I was delighted to read Yan’s blogpost today about cross-stitch as I share a similar interest. Sadly cross-stitching seems to be pretty much a lost art, left out in the modern world where high-tech entertainment like computers, console games and satellite TV hold sway. So it was with great joy that I found a kindred [...]
Archive for January, 2006
Labour of Love
Posted in Personal on January 31, 2006 | 5 Comments »
Figure Skating in Torino
Posted in Entertainment on January 30, 2006 | 2 Comments »
We got our Astro Guide a few days back and I was delighted to read that they are showing the upcoming Torino Winter Olympics. I have always had a passion for watching Figure Skating especially the Pairs and Women’s events so I will be glued to the TV set from 12-25 Feb watching the entire [...]
Blog Anniversary
Posted in Blog on January 30, 2006 | 5 Comments »
Today is my first blog anniversary. Yes it’s been a whole year since I jumped on the blogging bandwagon and I’m still blogging along — after changing my blog template 3 times! Not only that but I am also co-blogging on the MMR as well. Thanks again to YP and ChiQ for encouraging me to [...]
Why we don’t go home for CNY
Posted in Holidays & Celebrations on January 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The picture shows the Northbound traffic after Sungai Buloh. The Star reported that at the height of the congestion from 10am to 2pm, vehicles moved at only 10kph to 20kph through some stretches of roads. Now you know why we stay put in SJ during CNY! Glad to say that we also had a quiet [...]
Gong Xi Fa Cai
Posted in Holidays & Celebrations on January 27, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Well I better do my obligatory Chinese New Year blog and wish all of my (handful of) blog readers a Happy and Prosperous New Year. I really couldn’t find any decent image to use for the post so I settled for a Chinese painting which I think will make a lovely CNY card. Speaking of [...]
Happy Birthday Mozart
Posted in Holidays & Celebrations on January 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Today is Mozart’s 250th Birthday. I was reminded of the fact when I did a google search today, thanks to the Google holiday logo commemorating the event. Mozart ranks as one of my favourite classical composers and is a good starting point for those interested in getting to know classical music. He had a prolific [...]
Finds of the Year 2005
Posted in Lists on January 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The verdict is in. Yahoo has released its list of Finds of the Year for 2005 that celebrate the most original, humorous and useful sites. Winner of the Best Weird and Wonderful Website goes to the Cloud Appreciation Society, a group of people who simply love clouds. It has its own Manifesto and sections like [...]
Good fortune underwear
Posted in Holidays & Celebrations on January 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I had a good laugh when I read the Star report yesterday on the latest trend of “Good Fortune Underwear” for CNY. The underwear comes in red with a yellow band emblazoned with Chinese characters saying Gong Xi Fa Cai. An alternative would be “Prosperity Socksâ€? which come in black, grey and blue — [...]
Size isn’t everything
Posted in Thoughts on January 23, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Well at least where Mandarin oranges are concerned!
The small ones may be much smaller in size but they sure taste much better than the big orange shown here. For that matter the ordinary Mandarin oranges that we used to buy some years back taste much better than the newer bigger individually wrapped Honey Mandarins [...]
The case of the disappearing teaspoons
Posted in News & Oddities on January 22, 2006 | 1 Comment »
While looking up a BMJ article for an MMR blog, I came across a wonderfully weird study, that of the case of the disappearing teaspoons that was published in the BMJ.
Objectives: To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons [...]
