The Betting Couple

Safe House bet

2012-03-02T10:17:00.000Z

Shy of celebrating our 6th year anniversary, Gary and I decided to do something normal couples do - watch a movie.

I think 'watching movie' is part of a new couple how-to-date formula - dinner date, movie, goodnight kiss.

Needless to say, we haven't done that in a while. Let me provide you with a fantastic example. Here's the list of movies Gary and I last watched together:

Water for Elephants
Transformers (third one)
Inception
The Dark Knight
Avatar
Nine (didn't finish)
Up (didn't finish)

I have this terrible fear of watching movies ever since Water for Elephants. I had a mini panic attack because I could PHYSICALLY FEEL my time being WASTED watching that shitass movie (drama mama mode: on).

So when we were queuing for tickets I kept telling Gary 'does queuing for tickets count as dating?' and 'if they don't have tickets it's still considered attempting to watch a movie like a normal couple right?' as my eyes desperately read: GET ME OUT OF HERE.

But eventually we got the tickets (to be honest I did try to bail out but Tong Pak Fu was closed so we had to requeue to get the tickets heh).

I'm not going to even bother describing what I think about the movie except for this:

(the next day)

Gary's friend: So how was Safe House last night?

Me: #pokerface.jpg

Me: ...

Gary's friend: Never mind, I got it

Nevertheless, here's our bet on how this movie scored on these three websites:

(closest wins)

Gary / Me / Official Rating

ROTTEN TOMATOES: 50 / 54 / 53

METACRITIC : 50/48 / 52

IMDB : 5.0 / 4.6 / 7.1

IMDB, 7.1. Seriously? You must consist of Ryan Reynold fangirls.

Score:

Gary: 10

Me: 0

(starting afresh)

Welcoming Chinese New Year!

2012-01-20T06:52:00.000Z

This is a Chinese new year bet because the festive mood is hitting us like a ton of bricks!

Year of the Dragon!
(source)

We gave each other a Chinese New Year-related bet.

Gary challenged me to....

THE CHINESE ZODIAC BET

You know which Chinese zodiac animals I'm talking about right? Each year is symbolised by an animal. Gary and I were both born in 1987 (post cny) so we were born on the Year of the Rabbit!

(source)

He said if I could name all the 12 Chinese animals in order, I would get 20 points! If I named the first six half or second half right I could get 10 points! (<--- this is an example of sympathy points)

To be fair, he'd only offered the bet when I told him the only thing I knew about the Chinese zodiac is that it starts with a rat!

So here's my guess: (in order)

1. Rat

2. Cow

3. Tiger

4. Rabbit

5. Dragon

6. Snake

7. Horse

8. Goat

9. Monkey

10. Pig

11. Dog

12. Rooster

My guesses are based on:

- I remember a folk's tale where it said rats and cats don't get along because all the animals were supposed to meet the Gods in heaven to be 'registered' as this chinese zodiac thing but the rat told the cat the wrong date on purpose which is why the cats were left out. Hence they're mortal enemies (think: Tom and Jerry). So I remember seeing the picture of the rat hitched on the back on an animal to on the way up to meet the Gods. I remember the rat riding on a four-legged animal and jumped in front of it when they reached. This story must be so, so wrong but anyway, that was what helped me remember that rats are first!

- So I made a wild guess that the four legged animal in my memory is a cow...

- Everyone tries to sync their procreation process to have dragon babies because snake babies are bad! So it was easy to put 'snake' after 'dragon'.

- The rest... kelam-kabut. I have barely an idea what goes with what. I remember Joey Yap mentioned a horse after this year..? So I just placed that after Snake. Katherine (my younger sister) is a goat and she was born 4 years after me so that's easy. My dad is half a goat and a monkey (because he was born in the dubious month of January) so that was easy as well.

- I wanted to put the pig as the last because it walks the slowest HAHAHAHAHAHAAHA WTF. But I'm guessing 10th because Gary's niece is 7 years old and she was born in the year of a pig. I think.

- I almost couldn't remember all 12 animals. In a fit of panic I had to ask Gary 'IS THERE A DOG????'.

The correct order is:

From left to right
(source)

PIGS ARE THE SLOWEST DAMNIT!

10 points, oh well.

Score:
Gary: 155 points
Me: 150 points

The DJ Earworm Bet

2012-01-09T06:12:00.000Z

Gary's doesn't listen to ~~music~~ current music.

Whenever he's in the car, he listens to the cds I burned for him (repeatedly, yes). There was one episode when he conceded to normality and was extremely faithful to hitz.fm but that was only because he was addicted to Akon's 'Angel' and hitz played it very often. Needless to say, when hitz stopped playing it he stopped listening to radios altogether.

But it's actually adorable how he is so lost in popular culture.

Just the other day I played Rihanna's 'Rude Boy' and asked him to guess the singer. He listened for a moment and said, 'Ah, such a weird voice! It must be Lady Gaga, Kesha or Katy Perry!!'

The most amazing thing about what he said is that he knows all three of those singers in the first place.

2011 Top 25 Songs Bet

I told Gary if he could name the songs from this year's DJ Earworm mix (listening only - without looking at the video), he is going to hit the JACKPOT of points.

10 points if he can name both song and singer.

5 points if he can name either one.

250 points up for grabs yo!

Gary's (correct) guesses:

1) Katy Perry - Fireworks

2) Moves Like Jagger

3) Tonight I'm Lovin' You

4) Pumped up Kicks

5) Bruno Mars - Grenade

6) Lady Gaga - Born This Way

7) The Show Goes On

8) Till the World Ends

Total : 55 points

Not too shabby, babe!

Funny tidbits:

One of his guesses was 'Pink - We could have it all' and this was when he heard 'Adele - Rolling in the Deep' (at 2.18 of the clip)
#7 and #8 were his random guesses! Damnit.
When we were playing charades in Camerons, we gave him the word 'Beyonce' to act. To my complete surprise: 1) He'd immediately made the 'put a ring on it' action (he knows the song!); 2) The guys guessed it!!!!; and 3) His backup plan was to point to the left because her 'Irreplaceable' song starts with 'to the left, to the left' (this would have failed big time, but still!) So proud of you babe hahahahahaa.

Score:

Gary: 155 points

Michelle: 140 points

On the road bets

2012-01-05T15:01:00.002Z

We went up to Cameron Highlands on Christmas Eve.

The land of boh tea and strawberries

I picked Gary up at 7.40am.

We reached our rented bungalow at 2pm!!!

So yeah, you can imagine the long, long ride.

But sitting in the car with Gary is never boring. We are pretty much self-entertaining people.

So these are some of our bets!

(10 points per bet)

Do you stick that on for fun?

Noob!

P drivers are drivers who received their learner's permit less than 2 years ago.

Gary's theory is there aren't a lot of P drivers on the highway.

Bet: How many P drivers are there on the highway?

He's so wrong.

Gary's guess: 15

My guess: 45

Closest wins.

Answer: 63

Whenever we reached a highway rest area, it was like a buffet of P driver cars! Gary was so mortified. And the most hilarious thing is we drove around 3 rest areas because the first two were PACKED with cars even though we circled the place we could not find a parking! So every time we entered a rest area I was licking my chops and Gary was groaning in horror.

How cold is it, damnit?

C'mon, Cameron Highlands isn't that cold.

I don't know whether it's because I've gone through the harsh winter of Manchester but Camerons is nothing man!

Every time we passed a small village on the winding road up, there would be a massive jam due to cars slowing down. So at one particularly painful jam, we noticed there was a huge flea market on our left. Many people were walking past our cars.

The first thing Gary and I joked about is how people are wearing jackets.

Then we started laughing when people walked past us wearing ski caps.

Soon we saw people wearing mufflers!!!

It was incredulous!

Hence the bet: How many people are wearing winter gear?

Strawberry mufflers!!!

Gary's guess: 15

Michelle's guess: 3

Answer: too many!!! It was more than 20 when I lost count. So yeah, Gary takes this one.

It was pretty cold at night, by the way. But there was never one second when I thought I needed mufflers. Long pants instead of shorts, yes. Mufflers? Come on.

One strawberry, two strawberries

If anyone ever decided to rename Cameron Highlands it'll probably be Strawberry Town.

We saw around 8 of these 'Hell yeah i'm a giant strawberry'

It's famous for having strawberry farms which is difficult to find anywhere else in Malaysia due to our hot climate.

So strawberries + I-want-to-con-the-living-daylights-out-of-stupid-tourists = hundreds of shops selling strawberries and strawberry related items.

And I'm talking about strawberry mufflers (ditto), strawberry balloons, strawberry umbrellas... -____-

Our bet: How many times can we spot the word 'strawberry'?

They intend to stuff strawberries into you until it comes out of your butt

When apples and oranges take the backseat

Gary's guess: 50

My guess: 15

The large discrepancy was due to the fact I've noticed we were at the edge of the commercialised villages.

Which was right, because the moment we drove past the villages we barely saw any 'strawberry' words other than the multiple signs pointing us to 'stawberry park resort'.

Answer: 18

Whee!

Women take the wheel

This is simple.

Bet: How many women drivers are there on the highway?

Because I was too lazy to take pictures of women drivers.
Besides, it's creepy.

This was when there were only 50km left in our journey.

Gary's guess: 15

My guess: 4

Answer: Too damn many!!!

We both lost this one because it was waaaaaay above both our guesses.

I can't believe I guessed 4 wtf. Hahahahahaha.

End of Cameron Highlands bets

Score:

Gary: 100 points

Me: 140 points

C'mon, I dare you to

2012-01-03T09:39:00.000Z

Merry belated Christmas wtf.

On Christmas Eve, Gary and I went up to Cameron Highlands with a bunch of friends for one night.

Secret Santa Presents! (Bobo)

Beforehand, we decided to make this huge bet to goof things up!

We gave each other a list of silly things to perform once we reached Cameron.

Each accomplished act is worth 10 points.

We can't make it too obvious - each time someone questions our behaviour we get deducted 5 points.

So this is our to-do lists:

(The red star/ornament indicates what we accomplished!)

I won 110 points!

Gary won 90 points!

Comments
(# item, our task)

1) (#7, Gary's) When Gary said 'sweet baby Jesus!!' it was hilarious because everyone went 'wtf???' but the best part was when he dashed across the room with his arms up after he won a normal round. I had to choke off my laughter and calmly ask him, 'Did you pao, babe?' Inside I was dying.

2) (#8, Gary's) I told RJ that it was Gary's dream to be fed by him and RJ obliged within seconds. Damn BFF right.

3) (#6, Gary's) Bobo pinky-promised Gary 'to be happy' and SH pinky-promised Gary 'to take care of RJ'. Lame!

3) (#2, Mine) For the life of me I couldn't think of an 'inappropriate time'! Finally I decided I would say it when everyone is immersed in their food during a meal but when the food came all thoughts flew out of my mind except for EATEATEAT! (and yes, Jo proposed to Bobo during our secret santa present time)

4) (#5, Mine) This was super awkward. I tackled this the first by declaring the loser of each mahjong round must sing a song. I lost the first round, in which I hurriedly sang through the song (quite terribly, as well!) and promptly deleted the rule at the second round.

5) (#6, Mine) Steamboat! Bak Kut Teh! McDs! Smokehouse! McDs! (Repeat, repeat) Despite the fact that RJ told me multiple times they did not have McDs in Camerons, only Marrybrown.

Score:

Gary: 90 points
Michelle: 120 points

The Inbox bet

2012-01-01T10:05:00.002Z

Happy new year!

Are you excited about 2012?

Although no one ever keeps them, these are my resolutions for the year:

1) Study (need to brush up on my civil procedure and contract knowledge)

2) Read (my cookbooks!)

3) Write (ditto)

Anyway, this is one of the bets we made a few weeks ago when I was at work.

INBOX: NEAT or MESSY?

