Mom's R Us

The thing about friends who are moms, is that their kids are their everything. I even think most if not all, would rather trade in husbands than trade in their kids. Just read as another friend wrote a whole essay (actually 2) about preschooling her son. You know, in the old days - as in, when we were younger, we didnt' have preschool, playschool. Lucky if we went to kindergarten, and look, we turned out ok. One friend's son is the king of the ELC universe, the other friend whose other half is also a school teacher is ensuring her son gets a data dump of everything in her and hubby's brain. Another friend, well, I dunno, maybe her son is now master of anime universe.

All these friends have sons. Why isn't anyone out there having daughters???? Daughters are much more fun. The one friend who has a daughter, the kiddo is way cool. Atta girl.

Spain, a Culinary Roadtrip with Mario Batali

Finally, after months of haunting Borders bookshop to find a brand new, untarnished copy of Mario Batali's Spain, I am now the proud owner of this culinary book (after a 30% discount, no less!).

Spain...A Culinary Road Trip is the companion book to the prime-time public television series Spain...On The Road Again. Now, maybe when I finished K-dramas (maybe, maybe) I'll find some time to go back watching Anthony Boudain in No Reservations. But until then.....

Holly wants to be a Millionaire?

In answer to C's comment on the previous post that I should pass the phone to Holly on the Millionaire show, this is probably what will happen if Holly is on the Who Wants to be a Millionaire show:

Show host: So, what is your answer?
Holly: [blink blink]
Show host: yes? And your answer is.....?
Holly: [blink blink]
Show host: err, do you want to call a friend?
Holly: [blink blink]. Arf!
Show host: [dials Wen's house]
...
At Wen's house, Biscuit picks up the phone.
Biscuit: Arf?
Show host: I'm the show host of Who wants to be a Millionaire. We have your friend Holly on the show and she needs you to help her answer a ......
[Click]
[sound of phone being hung up]
Show host: err, hello?

Who wants to be a Millionaire

We watched Slumdog yesterday. Nice story on a slum boy making it good. Now if C had gone onto the "Millionaire" show, this is what is likely to happen:

Show host: So, what is your answer?
C: I will use a lifeline. Call a friend.
[calls Wennie]
Me: Hello?
C: I need the answer to this question...
Me: But why?
C: cuz I need the answer and I need it in 30 secs...
Me: But why you need to know?
C: cuz I"m on the Millionaire show now..
Me: Why are you on the show? You didn't tell me you were going on the show.
C: [time almost up] Can you just gimme the answer, NOW PLEASE?
Me: You told me you are going to be busy with appointments tonite, you didn't say you were going on a show. You bluffed me!
C: Please tell me the answer..
Me: But why? You din tell me you on the show, so why I should give you answer...
C: ARRGHHH......[vomits blood. Falls off from chair. Nosebleeds. Head explodes in front of hundreds of audience]
Show host: Err...your time is up.

Chicken and Egg story

Sunday - C and I were comparing how many eggs we had eaten recently.

Me: I already ate 5 this week. Cannot eat more, bad for health.
C (laughing): I ate 5 TODAY already!
Me: Huh why you eat so many eggs for what?! Are you a Chicken???!
.....
...............

For that one split second, there was stunned silence (as usual). And I regretted the statement as soon as I said it. C looked as if he was going to have a massive nosebleed...where all his 5 eggyolks would be flowing out of his nostrils.

Don't even have to ask me what C said after that.

We continued to play monopoly on the IPhone and pretend that conversation didn't happen.

Vision and Fantasy

Had lasik done and hey frankly, it ain't too bad. Just a little sad to be parted from my glasses which has been part of a good 20 yrs of my life (and one very nice frame from Japan only few months old). I casually mentioned to C, if it's possible one day for Holly to get lasik as well, since she's not much of a sighthound, and frankly does better as a nose-hound. Staring into the empty depths of Holly's eyes one can really see....blank pools of....nothingness. C of course, regretfully reminded me that though we may be able to lasik Holly, it ain't gonna do anything about the emptiness in her brain.

True.

Sigh.

And so she continues to be a dumb blonde (err..redhead)....but hey, she's one happy dumb bimbo.

Women, Wallets, and Purses

Men don't understand why women need many bags, and many shoes. Men usually have 1, 2, or maybe 3. But when it comes to wallets, women only need one. Why? Because it's a hassle to change bags. Of course C still didn't get it...if women can change bags, what's so difficult about changing wallets?

so as I explained to C:

Me: Wallet is for putting cash and cards. Bag is to put wallet and other parang parang.
C: but you have many purses.
Me: yes but a purse is not necessary a wallet, though wallet can be a purse.
C: HUH?!
Me: Purse can also be a wallet, or a bag.
C: so you can have many bags or purses but 1 wallet? but the wallet can also be a purse?
Me: Yes.
C: So if a purse can be a wallet, so technically women have more than 1 wallet.
Me: purse can put many things, including cash, coins (hence coin purse), and other stuff like handphone, keys etc.
C: so it's a bag?
Me: yes, but a purse usually can vary in size small clutch to shoulder handbag. A bigger bag is not called a purse, can be called a carry-all, or a messenger or a tote.
C: so you can have many purses but still only 1 wallet?
Me: yes. a men's wallet can also be called a billfold....and a wallet with a chequebook pocket is called a pocketbook...
C: Argh argh argh!!!!!

I might be hopeless when it comes to animal types, but hey, when it's bags and shoes, i'm definitely one up from C. ha ha.