1. You're dreaming of visiting the Eiffel Tower, a winery, the Louvre, and the Rhone Alps. You have a tight budget, and want to find a hotel to suit your needs. You want the hotel to be near the places of interest you want to visit. Even though you have a tight budget, you still want to be able to choose a hotel you like best, among the many france hotels offered by our online site.
2. You want to visit the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, and go on some interesting river cruises, with your special someone. You don't mind spending a little bit more. The atmosphere is more important to you. Your want a hotel with a wonderful view. You want the trip to be special, and you want to plan everything just perfect. You want to be able to look through pictures of all the paris hotels available, and choose the ideal one for your special escapade with your special someone.
3. You and your family want to plan a trip to a place where you can visit wineries and museums. You want to see what other places you can visit besides wineries and musuems. Visit us and choose a hotel from among the many nice hotels we offer online, and visit the many places of interest close to the hotel.
4. It's a last minute thing. You have a sudden urge to get away for a while. You just want to go to some place quiet, and stay in a pleasant hotel, and wander around a foreign place for a little while. Look us up, and we'll be able to offer you something.
5. Your company needs a place for a conference. You need a hotel - not too expensive, to house all the people attending the conference. Your company doesn't want to spend too much, but wants a place that is pleasant, and preferably, even willing to throw in some meal deals for the group. Visit us, we can help!
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
My son's 5 Fears
My 3-year-old has found more things to fear, as he gets older. Sigh! Here are 5 of his fears:
1. Bugs - any bugs, even those that won't bite.
2. The dark - big time! He didn't fear it when he was smaller. However, now he refuses to sleep in his room alone! He won't go pick up a toy that has wandered into a dark part of the house.
3. Being alone. It does not matter if we're in the next room, he does not like to be left alone in another room, even though he can hear us from there.
4. The waves. My husband loves surfing. My son will not step into the water when we go to the beach.
5. Any rides that move. He likes to sit in those rides (as long as they are stationary), but protests when we try to put a coin in to make them move.
Our only hope is he'll outgrow those fears as he gets older.
1. Bugs - any bugs, even those that won't bite.
2. The dark - big time! He didn't fear it when he was smaller. However, now he refuses to sleep in his room alone! He won't go pick up a toy that has wandered into a dark part of the house.
3. Being alone. It does not matter if we're in the next room, he does not like to be left alone in another room, even though he can hear us from there.
4. The waves. My husband loves surfing. My son will not step into the water when we go to the beach.
5. Any rides that move. He likes to sit in those rides (as long as they are stationary), but protests when we try to put a coin in to make them move.
Our only hope is he'll outgrow those fears as he gets older.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
5 Reasons to Read the Last Harry Potter Book
1. It's exciting! Of course, every Harry Potter book is exciting, but this last one in the series, is exciting every chapter!
2. It helps you through sleepless nights! It almost makes it worth your while to miss sleep over it! In fact, even if you don't suffer from insomnia, you'll want to stay up to read it!
3. Everybody is doing it! Everybody who knows how to read is reading it!
4. Great topic to discuss with friends! My friends and I race to finished the book. It was so fun teasing some of us who got to read the book later, and giving them false hints about the ending!
5. If you've read the other 6 books, it goes without saying that you must read the 7th book!
2. It helps you through sleepless nights! It almost makes it worth your while to miss sleep over it! In fact, even if you don't suffer from insomnia, you'll want to stay up to read it!
3. Everybody is doing it! Everybody who knows how to read is reading it!
4. Great topic to discuss with friends! My friends and I race to finished the book. It was so fun teasing some of us who got to read the book later, and giving them false hints about the ending!
5. If you've read the other 6 books, it goes without saying that you must read the 7th book!
Sunday, May 20, 2007
5 Favorite Local Festivals
1. Chinese New Year. It is such a joyous occasion, full of loud Chinese music, good food and tidbits, and gatherings with friends and family... It's a time to return to traditions, wearing the auspicious red, getting "ang pows" (red packets with money), saying nice things, and avoiding quarrels...
2. Dumpling Festival. My mom makes the biggest, and most delicious "zong zi" (rice dumplings). She puts a lot of work into it, and the result is fantastic! I can eat my mom's "zong zi" for breakfast, lunch and dinner!
3. Moon Cake Festival. I don't really like to eat the traditional moon-cakes, but don't mind the ice-cream moon-cakes! However, I like the sight of little kids carrying lanterns of different animal designs, and parading under the full moon. I like other foods we eat during this festival, like the pomegranate, and baby yams.
4. Hari Raya Puasa. This is the Malay New Year. I used to live near some Malay neighbors, and when Hari Raya came around, they would invite us to their home to eat delicious Malay delicacies. The curry, and stuff were good. The cakes were even more delicious!
