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tomato, fruit or vegetable?
to get this off my msn nick, which has been on for the past 3-4 days and received the following results that
14 vote that tomato is a fruit
and 2 that it is a vegetable.
plus many insightful comments from various pple abt how tomato is a fruit, but was misclassified by america in the past so as to evade taxes while trading that were for some reason imposed on fruits and not vegetables.
still the funniest comment i got about it was..(identity protected to spare the person from embarrassment ahaha)
X: tomato!
me: yes so your vote is for..?
X: tomato lah!
it took me abt 30 seconds to figure that he thought tomato; fruit or vegetable was a 3-choose-1 question.
following which X attempted to redeem his lack of knowledge that a ';' separates a related sentence while a ',' separates a separate subject matter.
X: cherry tomato is a fruit! big tomatoes are vegetables!
me: so small humans and big humans are classified differently..? hahaha
on a separate note, tomatoes are a good source of vitamin C, which functions as an antioxidant and cofactor of enzymes for hydroxylation cross linking to form procollagen..good for your skin and bones..bchem brainwashing.
and yj actually did the quiz! hahaha im very amused. thanks for the entertainment twit.
14 vote that tomato is a fruit
and 2 that it is a vegetable.
plus many insightful comments from various pple abt how tomato is a fruit, but was misclassified by america in the past so as to evade taxes while trading that were for some reason imposed on fruits and not vegetables.
still the funniest comment i got about it was..(identity protected to spare the person from embarrassment ahaha)
X: tomato!
me: yes so your vote is for..?
X: tomato lah!
it took me abt 30 seconds to figure that he thought tomato; fruit or vegetable was a 3-choose-1 question.
following which X attempted to redeem his lack of knowledge that a ';' separates a related sentence while a ',' separates a separate subject matter.
X: cherry tomato is a fruit! big tomatoes are vegetables!
me: so small humans and big humans are classified differently..? hahaha
on a separate note, tomatoes are a good source of vitamin C, which functions as an antioxidant and cofactor of enzymes for hydroxylation cross linking to form procollagen..good for your skin and bones..bchem brainwashing.
and yj actually did the quiz! hahaha im very amused. thanks for the entertainment twit.
you know you are bored when you do this
since shiwei tagged me in this and i am bored of staring at biochem notes.
01. What are your nicknames
justea, juicetina, joos, and other variations, some of which are too embarrassing to be listed haha
02. How does your hair look like currently?
shoulder length and layered
03. What's new in your life right now?
the notebook that i just turned into an organiser. spent 1.5 hours drawing boxes for each day o.o
04. How many colours are you wearing now?
two. white rgs shirt and black shorts
05. Are you an introvert or extrovert?
it depends on with who and whether im tired. quite a balance of each i guess
06. What was the last book you read?
midway through new moon now..and its getting quite boring coz bella's been emo-ing abt edwards disappearance for the past few chapters. nonethless more exciting than amino acid metabolism though.
07. Do you nap a lot?
yes..especially when it's study time because notes are a perfect remedy for insomnia. in fact i feel like taking one now
08. If you had to have a one night stand with someone famous, who would you like it to be?
i dont know. kwon sang woo? hahaa. but he's getting olddd.
09. Is there anything that has made you happy these days?
God, pple, good food, random things (:
10. What's your current obsession?
haha nothing obsessive but these days i like good food hunting and window shopping online.
11. How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?
that depends on what time i wake up. usually half an hour but if i wake up severely late, like last year before on the day of camp itself, i can get out of the house in 5 minutes..and brush teeth wash face etc at wherever im supposed to report at.
12. What websites do you visit daily?
gmail, hotmail, facebook...
13. Do you write fic? What was the last fic you wrote?
i write parables sometimes if that counts. scroll down and you'll find it
14. What's the last thing you laughed about?
uno during cell where we kept inventing rules to prevent each other from winning hahaha
15. What's the last song that got stuck in your head?
they usually get stuck in my head at night before i sleep so by the time i wake up i'd have forgotten
16. What's the last movie you saw?
twilight! edward glistening in the sun looks like the material of a shiny topshop cardigan.
17. Would you enter a relationship with your ideal partner, even if you knew he/she was seriously involved with/married to someone else and would never leave them?
naaah no point then
18. What is your least favourite thing to do that you have to do today?
MUG..as has been for the past few days.
