Monday, May 29, 2006

# Have a break

Another small break before a BIG paper tomorrow - "Stochastic and actuarial methods in finance".

I had a kitkat, as recommended by chen, and as soon as I peeled of the wrapper, I can't help but smile at the words printed on the chocolate bar.

"Shut down for essential maintenance"



It somewhat reflects how my brain feels right now. :-)

I checked the multipack wrapper, and saw another "Quote of wisdom":

No one's final words were ever
'I wish I'd spent more time at work'



Kitkat, has become a culture on its own.

11 comments:

Pandabonium said...

K likes Kit Kat too.

Did you know it was created in the in the 1930's by a company named Rowntree in the UK? Nestle bought them out in 1969. In the US, Kit Kat is made by Hershey.

I know, "who cares?, just break me off a piece of that Kit Kat bar!"

Peceli and Wendy's Blog said...

We sometimes eat kitkats in the car when driving to Melbourne.
Hey, how can a nice girl like you be doing exams about finance? When your mind appreciates so much more of this intriguing world we live in! I suppose you've gotta put bread on the table. I once did a subject at high school to do with Commercial Law and I spent half the time arguing with the teacher about the ethics of certain points of law!
Good luck with your exams anyway.
Wendy

@ロウ 。LOW@ said...

YD my dear, finish the Kit Kat, have ice-cream or take a nap.

Then you'll be good and ready. Gooood luck :)

Anonymous said...

Hello YD:

真系好得意的 Kit-Kat巧克力, 我想吃 “Shut Down” 那塊..
不要吃那麼多巧克力呀…否則變佐一位肥YD..(L.O.L)
繼續努力學習!

HappySurfer said...

Those printed sayings remind me of fortune cookies. We always have fun reading them out and just as soon forget about them when dinner is over. Commercial gimmick but fun no less.

YD said...

panda
Thanks! Hey I didn't realize that Hershey makes kitkat, wow this is a new thing I've learned today!

The 4-bar choclate design is really a neat little concept of sharing! Nice to share with friends. :-)

Wendy
Yes, gotta bring home some food. :-) I am currently studying actuarial science, which has some focus in insurance, finance as well as pension benefits design. I enjoy the math part, but like you, I remembered arguing about the unequal distribution of wealth with my teacher too! and he did gave me a good advice - change the way it works in future.

Working hard for that. Keep our fingers crossed that someday, we can change the way economy works.

Low
hehe, took more than a nap! but this paper was so lengthy that I could not finish everything in time.

Totally worn out after the exam. Knocked out. Now in recuperation. :-P so had another kitkat again!

z.j
haha.. I already realized I grew a bit fatter nowadays! But my parents were so happy when they saw my recent photos, they said at least I don't look like bamboo stick now!

happy
Yup commercial gimmick but fun no less. reminds me of Baci chocolate which has romantic quotes hidden in the chocolate. My dad loves to buy that and read if aloud to my mum in presence of the whole family. Never fails to make her blush!

NA said...

Hmmm... Interesting...

How come the KitKat that I have here dun have such words of wisdom huh? *scratch head*

Btw, thanks for popping by at my blog.

The Moody Minstrel said...

CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YD, between you and Happysurfer, you are going to drive me crazy!

I think it's strange that, after all those years of there only being "KitKat", now we have Pineapple KitKit, Orange (or is it tangerine?) KitKat, Blueberry KitKit, and now KitKat Dark. All this freedom of choice! I can't stand it! I need some government agency to make my life simple and free of all this unnecessary stress by making all my decisions for me!!!

No, I don't. I already have to deal with my father-in-law trying to do that.

So...which do you prefer, milk chocolate or dark?

Chen said...

our msia kit kat only have the word "kit kat" on the choc :D

Nothing more, nothing less :)

YD said...

hihihi, moody, we've got the nice mint-chocolate kitkat here! one of the best flavour for me. and some other i've seen is like caramel kitkat and peanut butter kitkat. lol.

still, the original flavour is alwys the one i buy. :-)

chen, we will suggest this marketing gimmicks to msian kitkat ya? hehehe... let me see whether i can manage to get some kitkat for you, if my luggage isn't too full. ;-)

Chen said...

haha, good suggestion :)
and thanks for the thought ;)