Call Me YOUR HIGHNESS!

We are having our routine breakfast, and J & I each come up with an interesting logic quiz... and it keeps me thinking....

Quiz by J:
You wanted to buy a dress, which cost $97. But you ran out of money, so you borrowed from your parents $50 each, ie $100. After paying for the dress, you got back $3. You paid back $1 to your Dad, and $1 to your Mum, keeping the remaining $1. Now, you owe your Dad and Mum $49 each. Adding up, $49+$49+$1=$99. Where did the remaining $1 go?

Quiz by I:
When death comes, you are facing 2 doors - the Heaven and Hell doors, both guarded by an angel. 1 always speaks the truth, the other always lies. By asking only 1 question, how do you get through the Heaven door?

Answers will be revealed shortly... keep thinking...

这两天当我在架车时，总有错觉车轮爆胎了。下车看了看，却看不出有什么问题。想起朋友说过，要常常检查轮胎的气压，车子不但会比较好开，还会省油。不过对着打气机，我和 R 都束手无策。打气机有显示 PSI，可是我们都不知道要 set 多高的 PSI。担心打错，会弄巧反拙。

还好打给 ZQ

Your Highness: eh... how do I know my car's tires must set wat PSI ha?
ZQ: (giggle) It's on your car
Your Highness: Where? where? (looking frantically around)
ZQ: Your car door
Your Highness: Which door?
ZQ: Driver's door
Your Highness: Dun have leh... where?
ZQ: At your door seal there... (giggle)
Your Highness: Oh... found it!

有时候觉得自己很没常识。不过，不耻下问是我向来的优点。虽然被笑，不过学到新的东西，让我觉得很有成就感。

百万小学堂里的一个问题：

最可能帮助增加“音感”的是？
1）玩魔术方块 2）常常打篮球 3）开始学潜水

答案是 （1）?!!
原来空间排列和音感所用的脑部是一样的，所以空间排列会刺激音感。
人的脑部真是神奇！最近看了木村拓哉的 Mr. Brain 中也提到一些脑部很神奇的地方，interesting, 值得一看。

My fav... and my best buddy in JC. Life is a breeze with him always by my side.
I can finish almost a whole slab of chocolate in a day! As christmas is coming, I'm expecting chocolates as gifts. And many will be having vacation and the easiest gift to bring back seems to be chocolates as well.

However, easy it may seems, how to store chocolates properly is a skill need to be learned. I hope people dun just chuck the chocolates into the fridge, that destroy the taste. How many times have you come back from NTUC or vacation, and immediately those delicious chocolates go into the fridge? I seriously cannot enjoy those chocolates at all, they are hard, dry and not so tasty anymore (as compared when u do tasting before buying them). Wat a waste! Especially when you have spend a fortune bringing them back from abroad. So if we put in our hearts and some more efforts, we are able to appreciate the chocolates more.

Some tips:
1. Like I said, DUN JUST PUT CHOCOLATES IN THE FRIDGE.
We must remember not to leave the chocolates directly under sun, it's best kept in cool and dark places.

2. If we are packing chocolates in our hand luggage, it's important to leave it on tables or stool and not put it on your lap or on the floor so as not to absorb heat.

3. Remember to unpack your luggages to store your chocolates properly once you reach home! Singapore is warmer and more humid than many countries, so dun just leave your luggages lying around. Or else, you will wake up to find all your chocolates melted.

4. If we really bought too much that we might not be able to finish within a short time, and you have no choice but to store it in the fridge. Split your stock. Put the chocolates into a container before putting them into the fridge. When you want to consume them, bring the whole container out... and wait a while before consuming it. And to be careful not to let the condensation fall on the chocolates.

原来，我们与很多文明一样，开始时是没有姓氏的。那么“林”氏是怎么来的呢？Who is our great great great.... father?

