Y Sunday, November 25, 2007
So, it is a Sunday yet again... a day after the dreaded and very much abhorred Professional Practice in Construction exam ( Yes, a paper on Saturday noon! That's good ol' NUS for you.) I woke up just in time for a nice lunch (haha) and moped around the house for the next 2 hours before picking up the stack of papers that was strangely( and very strategically) placed on the tv console by The Mother (who was at work) ... a VERY SUBTLE hint I must say. Not really looking forward to another session of i'm-going-to-stop-subscribing-to-the-papers-if-you-are-not-intending-to-read-them, I plopped down on my dirty swirling grey chair and began acting like an intellectual for the following 45 min or so.
Much to my surprise, they are still reporting on the exorcism case in the papers! It's very much evolving into Singapore's version of the soap opera Days of Our Lives now. You can skip the papers for 2 weeks and not worry about not being able to keep track on the who-what-why-how of the case (not that anyone would be THAT eager to find out I suppose) Back in those days, I could skip Days of Our Lives for a good two months and still know what was going on because the plot moved at such an alarmingly S--L--O--W speed. Even Sherlin's turtle can crawl faster! Oh wait, that's not a real turtle. Nevermind.
Let's see what else can I remember..oh yes..FOREIGN TALENT. Some dude from the Sports School/ Council has courageously admitted that his choice to concentrate on attracting foreign sports talent years back was a wrong one. It sure was an expensive mistake, considering the fact that a million bucks was sacrificed. My mistakes were never expensive (in fact, they didn't cost a single cent 99% of the time) but still, I have had to endure the seemingly never ending rantings and rage outbursts (from The Mother usually) . This dude sure got off the hook easy since there wasn't any big hoo-ha about it.
Anyway, he was saying how it's always more reliable to have homegrown sports talent since after some time, the foreign talents are either not meeting standards set, running away or suing the association. He sure can say that now that we have our own sports school and nurturing our own sports medals grabbers.I am inclined to think that the foreign sports talents we have now are not going to be happy with the report. I wish him all the best.
On another note, I was glad to be greeted with a smiling Mr Neil Humphreys in Saturday's Life section. Yes I am a fan of his and I am not going to be covert about it. He can talk about the most sleep inducing topics and yet manage to inject his unique sense of humour that average Singaporeans like yours truly can understand. This is important because I have concluded that humour, unlike music, DOES NOT transcend all boundaries. I have been trying to read this book titled I Have A Bream by John o' Farrell (a columist too) ever since I picked it up from the Humor section in Borders about a month ago. Boy, it was some excellent choice I made. I couldn't bring myself to laugh at a good 80% of the stuff I read inside there! He writes about a whole lot of stuff, which, provided I understand, are really quite fun to read. But when he starts making some supposedly funny references to political scenes in UK or US, that's when I start flipping the pages. I mean, I can't even catch up with political scene here, much less those in the States or UK. To even understand the political humour he penned is tantamount to asking me sit through 2 hours of PP lecture with no breaks. You get the drift.
In any case, this is exactly why I am thankful that Neil Humphreys still writes about stuff that I can understand, identify with and laugh about.
Ending off, I'll leave you with the 2 pictures of the week!
Presenting to the world... THE BEE WHICH NEVER DIES!!
I was at McCafe studying with Vinna when this bee started harassing us. It brought out the Xena in me and I went on to flick it away from the glass panel. (1 for Xena, 0 for Mr Bee) It fell straight to the ground and was struggling about, as shown in the picture. Looking at the poor guy, I almost felt guilty for paralyzing it. Thank god I didn't waste my supply of guilt because before we knew it, Mr Bee was up, up and away! Not only did he regain his flight abilities, he brought along with him two other mates! So instead of one, we had to deal with 3 buzzing creatures! Needless to say, we were defeated and were forced to move to other spots. (1 for Xena, 1 for Mr Bee) Bugger....
Next up, give a round of applause to Singapore's very own SLEEPING BEAUTY!
Aww... the poor girl was zonked out from all the mugging and needed a little break. But that didn't stop me from capturing this rare moment! Hehe.
I'm outta here!!
ADIOS!!
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