5. Deepavali - The Festival of Lights. This is a Hindu Festival. Used to live near some Indian neighbors too. Used to get invited to their houses when Deepavali came around too. There was usually a lot of curry, but again, I liked the tidbits the best - those round spiky muruku!
2. Dumpling Festival. My mom makes the biggest, and most delicious "zong zi" (rice dumplings). She puts a lot of work into it, and the result is fantastic! I can eat my mom's "zong zi" for breakfast, lunch and dinner!
3. Moon Cake Festival. I don't really like to eat the traditional moon-cakes, but don't mind the ice-cream moon-cakes! However, I like the sight of little kids carrying lanterns of different animal designs, and parading under the full moon. I like other foods we eat during this festival, like the pomegranate, and baby yams.
4. Hari Raya Puasa. This is the Malay New Year. I used to live near some Malay neighbors, and when Hari Raya came around, they would invite us to their home to eat delicious Malay delicacies. The curry, and stuff were good. The cakes were even more delicious!
5. Deepavali - The Festival of Lights. This is a Hindu Festival. Used to live near some Indian neighbors too. Used to get invited to their houses when Deepavali came around too. There was usually a lot of curry, but again, I liked the tidbits the best - those round spiky muruku!
Thursday, May 10, 2007
5 Things Not to Like about Summer in Houston
1. The heat. Compared to some other places, Houston probably isn't that hot, but it's still uncomfortable.
2. The mosquitoes. One is supposed to enjoy outdoors during the summers, but the mosquitoes make it unpleasant to spend long periods outdoors! Not to mention, the threat of West Nile Virus disease!
3. It's a pretty long summer. It takes forever for the weather to turn cool. I remember going out in short sleeves trick-or-treating last year!
4. Summer is also hurricane season! I remember fleeing Rita in 2005, in the summer heat!
5. Fall just seems so much more appealing, after "suffering" the Summer heat for an extended period of time!
2. The mosquitoes. One is supposed to enjoy outdoors during the summers, but the mosquitoes make it unpleasant to spend long periods outdoors! Not to mention, the threat of West Nile Virus disease!
3. It's a pretty long summer. It takes forever for the weather to turn cool. I remember going out in short sleeves trick-or-treating last year!
4. Summer is also hurricane season! I remember fleeing Rita in 2005, in the summer heat!
5. Fall just seems so much more appealing, after "suffering" the Summer heat for an extended period of time!
Saturday, May 5, 2007
5 Reasons Not to Get Pregnant (for some women)
1. The morning sickness. Wonder why it's named morning sickness? Yours truly have it the whole day!
2. The dizziness. Have you ever felt the world spinning around, and you feel as if you're drowning? That's the kind of dizziness that accompanies some pregnancies!
3. The gas. Do you like feeling bloated everytime you finish a meal?
4. The bulkiness during the late stage of pregnancy. Sometimes, you can get stuck going through a door!
5. The inabilty to sleep well. For one who loves sleeping, I dislike having to get up several times in the night to empty my bladder.
2. The dizziness. Have you ever felt the world spinning around, and you feel as if you're drowning? That's the kind of dizziness that accompanies some pregnancies!
3. The gas. Do you like feeling bloated everytime you finish a meal?
4. The bulkiness during the late stage of pregnancy. Sometimes, you can get stuck going through a door!
5. The inabilty to sleep well. For one who loves sleeping, I dislike having to get up several times in the night to empty my bladder.
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
5 Reasons to Get An Ultra Hal Assistant
1. You get to try it for free for 30 days! It's like getting to hire a secretary on trial, and test his/ her skills for 30 days, and see if you like working with him/ her or not. Imagine that? You don't have to fire him/ her if you don't like him/ her. You won't even hurt your trial assistant's feelings if you don't like working with him/ her at the end of the 30-day period!
2. The Ultra Hal Assistant acts like a robot. How cool is that? Your own personal robot!!! It's a digital secretary that is capable of holding intelligent conversations with you.
3. Just like some of your marriage companions, your digital companion grows to operate like you over time! That means, you'll have to do less prompting, which means, less work for you, as time goes by!
4. It goes with you anywhere on your laptop. A personal secretary who goes with you to the other side of the world? Wow! You don't even have to pay for its airfare! It also doesn't take much to carry it around! You'll have your secretary reminding you of your appointments overseas, as soon as you get off the plane! Hassle-free business trips are awaiting!
5. You get to choose how your digital secretary look like! Your personal assistant can take the form of any 3D artificial human forms you choose that are offered on the site.
