Humorous Quips

Quips – a witty or funny observation or response, usually made on the spur of the moment, or it could be a clever, usually taunting remark.

The following quips are funny, and at the same time, there is truth in them. Maybe that is why they make us laugh – because we are able to see the humour, and relate to what’s being said. Sometimes, we find it funny because we are caught out, the quip took us by surprise.

I hope there will be at least a few in this collection that bring on a smile. Remember them and go make your friends laugh.

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery. - Unknown

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain

I am not young enough to know everything. - Oscar Wilde

Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs. - Unknown

Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense. - Steve Landesberg

How long a minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you are on. - Unknown

My age does not bother me… it’s the side effects. - Unknown

I am easily satisfied with the very best. - Winston Churchill

Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you. - Unknown

Good girls go to heaven and bad girls go everywhere. - Helen Gurley Brown

Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise. - Alice Walker

A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers. - Robert Quillen

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Proverbs

Proverbs, maxims, adages, and cliches are different forms of aphoristic statements that gain prevalence from generation to generation and frequently appear in our day-to-day speech. These are words of wisdom, of the sages, gurus, philosophers… the wise men before us who have been through life’s hard knocks. If we take time to examine their words, we would surely benefit from their wisdom.

When the tiger comes down from the mountain to the plains, it is bullied by the dogs. - Chinese Proverb

Those who wish to sing always find a song. - Swedish Proverb

He who has lost his oxen is always hearing bells. - Spanish Proverb

Let each one do according to his ability. - Terence

There is always time to make right what is wrong. - Susan Griffin

Distant water cannot quench a fire nearby. - Chinese Proverb

Where there's a will, there's a way. - English Proverb

Only loss teaches us about the value of things. - Arthur Schopenhauer

Judge not the horse by its saddle. - Chinese Proverb

Many things are lost for want of asking. - English Proverb

No man can lose what he never had. - Izaak Walton

He who recovers but the tail of his cow does not lose all. - French Proverb

One man's loss is another man's gain. - English Proverb

A word of kindness is better than a fat pie. - Russian Proverb

Kindness is more binding than a loan. - Chinese Proverb

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Constructions

The constructions is in full swing. This is on the other side of the walk route that I use. I am not sure what they are building over there. I have a feeling they are building more HDB flats. There is always a demand for more flats.

Over 80% of Singaporeans live in flats built by the Housing and Development Board – Singapore’s public housing authority. The flats are sold to Singaporeans and Permanent citizens at a subsidized rate with a 99 years lease. When the lease is up, the flats will be returned to the government. The flats will be demolished and the land redeveloped for whatever is needed at the time.

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Cloudy Skies

Cloud-spotting is the observation of clouds as a recreational activity. The sky has unforeseeable clouds. So, cloud-spotting will never be dull. It is also a cheap, entertaining pastime. There are many types of clouds. If you know them well enough, you may be able to tell if there is going to be rain. Some photos of cloudy skies spotted on my holidays.

Thick white clouds.

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky.” - Rabindranath Tagore

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Count Your Blesings

Instead of complaining about the things that you lack, count the things that you have, and be thankful for them. If you count the blessings in your life, you will find a lot of things to be thankful for. If you count the troubles in your life, and you will find that your life is quite miserable.

We are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes. If we magnified blessings as much as we magnified disappointments, we would all be much happier. Sometimes we never appreciate our blessings as much as when they are gone. Don’t let that happen to you. Blessings are everywhere. We just need to think positively to notice them. Forget the troubles that pass your way; but never forget the blessings that come each day.

Sometimes, what seems like bitter trials to us are blessings in disguise. We don’t realize that until it is all over and we have a chance to look back and think about it.

When things are not going your way, and you feel the need for some motivation, take some time to count your blessings, big and small. Small blessings are also blessings and they add up to large ones. Do this and your day will improve.

