We are Creatures of Habit!
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Share some of the habits that you have that you can't seem to shake off! This would include stuff that you do everyday without even thinking about it. Please exclude mundane stuff like brushing teeth, washing hair, bathing, etc.
Personal hygiene habits are presumed to be existent in everyone here! 
For me, it would be :
- Waking up before I'm ready to get out of bed and start the day, but I'd have to brush my teeth first before returning to nua in bed otherwise, I won't be able to fall asleep again.
- Going to Swenson's determined to order a main course other than 'Teriyaki Chicken Pasta' but time and again, I always end up with the same ol', same ol'!
- Telling myself when I go to the movies, 'No Steamed Corn because you've just eaten a full meal!' but then, cannot walk past the kacang putih stand without getting my favourite steamed corn.
- Being determined to finish every pint of B&J's I purchase before the date of expiry ... and then failing miserably everytime.
- Buying lipsticks in several shades... and then using only one or two of my favourite lipsticks all the time! Then telling myself, 'No more buying of lipsticks!', and then, the next season's colours are launched and... ah well... too pai seh to continue... 
- Discovering I like some dish at a stall in my workplace, and then eating the same ol' thing from the same ol' stall for all the meals I have to eat at work for the next few weeks!
OK, so what are some of your habits? Share! Share!
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Have to go toilet or bath before a end of a day...otherwise i will feel very uneasy
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Hmmmm, biting my nails unknowingly under stress. Thing is, I share this bad habit with my boss.
Erhmmmmm having to turn on my pc the moment I wake up!
Wiping the table at the hawker centre before ordering my food and cleaning up the mess by piling everything up nicely and picking up the bones on the table and putting it back on the plates, and wiping off the stains before leaving the table. -
Wow... next time I visit the hawker centres, I'll make sure I go with you!Originally posted by elindra:Wiping the table at the hawker centre before ordering my food and cleaning up the mess by piling everything up nicely and picking up the bones on the table and putting it back on the plates, and wiping off the stains before leaving the table.
So... do you also bring wet wipes or hand sanitizer along? -
I bring wet wipesOriginally posted by Rhonda:Wow... next time I visit the hawker centres, I'll make sure I go with you!
So... do you also bring wet wipes or hand sanitizer along? I always have a pack in my bag.
I don't know. I just can't eat at a dirty table. You can call it a pet peeve but I just can't stand eating at a dirty table. And since I don't like to eat at a dirty table, neither will I leave a dirty table for others. I guess it is a pet peeve and a habit. -
Another habit I have is talking to myself at work.
I'll mumble stuff like, 'I/V Labetolol should be given neat, correct? And watch the Arterial BP closely.'
Sometimes, colleagues who are unaccustomed to my habit will answer, 'Of course, lah! First time you administer the drug, meh?!' or some other sarcastic remark close to it and I'll be
then realise, 'Oops, I was talking to myself actually, not asking a 'real' question!'
That's why sometimes, when I'm really asking a question, I get ignored! hehehe!! -
It's a very good, hygienic and at the same time, considerate habit so no sweat!Originally posted by elindra:I bring wet wipes I always have a pack in my bag.
I don't know. I just can't eat at a dirty table. You can call it a pet peeve but I just can't stand eating at a dirty table. And since I don't like to eat at a dirty table, neither will I leave a dirty table for others. I guess it is a pet peeve and a habit.
I like how you leave a clean table for others to use after you.
Tres considerate! 
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habit of nuaing and keep snoozing my alarm for at least 30mins
when i eat fan cai, i have to "rearrange" and seperate the fan and the cai... -
I'm guilty of the first habit myself! hehehe!Originally posted by tare:habit of nuaing and keep snoozing my alarm for at least 30mins
when i eat fan cai, i have to "rearrange" and seperate the fan and the cai...
The 2nd habit I find quite strange - I have colleagues and friends who do that too and I cannot resist asking, 'After you chew it all up and swallow, it all ends up as one mixed-up mess in your stomach anyways!' hehehe! -
OK, another quirky habit...
I'll put on eye makeup, which I seldom do, then tell myself to make sure not to rub my eyes. And then within the next hour, I would definitely have forgotten and rubbed my eyes and sometimes even forget all about it until I see colours on my fingers!
Someday, I'm going to wear mascara and eyeliner and then forget and rub my eyes and then have a royal smear around my eyes and walk around looking more like a panda than tare-panda! -
You know Rhonda, I'm always shocked at the mess left on the table by some Singaporeans. I mean, yeah, you have an old cleaning uncle or auntie to clean up the mess for you but seriously for some of them, I think dogs have neater eating habits. You find food left all over the table, gravy spills, food on the chair!!! Food on the floor!Originally posted by Rhonda:It's a very good, hygienic and at the same time, considerate habit so no sweat!
I like how you leave a clean table for others to use after you. Tres considerate! -
I have the habit of nuaing for at least 30 mins before I wake up too!!!Originally posted by tare:habit of nuaing and keep snoozing my alarm for at least 30mins
when i eat fan cai, i have to "rearrange" and seperate the fan and the cai... -
PRECISELY!!! This ugly habit reeks of total inconsideration and selfishness. But then, the ugly Singaporean thinks of no one but himself/herself.Originally posted by elindra:You know Rhonda, I'm always shocked at the mess left on the table by some Singaporeans. I mean, yeah, you have an old cleaning uncle or auntie to clean up the mess for you but seriously for some of them, I think dogs have neater eating habits. You find food left all over the table, gravy spills, food on the chair!!! Food on the floor! 
