Doris tagged me with a somber one - What would my last post be if tomorrow was no more?
Well, Doris, this would be it:
GOOD BYE WORLD! AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE FISH!Â
I don’t know why, but that line about fish from the Hitch hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy just struck me as I was reading your tag. If I knew for a fact that tomorrow was no more, I don’t think I’d have thought to log in here and write a last post.
I’d probably be out in the world, doing practical things like settling my bank accounts and vomiting blood at various government agencies (no pun intended).
Or, I might just be frivolous and fly me out to a fancy beach resort where I can watch my final sunset whilst soaking up cancer-causing sunrays, have a hot torrid fling with some young willing chap knowing full well there’s no need for regrets the next day, and knocking back loads of liquor, knowing that I won’t have a hangover to wake up to the next morning.
What I will not be doing is sitting in front of a computer saying good bye…. well, unless there is wi-fi on that beach resort, and that young chap I’m having the hot fling with brings me his laptop, and I pause long enough in my tequila sunrise induced stupor to log in and say:
GOOD BYE WORLD! AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE FISH!Â
Sorry mates, I’m not tagging anyone but feel free to tell us your last thoughts.
I got tagged by Pinkelle first and thought of skipping this meme. But then, I found out I got tagged by Giddy Tiger too! So, I got a bit guilty about not doing it the first time. Anyway, here goes nothing!
Layer 1: on the outside Name : Paris Beaverbanks, what else? Date of birth :24 October - pencil it into your diaries, key it into your organisers, I’ll be expecting presents! Current status : Relaxed… Oh you mean marital status? Single as in single malt whiskey, single shot of vodka, single scoop of ice-cream… Eye color : Dark Brown Hair color : Dark brown with red highlights - all natural Right or left handed : Right Zodiac : Scorpio
Layer 2: on the inside My heritage : 100% Hokkien lang My fear : Cockroaches. Nothing else comes as close. My weakness : Losing my temper unnecessarily My perfect pizza :Â Thin crispy crust the way the Italians do it in their fire ovens
Layer 3: yesterday, today & tomorrow Your first thought waking up : What time is it? Can I steal another few minutes? Tomorrow : is always a better day. Its also Sunday Your bedtime :11-12pm depending on what time I finish reading Most missed memory : Living in England as a student
Layer 4: your pick Pepsi or coke : Is there a difference? McD or burger king : Burger King. I don’t do McD Single or group dates : Single. Otherwise how to manja hehe Adidas or Nike : Nike Lipton tea or nestea : Don’t drink tea Chocolate or vanila : Vanilla - Only the most discerning will appreciate it. Cappuccino or coffee : Cappucino!!!!
Layer 5: do you.. Smoke : Nope Curse : Is “bloody” a curse word? If so, then yes, often. If not, the answer is still yes LOL
Layer 6: in the past month Drank alcohol : Yes *hic!* Gone to the mall? : Yes Been on stage : Nope. Last time I was on stage I was in school Eaten sushi : Yes
Layer 7: what were you doing 1 minute ago : Sipping Twinnings berry fruit tea 1 hour ago :Packing freshly fried keropok (crackers) to snack on later 4 1/2 hours ago :Cleaning my house and playing Cinderella 1 month ago :Doing tags 1 year ago : Recuperating after coming back from Kuching
Layer 8: finish the sentence I love : People who love me I feel : Lethargic I hate : People who feign concern when they don’t mean it I hide : How I feel I miss : Autumn I need : A massage and someone to iron my mountain of clothes
Layer 9: tag five people I’m not going to tag anyone because everyone on my blogroll seems to have done it at some point. If you’d like to strip off your layers, consider yourself tagged!
You know, if I were doing a striptease, I’d hardly be wearing 9 layers of clothes now, would I?! Hehe…
Not chips, Simple American, real bona fide English crisps! :DÂ
I’m getting all these from sis’s friend who’s kindly agreed to cart them all back for me! All the way from Merry Ol’ Englande! I don’t know how he’s going to do it, but I don’t care so long as they all get back here relatively whole. I don’t relish opening each foil packet to find crumbs.
