Monday, February 28, 2005
Good Start To The Year

"Hi,sir,how may I help you?"

"Erm...one Big Mac meal please"

"Do you wanna upsize?"

"Ahh...no thanks"

"Having here or takeaway?"

"Takeaway"

"Chilli sauce"

"Erm...yeah,sure"

See something in common in the answers to the questions?Most of them start with fillers.Fillers are words that one uses to fill in spaces when one is speaking,in this case,the erms and the ahh.I just have one question...everyone when I stand in a queue to buy food,inevitably when the cashier or teh stallholder asks what a person wants...the first sound that comes out is "Ermmm..."

Why?

It's not as if the person ordering didn't already know what he/she was gonna order so why need the "erm" ?Instead of just "Erm,1 Big Mac Meal please",why can't we just say straightforward "1 Big Mac Meal please".Answers on a postcard please...and if you don't believe me that this occurs (especially to guys)...next time,you stand in a queue at Macs,BK or what have yous,listen and observe.

A lot of things really did happen over the past couple of weeks (or more) when I didn't write anything.Our God has been replaced by a new God.I'd call our new God "Mr Korea".Because he does look like a Korean man.Hold onto your horses,girls,he doesn't look like Bae Yong Jun.He looks more like the henpecked husband in "My Wife Is A Gangster".He seems like a nice guy...totally hands off...hmmm,I like him already...

Rogue is off on maternity leave now.Just gave birth to a baby girl.Very nice.I am talking more about the maternity leave...

Tom Cruise is back...I mean the Tom Cruise of the S-branch.He's an old colleague whom I originally came in to replace.Now he's gone over to the C-branch.I don't really have an X-Men moniker for him...because I reckon no X-Men looks as dishy as this Adonis.He's awfully quiet though...doesn't talk a lot.And he might secretly habour a crush on Destiny...more on that in due course.

Am watching the Oscars while typing this...after a promising start,it's getting a boring...but Chris Rock is pretty sarcastic...he introduced Tim Robbins by saying that he bores us with his politics...too right.SHUT UP TIM.

Casino casino casino...so much hot air on the TV and in the press about government-sanctioned debates to discuss the merits or costs of having a casino here...no wonder Singapore is having its driest spell in decades.So much hot air around...how can not be dry?Will you come off it,GAHMENT???!!!You asked for tenders and got more than a handful,don't behdeh and say that it isn't going.Don't behdeh the entire population and say that you could still backtrack and not give the go ahead for the casino.The GREEN light has been on for months...what do you think the population is,colour blind?Jamie Foxx won the Best Actor Oscar only because our Cabinet isn't eligible to be nominated...or somebody forgot to nominate them.Damn...imagine,we could have swept the Best Actor and Supporting Actor Oscars....and probably all the nominations too.

My good mate,Bishop,just got attached...FINALLY.After 27 years without a relationship,he's finally got his first girlfriend.This is a good start to the year.One of my resolutions last year was to get all the friends around me attached.I'd like to think I did my part in pushing Bishop towards this (Applause,applause) since I have been a confidante in this whole affair for him and I also think I gave him some helpful advice here and there so I am quite happy that things are going well.One down,a couple more to go...the next one I'm gonna push...another good mate,Beast.Sometimes,people just need a nudge or some confirmation to get themselves going.