Hiyel Thoughts

2009-06-06T10:39:00.006+02:00

Web page link-to-emails without warning should be banned, period.

2009-05-06T16:48:00.004+02:00

If you drink enough Diet Coke, you'll start to believe that it's the real Coke... that is, until you taste the real Coke again.

2009-05-01T10:18:00.000+02:00

If comfort goes with fashion, business people would be wearing pajamas. But fashion models would still be matchstick thin, aiming for the smallest loose-fit clothes.

2009-03-20T11:19:00.002+01:00

Master one complex game, like chess. Master two and your mind will be consumed.

2009-03-19T12:00:00.000+01:00

What's worse than fretting about work is fretting about vacation.

2009-03-18T00:19:00.000+01:00

Indonesians in the Netherlands become experts in Chinese restaurants.

2009-03-12T15:27:00.002+01:00

Professionals don't always care for the tools for their trades. Rock stars smash guitars, tennis players throw rackets. Computer scientists? I've seen many carry laptops vertically with the monitor open, with swinging one hand, while sipping hot coffee with the other.

2009-03-11T15:36:00.007+01:00

A depressed investment during the economic crisis is not unlike a wine vinegar reduction. It has the potency to produce rich sauce. Now, you may take two tablespoons out of the sauce, but you shouldn't take two teaspoons out of the reduction.

2009-03-10T13:59:00.000+01:00

If you can sell it, anything counterintuitive sounds philosophical.

2009-03-07T15:25:00.002+01:00

Any country with a diagonal on its flag is an exotic destination.

Marshall Islands		Trininidad and Tobago
Rep. of the Congo		Seychelles

2009-03-06T15:13:00.003+01:00

You can tell a restaurant's class by how your jacket is treated:

**** : The restaurant takes care of the jacket.
*** : You hang it on the hooks provided.
** : You place it behind you, on your seat.
* : You eat while wearing your jacket.

2009-02-24T13:23:00.004+01:00

What's amazing about Slumdog Millionaire is, not only all the questions relate to events in Jamal Malik's life, but also they happen chronologically.

2009-02-21T07:06:00.002+01:00

It's no wonder why seafood tastes good. They spend entire lives being marinated.

2008-12-08T13:42:00.001+01:00

Don't you hate stewardesses with tiny suitcases, as if saying, I travel to exotic places so often, I don't need to buy souvenirs?

2008-10-29T07:39:00.001+01:00

Cynics can always find material by oversimplifying matters.

2008-08-27T12:31:00.004+02:00

Vegetarian menu, to me, is similar to an unfamiliar sport in the Olympics: an enjoyable show throughout, yet often lacks the memorable performance of a star.

2008-08-08T04:58:00.003+02:00

An airplane crisis movie is not complete without a climactic cabin decompression.

2008-07-27T22:00:00.002+02:00

It was such a awful night on TV, there were only two interesting channels: (1) WWF and (2) Happy Tree Friends.

I didn't want to watch violence, so I switched to WWF.

2008-07-23T17:22:00.003+02:00

History according to Billy Joel

2008-07-04T13:09:00.003+02:00

Ostriches would make a great concert-going crowd. Their slender heads wouldn't get in each other's view.

2008-06-09T13:50:00.003+02:00

Science explains ideas step by step; comedy deliberately misses steps for the audience to find the funny.

2007-12-17T10:40:00.002+01:00

Never cook a recipe which you have no idea what the end product tastes like.

2007-10-23T14:04:00.001+02:00

A person with some cooking experience can replicate any dish from a €20 restaurant, given effort and access to ingredients. Beyond that he/she needs skills.

2007-10-16T11:31:00.002+02:00

Nothing energizes you in the morning like a hotel breakfast.

2007-10-15T11:39:00.001+02:00

No man is an island.

I would never want to be a continent, though. I'm an archipelago person.