2. The Ultra Hal Assistant acts like a robot. How cool is that? Your own personal robot!!! It's a digital secretary that is capable of holding intelligent conversations with you.
3. Just like some of your marriage companions, your digital companion grows to operate like you over time! That means, you'll have to do less prompting, which means, less work for you, as time goes by!
4. It goes with you anywhere on your laptop. A personal secretary who goes with you to the other side of the world? Wow! You don't even have to pay for its airfare! It also doesn't take much to carry it around! You'll have your secretary reminding you of your appointments overseas, as soon as you get off the plane! Hassle-free business trips are awaiting!
5. You get to choose how your digital secretary look like! Your personal assistant can take the form of any 3D artificial human forms you choose that are offered on the site.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
5 Who Love Star Wars
1. Stanley is a Star Wars fan. He loves all the episodes of the Star Wars movies. Needless to say, he used to have all the episodes on video tapes, but has since replaced his collection with DVDs. How old is Stanley? 40! He has been a Star Wars fan since he was a little kid. He has a fair amount of Star Wars collectibles, which he plans to pass on to his two boys. He plans to go as Darth Vader, to a special Star Wars Halloween party his friend hosts annually.
2. Tanner and Trevor are both in the middle school. Their dad is Stanley. They remember lining up with their dad to get tickets to the opening night of "Revenge of the Sith", when they finally convinced their mother they were old enough to do so. They did not mind the long wait because it was a Star Wars event just to be out there standing in line. Daddy dressed up in his Darth Vader costume, and Tanner and Trevor in their Skywalker costumes. Everybody in the line seemed to be Daddy's friends. There were a lot of other people dressed up as the other characters in the Star Wars movies.
3. Heather is Stanley's wife. She likes the Star Wars movies too! However, growing up, she was not as big a fan as her little sister. She remembers the only dolls her little sister would play with were Star Wars figures. She would make Heather play with her, and they made up conversations, and enacted plays. Heather used to put up with her sister. Little did she know she would end up marrying a Star Wars die hard! Her housecleaning includes dusting Stanley's sanctuary (study) of Star Wars collectibles, which include his Darth Vader costume, various Jedi robes, Star Wars game sets, and several display props!
4. Gerald is in his 50s. He has been for many years, and is still a Star Wars fan. He joined the force when he was barely a teenager. He hosts a Star Wars Halloween party every year. He has enough props collected over the years, to transform his house into a scene out of the Star Wars movies. His friends look forward to the event every year. It is a family event. They watch all the episodes of the Star Wars movies on his big screen TV, re-enact scenes from their favorite Star Wars movies, and use language like the characters in the movies. During such a gathering, it is not uncommon to see various Jedis, some princesses Amidala (the little girls love to dress up as her), one or two Chewbaccas, and occasioanlly one or two Jar Jar Binks.
5. Rose is Gerald's wife. She's as crazy a Star Wars fan as Gerald. Gerald proposed to her during the first Star Wars movie. She remembered feeling like Princess Leia when Gerald popped the question! Therefore, she always dresses up as Princess Leia during the annual Star Wars Halloween party she and her husband host. She still sees her husband as Han Solo. She's as crazy about Gerald, as she was when he popped the question in the movie theatre!
2. Tanner and Trevor are both in the middle school. Their dad is Stanley. They remember lining up with their dad to get tickets to the opening night of "Revenge of the Sith", when they finally convinced their mother they were old enough to do so. They did not mind the long wait because it was a Star Wars event just to be out there standing in line. Daddy dressed up in his Darth Vader costume, and Tanner and Trevor in their Skywalker costumes. Everybody in the line seemed to be Daddy's friends. There were a lot of other people dressed up as the other characters in the Star Wars movies.
3. Heather is Stanley's wife. She likes the Star Wars movies too! However, growing up, she was not as big a fan as her little sister. She remembers the only dolls her little sister would play with were Star Wars figures. She would make Heather play with her, and they made up conversations, and enacted plays. Heather used to put up with her sister. Little did she know she would end up marrying a Star Wars die hard! Her housecleaning includes dusting Stanley's sanctuary (study) of Star Wars collectibles, which include his Darth Vader costume, various Jedi robes, Star Wars game sets, and several display props!
4. Gerald is in his 50s. He has been for many years, and is still a Star Wars fan. He joined the force when he was barely a teenager. He hosts a Star Wars Halloween party every year. He has enough props collected over the years, to transform his house into a scene out of the Star Wars movies. His friends look forward to the event every year. It is a family event. They watch all the episodes of the Star Wars movies on his big screen TV, re-enact scenes from their favorite Star Wars movies, and use language like the characters in the movies. During such a gathering, it is not uncommon to see various Jedis, some princesses Amidala (the little girls love to dress up as her), one or two Chewbaccas, and occasioanlly one or two Jar Jar Binks.
