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Happy Birthday, and lesser celebrations

Posted by Eric Tan on May 2, 2009 in echoes in a bowl

It’s the birthday season. Happy Birthday yuan, chiyu, yiqi, jiaxin & pakchong. And later this month, LeQuor, jiaxian, as well as jingyi will be celebrating their birthdays.

shin & zap bday party @farrer /2004 shin, zap & clarence bday party @farrer /2003 jon, clarence & chiyu chiyu & jiaxian tingting pakchong meiyu

Birthdays

Used to have so many bdae celebrations, had quite a number of them at my place. But now, I do not have a place for myself, so I did not initiate as many (or should I say, none?).

Everyone have their own ways to “celebrate” now.. Some with husband, wive, some with bf, gf. Some have buddy to drink, dance, club. some choose not to bother people.

But anyhow, I’m not too much of a birthday person, bday celebration is never a big thing to me. I just loves the meet up, gathering, makan and sharing. So, friends, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Don’t need a celebration, just find an excuse to meet whenever you are free, and I shall share my secret on “how to look skinny and STILL have a tummy!”. Cheers!

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staple

Posted by Eric Tan on Mar 19, 2009 in echoes in a bowl

fold and staple

fold and staple


Just got my prints from the printer, then I habitually fold the corner and staple it. This little action made me nostalgic.

I used to do it weekly, in my high school days, for my school works. They were all written on loose-leaf paper that are so thin and can break easily. I had to fold the corner and staple them, so they can stay together, stronger.

Nowadays, the papers are much better, it really doesn’t make sense to do so. Sometime they are so thick, I can’t staple them when the corner are folded.

As usual, I visit Wikipedia to check if there’s any interesting article about staple. Well, can’t say I’m surprise, but it seems people around the world is the same, making the same old silly prank

 
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Rochambeau

Posted by Eric Tan on Jan 13, 2009 in Browsing Web

There was a simple game we used to play when we need to decide a winner, or to determine who start a game 1st.

“Lomm Chum Buss..” or some say “Lomm Cum Put”.. or any other variation..

Now, finally I found how to spell it. Rochambeau or Roshambo. So french!

As I research more, I found that it could mean another game.. Nuts kicking game: “two players taking turns kicking each other’s genitals. The first player to fall down in pain loses”. well, different method, same objective! (or maybe not? :P )

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Luckily, the more gentle version was brought into my childhood instead of the latter..

And then, I found some creative use of Rochambeau too:

“… The D.C.-area taco chain California Tortilla offered a promotional discount that we find especially admirable, given our love of the sport: any customer who beats the cashier in a game of Rock Paper Scissors receives $1 off an entree…”

Why don’t Yakun offer that?!

Anyway, prepare yourself 1st (read the 210 pages guide!), and wait for the right chance to come. No, I’m not referring to the kicking game..

The Official Rock Paper Scissors Strategy Guide

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