A Ha-ha Day with Friends

Do you know what a 'ha ha' is? It's not so much of the sound of laughter. A 'ha ha' is actually a little moat found in English estate houses. Yes.

Basically, the ha ha served a function in the old days. You see, old English estate houses are usually fence-less and animals, like the fox, roam in the open. (By the way, these estate houses are usually located far away in the countryside, where the forests are.) So what the ha ha really did was to serve as a little gap between the open field and the perimeter of the actual grounds of the estate house. It was a 'booby trap', simply put. It was level ground as the rest of the land (so that it wouldn't seem so obvious that there's a trap). So the silly animal would roam/run around and before it reached the grounds of the estate house, it would fall into the ha ha.

So..a-ha! There you go. Now you know that ha ha is not just the sound of laughter but it used to be a 'booby trap'. So when the stupid animal fell into the booby trap, the owners of the house would go "Ha ha! Stupid fox. Didn't see it coming. How stupid. Ha ha!"

Anyway, today was an eventful day. More importantly, it was a happy one. Because I met Ros, Gabriel & Angie for dinner. It was so much fun. They must be my lucky stars because I got a $20 voucher from Sushi Tei :)

I think we must be the most happening bunch of people around. We were playing with our food, playing with the camera, laughing so SUPER LOUD. I think I must have been the embarrassment of the group because I think my laughter hit 120 decibels. But I was really happy.

Poor Gabriel had to tag behind 3 girls who were happily shopping at Tangs Studio. He'd better be thankful that the shop was closing and most other shops were closed. We proceeded to tcc where we just laughed our hearts out. Oh, I learnt from Gabriel that women who carried little bags are more intelligent. Hurray! I was carrying my little suede bag! And throughout the tcc session, my intelligence was put to the test & questioned. For goodness sake, I carry small bags except when I'm going to work. No questions asked - small bag carriers are more intelligent. Just check out the kind of jokes I tell.

Q: What did Number 0 say to Number 8?
A: "Eh..fat, means fat lah! Wear belt for what?"

Oh..haha! I can see how hard you are tickling yourself now. You might need a little help to make that more effective. Let me know if you need help.

We plan to have more of these laughing sessions. So therapeutic. They are going to teach me play mahjong.

Really, I haven't laughed so hard and loud in a while. It was much needed. Thanks Ros, Gabriel & Angie. You guys really made my day. More ha ha days to come!! We need to spread our ha ha ways to more people. I will practice laughing till I hit 150 decibels...HA HA HA HA!!

The Fantastic Four