5. Rose is Gerald's wife. She's as crazy a Star Wars fan as Gerald. Gerald proposed to her during the first Star Wars movie. She remembered feeling like Princess Leia when Gerald popped the question! Therefore, she always dresses up as Princess Leia during the annual Star Wars Halloween party she and her husband host. She still sees her husband as Han Solo. She's as crazy about Gerald, as she was when he popped the question in the movie theatre!
5 Reasons to Join in The Fun of Bidding
1. It's easy to play. Carol's in her fifties. She loves to play games like Bingo, and crossword puzzles. Her son introduced her to this game site recently, and she has been having quite a ball, just bidding for fun! She used to just use the computer for e-mailing. When her son showed her how easy, and user-friendly the bidding game was, she went on board, and has stayed on board!
2. The lowest unique bid wins a prize! Daren does not have much money. He just graduated from college, and also just got married. He and his wife live in an apartment. It's a small apartment, but in the living room is a HDTV! Daren would not have been able to afford one, with him being new at his job. However, he won it at this bidding game site, which rewards a new winner every day! Daren's bid was the lowest, and nobody had the same bid as him, so he walked away with a HDTV!
3. It doesn't take up much of your time. Just type in your bid, and click! How much time does that take? Robin uses his lunch time to place his bids. He has a little fun, using very little time, and stands to win something big!
4. Lots of grand prizes to be won! Prizes include Apple I-phones, cars, HDTVS, designer bags, and cash prizes! Sharon's a housewife. In between e-mailing her friends and family, she shops on-line, and also plays the bidding game. She has won a designer bag with her lowest bid, and made a present out of it to her husband on their wedding anniversary!
5. You don't have to pay anything to bid! Shawn likes to play all kinds of games, but he does not like to lose money. He found this bidding site recently, and has been able to enjoy a game that does not require him to lose any money. The only time he has to pay something is when he wins the prize by paying the lowest price!
2. The lowest unique bid wins a prize! Daren does not have much money. He just graduated from college, and also just got married. He and his wife live in an apartment. It's a small apartment, but in the living room is a HDTV! Daren would not have been able to afford one, with him being new at his job. However, he won it at this bidding game site, which rewards a new winner every day! Daren's bid was the lowest, and nobody had the same bid as him, so he walked away with a HDTV!
3. It doesn't take up much of your time. Just type in your bid, and click! How much time does that take? Robin uses his lunch time to place his bids. He has a little fun, using very little time, and stands to win something big!
4. Lots of grand prizes to be won! Prizes include Apple I-phones, cars, HDTVS, designer bags, and cash prizes! Sharon's a housewife. In between e-mailing her friends and family, she shops on-line, and also plays the bidding game. She has won a designer bag with her lowest bid, and made a present out of it to her husband on their wedding anniversary!
5. You don't have to pay anything to bid! Shawn likes to play all kinds of games, but he does not like to lose money. He found this bidding site recently, and has been able to enjoy a game that does not require him to lose any money. The only time he has to pay something is when he wins the prize by paying the lowest price!
Friday, April 20, 2007
5 Reasons to Ride on the Bloggerwave!
1. To earn some extra cash. If you're blogging anyway, why not get paid for doing it? If you love blogging, then some extra cash won't hurt, even if you're not hard up for it.
2. Bloggerwave seems like a cool site. Love the color combination and the layout - very cool!
3. If you're a blogger, you want to be heard! You want to share your writings with others! Bloggerwave is another platform for your voice!
4. Sometimes you run out of ideas what to blog about. Taking an "opportunity" from this site gives you a purpose to blog!
5. Why not?
2. Bloggerwave seems like a cool site. Love the color combination and the layout - very cool!
3. If you're a blogger, you want to be heard! You want to share your writings with others! Bloggerwave is another platform for your voice!
4. Sometimes you run out of ideas what to blog about. Taking an "opportunity" from this site gives you a purpose to blog!
5. Why not?
Monday, April 9, 2007
5 Guys Go A-dating
1. Guy number 1 meets gal on the net. They start chatting regularly. He's cautious. He's looking to start a serious relationship. She's gorgeous-looking. They progress from chatting on the net, to chatting on the phone. It comes to an abrupt end when gal tells guy she just wants to "hook-up" - apparently a popular trend among gals in their 20s this generation. Guy decides to try a free dating site, recommended by his friends, who have used it, and like it.
2. Guy number 2 is a computer geek. He spends all his time working. His best friend signs him up to make friends on the net. He starts chatting with gal. He feels comfortable doing that because he's sitting in front of the computer, not unlike working. He does not feel the least bit intimidated. Gal likes messing with computers too! Their first date takes place at a computer fair!