This bet is about our email inboxes. I know someone who made sure her emails were always sorted into folders/categories and her inbox was a clean slate each night. I know others who'd never bothered deleting their mails since its creation and their emails are probably a colonial mess of spam, love letters and work mails.

What's your style?

We bet on how many emails each other had in our inbox.

We both made it clear to each other than we maintain our inboxes 'occasionally'.

Gary's bet on how many mails were there in my inbox: 3,500

My bet on how many mails were there in Gary's inbox: 5,800

Closest wins.

Answer:

Gary's inbox

My inbox

WIN.

Michelle: 10 points

Gary: -

A charm

2011-12-29T13:39:00.000Z

The last post was in September 2009.

The day after tomorrow, we will be welcoming 2012.

I was reading my old posts 2 weeks ago and the memories that flooded back gave me such a rush of happiness mixed with a tiny dose of nostalgia. It was a true pleasure combing back the old posts.

I suppose it was that pleasure that awakened my desire to blog again.

I like how I've recorded a small part of our student lives. And I like thinking that when I'm 30 years old and this blog is dead once again (heh), I can laugh a little at how we were like when we were 24 years old.

Let's continue the fun~

ps:

I just saw our last entry where I wondered whether WTA is out. We are now spotting WWD!! Unbelievable! (Report: I am completely whooping Gary's ass)

No more

2009-09-06T17:08:00.003+01:00

Drew this 3 years ago.

God i hate LDR

Flying back to UK this Wednesday!

Highly likely bets will resume :D

ps: I wonder is WTA out yet!!

My two guys

2009-08-06T00:11:00.000+01:00

Another story.

Two years ago, G and I argued real bad. I can't even remember whether he fought back because i was so furious i just blasted him through my nostrils like a dragon.

It was regarding my dog. Yes, i'm not that bad of an animal-hater.

Here's my baby :

The one on the right
YES it is a dog

I love Patrick. And my love for him is serious.

When G and I were LDRing, i left my precious dog in his care. I gave him a few instructions :

1. Feed him
2. Love him
3. Shower him

HAHAHA i kid i kid.

I'm only serious about the 3rd one. I clearly told G to send Patrick to the laundry before my return.

Gary's niece with Patrick

Now, lots of people call themselves the king/queen of procrastination. Oh, screw off. You haven't met G.

It was until maybe one or two weeks before i was due to fly back he hurriedly drove the dog to a launderette. And he drove to the one nearest to his house.

You can't just deposit a soft toy to any launderette *stressed* It must know how to clean a soft toy!!

A few days later i was chatting to my mother online and she said,

'My dear... dad and i went to eat dinner last night near G's house... and guess what i saw? I saw a Patrick dog! He was hung outside the laundrette... clipped by his ears, hung up to dry! HAHAHAHA'

THE HORROR, I TELL YOU. THE HORROR!!!! MY PATRICK???!!!

Can you imagine this guy hanging by his ears staring forlornly at the cars zooming by as the heat of the sun burns off his shiny red fur?

Breaks your heart doesn't it? It sure as hell broke mine T____T

Back to the present.

G left a few days ago to China for a week. We don't talk much (or at all) because texting and calling is so fking expensive. A text is rm2 diediedie.

And worse, stupid stupid stuuuuupid me sent Patrick to the laundry on the day G left. He will be there for a week. I pleaded the laundry lady to call me as soon as he is done, but she said it will be at least a week.

Now when I sleep i feel empty because i'm going crazy missing G and i can't feel the comfortable weight of my dog lying on top of me.

My two guys are gone.

Do you blame me for being a little heartbroken?

5 days left

The Carplate Bet

2009-08-04T04:28:00.003+01:00

G and I like to think we have a Sherlock Holmes inside us.

We brag (to each other) about our own amazzzzzing observation skills and reversely, we thrash each other in glee if one fails to notice something.

We're such cool people huh.

One of the first bets we've made since day one of our relationship was the carplate bet.

The first person to spot the latest carplate wins a scoop of ice cream :)

In Malaysia, carplates have three alphabets followed by four numbers. In Wilayah Persekutuan, they alphabets start with 'W'. So a carplate would like like this : WMG 2287

Each time all four numbers are used up to 9999, they would proceed to the next alphabet. So, from 'WMG' they'll move to 'WMH'.

Essentially the game is to spot the latest change of alphabet.

We started when the alphabets were WMG i think.

Now it's WSV!

'ELLE' :D

The first person to spot gets a scoop of ice cream.

When we returned to Malaysia this summer G immediately spotted WSU.

Like a maniac hunter, i beadily stared at every car driving past for WSV the next few days. On my birthday, i let my guard down a little and G snatched WSV from me T____T

I think i made up too many excuses for not spotting carplates first :

'I'm not driving. Drivers are more observant.' (bullshit)
'I was looking at you.' (bullshit)
'Are you sure it's WSV? I saw it as WSU.'

I might try pretending to be asleep if he wins the next round. Just pray i won't be half talking when he spots it -__-

But it's all in good fun. Wish me luck on WSW! If i don't spot it first, G will NEVER let me live it down.

Gloomy days

2009-08-01T11:33:00.004+01:00

G and I have a problem.

At least, i think we have one. He, in his manly manner, doesn't think about it at all *rolls eyes

Instead of conveniently using that little handy mouse of yours to skip the blahsblahs and go straight down there where i will eventually reveal what the problem is, it might pay off to read the blahsblahs.

Because otherwise you might end up wondering what was my mum ingesting when i was in her belly.

I'm going to start by saying i used to use my relationship as a benchmark to others. I have a perfectly normal relationship, if yours differs from mine, you have a weird relationship.

Soon i started realising everyone and i mean EVERYONE is in a 'weird' (by my easy definition) relationship.

Yeah, that's when i grudgingly admitted - we are the weird ones.

You see, a relationship essentially goes like this :

Boy likes girl. Girl likes boy.
They flirt, date, hook up.
They get together.
After some time, they cohabitate.
If it works out, they get married.

A normal relationship would take what, a month perhaps, to get to the third line.

Ours took three years.

Yeah, go us. As if youth might open the door any minute and go 'hi i'm back!'.

Anyway, now that we're together... the problem for me is the impossibility of us progressing to the fourth line. You see, we're both raised in extremely traditional families. As i said, i will never be introduced to his father until (and i say this in hope) 2 years before the wedding. His mother knows i exist but that's about that. My parents are much more welcoming to G. It's good. But can I say, 'hey mum, i'm staying over at G's tonight call you tomorrow?'

You might as well find my name in the obituary section of the newspaper nicetomeetyoubye.

We'll both be returning to Malaysia for good next year. We will be 23 years old. And G won't get married until he's 28 years old (for financial reasons). He's dead certain on that and even my sweetest voice or foulest threat won't get him to budge.

So do you see the problem?

5 years of living apart! Let me utilise my math skills and tell you that that would be 12 years of waiting before we progress to the fourth line.

Shoot me through the eyes, will ya?

He made me this for my recent birthday :)

I used to mull over this problem a lot.

But it's okay now.

We found a solution.

You see, if G's 'financial reasons' is the main obstacle from cohabitating... we just need to get rid of it! Let's just get the money to buy us a damn house!

So we started buying lottery tickets.

Wish us luck!

ps : You'll see my name on the newspaper for a much better reason now!

ps: Please read this with a pinch of salt, i don't even know what kind of frame of mind i'm in when i wrote this -__-

Bet #18 - Men at work

2009-07-30T17:51:00.002+01:00

Surely it happened to you before.

The pray-it'll-never-happen-to-me flat tyre

How long did it take you to fix the damn thing?

In F1, they change those bloody tyres in a matter of seconds (yes they have electronic guns).

Bet. How long will we (read : 3 guys and me snapping pictures) take to change a flat tyre?

G : 20 minutes
M : 16 minutes

When i asked my dad later, he predicted 30 minutes :p

Answer : 19 minutes

Not too shabby.

Score -
G : 10 pts
M : 0 pt

Spain bet #2

2009-07-21T19:52:00.005+01:00

Just now, in the middle of a casual rummy game i mentioned that i didn't realise i haven't blog for so long. G accused me of failing our first bet and i denied it immediately. I told him it had only been 8 days. G then said, 'yeah and when you realised that time is approaching you'll just shoot out a short post'. I denied it again. Then stopped. Thought about my last post and swallowed guiltily.

Can i now attempt to deny that this post is not guilt-driven?

Really it isn't! *futile

Hahahaha anyway here's one of my favourites bets in Spain.

The queue bet!

I hate queuing. And one thing i hate more than queuing is - queuing under the hot hot sun. So to take our minds off the sweat accummulating in our foreheads/under our armpits/down our backbone, we made a bet.

How long are we going to queue?

M : 18 minutes
RJ : 20 minutes
Kenny : 21 minutes
Joanne : 22 minutes
G : 24 minutes
Alex : 25 minutes
Lil : 26 minutes
(closest wins the pool of 1 euro per person)

Time went by fast after that. We slowly picked our way through the bet, arguing the limits (no more than 3 minutes plus minus our guesses) and then nervously predicting who is most accurate. As we went closer... and closer... It was damn clear Lilian was going to win - the queue was neverending!!!

So all of us started praying we would queue longer WTF so no one would win (29th minute).

There's more inside -__-

The total time we queued was 27 minutes 55 seconds.

Lil won! Almost got a free lunch just like that haha.

It's really a good game to play to kill all those ridiculous waiting time. For example, we also bet how many cigarettes Alex smoked or who would be the first person to say the word 'Spain' and stuff like that :)

Makes queuing half bad ;)

ps: I think i'm a pretty impatient person but i have evidence to prove otherwise - uploading pictures is really a patience tester. It's so slow i can milk two cows and make butter out of it before they're done uploading. FTS.

Spain bet #1

2009-07-12T19:00:00.004+01:00

Let's pretend i just got back from Spain, not UK :D

(which reminds me i think i should bet with G how many people will ask us whether we have swine flu)

One of our many bets was - How many paellas will we eat?

How we count - per plate anyone in the group orders. So if three people are sharing one plate, it's still one plate. But if 4 people order individual plates, it's 4 plates. Ok this is a bit confusing. I'll explain why soon.

This is our guesses :

G - 14
M - 15
(exact number wins)

Let me tell you the answer first. It was 23.

23!!!

The deal is, do you see the friggin size of that paella on top? Yeah, we expected to be sharing (maybe not that plate, but something a bit smaller) between all of us. But nooooooo. All through the trip what we had was this :

We only had a big big pan once. Mostly they scoop out of the big pan and served us individually. So the count was 23. Waaaayyyy out.

No points for either of us :(

But man, paella is good stuff!

:)

Next one soon!

Cakap cakap saja

2009-07-08T09:10:00.003+01:00

I'm going to start this post with a ps, i don't care.

PS: I GRADUATED YESTERDAY!! :D

I'm looking forward to blogging normally! I'll be back in Malaysia on Saturday so that's when peace reigns in :)

On the way to Cheshire Oaks that day, G and I decided to compete who's Malay Language (Bahasa Malaysia) is better. The last time we've used it was during Form 5 (17 years old) and since then we've tried to use it as little as possible. We both SUCKED.

Still, it's a necessity as a everyday language in Malaysia (mamak times!) so watch us show off our impressive translation skills.

RJ and Kenny came up with the words.

1. Iron
G : Besi!

2. Dick/Penis (because they're guys)
G : Zakar!

3. Pink
M : Merah Jambu

(I feel the need to tell you guys our thinking time is actually quite long -except for zakar-)

4. Roundabout
G / M : Bulatan!
(round = bulat hahaha easy)

5. Factory
M : I know! Faktori!
M : ... eh no... KILANG!

6. Wheel
G : Roda
(i completely forgot about this :/)

7. Shopping Mall
G : Pusat membeli belah

That's all we tested hhahahaa. I know i suck.

Yesterday morning in between my sleep i suddenly wondered what is spring/summer/autumn/winter in BM. I honestly cracked my head (in my sleep) trying to remember but i can't! I know 'season' is musim but... musim what?

