Three On (almost) Everything

Courtesy of the one and only Kalamari... I've been 'tagged' to do this... and for the first time... I'm not ignoring a tag to complete a questionnaire. Check it out!

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Lynn
2. Suans
3. SL

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. My left eye
2. My right eye
3. All of me

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
Totally irrelevant.

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Chinese (predominantly)
2. Siamese (a miniscule fraction if I remember correctly)
3. Malaysian (in summary)

THREE THINGS YOU CAN'T STAND:
1. People who won’t help themselves
2. The horrid sight of trash sticking onto plants on the road divider along the coastal highway
3. The putrid smell of rotting stuff

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. The number of times I almost fall asleep while driving to work
2. Not having a personal life (read: a proper work-life balance)
3. Shocking and abrupt changes (the heart attack worthy kind)

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SHOWS:
1. Whose Line Is It Anyway
2. Desperate Housewives
3. CSI

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE JAPANESE ANIMES:
1. Cardcaptor Sakura
2. Prince of Tennis
3. You Are Under Arrest

THREE OF YOUR CURRENT FAVORITE SONGS:
1. Hips Don’t Lie - Shakira (love the beat!)
2. A Love That Will Last - Renee Olstead (love the jazz!)
3. Walk Away – Kelly Clarkson

THREE MOVIES YOU CAN WATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN:
1. Chocolat
2. Les Choristes
3. Beautiful Boxer

THREE MOVIES YOU WOULD LIKE TO WATCH:
1. X Men 3: The Last Stand
2. Cars (the animation)
3. The Da Vinci Code.

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Cleanse, tone, moisturize
2. Specs (or contacts)
3. Sanity check

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Specs
2. Loose T-shirt
3. Bermudas

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1. Trust
2. Respect
3. Understanding one another

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE GENDER THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Nice eyes
2. What about the ability to communicate on the same wavelength?
3. Okay... will need to pass on this

THREE BAD HABITS:
1. Forgetting to eat lunch
2. Resting specs on my head like a hairband (and forgetting that its there...)
3. Fidgetting

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Reading
2. Listening to music
3. Watching movies

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Sleep
2. Find out what I want from life
3. Being able to keep regular work hours would be a nice touch

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING OR CURRENTLY PURSUING:
1. Corporate Relations/Communications
2. Information Systems related
3. Eventually... could be something else but I haven’t quite figured it out yet

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. Angkor Wat, Cambodia
2. New Zealand
3. Korea

THREE KIDS' NAMES YOU LIKE:
Huh? Probably those that are not extremely common.

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Travel to all over the world
2. Learn to speak in a few other languages
3. Experience living away from home.

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A GIRL (or guy):
1. Am not a sports expert (but I’m into F1)
2. Big on skincare (the anti-zit campaign)
3. I can’t think of a number three

INITIALS OF THREE CRUSHES:
1. L
2. T
3. M

THREE PEOPLE YOU TAG TO DO THE SURVEY:
1. Jase a.k.a. Infinitium, coz I’m sure you will put an interesting spin to this
2 & 3. Anyone who is interested to adopt this questionnaire

Basic Science and Sanity

What if you can equate sanity down to a science?

Yes... sanity and science. It's not a far-fetched equation really. Or at least, I have a couple of friends who could relate to this theory that I was toying with. It goes something like this:

A. The Solid State

This is pretty self-explanatory. The molecules in solids are stable and makes up an obvious shape. In terms of sanity - solid state can represent someone of sound mind. Perfecto!

B. The Liquid State

The molecules within the liquid form are not as densely-packed as in a solid but nevertheless you can contain the liquid in a container to put some form to it. In terms of sanity - we can probably say that one is not yet insane but could be on the way of getting there.

C. The Gas State

The molecules within the gas form is most erratic - literally bouncing off the walls (read: losing your marbles). And hence the idea is very clear... the gas state is (you got it!) INSANITY.

Ferrari vs. Renault

Ferrari scored a win through Michael Schumacher at Nurburgring, a week ago, and it sure looked like Ferrari is back in action after clinching two consecutive races.

Yet 3 hours ago, it appears that the Ferrari team could still work on improving the performance of their machines as Fernando Alonso of Renault scored an easy win in Barcelona, becoming the first Spaniard to win a race in his home country.

Now, if you are asking me how the Barcelona F1 result is different from the results from the Imola and Nurburgring races, I'd probably tell you that the result this time round did not boil down to a battle of pit-stop strategies. It was all about who had the better race car and tyres.

Obviously, Ferrari just didn't have a comparable package this time round - Alonso was able to continuously clock fantastic lap times regardless of whether he had a full fuel load or not; and he grabbed the checkered flag 18 seconds ahead of Schumacher.

But what about the other teams? Judging from the performance of the other teams so far, it doesn't look very convincing other than the folks working for the Ferrari and Renault garage are able to have a real stab at the Drivers' Championship and Constructor's Title.

They will just end up being the bridesmaids unless they are able to come up with some miracles to come up to par with the top two teams.

In the Arts Corner

My iTunes player is currently spinning out songs from:

1. Amore ~ Andrea Bocelli
2. Love.Angel.Music.Baby ~ Gwen Stefani
3. Ancora ~ Il Divo
4. Renee Olstead ~ Reneé Olstead
5. The Dvorak Album ~ Yo-Yo Ma

I have my bookmark stuck somewhere in a copy of:

Check out the music video for Football Mad Nation by Popshuvit and Disagree - the anthem that is currently rocking Celcom's pre-World Cup advertisements... Syabas to our local boys. You have obviously created a world class stadium-friendly tune!

Meet the Master of Terror

Alright people. Meet Min the little terror. Soon to be 2 years old... he is not a cousin, not a nephew, but my dad's friend's kid.

I don't think I mentioned this in my earlier post about my trip to Hatyai during CNY... but this is the little tyke that I was helping to look after throughout our trip and stay. He may be cute but he sure is a handful.

Like other little kids his age, he finds joy in grabbing pebbles from hotel "plant display areas" only to throw these to just anywhere else as he runs around. But that's not all.

At the coffee house, he went to pull out the power plug of the cake refrigerator from the power socket in a blink of an eye. Oh yes... not to forget - he ran into the hotel kitchen too before we could say abracadabra.

And he knows the meaning of recognition... but in his case... he just likes to blow his horn first. He will clap and cheer (and make others cheer too) even if he has not finished his little task/game.

To cap it all, Min was flipping himself over the seats to get from the middle section to the backseats and vice versa when we were on the way back home. Ahh... the joy of being a carefree lil'tot.

Gambling with life

You think it will never happen to you. That is... until it hits you square in the face. It is probably a nice argument.

For one, I had a great-granduncle who smoked and took his share of whisky/brandy everyday of his adult life. He died of old age at 96 .

On the other hand, I have a 72-year old granduncle who had breathing difficulties and had to be admitted to the hospital so that they could clear his windpipes that were clogged from decades of smoking. He smoked since he was nine.

Two old guys with different stories. But there are others who may have suffered at an earlier age, succumbing to the ailments due to their vices.

Let me use another example. Say... the Mat Rempits who terrorize our roads. They ride and swerve dangerously - never thinking about the safety of themselves and most importantly other people who may be affected by their actions.

It's all about the thrill, the andrenalin rush, and pure silly pride for all the wrong reasons... that is until they get the shock of seeing their friend die in front of their eyes.

I'm not saying that gambling is bad simply because we have to make choices or take risks in our lives everyday. It's just that we ought to act in moderation and know our limits.