elysesewell: hint: sounds like "50 Cent"

Elyse Sewell (

elysesewell) wrote,
@ 2005-11-16 23:03:00

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elyse sewell

hint: sounds like "50 Cent"
Well, I used to think it was Middle Eastern, then for a long time it was Thai, but after my third trip on Singapore Airlines, I no longer harbor any illusions about what the world's best airline is. Singapore y'all.

You get to have your layover in the excellent Singapore airport, the planes are the shit, the food is OK-la, and the stewardesses, though clad in hideous uniforms, are never surly (there is no bitchier bitch than an American-national stewardess, by the way).

And check out the mouthwash in the plane bathroom.

Me: "Plaque is waque."
Marty: "Did it turn your teeth platinum?"

Methinks this is wiiiiiide open for further captioning.

In Guangzhou, China:

At 7-11:

In the train safety manual:

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	Jissbon? zetai 2005-11-16 03:11 pm UTC (link)
	Didn't you get enough of that in the Bali ocean? You have to watch that model figure, you know. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	I hate it when boiled water attacks zetai 2005-11-16 03:25 pm UTC (link)
	But I guess you can ignore the one about the molesting nipping hand lurking around the doorframe, now that you have no nips left. It's no wonder you haven't shown any jumping pics lately, if you've been confined to stodgy transportation like that. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

Re: I hate it when boiled water attacks -

the_ma, 2005-11-17 09:21 pm UTC (Expand)

Sorry to disappoint you -

zetai, 2005-11-18 12:19 am UTC (Expand)

fittycent is quality
(Anonymous)
2005-11-16 03:13 pm UTC (link)

haha that's the best mouthwash ever.
i'm sure u'll be plaque frizzle from now on.
Have you totally embraced saying la?
I study in australia and love it when they use la randomly in sentences.
Btw, the Australians are "heaps" stoked that the "Socceroos" made it to "destiny 06" (World Cup soccer in germany next year. Australia is the second largest population of greeks in the world.

Right, i'm full of trivia today. have a good one. btw i hope you'll be able to travel to malaysia some time. You'll enjoy it la. :)

xoxo didi
ps. I have just randomly found you blog through some friends blogs. But I love your 'photos essays', and forsee myself glued to this blog like a trashy tabloid in the supermarket. later

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	Re: fittycent is quality (Anonymous) 2005-11-20 01:28 pm UTC (link)
	hi~Elyse Sewell I live in korea. i do not speak english well. Elyse ..visit korea please!! ^ㅂ^ I just want to be friends with you. hoho (-.-) it is my homepage URL http://cyworld.nate.com/jin0914 (Reply to this) (Parent)

	moroccomole 2005-11-16 03:17 pm UTC (link)
	I'd say the fact that the airline even offers mouthwash puts them at the top of the heap. I'm sure it would be too much to hope that their bathrooms also offered condoms with "Jiss" in the name. P.S. My author copies have finally arrived. So one will be heading your way soon. (Reply to this)

	all_about_words 2005-11-16 03:19 pm UTC (link)
	fitty dent mouthwash: because lets face it- you don't want those cavities popping a cap all up in your grill. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	savage_raven 2005-11-16 08:29 pm UTC (link)
	word (Reply to this) (Parent)

fitty dent: - (Anonymous), 2005-11-16 11:20 pm UTC (Expand)

	secretly_mee 2005-11-16 03:19 pm UTC (link)
	So, be careful for boiled water, eh? Well, I guess that's good for future reference anyway. (Reply to this)