I’m just thankful for everything, all the blessings in my life, trying to stay that way. I think that’s the best way to start your day and finish your day. It keeps everything in perspective. - Tim Tebow

The great blessings of mankind are with us, and within our reach; but we shut our eyes and, like people in the dark, fall foul of the very thing we search for without finding it. - Seneca

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. - Eric Hoffer

Blessings go to the grateful hearts; they shun those who complain that they never get enough. - Unknown

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around. - Willie Nelson

Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours. - Marcus Aurelius

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Uplifting Words

Do not underestimate the power of a kind word, or a genuine word of encouragement. Quite often, that is all the motivation and inspiration we need to get us through the bad patch, or the bad spot we are in. A timely word can open up a new perspective, and help lift our mood, change our attitude, and maybe turn our world around.

Keep in mind the following. Maybe they will come in handy someday.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything. - George Bernard Shaw

Conditions are never perfect. ‘Someday’ is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you. - Tim Ferriss

Follow four dictates: face it, accept it, deal with it, then let it go. - Sheng Yen

Don’t lie to people who trust you and don’t trust people who lie to you. As simple as that. - Unknown

Every sunrise proves even the darkest night comes to an end. - Eleanor Brownn

Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore. - Unknown

Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts. - Charles Dickens

Everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was. - Pope Paul VI

Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. - Seneca

Do not give up, the beginning is always the hardest. - Unknown

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Spectra – A Light and Water Show

‘Spectra’ is a nightly light and water show at the Marina bay event plaza. From Sundays to Thursdays, there are two shows nightly – at 8pm and 9pm. On Fridays and Saturdays, there is an extra show at 10pm. Each show is 15 minutes long, and the nightly shows are free and open to all.

This nightly extravaganza is a symphony of illumination that has become Southeast Asia’s largest light show display. Spectra is now a world-class attraction. Anchored by a 12-metre high laminated glass prism that symbolises the heartbeat of the show, varying fountain techniques cause water to dance across the space and a screen of mist creates a projector where light plays out the show’s four-part story. For more information and photos of the show see 👉 Source

“Be enthralled time and again by the visually stunning world of Spectra!” 👉 Source

The show is definitely worth watching. The view from the Marina promenade is also quite breath-taking with all the lights from the Central Business District area. It is pleasant and wonderful to take a stroll along the promenade in the evening, taking in the lights and soaking in the stunning atmosphere.

Here’s a short clip of the show. 👉 Video

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Of Wit And Humour

Aphorisms and quotes that are witty and humorous have an advantage. They make us smile and are therefore more easily remembered.

Here are some humorous and witty quotes to help put a smile on your face. That happens when you are able to see the humour in what’s being said.

Remember the ones you like, and go make someone laugh. Your friends will be impressed with your wit and humour.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. - Mark Twain

If you follow me, I may lead you straight to hell, but if you trust me, I will lead you back out again. - Francesco Pfauth

Don’t knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn’t start a conversation if it didn’t change once in a while. - Kin Hubbard

All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that’s an alibi for my ignorance. - Will Rogers

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. - Edward Abbey

He is mad past recovery, but yet he has lucid intervals. - Miguel de Cervantes

After all is said and done, more has usually been said than done. - Michael W. Hamrick

Timid salesmen have skinny kids. - Zig Ziglar

Age does not always bring wisdom. Sometimes, age comes alone. - Unknown

He inched his way up the corridor as if he would rather be yarding his way down it. - Douglas Adams

So live that you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. - Will Rogers

Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. - Douglas Casey

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Anger

No matter how sweet our temperament and nature is, we still get angry once in a while – at things, at people, at ourselves, at situations …etc. That is only natural because we are human beings after all.

Sometimes, things don’t go our way. We become frustrated and irritable and if someone or something comes along to agitate us, we will simply burst out without thinking. We know that it is not fair of us to burst out, but in that instant, we are beyond reasoning. After we have calmed down, we become angry with ourselves for being angry and hurting someone else when he or she was not at fault.

Often, being angry does not solve any problems. If anything, our response, when we are angry only makes things worse. Bearing that in mind, we should learn to control our anger, and refrain from words and actions until the moment of anger has passed.

Try to understand why you are angry, what caused you to be angry, so that the next time when a similar situation arises, you will know to curb your anger. Quite often, you will find that given time to cool off, you will wonder why you were so angry over something so trifling when you could have just walked away and let it go instead.