If you know please give me a hint but not the full word! I'm resisting babelfish for now.

And... it's not musim panas/sejuk right T_T that's kinda lame...

See you!

My room my hell

2009-06-27T23:41:00.003+01:00

No bets this month!

Because im irritatingly lacking a sense of permanence. My laptop doesn't even have a space in my own room. It's either on the floor, balanced on my lap or on the bed somewhere. You see, i'm at the packing stage right now.

It's a bit more complicated than that. I'm packing half my room now. The day after tomorrow i'll be bouncing off to london for almost a week. Then it's back up to Manc with the parents and sisters for my graduation! After graduation, i need to tie the bow of ALL my boxes and ship them to my new flat. Four days after my graduation, i'll be flying back home, home, home.

G and I miss Malaysia SO.DAMN.MUCH.

I wanted to skip my graduation just so that i could fly back earlier but alas my parents booked their plane tickets here before i did anything foolish (according to them). Blehhh.

So due to the chaotic schedule we won't have a betting month, although we still have many mini bets all the way.

Yesterday over coffee RJ, Kenny, G and I made summer resolutions together.

1. Exercise!

There are two parts to this bet. First, we decided to pack our holiday with exercises! Each week, we shall meet up for gym, badminton (or other sports), swimming and jogging sessions.

And because it's us, there's money involved. Each missed session results in a FINE. A friggin fine! RM5 if you attend less than 2 sessions a week.

Then there's the individual results part. For G and RJ, their summer exercise resolution is to GET BUFF. For Kenny and I, we're gonna lose weight! I forgot what the loser has to do for this oops.

2. Try new places to eat!

WHAT A CONTRADICTION. Lose weight and eat more! Lol. Malaysia is a food heaven and we haven't been appreciating it to its full potential. So we're going to discover new restaurants! Our target is to try 15 new restaurants by the end of summer :D

3. Individual resolutions

For G, it's to improve his geography. He wants to know all the countries and its capital by heart by the end of summer.

For me, it's to finish one painting! I haven't finish a proper painting since college :( I lack commitment sigh.

(Kenny and RJ's shall remain undisclosed)

The loser has to buy everyone a meal if he/she doesn't achieve his goal hahaha.

That's it :) What a productive summer it'll be if we do achieve it :D

Back and waiting

2009-06-23T12:47:00.002+01:00

Back from Spain. Entirely exhausted from the 10 days trip. But happily exhausted nonetheless!

G and I reached home at 3pm.

I wish i could give anyone who guesses accurately how much we slept a prize!

But oh well. The answer is ... 4pm - 10.30am.

Holy shit. I know. I remember being so tired i could barely lift my body to even pee in between. To be fair, we both caught fever and got knocked out no different than a lead hammer on our heads.

Bets in spain next! We're waiting for the pictures. And the pictures will take long because OCD max max max G insisted on compiling all 3000 pictures and numbering them 0001, 0002, 0003... chronologically. I did 300 pictures yesterday and burst 3 veins. RJ, the picture sorter, is a God.

<3

May/June - Winner!

2009-06-17T23:18:00.000+01:00

G : 133 points
M : 109 points

Congratulations baby! :D

We had dinner here!

Las Iguanas, in Trafford Center

I was totally suckered by their gorgeous ambience. But by that time was too tired (the 11 hours shopping day) to take proper pictures. Took this one then crumpled on my seat and begged for the food to come. Wtf. Useless.Useless.Useless T__T

We started very well this month but once my exam period hit i literally couldn't think about any bets at all.

But, good news!

We will be in Spain as this post appears! WHEEE!

Looking forward to many many many spanish bets, along with the other 5 friends in the trip.

I LOVE TRAVELLING!!!!!

- be right back -

25

2009-06-14T01:38:00.000+01:00

25 Random Things About Us

(I would have loved to post some pictures up but my hard disk kaputed/zonked/totallycrashed so i lost all my pictures :( so it'll be a wordy post, consider this a warning!)

We had to LDR it for a year. Yes it's true, what doesn't kill you can only make you stronger.
We always hold hands to sleep. Always always. Sometimes G, in the middle of his sleep, pats his hand around until it finds mine. So cute.
G gives God-like massages. Whenever he gives me one i'll always moan, 'baby this is the only reason why i'll marry you' hahahaha.
We never swear at each other. Not even when we're flaming mad. G had never used the f word in front of me. And that's 8 years and counting :p
We love giving each other handmade presents! eg, hand drawn story book, origami lilies, cross-stitched bookmark etc
The first line G said to me through ICQ, in our very first chat, even before saying hi, was... "It's a phoenix."
Lol. This was because on that day our art project was to do something 3D and i cut out the shape of a phoenix using black mounting cardboard and carefully glued layers of red sequins on top. I carried it around the class and no one could guess what it was!! Then G came from the neighbour class and said that very line when i asked him :) So smart baby *adore
We don't celebrate monthly anniversaries. Only yearly ones. However, we do race to wish each other first because we're competitive like that hahahahaha. We stopped counting points because i... hmm how do i put this in the most polite yet accurate of terms... thrashed the shit out of G's ass. HAHAHAHA.
G and I are major geeks. At one point our ideal date is to sit in any mamak doing crossword puzzles together. Ahh good memories hehee
When we were 17 my class (commerce) had an art exhibition day tour. G and a couple of his friends from the science classes sneaked out and joined us. Later when i met him in the gallery, he asked me which was my favourite picture of the exhibition. I told him it was the one by the door, a picture of a road stretching out into the skyline. Later when everyone had to assemble by the bus, he came up to me with a bag. Inside was the exhibition's official book with the whole collection of pictures in it. He said since he couldn't buy me the picture itself, at least he could get me the one in the book.
G and I got really close partly because both our sisters are good friends. When they met up, we met up too. We used to hang out a lot in the playground near his house.
There is one thing that exists in abundance in our relationship - laughter. We honestly laugh with/at each other soooo much! And it's the breathless, wheezing, rolling-on-the-floor-clutching-your-stomach kinda laughter.
We both can't sing to save a monkey's ass. We're not even being shy or polite. We are frickin out of tune 98% of the time. So we sing to each other to console ourselves damn sad hahahaha.
We are a cheesy couple. We got together on valentine's day yeahyeah eye rolling. This was because i seriously object to the social norm question of 'can you be my gf please?' so i told him we can make it official by going on our first date on vday. G likes it because it saves him money.
Whenver we're walking by the road G always switches sides with me just as long as he's the one closer to the road (read : cars/mad drivers).
Just to reemphasise how geeky we are, we were once addicted to Guardian's Killer Sudoku. It's good stuff! Check it out here.
(if you don't like sudoku please don't click the link and then call me a dork :()
Do I need to mention we both have uber big egos? If we don't why does this blog exist?
Our favourite boardgame? Do you still need to ask? Monopoly! It's all about the cash, baby. The cash.
G on weddings :

He doesn't believe in buying wedding dresses. Dresses, he said, should be rented.
He doesn't believe in dancing. He doesn't believe in karaokeing. He thinks we should just 'yam seng'.
He thinks wearing his everyday working suit is fine.
He thinks wedding cakes should be fake from the 2nd tier onwards.

I believe everything otherwise. And he will never switch to my wedding camp :(
In the kitchen - i cook, he washes. It's practically in our constitution haha.
Once G was teaching me hokkien so i can speak to his parents, and i asked him how do i refer to him in hokkien.

He cheekily replied 'You can call me 'ang' (husband) and i can call you 'bo' (wife)!'
-___- I told him 'yeah i'll call you 'TE ANG' (te= pig)!'
Within a second he retorted, 'I'll call you wild bo! (wild boar)'

WHY AM I STUCK WITH HIM TELL ME
We both love travelling. And to tie it up sweetly, we share the same travelling style :)
G hates shopping with his sister and mum but he doesn't mind it with me as long as i don't neglect him and hold his hand :) Yesterday we shopped from 11am - 10pm. No squabble! Yay!
G once said he'll give me 10 points if i can name all his 5 siblings' names and i failed :( :(
I'm always, always the first to wake up in the morning. But he prefers sleeping on the outer part of the bed. So to get up i have to climb over him *miffed
We are not going to have 4 kids and 2 dogs in the future.

Bet #17 - Mr and Mrs Smith

2009-06-10T18:24:00.002+01:00

I chose to watch this movie again right after my exams, in bed with my MAS pillow, as a way to celebrate.

Right before we sleep we decided to ask each other 3 questions about the movie.

Each correct answer gets 5 points!

My three questions were :

1. What was the movie Brad Pitt claimed to see Angelina Jolie's 'father' in?
2. What was the name of the neighbour who was walking the dog and pointed out to the locked-out Brad Pitt that his car was parked in the sidewalk?
3. What were the two items in Angelina Jolie's bag during her prostitute assassination?

G's answers :

1. Fantasy Island (right!)
2. No ideaaaaa (hahaha his name was Bill)
3. Handcuffs and scarf (right!)

10 points~

G's questions :

(I think G shows his vindictive side through these questions)

1. What was the colour of the drink beside the jug Angelina Jolie pulled out from the refridgerator after the fight/thrashhouse/sex scenes?
2. What was the first pin number she pressed on the oven (left side) which she used to pull out her gun and knives set?
3. What box did Brad Pitt pull extra guns out of at the basement when they were attacked in their house?

My answers :

1. Red (right!)
2. 7 (right!)
3. Green box (wrong, it's a train set box)

Damn hard lo his questions! T__T
Thank God i watched this movie 187326 times (no actually it's my 4th time) so i could pay attention to important details this time :D

Score -
G: 133 points
M : 109 points

Motivation

2009-06-05T19:17:00.003+01:00

I know i'll probably scoff at myself 10 years later when i'm buried in work, rushing for deadlines and leaving the office at 3am... but man, studying is hard.

When G ended his exams, i wanted so badly to stop studying too. I started studying a little earlier than him yet he finished three weeks before me. When his freedom came, i wondered how was i going to stand being in the same room as him, with him enjoying his freedom and me always finding myself being tugged back by an invisible chain to my desk.

It didn't help when my mental state was weak. I was frustrated at my course, sick of the short sleeping hours and i only had a one week break since the last exam before i resumed studying for the next term. I was exhausted.

So G offered me a motivation bet.

For every 8 hours i study each day, he'll give me 5 points. And for every subsequent hour, i'll get an extra 5 points.

My first 5 points :)

How we do it is we 'clock in' our studying hours (we used to do this in college). It isn't a matter of how long you sit at your desk, but more to do with how many hours your mind is on the treadmill. So let's say even if i sat at my desk from 12pm - 4pm, i might only clock in 3 and a half hours because i went to the kitchen for food, checked my email, dozed off and daydreamed.

This was our clock-in sheet during first year hahaha

This bet made me realise my attention span is roughly around 45 minutes. I can study for 2 hours straight but it's only when i tip my head back, open my jaws like a pelican and upend a pot of coffee.

I don't do that very often.

My most gungho day

It also helps a lot that i am losing so much. I have nothing but this bet to keep G in sight in terms of points.

I can't describe how useful this bet is to me. I used to think 6 hours is a lot. But because of this bet, i stretched myself a bit further and put in another 2 hours. Not only did i find the 2 hours extremely productive, it wasn't a stretch at all! I could have done it any other day before this if it weren't for my laziness cajoling me that i've been so good and 6 hours is more than enough.

Till date, i've earned 45 points! Whee! :D

One last thing -

Thank you, G.

For giving me such a huge motivational boost.
For making sure i never study with an empty stomach.
For accompanying me throughout all the late nights.
For layaning my random word games in between.
For never saying 'no' to anything i want because 'i'm studying'.
For putting up with my grumpiness.
For just being there forever and always.

Last paper on Monday!

Score -

G : 123 points
M : 99 points

Bet #16 - Do you know me, G?

