Clever Boy!

A first-grade teacher, Ms Neelam (Age 28) was having trouble with one of her students.

The teacher asked, "Boy what is your problem?"

Boy answered, "I'm too smart for the first-grade. My sister is in third-grade and I'm smarter than she is! I think I should be in the third-grade too!"

Ms Neelam had enough. She took Boy to the Principal's office. The principal told Ms Neelam he would give the boy a test and if he failed to answer any of his questions he was to go back to the first-grade and behave.

She agreed.

Boy was brought in and the conditions were explained to him and he agreed to take the test.

Principal: "What is 3x3?"
Boy: "9"

Principal: "What is 6x6?"
Boy: "36"

And so it went with every question the principal thought a third-grade should know. The principal looks at Ms Neelam and tells her, "I think the Boy can go to the third-grade."

Ms Neelam says to the principal, "I have some of my own questions. Can ask him?" The principal and Boy both agree.

Ms Neelam asks: "What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?
Boy, after a moment: "Legs"!

Ms Neelam: "What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?"
Boy: "Pockets"!

Ms Neelam: "What starts with a C and ends with a T, is hairy, oval, delicious and contains thin whitish liquid?"
Boy: Coconut

Ms Neelam: "What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?"

The Principal's eyes open really wide and before he could stop the answer, Boy was taking charge.
Boy: Bubblegum

Ms Neelam: "What does a man do standing up, a woman does sitting down and a dog does on three legs?" The Principal's eyes open really wide and before he could stop the answer...
Boy: Shake hands

Ms Neelam: "Now I will ask some "Who am I" sort of questions, okay?"
Boy: "Yep"

Ms Neelam: "You stick your poles inside me. You tie me down to get me up.. I get wet before you do."
Boy: "Tent"

Ms Neelam: "A finger goes in me. You fiddle with me when you're bored. The best man always has me first."

The Principal was looking restless, a bit tense and took one large Patiala Vodka peg.
Boy: "Wedding Ring"

Ms Neelam: "I come in many sizes.. When I'm not well, I drip. When you blow me, you feel good."
Boy: "Nose"

Ms Neelam: "I have a stiff shaft. My tip penetrates. I come with quiver."
Boy: "Arrow"

Ms Neelam: "What word starts with a 'F' and ends in 'K that means lot of heat and excitement?"
Boy: "Firetruck"

Ms Neelam: "What word starts with a 'F' and ends in 'K' & if u don't get it u have to use your hand"
Boy: "Fork"

Ms Neelam: "What is it that all men have one of it's longer on some men than on others, the pope doesn't use his and a man gives it to his wife after they're married?"
Boy: "SURNAME"

Ms Neelam: "What part of the man has no bone but has muscles, has lot of veins, like pumping, & is responsible for making love?"
Boy: "HEART"

The principal breathed a sigh of relief and said to the teacher "Send this Boy to University, I got the last ten questions wrong myself!"
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Back dated post - Revisit to Watami

I din have time to do a proper post on our visit to Watami at Clarke Quay, their 2nd branch in Singapore.

After the first visit to Watami (ION) for sis's bday lunch, I was in fact quite pissed off. 2 hours for our food to arrive and still have to argue with them is not my idea of a nice lunch.at.all.

So, I made an online feedback.

The marketing comms person apologized profusely and she invited me and 3 other friends to the branch at Clarke Quay for another lunch. The branch at Clarke Quay was not yet opened then. I got my sis, her friend and hub to go with me for this invite.

It was a pre-launched session and besides us, I think there were some photographers and journalists.

We were treated to a yummy-licious lunch!

Service was good too!

Their staff; regardless at ION or Clarke Quay has always been attentive.

This, I really appreciate and like. Of course, I do think that they need to improve on product knowledge. But then again, its a new store, and staff are new too. Training and learning will take time too. Give them another chance to learn and train their staff and it should improve.

