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by | § ¶ | trackbackUma Thurman Will Kill Bill!

We watched it at the cinema last night and we liked it. Your mileage might vary depending on your affection (or affliction) for classic wu xia pian and jappy stuff like anime and cute school girls in loose socks. Volume 2 should be interesting especially after I took a peek at an alleged script of it.

I think last night was prolly our single most expensive night out in Leicester. We bought some books, watched Uma kick ass, had dinner out and bought lots of interesting sauces from Safeway and then ate some more when we got back. The wallets may be complaining but we thoroughly enjoyed it.

by | § ¶ | trackbackMy rare entry

I sort of find it disgusting. I mean, come on, a plant is sprouting in the bathroom. Yucks! But the man refuses to get rid of it. I have been nagging at him, "Try removing it when its roots have penetrated deep down under, and you'll have the whole house uprooted!"

I did a flopped presentation 3 days back, but I still need to get it out of my system. I did THREE weeks worth of research on interest rates for my financial analysis presentation, so much so that I won't want to step into a bank anytime soon! Yucks yucks yucks! Anyway, my group had wanted to impress the audience by showing a taped interview with a 'banker', but the stupid avs system in the theater was crap. The worst thing was that it wasn't working the way it was supposed to on that fateful day. All of us group members who were at first well prepared filled the whole talk with "erm, err, ehh" in the end.

We are also in a dilemma at the moment. Where shall we go this Christmas? Choosing a destination is not a big problem. The problem lies with the stupid Home Office. My passport is sent to the Home Office for visa renewal. The immigration officer refused to extend my student visa when I came back in September because it will only expire at the end of October. Now I have to spend 160 pounds to renew it through school and nobody knows when it will be done. "And oh by the way, no one will be held responsible if the documents were to be lost in mail." British efficiency ......

by | § ¶ | trackbackFruit of the Loo(m)

Here she is! Maybe Leong can tell me what fruits I can expect in say..2010?

Here's the toilet bowl to give you a little perspective.

by | § ¶ | trackbackJimivy Freddy go go go!

This evening I placed a £1 bet on a dog called Jimivy Freddy. Unfortunately Jimivy, or Freddy if that's your preference, only managed to come in second. I would have torn up the betslip if it wasn't an online bet. Where's beginners' luck when you need her?

by | § ¶ | trackbackSunday at home

Pretty uneventful sunday except for the following...

• A plant (species unknown) has actually sprouted and growing fine in the bathroom floor. We're hoping it's a fruit tree.
• Leicester City couldn't maintain a 1 - 0 lead against Spurs in a game that was described as "the most undeserved victory in the history of football"
• Me spending way too much time to complete a piece of requirements document thats worth only 5 marks.
• Basmati rice might taste fine but its totally impossible to make good looking sushi with it.

by | § ¶ | trackbackA trip to ASDA

Reposted from 14th Oct

Spent what was possibly my only free monday evening on a trip to ASDA in Oadby. This was mainly due to the fact that there was a free shuttle bus from the University to the supermarket. We started out fourth in the queue at 5.00pm and ended up somewhere like 40th when the bus came half an hour later. Why you ask? Well lets see, the first person in the queue decided to invite about 15 friends and the 2nd person had another 10 and so on.... and if you think Singaporeans had bad manners then you need to come here and watch the Chinese (inc. Honkies!) queue for their free buses. Each and every new queue cutter made the girl's face turn a shade darker and her mouth fouler as she cursed them to eternal damnation (secretly in english).

The whole experience made us decide to seek alternative transport back. So we shopped and shopped and ended up forgetting about our 'stick to the shopping list!' mantra and bought 35 pounds worth of stuff.... I believe we would have bought more if we had a bigger fridge and 2 more pairs of hands. "And it's only 5 minutes away by car." she hints.

by | § ¶ | trackbackBlog back online

It seems that the server running our blog (and various other sites) was hacked. And now back to regular programming...

by | § ¶ | trackbackBroadband Broadband Broadband!

We've finally got broadband! And one of the things we do with broadband is to take silly online tests such as this one...

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Second Level of Hell!

Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
Level | Score
Purgatory | Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo | High
Level 2 | High
Level 3 | High
Level 4 | Low
Level 5 | Low
Level 6 - The City of Dis | Moderate
Level 7 | Moderate
Level 8- the Malebolge | High
Level 9 - Cocytus | Low

Level descriptions: http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html
Take the test: http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv

by | § ¶ | trackbackHome photos

Overdue pictures of our humble dwellings.

The bed of many nightmares

The loo of many err... showers?

Wandie's territory

Our work table

A sofa with a great view of da hood

by | § ¶ | trackbackSaturday in London

Spent Saturday afternoon (and 50 pounds!) in London. Walked around Camden and found it very much like those places in SG peddling 'urban' and 'street' clothes. Saw lots of mouth watering grub but resisted the urge to splurge since we've already packed our lunch from home. Then on to Oxford Street where all the Mangos and Zaras and Nexts and Gaps were. Then we got ourselves egg tarts and 'buo-luo pau'-s from Chinatown and rushed off for some excellent duck rice at Bayswater.

Quotable quips from the lady:

"I think our most worthwhile purchase today was the underground ticket"
"I can't stop thinking about the duck. Don't you think it was great? Mmm duck... mmmm.. Don't you like the duck?" (I quacked in agreement, hoping she'd eat me too)
"We'll have egg tarts for all of Sunday's meals" (We bought 12 all for the two of us!)

I wish I had time to go wave to David Blaine (The bloke hanging over the Thames) but oh well I don't think he'll miss me much.

by | § ¶ | trackbackWandie in da hood

So I finally got my hair cut yesterday. A totally new experience really. I hopped across the street from my flat and into this 'barber' and found myself in 'da hood'. The customers were black, the barbers were black.. the music was black (well hip hop actually) and they all wore shiny bling blings! Everyone was going 'yo ma brutha!' and doing da thing. I had an incredible urge to flee in embarrassment but somehow I was too lazy to go search for another place.

Homie Barber 1: So how do ya want to cut your hair?

Me: Uh, short?

HB1: Ok well I don't do scissors so you got to ask my brutha.

* Homie Barber 2 takes out spanking new scissors from case*

HB2: Ok we do afro hair most of the time and I uses this pair of scissors about once a year man. How short did you say you want your hair again?

Me: Err....

All in all it wasn't so bad, I did come out with a shorter crop of hair and nothing too disasterous. Time for class. Bye.