June 26, 2008

Learnt a couple things today that I thought I should write down. You never know what might come in handy one day.

1. In Singapore, talking cock = talking nonsense - credit to the girl who likes pink elephants.
This apparently is will come in ver useful to me when I head in that direction in a few weeks time. Additionally, I am supposed to be practicing my Singaporean accent. So how? Can, la.

2. Technically, you can marry anyone, it doesn't make much difference - credit to the person I had coffee with this morning.
Conversation came up because I mentioned that I found it shocking that so many people stay married for as long as they do. Surely someone would've "accidentally" thrown a pot at someone and killed them by the fifth year of marriage or something? According to this person, "feelings" that people associate with "love" fade within about two years, and it is pretty hopeless to be looking out for the "butterflies in stomach" feeling in potential partners. Thus, according to this person, as long as the other person is semi-decent, and you semi-get along, you might as well get married.

3. Stoke's law: Don't penetrate girls that are under 18, cow - credit to an interesting fellow in my course.
This will probably only be understood by chemical engineers, or those familiar with Stoke's law. However, this is surprisingly very useful. Was able to answer a number of questions after learning this. Hopefully it will prove useful tomorrow as well.

You learn something new each day.

Today I learned three.