Watami @ Clarke QuayOur lunch menu.Long long list of food for just the 4 of us!

Our drinks for the day... Looks pretty. But I cannot remember what is what now. One for each of us... But we can't differentiate and we just cross drank. Hahahah...

Seafood Salad I thinkThe crispy prawns in the salad are so good! We were fighting for more!

My ALL time favorite - Sashimi!!!One Word. FRESH!

Stir fried UdonI find this OK. But a little too oily.

Beef SkewersYUMS lor!

One of the main dish - Sukiyaki. I like this very much!Soup base is just a little too salty but very tasty!

Desert - Chocolate sauce on brownie!
My sis's favorite!

Mochi with mocha ice cream (LOVE the mochi!)The red beans are pretty good too!

In my excitement, I forgot to take a pic of the garlic rice in stone bowl! But for that, I don't quite like. Or maybe, to me, I've already associated stone bowl rice to Korean food.

I can be sure to say that we would re-visit the place another time if there’s another chance. The ambiance is nice, food’s really quite worth the amount that we are paying for!

Check out Watami at ION, #B3-23 or at Clarke Quay, The Central, #02-82/83/85

shopping by proxy

I missed the Isetan Private Sale physically yesterday but my proxy did my shopping for me. And she did a fanastic job!

I got tones of RMK as I was trying to hit the min purchase and to get the freebies. These can last me till next year at least!

Freebies from RMK....Got this off the online brochure, there's supposed to be a pocket mirror and cosmetic pouch and an additional face protector that comes with my purchase of $220. Whoo hoo!

A must-have for washing off those cosmetics that I pile on my face daily! 10% off per bottle lei. Even cheaper than the bundle price! Of course must get. I use 1 bottle in about 5 to 6 weeks. So this should last me till Dec since I still have 1 new bottle at home - which I should be opening soon.

This is my favourite sunblock. Nothing else comes close. It's totally so smooth and so easily absorbs into skin!

Clarins Sunblock with SPF 40.

Damage... $56.

20% off lei! Orginal $70 lor. Current bottle about 40% left. This should last me till June 2010.

The down side of shopping, proxy or not, I'm $330 poorer.

But, with the mega sale rebates and credit card rebates, I have earn for myself a total of $60 in vouchers! So, my shopping is only $270 la. Not so bad after all considering I have soooooo many things!

Loots are now with another friend (proxy shopper passed it to friend of mine, her colleague)... got to wait till I meet friend for dinner to get my loots. Heng, I have enough stock of everything at home for the time being.

Thank you hor, Proxy Shopper! =) Appreciate your hard work in squeezing with all those women!

Lobang lobang for I Nouvi Cosmetics.

Yo Girls!

My friend has a voucher for 40% off regular priced cosmetics / skincare / accessories from I Nouvi. (Site is US based, but there's Inouvi stores in J8, Vivo, Suntec and Far East Plaza)

Do go and browse and see if anything catches your eye, let me know! 40% off is a very good deal lor!

I'm thinking of getting some myself too! hahahha...

Voucher expires by end of this month. Let me know by 28 Sep LATEST.

Just wanna know...

WHAT brand of skin care and regime you girls are using / following? And what skin do you have? Oily? Normal? Combi? Any specific problem areas?

I just want to have some back up brands as earlier this morning, to my shock and horror, the brand that I've been using has gone thru a price hike! *Yikes!* and the amount is quite substantial compared to before the hike.

Luckily for me, I've already spent enough to become their member and so the hike would not have that much of significiant impact on me for the moment.

But it's always good to have some back up brands... you never know when a switch is necessary!

To start off, I have combination skin, (more oily T-zone and normal to dry cheeks - depends on environment and which period of my cycle I'm at la), visible pores, dark eye circles (the damn late nights!).

My basic skin care is from Vitasence.
Cleansing: Cleansing Mousse,
Toning: Revitalising Tonic,
Moisturizers: Protective Hydrator (day) and soothing moisturiser with antioxidant (night).