3. Guy number 3 is not looking for a serious relationship. He just wants to widen his circle of friends. He pays to talk to a number of gals on some sites. He decides to minimize his expenses. He tuns to a free site.
4. Guy number 4 is in his late 30s. He's shy and extremely uncomfortable in the presence of gals. He discovers this dating site on the net, which allows him to get to know gals who are as shy as himself. They take it slow, and only agree to meet beyond the net, when they are good and ready.
5. Guy number 5 is a "big bad wolf". He's married, but wants to have some fun outside his marriage. The good gals he meets on the net drop him after a few chatting sessions. He expects to catch some sheep, but the gals prove smarter than him, and call his bluff!
2. Guy number 2 is a computer geek. He spends all his time working. His best friend signs him up to make friends on the net. He starts chatting with gal. He feels comfortable doing that because he's sitting in front of the computer, not unlike working. He does not feel the least bit intimidated. Gal likes messing with computers too! Their first date takes place at a computer fair!
3. Guy number 3 is not looking for a serious relationship. He just wants to widen his circle of friends. He pays to talk to a number of gals on some sites. He decides to minimize his expenses. He tuns to a free site.
4. Guy number 4 is in his late 30s. He's shy and extremely uncomfortable in the presence of gals. He discovers this dating site on the net, which allows him to get to know gals who are as shy as himself. They take it slow, and only agree to meet beyond the net, when they are good and ready.
5. Guy number 5 is a "big bad wolf". He's married, but wants to have some fun outside his marriage. The good gals he meets on the net drop him after a few chatting sessions. He expects to catch some sheep, but the gals prove smarter than him, and call his bluff!
Friday, April 6, 2007
5 Ways to Get around Singapore
1. Walk - Singaporeans walk a lot. They walk to the train stations, bus stops, the neighborhood stores, schools, and many other places.
2. Take the MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) - This is the train system in Singapore. There are shops in every MRT station. Some even have malls connected to the train stations.
3. Take the bus.
4. Ride a bike, or motor-bike. Motor bikes are as common as cars on the road in Singapore.
5. Drive - The most expensive way to get around in Singapore. You can hail a cab (called a taxi there) too! Most taxi-drivers speak English (or Singlish).
2. Take the MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) - This is the train system in Singapore. There are shops in every MRT station. Some even have malls connected to the train stations.
3. Take the bus.
4. Ride a bike, or motor-bike. Motor bikes are as common as cars on the road in Singapore.
5. Drive - The most expensive way to get around in Singapore. You can hail a cab (called a taxi there) too! Most taxi-drivers speak English (or Singlish).
Thursday, April 5, 2007
5 Reasons to Watch the News (Good and Bad)
1. Get ready for the weather next day - what to wear, what to bring, or where to go, or not to go...
2. Scare yourselves into thinking everyone is a crook, murderer, or rapist.
3. Become more aware of lurking burglars.
4. Be informed about recalled items for sale, especially food items.
5. Become aware of current world events.
2. Scare yourselves into thinking everyone is a crook, murderer, or rapist.
3. Become more aware of lurking burglars.
4. Be informed about recalled items for sale, especially food items.
5. Become aware of current world events.
5 Reasons to Take Pictures of Your Baby
1. Babies don't stay that way for long.
2. Can't help it! They are too cute!
3. To prove to your grand kids, their mothers, and fathers, were babies once!
4. Make good gifts for your kids, when they grow up and fly the nests.
5. Toddlers enjoy looking at their baby pictures, so does Mommy!
2. Can't help it! They are too cute!
3. To prove to your grand kids, their mothers, and fathers, were babies once!
4. Make good gifts for your kids, when they grow up and fly the nests.
5. Toddlers enjoy looking at their baby pictures, so does Mommy!
5 Advantages of Being Bilingual
1. You're able to read, and enjoy books of two languages.
2. Similarly, you're able to enjoy movies/ DVDs, in two languages.
3. Language opens the door to a culture. Knowing another language means opening the door to a different culture - thereby enriching one's life.
4. Enhances understanding and tolerance.
5. It's cool!
2. Similarly, you're able to enjoy movies/ DVDs, in two languages.
3. Language opens the door to a culture. Knowing another language means opening the door to a different culture - thereby enriching one's life.
