월요일, 11월 15, 2004
renu and i were just talking about how mean we've become. i actually agreed with her for a while, then realised that no, we haven't become meaner people, it's just that we've met more people who are so rotten that nothing good can ever come out from them. call me harsh but that's the way it seems to be.

anyhow, today's ruminations aside, i had some time to fiddle about with the camera the other day and guess what? i found the sepia button! now i can take photos in sepia! *yay* to think that it took me a good few months to find out exactly how to operate the manual mode -- it's not something i'm proud of, but the beautiful sepia tone makes everything all well and good again.

are you dumb? please, try THIS website to find out. jimmy choo (the host) has such a great accent. your life is not complete till you have a ganders at that. :)

today my day was nice, but the weather is becoming colder as the days go by. the cold seeps through material and wraps its icy fingers around the skin -- not a nice feeling when you're walking across the bridge (crosswinds included) trying to get to your computer law class on the opposite bank at nine-thirty in the morning.

found this site about random signs at www.signhumor.com. seriously, it is one of the most hilarious things i've ever seen. here are a few of the highlights:

Acapulco hotel sign: The manager has personally passed all the water served here.

Athens Hotel: Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 daily.

Austrian hotel catering to skiers: Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.

Bangkok dry cleaners: Drop your trousers here for best results.

Bangkok temple: It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed as a man.

Budapest zoo: Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty.

Germany's Black forest sign: It is strictly forbidden on our black forest camping site that people of different sex, for instance, men and women, live together in one tent unless they are married with each other for that purpose.

Hong Kong tailor shop: Ladies may have a fit upstairs.

Japanese hotel: You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.

London department store: Bargain basement upstairs.

London office: After tea break staff should empty the teapot and stand upside down on the draining board.

Moscow hotel lobby across from a Russian Orthodox monastery: You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists and writers are buried daily except Thursday.

Norwegian cocktail lounge: Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.

Paris hotel elevator: Please leave your values at the front desk.

Rhodes tailor shop: Order your summers suit. Because is big rush we will execute customers in strict rotation.

Roman doctor's office: Specialist in women and other diseases.

Rome laundry: Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time.

Sweden: in the window of a Swedish furrier: Fur coats made for ladies from their own skin.

Tokyo bar: Special cocktails for the ladies with nuts.

Vienna hotel: In case of fire, do your utmost to alarm the hotel porter.

Zurich hotel: Because of the impropriety of entertaining guests of the opposite sex in the bedroom, it is suggested that the lobby be used for this purpose.

if that doesn't make you laugh, then i don't know what will :)

tonight though, i get to cook for everyone, as per the usual ritual on mondays. i've decided to attempt chicken puttanesca, whatever that is. hopefully all is good! *fingers crossed*