I am going to share seven “Believe it or Not” with you (good things come in seven).
Believe it or not, my family bumped onto Alan Tam – a (once) legendary Canto-Pop singer – on our way to dinner this evening. Inside the lift, everyone was holding our breath. He is much older, shorter, and fatter than we thought he is.
Believe it or not, I realised last evening that my credit card limit is busted by seven hundred odd Singapore dollars. I panicked and called my UOB banker at midnight and she told me that I would not be able to use my credit card till I make payment. I answered her that I use GIRO (interbank transfer) and what date would that be. She told me 22nd Jan. I panicked and told her that UOB credit card is the only card I have. She raised my limit temporarily and I ended the overseas call with a “Happy New Year”.
Believe it or not, during the long wait up to the changing room today, I had a wonderful application for 3G phones. How nice if I could call my wife using 3G phones while I change and she could comment how well or not well the clothes fit without me walking out of the changing room. Year 2006 is a year of 3G for sure!
Believe it or not, when I first filled in the declaration form to apply for my new Hong Kong Identity Card, I put Singapore Citzen on the Nationality column. Then the officer paused, turned the form around, and asked me if I have my passport with me. I did not. My mother asked if it was necessary to declare myself as a Singaporean. The officer replied that some people filled in “Hong Kong” and some filled in “Chinese” and she looked away. Now, I am not going to blog what happened then (you will never know how the Singapore govenment scans her citizens’ blogs). I thought it was an interesting experience.
Couple of days ago, I was viewing my father’s self directed, self casted, and self scripted “Tai Chi” DVD and believe it or not, towards the end of the DVD, I could see steam rising up from his head – totally shocking. It must be some kind of real kung foo he was doing.
Believe it or not, I have been hunting for Mai Kuraki’s new Japanese album “Fuse of Love”. My friend told me that it is sold for more than S$70 in Japan and it costed roughly the same in Singapore HMV. Then I resisted buying the CD at a sale price of S$55 and it was sold out in a matter of days. I have been searching for all the HMV’s in Hong Kong and finally found it in one of the local Hong Kong record store – selling at rougly S$50. Some kind of obsessions I have.
After a long hiking at Lamma Island (I will post the photos when I am back to Singapore) and after a last minute of shopping for winter clothes (yes! I can throw away all my old ones that I brought from Singapore), during dinner (after we bumped onto Alan Tam) I have perhaps solved a riddle that my friend JS gave me more than seven years ago. Many times JS asked me to give up but I insisted in solving the riddle myself. What is the riddle? If you are under 18, just skip the rest of this blog.
How can 2 couples (i.e. 2 men and 2 women) having a foursome with just 2 condoms?
I have been that innocent for that long? Sigh. And believe it or not, it took me seven long years to solve that.