Chaotic traffic!

We went to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on 24 March and returned on 25 March 2009 - yeah, a very short trip there.

This is a clip of the chaotic traffic situation there - then you can be grateful for the orderliness where you are!

Pot Luck!

I recently had an argument with some pedantic Christians in church about the word LUCK which they deem to be unholy and not in line with the teachings of the bible.

I remember a long time ago as a kid, when we had those dinners where everybody brought a pot of some food - the dinner would be called POT LUCK in accordance with the English language.

Then some people who say they are Christians then decided that the words POT LUCK were not biblical because we are not supposed to believe in luck. Then in their madness, they changed the phrase to POT BLESSED which really sounds weird.

Should they not use the words in reverse and say BLESSED POT - since we were the recipients of a blessed pot of food sent to us?

Imagine having a conversation with regular native speakers of the English language and we say: Oh yes, we are having a POT BLESS dinner tonight with some friends and you are most welcomed to come and join us.

That person would be most puzzled with the hopeless, hapless use of words.I heard this lady named Siew Lui say POT BLESS in church and the best part of this is that SL was a communications teacher in the local polytechnic. I think her communications skills are horrible!!

I think in Chinese, when we say LUCKY - we would use the words "xing yun" like when we strike the lottery but I am told there is another word "hao yun".

You can give me the shit about evolving language and how new words always appear, but POT BLESSED is really pedantic of Christians who feel that they need to change the whole syntax of structure just to make themselves holier than others!

So am I wrong to say GOOD LUCK - BREAK A LEG to someome who will be making their stage debut? That would be a blessing and a curse in the same sentence!!

Busy with work

I have been busy with work these days. My grandmother Margaret used to say: An idle mind is a devil's workshop - so since I have been busy with work, I haven't had an idle mind and the devil cannot work in this particular workshop!!

Breakfast!

This morning's breakfast was excellent in my opinion. Something simple yet so yummy - toasted cheese sandwich from the microwave.

For a couple of days, I had been feeling dizzy and miserable so this morning, I thought I should cheer my stomach on with something more substantial than the kaya toasts that I had been having at home.

Very simple - butter two slices of bread with butter. Grind some black pepper all over the buttered bread. Put two slices of cheese in between the two slices of bread - I used "President" processed cheese: one toasty slice and one sandwich slice. Put on kitchen paper.

Chuck in the microwave for 1 minute or so on medium. Flip sandwich over after 30 seconds and continue for the remaining time.

Take out and eat warm when the cheese and butter are melting.

Yummy!!