MY 'SPARE TYRE'

When we talked about 'spare tyre', what is the first thing in your mind?

The proper definition: a spare tyre is to provide a replacement if one of the tyres on your vehicle is flat or damaged.

Many will say it is that extra tyre stored in the car boot behind that will come in useful when any one of your tyres got punctured. Simple as that. So we can see that this 'spare tyre' is all the while, hiding inside the car boot silently...... which no one will bother to pay attention to until they are in trouble.

To me, another anology of 'spare tyre' can be as follows: your ex-boyfriend, ex-lover, secret admirer or maybe good friend who is from the opposite sex. Let's say that when your relationship with your partner fails, u still have that 'spare tyre' to fall back to...... sort of like a buffer to catch u & prevent u from getting hurt. They can become very useful at these very trying times of our lives. But in reality, these 'spare tyres' also want to find their own happiness & hence, eventually they will not become YOUR 'spare tyre' anymore.

I got a friend who is already married, but one day she told me she is very sad cos her ex-boyfriend is getting married. I told her she should be happy for him, but instead, i can see that she is very sad. She said somehow she has LOSS something precious to her. I asked her is it that her 'spare tyre' is lost & in future, if her relationship with her hubby turns sour, she will have no one to talk to & a shoulder to cry on? She opened her eyes & nodded her head in total agreement & said "Yes! That's it. Now u have pointed it out".

Every one loves to have 'spare tyres' in their lives, the more the merrier. But at the end of the day, these tyres also wanna find their own happiness. So as reasonable human beings, we have to understand & learn to let go.

Life Plant

The scientific name of Life Plant is called Kalanchoe pinnata. Notice that there are many baby plants sprouting at the sides of the leaves. Each baby is completed with leaves & roots. When the babies are a little more matured, they will drop onto the soil below & grow into another Life Plant.

It is just a roadside plant. But if u take good care of it, u can get results like this one. Therefore, my neighbour is very proud of it.This particular plant is my neighbour's baby. Pluck it, & she will kill u.

ABCD Guide to Hawker Food in Singapore

I don't cook at all, not to mention that my kitchen at home could be the cleanest among all in Singapore. But that doesn't mean i m proud of it. What i m trying to say is that all my meals are taken outside, it's pretty unhealthy u might think. So the next healthy thing i can do for myself is to patronize stalls that are hygenic, serve nutritious food, etc.

Everytime i bypass hawker centres here, i noticed that every stall will have a licence cum grading card, displayed prominently in front of each of them. I m sure everyone will wonder what the A-B-C-D means.

I later found out that the National Environment Agency (NEA), is the authority that licences all food retail businesses in Singapore. Retail food establishments are given a grade by NEA based on overall hygience, cleanliness & housekeeping standards of the premises. This grading system for eating establishments is a structured system for appraisal for food outlets that is meant to motivate licensees to improve & maintain good personal & food hygience, & also housekeeping of their premises. All of them are required to display the grading card, enabling the public to make a more informed choice when patronizing all food outlets.

Eating establishments and food stalls are assessed by NEA and given the following grades:
A – a score of 85% or higher
B – a score of 70% to 84%
C – a score of 50% to 69%
D – a score of less than 50%

But a few days ago, my friend gave me an email that gives a different interpretation. But i find it quite true too. I let u foodies decided if u agree with me......

As the saying goes:
"Healthy food, taste no good. If u love the food, do not visit the kitchen".
Information source: http://app2.nea.gov.sg/topics_food_hygiene.aspx

The Nose Digger

Wasei!!! Today i got a big discovery. I didn't know that professors also dig their noses.

Today i went to see my supervisor cos i can't get thro the office phone. When i reached his office, i was standing outside at the corridor & did not go in cos i heard conversations inside. I became curious & peeped thro the viewing glass panel gap (no matter how carefully he pasted a piece of paper over it, there is still a fine gap). I nearly got a big shock cos there he is....... digging his nose like a professional nose digger & also talking over the phone at same time.

I should have took a picture of it (thou i m not sure if my phone camera can do the job). Perhaps i can get a good grade for my thesis from blackmailing him. Hee! Hee!.... perhaps.

But i won't do it cos it is not ethical. Nice little secret i got to know about him thou.