4. Enhances understanding and tolerance.
5. It's cool!
5 Reasons to Ride A Motor Bike
1. It's cool!
2. It runs on less gas than cars.
3. It takes up less space in the garage.
4. It doesn't get cluttered up.
5. It requires minimum cleaning.
2. It runs on less gas than cars.
3. It takes up less space in the garage.
4. It doesn't get cluttered up.
5. It requires minimum cleaning.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Monday, April 2, 2007
5 Guys Go A-Poker-Playing
1. Guy Number 1 has been studying the whole day in his dorm room. It's getting late. He wants to do something to relieve his stress. He's not the partying sort. He wants to hit the books again pretty soon. He turns on the computer and visits a site, where he's able to have some fun playing poker, in the comfort of his room.
2. Guy Number 2 is having a sleepless night. He has to give a presentation at work the next day. His mind is refusing to quieten down. Figures keep racing in his mind. He keeps going through the whole presentation over, and over again, involuntarily, in his mind. He jumps up from his bed. He has had enough of tossing and turning. He decides to find some sleep-deprived poker buddies online.
3. Guy Number 3 is a fanatic poker player. It's getting harder, and harder to gather a group to play regular poker. He does not get enough of poker these days! He needs a more "regular" group! He finds one online, and is able to play any time, and as much as he wants.
4. Guy Number 4 likes organising - from parties to conferences. He also loves playing poker. He's able to combine his two loves by going online, and setting up his own poker groups.
5. Guy Number 5 is thrifty, but confesses to having a weakness for poker. He finds a site online that allows him to indulge in his passion - for FREE.
2. Guy Number 2 is having a sleepless night. He has to give a presentation at work the next day. His mind is refusing to quieten down. Figures keep racing in his mind. He keeps going through the whole presentation over, and over again, involuntarily, in his mind. He jumps up from his bed. He has had enough of tossing and turning. He decides to find some sleep-deprived poker buddies online.
3. Guy Number 3 is a fanatic poker player. It's getting harder, and harder to gather a group to play regular poker. He does not get enough of poker these days! He needs a more "regular" group! He finds one online, and is able to play any time, and as much as he wants.
4. Guy Number 4 likes organising - from parties to conferences. He also loves playing poker. He's able to combine his two loves by going online, and setting up his own poker groups.
5. Guy Number 5 is thrifty, but confesses to having a weakness for poker. He finds a site online that allows him to indulge in his passion - for FREE.
5 more quotations
1. Remember that happiness is a way of travel - not a destination.
-Roy M. Goodman-
2. A man is in bondage to whatever he cannot part with that is less than himself.
- George Macdonald-
3. Talk without action saps the very will. Something you have to do is waiting undone all the time, and getting more and more undone. The only refuge is to do.
-George Macdonald-
4. It is the nature of love to create. It is the nature of hate to destroy.
-Madeleine L'Engle-
5. There are two ways in which one nature may influence another for betterment - the one by strengthening the will, the other by heightening the ideal.
-George Macdonald-
-Roy M. Goodman-
2. A man is in bondage to whatever he cannot part with that is less than himself.
- George Macdonald-
3. Talk without action saps the very will. Something you have to do is waiting undone all the time, and getting more and more undone. The only refuge is to do.
-George Macdonald-
4. It is the nature of love to create. It is the nature of hate to destroy.
-Madeleine L'Engle-
5. There are two ways in which one nature may influence another for betterment - the one by strengthening the will, the other by heightening the ideal.
-George Macdonald-
Saturday, March 24, 2007
5 Favorite Fruits
1. Mango - especially when it's ripe (and not too ripe). It's juicy, without any "pulp" - if you cut them up into small pieces, and eat the pieces, without having to bite the flesh off the fruit itself. This way, you won't get "strands" stuck in your teeth.
2. Longan (Dragon-eye)) - This is easily available in Singapore. It has a brown skin that peels off easily. It comes in clusters. The flesh is almost transparent, and is easily bitten off the seed (a round black seed). The fruit without its skin looks like an eye.
3. Durian - The king of fruits (in Asia - or at least in Singapore). It has a green prickly skin, and gives off a strong smell. I've heard a foreigner who likes eating durians describing the experience (of eating durians) as eating ice-cream in a dumpster! It's certainly an acquired taste if you don't grow up eating this fruit.
4. Orange - It tastes so good, especially when your throat feels dry. It's sweet, and very juicy.
5. Mangosteen - It's the queen of fruits (also in Asia - Singapore). It has a thick, smooth, outer skin the color of egg plant. It's seasonal, and not as commonly eaten as apples. The flesh is juicy, and white. You have to be careful when you're peeling the skin, for the juice drips easily, leaving a purple stain on clothings!
2. Longan (Dragon-eye)) - This is easily available in Singapore. It has a brown skin that peels off easily. It comes in clusters. The flesh is almost transparent, and is easily bitten off the seed (a round black seed). The fruit without its skin looks like an eye.