2009-06-03T12:20:00.004+01:00

Facebook seems to have this 'How well do you know this person' quiz craze. Or is the craze over? I'm so behind with things like that. I just discovered the existence of twitter like a month ago T__T

This time i jumped in the bandwagon. Kinda.

I gave G 10 questions to answer about me.

He didn't give me any in return because squeezing questions out of G is like waiting for a chicken to quack. Ain't gonna happen.

He gets 5 points for each question right, but for every wrong answer 2 points will be deducted (yes, negative marking gaspshudder).

If he gets negative score, will you guys kill him for me please? I'd spank him but i always lose when it's 1 on 1 between us.

Btw these questions are not the typical ones you see on facebook. If i gave any of my friends these, i will be seeing many 0%s T_T G knew me since i was 14 and we've been dating since 19. I expect much more from this fella ok :D

The questions :

What is my favourite home-cooked food?
Who was my badminton school team partner for 2 years?
On what trip did i steal the MAS pillow i carry today?
Why was I caned in standard 6 for?
How old was i when i started wearing glasses?
What movie did my mum get Lil and I premiere tickets for?
Why did i declare 25th of May 'Michelle's Day' 4 years ago?
Which kindergarten did i go to?
What was the painting i submitted for the school's art auction?
What musical instrument did i play when i first joined the school band?

The answers :

Curry Chicken
[RIGHT - My mummy's jiupai. I haven't ate it for 8 months i'm honestly dying T__T]
Xian Hui
[WRONG - OMG babe this was the easiest question!! It was Samantha!]
Sydney
[RIGHT - when i was 15 or 16 heehee]
Got spelling/dictation wrong?
[WRONG - because i was reading Sweet Valley Twins under my desk. I hated that teacher so much, i had never seen anyone grumpier than that lady. Schools should ban teachers who are going through menopause]
12 years old
[WRONG - 7 years old!! I told u a lot of times ok! Anyway yeah, i started too damn young due to excessive daytime cartoons. And no one told me about contact lenses till college!! :@ That precious, amazing, life-changing invention]
Rush Hour
[WRONG - Lord of the Rings Two Towers. How did you get this wrong baby! Remember it's the only lotr series i didn't watch with you because i watched it in the premiere! And to think i got you posters hmph]
Carrie Underwood won American idol + Liverpool won the CL
[RIGHT - happiest day indeed <3]
Peter and Jane
[RIGHT - the prettiest kindy ever! But unfortunately one of my very few memories of it was me shitting in the toilet sigh]
Butterfly
[RIGHT - surprised you remembered :D]
Flute
[RIGHT - how did a tone-deaf girl enter the school band, i have no idea but no worries i aptly quit the band soon after because huffing my breath into that little tube was bloody tiring. Besides, i never understood what the teacher was yapping about]

6 x 5 = 30,
4 x 2 = 8
30 - 8 = 22 points

That's probably the extent of my envious maths skills.

And don't worry, nobody hit me in the head and made me lose all senses for suddenly bestowing G with an unnecessary amount of points. Especially when G has a... a... *summons all courage* 50 points lead.

I'll update his very generous payback soon.

Score -

G: 123 points
M: 54 points

Help us decide who will win! (results)

2009-06-01T12:00:00.002+01:00

/edit : i added the RESULTS below

I don't know how did we even disagree on this. But here's the second public bet (the first semi-public being this one) :

What's the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning?
(clarification : right after you get out of bed)

Please drop us your answer in the comment box!

20 points on the line and you have no idea how much i need it :(

Thank you <3

Results :

I'd always thought that there some are things you can't change in human behaviour and although routines defer, there should be a common thread in the first thing you do when you wake up.

Turns out i'm very, very wrong.

This is what G and I said what the average person would do first thing they wake up in the morning :

G : Brush teeth
M : Pee/piss/loo/wee/urinate

And this is the result we got from 20 people :
(thank you for your answers if you participated :))

Make the bed - 1
Comb hair - 1
Check laptop/computer - 2
Drink water - 2
Check their phone - 3
Pee - 3
Brush teeth - 8

I think peeing is a very natural first thing to do when you wake up! Your bladder collects all the liquid for the 6-8 hours you were knocked out and unless you have an unusually large one, don't you feel it's about to explode in the morning? Sometimes i even wake up an hour earlier just to pee. And sometimes i ban liquid an hour before i sleep because waking up in the middle pisses the crap out of me.

There were a lot of people who answered 'brush teeth' and when i said my bet was pee, they went, 'oh yeah! i pee first.'

Unfortunately G had slotted in a clause that i had to take the first answer from people. I don't know why i agreed but in hindsight it was damned stupid of me.

Oh well :(

The score -
G : 101 points
M : 54 points

Bet #15 - G's guide to a free meal

2009-05-30T16:47:00.003+01:00

Yesterday G asked me to give him 10 points if, by merely using his persuasion skills without any bribery attempts, he could make RJ (his bff slash backup plan if i dump him wtf) buy him a free meal.

I took the bet, but laid down a 15 minutes time period. He can start whenever he wants but RJ needs to consent by 15 minutes.

And I wasn't allowed to talk :#

And we were not supposed to mention it until RJ hands over the money without kicking and screaming.

I expected G to start towards the end, but he started before we even ordered.

I think the conversation went like this:

G : Rj, buy me this meal
RJ : Why? You want to order set meal? The most expensive items?
G : No!!!
*G calmly waits for everyone to order. 7 minutes gone.
G : So, you want to buy me this meal?
*silence
RJ : hmm.... ok
G : ok thanks

WHOAAAAA WAITAMINUTE *cue tyres screeching

Why why why why i wanted to burst out of my seat, climb on top on the table, grab Rj's collar, wringing him yelling 'whyyyyyyyy wouldddddd youuuuuuuu buyyy this conman a meal for NOTHING?'

This is 3rd bet Rj is involved in. And so far my track record is 0/3.

He's a jinx.

Need.
To.
Stay.
Far.
Far.
Away.

Meanwhile, if you're low on cash, you should look out for this face if you're feeling hungry :

Note to self : when i see this face, i need to annihilate all gambling thoughts

Score -

G : 81 points
M : 54 points

Free bets

2009-05-29T06:20:00.001+01:00

1.
We were in a chinese buffet restaurant the other day and I gave him a free bet (5 pts). This was my question :

"What is the one thing you always see in chinese restaurants, whether in UK or Malaysia?"

I didn't expect him to get it but he did answer...

The cat!!! aka 招财猫

Seriously, don't you see it EVERYWHERE? Once i saw a restaurant who went overboard and displayed at least a dozen of them in the cashier.

In return G asked me to guess how many ice cream flavours the restaurant provided.

I said 3!! Simple - vanilla, strawberry and chocolate.

Hahahahhaa score 5 points. So easy why can't all bets be like this.

2.
It's the end of uni year which means one thing - TIME TO PACK AND MOVE!

Idealistic G said that he could pack his whole room full of stuff into boxes in an hour or less.

YEAH RIGHT! Seriously, packing is the most painful, irritating, sweaty/dusty ughhh job ever. Every time you think you're done packing, something will pop up. A bag full of stuff. A drawer full of stuff. Toiletries. Miscellaneous kitchenware.

So i bet him 10 points he can't pack in less than an hour and he took me up on it.

It took him 2 days.

Hahahaha my darling G. Always so ambitious.

Now if only he could pack my whole room in 1 day, i'd give him 100 points just like that sigh. I have boat loads of stuff. Make that ship loads. Titanic loads.

But let's worry about that when July comes.

Score -

G : 73 points
M : 54 points

/edit
revenge points update :

Score -

G : 71 points
M : 54 points

*:D

Bet #14 - 10 questions

2009-05-27T20:57:00.002+01:00

This was one of our pre-sleep games that became a bet.

Think of an object that's currently in my bedroom or bathroom
You get 10 questions to guess what that person's thinking
Only yes/no questions!

The first person to guess wins 10 points :D

My room is hell's definition of messy now :

Bright side : ample things to choose from!

Down side : do you really want to live in hell? -_-

Ok, here are my 10 questions to guess G's item:

(you can try to guess what it is, i'm sure your bedroom/bathroom has it too)

Does it have more than 2 colours? - YES
Did i possess this item before i moved into this flat? (in September 2008) - NO
Is it bigger than a mug? - NO
Is it usable in everyday life? - YES
Do you (G) use this item? - YES
Is this item related to food? - NO
Do you put this item on your body? (ie any liquid like lotion or soaps or any object like hats and ear plugs) - NO
Do you use this item for hygienic or toiletry purposes? - YES
Is this item in the bathroom? - YES
Do you put this item in your mouth? - YES

Got it? :p

These are G's questions :

Is it something you use regularly? - NO
Is it used for studying purposes? - NO
Do you wear this item? - NO
Is it a decoration piece or is it hung up on the wall? - NO
Is this item associated with the bathroom? - NO
Is this item visible at first glance when i walk around the room? - YES
(i need to clarify this, my first answer was no but G later said that even 1cm of the item is popping out under a massive pile of junk, it's still considered 'visible'. I guess G has hawk-like vision -_-)
Do you use/drink/eat this item? - YES
Did you use/drink/eat this item more than 6 times? - YES
Are you very fond of this item? - NO
Is it in the form of a container? - YES

Note i didn't ask you to try to guess what i had in mind because G's questions were waaayyy off. After he asked the 7th question he realised it was a stupid question and i think he mentally gave up. He was shooting me sad looks asking can he change his question. I said sure, but only if he gave me 2 bonus questions and he was like 'SCREW YOUUUU!!'

The answers!

We took turns guessing :

G - Make up bag
M - Toothpaste
G - :(
G - Laundry basket
G - Water container
G - I GIVE UP LA!

Toothpaste ; under-bed storage box

(Just yesterday i asked G to put my scarf inside the box :p so it's supposed to be still be fresh in his mind)

Today after dinner/lunch at 5pm we were walking home when we noticed there were a number of Manchester United fans around the city. I knew there was a match but i didn't know it was the Barcelone vs Man U match. So G and I bet on how many Manu fans we will see on our way home (ie people wearing the manu jersey).

He guessed 12, i guessed 14.

And guess what.

We passed by a pub and there were at least 50 - 100 Man U fans! The pub was absolutely squashed with people yet there were around 100 fans queuing outside!

Okay, so we were veryyyyy far off but we did say 'closest' wins. HAHAHA.

God, it was only 5pm and it was so packed.

I remember that beautiful day when Liverpool was in the champion league finals and i went to a pub in Liverpool at 5pm just to get a 'standing' spot. Let me tell you, the atmosphere is absolutely surreal. And it was just a pub! You don't know these strangers standing next to you but when your club scores a goal, everyone is hugging each other. We sing together. And yeah yeah cry together when we lost that damn final. Bleh.

Score-

G : 68 points
M : 39 points

Revenge bet - update

2009-05-26T19:33:00.006+01:00

In truth we haven't been betting a lot because i'm consumed by my ~~fear of losing~~ studies.

Update for the revenge bet!

G : -1
M : - 3

Don't look at me like that!!! Obviously my instincts > kiasuness *inserts another 19837 excuses haha

G is obsessed with Naruto the manga + anime. The anime's first season has 135 episodes and he watched all 4 times. He is nuts. For his 22nd birthday, i bought him this :

'Ecstatic' wouldn't even describe him accurately. He was just through-the-roof happy. He'd been reading online, moaning how expensive it is to buy the book in english translation (poor boy can't read chinese, which is bloody much cheaper). So for his birthday i bought him the whole season 1 in english. And a good thing - it came in a set. Which fits his OCD side veryyy well.

But now he said he has to wait for the 2nd season mangas to be released in a set as well!!! It's annoying for me because i'd just read the last book and am dying to read no. 28 but i can't buy it because 'it wouldn't be a set' -__-

Anyway my point is, that day he stood behind me, crouching in front of his bookstand and said, 'Baby, if you can guess which fight/scene i'm going to read now, i'll deduct all your revenge bet losses!!'

