Archive for February, 2010

Little boy and the policeman joke


2010
02.28
From Benghui

I want to tell you a joke.It is so so so funny hehe.

A boy went to school.He learned three words in English:Yes,Just now,Fork and spoon.

After school he walked home.He saw a dead man on the street.He phoned the police station.He told the policeman.The policeman spoke in English.Luckily the boy knew three words in English.
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Chap Goh Meh and old folks not forgotten


2010
02.27
From chap goh meh

Chap Goh Meh or Tzap Goh Mei can be literally translated as “fifteen night” and is the fifteenth and final day of the Lunar New Year period.
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Monochrome maniacs: kung fu fighting


2010
02.27
From monochrome
From monochrome

The first pic is named kung fu fighting.

From monochrome

The second pic is named clash of cultures : the traditional and the modern dwelling.

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Kutien Memorial Park and Bukit Lima Swimming Pool


2010
02.26
From Benghui
From Benghui

Daddy and I went for a morning walk. Kutien Memorial Park.
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Bachelor with messy room and busybody girlfriend


2010
02.25


Interesting character : mid twenties female with straightened and high-lighted hair. Ample in figure and with a great sense of humor.

Mimi: He is being ridiculous. I didn’t do anything wrong. I didn’t know he had gone back to his home town for the Chinese New Year. I couldn’t reach him on his hand phone. I went to visit him. I brought along a cheese cake I had baked for the Chinese New Year. His housemates let me in. I waited in his room as I wasn’t comfortable waiting in the living room
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Praying that the year of the tiger will be a good year for the nation


2010
02.25
From Untitled Album

The Chinese New Year celebrations is a long affair. 15 days to be exact.
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The ninth day of the Lunar New Year


2010
02.23
From ninth day of the lunar new year

On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, the Chinese offer prayers to the Jade Emperor of Heaven (天宮) in the Taoist Pantheon. This day is also celebrated as the birthday of the Jade Emperor. It is a day especially auspicious to Hokkiens.
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Connie Francis, shopping, who’s sorry now and everybody’s somebody’s fool


2010
02.22

I was trudging along while Mrs BB was of all things shopping for dresses, I would have expected this activity to stop now that Chinese New Year is over but apparently it hasn’t stopped. If there is one thing I don’t like it is going shopping for dresses with Mrs Bengbeng. She will find a dress she would like to try and then hand over her hand bag for me to carry while she tries it out.
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Air stone,aquarium pump and my red parrot fish


2010
02.21
From Benghui
From Benghui

So so so happy. Uncle Ah Tuong came to visit me. :D
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If time is money, I am a millionaire


2010
02.20
From Untitled Album

Interesting character : Ah-Moo, eighty year old Foochow. female. Mother of perhap nine children and grandmother of many more. Living alone in a big double storey home with a small garden.

Hello Beng. Hi Benghui. Please sit down Mrs Bengbeng

I am sorry my son isn’t here. He is seldom here. He has moved out. But I am glad you visited. You can visit me instead. But I haven’t any mandarin oranges or Chinese New Year food. I hope you do not mind.
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