"Anger is a choice, as well as a habit. It is a learned reaction to frustration, in which you behave in ways that you would rather not. In fact, severe anger is a form of insanity. You are insane whenever you are not in control of your behaviour. Therefore, when you are angry and out of control, you are temporarily insane." - Wayne W. Dyer

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Quote Worthy

The beauty of Aphorisms is that they are usually fairly simple in words and meaning. However, behind the simple words, and sentences are profound truisms and life lessons. Unfortunately, it is easy to read the words without really understanding the more profound meaning they convey, missing the point of these ageless aphorisms.

To read and understand aphorisms is not enough. We must also know how to apply them to our life situations. That’s where the value of aphorisms lie; that’s where you find the profound lessons in aphorisms.

The realist is the man, who having weighed all the visible factors in a given situation and having found that the odds are against him, decides that fighting is useless. - Raoul De Sales

We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends. - Eric Hoffer

If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world. - Joseph Addison

The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opponents than from his fervent supporters. - Walter Lippmann

Often the desire to appear competent impedes our ability to become competent, because we are more anxious to display our knowledge than to learn what we do not know. - Magdeleine Sable

If we determine that we will perform one deed of kindness every day, no matter how small or insignificant it might seem, we will never stop reaping the returns. - Unknown

We live in a discouraging world full of people who put us down. What bright lights we can be when we say the simple words, ‘I have confidence in you!’ - Florence Littauer

The thorns which I have reaped are of the tree I planted; they have torn me, and I bleed. I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed. - Lord Byron

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Flower Carpet

Set against the backdrop of the ‘Supertrees’ in the Gardens by the Bay, is a brand-new Flower Carpet with a strong local flavour. This is Singapore’s largest flower Carpet.

This year’s design features Singapore’s iconic dragon playground and ‘Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim’ – Singapore’s national flower (formerly Vanda Miss Joaquim), with pathways to explore the floral artistry under the dragon’s watchful eye. - Source

It is quite impossible to photo the whole flower carpet unless one uses a drone. If you are too far, you see only a thin layer of the carpet. If you are too near, the camera lens can’t capture all of the carpet. I tried a few locations and these are the best I can come up with.

The centrepiece of the flower carpet presents two dragon heads crafted from chrysanthemums. It is absolutely beautiful and amazing. I am curious to know how many plants were used to form the flower carpet.

The carpet will be on display until the 22nd of September.

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Mid-Autumn Festival III

Photos of the lanterns on display in The Gardens by the Bay in the evenings. The display will go on until the 2nd of September.

The lanterns look a lot better in the evenings.

I tried to post photos of the day, and night side by side so you can have a comparison. But somehow they didn't quite turn out the way I wanted them to. So, you will have to refer to yesterday's post to see the photos taken during the day.

This display draws inspiration from the rising moon and water elements of the Dragonfly Lake.

Vertical Mid-Autumn
"Vertical Mid-Autumn” refers to a unique way of displaying lanterns where each household would tie various decorated lanterns to the bamboo poles and erect several feet high, heightening the festive atmosphere.

Wishes Beneath the Moonlight
The Pelican Playground – The communal nature of the pelicans embodies the Chinese culture of harmonious societal relationships. This display, paired with chrysanthemums and quails, represents peace and harmony.

Dragon Playground
Local cultures and identities were incorporated into the designs of these playgrounds such as the Dragon – a mythical creature commonly seen in Asian legends and folklore. 

The Shophouse
Inspired by Singapore’s shophouses, these iconic buildings with narrow frontages and covered walkways symbolise local heritage.

Colonnade of Lights
The Colonnade of Lights is a vibrant showcase of 1,000 beautiful paper lanterns created by the community.

More lanterns displayed in the gardens.

Food stalls selling snacks and drinks. You can have a bite or a drink as you soak in the festive atmosphere of the festival.

There was also a mini carnival fair with games and rides for the children, and the young at heart.

This is the Sourceof the themes of the lanterns on display.

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