I thought about it, and said, 'Shikamaru vs Temari'

As usual he went, 'OMGGGGGG!!!!!!!'

Bingo~

(guys are really not hard to read at all)

So it's

G : -1
M : 0

But,

yesterday... yesterday!!! T___T never mind... now it's -

G : -1
M : -1

:(

/edit :

This happened RIGHT AFTER i wrote this post -

I got up, asked G whether the last laundry batch was folded. He told me only a bunch of my clothings were unfolded. I upended the basket and saw his underwear there. I threw it on his head and said, 'THIS IS NOT MINE!'

He immediately grabbed it and aimed for my head.

I promptly cried, 'REVENGE!!!!'

He paused, saying 'but i haven't throw it yet.'

I opened my mouth to complain, but before i could do that... he got up, walked towards me and said, 'Never mind, this is worth the 1 point' and then wrestled me to jam it on my head.

Idiot sickshit G. lol.

G : -2
M : -1

Bet #13 - The machine above your neck

2009-05-25T02:58:00.001+01:00

When you're studying for exams, all the knowledge travels a one-way route into your brain that keeps accumulating, stuffed, jam-packed into your brain until it pushes against your skull... your head threatens to burst...

Don't you wonder how heavy your brain is?

So! The bet is Just how heavy is the human brain?

What's your guess?

G - 1.8kg
M - 5.5 kg

The answer is :

1.3 - 1.4 kg (wiki answers)

PLEASE DON'T LAUGH AT MEEEEE! *wails

That's what you get when you study too much ahahhahaa - delusions of the weight of your brain!

Score -

G : 70 points
M : 20 points

ps : Joanne, Dr.Abo must think im a disgrace to humankind :(

Bet #12 - Happy exams-over day

2009-05-19T12:00:00.005+01:00

HOLAAA G finished his exams!!!!!!!

*pops out champagne bottle which i will use later to knock myself unconscious because my exams only end THREE WEEKS LATER

On the day he finished his exams, we went to town for a date! I love having dating days with G. Small things like that really builds your relationship. By the end of the day we're always radiating from happiness. No no, i will be radiating. G doesn't radiate. He just goes... 'yaa im happy' -___-

Did i mention he doesn't express his emotions well?

The weather was supremely gorrrgeous when we walked down. The first bet was... How many people will be dressed in short sleeves or less?

G - 16
M - 17

What a close one. We timed it from somewhere near our flat to the end of Bold Street, the heart of the city centre.

Hello strong young man

The moment we crossed bold street... the count was... 15.

Booo :( to be fair i thought the wind was rather chilly myself (half an hour later it frickin POUREDDDD)

10 points gone but it's okay, we bet a lot that day!

The next series of bets are SPOT IT FIRST! bets. The first person to spot the named item/person etc wins 10 points each.

We took turns naming the spottable item.

Let's go!

First person to spot...

A bald man carrying a bag
(G suggested this -__- you should be able to tell his eccentricities by now)

M : What's bald?
G : Hairless la
M : Shiny bald or balding bald?
G : Shiny bald
G : But a few stray hairs are fine

Hahahahaha always clear up your rules!!

Hello shiny bald guy with bag (right shoulder)

Who spotted him : G

A little girl wearing pink

Hello lil pink sweetheart

Who spotted her : G!

Person wearing a green jacket

Hello pea-coloured lady

Who spotted her : G again!!!

A person in the motion of drinking something

Hello thirsty fella

We had a picture of him drinking, but G zoomed so close we might breach a couple of privacy laws with a picture like that.

Who spotted him : G!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Person carrying a Lakeland (kitchenware shop) bag

Hello heaven <3

Who spotted that unphotographed person : G...

Let's pause here for a song.

Close your eyes... give me your hand, darling...
DO YOU FEEL MY HEART ~~beating~~ BLEEDING???????
DO YOU UNDERSTAND???

*FANTOI TUMPANG TABLE TULAN AHHHHHHHH!!!!

It pained me so much to write this post. Did i sound very brave? :( :( :(

The last bet -which at that point i was acting cool but dying inside- was Debenhams vs Primark.

Debenhams had a 25%sales-on-everything day. Primark is... primark. We once counted the number of carrier bags from primark on Oxford Road in London and it easily went up to hundred.

First person to count 20 bags wins.

G - Primark
M - Debenhams

This is an example of the special that-day only Debenhams bag
Bright green = easy to spot = win!

To my sheer horror, G had a clear cut lead throughout the count.

And then... as if the 7 7 7s were lined up..... 3 girls walked past with 5 Debenhams bag.

*sound of slot machine coins dropping ta-daaaaa

I WON!!!!

I WON!!!!!!!!!!!

*hugs my precious little 10 points

Thus, the day ended like this :

Score -

M : 20 points

G : 60 points

ps : radiating with happiness my ass *sulk

April/May - Winner!

2009-05-17T17:47:00.005+01:00

M : 88 points
G : 65 points

That makes ME the winner mwahahahahaha!

*victory dance*

I'm shocked to see how little we bet. But i'm sure it's largely due to it being exam period. Because on the day G's exams ended, 90 points were won/lost. That bloody tapaos our one month's total! I can't imagine what the score will be like when both our exams end. 1k??

So, this is where we celebrated :)

Etsu Japanese Restaurant

I was craving for jap food so badly. Managed to find one that's somewhat authentic looking.

It wasn't good AT ALL. The menu was veryyy limited. And it wasn't remotely authentic!! I was soo disappointed/depressed/dissatisfied :( And it was expensive too gosh just kill me la stupid restaurant.

The waitress was super sweet though. She layaned our bet heehehehe.

The bet was, How long has she worked in this restaurant?

She looked damn pro actually. There were only 3 waiters/waitresses btw. And it had been opened since 2007.

(closest wins)
G - 7 months
M - 8 months

When we asked her, her face was sweetly blank as she answered, 'One year, whyyyy???'

Maybe that's why i like her so much.

Score -

M - 10 points
G - 0 points

Bet #11 - Breakfast at kimos

2009-05-16T16:07:00.000+01:00

G and I have 2098372 meals together. So sometimes spiking the meal with a bet makes it soo fun!

This time we were having breakfast in Kimos. My favourite, favourite, love love love cafe in Liverpool.

This is their smaller branch near the university

The bet! How many customers will Kimos have in the short time we eat there?

G - 23
M - 18
(closest wins)

I'm a cafe-junkie btw
It beats a real restaurant anytime for me :D

Kimos is crazy popular with students, families, working men, everyone! The table turning rate is amazing. The food is cheap and the atmosphere warm, friendly and... relaxing. The only thing missing is wifi hahaha. But if there's wifi people would sit there for hours and then i won't be able to get a table T___T So no wife is good. OmG i can't believed i typed 'wife' instead of 'wifi' haahaha.

I love unpretentious cafes sigh <3

By the way, we went there at 10am. G and I agreed if we went during lunch time, we'd bet maybe 25 or 30?

We ate their vegetarian breakfast :)

I think we were there for... 30 minutes or so.

The count was 14 :)

Was a nice breakfast although G ate his fries soooo slowwwwly so that more people would come in while we were there!! I wanted to help him wallop it but i was so full i needed to waddle out the restaurant T__T

Good food, nice people and it gave me 10 points!

Score -
M : 88 points
G : 65 points

Daily bet - Revenge

2009-05-15T03:00:00.003+01:00

I imagine if i could make all the rules in this world, one of them is to have every person write up a 'boy/girlfriend CV' for themselves. They can write it themselves, and then get testimonials from their exes. That's how you'll know upfront whether you should or should date that person. If it says on their list 'was imprisoned for 20 years for rape, murder and alcohol abuse', then you'd know that's a sign for you to move your chair far, far away.

If this CV/testimonial thing really existed, i imagine G's one would go something like that :

ex-gf 1 : This guy is very revengeful

ex-gf 2 : This guy is EXTREMELY revengeful

ex-gf 3 : This guy is amazing but very very revengeful

One very annoying thing about this world is that when you hang out a lot with someone, you get naturally influenced by association. That's how G gets smarter.

Just kidding darling :p

My point is, i find myself becoming more and more revengeful! No, i'm not talking about plotting murders of people who make heck lot of noise in the library. I'm talking about between G and I, man, the things we do to each other.

(this is going to sound really retarded)

It always starts out simple. If he whacks my ass, i'll whack him right back, promptly. If i tickle him, he'll try to tickle me back before i escape. Sometimes if i'm really cheeky, when he tries to sleep, i blow my breath into his face whenever he starts inhaling (this happens vice versa ok!) and this always turns out to a BATTLE of blow-my-stinky-breath-into-your-face-and-suffocate-you-mwahaha. And the list goes on.

So a few days ago we decided we should play nice and from hereon act like a normal, decent, civil couple. We decided that revenge shall be strictly prohibited. Whoever who does anything in revenge has to subtract one of their hard-earned points.

Hello, i'm not the inbred revengeful one here. This is going to be the easiest way for me to surge to the top of the scoreboard!

So, three days later.

And
and
and

I lost 2 points.

T___T

I know, i know.

I suck.

It happens so fast. It's 99% instincts, 1% vengeance!

But it's ok, the next report shall see G -50 points. I just need to start being attentive. SIGH.

Score -

M : 78 points
G : 65 points

Bet #10 - Break time bets

2009-05-12T12:20:00.006+01:00

A couple of stupid bets between the books :

1. Binball bet!

I can't even describe how terrible i am in binball (Is it even called that or have i oh so creatively came up with it?)

Both of us stood in position :

My view -

G's view -

It's not that different righttttt *denial*

If G bins it, he gets 10 points. If i get in i get a lowly, unworthy 2 points.

The result : G gets 10 points.

#$%^&*()*&^%$#@$%

2. The most common word

Both of us named a word that would mostly likely come up first in any page of a random book.

This is the book :

Not that it matters because both of us immediately wanted the word 'the'.

In the end i chose 'a' and he chose 'are' (why 'are' and not 'is'? weird...)

And we opened a random page... pushed each other aside to see...

... to see me win!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHA

3. Eyebrows

G was helping me tweeze the other day (that's how you know the guy's a keeper :D) and he said that if i can accurately guess the number of eyebrows he plucked i could get 5 points for free! So i set a number in my head and he plucked away.

It so freaking hurts by the way. Why did God subject women to such small tortures here and there? Isn't it enough we have to get bloody pregnant and push the damn thing out, screaming all the way AND between all these births we have to have periods, mood swings and insatiable chocolate cravings?

Anyway, the number i had in my head was 18. When he was done he asked me for my number and when i said '18' he was like 'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!'

Hahahahahhahahaaa yayyy free 5 points!

Life is good.

Well not really because G is currently having his exams (i'll follow 2 weeks later sigh).

Score -

M : 80 points

G : 65 points

Bet #9 - Unscramble this

2009-05-10T13:10:00.007+01:00

/edit : The word can't be THAT hard right T___T I'm almost due to give G back the 5 points oh the sadness! I honestly expected SOMEONE to get it T___T

G and I both gave each other a word to unscramble. First person to unscramble wins 5 points!

These are the words we have to unscramble:

First round -

G's word : DYCPEELOINCA
M's word : AEEEIRNPRTTTVI

Answers (highlight to see) : Encyclopedia / Interpretative

I got mine in 30 seconds!! But G cried foul play when i wanted to claim my points because he said he didn't know we were betting on it.

Right, right, since it's such a fun game i let it go and asked for another one~

Second round -

G's word : CROSEEIPLATTY
M's word : ACEIILSTDI

AND YAYYYY I WON AGAIN!

My answer was : idealistic

I took longer for this one even though the first word i wrote down was 'idealist' -___-

However, G couldn't get his and when i told him the answer, he said it was a very hard word.

Thinking back, i guess it is a little hard.

So i offered him a free bet. If no reader can guess this word in 10 minutes, i'll give him back the 5 points.

