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i have been refraining from commenting from a certain incident as i feel it inappropriate to do so, and i still don’t intend to do so.however, i want to comment on the callousness of some people.i don’t know if people realize how much words can hurt. and i don’t understand how some people can take ...
met up with jean last night after work, another singaporean whom i met through this blog, and who will be here till next friday. and she brought me some hua sheng hu (which apparently is almost extinct in sg)! the internet is really amazing — i find it all quite incredible that even though ...
life tip #111: when you have a problem, don’t do anything and it will resolve itself.works every time, for me at least.over the past week or so, i was kind of troubled over something, but i didn’t really have the time nor energy to do anything about it and yesterday it kind of resolved itself, ...
my phone somehow reset itself and everything got erased–all my smses, phone numbers– so i met up with eunhee after work on saturday to get my phone fixed.we went to SK telecom’s yongsan branch, and eunhee had told me that i should expect to pay about 30,000won if i can’t get it fixed.so we went ...
I am pleased to advise your Working Holiday Scheme Work Visa application has been approved. You have been issued a Work Visa which is current for travel to New Zealand until the date specified. You must travel to New Zealand before this date.the only thing is, the time difference between NZ and london would be ...
i just had a talk with boss1, and he asked me to stay on till december as a favour.i agreed, but i will probably stop work on the 2nd last week of november just to give myself enough time to pack and sort my stuff out.i will still head back to sg in september though, ...
a quite hilarious convo i had with amos over msn yesterday evening about whether we had met before.warning: it’s full of singlish. don’t bother reading if you can’t understand or dislike singlish. hurhur
it’s been years since i last designed something, and i suddenly felt the itch to play with a blank canvas on photoshop again and see what i could come up with.this new design is nothing great; it’s very very simple, but overall i’m quite happy with it. considering the last time i designed a website ...
alright! this is for my friends and family. because i have a LOT of things (like almost 2 years’ worth of stuff) to carry back to singapore with me i won’t be buying any presents or gifts or souvenirs, unless requested for.so. state your requests now! this offer is open till the end of august. ...
so. yesterday, i ordered the new macbook, and customized my order to increase the hdd capacity from 160gb to 250gb. given that my current hdd only has a capacity of 40gb, that is going to be heaven! luckily i didn’t place my order in feb, or i would have gotten the older generation. heehee.the expected ...
so i met up with a friend from canada last night after work, and we chatted till the wee hours of the morning… ok not really, we met at around 9.30pm and talked till about 1.30am, by which time the buses have all stopped running so i took a taxi home.now, the thing about taxi ...
house party on saturday!condiments (which weren’t used)we cooked indian curry and bak ku teh, thanks to jean, who brought the mixes over from singapore! yenwen brought some taiwanese sauce and cooked omelette for us too, but i forgot to take her picture. simmering bak ku teh. looks nice right! i can cook ok. ^^vthis ...
yesterday after class, my students were going to sentosa and my little girl asked if i would like to tag along… i hesitated for only a while before agreeing to join them!!it was fun, though we didn’t manage to do many things – luge + butterfly park + merlion. hurhurhur.but it was quite amusing though; ...
saturday, we went to watchon sunday, we had brunch at chinatown, before heading to trafalgar square for the dano festival organized by the korean tourism organization.round 1 of dimsum.. the start of a £40 meal. heh. didn’t bother taking pictures of round 2, round 3.. was there a round 4? because was too busy eating. ...
so bossy told us the dates of our summer vacation yesterday, which is the week of august 4. work resumes on august 11. (for those not in the know, small korean companies usually don’t provide annual leave which you can take whenever you feel like it. what they have, however, is called “summer vacation” where ...
now that my immersion kids have gone home, i am now teaching the “regular” kids – students who are currently living and attending schools in singapore.some of them have lived in singapore for a few years, and i still haven’t really gotten used to hearing korean children speaking english with a singaporean accent (with bits ...
met up with M for indian food last night (he’s canadian indian, so he knows the people working at the restaurant)… and i think i’ve found a gem! prices are reasonable (by korean standards–22,000won for 2 people), the serving is huge (though i don’t know if this is because M is friends with the people), ...
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