasi lemak and bak kut teh — these are some of the food Malaysia will lay claim to.
Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen said there were many dishes synonymous with Malaysia’s identity but they had been “hijacked” by other countries.
“We cannot continue to let other countries hijack our food. Chilli crab is Malaysian. Hainanese chicken rice is Malaysian. We have to lay claim to our food,” she told reporters after launching the Malaysia International Gourmet Festival yesterday.
The festival, which runs throughout October, is part of the Fabulous Food 1Malaysia campaign. November’s part of the campaign will centre around shopping mall food, while street and heritage food will be the highlight in December.
“In the three months, we will identify certain key dishes (to declare as Malaysian). We have identified laksa ... all types of laksa, nasi lemak and bak kut teh,” she said.
When asked how the ministry would go about labelling the dishes Malaysian after identifying them, Dr Ng said she would reveal her strategy at a later stage.
“That is Part Two. We cannot reveal it yet, but we will let you know soon,” she said.
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Thank you my forefathers for bringing this humble dish to our shores. I am eternally grateful.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
A prayer by Thomas Merton
My Lord God,
I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself,
and the fact that I think that I am following your will
does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please you
does in fact please you.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this,
you will lead me by the right road
though I may know nothing about it.
Therefore will I trust you always,
though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me,
and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
-- Thomas Merton (1915-1968), "Thoughts in Solitude"