The melamine milk scandal has caused much panic among everyone, including my family. Every other day, we find our favorite snacks join the growing list of melamine-tainted products. This can be quite depressing, especially during PMS where we crave for Chicken in a Biscuit, Lotte's Koala Choco biscuit, Snickers etc.
This morning my mum asked me whether she can dump the Lotte's custard puff biscuits I bought from Japan. I didn't dump it, hoping future tests will confirm it's safe. When I drink my favorite teh outside, I wonder if the condensed milk they use is tainted. When I eat biscuits & bread, I wonder where the milk is from. Haiz....how to eat in peace?
Recently there were reports of a cover-up of the melamine issue. I can understand the unscrupulous dealers who diluted the milk and added melamine to earn more $$. I believe their education is limited to how to earn more $$. However I don't get it why the China authorities didn't learn their lesson from the SARS episode. Admitting there's a problem and resolving it is a smarter move than covering it up, especially when it can become a global issue. Unfortunately China didn't think so that way.
Is moral education non-existent in this country? Did the need to impress the world during the Olympics caused them to be short-sighted?
No doubt they did a great job at the Olympics. An impressive event which no one will not forget easily.....until the milk scandal. China has successfully generated great publicity for herself, greater than what the Olympics did for her.
Now while we wait for China to figure out what went wrong & keep track of tainted products, we probably have to avoid all China food products for the time being. I don't trust them anymore.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
F1 Fever
I know almost nothing about F1 and certainly did not share the enthusiasm many Singaporeans had for the event. However I could not ignore the impressive set-up & the roaring engines of the cars. So on Sunday, I watched the finals with my family at home.
The thought of watching cars drive past for 1 hour plus wasn't very exciting, but soon I was glued to the tv. The 1st crash silenced everyone at home, wondering if the driver's alive. Then everyone was laughing away at the comical pit-lane drama. Rest of the race were quite forgettable until the ending where my sis & I were exclaiming "Har?! Like dat also can be grid girl?". Their bulging tummies and looks made us wonder where did all the beauties go to?
The next day, my sis sent me an intro video of one of the grid girls. Quite pretty with a figure to die for. But she didn't win and i guess the reason is quite obvious after you view the video. The top 2 winners of the contest are quite ok though lacking in the looks department. Watch them here -- Winner, 2nd place, 3rd place.
I am impressed by these girls' guts to participate in such a contest, going thru silly tasks (like digging sand at Sentosa) & be a target of criticism by gossipy Singaporeans, like my sis & I! And I'm pretty sure we're not the only ones bitching about them!
News about the F1 finals went on for a few days. I usually skip the sports section of the newspapers but this time round I read on. This particular article caught my interest - "Ferrari boss blasts S'pore's 'circus' track" (1st Oct). Talk about being a sore loser. No one does it better than him! hahaha
The thought of watching cars drive past for 1 hour plus wasn't very exciting, but soon I was glued to the tv. The 1st crash silenced everyone at home, wondering if the driver's alive. Then everyone was laughing away at the comical pit-lane drama. Rest of the race were quite forgettable until the ending where my sis & I were exclaiming "Har?! Like dat also can be grid girl?". Their bulging tummies and looks made us wonder where did all the beauties go to?
The next day, my sis sent me an intro video of one of the grid girls. Quite pretty with a figure to die for. But she didn't win and i guess the reason is quite obvious after you view the video. The top 2 winners of the contest are quite ok though lacking in the looks department. Watch them here -- Winner, 2nd place, 3rd place.
I am impressed by these girls' guts to participate in such a contest, going thru silly tasks (like digging sand at Sentosa) & be a target of criticism by gossipy Singaporeans, like my sis & I! And I'm pretty sure we're not the only ones bitching about them!
News about the F1 finals went on for a few days. I usually skip the sports section of the newspapers but this time round I read on. This particular article caught my interest - "Ferrari boss blasts S'pore's 'circus' track" (1st Oct). Talk about being a sore loser. No one does it better than him! hahaha
Monday, September 29, 2008
Getting to know me
I received the following email a few days ago and decided to do as it says:
Welcome to the new 2008 edition of getting to know your friends! Here is what you are supposed to do, and try not to be lame and spoil the fun. Change all the answers so that they apply to you. Then send this to a bunch of people you know, INCLUDING the person who sent it to you. Some of you may get this several times; that means you have lots of friends.
