Boredom strikes! 01 (Jul 08 - Oct 09)

[pepper]

ok thanks pep. Maybe hv to borrow DVD

on a separate topic, wat's a great Sunday activity besides watching movies?

Makan/yum cha lor. Or u can go listen to yr friends sing karaoke (eagles songs). A walk in the park??? Some people enjoy cooking.

alternatively, you can go to the beach and listen to yr "take on me" by A-ha ( i remember...........) and if u recall i recommended the song "kokomo". After catching the movie "wanted", i realised there is another appropriate song to listen to at the beach -- "pina colada". But on a sunday it may not be easy to find a quiet beach. Crowded everywhere on Sundays, i prefer to stay in but in the morning i will bring my doggy to the park for a nice walk.

pina colada
Embedded videos have been disabled.
Click to view video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=QVdhZwK7cS8

[blid2def]

just had some steamed prawns with garlic garnishing. Hv u guys ever picked prawns from supermarket, eg sheng shiong? I hv Fiume that one can find pretty fresh ones without needing to pay extra for the live ones. Just make sure they feel firm when u lightly press them. Those that are too soft usually means they hv been dead for too long n I suppose their meat has started "decomposing" haha. Can't think of a better word

LOL... yah basically I just look for firm shells - once they feel soft, it means that steaming them will result in prawns with "sticky" shells that are a pain to peel, and with mushy meat. I sometimes also press the tip of the head a bit - it should feel firm & sharp... if soft soft, also indication of lack of freshness.

I won't say "decomposing" lah, but you know, things in nature can't stay firm forever, so...

[blid2def]

ok thanks pep. Maybe hv to borrow DVD

on a separate topic, wat's a great Sunday activity besides watching movies?

In the mornings - for a short period before I reinjured my knee - I'd take the effort to go all the way to Bukit Timah hill for a morning hike. Can be pretty siong for the knees though if you've hurt them before. In the evenings, play frisbee with my wife - good, just find an open ground and toss. Or experiment with different types of recipes if you're the cooking type, or tend the nursery/garden (for me it means a few pots at the balcony).

[kennynah]

thanks. All very good suggestions. Sleep is wonderful, especially on a rainy day.

[kennynah]

canoeing in the waters of east coast? anyone has 1st hand experiences renting a canoe there?

i recall an incident when i canoed off the waters of pulau ubin...it was just after dusk and the skylight was deeming very quickly...but was not totally pitch dark yet...

then, a very large shadow swam directly under my single person canoe...!!! scared the heck outa me.. i froze..and didnt wan to peddle just in case, i thought, in my panic, i capsize the canoe... then i become seafood...hahaha... until today, i dont know what creature could have been so huge..at least 5m by 5m...a stingray i thought later...

sunday chit chat....better write some more...if not later winston merge this thread with "moh lae toh" thread....hahaha...

winston : joking with you lah...u doing great by pruning, else meaningless threads like this will start sprouting ....
anyways, please merge if you feel the need to ...thanks for the housekeeping...

[blid2def]

Yah, many years back... okay lah, nothing good or bad.

Actually, I'd love to try dinghy sailing again. Not sure if we can rent dinghies at East Coast / Changi? I first (and last) tried dinghy sailing during my NCC Outward Bound School days... very exciting back then. Lots of work, but nice experience.

[kennynah]

eh...that's not bad...dinghy sailing is fun....provided got wind...if no wind...eat grass...dinghy stay put...and if it is in the path of an ocean liner...which was what happened to us(also OBS experience)...those 2 things can shrink fast fast...used peddle instead...emergency situations calls for emergency actions...hahaha..

duno where can rent dinghy...

i suppose u need at least 2 persons to operate a dinghy?

[kennynah]

Pep: half listening to music half watching a neughbourhood soccer match. Match of this quality better than most a-league matches I used to watch

[helios]

yo K,

oo ... what's kinda of quality?

hulks?
hunks?

[kennynah]

San
dribbling n shooting skills. Good sportsmanship