	Nice trip? (Anonymous) 2005-11-16 03:21 pm UTC (link)
	Hey Elyse, how a u doin recently? Did u hv a nice trip with Martin? Where's yr destination finally? Lovesss ya* Maggie <3 (Reply to this)

	rockstarsex 2005-11-16 03:21 pm UTC (link)
	you'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with wet cement! (Reply to this)

	guavalicious 2005-11-16 03:22 pm UTC (link)
	Ha! That mouthwash made my morning. Now if I could only get my hands on some. (Reply to this)

	shield_and_key 2005-11-16 03:22 pm UTC (link)
	I think they meant to say moufwash... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	inventing 2005-11-17 03:56 am UTC (link)
	Wot! Singaporeans may have their language quirks but they speak excellent English when in an appropriate frame of mind! To the rest, the use of 'la' is not random, but governed by strict (if unwritten) grammatical rules! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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elysesewell, 2005-11-17 10:37 am UTC (Expand)

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luciene, 2005-11-17 03:09 pm UTC (Expand)

	spacechannel 2005-11-16 03:22 pm UTC (link)
	gotta love foreign mouthwash and kick ass signs (Reply to this)

	honeychurch 2005-11-16 03:24 pm UTC (link)
	ah, so there's confimation of Singapore Air's wonderousness - I work for citigroup in the US and book a lot of international flights, and an exec here was willing to fly Singapore with a three hour layover somewhere rather than take a direct flight on Thai, just because of the difference in seats. making these reservations makes me sad. damn it. (Reply to this)

	safewaygirl 2005-11-16 03:24 pm UTC (link)
	80% of my friends at Uni are Singaporian-la. And they say la after everything-la. Ahh... Neh Neh Pok means Nipples in the Singporian "language". I have added variety to my every day conversation with smatterings of their crazy words-la. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

singlish rules

elysesewell
2005-11-16 07:09 pm UTC (link)

I'm with you on the "la"- I do it all the time. One time at a job, I didn't realize that you could see my bright purple undies through the dress I was modeling until the client came up and whispered, "Can you please take off your panties-la?" Panties-la...ha!

My HK bookers also say "ga" and "ar" sometimes in the same way as "la."

Do you ever say "Because cannot"? I'm going to take that to the streets when I get back to the US and try to get it to catch on.

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Oh, the horror of VPL -

zetai, 2005-11-16 08:31 pm UTC (Expand)

Re: singlish rules -

rachiah, 2005-11-17 12:44 am UTC (Expand)

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e_lutris, 2005-11-17 01:37 am UTC (Expand)

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ufo8mycow, 2006-01-24 06:10 am UTC (Expand)

Re: singlish rules (so how?) -

t_goo, 2005-11-17 11:57 am UTC (Expand)

Re: singlish rules (so how?) -

luciene, 2005-11-17 03:12 pm UTC (Expand)

Re: singlish rules (wanna teach you some Chinese) by Rebek - (Anonymous), 2005-11-17 03:42 pm UTC (Expand)

SINGAPOREAN - (Anonymous), 2006-02-07 04:10 am UTC (Expand)

	none (Anonymous) 2005-11-16 03:25 pm UTC (link)
	Super Moist - condoms? That is WACK! Shouldn't super moist be used to describe Chocolate Cake and its ilk? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: none angry_mexican 2005-11-16 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	"Plain Coral..." sounds painful to say the least. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	spike0313 2005-11-16 03:26 pm UTC (link)
	Ima link this entry in a post at the randompictures community >.> (Reply to this)

	Bitchy stewardess angief 2005-11-16 03:26 pm UTC (link)
	I totally agree with you on the issue of bitchy American-national stewardess, or a cabin crew (I try to be politcally correct). But if you want scary cabin crew, should travel on Aeroflot (the Russian airline). Angela (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Bitchy stewardess (Anonymous) 2005-11-16 06:56 pm UTC (link)
	wait till you see the german stewardess i met in the Lufthansa airlines. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	miyabiarashi 2005-11-16 03:26 pm UTC (link)
	The US airport stewardesses seem to consider surliness as a frickin' job requirement. What the hell? When I flew back to Tokyo from Taipei, I remember wanting to smack one of them because she gave me attitude about my bags. Japanese flight attendants, though...they're terrific. (Reply to this)

