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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 ...
Today, my sister and I took my Mom to dinner at Da Paolo at Rochester Park. I can’t believe it’s been a year since we had dinner at Picotin; we talked about that particular dinner tonight and I realized, while looking through my album, that there was where we ate on Mother’s Day last year.I ...
It’s pretty ironic that having two pretty awesome life options could bring about such angst — not just in the decision maker but the people involved in the decision making process as well.My younger sister has about a week or so to decide if she’s gonna head off to New York in the fall, or ...
I spent the day with my little sister, who turns 19 today. I took her to lunch, and then we watched 17 Again, which basically was two hours of eye candy (Zac Efron). And then we went home to the best present of the day — notification that she got into law school. I am ...
Daniel, a friend of mine, wrote a really thoughtful post on love recently. I wholeheartedly agree with what he says, especially the part about love being a gamble. It is sometimes necessary to take risks to have a shot at an epic love.To quote C.S. Lewis:Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly ...
I celebrated my 27th birthday over the entire long weekend, and it was great. I feel like every year I write “best-birthday-ever” posts, but guess what — this really did feel like the best birthday ever. I had so much wonderful food this weekend (and probably too much booze for my own good) but ...
In response to my previous entry, Starbucks replied and said they had looked into the matter. I wonder if it had anything to do with the fact that I sent my feedback with my work e-mail account. Anyhow, here’s the reply I got:Dear xxx,Thank you for your feedback. We truly appreciate it.At Starbucks, we are ...
Wrote this today, after an extremely unpleasant experience at a Starbucks outlet:Dear Sir/Madam,I would like to highlight a disheartening experience I had at the Starbucks outlet at Raffles City Tower. On Sunday, 26 Apr at about 3.30pm, my fiance and I went into this particular outlet for a cup of coffee. It was raining heavily ...
Did this on Facebook graffiti today for my sister. I guess you could say this is an important piece of graffiti because this is me trying to get my focus back; to find my center again. This was a really quick job but I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. ...
I recently bought the final Broadway performance of Rent on DVD. I must say it’s one of the best purchases I’ve made this year. Here’s my favorite track from the musical, Take Me Or Leave Me, as performed by Eden Espinosa and Traci Thoms.
My fiance and I went on a trip to Hong Kong last week. It was a good break; it gave me some much-needed respite from work and oodles of quality time with the one I love.It wasn’t about the dimsum, the Longchamp bag I bought shopping, the incredible view from Victoria Peak, the bowls of ...
While waiting to board our flight home, Chao and I were sharing a coupley moment when an Australian couple in their 50s started talking to us.Man (looking sideways at wife): You don’t get cuddles after 24 years of marriage.Wife: Or sexMe and Chao: …
Some time last year, my fiance surprised me randomly with a Tiffany’s Somerset ring I was gonna buy for myself. Yesterday, I had lunch with Christina, my former roommate at Berkeley. Turned out her Dad had bought her the exact same ring, but in gold — so we decided to take a “ring buddy” picture ...
A few weeks ago, my sister got an admissions offer from New York University (NYU). We were all over the moon, of course, because it is an invaluable opportunity for her to live and study in another country. I don’t really think it’s about the classes, the professors and the academic part of it; rather, ...
I heard this version of Nirvana’s Lithium when Chao and I watched Marley and Me recently and I was completely blown away.
You know what’s unbelievable?That last night when Chao and I were having drinks at our favorite Robertson Quay place, I let Coldplay’s Chris Martin walk RIGHT BY me, while I spazzed like an idiot and didn’t go up to take a picture or get an autograph. I am the paragon of lameness.That the waitress at ...
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