Ok i have no superman powers to time you guys but i trust you won't help G win so easily!!!

Now tell me whether i deserved my 5 points!

Good luck :)

p/s : Lil, you're automatically disqualified because letting you guess is manifestly unfair for G heehehe

On : Third Parties

2009-05-09T13:04:00.005+01:00

I know this is a betting blog. But since i'd already launched it from the 'couple' pad, i might as well talk about couple things as well.

Because there are some topics where i'd always loved to hear people's opinions on. They are always diverse, vastly different or strangely similar. Yet each point comes from within that person's mind, generated by his own personal feelings. If you feel strongly about something, it should always be respected. And i respect people's opinions.

Some sad incidents happened over the span of 5 months between the end of last year and beginning of this year. They all involved third parties. And whenever there are third parties, there is always undeniable gut-wrenching pain.

When I was in the moment, i thought third parties were the most detestable creatures on the planet. They should not exist in society. They bring anguish, tears and unnecessary bitterness. Death sentence anyone?

But I'm out of the moment now. So i stepped back and wondered,

Are third parties bad?

Someone once said, 'Why can't i flirt with the guy? It's the girlfriend's job to keep her man, and the boyfriend's job to be loyal to her.'

It is a cold, cold statement. But there's truth within. Logically, if the boyfriend was indeed loyal, he would not waver. And if the girlfriend did enough, or if she did not omit to do something in the relationship, the guy would be loyal. Or if there was nothing wrong with your relationship, there wouldn't be a reason for a guy to waver.

But then again, emotions are never logical. And unfortunately, this is probably the only factual truth in the whole post.

Going back to the question, are third parties the one to blame if there is something wrong in your relationship in the first place? Is she the trigger or the catalyst? (i'm going to say she, but we all know it's he/she)

Is it the guy's fault for wandering, or the third party's fault for luring?

Yes, it can be both. But are you saying he will not ever wander if she had never existed?

Another view point. If the third party does intentionally steal your guy, but she does so with the purest of intentions? That is, she truly loves your guy. She honestly believes they belong together. And the guy believes so too. He dumps the ex-gf for the third party. Is she still wrong?

I'm not saying the ex-gf should not be sad. I will grieve for her. But is the third party still a 'third party'? Is she still... bad?

I don't believe the third party should intentionally ruin a relationship. But I don't believe a third party should sit and wait forever for the guy to realise that she is the one for him. And i can't find the middle line for these two situations.

Still, a few come-to-reality facts tell me i shouldn't even bother wasting my time thinking about it :

- very few people know whether the person is 'the one' for them. They think there's a possibility and with that they justify wrecking the relationship. Is the pain you cause to the grieving girl worth the few months of fun you're going to have with your 'possible' guy?

- many people has this dog-eat-dog world concept. In actual fact, they don't give two shits about what the exgf is thinking. It's your business, keep it that way.

- just how much do people invest in relationships these days? Some people switch boyfriends like how they switch underwear. They should be used to the emotional trauma that relationships bring with them.

A BIG ps: The third parties i referred to were in relationships of the closest people in the world to me thus when i was by their side, the pain i felt for them was so strong and almost intolerable. There was never, ever, ever a third party in G and my relationship. I don't think it's possible? Three years and we're still blindly devoted to each other, it's almost unbelievable :p I'm blessed, really.

Bet #8 - Librarians spy

2009-05-09T05:31:00.003+01:00

This isn't a bet so much as i want to show off my temporary second home :D

Sydney Jones Library is gorgeous. It has a beautiful modern feel to it with bright colours and airy study spaces.

G and I are not the sharing-is-caring type. We like our studying spaces deadly silent and peopleless. Studying elbow-to-elbow with other people gets on our nerves. So we started going to the library in hours where people are scarce ie 11am-6am. That's how you get mad sleeping hours, sigh.

I don't know whether other people find studying with their partners productive, but studying with G is tip-top awesome. We work very well together and he's the only one who understands all my idiosyncrasies like when I need someone to bounce ideas off or simple wordy break games between studies that gets us all excited and pumped up.

This bet is How paranoid is Sydney Jones Library?

Hahaha no, i meant How many security cameras SJL has in one floor?

G - 3
M - 4

Let's start the tour!

Ta-da! 4!

Dead on bet, yes!

Score -

M : 65 points
G : 55 points

Bet #7 - Dealing with diligence

2009-05-07T01:51:00.004+01:00

Are you a hardworking person?

G and I love hardworking people.

They're nice to bet on

Anyway G and I tend to stay for long, loooong hours in the library. I love libraries. You can see why in the next bet.

The last few days we've been seeing this dude who always sits on the same spot, studying. So inspirational!

So what do we do? Study harder? No, duh, we bet on him!

What time will the hardworking dude leave the library?

G - 3.45am
M - 3.30am
(closest time wins)

Yeah, isn't he marvellously gung-ho? :)

We salute you, library buddy

So we waited.

And waited...

And spied...

And fretted...

Pardon my terrible handwriting (blue)

And.....

And!!!!

3.15am - byebye library buddy :D :D :D

10 points in the bag!

Next!!

What time will the first person enter the library?

Not technically 'enter the library', that person must specifically sit within the area G and I occupy.

G - 9.30am
M - 7.30am
(closest time wins)

Notice our very wide margin. I have LOADS of faith in humankind.

Also notice how crazy we are when it comes to 'camping' in the library. In truth, I wanted to make it for the breakfast in Kimos, a cafe near by that opens at 10am :p

The sky was brilliantly bright at 6am. I started getting very excited.

But no one came.

Was i too idealistic?

7.30am, the library was still deathly silent. I started worrying. A lot. I can only win if someone arrives before 8.30am. Any time after that, G wins.

8am. No one. No shadows, no passerbys, no one! T____T How can...

8.10am. I gave up. 10 points lost :( G starts cackling.

8.20am. I gave up (further) and started mourning for my 10 points while drowning my sorrows into articles on cadaver transplantations wtf. G tilts his head back, rests his ankles on the table and crows with triumph (figuratively speaking of course)

Suddenly... we heard a sound.

A person was walking towards us.

She sits down.

My head whipped towards my computer screen. To see this :

8.30am! IT'S A DRAW!

OMG THANK YOU SWEETHEART!

G was in disbelief. HAHAHAHA. He was like, 'she hasn't sat down! what time is it? 8.31am????'

Whee!!!

Score -

G : 55 points
M : 55 points

Bet #6 - Don't speak

2009-05-04T00:53:00.001+01:00

Hola!

It's exams period :( :( :(

So, coming up are a series of 'study bets' ie, bets we make to kill time between books or motivational/studying bets.

One of them is Shut up I bet i know what you're gonna say next!
(10 pts per bet)

This is a good study bet because it sure as hell prevents us from talking hahahaha

So what we did was write down 2 things that we think the other person's gonna say asap. We had to limit it to 'objects' and 'adjectives' otherwise there'd be words like 'you', 'the', 'a' which we say faaaarrr too frequently. G said he would have put 'babe' or 'baby' and that would have won him the points within 2 seconds of the game!

There are some things you can't stop yourself from saying even if you have 10 rags stuffed in your mouth bound with a leather strap.

So, for 'objects' :

G -
'window' + 'rice'
(he was seated next to the open window, and he knew eventually i would ask him to close it because it's colddd)

M -
'laptop' + 'essay'
(he was doing his coursework... i think im just uncreative -__-)

Note we do not know what the other person wrote, and we can't provoke the other to say it!

10 minutes later, G looked up and beckoned me over 'Hey can you help me read this... sentence?'

As i went over i was thinking 'What's wrong with you??? Any normal person would have said essay! T_T'

Throughout the next 1 minute he kept saying 'sentence, sentence, sentence' and to my sheer horror, he just went 'ok thanks bye' without saying 'essay'. Is this how you show your gratitude, G? *hiss*

Right...

20 minutes later... because i have a perpetual carnal craving for FOOD... i went, 'Shall we heat up the rice?'

Oh, man, i was greeted with the smirkiest smirk you can ever imagine.

UGHHH.

For 'adjectives' :

This is a controversial one.

I was chatting to my sisters while shoe-shopping online. And i said out loud, '这双鞋很美!'

G's eyes flickered and i instantly knew one of his words was 'nice' (girls are perceptive like that :p). But he didn't say anything because firstly, i said it in chinese. Secondly, he wasn't sure of what i said.

Later he walked past my laptop and he said 'Wow, your chat with yours sister is very long.'

Score!

He then accused me of saying 'nice' when i said the sentence in chinese above.

I replied that it meant my shoe was very pretty, not nice.

And he said "'美' is nice, not 'pretty'."
"Nooo! '美' is pretty!"
"Shoes are nice, not pretty!"
"My shoes are pretty!"

He gave me points for that bet, but challenged me to ask 5 people to translate '这双鞋很美!' to english. He was dead sure most people would say shoes are nice.

Yeah, well, i'm dead sure people would say 美 is pretty!

And we did.

Ask 5 people, i mean.

And 3 of them translated it to...

'the shoe is very nice'

*spits out indecipherable swear words

Ok i still think it's very wrong, and i originally thought it had a lot to do with whether a guy/girl said but some guys i asked said it's 'pretty' and some girls still called it 'nice'.

Thus i lose this bet with much grief.

美 is pretty damnit!

Score -

M - 45 points
G - 55 points

Snippet of conversations

2009-05-03T05:11:00.003+01:00

This is my attempt to prove we have a life outside betting. Yes, we are normal people underneath our risk-loving, money-tossing shells.

I have a long-standing sleeping problem so sometimes when i'm desperate i implore G to talk me to sleep. Yesterday, we counted sheep together. But instead of counting 1, 2, 3... we have to give each sheep a special characteristic before it's allowed to jump over the fence.

Did i just say i'm trying to prove we're normal?

m : a singing sheep
g : a happy sheep
m : a sheep pretending to be a cow
g : a joyful sheep
m : a sheep on stilts
g : a castrated sheep
m : DID YOU SAY CASTRATED?
g : yes why not?
m : ... ok. a funny sheep
g : space sheep (haha)
m : a repairman sheep who repairs the broken fence before jumping over (wtf)
g : a sheep on a plate
m : do you mean lamb? *horrified*
g : yes
m : (SO MEAN) a sheep named sheep
g : underwater sheep
m : titanic sheep (hahahaahaha)

*sleep*

Did i manage to convince anyone? :D?

The day I lost my ass

2009-05-02T00:28:00.002+01:00

You know how sometimes you go 'I bet my ass you can't swallow a durian!!!' etc

If you do know/understand... well, hello!

Once I was in Liverpool train station, they had this map dispenser which gives you a liverpool map for a pound.

Looks innocent eh

I don't know why the hell both of us were standing in front of it, but i commented to G that he should get this map because his sense of direction is so bad.

He replied, 'What for? It only covers the city center.'

Here comes my famous line,

'Yeah right! The city center is tiny la. I bet my ass it covers at least a bit more than the city center.'

(No offense to my darling Liverpool, but your city center IS small. The whole thing is smaller than ss2!)

G immediately slot in the pound and opened the map.

STUPID CON JOB MAP really covered the damn city center only!

It was really this and nothing else!

A real map with dignity should look like this!

That was how i lost my ass :(

Bet #5 - What people think of you

2009-04-29T23:03:00.003+01:00

This is a fun bet :)

Do you really know what people think of you?

What we did was write down 3 strongest characteristics that people will most likely think of us as.

Without knowing what he wrote, I nominated for him 3 of our mutual friends, and vice versa.

The friend would name 3 characteristics he/she think we have.

Each right guesses will get 5 points.
Which means, at stake : 45 points.

So it begins.

"Friendly?? Baby, really???"
See this, #8 my answers.

We're not being perasan here ok it's just what we think people think of us >.< (or what we hope at least -__-)

It was quite fun discovering what our friends thought of us and I honestly wanted to tell what them their 3 characteristics were too but they didn't ask T__T so i think i should encourage everyone to do this bet and nominate me as the friend ok!!

