The tiger and the snow

The show is about a man who loves a woman so deeply that he does almost everything impossible to keep her from dying. Such a twist in the end.

B found it irritating. I found it lovely. Roberto Benigni has done it again!

Something Simple

Whatever we have, we take them for granted. Something as simple as this can make a person so happy...

Boy gets his own postbox

An eight-year-old boy has got his own postbox because he loves sending letters.

Gareth Scott, who is autistic, now has his own postbox in his garden in Gatley, Greater Manchester.

His mum Denise wrote to Royal Mail to see if they'd supply a box. They couldn't but put her in touch with company Romec.

Company boss Paul Carr was so touched by Gareth story he sent a weighted fibreglass box and postman's hat to Gareth for free.

According to the Sun, Denise said: "He's over the moon."

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2144824.html?menu=news.quirkies.heartwarmers

You can never hold back spring

Ble

Ble follows my aunt to the stairs everyday and my aunt will hide in a corner to surprise her. Last morning, Ble followed her as usual but this time, she was the one who hid to surprise my aunt! Clever cat!

Busy Day

Promised the auntie to go to her stall for soup today so I went at 12.45 to get some to go. Unfortunately, the soup is still on my desk. Gave away half my sandwich, ate half my rice, gave up my porridge in the morning, forgot my soup... This is a dog's life!

How bad can life be?

Wife cut off hubby's manhood

A Chinese woman escaped jail after she cut off her husband's penis and threw it out of the window.

The man drove himself to hospital - but doctors couldn't reattach the organ as it had been eaten by a dog, reports Jinling Evening Post.

Yao Fengfang was given a three year suspended jail sentence after her husband, Li Gengbao, asked the judge to be lenient.

Li, a taxi driver in Nanjing city, said he wanted his wife to keep her liberty so she could look after him for the rest of his life.

Yao suspected her husband, of having an affair with his ex-wife and confronted him after seeing his taxi parked outside of her house.

On the way back home, Yao threatened to 'disable' his husband but he thought she was bluffing. Li went to bed early but he was woken at midnight by a sharp pain.

He said: "My wife was holding a large part of my penis, and I pleaded with her to send me to hospital immediately, but she refused firmly, and when I pleaded with her to give me back the cut penis, she threw it out of the window."

Li wrapped his wound with a pillow cover and drove his taxi to Nanjing City First Hospital.

The hospital carried out emergency surgery and sent staff to look for Li's severed penis, but found it had been eaten by a neighbour's dog.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2261940.html?menu=

Moral of the story: We know!

Doing us in?

Went to look for blue ribbons and raffia today but there were non! Even cotton balls were hard to find. Kim, Mrs Rajoo and Adeline must be trying to do us in!

Old Friend

Saw Daffy at the mall today! Looks just like she did at 13!

Confession

Confession has never been my favorite activity. Father once told us that long ago, there was a man who came into the confession box. He spoke in Teochew.

Father: Le wu si me zui? (What are your sins?)
Man : Wo bor zui. (I've no sin)
Father : Le urm si zui nang, le zhor ni oi lai? (If you are not a sinner, why are you here?)
Man: wo um si zui nang. Wo si Teochew nang! (I'm not a sinner, I'm a Teochew!)

Lol



Online confessions for lazy Catholics

A Polish man is in trouble for offering an online confessional for Catholics who can't be bothered with church.

Borys Cezar, 37, set up the website which welcomed visitors with the words: "Welcome to the virtual confessional."

It continued: "Now write down your sins against Lord God. Do you regret your sins?" (yes/no) Do you intend to correct them? (yes/no); now click on next.

"We are connecting you with the Lord God, please wait... Your sins are being transferred, please wait... Congratulations, your sins have been forgiven."

Cezar is facing a heavy fine or jail for offending religious feelings and his website has been closed down.

He said: "I'm a Catholic myself. I go to confession like anyone else. I didn't want to offend anyone."

