SAHM? FTWM? SAHD? PTWD? HUH?!

Mott tagged me on this…

If you are puzzled, let me explain all the confusing technical terms the parent-bloggers like to use.

SAHM - Stay At Home Mom. As in, “Aiyah Ah Sahm ah, you want to buy vegetable or not?”

FTWM - Full Time Working Mom. The opposite of those silai’s playing mahjong all day and going for manicure.

PTWM - Part Time Working Mom. A combination of the above two.

So similarly, you can deduce that the male or father version of the above is SAHD (as in ‘very SAD‘), FTWD and PTWD… got it?

So the question is, would i prefer to be a SAHD or FTWD? Give three reasons.

Of course i want to be stay at home dad, lah. No need to ask one la. You want three reasons?

1. I hate work.
2. I get to stay at home and watch Astro all day.
3. When my full-time working wife comes home, i can bitch on and on about my kids.

~~Instructions~~~
Here’s how it works:
1. So easy peasy, if you were given a choice, would you be a SAHM or FTWM? Just provide 3 darn good reasons.
2. Include your post link to the list below and Finally,
3. Tag another three parent

1. Immomsdaughter prefers to be a SAHM
2. Miche prefers to be a SAHM too.
3. SweetPea is happy being a PTWM
4. AllThingsPurple choose to be a WAHM
5. Dr. Bernard Chan is both Mom and Dad
6. 5xMom wants to be … both?
7. Samm ….?
8. Helen prefers to be a FTWM
9. Adrian is a WAHD and seriously lacking sleep
10. Mott is everything-can-parent!
11. Simon dreams of being a SAHD.

I will tag the following victims…

1. Soon to be mummy 2ann

2. Mom of one Ponytales.

3. super-mom Mama23beas!

Take the Comedy Movie Quiz!

Was at a long, draggy meeting the other, came out with this. Talk about doing something productive with your time… I watch lots and lots of movies. Maybe not so much nowadays, what with the rising ticket prices and demanding job, but i always love a good movie that’ll make me laugh.

Here’s 21 18 movies, all comedies, all quite recent. A few are older than 5 years, but most of them are within recent memory. I’ve given only the plot, guess the movie title. Tell me your score in the comments, and check your ratings! But don’t post the answers there for the benefit of the other readers, okaa-aaay…?

Anyways… I’ll post the answers if you guys need it after a few days. They’ll all pretty simple, but don’t expect something like “Kazakh journalist travels to America to find Pamela Anderson“…

(pic from wikipedia.)

1. Slacker dude working as a box-boy in a supermaket tries win award for most hardworking staff just to impress the new hot checkout girl.

2. Gardener who is good at baseball joins a couple of loser freaks, who get bullied all the time. Soon joins a Sunday league on a winning streak until his past catches up on him.

3. Guy meets sweet girl at a restaurant during breakfast, but finds out the next day that her memory lasts only for a day and lives the same day over and over again. Sets out to win her love, her family and protective friends.