Oh wait look at what G actually wrote:

Under the scribbled part, he actually named 'bad sense of direction' as one of his characteristics -___-

Then he realised only his very close friends would name that and if they weren't part of my nominated list, he's a goner.

When he begged me to change his, I asked in return that synonyms should be allowed. He agreed.

The results :

What people thought of G :
(bolded means scored)

#1 - Tall, thin, smart
#2 - Intelligent, soft-spoken, sarcastic
#3 - Conman, smart, sleepy-head

(I later clarified with Kat and she said she meant sleepy-head as someone who likes to sleep, not lazy hahaha)

Everyone he asked said he was smart :) *proud

What people thought of me :

#1 - Excitable, bubbly, generous
#2 - Polite, responsible, patient
#3 - Bubbly, kind, friendly

(G disputed with me on kind=nice but when I asked for the 'synonym' clause before, I also clarified the method to determine was Microsoft Word shift+f7 so he is essentially bound. Such lawyers we are!)

Thus,

Score -

G : 35 points
M : 35 points

ps: Regarding the miniature dolls, I had them made for us for our 3rd year anniversary. It's that stall on the 3rd floor of Mid Valley. I don't think it looks like us very much! Do they? It turned out the lady did warn me that the likeness only really appears when you compare it to the photo I gave them. Such rubbish. But still, they are pretty cute :)

Bet #4 - Laundry time

2009-04-27T08:09:00.001+01:00

Nothing like a bet (or a few) to spike up boring old chores :)

First up, How many washers and dryers are currently used?

5 points each. Closest to correct number wins, each accurate guess gets another 5 points. Which mean 20 points at stake.

It was 11.21pm.

G - 3 washers/4 dryers
M - 5 washers/3 dryers

There are roughly 8 washers, 10 dryers for around 600 students

Turns out we are mostly inhabited by early sleepers (ok im sounding sour) because there were NO WASHERS used and six dryers occupied, only 1 still spinning.

(*&^%#$%^ 10 points lost. I was totally targetting 20 T__T

But then again my day starts at 5pm.

Never mind. Next!

Will our machine be stucked?

This is a very valid bet because if you overfill the washer it gets stucked at the 3rd or 4th minute. This occurred loads of times between me and my flatmates. I've been delaying laundry for this batch so when it finally came down to it, boy, the basket seemed bottomless!

I was throwing clothes inside the machine when G came over, looked at how full the machine was and asked whether I was nearly done.

I had barely emptied half of the basket -_-

10 points on the line, but i gave him 2-1 odds since i'm nice like that.

G - Stucked
M - Hell please no

Waiting for 5 minutes

While we waited, G discovered that the laundry room was very ~~sex crazed~~ sex friendly. Or maybe protection friendly -__-

They encourage safe sex in our student halls, yeah

This was supposed to be a washing powder dispenser

Until you look closer...

OMGWTF why are you selling viagra in a laundry room!!!

Was i very kampung because i freaked out when i saw that! How can la!

It's... it's.... so weird!!!!!!

Meanwhile, to my very own surprise, the washer did not get stuck! WOOHOO!

Hence,

Score -
M : 20 points
G : 20 points

Bet #3 - Hello, hardworking fella

2009-04-25T20:06:00.000+01:00

The view from my flat window is an office building with big open glass windows that spies would have a field day with. I’ve been staying here for one and a half years and probably walked past that building nearly every day but sadly i do not know what the company’s about. What i do know is there is one fellow who always, always, ALWAYS OTs.

At 5pm, G and I decided to bet on what time the office will be opened until, that is until the last worker leaves.

G : 7.30 – 8pm
E: 8 – 8.30pm

I started preparing dinner at 7pm. When i went to the peek at the office, that dude was on a roll! There were two people working! Yeah baby!

7.30pm – it’s the same old dude there. It’s not as if he’s the CEO with the stress of the company in his shoulders. He’s one of those workers with a tiny booth and he’s always using the computer! I concluded he has no internet at home.

PS: it might be a her, i can’t tell from the distance

7.45pm – I went back to make sure and THERE WAS NO ONE. EH EH EH WHAT’S THIS. Lights were still brightly lit though. When G came in, i told him my dude went to pee.

Lights on with no hardworking person :(

7.50pm – Panicking, i told G he went to shit -___-

8.05pm – LIGHTS OFF. WHAT!!!!!!!!

Lights off with no hardworking person :( :(

Dude i faithfully watched you OT till 9pm with great sympathy for one and a half years and you can’t make me proud for one day for staying until 8pm T___T

GAH.

Score :

M : 10 points
G : 10 points

The Great Couple Meme

2009-04-23T23:09:00.001+01:00

The Great Couple Meme, courtesy of Su Ann

My answers :

1) Tell us about the first time you met and your first impression of him/her:
The first time I saw him was in Form 1. He and other kids from his class invaded our class, sat down and just started making friends in a way kids do

2) What's a weird habit or quirk that he has?
Ugh, he has this really OCD thing going on like whenever he enters his room he has to lay his handphone, PDA, wallet, watch and whatever else into one neat line, side by side. And the next day and the other 1023 days it will be in the EXACT.SAME.FREAKING.POSITION.

3) What makes him sad?
When he counts his money and realises he has like 20 pounds to spend a week for the rest of the term (and then he recounts and recounts and it’s actually not 20 pounds -__-).
But i think if he’s ever sad 80% of the time it’d be because of me >.<

4) What makes him angry?
People with seriously bad attitude eg rude waitresses, impatient drivers etc

5) What excites him?
MONEY!!! The guy buys the frickin euro million lottery for God’s sake. Geez. One more thing – business ideas. Excites the shit out of him. So very often there’s ‘eh dear let’s talk about our business idea’.
Oh, and Naruto update each Friday.

6) Tell us something funny about him?
Sometimes when we tackle each other and when i dive to tickle his sides, he comes up with the funniest, absolutely hilarious karate pose to defend himself.

One of the other times he made me crack up so hard i couldn’t breathe is when we were discussing what to name our children and he came up with suggestions like,
Nelson Tan Wu Li (translated : the bird lays 5 eggs)
Or
Each kid will be name Tan A Live, and the only thing that varies is their front name which will be Richest, Smartest etc so it’ll be Richest Tan A Live

*My sister later added another for us – Juan Tan Mee (wanton mee)

7) What's he like at home?
If he could he’ll sleep for 18 hours straight or until ‘his body can’t sleep anymore’. Then he’ll laze in the bed MORE (unfrickinbelievable). Then he’ll fiddle around with this laptop. Basically, he’s a slug who surfs.

8) What's he like at work/school?
In high school i remember him being awfully rebellious and very naughty. He loves to pick fights for no reason (other than his love for violence) and he insists on the teachers calling him ‘King’ and starts his sentences with ‘beta’. WTF?
In Help he was very anti-social in the sense that he wouldn’t make friends and people had to approach him to be friends with him. Terrible!

9) Describe his room
His room now in uni- Okay-neat. I think he tries to make it as neat as possible but whenever i come over it becomes a big freaking mess with my clothes all around. (Sorry dear but hey, it HAPPENS HERE AS WELL) Everything is very organised, which is a very nice point. His kitchenware is all on one table, books arranged beautifully and there are food corners and drawers. Basically it’s very hard for things to get lost in his room.
Unless i come over.

10) What's his best friend like?
I can answer this in two words – A THREAT. They’re sooo close crazy crazy crazy close man. I think everyone is secretly worried for me! I’m sure if G and I ever break up people will say ‘You have to admit you ignored the signs...’ T___T
Haahahahaaa ok ok (half) kidding aside, his best friend is super nice and downright funny if you know him well.

11) Do you know who he hates the most?
A*G2! This driver who pissed G off so much on the road that he memorised his carplate and swore to hunt him down and destroy the dude’s life. G is very vengeful so if you’re ever on his ‘enemy list’, you’re basically dead. You should start praying for your life. For your wife/husband’s life. For you children’s life. And your grandchildren too, really. I feel sorry for you. Now go start your prayers.

12) Have you met his exes?
Both of us technically don’t have any.

13) Does his parents like you?
This is quite sad but i’ve never been formally introduced to his parents as his girlfriend! I mean, i knew his mother from way long ago since we were 14 years old i think. She knows i’m his girlfriend but there’s just never a formal introduction. I don’t think his father cares two dots about G’s love life. The thing is, he is the 6th kid and three of his brothers are married with kids. The trend is, so i’m told, to bring your to-be-married one to the house like maybe a year before marriage. So yeah, i shall be introduced when i’m 27 yo or die waiting T__T

14) What's the first thing he would do or say if he fell down and scraped his knee? Ahhurggghh. Then he’ll examine the spot and calmly wash it off etc.
I can tell you what he bloody does when i knock onto something. He’ll grab the spot i just hit onto and freaking PRESS AND RUB AND SQUUEZE it until you bloody faint from pain. He says it’s to prevent blood clotting hence bruising but shit it hurts so much T__T

15) What would he do in an emergency situation with other people involved?
First he’ll scream ‘DON’T PANIC’ then he’ll handle it in a very calm and efficient manner or at least try his very best while repeating ‘don’t panic’ for a million times *grumbles (i like to panic ok sue me)

16) Which shop would he spend most of the time at in a shopping mall?
Game shop. But even for that, barely. Because he always insist on following me to shops i like to go. He doesn’t like to do separate shopping at all (although i think it’s very efficient) so he ends up following me around.

17) What would he have for a typical breakfast?
It’s a joke if he’s up for breakfast. Call 911 the sky is falling.

18) Where would he want to go for dinner?
If you ask him his answer will be ‘up to you la’. So i pretty much decide where i want to eat most of the time unless i’m sick of deciding and force him to decide and he’ll just simply say a place and then i’ll decide if i like/don’t like it and we go somewhere i like instead.
Uhm, thanks baby for this! *appreciative haha

19) What kind of movie would he choose at the cinema?
Super no preference la this guy. Anything i want again. Unless there’s something he had his eyes on for a long time because of its trailer or something eg he’s really anticipating the move Wolverine now.

20) Describe his taste in music?
He really likes ballads and very rarely he might like a fast song. If he likes a song he likes it for life ie he will listen to it 28729 times but he will never ever ever get sick of it. So there’s a very selective list of songs that he likes.
The only band he’s super in love with is Blink182. There’s this stupid song i don’t get – ‘Blow Job’ – which he finds very funny.

21) Ifshe wasn't going out with you, who would he be going out with?
No one else because we’re the only ones for each other hehe.

22) What item in his wardrobe would you like to burn?
Nothing in particular, maybe his ugly checkered jackets he used to wear every day during Form 1 and Form 2 but he doesn’t wear them ever now so it’s not a problem.

This is my form 1 version of him hahahahahaha

23) What is he good at?
He’s very good at solving problems at every level. For a day to day basis example, i didn’t have enough cupboard space in my kitchen this year and he used basic thumbtacks and firm cupboards and built me another shelf space just like that! I told him it wouldn’t last but it’s still there after 6 months and damn, i lost another bet.
Multiply that by a hundred and you can roughly imagine how good he is at finding solutions and shortcuts to life.

It doesn't look THAT sturdy right right right. How did i lose that bet i don't know -__-

24) What is he totally horrible at?
Consoling people. I couldn’t take it anymore last year and told him straight up that HE SUCKS. When i’m stressed, he thinks the perfect consolation is ‘What’s the point being stressed? It won’t do anything.’ and the same goes when i’m upset ‘why bother crying? Being sad won’t change anything’
I think we settled this flaw in him already but we’ll see when the next round comes about.

25) What's something about him that is annoying/infuriating?
He’s very lazy. He can be so much more than he is now if it weren’t for this lazy bug.

