I Did Not Photoshop This!
Labels: home life, just for fun
Friday, March 25, 2011
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The Little Pig Who Could
Labels: home life, just for fun
Friday, March 19, 2010
I thought I'd end the week on a heartwarming note.
Have a good weekend, everyone!
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If Age Has Taught Me Anything
Labels: home life, just for fun
Monday, November 16, 2009
So I was stooping, browsing through the lower shelves of the knitting section of Kinokuniya (quite a feat when you are on stilettos) when The Girlfriend comes up and asks me if I could hang on to a book for her as her arms were full from carrying Cutie-Pie who had dosed off following a huge lunch. The Girlfriend, another girlfriend and I had just dined at the Marriott and decided to work some of it off by browsing the shops. I don't know, but I always feel there is something decidedly wicked about Lunching and Shopping on a Monday. Or maybe it's just me.
Anyhow.
So I reached out for the book and being female curious, took a cursory glance at the title:
whereupon I did a double-take and if not for perfect balance, would have fell on my hiney too.
"Beat The Bitch? You're reading this?!"
No, no, The Girlfriend quickly protested, it's for so-and-so.
"Oh, her. Ah..."
Just so one is being clear, the so-and-so in question is in her early twenties, married and what little I know from the one and only time I met her - all is well in paradise.
I can only speak for myself which is, what a difference age and life experiences can make. Fifteen years ago, I would have run out in my heels (some things don't change) and bought the very same book for Ms Stimson's tips and ammunition. Not so now. It's not because I've become complacent, far from it in fact, but I've reached the stage in my life where if my man is so easily swayed, then he's not worth keeping in the first place.
You know?
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I Couldn't Have Said It Better
Labels: just for fun
Thursday, November 05, 2009
For you to choose
But you'll walk a little taller
In some high-heeled shoes
- Welcome to the '60s, Hairspray
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Law and Order Special Letters Unit
Labels: just for fun
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Clip taken from one of my favourite prime time shows made by my all-time favourite kids show.
I love you Sesame Street!
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World's Coolest Flight Attendant
Now this is what I call inflight entertainment! Labels: just for fun
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Thanks to Trish for the link.
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What Would You Win An Oscar For?
Labels: just for fun
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
You Would Win Best Costume Design
You are imaginative, artistic, and very unique. You are a natural designer.
You can picture entire movies in your head. You are incredibly visual.
As long as you can remember, you've always had a flare for fashion. You like to experiment with looks.
You like dressing up in costumes and outfits. And not just for Halloween!
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Santa Baby
Labels: home life, just for fun
Saturday, December 20, 2008
As a child, my all-time favourite Christmas song was All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth - go figure!
Twenty odd years later, older but I'm not sure much wiser, the Christmas song that gets me going is the tongue-in-cheek Santa Baby. But not the Madonna or Kylie version, you understand. Not even Marilyn Monroe's, whom alot of people think is the original singer, a fact which irks me. The definitive version to me is by the original singer Eartha Kitt. Her rendition is that of a sexy, sophisticated lady who loves and knows she deserves the finer things in life. Other singers who have borrowed her song just come off sounding like gold digging bimbos, most notably Madonna and Marilyn Monroe. But that's just me. And forgive the slight edginess in my tone. It's the fractured molar, sore throat and fever speaking.
Santa Baby
Santa Baby,
Just slip a sable under the tree
For me
Been an awful good girl
Santa Baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight
Santa baby, a '54 convertible too
Light blue
I'll wait up for you, dear
Santa baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight
Think of all the fun I've missed
Think of all the fellas that I haven't kissed
Next year I could be just as good
If you'll check off my Christmas list
Santa Baby, I want a yacht and really thats not
Alot
Been an angel all year
Santa Baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight
Santa honey, one little thing I really need
The deed
To a platinum mine
Santa Baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight
Santa cutie, and fill my stocking with a duplex
And cheques
Sign your 'x' on the line
Santa cutie, and hurry down the chimney tonight
Come and trim my Christmas tree
With some decorations bought at Tif-fa-ny
I really do believe in you
Lets see if you believe in me
Santa Baby, forgot to mention one little thing
A ring
I don't mean on the phone
Santa Baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight
Hurry down the chimney tonight
Hurry...tonight
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Big, Blonde and Beautiful
Labels: just for fun
Sunday, November 30, 2008
I thought I'd start today, being the first day of the last month of the year and all with a song and dance. Here's Motormouth Maybelle played by Queen Latifah doing her thang with "Big, Blonde and Beautiful in the 2007 musical version of Hairspray.
Hooray for girl power and hooray for food!
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I Need To Stop Being Silly
Labels: home life, just for fun
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Gmail's gone and given its users the option of theme templates. I've switched mine to Teahouse and adjusted my location to Beijing.
