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FWD: Questions of Wisdom … and some stupid answer

April 13th, 2009

A while back my friend forwarded me a mail titled: ‘Spread the stupidity’. When I read it, I do not find it stupid at all. Maybe I am just not wise enough to realise that it was supposed to be stupid. Anyway, I will list down the questions, and I will try to answer it.

Q: Why do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front?
A: Because they want the smokers to die faster.

Q: Why do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke?
A: Because they feel good when they are on a diet.

Q: Why do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters?
A: Because pens are considered consumables while the doors are considered assets, and the insurance only covers the doors, not the pens.

Q: Why do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage?
A: Because we will never invite our neighbours into our garage to admire our cars.

Q: Why do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering?
A: Because the banks cannot be discriminating towards the visually impaired.

They even put up a sign for it!

They even put up a sign for it!

Ever wonder …

Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?
Because we are not hairy enough to cover our skins, like our monkey brothers.

Why women can’t put on mascara with their mouth closed?
Hmm…not true, because my beloved can.

Why don’t you ever see the headline ‘Psychic Wins Lottery’?
Because they won’t cash out the winnings as using psychic power is considered as cheating.

Why is ‘abbrevitated’ such a long word?
That is why the abbreviated form for this word is ‘abbrev.’

Why is it that doctors call what they do ‘practice’?
Because they never got it right.

Why is lemon juice made with articial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
Because you have to know the difference between 7-Up and Sprite.

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
That is why I am broke now.

Why isn’t there mouse-flavored cat food?
Because cats do not play with their food.

Why didn’t Noah swat those two mosquitoes?
Because it was hiding in the elephants.

Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
Because they are going to recycle the needles.

You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don’t they make the whole plane out of that stuff?!
Because the data when a plane crashes is more valuable than the lives lost when the plane crashes.

Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
Because they kept us and our neighbours apart.

If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
Because that is where you stop flying and have to keep both feet on the ground.

FWD: Comic – The Break Up – Repaying the bloody debt…

April 9th, 2009

My beloved forwarded me a comic strip and said that I will love it because I am lame enough to laugh out loud. Well, I am lame enough to even share this with you guys. Heh heh!  Have a good laugh! :)

Bloody Break Up

Due to the size of the strip, I had to shrink it and thus the words are not too clear. Here is the conversation between the G(irl) and the B(oy).

#1
G : Zakk, I think we should break up.
B : What!?

#2
B : After all we’ve been through you want to break up!?

#3
B : I even donated my blood to save your life and this is how you repay me!?

#4
G : I’m sorry, Zakk … but I just don’t love you anymore … 

#5
B : Then give me back my blood.

#6
Silence

#7
G : Fine.

#8
G : Here’s my tampon. I’ll pay you monthly.

 

DIY – Black Pepper Cheese Udon

March 29th, 2009

My beloved loves food that has a cheesy flavour to it. One fine day, she came up with the idea of combining her favourite food into one dish, cheese and udon. I thought of cooking carbonara, but she has black pepper sauce in mind. Therefore we decided on cooking ‘Black Pepper Cheese Udon’.

Ingredients required:
- 50g-80g of minced meat (chicken, pork or beef)
- 2 tablespoons of black pepper sauce
- 1 slice of cheese
- 1 packet of udon noodles
- Chopped garlic

Once all the ingredients are prepared, we started cooking.

You can get one of these from supermarkets for around RM2

Available in supermarkets for around RM2/packet

Firstly, boil water in a pot for cooking the udon noodles, add a pinch of salt for flavouring. When the water boils, add in the udon noodles and let it cook for 2 minutes.

Cook for approximately 2 minutes

Cook for approximately 2 minutes

While cooking your udon noodles, heat up the wok and pour in cooking oil. Personally, I like to add a pinch of salt while heating the oil for some flavouring. Add garlic, let it cook until it begins to turn brown and add the minced meat. Stir and let the minced meat cook evenly.

Stir and let the minced meat cook evenly

Stir and let the minced meat cook evenly

Next, add in two tablespoons of black pepper sauce. Remember to keep the gas/fire low so that the meat and sauce will not get fried. Add water if neccessary.

Add 2 tablespoons of black pepper sauce

Add 2 tablespoons of black pepper sauce

Stir the minced meat and the black pepper sauce to cook evenly. It should be around 2 minutes after putting your udon noodles to cook by now. Drain the water of the udon noodles and add it to the wok of minced meat and black pepper sauce. Stir and mix the udon with the minced meat and black pepper sauce evenly. Again, keep the gas/fire low and add water if necessary so that the noodles will not stick to the wok.