It doesn't just stop there... just think of the awful toilet habits that abound too! Sometimes, you see pretty young girls step out of the toilet cubicle and then you discover that the beauty has just left a royal mess inside. And then suddenly, her beauty fades instantaneously... -
hehehe... so tare, you and me, we're all nua-ers!! Long live the nua's!!!Originally posted by elindra:I have the habit of nuaing for at least 30 mins before I wake up too!!! -
Oh ya awful toliet habits!!! Don't let me get started on this!!! A lot of the so-called pretty girls who look so hot, are so horribly toliet-trained that I think they need to be sent off to classes or something on how to use the toliet!!!!Originally posted by Rhonda:PRECISELY!!! This ugly habit reeks of total inconsideration and selfishness. But then, the ugly Singaporean thinks of no one but himself/herself.
It doesn't just stop there... just think of the awful toilet habits that abound too! Sometimes, you see pretty young girls step out of the toilet cubicle and then you discover that the beauty has just left a royal mess inside. And then suddenly, her beauty fades instantaneously...
They leave a mess on the toliet seat, a small puddle on the floor, splash water everywhere at the sink and leave a pile of tissue paper and facial blotters on the vanity top!!! -
putting on right shoes before left shoes everytime.
hmm...wearing shirt/tshirt before wearing pants.
buttoning shirt from top down.
putting on tie while reading emails. count as habit? -
Yup... all are habits... but all, except the last one, sounds like habits that are very commonplace.Originally posted by Deportivo:putting on right shoes before left shoes everytime.
hmm...wearing shirt/tshirt before wearing pants.
buttoning shirt from top down.
putting on tie while reading emails. count as habit?
Any special, shocking habits? -
Precisely!!! They probably got maid to 'fu shi' them at home, mah... so when they go out, they act like xiao jie.Originally posted by elindra:Oh ya awful toliet habits!!! Don't let me get started on this!!! A lot of the so-called pretty girls who look so hot, are so horribly toliet-trained that I think they need to be sent off to classes or something on how to use the toliet!!!!
They leave a mess on the toliet seat, a small puddle on the floor, splash water everywhere at the sink and leave a pile of tissue paper and facial blotters on the vanity top!!!
I always feel very sorry for the poor cleaning ladies.
Some of these girls blatantly dumb their tissues and what-not onto the counter area with a flair even! Not feeling guilty about doing something so blatantly inconsiderate is one thing, to have an air of pride whilst doing is just downright outrageous!
Sometimes, I wish their boyfriends can SEE!! -
singapore too snob liao...got maids and got mommy to clean up....some of them don't even help the auntie when she comes cleaning...i always put my bowls all in one corner and put the scarps and bones in the bowl,make it easy for them to clean....Originally posted by elindra:You know Rhonda, I'm always shocked at the mess left on the table by some Singaporeans. I mean, yeah, you have an old cleaning uncle or auntie to clean up the mess for you but seriously for some of them, I think dogs have neater eating habits. You find food left all over the table, gravy spills, food on the chair!!! Food on the floor!
The ppl no consideration,those auntie so old already,must make things easy for them la -
special?Originally posted by Rhonda:Yup... all are habits... but all, except the last one, sounds like habits that are very commonplace.
Any special, shocking habits?
not really a habit, but i do it everyday. i check my wife's drawers to see which "inner wear" she's wearing today. then i will give her a wink. cheeky. -
tats kinda kinky...Originally posted by Deportivo:special?
not really a habit, but i do it everyday. i check my wife's drawers to see which "inner wear" she's wearing today. then i will give her a wink. cheeky. -
Well, I think it is really up to an individual. I grew up with a majie and a maid. My cousins grew up with maids as well, and I don't see us turning into horrible snobs!
I think education by parents play a part as well. Any domestic help was always treated as part of the family and we were always taught to address the maid as 'jie jie' or 'auntie', depending on the age. We were punished if there was any disrespect to the maid as well, so I guess if the parents treat the maid as a slave and not even the basic respect given to a human being, their kids will just follow suit. -
nah, i won't say kinky. it adds a touch of intimacy and romance. which is VERY good.Originally posted by RaTtY81:tats kinda kinky... -
i think its usually the parents who contribute mostly to the behaviour of kidsOriginally posted by elindra:Well, I think it is really up to an individual. I grew up with a majie and a maid. My cousins grew up with maids as well, and I don't see us turning into horrible snobs!
I think education by parents play a part as well. Any domestic help was always treated as part of the family and we were always taught to address the maid as 'jie jie' or 'auntie', depending on the age. We were punished if there was any disrespect to the maid as well, so I guess if the parents treat the maid as a slave and not even the basic respect given to a human being, their kids will just follow suit. -
how's this for a habit?
if whatever is to be eaten for a meal is not scaldingly hot, everything will be eaten in about 5 minutes
it's a habit i'm trying to break