Now it's all very mundane, nothing to whoop about except after two days, I began to realise that the background garden is time sensitive. Let me explain. Say I check my gmail at 7am in the morning. The sun's just risen and everything's still abit dusky. Lo and behold, the sun is just dawning in the garden of the Teahouse template. I check again at noon when it's nice and bright outside, it's also sunny in the garden. At night, I open it again, well, you get the picture.
On top of everything else, the main character, a Mr Fox (very reminiscent of Japanese folklore), goes about his daily business as the day progresses. At dawn he's doing Tai Chi (I kid you not!), during the day he's pottering about the garden doing this and that, having a cup of cha and what not. Just before nightfall, he's out in the garden lighting up the lanterns.
How do I know this? It is with great embarrassment I confess to checking my gmail obsessively throughout the day. Just to see what Mr Fox and his buds are up to! I am stalking a graphic image!
I need a life.
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Why I Keep A Blog
Labels: home life, just for fun
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Beau Lotus wrote a piece about why she blogs and asked everyone else why they kept one too.
That got me thinking.
I've been blogging for a little over two years now and never really thought about why I do it. I just did.
So now I ask myself, why do I blog?
I can't say I'm letting go of steam since I don't gripe and certainly do not bitch on this site, well, not on private issues. I can't say it's my creative outlet either because I have other avenues for that. And I certainly can't say I do it professionally. For one thing, I'm not a writer. Sure I can string a few words together to evoke a chuckle or at least a smile but I'm no Shakespeare.
That would leave the option of fun. And that's why I really blog - for my personal pleasure. In my blog I don't want to change the world, offer deep rhetorical discussions or cure cancer. I just want it to be my own place where I talk about things I love, in this case, food and my hobbies. But mostly food. Can't stitch or craft on an empty stomach. This blog is intended as a chat between good friends. You know, the five to ten minute conversations you have just before you need do the laundry, run an errand or some mundane chore. One of those lighthearted but oh-so-good for the soul chitchats.
I've never blogged with the intention of making money off it either. That's why you don't see any ads on this site. I've been asked fairly regularly to review food related services and products and more often than not, I turn down the offer. I have a strictly no advertising rule on my blog. If I do wax lyrical about something here, you can be sure whatever it is, it's on my to-buy/to-do list if it hasn't already been bought or tried out and not because I'm trying to sell you something.
The other thing is, I've never blogged with an audience in mind. I find it more liberating this way. I write what I want and when I want. Hence, you'll never see me begin a post with "I'm sorry I haven't blogged for a long time..." Once in a while I do give a polite "Still-here-alls-well" message but only because both Mum and Mother-In-Law want to know why there haven't been any updates in more than a week. Having said that, I am happy to know people from all over the world are reading my blog. Some of you are friends to begin with, some were strangers but through the course of time, became friends and some of you left lovely comments and emails. So for this, I would like to thank you and all the others who quietly read but don't make their presence known. Thank you taking the time out of your busy day to check in on me. I really appreciate it, especially since I keep a fairly low profile and don't put my blog or myself 'out there'.
And so, the next time someone asks me, Dutchess, why do you keep a blog? I will simply reply,
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Mercedes-Benz F1 TV Advert
We, meaning Hubs and Sonny-boy are Ferrari fan(atics) so I feel abit of a Judas posting this Mercedes-Benz ad here. But a good ad is a good ad and this left me in giggles. I especially enjoyed the surprise appearance of Mika Hakkinen at the very end. Nothing like reminding the next generation they are still earning their stripes to put everything in perspective. And if you are into behind-the-scene stuff, there's the "Making Of" video which comes directly after. Labels: just for fun
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Credit to Brenda for first putting up the video on a parenting forum. Some mums there are big F1 fans but not necessarily over the racing cars per se... what cars ??!
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I Bought On Ebay...
Labels: just for fun, retail therapy
Friday, September 26, 2008
I love online shopping (just ask Hubs!) but for the most part, shun ebay. These days, the only things I purchase from ebay are craft books and only because they are not available elsewhere online. That's because i) I hate paypal who's always messing up and freezing my account and ii) I hate having to bid for anything. I don't have the time or patience to monitor the product I want in question so more often than not, I just click on the buy now option and have it over and done with. It's all about instant gratification.
Here's a little something for ebay addicts everywhere - you know who you are!
I almost fell off my seat from laughter, thank goodness I wasn't eating or drinking at the time either. Credit to Pam for putting it up on her blog from where I got the video from. Completely unrelated but I met Pam for the first time at a gathering earlier this year in Singapore. She has a wonderful doll-like complexion which reminds me of silken tofu. And yes, Pam, we also love Discovery's Boom-Di-YaDa song the first time it was aired on the channel. Sonny-boy can sing every word of it while Hubs and I have it for our mobile ring-tones. I know!