(Please BCC the friends you email to so that no one will cc to everyone on the list when replying. It might not be welcomed by those who are not in the circle….Thanks)
Here are my answers:
1. What is your occupation? - Loafer for now. Maybe teacher in future.
2. What color are your socks right now? - Not wearing socks now. At home leh.
3. What are you listening to right now? - Korean pop songs, but I dun understand a single word!
4. What was the last thing that you ate? - Sour plum to digest the sinful dinner i had earlier.
5. Can you drive a stick shift? - har???
6. Last person you spoke to on the phone? - Dun remember. Some telemarketer?
7. Do you like the person who sent this to you? - I dun dislike that person.
8. How old are you today? - 29yrs 5 mths 2 wks
9. What is your favourite sport to watch? - Dun like sports
10. What is your favourite drink? - Tea with milk (teh), hot or iced.
11. Have you ever dyed your hair? - Yes.
12. Favorite food? - Changes according to my different cravings every other day, but usually prata/goreng pisang/rojak/youtiao
13. What was the last movie you watched? - Can't remember. Forgetting Sarah Marshall?
14. Favorite day of the year? - Any day I can spend quality time with Ah Ke, friends & family
15. How do you vent anger? - Shake Ah Ke & ask him why he can still remain smiling when I'm so angry & frustrated. Or complain to friends.
16. What was your favourite toy as a child? - AH KE!!!!! And he's STILL my fav toy now. My little darling. *muacks muacks*
17. What is your favourite season? - Autumn. Love the colorful maple leaves & dry cooling weather.
18. Cherries or Blueberries? - Cherries (but not those weird tasting ones found in some desserts)
19. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back ? - if they are free or bored lor
20. Who is the most likely to respond? - duno
21. Who is least likely to respond? - duno
22. Living arrangements? - Parents + siblings + Ah Ke & his friends
23. When was the last time you cried? - In July. Cried so much my eyes were swollen the next day.
24. What is on the floor of your closet? - A basket of bags & 1 safe deposit box
25. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending this to? - Duno. Still deciding who to send this to.
26. What did you do last night? - Watched F1 & checked out abt the grid girls online after that. Coz their quality were so unbelievable, I had to find out if I am the only one who expected high standards.
27. What inspires you? - Duno.
28. What are you most afraid of? - Unknown future, no career, no $$, no love, insects
29. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? - Cheeseburger, but my fav's mushroom swiss burger. Yumyum..
30. Favorite dog breed? - Know ntg abt dog breeds. Favorite pig & rabbit can? That would be the "never grow big" pig that I heard exists & floppy ear rabbits.
31. Favorite day of the week? - Any day I can spend quality time with Ah Ke, friends & family
32. How many countries have you lived in? - 2. Spore & Japan
33. Favorite TV show? - Changes often. Used to be ER & Ally McBeal, then Desperate Housewives. Now dun have any fav show now...
Send me your answers leh! I wana kaypoh & know u too!
Welcome to the new 2008 edition of getting to know your friends! Here is what you are supposed to do, and try not to be lame and spoil the fun. Change all the answers so that they apply to you. Then send this to a bunch of people you know, INCLUDING the person who sent it to you. Some of you may get this several times; that means you have lots of friends.
(Please BCC the friends you email to so that no one will cc to everyone on the list when replying. It might not be welcomed by those who are not in the circle….Thanks)
Here are my answers:
1. What is your occupation? - Loafer for now. Maybe teacher in future.
2. What color are your socks right now? - Not wearing socks now. At home leh.
3. What are you listening to right now? - Korean pop songs, but I dun understand a single word!
4. What was the last thing that you ate? - Sour plum to digest the sinful dinner i had earlier.
5. Can you drive a stick shift? - har???
6. Last person you spoke to on the phone? - Dun remember. Some telemarketer?
7. Do you like the person who sent this to you? - I dun dislike that person.
8. How old are you today? - 29yrs 5 mths 2 wks
9. What is your favourite sport to watch? - Dun like sports
10. What is your favourite drink? - Tea with milk (teh), hot or iced.
11. Have you ever dyed your hair? - Yes.
12. Favorite food? - Changes according to my different cravings every other day, but usually prata/goreng pisang/rojak/youtiao
13. What was the last movie you watched? - Can't remember. Forgetting Sarah Marshall?
14. Favorite day of the year? - Any day I can spend quality time with Ah Ke, friends & family
15. How do you vent anger? - Shake Ah Ke & ask him why he can still remain smiling when I'm so angry & frustrated. Or complain to friends.
16. What was your favourite toy as a child? - AH KE!!!!! And he's STILL my fav toy now. My little darling. *muacks muacks*
17. What is your favourite season? - Autumn. Love the colorful maple leaves & dry cooling weather.
18. Cherries or Blueberries? - Cherries (but not those weird tasting ones found in some desserts)
19. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back ? - if they are free or bored lor
20. Who is the most likely to respond? - duno
21. Who is least likely to respond? - duno
22. Living arrangements? - Parents + siblings + Ah Ke & his friends
23. When was the last time you cried? - In July. Cried so much my eyes were swollen the next day.
24. What is on the floor of your closet? - A basket of bags & 1 safe deposit box
25. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending this to? - Duno. Still deciding who to send this to.