Add in udon noodles

Add in udon noodles

Now it is time to add in the cheese.

Cheese...yummy

Cheese...yummy

You can either put the whole slice on top of the udon to let it melt, or tear it into small pieces so that it melts faster and more even. I took the second option.

Tear cheese in pieces and spread evenly over the udon noodles

Tear cheese in pieces and spread evenly over the udon noodles

Once the cheese is totally melt, stir the udon noodle and prepare to serve.

Black Pepper Cheese Udon

Black Pepper Cheese Udon

And here we have the ‘Black Pepper Cheese Udon’. My beloved says it tastes nice and it just turned out to be what she has expected. I think I like it too.

While I was writing this entry, my beloved commented that readers to this blog must be thinking that she is fat since she loves eating cheese. On the contrary, she is so skinny that you will find it hard to believe that she has a healthy appetite!

iPhone 3G finally coming to Malaysia

March 12th, 2009

I was excited when I saw this.

This is not a hoax. Click here or visit maxis website to verify it for yourself.

Anyone can book the iPhone now and if you place your booking before 17th March 2009 11:59pm, you may be invited for the official launch at KL Convention Centre on 20th March – 22nd March.

The iPhone will be tied up to a maxis plan, check out the rate plans here.

I have done a breakdown on the rate plans to determine which best fits our budget. The plans on offer are the 6-month Value Plus, 12-month iValue and 24-month iValue contracts.

First up we have the 6-month Value Plus contract.

If you are not happy with maxis’ coverage or services, yet you want to own a legitimate iPhone (now I do not know if the phone is SIM-locked to maxis only), you may consider chosing one of the Value Plus plans. However, you have to pay RM2540 upfront for an 8GB iPhone 3G, or RM2960 upfront for a 16GB iPhone. Even on the cheapest rate plan (the Value Plus 80), you are going to pay RM503.33/RM573.33 per month to fully own an iPhone 3G after 6 months. No free Data Allowance is included in Value Plus plans.

Bear in mind that if you own an iPhone, it is extremely likely that you will spend a lot of time online (which incurs Data Usage), therefore an extra RM99/month for unlimited Data Usage plan is advisable. Thus Value Plus is the most expensive plan package on offer.

If you are satisfied with maxis, and do not want to tie yourself to a 2 year contract, then consider the following.

Again, if you are able to afford to spend RM258.33/RM290.83 per month for a mobile phone and call/data services, iValue 1 plan with a monthly commitment of RM100 over 12 months with RM1900/RM2290 upfront seems the best plan for you. Also, bear in mind that iPhone is very addictive and eats up a lot of Data Allowance, therefore 500MB might just be barely enough for you.

If you are absolutely satisfied with maxis and would like to commit yourself to a 2 year plan, you are going to get the best value for money with the following iValue plans.

By paying RM1510/RM1890 upfront and committing yourself to RM100/month for 24 months, you will be the proud owner of the new iPhone 3G. It totals up to RM162.92/RM178.75 per month, thus is the best value for money package in terms of monthly outlay.

The i-Value 4 plan, which has a monthly commitment of RM375 over 24 months, is the only plan that you have to pay nothing RM0.00 upfront for the phone (8GB version)! Heavy users may consider this a bargain, however the total outlay for the phone will eventually reach a total of RM9260.

Study the breakdown of the plans carefully before booking yours online. All iPhones booked before 17th March have to be collected from selected outlets the latest by 26th March. I have no idea of why they have set a pick-up date limit, maybe we will find out on the 27th March.

And no, maxis did not give me an iPhone to blog about this.

When Jacky Cheung Meets Jay Chou

March 11th, 2009

I was copying Jacky’s song to my USB drive for my car audio when I came across this song -- ‘Fortune Telling’. It was composed by Jay Chou and performed by Jacky Cheung.

When the song was released back in 2001, it was the my favourite song for that album (Jacky Heat, mandarin album). Back then, I was ignorant to the fact that Jay Chou was the composer. The style of the song was very different to Jacky Cheung’s usual ones yet I liked the song the first time I listened to it.

Jay Chou made his debut in 2000 and has became popular with his R&B songs, while Jacky Cheung the veteran ‘God of Singers’ is more towards a rock singing style. How would this combination turn out?

