Pollster: Ah Pek, what are your thoughts on the presidential election?
Ah Pek: See Beh ho!
(In Hokkien, this slang expression means "very good!". But then, depending on how you say it, "see beh" can mean "four horses", or "dead horses" -- figuratively, of course, as in lacklustre.)
Remember the Tiong Bahru eatery called "Kampong Chicken Eating House"? An online search came up with another interestingly named eatery. It's simply called "See Beh Ho" and it is in Block 704, Bedok Reservoir Road. Here's the link if you want to find out more:
http://www.soshiok.com/article/13211
Liane tells me she just found out that an opthalmologist colleague has named his newborn daughter Iris. She'll grow up being the apple of her father's eye!
Still on doctors, yesterday was the second time a doctor had me in stitches.
The first time was in June last year, when I had cataract and glaucoma surgery for both eyes. Then, the eye surgeon had to perform tiny stitches to sew up, after creating channels to drain off fluid that were the cause of pressure buildup in my eyes.
Yesterday's stitch job, by a dermatologist, was done after he had removed a mole that had earlier bled. It included a biopsy too. I had christened the mole Adrian (after the "Secret Diary of Adrian Mole"). Bye, bye, Adrian.
Then, in the evening, my wife and I went to a charity screening of "The Smurfs Movie". One trailer was "The Muppets", the new Muppets movie that will be out in November. So, I now have an excuse to tell these two old movie jokes:
What's green and smells of ham? (I don't think I need to give the answer).
Warning! This other one is a bit gross...
One day, Superman was flying over a high-rise building. He saw Wonder Woman suntanning, lying on her back. And she was naked, with her legs spread out! So, he took aim and flew down, straight as an arrow. But he found something inexplicably in-between! Befuddled, he got away so fast Wonder Woman did not even know he had come and gone. But it left Invisible Man feeling sore!
Finally, this is what the New York Times' reviewer said of one movie:
“Friends with Benefits” (starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis) is rated R (Under 17, requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). There’s enough simulated sex and nearly full nudity that if you see this with your parents, you will be embarrassed." -- Manohla Dargis, NYT, 22/7/11.
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