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For the past 10 years I’ve lived in this neighborhood, I haven’t once spoken to a neighbor. No kidding, I don’t know a single one of them. My dad goes for the odd neighborhood gathering and he’s pretty in the loop, but for the most part, I stay out of it. But I do know ...
For about two weeks so far, I’ve been working the night shift. It means I come home late, sometimes past 1am. Today, I took my time walking back to my house from the main road and for the first time in two weeks, I noticed how uncannily quiet it was.The street lamps cast an eerie ...
All the big national exams in Singapore are just round the corner. You’d think young working adults would need some help jogging their memory about school life, but it seems we’re being reminded it’s exam time far too often. Ladies and Gentlemen, meet the Coffee Shop Seat Hogs.Yes, I’m talking about the teenagers who buy ...
I am over the moon. My Taj Mahal drawing was one of the four 1st-place entries in the Jones Soda Facebook graffiti contest. View the other winners here. This was picked as the winner of the “Man-Made” category.
I’ve definitely been bitten big time by the drawing bug. It’s been a long time since I’ve done two pieces of Facebook graffiti on the same day. One’s for the music-themed graffiti contest; the other is for the World Wonders contest. Ai pointed out that the Taj Mahal is kinda leaning — crap! I think ...
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There’s a nasty flu bug going around, and I have succumbed. Some thoughts from the week past:My parents will soon have to deal with the Empty Nest. It doesn’t help that my house is pretty big — way too big for two older people and a maid anyway. I’ve been feeling pretty sad about ...
As I was looking through the pictures from our photoshoot, I realized that what makes me happiest is actually being able to see the joy that comes through in every image.To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.–David Viscott, How to Live with Another Person, 1974 ...
I think the problem with attending top schools all your life is that while you gain book smarts, you hardly learn to cope with adversity or to manage your expectations in a reasonable manner.I remember on the day I got my A Level results, classmates who didn’t get straight As were buckled over in various ...
About three months ahead of any wedding, soon-to-be wed couples go through a curious rite of passage known as the Pre-Wedding Photoshoot. Preparations for this day are intense — think a manicure and pedicure, facial, complete makeover — the works.Dressed in their bridal finery, the bride and groom-to-be triapse around picturesque locations where they are ...
I was blessed with the opportunity to speak with an extraordinary man today. I call him extraordinary because I have never met anybody who, in the face of such extreme adversity, has managed to press on.This man is homeless. He is old. He spends his days roaming the country, and his nights sleeping in public ...
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