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This is the final lap. In 5 days' time, I will be flying back to the island and into the arms of my significant other. I don't know what has happened on the island in the past few weeks, but I'm pretty sure it's more of the same. Most of the inhabitants have such a frog-in-the-well mentality that it would be a surprise to expect anything else. Incidentally, an American …
I just heard Palin gave her acceptance speech last night, and boy was I aghast. I understand she's speaking to the Republican base, but she sucked (not the kind you'd want). At the very least I would have expected some speech coaches to have gotten her to stop dragging the final "s" of a word out so long. The way the microphone is picking up sound it's very …
Time really flies. It's a cliche, yes, but what are cliches if not statements that remain true despite the tests of time? I'm halfway into my stay here. Classes have been good, and I'm learning lots. There have been times when a younger me would have been stressed out by the stuff I haven't learnt, but this older me - backed by experience - just take things in my stride. I …
The fantastic four? The four horse(wo)men of change? [Photo from the Dallas Morning News]. I watched Obama gave an introductory speech on his running mate, Senator Joseph Bidden. And I must say he is a great speaker, never once referring to his notes, with the right pitch and tone of voice, at the right time. Save for one embarrassing gaffe where he introduced Biden as …
It's been three months since the Sichuan earthquake; you'd think it'll be safe to go out now. So I flew halfway across the world... ...and hit right smack into Tropical Storm Fay. WTF? At this point in time it's rain with strong winds of 45 miles per hour, causing the palm trees outside my hotel room to sway pretty violently. It has already blown over a lamp post at the …
I meant to try out a seafood place yesterday, but because there was such a long queue I gave it a miss. I went next door instead, to a barbeque and grill restaurant called Smokey Bones. Smokey Bones seems to be sports bar kind of place, and prides itself on doing tasty ribs. I don't really fancy ribs however, and decided to order a sirloin steak (at USD$12.18): It was …
Been trying out the various chips and beverages they have in the supermarkets here. The photo above shows some of the stuff I've tried in the past week. Now you know why I hit the gym daily for an hour at least.
On the recommendation of a colleague, I visited this ice cream store nearby called Marble Slab. It has an interesting concept in that first you choose your ice cream, then you choose the 'toppings' to be squished into the ice cream. There are numerous toppings to choose from: M&Ms, chocolate rice, raisins, walnuts, marshmellows, etc. You can choose your cones too. Or …
On my way to the beach, I popped into this shop in the historic downtown Melbourne precinct which sells gourmet popcorn + fudge + ice cream + shaved ice: They had a lot of flavours of popcorns to choose from: A close up look at two of the flavours: 'Fudge' in the USA is usually understood to be chocolate. Here are some of the seemingly delectable ones: …
The beach is 10 minutes away by car, but because I don't drive it became a 2 hour walk. I have to say the beach's not worth the walk, but the babes definitely are. There's a lot of topless sunbathing going on, but unfortunately it's the face down kind.
I never really liked Popeyes' chicken back on the island, despite raving reviews from my friend. I've always been a KFC man. But since there was a Popeyes restaurant just a few minutes away from my hotel, I decided to give it another go. I ordered the 'spicy' flavour version (there's also a 'mild' one), and I must say it tasted pretty good. Doesn't have oil dripping off …
The sun's pretty searing here in Melbourne, but the low humidity makes it bearable. I found a number of small moles on my face, chest and arms last night, which caused a slight alarm. It's definitely not caused by the sun here in Florida, but I think it's time to lay off the topless running after I return. The shops are very spaced apart here, and because I don't drive, …
Bacteria is winning the war, according to Science Magazine. And we're running of of weapons. The lesson learnt must thus be: Screw with nature and nature will screw you back... harder. P.S. If you don't want humankind to die out faster, stop asking the doctor to give you antibiotics for flu.
After a 16-hour flight, in which I finished 5.25 movies and had a strange episode of fainting (almost) spell, I'm now blogging this at Terminal 5 of the Los Angeles airport. There's another 1.5 hours to go before I board the next plane to Atlanta, which will be followed by a final flight to Melbourne, Florida - where I'll be spending the next six weeks. *** The significant …
This is from a psychiatrist and her husband based on their counselling of marriages. Don't shoot the messenger, i.e. me.Women want what they see romanticized on TV and in films. Women are usually not as affected financially by a divorce and therefore in today's society less likely to work towards fixing the marriage.Marriage is hard work, period. But nowadays, people want …
The more things change, the more they stay the same.How do you share something with someone if they're not here? And how do they celebrate the day with you after it has passed?You can't make up for lost time.Today - of all days - I'm running on empty.Perhaps it's time I psyched myself up and prepare myself mentally for the new job.
The visa's being processed, a new job with much travelling beckons, and you wonder if the final piece of the jigsaw fell into place with the start of a new relationship.Unfortunately, life's not so simple because humans make it complicated.There hasn't been a honeymoon period. Periods of disagreements/arguments happened on four consecutive days, about small promises that were …
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