26. What did you do last night? - Watched F1 & checked out abt the grid girls online after that. Coz their quality were so unbelievable, I had to find out if I am the only one who expected high standards.
27. What inspires you? - Duno.
28. What are you most afraid of? - Unknown future, no career, no $$, no love, insects
29. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? - Cheeseburger, but my fav's mushroom swiss burger. Yumyum..
30. Favorite dog breed? - Know ntg abt dog breeds. Favorite pig & rabbit can? That would be the "never grow big" pig that I heard exists & floppy ear rabbits.
31. Favorite day of the week? - Any day I can spend quality time with Ah Ke, friends & family
32. How many countries have you lived in? - 2. Spore & Japan
33. Favorite TV show? - Changes often. Used to be ER & Ally McBeal, then Desperate Housewives. Now dun have any fav show now...
Send me your answers leh! I wana kaypoh & know u too!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
First trip to S'pore Turf Club
No lah....I didn't go there to bet on horse racing... The horses were probably sleeping by the time I was there. Thanks to SSO's free public performance at the S'pore Racecourse, I had a chance to enjoy an evening of classical music & get to "tour" the racecourse premises.
Ms Sua-Gu me was very excited to be there. There were many booths for placing bets & self-betting kiosks as well. There were blocks of seats beside the booths and the floors & seats were filled with litter. Poor cleaners were clearing up the mess at 6+ in the evening. Checked out the racing track but it was quite dark. Someday I want to go there to see all the action.
Despite the rain, the performance went on as scheduled. I had a great time there. It was fun trying to figure out which musical instrument was playing which part. However I duno what some are called coz I've returned all that I've learnt in music theory to my teacher 11 years ago. Heehee...
Here's my favorite piece played at the performance. Not from the SSO performance nor a complete piece, but I'm sure you'll enjoy it too.
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Ms Sua-Gu me was very excited to be there. There were many booths for placing bets & self-betting kiosks as well. There were blocks of seats beside the booths and the floors & seats were filled with litter. Poor cleaners were clearing up the mess at 6+ in the evening. Checked out the racing track but it was quite dark. Someday I want to go there to see all the action.
Despite the rain, the performance went on as scheduled. I had a great time there. It was fun trying to figure out which musical instrument was playing which part. However I duno what some are called coz I've returned all that I've learnt in music theory to my teacher 11 years ago. Heehee...
Here's my favorite piece played at the performance. Not from the SSO performance nor a complete piece, but I'm sure you'll enjoy it too.
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Sunday, September 14, 2008
中秋节快乐
Today's the Mid-Autumn festival! This means yummy mooncakes are here again! Ok, we started eating mooncakes 2-3 weeks back when it was still the Hungry Ghosts Festival month. Coz by the time it ends, there's only 2 weeks to the Mid-Autumn festival. Two weeks isn't enough to eat all the yummy mooncakes on sale!
BUT Ms Chan is on a diet :( I had to control myself from eating too much mooncake. To date, I've had 1 mini lotus paste snowskin, 1/4 durian snowskin & 1/4 lotus paste baked skin. With my family eating mooncake as a dessert almost every other day, controlling the temptation to eat it was a torture. I've a weakness for yam paste mooncake. Those deep-fried with layers of pastry skin. *drool* Luckily no one bought it otherwise my weight will shoot up!
This year no lanterns too coz everyone have their own plans. I wanted to go to Chinatown / Vivocity's lantern walk but no one wanted to go :( So I ended up surfing net at home. Hope next year's festival will be more fun and I can eat mooncakes to my heart's content :)
Btw, I've lost about 1kg after 20 days of dieting & exercise. Happy!! Just a bit more to go & I can safely PIG OUT in Taipei next month. *drool*
BUT Ms Chan is on a diet :( I had to control myself from eating too much mooncake. To date, I've had 1 mini lotus paste snowskin, 1/4 durian snowskin & 1/4 lotus paste baked skin. With my family eating mooncake as a dessert almost every other day, controlling the temptation to eat it was a torture. I've a weakness for yam paste mooncake. Those deep-fried with layers of pastry skin. *drool* Luckily no one bought it otherwise my weight will shoot up!
This year no lanterns too coz everyone have their own plans. I wanted to go to Chinatown / Vivocity's lantern walk but no one wanted to go :( So I ended up surfing net at home. Hope next year's festival will be more fun and I can eat mooncakes to my heart's content :)
Btw, I've lost about 1kg after 20 days of dieting & exercise. Happy!! Just a bit more to go & I can safely PIG OUT in Taipei next month. *drool*
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