Random Stuff

i realise that of all the months in the year, most of my friends are born in May. And June as well. even in my office. 5 out of 15 people have their birthdays in may and june. i wonder why. is this a phenomenon that is specific to my group of friends or are is May and June the most popular months for child-births? does anyone have any statistics on the distribution of birthdays throughout the year?

anyways... we were talking about the dictionaries today and Chan Meng (one of my colleagues) introduced us to the online Webster dictionary. he told us that this site goes as far as telling you all the anagrams that you could form with the word that you initially searched for. and then he mentioned that it is a good tool to use for playing grabble. Steve (deputy director of the office), who was just walking by, added, "you can't play grabble with TIT bits". alas, Cheok wasn't around to hear that.

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gosh this post is really inane. it wasn't even funny. not even my little anecdote of how you can't play grabble with tit bits. but it was really funny when steve mentioned it. i think it was all about the timing. and the fact that Cheok's little Freudian slip was still fresh in our minds. i guess that that's the thing about sitcoms. it's about the situation. most of our lives can be quite funny if we deign to look at it in a funny way.

i remember one of the best laughs that i've had. it was before an exam in our second year. we were sick of being nervous and all that, so the group of us went to a pub for lunch. we had the usual jovial bantering throughout the entire lunch. but towards the end, we started talking about where Anna (Scaife, my course mate...) stayed. it was opposite some strip club. Will promptly added that that's where they have pole dancers. and Lowry quickly chipped in, saying that Kate should try to be a pole dancer because it pays well. Will then said that Anna can be the pole and provide the accompaniment. Then Anna had to remind us that she can't sing, but can only go 'bum bum bum'. and Cheng delivered the punchline. at the top of his voice, he declared with much aplomb, "Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing, the exotic Kate and her bumming Pole!" so great. Anna's Brit by day, Pole by night (i wonder whether the Britain and/or Poland allow for dual citizenships. hmm...). and she bums. Kate couldn't stop laughing. and when Kate laughs she turns beetroot red (the way i turn beetroot red when i drink alcohol...). and she couldn't stop laughing. we thought she was going to asphyxiate. and when we went into the exam hall, she was still giggling. calmer but still giggling. she didn't stop until almost close to the proper start of the exam.

see... it's not as funny now when i recount it. but when it actually happened. we had a good time. i guess it's cos laughter is contagious. so we ended up laughing at Kate laugh. which made her laugh even harder, which made us laugh even harder, which... you get the idea.

man... i miss those days in bristol. and in UCL as well of course. slack life of a student. but slack as it was, i did learn some really important lessons. like why you should never eat yellow snow (why do you think snow would be yellow? cos someone peed on it la!). and those interesting discussions that the group of us had after aikido. like why you can't possibly wank your way back to Earth (no matter how... virile you are...) if you are set adrift in space (cos while the reaction force of the semen being ejaculated would propel you in a certain direction, when the semen hits the space suit, the reaction force on the space suit would serve to move you in exactly the opposite direction. so the net effect is that you remain stationary. and they said that physics is boring...). so you see, taxpayers' money have been well-spent. :)

well... i'll have to make a trip back to Bristol and London the moment i make enough money to finance the trip.