Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Free beer? Tomorrow? But it won't be shiok at all if you never get to taste it!

One free set lunch...
But check the date first!


Likewise, free beer tomorrow!
So what's the catch? You won't get it whether you get it or not...


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Jokes aside, here's Garth Brook's awesome classic "If Tomorrow Never Comes":

http://www.jukebo.com/garth-brooks/music-clip,if-tomorrow-never-comes,sf05f.html

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Shiok -- the video!



The Singapore Tourism Board's latest marketing video uses the common Singlish expression Shiok. It received both bouquets and brickbats. I felt the video got it right when shiok was used to convey enjoyment of, say, food or sensations such as the example used of fish nibbling at one's feet at a "fish spa". But watching the Singapore skyline from the Marina Bay Sands' infinity pool? C'mon!

Anyway, watch it (and read a commentary) and decide...

http://www.youtube.com/user/YourSingapore?feature=watch

http://www.relax.com.sg/relax/media/1769632/What_s_shiok_in_Singapore_.html

Well, if nothing else, I learnt that shiok is derived from the Malay word "syok" which means "nice".

So, have a nice day!

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