Tag eight people. hahah anyone who's bored and hasnt done it too..jana, mich, xueting, xinzi, yj...hahaha as if they will actually do it :b
01. What are your nicknames
justea, juicetina, joos, and other variations, some of which are too embarrassing to be listed haha
02. How does your hair look like currently?
shoulder length and layered
03. What's new in your life right now?
the notebook that i just turned into an organiser. spent 1.5 hours drawing boxes for each day o.o
04. How many colours are you wearing now?
two. white rgs shirt and black shorts
05. Are you an introvert or extrovert?
it depends on with who and whether im tired. quite a balance of each i guess
06. What was the last book you read?
midway through new moon now..and its getting quite boring coz bella's been emo-ing abt edwards disappearance for the past few chapters. nonethless more exciting than amino acid metabolism though.
07. Do you nap a lot?
yes..especially when it's study time because notes are a perfect remedy for insomnia. in fact i feel like taking one now
08. If you had to have a one night stand with someone famous, who would you like it to be?
i dont know. kwon sang woo? hahaa. but he's getting olddd.
09. Is there anything that has made you happy these days?
God, pple, good food, random things (:
10. What's your current obsession?
haha nothing obsessive but these days i like good food hunting and window shopping online.
11. How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?
that depends on what time i wake up. usually half an hour but if i wake up severely late, like last year before on the day of camp itself, i can get out of the house in 5 minutes..and brush teeth wash face etc at wherever im supposed to report at.
12. What websites do you visit daily?
gmail, hotmail, facebook...
13. Do you write fic? What was the last fic you wrote?
i write parables sometimes if that counts. scroll down and you'll find it
14. What's the last thing you laughed about?
uno during cell where we kept inventing rules to prevent each other from winning hahaha
15. What's the last song that got stuck in your head?
they usually get stuck in my head at night before i sleep so by the time i wake up i'd have forgotten
16. What's the last movie you saw?
twilight! edward glistening in the sun looks like the material of a shiny topshop cardigan.
17. Would you enter a relationship with your ideal partner, even if you knew he/she was seriously involved with/married to someone else and would never leave them?
naaah no point then
18. What is your least favourite thing to do that you have to do today?
MUG..as has been for the past few days.
Tag eight people. hahah anyone who's bored and hasnt done it too..jana, mich, xueting, xinzi, yj...hahaha as if they will actually do it :b
chinese food
tonight made me realize im actually quite a sucker for chinese food (all you twits out there who want to say "but youre a sucker for ANY food!" pls read on hahah), especially salted egg yolk prawns.
SHIOK!!
there's this restaurant in Central, next to billy bombers on the second floor, called Grains, which has teh awesome salted prawns! and brown rice fried rice, seaweed tofu, kiji baby spinach soup....yummm.
but recently it has dawned on me that the best way to enjoy food, is to not over eat. i.e no buffets, no stuffing, no limitless ordering...
a lesson learnt from the crabby party with xt wei and kw on friday, whereby it was nonetheless awesome, but left me so full and round that even fbts became tight and i couldnt sleep until 12+ when some food finally went down the duodenum.
SHIOK!!
there's this restaurant in Central, next to billy bombers on the second floor, called Grains, which has teh awesome salted prawns! and brown rice fried rice, seaweed tofu, kiji baby spinach soup....yummm.
but recently it has dawned on me that the best way to enjoy food, is to not over eat. i.e no buffets, no stuffing, no limitless ordering...
a lesson learnt from the crabby party with xt wei and kw on friday, whereby it was nonetheless awesome, but left me so full and round that even fbts became tight and i couldnt sleep until 12+ when some food finally went down the duodenum.
verses for the year
just thought i should pen this down for future reference along the year..
Luke 10: 27 -28
27 He answered: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind and love your neighbour as yourself". 28 "You have answered correctly," Jesus replied, "Do this and you will live".
James 1: 2- 8
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in everything he does.
these few days many people have been asking me if i have made any new year resolutions, a tradition that im not exactly accustomed to; not to recording them down somewhere at least. but yes this year shall be different, for after all recording does give some form of accountability, to God, to others, to self..hmm.
so for 2009 i intend to:
1) Be more patient with people especially those who get on my nerves all the time
2) Love others as God has loved me (this is where strength to love the seeming unlovable arises from) and try my best to meet their needs when it is in my court to do so
3) Read the bible every day and try not fall asleep while reading it
4) Be joyful always, pray continually and give thanks in all circumstances (1 Thes 5: 16-18)
5) Make consistent efforts to maintain relationships regardless of being busy or free
6) Do my best in dental school to honour God and not grumble even when situations are unfair or unnecessary
7) Exercise more regularly, eat more healthily and lose some weight so i'll stop feeling like a rolly polly
8) Sleep earlier and waste less time on facebook
9) Read more books
10) Keep my stuff organised and neat
and in a year's time, come back to review what has been attained..and what needs further progress on :)
Luke 10: 27 -28
27 He answered: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind and love your neighbour as yourself". 28 "You have answered correctly," Jesus replied, "Do this and you will live".