Have a good weekend, everyone!
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What Kind Of Tea Are You?
Labels: just for fun
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
You Are Black Tea
You have a bold personality. You're not afraid of simply being yourself.
You have the courage to speak the truth. You are fearless in your actions.
You come off as a bit intimidating and unapproachable. Only confident people are attracted to you.
You don't try to scare off anyone. You're just an intense person!
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How To Waste A Perfectly Good Saturday - Part II
Labels: just for fun
Saturday, August 23, 2008
By posting a really silly entry on your blog.
Taken off a thread from the parenting forum of which I am like a stubborn stain you can't remove, it asks (and answers) the perennial question:
Why did the chicken cross the road?
For some of the replies, it's funnier if one is Singaporean or Malaysian or at least familiar with the local politics or current affairs of both countries.
Without further ado,
WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD?
BARACK OBAMA:
The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a CHANGE
The chicken wanted CHANGE!
JOHN MCCAIN:
My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other
side of the road.
HILLARY CLINTON:
When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross
the road.
This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure -- right from Day
One! -- that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves
to cross the road.
But then, this really isn't about me.......
GEORGE W. BUSH:
We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road.
We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not.
The chicken is either against us, or for us.
There is no middle ground here.
BILL CLINTON:
I did not cross the road with THAT chicken.
What is your definition of chicken?
AL GORE:
I invented the chicken!
JOHN LENNON:
Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.
BILL GATES:
I have just released eChicken2007, which will not only cross roads, but
will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check
book.
Internet Explorer is an integral part of the Chicken.
This new platform is much more stable and will never cra...#@&&^(C%
......... reboot.
ABDULLAH BADAWI:
We have to be fair to all chickens.
Some want to cross over the road, some do not. ........ Zzzzzz
......zzzzzz .......
Now what were we talking about?
Ah yes, chickens.
We will form a Royal Commission to decide whether it is right for them
to cross the road.
MAHATHIR:
Now even the non-bumi chickens want to cross the road?
How can they disrespect and disregard the bumi chickens?
We must be allowed to cross over first. It is our right!
ANWAR:
We have enough chickens waiting to cross over in September.
SHAHRIR:
All foreign chickens are welcome in Malaysia but they must not cross
over the road within 50km of the border.
LEE KUAN YEW:
I am telling u that the highly paid chicken should cross the road first.
It is our right to cross the road.
LEE HSIEN LOONG:
Gantry points have been set up.
All chickens wanting to cross the road are advised to top up their cash
cards first.
WONG KAN SENG:
I am sorry that the chicken was allowed to cross the road.
It was an HONEST MISTAKE.
Lets move on.
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What Your Fridge Says About You
Labels: just for fun
Monday, May 26, 2008
What Your Fridge Says About You
You aren't greedy, but you don't really deprive yourself either. You strike a good balance with the stuff you buy.
You tend to be a fairly thrifty person. You splurge occasionally, but you're mostly a saver.
You are a very adventurous person. You love to try new things, and you get bored very easily.
You are responsible, together, and mature. You act like an adult, even when you don't feel like it.
You are likely to be married - and very busy.
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The Muppet Personality Test
Labels: just for fun
You Are Animal
A complete lunatic, you're operating on 100% animal instincts.
You thrive on uncontrolled energy, and you're downright scary.
But you sure can beat a good drum.
"Kill! Kill!"
*****
Me thinks me shouldn't take this test so close to That Time Of The Month.
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Dutchess And The City - The City Walk Personality Test
Labels: just for fun
After designer shoes and desserts, personality quizzes rank up there on my list of guilty pleasures.
I thought I'd start the week with a few.
What Your City Walk Means
You are adventurous and easygoing. You love life, as long as you don't have to do anything hard.
You are generally confident and friendly with strangers. You are well mannered and sociable.
Money is fairly important to you. You aren't super greedy, but you enjoy spending money on yourself.
You tend to seek comfort, coziness, and stability in your life. For you, feeling at home is the best feeling ever.
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Show Me Yours First And I'll Show You Mine
Labels: just for fun, soups
Friday, April 11, 2008
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Who's Your Celebrity Chef Match?
Labels: just for fun
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Maybe you don't whip up lobster thermidor on a nightly basis, but when you do ramp up for a special meal — entertaining friends, for example — you tend to pull out all the stops. Experience has proven that "from scratch" does tend to make a difference, so if time allows, we'd guess you like to spoil your guests with everything from fresh fish to homemade pie. That's not to say you're not up for some shortcuts in the kitchen. It's just that when it comes down to it, you like to do things right, and don't mind taking the time to make sure that happens.
Heavens to Murgatroyd! As long as I don't look like Ms Child when I'm sixty.
More bouillabaisse, anyone?
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