Asterix and Obelix (and Dash) in Switzerland

In less than 20 hours' time, Dash will be on her way to Switzerland! Yay!

Dash's first Swiss city wld be Geneva : ) The birth place of philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau! Whoopee! Yes, one of the books Dash is bringing is Rousseau's "Emile" : ) On the must-do list wld include reading Emile in a cafe in Rousseau's hometown, taking a picture @ Rousseau's house and with his statue @ Lake Geneva : )


Dash heading to the Alps for Help

Out of Office Auto-reply Messages

1. I'm not really out of the office. I'm just ignoring you.

2. Sorry to have missed you but I am at the doctors having my brain removed so that I may be promoted to management.

3. I will be unable to delete all the unread emails you send me until I return from my holidays. Please be patient and your mail will be deleted in the order it was received.

4. Thank you for your email. Your credit card has been charged $5.99 for the first ten words and $1.99 for each additional word in your message.

5. The e-mail server is unable to verify your server connection and is unable to deliver this message. Please restart your computer and try sending again.

6. Thank you for your message, which has been added to a queuing system. You are currently in 352nd place, and can expect to receive a reply in approximately 19 weeks.

7. Hi. I'm thinking about what you've just sent me. Please wait by your PC for my response.

8. I've run away to join a different circus.


DOOOF [Dash Out Of Office]

An Interesting Week of But(ts)

Well, it seems to Dash that this is really an interesting week of but(ts). (Ok, some butts ARE more interesting than others, but(t) for now, the bipedal, carbon-based lifeform's posterior anatomy is not the key focus of this post : )



First to kickstart the week, on the world news, we saw Zidane headbutting Materazzi. And the reasons behind the (head)butt rash incident is now in the clear - it appears that Materazzi has allegedly sullied the good name of Zidane's mum!

And then on the local news today, we see Minister Lee Boon Yang commenting on the mrbrown incident: "Singaporeans will lose confidence in the Government if it does not rebut distorted views expressed in the mainstream media." (ST 13 Jul 06, H5)

Hmmm, Interesting week of but(ts)! : )

Dash feeling like the burnt end of the cigarette butt

How Now, Brown Cow?

Mmmmooooo!

See also my friend's Yepeng's entry. Yepeng was one step/hop ahead. : )

Cow

Cows are one of Dash's favorite animals.

Dash saw her first real cow in Australia in Sept/Oct 1997 on a road trip from Perth to Albany. The herd of bovine creatures were standing in the meadows, some grazing and chewing cud, some lying in the grass, while others stood near the fence and looked out onto the road and the passing vehicles.

Dash remembered walking up to one cow and wanting to pat its head. However, Dash cowered at the last minute at the sight of the cow's inscrutable expression. What if the cow decides to bite off Dash's hand? Do cows even bite? Hmm.

Ah well. Dash still wonders what if. For now, Dash can only content herself with plush cow cushions (such as the one in pic above) for comfort and the Cows of Farside for laughter : )

Cow(ering) Dash

Browned and Toasted

Well, now it seems that mr brown is toasted.

Dash is quite fed-up and upset with the high-handed and low-brow manner mr brown was treated by the MICA's Press Sec and TODAY. So much for all the talk about engaging Singaporeans. BAH!

D(isappointed)ash

Random Shot VII: Sleeping Dog

Let sleeping dogs lie.

But let sleeping puppies' photos be taken : )

(On left, picture of Dash's family's new puppy Kopi taken on 26 Jun 06 while it is sleeping : ) yes, on my parents' bed while all of us were watching TV.)

R'ruff Dash

Top 5 Things to Do to Annoy : )

5. Push the thin lego bricks together. Tightly.

4. Wear a hip holster at home and put the TV/aircon remote controls in it. And walk around the house telling people that they hv to fight you for it if they want the controls.

3. Using ropes, build an elaborate web-like structure in your garden, and tell your neighbours that you are the "Spider-Person".

2. Everytime someone asks you to do something, ask them if they want fries with it.

1. Staple your papers in the middle of the page.

Annoy(mous)

Knotty Question Series III

For Song

Meowr! : )

My friend Song is getting married! Congratulations, Song! : ) It has been Dash's pleasure to hv Song as a friend. He is a personality fuelled with a strong sense of natural justice, and brimful warm optimism and kindness for everyone he meets. Dash is sure that he will continue to make a difference in the lives of his students : ) Ah! The future of the nation is in another pair of good hands : ) Yeah!

Here, Dash records a riddle she made up for Song one May evening when she was waiting for her bus outside this kopitiam along Thomson Road:

Question: What do you get when you mix a cup of traditional black coffee with Song?
Answer: Kopi Kosong : )

A(nimated) B(lithe) C(affeinated) Dash :D

"Why, why you look at me?"

Overheard this morning in a meeting where Kin Wee was trying to tell his colleagues to write legibly when taking notes as a facilitator at our Thinkout (Snr Mgmt Retreat) which is to be held tomorrow:

Chief to Kin Wee: "Why, why you look at me?"

kekeke :Dash

[Photo of Chief taken at the SPRD Team Building Activity in 2004]

Dash vs Dragons

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you."
- F. Nietzche, Beyond Good and Evil

Dash in Arms