4 Chains with 3 Links

You have four chains. Each chain has three links in it. Although it is difficult to cut the links, you wish to make a single loop with all 12 links. What is the fewest number of cuts you must make to accomplish this task?

Solution »

3 cuts. Cut each link in one chain. Separate them, and use the links to join the ends of the 3 intact chains.

Bucket

You have two buckets - one holds exactly 5 gallons and the other 3 gallons. How can you measure 4 gallons of water into the 5 gallon bucket?

(Assume you have an unlimited supply of water and that there are no measurement markings of any kind on the buckets.)

Solution »

1. Fill the 3-gallon bucket.
2. Pour the 3 gallons of water into the 5-gallon bucket
3. Fill the 3-gallon bucket again.
4. Fill up the 5-gallon bucket with the 3-gallon bucket, leaving you with 1 gallon left in the 3-gallon bucket.
5. Empty out the 5-gallon bucket.
6. Pour the remaining 1 gallon of water from the 3-gallon bucket into the 5-gallon bucket.
7. Fill the 3-gallon bucket.
8. Pour the 3 gallons of water from the 3-gallon bucket into the 5-gallon bucket leaving you with 4 gallons of water in the 5-gallon bucket.

Alternate solution:

1. Fill up the 5 gallon bucket
2. Pour it into 3 gallon bucket, leaving 2 gallons
3. Empty out the 3 gallon bucket
4. Pour the 2 gallons in the 5 gallon bucket into the 3 gallon bucket
5. Fill up the 5 gallon bucket and pour it into the 3 gallon bucket until it's full, leaving 4 gallons in the 5 gallon bucket.

Fuse Puzzle

You have a lighter and two fuses that take exactly one hour to burn, but they don't burn at a steady rate. For example, one fuse could take 59 minutes to burn the first inch and then burn the rest of the fuse in the last minute.

How would you use these two fuses to measure 45 minutes?

Solution »

Light the first fuse on both ends and the second fuse at only one end. When the first fuse burns out you know 30 minutes have passed. Light the other end of the second fuse and when it burns out, 45 minutes have passed.

Short Riddles 1

1. What seven-letter word has hundreds of letters in it?

2. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, and has a bed but never sleeps?

3. What is full of holes but still holds water?

4. What is that goes up and goes down but does not move?

Solution »

1. Mailbox

2. A river

3. A sponge

4. Temperature

Short Teasers

1. If you had a ton of feathers and a ton of stones which would be heavier?

2. When can you add two to eleven and get one as the correct answer?

3. Tom's mother has three children. One is named April, one is named May. What is the third one named?

4. Two women apply for a job. They are identical. They have the same mother, father and birthday. The interviewer asks, "Are you twins?" to which they honestly reply, "No". How is this possible?

5. Mom and Dad have four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?

6. You're in a deep, dark jungle. You have a matchstick, a wooden stove, and a lantern. What will you light first?

Solution »

1. Neither. They both weigh a ton.

2. When adding time (11 AM + 2 Hours = 1 PM OR 11 PM + 2 Hours = 1 AM)

3. Tom

4. Because they were triplets.

5. Seven. The four daughters have only one brother, making five children, plus mom and dad.

6. Matchstick

The Prisoner

A prisoner is told "If you tell a lie we will hang you; if you tell the truth we will shoot you." What can he do to save himself?

Solution »

You will hang me.

Three Light Bulbs

You are standing outside a closed door. On the other side of the door is a room that has three light bulbs in it. The room is completely sealed off from the outside. It has no windows and nothing can get in or out except through the door. On the outside of the room there are three light switches that control each of the respective light bulbs on the other side of the door.

Your assignment is to determine which light switch controls which light bulb. You are allowed to enter the room only once, and once you come out, you must be able to state with 100% certainty which light switch controls which light bulb.

Solution »

Turn one light switch on, wait a few minutes, then turn it off and turn another light switch on. Go into the room and feel the light bulbs. The one that's still warm is connected to the switch that you first turned on, the one that is on was the second switch you turned on, and the last bulb is controlled by the switch that you didn't touch.

Sisters and Brothers

My daughter has many sisters. She has as many sisters as she has
brothers. Each of her brothers has twice as many sisters as brothers.
How many sons and daughters do I have?

Solution »

4 daughters and 3 sons.

For any particular daughter, she will have 3 sisters and 3 brothers. (DON'T count that daughter in -- she's the 4th girl -- otherwise it won't be 3 sisters = 3 brothers.)

But for any particular son, he will therefore have 4 sisters and 2 brothers. And 4 sisters are exactly twice as much as 2 brothers.

What is the next number in the sequence?

Here is a series of numbers. What is the next number in the sequence?

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

Solution »

The next number in the sequence is 1113213211, because the rule for creating the next number is to simply describe the previous number. For example, you start of with 1, with is simply one 1, so the next number is 11. Now you have two 1's, so the next number is 21. Now you have one 2 and one 1, so the next number is 1211. The solution is to simply continue describing the previous number using only numbers.

