Sam & Sara #394: Expectation Sara:I came across this joke – ‘When someone tells you to, “expect the unexpected”, slap them in the face and ask them if they expected it.’ Sam: Hah! You would have to expect the expected… slapped back! Sara: Good...

Super Short Story (192): Craziness Knowing that those who realised they are being followed are expected to panic, which would give him a chance to attack, she decided to go against his expectations, by pretending she does not know she is being followed. She behaved like a crazed person...

Super Short Story (168): Phantom She didn’t realise that she was secretly responding to every guy met with a sense of interest or disgust, with the few in between simply ‘skipped’. She didn’t realise that that was precisely why she hasn’t met a...

She grew up thinking that people can let her down, before realising that the first person who could ever let her down is herself, for expecting others to be perfect towards...

From the movie, ‘An Education’: Jenny: David, if tomorrow night does happen, it’s only ever going to happen once. David: Why will it only ever happen once? Jenny: Because the first time can only ever happen once. (She loses her virginity to him later.) David: It wasn’t...

Saw this story online. I shortened it to its essentials: A tortoise family decided to go on a picnic. Being slow, they took two years to find an ideal spot. Then, they realised they forgot the salt. After a long discussion, the fastest tortoise was chosen to get it from home. He agreed to go...

Parts of this song is fantastic, almost Buddhistic… 寂寞寂寞就好 (田馥甄 Hebe) I’ll Be Better After I’m Lonely For A While (Rough Translation) 不算什麼  爱错就爱错 早点认错  早一点解脱 Translation: This is nothing much, to love wrongly is just to love...

A Tit for a Tat (227) Tit: He passed me your stuff already. Tat: But I’m supposed to pick it up from him later. Tit: Didn’t he tell you he’ll pass it through me? Tat: Nope. Tit: Maybe he expected me to inform you first – like I just did, though I expected him to...

A Tit for a Tat (57) Tit: What’s wrong with these people? Tat: Nothing unexpected. Tit: Huh? Tat: What’s wrong with you? Tit: Huh? Tat: Why expect everyone to be perfect? Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2009/11/our-unheard-range-of-deafness Previous aT4aT:...

A Tit for a Tat (56) Tit: Why is it so difficult? Tat: You. Tit: Huh? Tat: Because you refuse to learn properly! Tit: But I’m trying… Tat: … while refusing to accept that it’s not going to be as easy as expected! Next aT4aT:...

Question: A friend’s son lately found it difficult to focus and could not study at all. He had applied leave of absence from school. But, currently he is preparing for a special exam required for studying the subject of choice later.  At times, he is quite frustrated, tense and...