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2239289.html?menu=news.quirkies.strangecrime

Friends

I often wonder how many of my friends truly care enough to attend my funeral to mourn me if I happen to kick the bucket. I always wonder if any of my friends care enough to visit me in the hospital if I were dying. Well, my best friend offered assurance that he'll be there. lol. This man below was way advance!

Bosnian angry with 'funeral' no show

A Bosnian man has written to all his friends to complain after only his elderly mum turned up for his funeral.

Amir Vehabovic, 45, faked his own death just to see how many people would attend.

He then watched from the bushes as only his elderly mum turned up for the burial in the north Bosnian town of Gradiska.

In the letter to the 45 people he invited to the burial he said: "I paid a lot of money to get a fake death certificate and bribe undertakers to deliver an empty coffin.

"I really thought a lot more of you, my so-called friends, would turn up to pay their last respects. It just goes to show who you can really count on."

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2248609.html?menu=news.quirkies.badtaste

Creative

This is Creative. The children named it. Mrs Sow gave to us a fat green caterpillar that ate non stop the Fri before last. It has changed into a beautiful butterfly this morning. I let it go after taking its photo. Unfortunately, mini and medium Creative did not survive. Beautiful isn't it?

Agui

Cat can say his own name

A Chinese man says his cat can clearly pronounce his own name.

Mr Sun, from Beijing, says two-year-old Agui says his name when he gets frightened.

"Last year I was helping him take a bath, and he was scared of the water. After couple of 'miaow's, I heard a clear 'Agui'," he told the Star Daily.

"At first I doubted what I was hearing, but he kept calling his name, very clearly, and sounding like a child."

Mr Sun says that from then on, Agui has said his own name whenever he is frightened.

"At bath time, when he gets a shot from the vet, or gets scared playing outside, he cries out, 'Agui'," he added.

The Fangzhuang Pet Hospital has filmed Agui saying his name when Mr Sun pretended to give him a bath.

A hospital spokesman said repeatedly hearing his own name would have made an impression on Agui which comes out under stress.

"If the owner can give him systematic training, the cat should be able to speak more Chinese," a spokesman claimed.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2251501.html

hahahahahahaha. I cannot imagine ble trying that.

Is it fair?

Is it fair to use a child to spite another child and invoke jealousy? That can cause some serious emotional distress. It's really illogical but some people still so that. Siao.

Stabbed in the back

Many times when you are supposed to be doing your own job, you are asked by another to do his or her crap.

When you are supposed to be graded, these crappy people, who are your bosses tell you that you are lousy in front of everyone. WTF? You have my sympathy.

Dance Floor

Anyone saw "Dance floor"? The comperes? Mediacorp never fails to amaze me with their selection of artists. This time, it's Jade Seah. How did she answer her questions for Miss Sg?

Pet Megamart

Remember the Pet Megamart that kept advertising on TV a while ago? I went to Ikea at Tampines today so I thought I'd just pop by since it is so near. There were many cars parked there. Outside there, we could see many dogs undergoing obedience training and also some kinda obstacle competition. Thank God we did not bring Pebble there (I actually asked BB if he wanted to!). I've never seen that many dogs around. The most frightening being a bull terrier. It's name is "Ah Bui" and it was in the obstacle course competiton. However, being a guard dog, Ah Bui did not do so well. It was unable to jump the hurdle like most dogs and had to be carried over. Its owner, a young boy. lol

There is also a swimming pool for doggies and a lawn where dog owners walk their dogs and talk to other dog owners. There were a number of huskies. I was wearing a tank top and shorts and was soaked to the skin. Can You imagine the huskies, weaing their beautiful fur coats? What kinda people who call themselves dog lovers would subject the huskies to our harsh climate? BB said.

Well, the MEGAMART did not impress me much. It was so damn hot (no air con) and there were not many brands of food to choose from. Also, most of the stuff were for dogs and me having a cat at home did not even have a choice of cat's tidbits. I got something from IKEA for Pebble but not at PET MEGAMART?

IAMS and EUKANUBA were also having a promotion. Wonder if it has anything to do with the recent withdrawal of their products from pet shops.

In summary, where's the market for cats? I feel so left out!

