The Petals and Leaves
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
theFLOWERSdied @ 9:35 PM!!
Saturday, October 6, 2007
~shepherd sticks~
Upon request, I am going to post something about this:

Yea. So what in the world is this? Well, it all began when Henry Chua passed me this plastic bag on a Thursday, just before his statistics class. “It’s from Fiona” he said and went straight back to class. Outside, Dana and I were sitting, looking at the plastic bag. I still remember that at that moment I was in a very solemn mode and she was asking if I was alright.
With this plastic bag containing something as the highlight of our new topic, I decided to open it. I slowly peeled open the tape and TA-DA. I took out the metal shepherd stick and both of us examined it. It was then when Dana said that it is probably for the hair. (You put your hair into a bun and shove the stick through it) I doubted that because I had already snipped my hair off and why would Fiona want to give me that when she knows that I have no long hair.
The next day, I received a letter from World Vision and assuming that it could be a letter opener, I slide it through the envelope. It served perfectly well.
After a few days later, Karie was bored in economics class. So, I gave her something to do – play with the metal stick. We thought of several uses for the stick. It can be a self defense weapon (I can stab strangers that disturbs me) and it can be a weapon of mass destruction! (We can use it to scratch people’s car) At some point of time, Karie calls it magic wand and shepherd stick.
Finally, I met Fiona online and she said that it was a bookmark. I was like… *speechless* *smiling* *laughing*
Fin.
Please take note that the order of events might not be in the correct order but it was basically like that.
I would like to thank:
-Fiona Teo for the multipurpose and beautiful piece of metal
-Fiona Wan for requesting this (she thinks that it is the umbrella’s handle)
-Henry Chua for passing the present
-Dana for being the first one to contribute her idea and for accompanying me
-Karie for being the second person to contribute her idea, receiving the one I bought for her and for blogging about it
-Kevin for receiving the present as well and taking the picture
-Those who were involved but I cannot remember now
-Those who read this :) <3
theFLOWERSdied @ 5:17 AM!!
~Fun Facts~
Here are some fun facts about chocolates. I forgot what the link was...but just read it as it is k. The #1 food craved by women across North America. And it’s second only to pizza among men.
Pairing wine with chocolate: Pair lighter chocolates with lighter wines; darker chocolates with full-bodied wines. Go from light to dark in your tasting session, starting with milk or lower percentage cacao chocolates and their corresponding wines.
Pairings for Dark, Bittersweet and Semisweet chocolate:
-Zinfandel
-Syrah
-Tawny Port
-Armagnac
-Cognac
Pairings for Milk Chocolate:
-Merlot
-Riesling
-Sauvignon Blanc
-Dessert wines
Pairing chocolate with fruit is a natural. Some experts prefer chocolate and beer combinations to chocolate and wine. In Europe, bread and chocolate are common companions. Chocolate and coffee are meant to be together, while chocolate and tea is an unlikely match that some experts swear by.
One study reported that 91% of chocolate-cravings associated with the menstrual cycle occurred between ovulation and the start of menstruation. Cravings are usually most intense in the late afternoon and early evening.
Chocolate syrup was used for blood in the famous 45 second shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's movie, "Psycho" which actually took 7 days to shoot!
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket!
Chocolate has more than 500 flavour components, more than twice the amount found in strawberry and vanilla!
You would have to eat more than a dozen Hershey Bars to get the amount of caffeine in one cup of coffee.
A favorite dish of the Aztecs was roast turkey with chocolate gravy.
The best selling candy bar in the U.S. is Snickers.
Chocolate manufacturers currently use 40 percent of the world's almonds and 20 percent of the world's peanuts.
White chocolate contains no caffeine
Half of Americans choose what chocolate they eat by the shape of the piece.
On his fourth voyage to the New World, in 1502, Christopher Columbus was the first European to taste chocolate.
In soda fountain slang, a "bucket of mud" is a bowl of chocolate ice cream
In a recent survey, 70 percent of female respondents said they would rather have chocolate than sex.
Chocolate first appeared on film when Jean Harlow ate candy in the 1933 comedy Dinner at Eight.
It takes 400 cacao beans to make one pound of chocolate.
Chocolate was once considered a temptation of the devil.
Vanilla is used to make chocolate.
According to a survey of sex shop owners, chocolate is the least popular flavor of edible underwear.
Consumers spend more than $7 billion a year on chocolate.
Chocolate can be lethal to dogs.
Napoleon carried chocolate with him on his military campaigns, and always ate it when he needed quick energy.
Chocolate in a blue wrapper won't sell in Shanghai or Hong Kong because the Chinese associate blue with death.
theFLOWERSdied @ 4:09 AM!!
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
~chocolate vs. sex~Why is chocolate better than sex?
1. You can GET chocolate.
2. Chocolate satisfies even when it has gone soft.
3. You can safely have chocolate while you are driving.
4. You can make chocolate last as long as you want it to.
5. You can have chocolate even in front of your mother.
6. If you bite the nuts too hard the chocolate won't mind.
7. Two people of the same sex can have chocolate without being called nasty names.
8. The word "commitment" doesn't scare off chocolate.
9. You can have chocolate on your workbench/desk during working hours without upsetting your co-workers.
10. You can ask a stranger for chocolate without getting your face slapped.
11. With chocolate there's no need to fake it.
12. Chocolate doesn't make you pregnant.
13. You can have chocolate at any time of the month.
14. Good chocolate is easy to find.
15. You can have as many kinds of chocolate as you can handle.
16. You are never too young or too old for chocolate.
17. When you have chocolate it does not keep your neighbors awake.
18. With chocolate size doesn't matter.
Special thanks goes to Maddy for this joke
http://www.webwombat.com.au/entertainment/humour/readfiles/chocsex.htm
theFLOWERSdied @ 4:12 AM!!