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What’s the probability that the morning after my last post, a hallway discussion was about the exact topic? From a very visible and “experienced” manager, he said “just because you don’t …
A relocation usually brings with it a lot of challenges, culture shock notwithstanding. Luckily, being employed in the Singapore office for a number of years exposed myself to the ways of …
Just read this report about the food poisoning incident in Geylang Serai, and found the mention of Mr Seetoh’s publication in this report weird. There really wasn’t any need to do so. Funn …
Jon and I have been living in USA for five years.Here's our five achievements.We are DEBT FREE! whew!!!Still using the same car we bought five years agoGain muscles and fatsGetting younger everyday according to our friends. Nice :)Learning basic conversational JapaneseFive things I like about SeattleEvergreen state. Everywhere you go, you see lots of treesPeople are MORE …
Like: - The public library system here is amazing. Tons of movies and classics. That’s where Sharon’s cited >100 of B&W movies came from. We’ve found classics such as the “Thin Man …
How quick times flies? In less than two weeks, we’ll be here for five years. At a high level, here’s what we’ve done: - a job change for me (and a couple failed attempts at others) - fi …
Got myself the special edition of UNKLE’s War Stories album, and was forewarned by the cashier at Silver Platters.. “it’s a good buy… and great songs and artwork.. but good luck opening it …
i’m seeing a huge similarity between the outrage of the AIG bonuses and the Singapore CDC bonuses issues. One thing for sure though: there’s no way we’ll be seeing some of the development …
It’s almost five years since we were here. It’s also almost five years since the blog started. How times fly! Originally, my motivation for blogging was to simply have a single place wher …
Looking back, i don’t think that i’ve never really mentioned how i came to be where i am. Upon a request from Agagooga, .. let me see if i can remember how it went… “Now this is the stor …
Been a while….. Was tagged by Kurt, in an internet meme about drawing bunnies. I was most famously (or notoriously) chided in my high school days for “drawing” a landscape piece that lo …
The economy is getting from bad to worse. Washington unemployment rate has increased to 8.1%. More people are losing jobs and will not be able to find another job within two to three months' time. There are more bad news than good news. What is happening to the world? Am I living in hell already? I am not sure whether I will lose my job and thus work with an attitude that I …
Looking at how the healthcare system is slowly being USA-like in Singapore, and with someone asking us to export our elderly to another country (a world’s first i believe), i am worried th …
Saw a post on TOC, and as i was chatting with my friend who works in Mediacorp, made me joked about it. It’s sad to see that with access to such information easily available (YouTube anyo …
Ahh...it is the time of the year again. Presents. Yes, I know in this bad economy, we should save money. However, we should also allow ourselves to splurge on small indulgence.My presents include:Pink cameraPink camera case/pouchPink mini camera printerBlack camera standRed and pink rosesKukui Moisturizing Lotion - found this in Haiwaii
As i was watching the inauguration ceremony (check out the satellite image) with Ian, friends from all over the world were texting me with messages of hope. Though there was a bit of a mi …
Sharon told me earlier tonite that i hasn’t been posting to the blog, and i said huh? Checked in my blogger dashboard and found my last few posts not there. Turned out they were in one of …
Just goes to show that one keeps learning about things that would have been taken for granted. From young, i have been using the VapoRub in all incidents of coughs, colds, chest pains, breathlessness etc, and i remembered my mum putting it into hot water and letting me breathe in the steam of the VapoRub mixture. This recent issue discovered was something new, and made me …
Happy that i get to meet up with a few colleagues from Singapore. Was glad to bring Sharon along with them to the outlets to do some shopping. Sad to find out that my fave t-shirt s …
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