	p_l_a_n_e_t 2005-11-16 03:45 pm UTC (link)
	i heard theres currently a mouthwash war going on with fitty dent and scope... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	elysesewell 2005-11-16 04:58 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, I don't want this beef to end in violence! One drive-by flossing was tragic enough. Rest in peace, The Notorious D.D.S. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	spike0313 2005-11-16 03:46 pm UTC (link)
	Wow. just noticed there's a little picture of a condom wearing sunglasses on the Jissbon boxes O_O (Reply to this)

	rachelraven 2005-11-16 03:51 pm UTC (link)
	Is that a communal mouthwash... ? ...that's kinda ewie if it is! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	elysesewell 2005-11-16 04:33 pm UTC (link)
	You squirt it out into a paper cup. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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rachelraven, 2005-11-16 07:01 pm UTC (Expand)

	superflippy 2005-11-16 03:52 pm UTC (link)
	I like how the first train sign implies that there are buckets full of boiling water hanging overhead. That's one way to keep the passengers under control! I remember enjoying flying on Korean Airlines. They had really good food and a few stewardesses dressed in complete kimono regalia. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	monaiyra 2005-11-16 04:34 pm UTC (link)
	Kimono? Shouldn't they be wearing hanbok instead? Since kimono is Japanese... (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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angief, 2005-11-16 04:37 pm UTC (Expand)

	tamahine 2005-11-16 03:53 pm UTC (link)
	I don't know about mouthwash but Air New Zealand offers full-sized ice cream bars after you've been served your dinner that was created by the country's best chefs and THEN you get a handful of lollies to suck on while you make your descent. I heart Air NZ. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	(Anonymous) 2005-11-16 04:12 pm UTC (link)
	Singapore Airlines also gives Haagen-Daz ice-cream as desserts after dinner. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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tamahine, 2005-11-17 02:29 am UTC (Expand)

	Jissbon xinew 2005-11-16 03:58 pm UTC (link)
	I almost laughed out loud when I saw Jissbon condoms. In Chinese it is named "Jeet See Bong" which I think is trying to resemble "Jeem See Bong" aka JAMES BOND! LOL (Hence the cool shades-clad condom on the box? Ha ha!) (Reply to this) (Thread)

Re: Jissbon

elysesewell
2005-11-16 04:50 pm UTC (link)

Does the "Jeem See Bong" have any meaning in Chinese? Or is it nonsense in Chinese, so that's how the reader knows that the meaning is phonetic?

I'm really interested in this ever since I read that Chinese had to take on a neologism for "Malay" and went with the two characters "mei" and "lei," which mean "horse" and "come," instead of picking two ideographs with meanings that make sense, but when pronounced, wouldn't sound anything like "Malay." Seems like it would occasionally be possible not to figure out from context that the writer was talking about something from Malaysia, not horses. Do you agree?

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jaayx, 2005-11-27 12:20 pm UTC (Expand)

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	amity_shines 2005-11-16 04:00 pm UTC (link)
	Surprisingly the stewardesses on Swiss Airlines are very kind and each speak about 5 languages (pretty impressive). However they did have quite fake smiles...oh well, that's what happens when you smile for 12 hours straight and your mouth gets stuck in a grinning position. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	elysesewell 2005-11-16 04:39 pm UTC (link)
	Ooh but the Swissair planes are shit. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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10zlaine
2005-11-16 04:02 pm UTC (link)

happy belated LJ birfday.

the hub says Singapore is teh shiznit, yo.

then he usually goes on to talk (if the subject is airlines) about how great the Concorde was and blah blah blah.

one thing you might notice is that the domestic airlines are really crackin' the fuck down on weight, and charging for overages...like, a couple of pounds over weight limit--just so they can scam the extra $$ off the poor passenger at something like $30 per bag. out of his last 6 flights, the spouse has been hammered 4, all of which were less than 8 or so lbs.

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	wendeh 2005-11-16 04:04 pm UTC (link)
	Heh. Heh heh heh. Heh. Ahhhh. Thanks for that. (Reply to this)

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