4. White boy goes to meet black girl’s family. White boy tells a few white lies (no pun intended) to impress strict future father-in-law. Father-in-law finds out truth, goes all out to wreck marriage and embarrass poor white kid.
5. Successful developer hires girl lawyer, ends up depending on her for every aspect of his life – work, laundry, relationship advice, etc. Girl lawyer finds out some treachery, quits, guy realizes a little too late that he’s in love.
6. FBI agent goes undercover as beauty pageant contestant to protect another contestant from kidnap threat. The plot takes some suspension of belief on the part of the viewer.
7. Down on his luck writer owes the mob money, has to finish novel and get paid or he gets killed. Hires stenographer from law firm to complete his novel, both ends up falling in love while working on increasingly ludicrous romance plot.
8. Thirty something slacker dude works in a fast food joint with foul-mouthed best friend, going to resign and get married and work for in-laws in a promising career. At the last minute finds out boss / ex-girlfriend is pregnant, and that he still loves her, ends up in jail for something disgusting involving animals.
9. Retiree parents hire a pretty life consultant to coach son and get him to fly the nest. Predictably they fall in love, but soon he realizes the truth, yadda yadda yadda…
10. Small town high school outcast lives with brother and insecure uncle. Fancies girl next door who is his childhood friend. Befriends new Latino kid in school. Learns dancing. Yeah, I know it’s not much of a plot, but it’s great.
11. Five really weird superheros with even weirder (and pretty lame) superpowers team up to rescue a fellow caped crusader from an evil villain who escaped from jail.
12. Three girls realize they are dating the same guy – the most popular jock in school. All three of them plot to get revenge on cheating guy. Unfortunately, though it’s hard to believe all the twenty-something actors and actresses in movie are playing high school students.
13. Pretty girl has unbelievably good fortune, one day kisses mysterious masked guy at party, loses her good luck, everything falls apart for her. Tries to find stranger to regain her luck. Also featuring some obscure Brit band, that is still obscure after the movie.
14. Retired American football star gets thrown in jail for drunk driving, corrupt warden wants him to organize televised game against sadistic prison guards. Assembles rag-tag bunch of predictable misfits but realizes he must deliberately lose the game…
15. High school student realizes pretty girl house-sitting next door is actually a porn star. After acting like a jerk and losing her, sets out to Vegas to win her back. Cue lots of cameos by real life porn stars. Movie not really targeted for conservative housewives.
16. Four horny high schoolers make a pact to lose their virginity by prom night. One makes out with classmate’s mom, one jock gets the sweet choirgirl, one gets ‘used’ by girl and another I can’t remember. Also, some disgusting pastry scene included.
17. American tomboyish girl goes to London to find divorced dad, finds out he’s nobleman looking to be next PM. Girl tries to conform to British uppercrust customs to gain acceptance Dad, but thwarted by Dad’s spiteful fiancé and snobbish daughter.

Check your score below…
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0-5 - Time to buy a DVD player. Or stop playing too much WoW.
5-10 - Time to visit your local coffeeshop and find those guys with the small plastic baskets…
11-17 - Average.
18 - You win the Simontalks prize! (It’s just a imaginary thing, no actual prize is given)

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And So It Starts All Over Again (Haze v.2007)

Forest Fires Have Begun, Brace Yourself For the Haze, Meteorological Dept Says

“What red lights, En. Polis? Ini macam haze mana i boleh tau sana ada traffic lights? Kereta lembu pun tak nampak…!”

Haze Spotted In Penang Already, Char Koay Teow Hawkers Partly to be Blamed

It’s Not Our Fault Says Indons, M’sian Logging Companies Are Doing It

“I can’t even see the Twin Towers anymore! So bad already!”

Johor Schools Told To Cancel All Outdoor Activities, PE in Classrooms Suggested

“Boss, today i MC, boss. Doctor say the Haze is causing my cough / cold / sore throat / conjunctivitis / period pain / leg pain…”

We’re Doing All We Can, Says Indon Environment Minister

“What’s the API reading today? Yesterday i bought the number and struck starter prize.”

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Yes, my friends, the annual haze, Malaysian’s 4th largest tourist attraction, is back. There is no escaping.

The only person or thing that can save us isn’t any MoUs or bilateral agreement or anything of that sort.

Our only hope is…
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CAPTAIN PLANET AND THE PLANETEERS!!!

THE POWER IS YOURS!!!

It’s Time to Change Shoes When…

(warning: semi-disturbing post ahead)

You know it’s time to buy a new pair of shoes when…

This is my faithful pair of Crocodile shoes, lasted me close to 6 years or so. I think i bought it somewhere in Sg. Wang Plaza.

Beautiful, aren’t they?

Okay, okay, i don’t wear it all the time to work. I wear it to drive, walk to the office in the dusty construction site, change to my boots. I clean it all the time (no, I do!) but after one day, it becomes like this.

See, at least the croc logo is still there. Covered in dust all the time, but still there.

This is for those who are curious what Crocodile shoes are made of inside… Not crocodile skin, though.

I can’t even remember when the shoe actually had grip. Sometimes, when i step on a coin, I can tell whether it’s heads or tails!

There are two and a half holes in my sole (going to be 4 soon), where pebbles always get stuck in there. I use the spoon handle from my pantry to dig them out every other day. Or else i’ll be clacking when i walk, like wearing high heels.

Yep, it’s time to change to a new pair of shoes. But i was hoping my boss would see me in this all the time and think, ‘Gee simon can’t afford to buy a new pair of shoes, i should give him a better increment…!” (He wears brand new Clarks shoes all the time)