James 1: 2- 8
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in everything he does.
these few days many people have been asking me if i have made any new year resolutions, a tradition that im not exactly accustomed to; not to recording them down somewhere at least. but yes this year shall be different, for after all recording does give some form of accountability, to God, to others, to self..hmm.
so for 2009 i intend to:
1) Be more patient with people especially those who get on my nerves all the time
2) Love others as God has loved me (this is where strength to love the seeming unlovable arises from) and try my best to meet their needs when it is in my court to do so
3) Read the bible every day and try not fall asleep while reading it
4) Be joyful always, pray continually and give thanks in all circumstances (1 Thes 5: 16-18)
5) Make consistent efforts to maintain relationships regardless of being busy or free
6) Do my best in dental school to honour God and not grumble even when situations are unfair or unnecessary
7) Exercise more regularly, eat more healthily and lose some weight so i'll stop feeling like a rolly polly
8) Sleep earlier and waste less time on facebook
9) Read more books
10) Keep my stuff organised and neat
and in a year's time, come back to review what has been attained..and what needs further progress on :)
goodbye 2008
1st of jan! i cant believe it's been more than a year since A levels already and so so much has happened, from the time we were all working, receiving A level results, applying for uni, waiting for uni results, orientation, starting school again after a long 9 month break of freedom, sending pple off to overseas unis, tests and exams coming into play again, adapting to the different systems and culture in uni, meeting up with old friends, reminiscing on the old times, getting through pretty tough stuff and emerging stronger, and perhaps a tad more cynical too.
whew i cant believe im going to be 20 soon.
or that there's only 11 days of holidays left, this being the longest break i'm going to get in the next 4 years to come..and there still is a HUGE file of biochem stuff to mug that i havent touched it at all. bleh. and cario..a separate matter of angst ahahah.
still thank God for the hols, for all the meetups - penang trip, overnight cycling, rock climbing, sleepover, touch rug on NYE, shopping, campus camp etc..
im glad for all the people He has placed in my life :)
whew i cant believe im going to be 20 soon.
or that there's only 11 days of holidays left, this being the longest break i'm going to get in the next 4 years to come..and there still is a HUGE file of biochem stuff to mug that i havent touched it at all. bleh. and cario..a separate matter of angst ahahah.
still thank God for the hols, for all the meetups - penang trip, overnight cycling, rock climbing, sleepover, touch rug on NYE, shopping, campus camp etc..
im glad for all the people He has placed in my life :)
when less is more
the boy stuck his hand into the jar of multicoloured jellybeans.
the opening of the jar was barely big enough for his fist to pass through, sliding by the smooth cold glass occasionally.
in his greed he grabbed a fistful of jellybeans, thinking of how they would last him through the movie on television.
his fist jammed at the opening; the jellybeans in his hand had enlarged the circumference of his fist such that it could no longer pass through the jar's opening.
the opening of the jar was barely big enough for his fist to pass through, sliding by the smooth cold glass occasionally.
in his greed he grabbed a fistful of jellybeans, thinking of how they would last him through the movie on television.
his fist jammed at the opening; the jellybeans in his hand had enlarged the circumference of his fist such that it could no longer pass through the jar's opening.
he tugged harder at it, with an illogical faint hope that somehow he would manage to yank his hand out.
but he could not.
but he could not.
then reluctantly, he released a couple of jellybeans.
he was still unable to get his hand out.
a few more...a lot more...until all he was left with was probably five jellybeans.
finally, out.
disappointed he was, but as he opened his fist he noticed for the first time, there was an orange, coke, cottoncandy, grape and coffee flavoured bean in his hand.
he never knew each jelly bean so well previously when they were just shoved into his mouth, giving that sugar rush each time he chewed on them.
he never knew each jelly bean so well previously when they were just shoved into his mouth, giving that sugar rush each time he chewed on them.
perhaps it is true that when we have less, we have more,
and that we learn to cherish the remaining less, a lot more :)
disclaimer: i dont like jellybeans!
