Well this week our Aussie is off to Hong Kong, a place of good food and great shopping so I hear. There are 2 things that I'm looking forward to doing.
1. Eating roast goose. A delicacy that apparently goes beyond words and is the one item that I am told I must eat.
2. Get some tailor made shirts! Hong Kong is supposed to be the place to go for shopping, so I'm looking forward to picking out some stunning material...hopefully I'll be looking sharp again!
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Friday, April 15, 2005
Singlish. Heard of the term "Blur"?
Well its only been 20mins since I started my blog and already I have come across a funny instance.Singaporeans have this term called "Blur". I guess "Blur" is defined as being stupid, or doing something out of the ordinary without knowing. You might use the term when referring to somebody about something. eg "Bob is so blur when it comes to ordering drinks". Meaning - Bob has absolutely no idea about which drinks most people enjoy ordering.
Anyway, back on topic.
I got into the office this morning and one of the girls was fussing around with a Projector. Apparently it wasn't working - the words appearing on the screen were all fuzzy. She proceeded to get help from other collegues, and called the IT Helpdesk - to know avail. By this time I'm starting to feel sorry for the poor thing. So I pull myself away from my desk to check out the situation. Turns out that the problem is solved by Mr Aussie himself in a nanosecond. She hadn't adjusted the "Focus", but was only playing with the "Zoom" function. Hence the presentation was appearing fuzzy. Well, there we go, for the record Blur Incident #1 goes down in the books.
Anyway, back on topic.
I got into the office this morning and one of the girls was fussing around with a Projector. Apparently it wasn't working - the words appearing on the screen were all fuzzy. She proceeded to get help from other collegues, and called the IT Helpdesk - to know avail. By this time I'm starting to feel sorry for the poor thing. So I pull myself away from my desk to check out the situation. Turns out that the problem is solved by Mr Aussie himself in a nanosecond. She hadn't adjusted the "Focus", but was only playing with the "Zoom" function. Hence the presentation was appearing fuzzy. Well, there we go, for the record Blur Incident #1 goes down in the books.
Introduction
Well this is my first post. Been wanting to do this for a while now. I guess I should start with an introduction. I'm chinese, Australian born, and was born and bred in Australia. I've never lived overseas, up until 3 months ago when I moved to Singapore. And I must say, Singapore is a strange and wonderful place.I've come across many strange and peculiar nuances over here, and I intend to share them with others!So read on and enjoy my ride!
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