Nine-minute Egg

You are a cook in a remote area with no clocks or other way of keeping time other than a four minute sandglass timer and a seven minute sandglass timer. (The kind you turn over - hourglass shaped) You do have a stove, however, with water in a pot already boiling. Somebody asks you for a nine-minute egg, and you know this person is a perfectionist and will be able to tell if you undercook or overcook the eggs by even a few seconds. What is the least amount of time it will take to prepare the egg? And how will you prepare it so that it is neither undercooked or overcooked?

Solution »

The answer is 9 minutes. First, flip both hourglasses over and drop the egg into the water. When the four minute timer runs out, flip it again. When the seven minute timer runs out, flip it over. The egg has been cooking seven minutes. Now when the four minute timer runs out again (after eight minutes) flip the seven minute timer back over. Since the seven minute timer has been running only a minute between flips, there's a minute worth of sand left. And when that minute runs out, the egg will have been cooking for exactly nine minutes.

Weld Quay (Tree Shade) Seafood Restaurant

Nickname: tua chiu kar chu char (Hokkien)

Location: opposite Penang Ferry Terminal (Jetty)

Parking: It is illegal to park outside the shop as it is facing the main road but there are plenty of car parks available down the left corner at Wisma Kastam

Please make order the food at the counter stall because they will not come to your table to take the order.

Appetizer: Papadum with curry

Most of the customer are unable to finish this appetizer before their main dishes are served. This is because usually the main dishes will be served within 10-15 minutes.

Deep-fried Dough Sticks (Yiu Char Kueh) with mayonnaise (油条) [5/5]

Signature dish of the restaurant. The deep-fried dough stick, stuffed with fish cakes mixed with water chestnuts to give it that crunchy texture.

Note: The deep fried wantons is not included.

Stir fried water convolvulus with belacan [5/5]

The taste is just nice and I like the big crunchy prawns!

Fried fish [4/5]

 Mom says it is specialty

Nothing so special about the fried fish. Taste okay.
I still prefer steamed fish :p

Braised pork leg [2/5]

Taste so-so only. Too bland.

Six dishes. Total bill costs RM54 only.

Here is some other Recommended Dishes
- Stir fried water convolvulus with belacan (Balachan Eng Chai)
- Prawn Salad
- Seaweed Soup
- Pai Kut Ong
- Steamed Fish
- Kung Po Sotong

Comment(s): Reasonable price. Fast serving time. Definitely worth a revisit!

Weld Quay (Tree Shade) Seafood Restaurant
18 and 21 Weld Quay,
12000 Penang, Malaysia.
Opening hours:11.00am – 3.00pm, 6.00pm – 10.00pm (Closed on Wednesday)
Tel: Mr. Chiam (012-429 2579), Ms. Ah See (012-474 5566)

Click here for map.

Mom's 49th Birthday

Today is Mom's birthday. 

Dad, Grandma and I have celebrated Mom's lunar birthday at Weld Quay (Tree Shade) Seafood Restaurant.

Later on, we move our butts to Queensbay Mall, mom's favourite place and mom claimed her birthday vouchers too :)

Hehe.. I have prepared a small present for her!

Usually, she likes to rub her face using her bare hand. Ouch! I always think that is too harsh for the skin. Hope this new item will help her out.

Recycling is good!

Happy Birthday, Mom!

It is 11111 today

Today is a special Tuesday!


It is 11111.


That is, the 11th day of January in the year 2011, or 11/1/11.


So, what have you do on this special day?


Me?


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My first experience opening a saving account at RHB.

Wow! First time deal with RHB.


Here is the story of the day:


I went into the bank and was looking for a machine so that I can get a number for new registration. The guard told me there is not a need for number, just go to that counter. When I reach that counter, there is a girl who is registering so I just sit nearby and wait for my turn. When she left, I just walked over and told the officer in charge that I wanted to open a saving account. She gave me some documents to fill in my name, IC, etc.. Then, she asked me whether I want to have passbook or not. I am not sure and asked her what's the difference or any extra charges applied. The difference is that the minimum deposit for passbook is RM250 and RM100 for the one without passbook. Moreover, there is RM20 applied yearly for the ATM card. 


What?! RM20 yearly? 


So, what if I do not want the ATM card. She said cannot because withdrawal for less than RM5k is not allowed at the counter. What if I just use that account for online transaction? Cannot! Because you will need the ATM card number when registering online banking account. 


I don't have other option other than paying RM20 yearly 


~>___<~


When I reach home, I browse the RHB website for available account provided.




Below is the one without passbook.

With passbook

This is the account that I want (see below picture)

As a conclusion, I cannot close my current saving account because if I do so I have to pay closing fee of RM20. Remember to check online site before registering new saving account. 


HELP! Can I make a complain to the bank??? To who???


The three snapshots are from ...
http://www.rhb.com.my/deposits/savings-account/sa_mysave_main.html
http://www.rhb.com.my/deposits/savings-account/sa_passbook_main.html
http://www.rhb.com.my/deposits/savings-account/sa_basic_main.html

My First Post

Yay! This is my first post in blogger :)