try
wo-ah
everything's like a whirlwind
swirled, twisted, multi-coloured
till you see nothing but perhaps, white,
coated with random odd stripes
clear the view they say;
easy for them,
hard for you
but nonetheless worth the try
coz you never know until you try
everything's like a whirlwind
swirled, twisted, multi-coloured
till you see nothing but perhaps, white,
coated with random odd stripes
clear the view they say;
easy for them,
hard for you
but nonetheless worth the try
coz you never know until you try
in a nutshell
yay shiwei is back from uk!! :)
this week has been incredibly packed with church camp and comms ball and meeting up with wei yj timo and excell gathering!
church camp was alright, it was good to be refreshed by God's presence and heard quite some revelation from Him about the things to come and promises He has for me, especially with regards to my family. of course, i would have liked to be a little more friendly, gotten to know more people, but for about the whole week ive been in the perpetual dontreallywanttotalkmuch mood..well its over ahaha
comms ball was like a mini prom, except there were many many more unfamiliar faces. it was good to catch up with vd, i think we hadnt seen each other since uh..i cant even rmbr when! hahah. saw rachel cheong too :) havent seen her in even longer. and not to mention all the rj girls.
i was hoping the officers would have to be called on stage to dance blindfolded or something, like daniel denzil and matt were discussing that they had to during their comms ball..but to no avail.
nonetheless vd being his usual self just had to make a splash that night. it's some tradition that when your superiors walk over you have to rise and introduce your date to them, and when his superior did, he got very excited, rose quickly his chair and the CHAIR FELL DOWN BACKWARDS. THUMPPP. naturally the whole table was laughing away and all the surrounding tables turned to look and vd just happily went "eh relax relax its just the chair" ahahaha
lunch with wei yj and timo was good, chicken rice at maxwell food centre. that was my 2nd plate of chicken rice and 3rd time eating chicken in 2 days..but nevermind. pple like wei havent eaten chicken rice in months hehe. yj was being his usual twittish self and saying things which made all of us laugh unwittingly, like how we were discussing abt inter racial couples and then someone called him.
"i think it's karma, some indian just called"
timo TSKKK we shall not disclose here but seriously hahaha.
and wei!!! im so glad youre backk ((: and youre new hairstyle is very nice.
after lunch the boys went off and we went to far east which is cut hair and shopping paradise. okay i finally had my hair cut...and this is wei sleeping in the shop while waiting. very glam dear :) thanks for waiting hahah.
this week has been incredibly packed with church camp and comms ball and meeting up with wei yj timo and excell gathering!
church camp was alright, it was good to be refreshed by God's presence and heard quite some revelation from Him about the things to come and promises He has for me, especially with regards to my family. of course, i would have liked to be a little more friendly, gotten to know more people, but for about the whole week ive been in the perpetual dontreallywanttotalkmuch mood..well its over ahaha
comms ball was like a mini prom, except there were many many more unfamiliar faces. it was good to catch up with vd, i think we hadnt seen each other since uh..i cant even rmbr when! hahah. saw rachel cheong too :) havent seen her in even longer. and not to mention all the rj girls.
i was hoping the officers would have to be called on stage to dance blindfolded or something, like daniel denzil and matt were discussing that they had to during their comms ball..but to no avail.
nonetheless vd being his usual self just had to make a splash that night. it's some tradition that when your superiors walk over you have to rise and introduce your date to them, and when his superior did, he got very excited, rose quickly his chair and the CHAIR FELL DOWN BACKWARDS. THUMPPP. naturally the whole table was laughing away and all the surrounding tables turned to look and vd just happily went "eh relax relax its just the chair" ahahaha
lunch with wei yj and timo was good, chicken rice at maxwell food centre. that was my 2nd plate of chicken rice and 3rd time eating chicken in 2 days..but nevermind. pple like wei havent eaten chicken rice in months hehe. yj was being his usual twittish self and saying things which made all of us laugh unwittingly, like how we were discussing abt inter racial couples and then someone called him.
