A little something to share with you

While I'm online, here are some pics I'd like to share... I've taken a number of shots with my camera-phone whenever I see something interesting or amusing, and haven't had the time to upload them onto my blog.

Anyway whenever I have time I'll upload one set. So here's the first...

It's not a good shot because I took it from a newspaper... I was too lazy to scan the paper. Anyway, it's a Marie France Bodyline ad and this is what it says:

We Let Our Figures Do The Talking The one choice for professional slimming solutions 97% The one name I would recommend to everyone 96% The one weight loss management centre I trust more than any other 94% * Based on survey results of MFB customers

Does anyone notice what's wrong with that??????

If you don't I'll tell you - read the fine print. If it's based on survey results of
their own customers, isn't it obvious that the results will be biased towards them since they have already chosen MFB as their slimming solutions?

Then, this is where it backfires. Why isn't their customer satisfaction 100%????

Baaa Baaa Blaaack Sheeep

Had a really tiring day today. Accompanied the school's Leo Club, together with the Lions Club, to take some orphans on a trip to several farms - orchid farm, fish farm, fruit farm, deer farm. Hot day and swollen tongue didn't help. Fortunately had Lydia to accompany me otherwise I'd be going out of my mind.

Students did a fantastic job, especially the Leo club president Lianne who had organised this (with the help of the Lions Club) and put her heart and soul into the project. Many (although not all) students took care of the orphans instead of wandering off to do what they liked.

Can't say exactly the same for the Lions Club. Oh, some of them were really good and really nice. But there's one particular person (I shall not name for politically correct reasons) who busied herself with a book or sat in the shade while the other Lions Club people ran around and made efforts to get to know the students. The event management company was also very good, involving themselves in the activities - there was one photographer who went around taking shots of people, and said silly things to make them smile. All in all everything went smoothly.

Also can't say that I was all that great. I didn't play much with the orphans or mix around with the other adults. I tend to leave everything to the students because they were doing such a great job. However I did amuse everyone at the end with a new-found ability to sing in a bleating voice after we saw sheep at the deer farm. Haha!

Will upload some pics once I've found some nice ones. The ones in my camera aren't all that great - there are some others in Lydia's camera, and also some with the event management company which I hope they will send to us.

Here's the link to download the audiofile if you should care to listen to the bleating voice repertoire. No, there's nothing wrong with the recording. What you hear is what I sang. Hehe.

A wonderful end to all that bodily injuries

Guess what I did at dinner today. I was having dinner with a friend, and after my meal, I ate some bread and butter. I don't know how I did it, but somehow I chomped so hard on my tongue that it drew blood. A lot of blood. It didn't stop bleeding for about five minutes while I held a serviette against it waiting for it to clot. And it hurt like hell!

I couldn't talk properly for a while. Well, I could, but my tongue would hurt. I can deal with ulcers, but I can't deal with a scar on my tongue! I've never bitten my own tongue this hard before. What a grotesque experience.

I managed to finish the bread and butter, but I couldn't eat my fries. What an ending to my week...

A swollen eye, a twisted back, and a painful hip... all in a day's work

It's been a while since my last blog entry. I've been so busy with school and personal work. I don't even use my PC as often as I used to. I used to log on every night... now there are days I don't even want to touch the computer in favour of my luxurious bed.

I've had a spate of minor bodily injuries this week. It started with a swollen eye on Sunday - I had to go to a doctor on Tuesday to get antibiotics and thankfully it has gone down by today. I can't meet parents tomorrow at the school's three-way conference with an inflamation on my beautiful eyes, right?

Then on Wednesday, I woke up with my lower right back feeling rather twisted. It only felt like a muscle twist though, because my spine didn't seem affected. (I should know - I had a serious back pain 2 years ago) No idea why, because I didn't do anything the day before. Typically, I get muslce sore especially in my back the day after gym (probably due to incorrect posture during my workout). I merely rubbed a heat rub and it seemed to help because on Thursday it wasn't so bad, although there was still a shadow of the pain.

This morning I thought finally everything in my body would be ok, but as the day got on I began to limp because there was a sharp pain in my left hip, which is probably due to my gym workout yesterday. I've corrected my posture so there's no more pain in my back, but I honestly don't know why there should be a pain in my hip.

Oh, and in addition, because I worked my legs out so much, my muscles are now very sore, which adds to the limp.

I'm really getting old.