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Hoffman Nir

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11月13日

Things that suck about Singapore

Things that suck about Singapore:
1. The weather - I don't mind the heat, I don't mind the humidity (I lived in Shanghai, so like totally bring it on), but where the f*&k are the seasons???? How can you live this way????
2. The public transport system - HELLO??? it takes me just as long to get from Cass in Moorgate to West Hampstead in zone 2 as it does from Millenia Tower to Kim Keat Road??? And there isn't even a direct line (subway or bus)!!!
3. The food - could you have any more soya sauce/duck soy/dark soy/chil soy??? Have you heard of vinegar??? And what is up with the fried food, why do you HAVE to have oil injected into your food??? and Chicken Rice is good and all, but it ain't the "wheel"!
4. The local news channel - how to say CCTV9 in Singlish? Channel News Asia LAH
5. The language - Singlish is NOT a language, sorry... It's broken English, with Chinese/Malay grammer+slang...
6. There's more, but I just can't think of it (sidewalks being on the same level as the roads, and being flooded when it rains, the locals looking down on Mainlanders, the total lack of creativity in the City....)
 
Things that are awesome about Singapore:
1. It's not London
 
 
7月27日

Sin Sin Singapore

Luckily I've never got to experiance the "dark side" of Shanghai, but working in Singapore, especially working in the shipping industry (the sleaziest industry) you def get to do it all...
 
KTV (not the kind with free all you can eat buffet) - done it. Hated it. Really feel sorry for the girls who work there... It's like prostitution, isn't it? I guess it's a job. Not planning to go again, EVER!
 
Orchard Tower - Done it. I was HELLA surprised that it's the same place where I bought my TV and sound system at. I seriously didn't realize that it was actually the same place. So this so called "Four Floor of Whores" totally confused me - it seems that some of the girls might not be originally designed as girls. Again not planning to go again. Argh....
 
Geylang - Not yet, probably will be taken to see the "sights". I'm actually more interested in checking out the food over there.
 
 
Conclusion: Not built for this stuff...
 
 
 
6月26日

Q&A

Haven't done this since high school, but Jeanette sent me this, and I am just that bored. So here you go:

1. What time did you get up this morning?
07:00 hours, as I do on every workday

2. How do you like your steak?
medium rare

3. The last film you saw at the cinema?
Indiana Jones IV… Had some others that I wanted to watched, but my so called “friend” decided to give up to peer pressure (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!)

4. What is your favorite TV show?
House M.D.

5. What did you have for breakfast?
Chocolate flavored soy milk and organic honey cookies

6. What is your middle name?
I want to say Danger…  But unfortunately my parents are not that cool.

7. What is your favorite cuisine?
Anything that doesn’t involve dairy

8. What foods do you dislike?
Food that has bugs in it.

9. What are your favorite chips?
Salt and vinegar

10. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation where would it be?
Vancouver

11. What kind of car do you drive?
Used to drive a Volkswagen Santana, but stopped driving, not my thing.

12 What is your favorite sandwich?
Anything with Avocado and no cheese

13. What are your favorite clothes?
The kind that covers my intimate parts, while not restricting movements.

14. What is your favorite CD at the moment?
My Office 2007 DVD I just burnt

15. Favorite brand of clothing?
Carrefour – China!!!

16. Where would you like to be right now?
Shanghai

17. What is your spouse's name?
Not married, hmm my better half is called Yifan

18. What is your favorite sport to watch?
9 balls pool

19. Who do you think will NOT send this back?
N/A

20. Person you expect to send it back first?
N/A

21. Pepsi or Coke?
Coke

23. Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Morning!!!

24. Pedicure or manicure?
If they are free, both. If not, neither.

25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share?
I had durian yesterday! It wasn’t nice.

26. What did you want to be when you were little?
An architect

27. What is your best childhood memory?
Passover with the family

28. Piercing's?
Nipple, armpit

29. Ever been to Africa?
No

30. Favorite day of the week?
Thursdays, it symbolizes the end of the week…

32. Favorite restaurant?
None

33. Favorite flower?
If it smells good, I like it…

34. Favourite ice cream?
Soy ice cream!!!

35. Favourite fast food restaurant?
KFC in Shanghai

36. How many times did you fail your driver's test?
Almost did, but then I did test in China, and I am a laowai.

37. From whom did you get your last email?
Spam, has to be spam…

38. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
The credit card store… Why would you max out your credit card? That’s so irresponsible!

39. Bedtime?
Around 23:00 hours on a weekday, no set time for weekend

40. Who are you most curious about their responses to this?
N/A

41. Last person you went out to dinner with?
Jeanette

42. What are you listening to right now?
Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters in the background

43. What is your favorite color?
Some sort of blue I guess

44. How many tattoos do you have?
No permanent ones

45. How many people are you sending this email to?
N/A

46. All time favorite movie?
Monty Python and the Holy Grail

47. Dream car?
Economical, environmentally friendly, and with a driver
 
48. Guilty pleasure song?
None

49. Teen crush?
Too many

50. If you could have dinner with any celeb who would it be?
Sacha Baron Cohen or Nelson Mandela

3月29日

Ain't No Sunshine...

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone.
It's not warm when she's away.
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
and she's always gone too long
anytime she goes away.

Wonder this time where she's gone,
wonder if she's gone to stay
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
and this house just ain't no home
anytime she goes away.

And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know

Hey, I ought to leave the young thing alone,
but ain't no sunshine when she's gone,
ain't no sunshine when she's gone,
only darkness everyday.
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone,
and this house just ain't no home
anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.

-- Bill Withers

I miss you honey! April is just soooo far away from now...
12月15日

Just some things

Ok so after a hard work-day or work-week, some people feel that it is best to go out with friends, go clubbing, drink up, screw up your liver, mass up your sleeping patterns, and eventually wake up hang-overed with a transvestite hooker (or pregnant).... For me the most logical thing to do after an exhausting day at work, would be to go home, and rest... Yeah, ok, I'm a geek, I know.... but still.... it just makes sooooo much sense, to rest when you are tired...

I was also thinking about why do Westerners usually do not take their shoes off when they come in home, and Asians usually do... There could be a couple of reasons:
1. Streets on the west are not as dirty
2. We don't usually like to step into shit
3. We are not lazy to keep our house clean
4. We don't mind dirt
5. We have carpets, they hide the stains and dirty pretty nicely
6. We are afraid that if we'd take off our shoes and leave them outside the door someone would steal them

Still getting used to the Singapore set of mind, what I've learned so far is:
1. You can't sell/buy gum, but you can spit and throw garbage where ever you want
2. You can NEVER find a taxi when you really need it
3. When you set a time to meet with some one, minus 20 minutes waiting for a taxi or a bus, and add 45 minutes for being politely late (or on Singapore time).
4. Singapore traffic jam is like Shanghai 7am traffic, kinda annoying, but seriously, it ain't no traffic jam
5. Do not eat curry in the local Indian restaurant when it's close to the closing time, and it doesn't seem like anyone else is having it
6. Things are cheap only when you don't expect them to be, otherwise they are expensive (if that makes sense)