For my visible pores, I'm using KOSE - Pore Serum and for eyes, Estee's Advanced Night Repair Eye Recovery Complex.

What about the rest of you?

waiting...

... for the online version of the Isetan promotional flyers to be loaded on the net.

I need some skincare and cosmetics if there is a sale!

My list of items is likely to be
Clarins Sunblock
RMK Make Up Base (if there's a sale or attractive feebies)
Fancl MCO (if there's a sale)

I estimate if I were to get all these, easily $200!

misc pic

Had lunch at Soup Restaurant at Seah Street last Friday, as I was at NLB for an event.

And the toilet impresses me!

Olden feel! I normally don't like such olden chinese feel.. but I felt this was quite nicely done and with the light, the traditional feel is indeed pretty! Basin. Another view. Wall mirror. I wanted to take a pic of the basket.. but it din turn out clear.

Sis's Bday

Happy Bday Sis!She's on leave, I took leave and together with the youngest sis, us, Sisters 3 went to ION. They have been there many times I think, but for me, the first.

We had lunch at Watami in ION. Food's not bad, price is reasonable. Service by staff is good too. Only thing is, the food is served cold, wrong and the wait for food, SUPER LONG! It took almost 1 hour for 3 sets of set lunch and 2 side dishes to arrive! That's really very bad lor!!!

Really is mountain turtle. But, the shops there don't attract me much. It seems like the same stores are all over the place. Nothing special while the expensive shops are wayyyy too expensive for me!

I guess, the only boutique that I can afford is Longchamp. I like the new limited edition Le Pilage! Pink with white trimmings! So pretty! There's a 10% off for citibank card holders... but it's a whopping $191 for the small one... Think I'll give it a miss... also coz I find it tough to bring out... and also coz I have too many bags. =(

Went over to Taka and the only exciting thing I got was this bottle of Aqua Gel that my sis highly recommends. Coming from her, its definitely something that I shd not miss. She seldom recommend me any skincare pdts la. Most of the time, its me the SA who keeps recommending her to get this, that and goodness knows what else!

Anyway, the gel removes dead skin gently and I tried it the moment I washed my face. WORKS!! I find my skin so clear and radiant after just 1 time. Definitely going back to buy some more after this bottle finishes.$38 I think, available at Watsons.

We went over to Paragon for tea after that, wanted to go to Coffeebean... and just by this, brought about a joke among us 3. I led the way up to level 1 and the last to come up was the middle sis came up the escalator, she asked me, "Why u come up? At B1 what."

I replied, "But I don't see it ma. So I thought it was higher."

At which the youngest sis said to us both, "Closed already what!"

And by this time, all 3 of us realized that we made a mistake and we all burst out laughing at our silly-ness. The youngest had a conclusion and that's us, the older ones have not been visiting Orchard for far too long.

*sigh* too long did not visit town can't even remember what stores are in Taka or is it a sign of old age?

Anyway, we crossed over to Paragon and we had tea at Bakerzin. Where, the bday girl finally got her slice of cake.

Here, we chatted and laughed at each other for our youth sillyness.. such good time spent together with 2 sisters!

Then, we went over to Tangs where I got Hub's advance Bday and Wedding Anniversary Present. Nothing special, tie and cuff rings. Boring gift yes, but really no idea what to get. Stick to something that he needs is the best!

And now I'm lemming for the Christian Dior. DiorSkin Poudre Shimmer (Ultra Shimmering All Over Face Powder) - # 002 Amber Diamond.$66.

I would have gotten it at Tangs, if it was not out of stock. We have to pass by Isetan to get the bus home and I went to look for the same item. OOS again!

Conclusion: Hot item and hence it's OOS!

It was a good day with my 2 sisters... and I think we should do this again after my exams in Nov!

Happy Birthday once again, Sis!