"i think it's karma, some indian just called"
timo TSKKK we shall not disclose here but seriously hahaha.
and wei!!! im so glad youre backk ((: and youre new hairstyle is very nice.
after lunch the boys went off and we went to far east which is cut hair and shopping paradise. okay i finally had my hair cut...and this is wei sleeping in the shop while waiting. very glam dear :) thanks for waiting hahah.
we managed to buy quite a lot too..stocked up for the next sem to come, with CAs and final in view i foresee there'll be no time to shop..so must shop more NOW!
excell gathering was good too, despite the very long journey to sengkang (hahah yihong if you read this i know youre gg to tell me sk is not that ulu), seeing everyone was nice! even though it had been like probably a year or so since i've seen most of the pple there, there were no awkward silences or whatsoever..meeting up with old friends just brings such a warm feeling to your heart :)
3 weeks more of hols
10 clinics to canvass
1 cario project to do
endless things to draw and study
lots more pple to meet up with
many miracles im trusting in God to fulfill
to make everyday count, in You.
we survived the night!
okay i havent updated in really long especially with facebook taking over the virtual world, blogs are diminishing in significance very much, but still this calls for an update, especially when i was shocked by the number of new msges (all facebook updates) found in my inbox this morning..
after uploading all the photos from the trip by about 3pm yesterday i had comatosed on the couch and slept practically the whole day away, with the exceptions of waking up to eat dinner, brush teeth, qt and then sleeping until 8am this morning. so it beats me how my energetic classmates managed tag all the photos and comment on them in the 2 albums..
thank God for the lovely weather (no rain!) and for keeping us safe throughout the journey, especially on the roads and narrow pavements where many hazards stood in way.
our first stop by the expressway, with the singapore flyer in the background :)
and a second stop outside marina square, with this huge snowflake globe thing..
and one with the merlion in the background. hahah we kept stopping to take photos :P
ben with the bikes at geylang lorong 9
frog porridge! ever wondered why frog porridge is called tian ji zhou and not qing wa zhou in chinese?
evidence that youtiao is very tough.
and seriously bear, this photo is NOT mysterious, more like just pure silly :P
makes me laugh over and over again
and as always..xiaolongbaos are love! yumm.
waiting up and headcounting at the traffic junction
on the way back from geylang we stopped by a sandbox playground, one of the rare ones left in singapore i believe! :)
and this was where daniel found a frog.
zoom in and you'll notice how the frog looks very terrified behind held so close to ben's mouth.
swings are great for reliving childhood! yes denzil..legs very long..
sometimes it gets hard to think of our class guys as 21..
being good dentists to be..we engaged in very uh..exciting morpho based activities too!
on some mega large overhead bridge
14x$1000=$14000 that the government could have potentially made off us..
our last stop on the way, where denzil said had nice sunrise but there was none! the sky just got brighter...and brighter..
emo boys on the staircases
7am at the sunrise kelong, with some pple still half asleep
nasi lemak breakfast at changi village..the famous nasi lemak stall was closed but when youre hungry anything goes really..haha :)
and this marked the end of our 13 hour long overnight cycling journey..with all the guys walking like ducks and everyone complaining of shoulder/butt/thigh aches.
:D
after uploading all the photos from the trip by about 3pm yesterday i had comatosed on the couch and slept practically the whole day away, with the exceptions of waking up to eat dinner, brush teeth, qt and then sleeping until 8am this morning. so it beats me how my energetic classmates managed tag all the photos and comment on them in the 2 albums..thank God for the lovely weather (no rain!) and for keeping us safe throughout the journey, especially on the roads and narrow pavements where many hazards stood in way.
our first stop by the expressway, with the singapore flyer in the background :)
and a second stop outside marina square, with this huge snowflake globe thing..
and one with the merlion in the background. hahah we kept stopping to take photos :P
ben with the bikes at geylang lorong 9
frog porridge! ever wondered why frog porridge is called tian ji zhou and not qing wa zhou in chinese?
evidence that youtiao is very tough.
and seriously bear, this photo is NOT mysterious, more like just pure silly :P
makes me laugh over and over again
and as always..xiaolongbaos are love! yumm.
waiting up and headcounting at the traffic junction
on the way back from geylang we stopped by a sandbox playground, one of the rare ones left in singapore i believe! :)
and this was where daniel found a frog.
zoom in and you'll notice how the frog looks very terrified behind held so close to ben's mouth.
swings are great for reliving childhood! yes denzil..legs very long..
sometimes it gets hard to think of our class guys as 21..
being good dentists to be..we engaged in very uh..exciting morpho based activities too!
on some mega large overhead bridge
14x$1000=$14000 that the government could have potentially made off us..
our last stop on the way, where denzil said had nice sunrise but there was none! the sky just got brighter...and brighter..
emo boys on the staircases
7am at the sunrise kelong, with some pple still half asleep
nasi lemak breakfast at changi village..the famous nasi lemak stall was closed but when youre hungry anything goes really..haha :)
and this marked the end of our 13 hour long overnight cycling journey..with all the guys walking like ducks and everyone complaining of shoulder/butt/thigh aches.
:D
