Fish is good for you. It contains calcium, iodine, magnesium, protein, and (if you’re lucky) the odd dose of mercury. Plus it tastes good. Especially when it’s grilled. Which is why I ordered the grilled fish premium set at Long John’s, dubiously made up of fries, rice, curry (alarm bells please), and of course, grilled fish. Weird mix…and you’re expected to get the rice to your mouth with a knife and fork. I suppose I’m at fault for not heeding the warnings.

But then again, I paid $5 and waited the customary 7 minutes for this so what the heck.

First, the curry. I stab at the brown puddle with the damn knife before managing to transfer a few measly drops to my mouth only to regret ever bothering. If one were to mix 2 parts curry powder with 2 parts water, this is exactly what one would get. Yummy. Decide immediately to abandon.

Proceed to empty 2 sachets of chilli sauce all over fries and start chomping. But of course, LJS fries always taste good and this batch didn’t disappoint. So at least there was hope.

Now the rice. Tasted kinda waxy really. Like it’d been boiled, left to dry and then steamed before being dumped on my tray and flattened slightly. Very SFI.

Finally, onto the fish which, though touted as grilled, looked like it’d been boiled. The skin on the underside wasn’t seared and the flesh wasn’t flaky. Nonetheless, in a leap of blind faith, I took a bite. I don’t really know how to describe the flavour…but I think a fairly accurate representation would be to imagine the way fish would taste if it’d been marinated in its own guts. Absolutely vile. So vile that Winnie, she who devoureth all, took a sniff at it and backed off, reminding me of the way my cat reacts to Whiskas’ beef and something mix.

Nothing left to do but finish the fries and guzzle my Pepsi before scooting off in search of a second dinner. Will stick to the fried stuff next time.

I’ve been sitting at my desk for the past hour and a half trying to look busy. This has required me to:

1. stare at my monitor while mentally singing “Unwell” (this ensures I don’t fall asleep plus, it’s a nice song)
2. continually rub the ulcer on my tongue against the roof of my mouth (moving my jaw makes it look like my brain is actually working and, well, the pain’s kinda addictive)
3. find the answers on the Web to such life changing questions as “why do we have pubic hair?” (this puts some words on the monitor and also makes for great toilet humour)
4. occasionally bang my fists on my table or pull my hair while gurgling to simulate writer’s block (this always works)
5. stare appealingly at passing AEs to simulate eagerness for more jobs (I think this may have freaked the male AE)
6. try very hard to think of a 6th thing I have had to do…damn

Too bored too bored. Shall adjourn to the toilet for my nap.

It hurts when i type "D", "E" and "C". i thought my hand problems have manifested themselves on my left middle finger as well... one more RSI-ed limb. Xbox LIVE official launch tonight, talking about that with andrew earlier on, then i realised what happened: I'm holding the controller too tightly, and the left trigger button is the oft-used "block" button. Pressing downwards with my left index causes downward pressure on the middle finger due to the protrusion on the back of the controller. faham? doesn't matter, all it means is that I'm laying off NG for the weekend. that boss fight is going to have to wait.

Funghi Porcine

Saw this on the menu board of a restaurant at Suntec City, started thinking…moldy pork?…fungal babi?…got rather disgusted and walked away.

There are times when using Latin/Greek/French makes a dish appear that little bit more sophisticated even if it really is just boiled snails. And then, unfortunately, there are times when it falls flat on its face. This, apparently, is an emphatic example of the latter. Bon appetit.

Why "The Common People"?
I was listening to the song (by Pulp) last night and it seemed to fit us so there.
More commoners will be added in the future (I hope).
I don't really know how many there should be though.

Just saw this totally cool video of R/C cars drifting. It's like Initial D miniaturized. Check out the site here

eh, why Common People ah? Is the title going to change much? are there going to be more commoners soon?

John's thinking of ads and I'm the copywriter. We should get this sorted out. But on another note:

Mandarin translations of English copy are usually rather amusing but that amusement can quickly turn to distress when you find that it is YOUR copy which has been translated. I had the misfortune of experiencing this about half an hour ago after one of the designers let out a chuckle and directed my attention to his monitor.

Apparently, “set your imagination free” (clichéd I know, but what the client wants, the client gets), had somehow been morphed into "fang4 fei1 ning2 de4 xiang3 xiang4 li4". Or literally, “let fly your imagination”, which, needless to say, resulted in me letting fly more than just my imagination. Just another job hazard I suppose.

was shopping yesterday, saw this cool looking Samsonite bag with an ID tag that can be hidden from view with only a tab sticking out. So I was just thinking that someone should do a TVC that shows a crook stealing this fella's bag, then he runs off. The victim searches and finds his stuff lying somewhere, and the thief rides off into the sunset with the bag on his back. something like that, I'm sure it can be refined. Then again, I probably seen something like that before, stuck in my sub-conscious mind... but if not, maybe "someone" can use that idea

wah, I'm a blogger, woohoo! don't waste time right? immediately dive into inane-ness

Second time i'm starting a blog but this time i'll try to keep it updated. I don't know what's been nagging at me to start this all over again.
But hey, writing's my job. Might as well make it my hobby as well.