Monks, Jesus and Economics

I came across this interesting posting on Jesus and economics. Perhaps we are paying for the price of happiness of these Buddhist monks.

I am not a religious person but also not quite an atheist. But I do find it funny when I meet people who take religious preachings more seriously than what is doable practically.

There is no free lunch!

Morton's at Oriental Hotel

Chilled Platter for 2 ($88)

French Fries ($16)

Morton's has always been one of those restaurants on my 'must-try' list, even though I am not a steak lover. Perhaps my expectations were too high and I was expecting the grandiose presentation Australian style in a steakhouse, but the chilled platter was a bit of a letdown. The upside was the excellent service, which was refreshing given the coarse standard the Singapore diner has to tolerate most of the time. That probably explained why the restaurant was so crowded even on a Tuesday night. Recession? What recession?

Suffer the Children

Can these people be even called parents?

- A two year old smokes and uses a lighter with experienced hands. And he does not even know how to unwrap a sweet wrapper yet.

- Parents who sold their kids for money.

- Yet another baby died of abuse and violence inflicted upon him by his mother and her boyfriend. And the government initially even wanted to protect the psychotic pair's identities.

And we have decent folks who could not conceive despite going for fertility treatments.

Sometimes, reading the papers depresses me and reminds me how the world is full of debauchery and how life is unfair.

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First Birthday

My baby is finally one! We got a 3D cake from The Patissier a.k.a "Cake Nazi", for their very strict bakers' etiquette - we were questioned on how we would consume the cake and they did not want to deviate from what went into the cake. We were also advised to take on a smaller sized cake and not to refrigerate the cake overnight "as it would be horrible to finish so much cake over a few days" given that we were only going to have a small family affair. The cake did turn out pretty yummy to their credit and Baby T couldn't stop reaching for the scrumptious chocolate biscuit base.
We rounded off the day with feeding hay to the horses at the Gallop Stable at Pasir Ris. The mini ponies, Bella and Fella, looked really bored and Baby T was too young for the pony ride. But we really loved the serenity of the place and liked how the area was less crowded than the beaches at the East Coast or Sentosa.

Bad Haircut

Poor Kiddo bore the brunt of Mummy's over-zealous scissors.

Master of the house thought that he looked like the lead actor from Detroit Metal City now. I didn't think it was THAT bad!

*Groan*

Alibi Network

Is this for real?

"Politicians have spin doctors, celebrities have publicists, corporations
have lawyers and public relations departments, investment banks have analysts, now regular people have ALIBI NETWORK."

If so, why does one really need an alibi to cheat (barring the understandable money + kids excuses...)?

Personally if I were to cheat, it would be a precursor to ending an unhappy relationship and hence I would not have minded if I were found out. Then again, my male colleagues differed, as they believed that if the temptation was great enough, cheating would be a possible outcome regardless of whether they were happy in their relationships (!!!)

Maybe this service is more for men!