3. Durian - The king of fruits (in Asia - or at least in Singapore). It has a green prickly skin, and gives off a strong smell. I've heard a foreigner who likes eating durians describing the experience (of eating durians) as eating ice-cream in a dumpster! It's certainly an acquired taste if you don't grow up eating this fruit.
4. Orange - It tastes so good, especially when your throat feels dry. It's sweet, and very juicy.
5. Mangosteen - It's the queen of fruits (also in Asia - Singapore). It has a thick, smooth, outer skin the color of egg plant. It's seasonal, and not as commonly eaten as apples. The flesh is juicy, and white. You have to be careful when you're peeling the skin, for the juice drips easily, leaving a purple stain on clothings!
Saturday, March 17, 2007
5 Reasons to Drink Tea
1. It tastes better than plain water.
2. It's healthy (according to a 90-year-old friend). She still goes on mission trips as far as (and as diverse) as Belarus, and Shanghai. She says she drinks tea by the pot, every day (any flavor, without adding sugar, or sweetener).
3. It comes in all kinds of flavor. Everyone can find one flavor that suits him/ her.
4. It goes well with chatting sessions. What better way to spend the time than to sit down with a good friend, and sip a cup (or cups) of tea?
5. Hot tea, or iced-tea? Both taste good!
2. It's healthy (according to a 90-year-old friend). She still goes on mission trips as far as (and as diverse) as Belarus, and Shanghai. She says she drinks tea by the pot, every day (any flavor, without adding sugar, or sweetener).
3. It comes in all kinds of flavor. Everyone can find one flavor that suits him/ her.
4. It goes well with chatting sessions. What better way to spend the time than to sit down with a good friend, and sip a cup (or cups) of tea?
5. Hot tea, or iced-tea? Both taste good!
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
5 Classic Excuses from the Underachieving Athlete
1. I think I pulled my hamster.
2. I have a growing injury.
3. When I do this it hurts.
4. I can't practice today. I have a hair appointment.
5. I can't play on hot days because of the metal plate in my head!
2. I have a growing injury.
3. When I do this it hurts.
4. I can't practice today. I have a hair appointment.
5. I can't play on hot days because of the metal plate in my head!
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
5 Punchlines to Jokes
1. You said egg? I thought you said leg!
2. Silly Rabbi kicks are for trids.
3. We've got that licked, we'll go at night.
4. What do you mean by thespian?
5. Two dogs, three mice, and a weasel.
2. Silly Rabbi kicks are for trids.
3. We've got that licked, we'll go at night.
4. What do you mean by thespian?
5. Two dogs, three mice, and a weasel.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
5 More Quotations
1. If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears.
- Glenn Clark-
2. When we seek our own pleasure as the ultimate good we place ourselves as the center of the universe.
- Madeleine L'Engle-
3. Annihilation itself is no death to evil. Only good where evil was, is evil dead. An evil thing must live with its evil until it chooses to be good. That alone is the slaying of evil.
- George Macdonald-
4. We may spoil gratitude as we offer it, by insisting on its recognition. To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.
- George Macdonald-
5. It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are done.
- LC Chronicle-
- Glenn Clark-
2. When we seek our own pleasure as the ultimate good we place ourselves as the center of the universe.
- Madeleine L'Engle-
3. Annihilation itself is no death to evil. Only good where evil was, is evil dead. An evil thing must live with its evil until it chooses to be good. That alone is the slaying of evil.
- George Macdonald-
4. We may spoil gratitude as we offer it, by insisting on its recognition. To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.
- George Macdonald-
5. It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are done.
- LC Chronicle-
Saturday, February 17, 2007
5 Things I Like about Chinese New Year
1. Reunion Dinner - Everyone in the family (including those not living at home - if possible) comes home for a delicious family meal of jumbo shrimp, fish, chicken, "yong dao fu" (my mom's specialty), and many other dishes (usually somebody's favorite) my mom chooses to cook that day.
2. "Bai Nian" - Getting to visit with friends and munch special Chinese New Year tidbits all day long.
3. Angpows - The red packets that contain money.
4. All the superstitions associated with the festive season (don't have to believe in them, but they are so unique to Chinese New Year).
5. The Chinese New Year songs. You can own them on CDs, or listen to them on the radio, and at almost every mall.
Also check out B's latest post
2. "Bai Nian" - Getting to visit with friends and munch special Chinese New Year tidbits all day long.
3. Angpows - The red packets that contain money.
4. All the superstitions associated with the festive season (don't have to believe in them, but they are so unique to Chinese New Year).
5. The Chinese New Year songs. You can own them on CDs, or listen to them on the radio, and at almost every mall.
Also check out B's latest post
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Thursday, February 8, 2007
5 Favorite Singlish Words
1. Shiok - This is the feeling I have after gobbling down a really delicious and extremely spicy dish, like Laksa (with lots of extra chili sauce added). It is a state of ecstasy which is short-lived.