Princess Diana

In case you were wondering why I was in the sun, I was at the botanic garden. Here's something which struck a chord in my heart.

In Memory Of Princess Diana

UV Allergy

Yes! I have it. After so many many years of getting bad rashes after being in the sun for a prolonged period of time, I finally went to the doctor with all the products that gave me hives. I thought that it was a chemical allergy, but he said it's UV intolerance and there's pretty much nothing that could be done. Even if I do not apply, I will still get it.

Sunlight, even without drugs, causes immediate urticaria in some people. This may be a symptom of porphyria—a genetic metabolic defect.

Mine is not immediate but soon enough. Talk about a seaside vacation. Sigh!

Bitten in the ass

Most of the time, when I do things with kind intentions, I always get it in the ass later.

Yesterday, I wanted to warn my colleague that some customers were expecting her and she was not there yet. The customers were making comments and the most important and senior one commented in Mandarin to the rest of them if something had happened to cause a delay in a grudging way. Hearing that, I asked another colleague if I should give her a call but my other colleague who also heard that comment said get one of her good friends to do it (she is as unpredictable as the weather).

We asked one of her good friends and she was told that there was a jam on the road. So we went back to our own business and when I came back from a programme, I saw her. I asked her if we won and she said it wasn't a competition. Anyway, I relayed what happened in the morning and she said that she must go find out who was the person that started the rumour of the customer commenting on her lateness as she confronted the customer and the customer insisted that her daughter was the one with the grudges, not her. The customer has her number and will call her if she has any questions!

I told her what I heard and in that case, I am the one that she's looking for. She gave me a stare and said that she should come kick my ass and I stood my ground. I heard it in Mandarin and but failed to tell that almost anyone who can understand Mandarin heard it. I said that she must have been repeating what her daughter said then to tell the daughter off.

Go ahead and think that I'm trying to drive a wedge between her and the customer. Truth is that when you want to be kind, choose your audience with care. I wrote this down to remind myself that not everyone is worth it. Sometimes, the truth kills.

Make Studies Like Gaming

Wonder why people play "World of Warcraft" and forsake the rest of the world? If only studying is as challenging as gaming, then we'll have 100% passes for exams!

Consent Form

Sorry to have been gone for such a long time. Ooh! It has been the busiest and the toughest days of the year. Had to answer 1001 questions before I could get out of the house and when I told that to Jan, she offered a consent form for my mum to sign. LOL. An old lady asking another old lady to sign for permission to go out? Darn! Truth is that I'm just not inclined to document those bleak and lousy days.

Lots of stuff went haywire at work. Leakage and all and people flaring up at you for nothing. You don't even know if you'd done something wrong to deserve this. Okie, maybe I should go break a few beer bottles too.

It's been a long time

It's been such a long time since the last entry! Ooh! Busier days ahead!

Parents

You don't have to support me. But you don't have to restrict me. I will rebel more.

Robbery

Sophia, Mrs Lau and Liza went to the Macritchie reservoir to recky that area. Sophia got robbed by one of the monkeys within 10 minutes with her keys in the food bag. Not the best place of all to go. Hahahaha.

Sophia said that the food should have been drugged. I gave her a loud "OI".

Sophia, break a few more bottles! LOL

What's in a name?

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet."

Ananova:

Man names daughter after car

A Romanian luxury car enthusiast has named his daughter SLK after the Mercedes model.

The man, from Chisinau Cris in Arad county, reportedly surprised staff at the register's office with the name.

Ica Mladin, the head of the local register's office, said: "This man walked into the office and said he wanted a birth certificate on the name SLK Caldarar.

"We found that very odd and tried to make him change his mind."

But the father insisted, saying he loves cars and if the baby had been a boy he would have been named BMW.

Mr Caldarar said: "The SLK is one of the most famous models of the Mercedes class; it's expensive and beautiful.

"It I had had a boy, I would have named him BMW because this car's hot and runs very fast."

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2222521.html?menu=

Thanks

Never tot that any1 would read this blog but thanks to greg, I now know.

Not forgetting Gab too who thinks it's hilarious.