SAFE SEX

I read this joke in the newspaper after former Health Minister Dr. Chua Soi Lek admitted that he was the man in the infamous 'sex video'--

"Latest advice from the Ministry of Health - for safe sex, wear a face mask, not a condom."

CHRISTMAS BLUNDER

In the hospital, we often use the phrase "top up", for example, top up medication or top up haemoglobin (by means of blood transfusion). While having lunch with an old friend on X'mas Day (at a popular restaurant at Mid Valley Megamall), I asked the waitress if I could "top up" my drink. The bewildered waitress looked at me for a moment, then asked, "You mean refill?"