2. Sien - This expresses a feeling of extreme boredom. The person feeling sien may also feel a lack of energy, and care for everything. Constant yawning may also occur. It may also express disappointment, disgust, and all kinds of bad feeling.
3. Aiyah - An appropriate, and meaningless (but yet full of unspoken meaning), and sympathetic response to some one's griping.
4. Hah... - A word that expresses different feelings, depending on the tone used. May express surprise, disbelief, or just a substitute word for "oh".
5. Aiyoh - This expresses shock, disapproval, fear, or just physical pain.
2. Sien - This expresses a feeling of extreme boredom. The person feeling sien may also feel a lack of energy, and care for everything. Constant yawning may also occur. It may also express disappointment, disgust, and all kinds of bad feeling.
3. Aiyah - An appropriate, and meaningless (but yet full of unspoken meaning), and sympathetic response to some one's griping.
4. Hah... - A word that expresses different feelings, depending on the tone used. May express surprise, disbelief, or just a substitute word for "oh".
5. Aiyoh - This expresses shock, disapproval, fear, or just physical pain.
Monday, February 5, 2007
5 More Quotations
1. If your strength is only the other's weakness, you live in fear.
- Ursula K. Leguin
2. Some people are born able-bodied but go through life in dark despair, and some people in spite of having no arms and legs, go through life without a care in the world. Disability has nothing to do with it.
-Hirotada Ototake
3. Chance favors only the prepared mind. The more ideas, images, and phrases we have to work with, through our accumulated learning, the more chances we have to combine these mental building blocks in novel ways.
-Louis Pasteur
4. There are some who love the faults of others and use them to feed their own strength. The object of this love is also to be pitied, and they dare not outgrow their weaknesses.
- Geraldine Harris
5. A man who does not love the truth, but disputes for victory, is the swine before whom pearls must not be cast.
- George Macdonald
- Ursula K. Leguin
2. Some people are born able-bodied but go through life in dark despair, and some people in spite of having no arms and legs, go through life without a care in the world. Disability has nothing to do with it.
-Hirotada Ototake
3. Chance favors only the prepared mind. The more ideas, images, and phrases we have to work with, through our accumulated learning, the more chances we have to combine these mental building blocks in novel ways.
-Louis Pasteur
4. There are some who love the faults of others and use them to feed their own strength. The object of this love is also to be pitied, and they dare not outgrow their weaknesses.
- Geraldine Harris
5. A man who does not love the truth, but disputes for victory, is the swine before whom pearls must not be cast.
- George Macdonald
Friday, February 2, 2007
Baby talk
5 words from my baby's vocabulary:
1. Calls every vehicle "tuck" (truck).
2. Tells me he "yikes" (likes) Elmo.
3. Likes to sing "London Bridge", and ends with "My fren (fair) lady".
4. Points to the sky and says "airmane" (airplane).
5. Watches "Little Einsteins" and calls them "Little Einmimes".
1. Calls every vehicle "tuck" (truck).
2. Tells me he "yikes" (likes) Elmo.
3. Likes to sing "London Bridge", and ends with "My fren (fair) lady".
4. Points to the sky and says "airmane" (airplane).
5. Watches "Little Einsteins" and calls them "Little Einmimes".
Thursday, February 1, 2007
5 Favorite Quotes
1. Character has far more to do with determining history than history has to do with determining character.
- George Macdonald
2. It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
- J.K. Rowling
3. It's life that matters, nothing but life - the process of discovering - the everlasting and perpetual process, not the discovery itself at all.
- Virginia Wolf
4. But it is not the rich man only who is under the dominion of things; they too are slaves who, having no money, are unhappy from the lack of it.
- George Macdonald
5. Do you know how it is with love? First comes delight: then pain: then fruit. And then there is joy of the fruit, but that is different again from the first delight. And mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step: for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair. You must not try to keep the raptures: they have done their work. Manna kept, is worms.
- C.S. Lewis
- George Macdonald
2. It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
- J.K. Rowling
3. It's life that matters, nothing but life - the process of discovering - the everlasting and perpetual process, not the discovery itself at all.
- Virginia Wolf
4. But it is not the rich man only who is under the dominion of things; they too are slaves who, having no money, are unhappy from the lack of it.
- George Macdonald
5. Do you know how it is with love? First comes delight: then pain: then fruit. And then there is joy of the fruit, but that is different again from the first delight. And mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step: for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair. You must not try to keep the raptures: they have done their work. Manna kept, is worms.
- C.S. Lewis
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