But heck! English crisps crumbs is better than having no crisp crumbs!!Â
And his colleagues think I’m nuts, ordering food from England. Crisps on top of that! But they who live in the land of fattening potato snacks don’t understand how deprived we are here in Malaysia where our potato snacks are limited to the quality of Jack n Jill or Double Decker or Mr. Potato. Eh, Double Decker is a “prawn” cracker no? Well, you get the drift. We don’t have local equivalents of the snazzy flavours available in England - bacon & cheese, lamb & mint, salt & vinegar… and the satisfying crunch of a sliced potato chip as opposed to a reconstituted potato chip ala Pringles. Unfortunately, I can stop when I pop a Pringles.
If I wanted to splurge on some decent crisps, I’d have to suck it up and pay for Marks & Spencer or Kettle Chips or Lays. All of which cost a bomb here! And they come in big packs which make you just eat and eat and eat. I prefer getting multi-packs of lots of small packs in a big pack, so you can just satiate yourself with 1 25g pack each time. And it lasts longer too!
I got Walkers because well, they are the iconic crisps of the UK. Everyone eats Walkers. My favourite flavour is salt and vinegar and Smokey Bacon. But look at the variety they have! Lamb & Mint (sounds lovely!), Steak & Onion, BBQ Rib, even Marmite! I’d love to try those, but I’m not sure if he’s able to find it all.
I asked for Seabrooks because they reminded me of my days in University Halls of Residence. When we ordered a packed lunch, we would always…. ALWAYS get (in a brown paper bag) a cob wrapped in cling-wrap with filling of choice, a fruit (usually an apple), a yogurt, a juice (Just Juice I think) and a pack of Seabrook crisps. They aren’t the greatest tasting crisps in the world, but after eating them for 1 year, I’ve got an acquired taste for them.
I got Hula Hoops because they remind me of my housemate LOL…. She loved hula hoops and would buy them by the bags. I’d whack the potato crisps and she’d whack the Hula Hoops! I like them too and they were our regular snack to munch on when we went to the movies. They fit on your finger just like Cheezels does, without the orange afterglow.
Lastly, there’s a pack of Monster Munch which I did not ask for, but which I think was put in there as a form of a joke or something. I don’t know what a Monster Munch is but it will be interesting to find out!
Now I can’t wait till he gets back! I think there should be at least 50 packs of crisps waiting to be eaten. Woohoo!! The next time anyone sees me, I’ll be fat and bald and looking rather like Homer Simpson. LOL!
Do excuse me while I dive down the rabbit hole into Wonderland and catch that darned White Rabbit.
On a non-Wonderland note, I’m snowed under at work. Who said there is no snow in Malaysia?! So, I’ll be back once the snowplow comes through.
And on a personal note, the “divorce” I’ve been waiting for is nearly complete! *shivers with delight at the anticipation of collecting a cheque* Ah… finally, I’ll be able to get my new mobile phone!
Last year was a travelling year for me. It must have been in my stars that 2006 was to be “Paris travels the world on a budget airline” year for AirAsia had their free ticket giveaway promo thing in December 2005 and I had crazily booked myself on many many trips for the hell of it.
So, on a whim and a prayer, I went off to Kuching, Macau and Bangkok. Phuket was also on the cards but I opted out in the end. Kuching was not too bad a trip. The flight there was delayed about an hour but still bearable. Macau was again not too bad a trip. There was a 2 hour flight delay coming back, but again, bearable.
Bangkok was the worst! The flight delay coming back was 5 hours! We were not informed of the delay and had checked in our baggage and all. Then, we were told there was a delay. Then, we were told the plane was here and we were ready to go. And then, at the gate, we were told that there was a delay. All in all, we were left aimlessly staring at the pale green walls at the departure gates of Bangkok International Airport for over 2 hours with no food, no water and bored silly.
When we came back, we swore “Never again!”
So, late last year when Airasia had some free tickets, we remembered our horrible 5 hours at Bangkok airport and shuddered and said “Never again!”
However, memories are short. Airasia is running a promotion with free tickets again starting tomorrow. This time, instead of shuddering and saying “Never Again!” Dad said, “Why don’t we take a short weekend trip to Bangkok?” ON AIRASIA?! AGAIN?! 5 HOURS! 5 HOURS!!
Damn… never say never.
Good luck to all of you who plan to book free tickets. Hope you get the dates you want!
p/s That picture above is one I took in the plane to Kuching. That little bugger flew with me all the way to Kuching from LCCT!
She loved hula hoops and would buy them by the bags. I’d whack the potato crisps and she’d whack the Hula Hoops! I like them too and they were our regular snack to munch on when we went to the movies. They fit on your finger just like Cheezels does, without the orange afterglow.
