• where’s my gallstones????? #
• try changing your pc colour scheme, feels like i’m using a totally different computer haha. illusions. #
• my gallstones r out and i no longer have a huge stomach!! Yeah right I wish. just had painful diarrhoea with no idea where my gallstones are #

With CG and Grace, on a 23.5 hour train ride to where the back of the 20Yuan note beckons.

Li River, Guilin

We leave Thursday morning, and will be back Tuesday (if we do get back, since we’re on one-way train tickets).

Any tips for surviving long train rides with possibly pungent people (not referring to CG and Grace)?

Note: 353RMB for the lowest bunk, “hard berth” ticket

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• keep belching olive oil. super disgusting. kept wanting to puke when I was sleeping. really hope the gallstones come out after all this. #
• just alphabetized my flickr sets & collections. why hasn’t shit happened after the evil lemon juice with olive oil concoction? #
• nostalgic when i sang to this: http://tinyurl.com/2jhh26 #
• Translation: hard. German: like shit. Other English modules: lots of work. Sociology in Chinese: catch no ball. My GPA will con’t to dip. #

To Speak | Craig Ower | Cambodia / Australia / Singapore | 2007 | 104 mins | PG
Tickets (at $8.40, $7.40 …) for SIFF will be available at SISTIC or online at www.filmfest.org.sgBased on a true story, To Speak takes us on a journey into a land haunted by a horrific past, a place where millions struggle daily against desperate poverty. Yet in the midst of this pessimism, lies a voice that will speak hope to its people.

http://tospeakthemovie.blogspot.com/2007_09_01_archive.html

Audience questions about TO SPEAK
WHERE DID THE WONDERFUL MUSIC COME FROM?
The music soundtrack was written specifically for the film by the highly talented Reuben Kee.

At only 20 years of age, Reuben put together more than 50 minutes of music combining the rhythms and textures of many asia instruments to give TO SPEAK, its unique and moving soundtrack. (Yes, Reuben was just 20 when he wrote the music)

Start Time:	Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 7:00pm
End Time:	Sunday, April 13, 2008 at 2:00pm
Location:	Two screenings 10th & 13th will be at Sinema Old Sch at Mt Sophia. Charity Screening on 26th@UWC.
Street:	Mount Sophia
City/Town:	Singapore City, Singapore

More details on the screening of “To Speak at the Singapore International Film Festival here.

The Tabitha Foundation in Singapore will hold a special charity screening of To Speak in Singapore on 26 April this year. The ticket costs SGD60.00 per person, inclusive of a reception after the screening, where you can have two glasses of wine and finger food.

Reuben Kee wrote the music soundtrack for the film.
A special limited edition CD with the music from the film will be made available for sale at the venue.

Reuben Kee died on November 23, 2007 as the result of a boating accident that claimed the lives of several contestants in the 2007 Cambodia Tonle Sap competition.

Funds raised from the event will go to support the work of Tabitha Cambodia, the organisation upon which To Speak is based.

Date:	Saturday, April 26, 2008
Time:	6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:	United World College, 1270 Dover Road
Street:	United World College
City/Town:	Singapore, Singapore

More on the Charity Screening here.

If you are in Canada or Australia, you may want to attend the charity screening currently scheduled:

http://www.tospeakmovie.com/To%20Speak%20Movie/Home.html

Charity Screenings:
Ottawa, Canada on May 2nd
Sydney, Australia on June 12th

Reuben Kee wrote the entire soundtrack for the film.

Will anyone be able to help me purchase the special limited edition CD?

Speak My Language

• Another couple of hours moving house (not mine). #
• I feel like a fool for drinking olive oil with lemon juice. what am i doing following instructions on an email?! #

• Make that 2700RMB for going Guilin…ditto Xi’an. Where to spend next week? #
• 3 hours of moving house (not mine). #

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Some of you Few of you know about my recent displeasure with the hubbub on frozen meat in Singapore (ask me for the password to that post laaaa). Granted, whatever the minister said, whatever AVA planned, and whatever a certain someone had to execute came to a successful reality with heartland freezers being stocked up with frozen pork, and the market-going crowd shall be avoiding their regular butchers I suppose.

Here’s the news report I predicted will appear, and guess what? There’s a video accompanying it, which will show a special appearance of the certain someone for…2 seconds? Haha. See if you can spot her.

For my handful of Canadian and American readers (make that two fingers), this video will demonstrate/remind you of the way we speak in Singapore, of what affectionately is my mother tongue. (You gotta go to the article itself to view the video)

Sales of frozen meat increase at NTUC FairPrice
By Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 22 March 2008 1921 hrs

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SINGAPORE: Sales of frozen meat at NTUC FairPrice have gone up by 30 per cent in the past month since a public campaign was launched on 23 February to get more people to switch over from chilled, fresh meat.

But the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority said care must be taken when buying and storing frozen meat to avoid bacterial growth.

AVA said that compared to chilled or fresh meat, frozen meat can keep longer, plus it’s cheaper too.

AVA added that the price of a chilled chicken has increased by 20 per cent since last September from S$4 a kilogramme, to S$5.

And despite initial reservations, more Singaporeans are warming up to the idea.

NTUC FairPrice said sales of frozen meat at its stores have gone up by 30 per cent in the past month.

So how does one go about buying the meat?

AVA said the meat should be in a hard, frozen state and the packaging should also not be torn, crushed or juice-stained, and there should be no excessive ice crystals on the meat.

Dr Chua Sin-Bin, Chief Executive Officer of AVA, said: “Ice crystals will actually puncture the muscle cells and the next time you thaw the meat out, the damaged muscle cells will allow the goodies, all the nutrients in the muscles, to leak out as drip.”

Another reason why you should avoid thawing and refreezing meat too often is due to bacterial growth.

AVA said that you should buy your meat just before heading home and store it in a cooler bag to keep the temperature constant.

Frozen meat can be kept cold in an insulator bag for up to an hour. But if the meat thaws, keep it in the chiller compartment of your fridge and consume within a few days.

You should also avoid leaving the meat in the car boot, as the higher temperature will encourage quicker thawing of the meat.

And to suit the demands of consumers, AVA is working with importers to package meat in smaller servings. - CNA/vm

From Channelnewsasia.com