Judge it for yourself from the music video clip I found on YouTube.

FWD: Comic – Up To You …

February 28th, 2009

My beloved forwarded this comic to me and we both had a good laugh at it. The comic somewhat mirrors a common situation between couples, therefore I would like to share the comic with you all. Have a good laugh. :)

DIY – Fixing a broken water valve

February 28th, 2009

When I decided to write an entry on fixing my water valve, my beloved commented that it was lame. However, she is looking forward to my post, so here it is.

Last Friday, when I stepped into my bathroom, undressed, and turned the water valve knob, nothing happened! Yes, NOTHING HAPPENED! The water was supposed to flow through the valve, then into the heater, then heated water will come out of the shower head. But nothing happened!

However, since it was already almost midnight, I had to bear with the cold water from the tub, bathing in a cool weather as it was raining heavily that night, something that I have not experienced since taking that COLD shower during MID-WINTER in Melbourne a few years ago.

Therefore, I was determined to find the problem and fix it, and the next day I started by getting the spanner from the tool box and do some plumbing.

The first thing I would do is to remove the valve knob as the water has been dripping from that place when I realised that the shower is not working.

Happily with the spanner in my hand I proceed to remove the knob. The next thing that happened, is that I got wet… BECAUSE I HAVE FORGOTTEN TO TURN OFF THE MAIN WATER SUPPLY!!! So before proceeding to removing any pipes or valves, please remember to turn off the main water supply. Usually, it is found in the front yard of the house.

So, remember to TURN OFF THE MAIN WATER SUPPLY before doing any plumbing work! Another thing to remember, some water pipes are connected to the water tank located on the roof of the house, and the valve is different from the one at the front of the house. Remember to turn that off too!

After removing the valve and inspected it, I found that the rubber of the valve that stops the water from flowing to the heater has deformed and was not able to effectively stop the water flow even when the valve has been securely tightened.

The following picture illustrates how the water are supposed to flow from the main water supply (where the green arrow is pointing at) to the hole in the middle (where the red arrow is pointing at) and into the water heater. The valve, with its rubber, is supposed to stop the water from flowing into the hole. However, since the rubber is deformed, water can freely flow through thus rendering the valve knob useless.

Armed with the useless valve knob, I set out to find a replacement valve knob. Since it looks kinda old, I began to feel a little worried if I can find any replacement that can just fit in without having to remove the whole piping. If, unfortunately, that is the case, I would have to call in the REAL plumber and I have failed to Do-It-MYself. Luckily, I found one in the hardware shop and happily paid RM5 for it.

The new valve knob is a perfect fit and without further hesitation I started wrapping the white water-piping-tape around the teeth of the valve knob to avoid water from leaking from the gaps.

Before fixing the valve knob back, remember to unwind the lever (where the rubber is) to the end (widest gap allowed for water to flow through), so that when screwing the knob back in place, the rubber will not be deformed again. Remember to close the valve knob after securely fastened it, because we have to turn on the main water supply. After doing so, I happily went to turn on the main water supply, got back to the bathroom, and turned on the water tap. Nothing happened. NOTHING HAPPENED. N-o-t-h-i-n-g  h-a-p-p-e-n-e-d ! ! ! Being disappointed, I tried a few steps to find out what the problem is until I read something written on the water heater.

It says: Clean filter unit regularly. Which I do not think was the case. And that was why the water heater is not working. Because the filter was blocked and water cannot flow through it! It was a bit ironic when the part that I have fixed was to stop water from flowing through yet the problem with the water heater is that water CANNOT GET INSIDE THE HEATER!!! While laughing at the sacarsm of the situation, I began removing the filter and clean it. A lot of pebble-like dirt was removed, both from the filter and the inlet of the water heater. At the same time, I also cleaned the shower head. As my hands got so dirty, I was not able to capture any images of that.

After fixing all parts back to their original places, and with my fingers crossed, I turned knob and as soon as I see water coming out from the shower head, I can almost see celebrations going on in my head! Since the filters and shower head has been cleaned, the water flow appeared stronger than before, and I am so happy that I get to use the water heater again! (It has been raining heavily for the past few days and the water temperature was so low at night.)

And this concludes the post for DIY – Fixing a broken water valve. The lesson learnt is that I do not have to commission a plumber to fix trivial things and waste money on their services. The money spent to fix the water valve is RM5, plus the petrol cost. Also, I learnt new things and had quite some fun!

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