What do you mean "red-bean cakes aren't suppose to be sour"?!

Yes, Red-bean cakes from Mr Bean aren't suppose to be sour. Sometimes, we just have to learn things the hard way, complete with puking and a general sense of knotted-stomach dread.

Now a good rule of thumb for buying food from Mr Bean is to not accept anything dodgy that appears to have been sitting on the counter with the flag thing (that says what it is) stuck in it for the most part of the warm humid afternoon. Or, an alternative strategy would be to abstain from any beany cake delights completely. (Actually "delights" would be creative embellishment on my part. The beany cake thing, honestly, wouldn't have qualified as being "delightful" whether it has gone bad or not.)

All in all, lesson learnt:

Do not put just anything in your mouth, however juicy it may be.
You do not know what disease you may get from it.*

*NB: This applies to all aspects of life.

Birthday wish list for the Mod Squad as per requested:

• Jock Strap (for purposes I can only know and you can only guess)
• iPod Universal Dock (the universal one, the nano one is such a rip-off)
• Nike Hi-Cut Sneakers (hip-hop is the new black I heard... or the new pink?)
• Sony Ericsson K750i (auto-focus!)
• MacBook Pro (it's a fast mac, what can i say)
• Saab Convertible (any colour would do, I'm not fussy)
• $100,000 in S&P index fund (according to my finance prof this will be worth at least 3 times over in 10 years)