最近看电视才知道我们“林”氏的太始祖是比干。比干这个人名有没有 ring a bell? 因为几年前香港 TVB 砸金拍了一部《封神榜》，红极一时，捧红了很多演员，所以我才会对比干这号人物有所了解。虽然戏中已将比干神化，不过据记载，他是一个被妲己（奸妃）害死的忠臣。比干的夫人怀了他的骨肉，逃离了朝歌。周武王消灭了纣王后，赐了“林”姓给比干之子。

so “亘古第一忠臣”便成了我们林家的太始祖了！好厉害哦！

R.S.V.P is so widely used but how many know the meaning of this abbreviation?

任贤齐 just release his new album R.S.V.P, he says it means Reserve Shall Verify Presence(?) His Engrish din make much sense...

妹妹 out of curiosity had searched online before and says it's Respond Sender Via Phone. This could be right for party terms.

It's actually a French phrase, répondez, s'il vous plaît, meaning Respond Please. 任贤齐, this phrase is on ur cd cover. tsk tsk.

In olden days, written invitations require written respond from guests. Now, we often see this abbreviation on wedding or party invitations. The person inviting you would like you to respond if you will accept or decline the invitations. This is basic courtesy. But I realised the locals dun have this habit of RSVP. Often, guests wait for the hosts to call them for confirmation. Some din want to attend but just ignore the invitations totally.

Maybe we should seriously do some self-reflection, observe good ettique, and respect each other. Even when someone talks to you, it's only right to respond, let alone when someone extends their invitation to you, we shouldn't be so rude to ignore it.

成人之美

灯谜1 - 谜底

美中不足

灯谜2 - 谜底

器

Guess the ans are self-explantory.

上一个太难？来一个容易点儿的：

一家有四口，还养了只狗。
（猜一个字）

中秋节又要到了。来几个灯谜给你们猜……

西施脸上出天花。
（猜一成语）

我们都只知道三姑六婆是鸡婆的意思。它真正的意思是我看台湾的《百万小学堂》后才知道的。

三姑六婆原本指古代中国民间的几种行业：
三姑 - 尼姑、道姑和卦姑
六婆 - 稳婆、师婆、媒婆、药婆、虔婆、牙婆

做了些 research 才知道，师婆是巫婆，虔婆是鸨母（aka Mama-san），牙婆更是贩卖人口的人口贩子。因为她们常常有诱谝妇女图己私利的嫌疑，所以久而久之就变成人见人恨的人。没想到，“三姑六婆”的原意与我们现在用的意思差那么远。以后在这个词时，是不是也要考虑它的原意ah?

Meaning aside, 郑板桥曾告诫家中妇女，不可与三姑六婆之流有任何来往。这点我绝对赞成。

原来吃 dark chocolate 有很多好处。即可以降低血压又可以降低胆固醇。终于有licence，可以光明正大的吃chocolate 了！　

Today's 歇后语：

门缝里看人 - Literally it means seeing someone through the crack between the door and its frame.

Wow.... 这次不错，2 ppl got it right! Ha ha...

Ans is:

阎王老爷的布告——鬼话连篇

Wat do you think will be written on King of Hades's notice board? most likely pieces and pieces of 鬼话。
Did you get it right too?

Today's 歇后语 is:

阎王老爷的布告 - Literally it means the notice board of the King of Hades
People... you really got to start using your brain now.....

The hint is wat do you think of when I say crab....
So wat did you think of? The correct answer should be "legs".
& so the 答案 is

螃蟹过河——七手八脚

When a crab crosses the river, it uses all its legs and hands.... I can't imagaine myself having 8 legs! Guess everything will be in a mess... and so 螃蟹过河 is actually used to describe doing things in a messy way.

Simple, isn't it?

After some break, everyone should be charged up by now....
And here's the 歇后语 for today:

螃蟹过河—— Literally it means "crab crossing the river"

This is quite easy too... wat do you first think of when we talk abt crabs?
Think hard!