Hello! Finally did the dreaded Contract referral paper! I feel rather lucky today, as I today only found out that quite a number of students are resitting the whole Intermediate exams = 4 subjects! I need only resit for one subject and already I felt (notice the past-tense 
) ever so down in the dumps. Anyways, I don’t feel that much relieved either, that is until I get my BIRTHDAY PRESENT a. k. a Contract Law referral result!!! Arrghhh!!!!!!!
Arrggghhh! Life goes on. And so I finally pick up blogging again. Although I never ever stated that it wouldn’t be terbantut AGAIN. A foreseeable event will not amount to frustration (I forgot what authority gave it see how I suck, considering I just did my Contract exam?), neither will inconvenience, material loss or hardship amount to FRUSTRATION (Davies V Fareham UDC). Frustration is only when a supervening event happens and it TOTALLY DESTROYS any possibility of doing what you wanted to do, per Taylor V Caldwell.
Haih. I still feel lost now. I feel like I’m floating in the middle of nowhere. Like a speck of dust in outer space. Until my results come out I’ll probably be lost…………
My body feels like steel, hard, stiff and heavy. Lately as I’ve been mugging every night til the morning, sleeping some mere 4 hours each 24 hours that passed, my body is now complaining. I believe I also lost abit of weight, as nowadays I have a flat tummy even though I’ve begun to eat twice as more rice than I usually eat. I eat lots of peanut butter (you would be shocked at the amount I spread upon the slice of bread!), eat chocolate everytime I pass by any 7-eleven, and yet ?
Anyways, here’s a good story in my humble opinion, I do not have any special knowledge about this area of life, what more an expert, so – no misrepresentation here either, as I do not intend to induce anyone to do anything which may be of material importance to them. Poh Ching stop using those silly law terms because they are totally and completely IRRELEVANT in a BLOG meant to talk lotsa crap at and nobody will bat an eyelash about it.
I found this from lowyat.net. And I shall place a link to the poster as thanks for allowing me to place his story here. I shall break it up into numerical points for clarification purposes (Mainly mine). Cheers!
- When the pot is new, brand new, all shiny & smooth… and just from the supermarket.. it’s a beauty! But what made you choose that pot to bring home with you? What was the first thing that made you look its way? – physical attraction/curiosity
- You read the labels, measure the size, and then u THINK that it is suitable for your needs and uses. so you decided to give it a try. that’s why you bought it. - to understand it’s capabilities or, to know more about it’s capabilities
- You bring it home, wash it, clean it, dry it, then you try it (by cooking & boiling water) – testing it’s abilities
- You find that it works like a charm, and to your standards, it amuses you and pleases you. and you are beginning to like it. – courtesy, a feeling of affection, start of a relationship
- You use the pot frequently, making delicious stews and soups to please both yourself and your associates. You rely on it as much as it relies on you to clean it after use. You both grow closer – love blossoms, aishiteru!
- Every time you use it, it makes you happy for the delicious foods it prepared for you within its bowels. – happiness, joy
- And everytime you have to wash it later, scrub it up with soap, rinse it with water, then wipe it dry or leave it to dry on the window sill. – mutual understanding, respect, & needthe days goes by… and there is not a single time you have not been happy with the results shown by your pot. and is very happy that you chose the right pot that time. – satisfaction,joy
- Now from here on, anything can happen:
- When you’re done using the pot, washed it and leaving it to dry on the window sill… it might get stolen. Because of your lack of attention towards it, you may have let your guard down or left the pot unattended for too long. In turn the thief leaves you a green hat for the pot – isolation, separation.
- But alas! The recipes that requires a pot are somewhat limited… and thus another cooking utensil is introduced, the frying pan. – doubt, suspicion, & the presence of a third-party.
- Seemingly attached to the new frying pan, you seldom use the pot anymore… and it lays forgotten in the cupboard… for the rats to make their nest in, the pot never ceasing with its usefulness, becomes anothers’ treasure. – confrontation, decomposition/isolation, separation.
- Or, you suddenly realise that the pot give you a much more healthy diet, and thus you store your frying pan away, and resume the delicious days of pot stews and chicken soups with the pot. Happily ever after. - realisation, appreciation, and to start anew.
- Or, if you use the pot, but is always careless with it, dropping it, hitting it, forgetting the switch of the fire for boiling the water, washing it, rinsed it, left it to dry, and forgot to take it back in until it’s too late. Unremovable stains, rusts and dents may appear on the pot, rendering it unfit for use in a short time and so you are forced to throw the pot away. – insufficient care, negligent, waste of useful product by THROWing the POT.
- Or, you have always liked it, and the recipes that you can perform with it never ends, and since u like healthy foods more, you appreciate the pot even more, and promises to take care of it with the most care, love, & attention you can muster for it. Happily every after. – fairy tale ending
But here is something that is always true: If you find that the pot no longer pleases you, and it’s taking up space, here is no need for it to be in your kitchen. And since the longer it’s there the more likely it becomes a nest for rodents, and the lack of space causing you pain & frustration, you must either let it up for a yard sale, give it to somebody, or just… throw it away?
**note : there’s a few local slangs here.. I’ll explain :
Throw pot : in Cantonese “daeng pou” literally translates to ‘throw pot’, meaning to break up.
Green hat : Something like kena spanar (Edit by PC: Means some 3rd party tackle your partner away from you) by someone.
As humans are, we are always greedy. never satisfied with what we got, we’re always seeking for more. – greed for new items, dissatisfaction of current condition
No matter how many kinds of recipes and uses a pot can make, it will always have its limits. and so… we have to upgrade it or get something new. – a plead for change
A little heat molding here and there, some clamps and air tight sealants… voila! you now have a High Pressure Cooker!
here’s a little explanation from wikipedia:
Pressure cooking is a method of cooking in a sealed vessel that does not permit air or liquids to escape below a preset pressure. Because the boiling point of water increases as the pressure increases, the pressure built up inside the cooker allows the liquid in the pot to rise to a higher temperature before boiling.
And so, the final result is this, also from wikipedia:
The higher temperature causes the food to cook faster; cooking times can typically be reduced by about 70 percent. For example, shredded cabbage is cooked in one minute, fresh green beans in three minutes, small to medium-sized potatoes cook in about eight minutes (depending on thickness and type), and a whole chicken takes only twenty minutes. Brown rice and lentils and beans can be cooked in ten minutes instead of 45.
There you have it! a whole new way of preparing dishes and lots more cooking options and higher skills come into play. things start to get complicated from this point on. – incomprehensible new effects
A little whacking, nudging & high heat plus some spare parts, we get something new.
Ah but sometimes, it might not work as such.
The upgrading might fail and the pot just simply refuses to be upgraded… Force the metal too much, and it will go out of shape. Everything ends and you might be ended up getting a new pot (or frying pan). – the ending, sometimes happy, usually sad, might be for the better or worse. Nobody can tell.
So ‘ere it ends. Vat is ze morale of ze zory? Wo pu che tao, I leave it to your individual comtemplation. Why do I often end my posts in a “sitting on the fence” approach? (Because that’s the way I answer law questions – I don’t agree with anyone nor disagree with anyone. No offence but no agreements either. Just stating the differences. HAHAHA. OK. Lame.
Ah. Happy happy happy happy happy. That is how I describe baby Aeris’ tail wagging. You say all 5 “happy”s in a row in a single breath.
Happy happy happy happy happy. Not.