26) What's something that you two fundamentally disagree on?
Number of kids. I want no more than 2. He wants 6. So we made a bet on it. A very serious bet. If he wins, he’ll decide the number and vice versa. But first, i need to get him watching those videos of women in labour and maybe his love for me will change his mind *hopeful

/edit : do you know what he said that day??? T__T I'm not an animal person i (forgive me) do NOT like dogs cats nothing i just don't like pets DOT. G always wanted a golden retriever it's his life long pet dream so i told him fine, we'll have ONE. He was like 'yay ok' but then he said i have to take care of the dog feed/wash/walk/cleanitspoop and im like WTFFFFF HELL NO. I laid the ground rules for him - 2 kids, 1 dog or 4 kids no dog.

HE HAS THE NERVE TO REPLY - 'I want 4 kids and 2 dogs!!'

OMG *fantoi tumpang table tulan*

27) What's something that you two agree whole-heartedly on?
That we’re made for each other.

28) Is he possessive?
He used to be really, really bad but it’s pretty okay now (maybe because i don’t give him cause to worry :( )

29) Why would he succeed in life?
He is so damn street-smart. He can con the daylight out of you and you won’t even know. It’s really scary and this is one of the reasons why i’m so glad i’m his girlfriend because i know i’ll never be targeted HAHAHA.

30) What is the coolest gift that he has ever given you?
I love all the handmade gifts he made me but i really love the 3 strings of multi-colored swans he folded for me for my 17th birthday.

31) What does he avoid at all costs?
Brussel sprouts. I think he’d rather walk the desert without water than to eat one of it.
But maybe he’ll eat half if someone holds me at gunpoint. Well, at least i hope so *doubtful

32) What does he spend the most money on?
Me. This is 100% true. He doesn’t spend money on anything –least of all himself. But he never thinks twice splashing money out on me. It makes every present, every meal doubly sweet <3 style="">

33) Describe his typical Sunday.
SLUG mode, maxed. That’s it.

34) Why would he be dangerous?
Because he’s violent (as mentioned), vengeful (as mentioned) and he can be a conman (as mentioned).
But he’s a brilliantly loyal friend if you’re in his good books (as mentioned, #10)

35) Tell us about a time he looked absolutely gorgeous
Mmm, almost every day when he has this super happy smile on his face when he sees me. When he tells me he loves me with that smile. AHHH i love him so much hahahaha

36) What's something about him that would surprise all of his friends?
How much he actually eats. You can’t tell by how skinny he is. He really eats a lot. I know i tell everyone this and i understand why nobody believes me but REALLY HE EATS HELL LOT OKAY. He doesn’t even shit a lot. Where does the food go? Mystery 101.
Oh and also how generous he is with people. He might appear to be the most kiamsiap person on planet earth, but he’s actually the one who taught me (unconsciously) that the people you care for are always worth every dollar you spend on them. Did you know since 14 years old (with a measly allowance), he’d always insisted on buying all his friends meals on his birthday? Super sweet.

37) What do you love most about him?
The fact that he loves me unconditionally.

38) The biggest lesson you have learnt from loving your soulmate.
A person like what G is to me is indeed very rare lately and he deserves to be appreciated, loved and cherished down to the bone. Thank you whoever who gave me G. Not only that, for giving me him so early in my life. I’ve often wondered what did I do to deserve something so beautiful, something that produces so much happiness.

His answers :

WARNING : he is a terrible meme person lo! His answers would have been yes/no if he could. So bear with him ok. And don't mind his #10 ok, he's just a little mental.

1) Tell us about the first time you met and your first impression of him/her:
In high school I went over to her class. Very neat and proper girl.

2) What's a weird habit or quirk that she has?
She NEEDS her MAS pillow (stolen from the plane) to sleep so she brings them everywhere she go.

I'm sorry MAS but it was love at first sight and im sure you wouldn't want to come between true love. This pillow and i really really really REALLY bonded. And the corner holes aren't caused by me ahem.

3) What makes her sad?
Watching sad/touching movies.

4) What makes her angry?
If I don't utilize my time well...
Cheating bastards.

5) What excites her?
Mahjong.
Getting new kitchenware. (even if its just a measuring spoon)
Me doing this survey with her. -_-

I'm a 22 year old who loves kitchenware. Yeah, a whacko is born every minute in this world. I'm just keeping the trend.

6) Tell us something funny about her?
She likes licking ppl...well licking me actually...is that even funny?

Ok, i like kitchenware and i'm also half a cat. But we are so gonna bet on this. I say most couples lick each other and he doesn't agree! I need a damn poll!

7) What's she like at home?
Exactly the same everywhere else.

8) What's she like at work/school?
A model student. Very disciplined and studious.

9) Describe her room.
Its messy 25days/every month. Any other day, its clean because I clean it up for her.

10) What's her best friend like?
What do u mean? Like a human being?

11) Do you know who she hates the most?
Don't think she hates anyone in particular...

12) Have you met her exes?
Not really an ex but yeah I've met him.

13) Do her parents like you?
Seems like it.

14) What's the first thing she would do or say if she fell down and scraped her knee?
either "ouch" or "no no no dont scold me plsss"

He always scolds me for being clumsy :( Or rather he uses this exasperated tone going 'babyyyyy! not again!!!'

15) What would she do in an emergency situation with other people involved?
PANIC!!!

16) Which shop would she spend most of the time at in a shopping mall?
Lakeland.
(only the BEST kitchenware shop in UK)

17) What would she have for a typical breakfast?
Something simple and fast like cereals, breakfast bars etc

18) Where would she want to go for dinner?
Chiquitos (a nice mexican restaurant)

19) What kind of movie would she choose at the cinema?
No particular type. Chick flicks sometimes. As long as the rating is good and the trailer seems interesting.

20) Describe her taste in music?
Not a big fan of music.

21) If she wasn't going out with you, who would she be going out with?
How would i know? With someone like me maybe?

22) What item in her wardrobe would you like to burn?
Burn her wardrobe(in UK) to get her a bigger one.

Hammer a few nails in my wardrobe and you'd get Ms. Trunchbull's 'chokey' -__-

23) What is she good at?
Cooking, Painting, Being a girlfriend, making me happy. :)

24) What is she totally horrible at?
Keeping things neat and orderly. 2-3weeks after i clean and tidy up her drawers for her, it'll go back to square one.

He does a very good job i must say :p

25) What's something about her that is annoying/infuriating?
I better not say...

26) What's something that you two fundamentally disagree on?
There are always going to be difference in opinion between any two individuals but I wouldn't say that there's anything that we "fundamentally" disagree on...

27) What's something that you two agree whole-heartedly on?
We live to eat. Life is short.

28) Is she possessive?
Not really.

29) Why would she succeed in life?
She is smart, intelligent, determined and focus on whatever she set her mind to do.

30) What is the coolest gift that she has ever given you?
All her handmade gifts, her paintings, her handmade card, handmade book and the best of all, her presence. :)

31) What does she avoid at all costs?
Trying to persuade me something when i refuse to budge.

32) What does she spend the most money on?
Kitchenware. Clothes. Food.

33) Describe her typical Sunday.
Now-> Wake up, surf, study, study, study, cook, eat while watching kitchen nightmare, shower, study study study...
When there's no exam -> Wake up, surf, surf, surf, (do work if she has tutorial on Monday), eat out, watch any series, sleep.

34) Why would she be dangerous?
she sprays poisonous saliva at u when u pin her down.

35) Tell us about a time she looked absolutely gorgeous
Every morning when she wakes up next to me.

36) What's something about her that would surprise all of her friends
She eats brown rice...how can she stand it? yuck..

37) What do you love most about her?
How I know that I can always depend on her at times when I need her and the sense of security I get from her.
(And her absolutely delicious turmeric chicken -to die for)

38) The biggest lesson you have learnt from loving your soulmate.
The joy of having to love someone and having that person love u back.

The end~

Bet #2 - Hairy day

2009-04-23T04:33:00.001+01:00

OMG this bet made me crack up so hard it hurts.

I was lying down beside G and as usual my hair will swat his head and today while spitting my hair out he complained about the 'unusual volume' of hair on my head T___T

So yeah, our bet is,

How many strands of hair are there in an average human's head?
The nearest guess to the correct number wins.

TRY TO GUESS!

Try try try!

Our guesses:

G: 1.5 million
M: 120,000

With a picture like this, i'd guess 20 million -__-

Answer: 100,000 - 150,000 Wiki Answers

1.5 MILLION HAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHA

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

HAHAHAHHAAA

ok *calms down

Actually a lot of people guessed by the millions too :P

And that's your fun fact of the day! (ie you don't have THAT many dead cells on your head <3)

Score :

M - 10 points
G - 0 points

Bet #1 - Keeping it up

2009-04-22T02:02:00.000+01:00

Not so ironically, our first bet is How long can this blog last?

I'm not a quitter, really. But there are a couple of projects that's still hanging around. I'd never given up on it. But i have to admit 'taking a break' for 3 years is pushing it a little.

So,

G - >1 year
M - <1

I know, i have less faith in myself than my boyfriend has in me.

But we're just keeping it real here.

The only rule, if i don't update in two weeks - the blog will be shut down. That would hurt :(

This is one of the rare bets that i hope he wins, unfortunately.

At stake - 30 points.

End date : 22nd April 2010

ps: Did i just type 2010?? Didn't we just celebrate the millenium like two years ago? T_T

About the bout

2009-04-20T05:02:00.001+01:00

THE BLOG
This is a betting blog. It's going to document all the bets i make with G. And we make a lot.

THE BETS
Okay, so there are a lot of bets. We have card-games bets. Long term bets. One-shot bets. Short term bets. Serious bets. Public bets.

The most we have are one-shot bets where we bet on the most mundane stuff. For example, how many pearls are there in this cup of milk bubble tea? We've climbed this staircase a million times, how many stairs are there? Are there more couples or groupies watching movies today?

Mmm, public bets are controversial because all these while, we don't know how to find out what's the general thinking! Hopefully, i can get a poll to start making results for our bets official. Bets falling under this category are... What's the most popular Halloween costume? How many times does the average couple kiss a day?

Then we have card-game bets. We're a unique couple okay. Whenever we're bored, card games are the way to go. Blackjack, Gin Rummy, Bridge, Ngao, Casino Wars, Texas hold'em, 8 cards poker... basically whatever there is, we play'em. And if there's a game we don't know, we'd love to learn. This is the only monetary bet.

I think we can conclude by now that we're pretty darn serious about our bets -__-

FRIENDLY BETS
All bets are friendly. We might sulk hell lot when we lose or argue incessantly about why we’re right but at the end of the day there’ll always be the small voice saying ‘you win la’. We've never argued over any of these silly bets (not fan-toi/tumpang table angry at least) and the most physical we’d ever gotten to over a bet is tackle each other with belly tickling.

THE BETTING SYSTEM
Yeah, so we've gotten overboard when we first started out betting. Money was passed to and fro too damn many times. And we lost our heads counting the 'I-owe-yous'. So we had to switch to this 'point/redeem' system. That didn't work out too well (uhm i lost the paper in between all these end-of-summer moves). So nowwww, with this blog, i'm going to religiously keep track of ~~my winnings~~ the score.

How it's gonna work - each bets comes with points (normally 10 pts per bet). By the end of each month, we'll just total up the points. Winner gets to kick loser's butt and order him to wash dishes/do laundry/clean the room.

Ahah no la! Winner gets a nice meal out :)

TRUST
Our trust in each other is absolute. We will never lie/cheat in order to win a bet. Like in our pearls milk bubble tea bet, we'd counted the pearls in our own mouths and added both our numbers up!

THE COUPLE
We're both 22 year old law students.

We're high school sweehearts who have been dating for 3+ years and counting :)

THE ISSUES
As much as we love gambling, betting and all these nasty little sins, we love our money A LOT and hate to see it go to another's hands. We don't mind a casual game of mahjong or gin rummy between friends but going to a casino? Not our style.

So don't suggest therapists ok we're as honest and responsible as gamblers get!

That should cover the bases!