The Chopstick Theory

So here's the thing. I rarely leave a comment on Facebook, I hardly update my status and I almost never upload a photo. Out of the 185 photos I have on Facebook only 3 were uploaded by me. THREE!

And out of those three, two were uploaded this year. That's quite a progress I must say. Imagine I had a cake as my Profile Picture for over 2 and a half years. My colleagues kept commenting "Your cake sudah rotten lah. Change lah!"

Wait! All that being said and done, my point was...

"I rarely leave a comment on Facebook."
but when I do, I like to think I leave an impression. *shameless*

You see just the other day a friend posted a status that reads "the chopsticks theory..." which led to a bunch of comments trying to 'decipher' the theory as shown in the screencap below. Yada yada... it's not hard to figure out that the idea was 'needing a pair to function' right?

RIGHT!

Except it wasn't me who answered that all wise and correct.

Instead, I had to be all Ms Smart Pants
and replied that comment with this:

"but but... I only need one to eat 'yu dan' during dim sum.. :P"

Yamah! Tak salah pun. Even Mr-Have-Been-Blurred-Out agreed with me as shown above. Plus I got a '1 person Like this' vote. *grins* So I think I might have successfully shot down "the chopstick theory".

At least that's what I thought a few days ago before I was here writing this post.

You see. As much as I love eating 'yu dan' aka Cantonese for fish balls, I don't want to go through life eating just 'yu dan'. I mean there's so much more to enjoy. Sui Mai, Har Kao and a whole bunch of stuff. And I can't enjoy all that with just a single chopstick...

if you know what I mean.

So to whoever's out there holding the other single chopstick, could you please show yourself soon? I believe life's best dim sum feast is waiting for us. :)

Don't Waste the Pretty

So I've been 'pretty' much hooked to this song lately. I thought I'll share it. This is not one of those I-heart-singing-words posts since there's no specific phrases in the song that appeal to me strong enough to make into that category. Instead the song works 'pretty' much as a whole. I guess it's more of the vibe of the song and the overall message of the song, and not so much... oh forget it! I just love the song. There's no written rule that I need a reason to justify that. :P

Oh and this is the recorded single but if I were you, I'll go hunt for the acoustic version of the song. Because as awesome as Orianthi's guitar skills may be (no this is not an Orianthi song), I always have a soft spot for good old stripped down acoustic music. I didn't manage to find a youtube video that justifies the awesomeness of the acoustic version though so you're getting the recorded version, which is just as awesome! Okay, I 'pretty' much successfully abused the use of the words 'pretty' and 'awesome' in this one post. Pretty awesome don't you think? HAHAHA! *in a small voice* Btw, if you can't get your hands on the acoustic version, I'll be glad to help... in the most righteous way of course. XD

So here goes! Lyrics right after the video. Enjoy!

Don't Waste The Pretty
Sung by: Allison Iraheta ft Orianthi

Dust it off, break it down
Get to what we're talking about
Do what we're talking about
Don't try and hide it now
Why keep on working it out?
You can't keep working it out.

'Cause I see how he's putting you down
I just can't be around
What you doing this for?
'Cause the light in you starting to fade
Don't let it get away
Girl, you're worth so much more

[Chorus]
Don't waste the pretty on him
Don't waste the pretty on pain
When it gets too much to take, don't give it away
Don't waste the pretty on life
Soon it's gonna fly on by
Whatever way you gotta see it
Don't waste the pretty, yeah

Sit back and breathe it in
Look at how lucky we are
Look at how lucky we are
This life we're living in
You've gotta follow your heart
You know I'm never too far

Away from the pain in your eyes
I can see your disguise
But it's not too late
'Cause I know you can turn this around
Don't be scared, work it out
Listen when I say

[Chorus]
Don't waste the pretty on him
Don't waste the pretty on pain
When it gets too much to take, don't give it away
Don't waste the pretty on life
Soon it's gonna fly on by
Whatever way you gotta see it
Don't waste the pretty, yeah

Now just in case you need reminding
Well, you're beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
And there ain't no use in you hiding
'Cause you're beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, yeah

[Chorus]
Don't waste the pretty on him
Don't waste the pretty on pain
When it gets too much to take, don't give it away
Don't waste the pretty on life
Soon it's gonna fly on by
Whatever way you gotta see it
Don't waste the pretty, yeah

[Background singers]
Don't waste the pretty,
don't waste the pretty, don't,
don't waste the pretty,
Don't waste the pretty,
don't waste the pretty, don't,
don't waste the pretty.

[Allison, over background singers]
Don't waste the pretty hey,
Well you're beautiful,
beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

Miserable Part II

"To eat and not enjoy is a pity."

:(

then again...

"To eat and not appreciate is a sin."
- Hiyashibeeps, 16 August 2010

*sigh*

Miserable Part I

"A little wisdom in the mouth hurts a long way."

- Hiyashibeeps, 13 August 2010

A Bad Sign Turned Good

Woke up at 6.15am this morning feeling a little warm as the AC had auto shut-off at 5am. I usually sleep through the remaining hour and a half with whatever coolness left in the room. It was hot though this morning so I got up with my eyes closed and went to switch on the fan. Went back to bed for my precious 15 more minutes of sleep.

Sure enough the alarm went off at 6.30am.

Woke up and my first thought was
[Why am I still feeling that hot?]

The fan wasn't on! Second thought
[Wait! Did I not got up to switch the fan on?]

Hey at 6.30am in the morning, you gotta doubt yourself whether you actually dreamt the whole thing up. So I stood up and went back to the switch. Sure enough it was on!

WAIT! Third thought of the morning.
Gosh, too much going on in such an hour!

[WHAT?! No electricity!!!]

Yes that thought came with three exclaimation marks because that means bathing in the dark and OMG! Bathing with cold cold water! *shivers* So I groaned and crashed back onto the bed. Not the way to start a Monday, man! 6.35am and my alarm rang again. This time I lay awake on my bed, mourning over the bad start to the week. *sigh*

Fourth thought of the morning:

[THIS IS NOT A GOOD SIGN!]

A minute passed. My 6.40am deadline ticks.
And then the AC made a noise. The fan answers it.

O__O

Fifth thought:
[It's BACK!]

6.40am and the alarm goes off one last time. Finally I got up feeling all smugged.

The first thought of the week as I stepped out of my room?

[IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD WEEK AFTER ALL]

Olivin & Cubger: The Mini Series (i)

*Click on the image to enlarge*

:)

Note: When we first did this, it was not intended to be converted to a 'comic strip'. Thus I'm just improvising with whatever silly and random shots that we took that day. So... honestly, I have no idea what's going to happen next. HAHAHA!

Oh Happy Pill

Happy Pill, where are you?
I've been missing you lately.
Did you left for a holiday without me?
Or did evil Debbie Downer get to you?

Happy Pill, get yourself together.
We are depending on you.
Remember Muse?
She's been lonely without you.
Poor thing.

Happy Pill, you're not gone
and we're not sad.
It's just the sky had been a little grey lately.
No, no. Rain did not fall.
No, no. Lightning did not strike.
But I ain't seeing no rainbow either.

Happy Pill, come home soon will ya?
Before Sad Soda really do come knocking on the door.

Oh Happy Pill.