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From Channel NewsAsia: SINGAPORE: Singapore has beaten Moscow to win the bid to host the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG).This was announced on Thursday via satellite from the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.From nine cities in October, a shortlist of five was made in November. This was reduced to two last month.Postal voting by IOC members closed last …
This is an advertisement found at the back of the door of a female toilet cubicle in NUS. Don't ask me why the advertisement is still there when the play it's advertising for was long over.I believe estee once blogged about this and what NUS students nowadays think about marriage.Something about the writings there bothered me but I did not know what it was until I was in the …
Brother has been in Tekong for the past two days.Last night, father came into my room and told me Olivia thought of brother and cried then she fell asleep. So poor thing.I SMSed Brother and all he said was,Boring here. Go back home better. This Thursday...Don't know if he was touched or not.And he replied at 5.37am this morning! Freaking early.
"The kindergarten Credo is not kid stuff. It is elemental. It is the basic foundation to what you will learn in future."This is the 15th anniversary edition. The first edition was published 15 years ago (of course) and during this period of time it has become quite popular. There are 25 new essays in addition to the original Kindergarten. Each of these essays are written …
Set first in Afghanistan in the 1970s and then later on in the United States, it tells of a boy who grew up in Afghanistan, Khabul, how he and his father escaped from their home to the United States during the invasion of the Russians, and how he went back to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan to atone for the sin he had committed back in his childhood.The importance of family, …
A classic from The Sound of Music. Daphnemaia and Precious were somehow talking about this on ping.sg's shoutbox and daph gave me the link to this. As such I am now kind of addicted.
Meet my 2 ulcers. The bigger one is named "Elsa", the smaller one is "Baby Joey"."Joey" also happens to be chaosdingo's name and it is all daphnemaia's fault. Last night as some of us were trying to name the small ulcer (I mean the bigger one has already been named and it doesn't seem very fair to the smaller ulcer) on ping.sg's shoutbox, chaosdingo: how does bala sound? …
From now on, YS will be named "The Cleavage Girl" or "Cleavage" for short because she has a nice cleavage.She says she must wear turtle neck and long sleeve top when she goes out with Pearl and I.
It is 1.30am. Why am I here?Some girl stepped on my foot today while on my way to school and sheared my toe nail off. I limped home upstairs and was on the verge of tears. My father threw me a box of plasters, told me to stick it to my toe, let it be for a couple of days then it will drop off (the nail, not my toe). Then he said he was going to work and told me to remember to …
"My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973."Susie looks down at the family from her heaven, living through them the life that she couldn't have. She watched as her family grieved and fell apart from the loss, watched as her mother left, watched her father and sister try to find her murderer, watched her …
Today I sat for a mid-term test which is 40% of the total grade. It consisted of 3 essays. There was one question I entirely did not study for because I had strongly believed that it would not come out. Well, in a way I could have talked something about Freudian theory to gain me a little marks here and there but truthfully, I was just so afraid of answering essay questions …
I was looking at the Classifieds a few days back when I came across something for the 2nd time, grinned wildly at it and was reminded that I have to blog about this.This is Uzyn, founder of ping.sg:Apologies for small picture. The following was found in the Classifieds:Uzyn's lookalike! Who, despite having poor grades, still looks quite happy. I have a feeling this is really …
My period has already been over for a couple of days and I shouldn't be feeling this, but I do.I feel extremely horny.In fact I've been to the school's toilet, watched some not-so-innocent sites for a few consecutive days and have woken up from sleep with some not-so-innocent first thoughts.This is not good. I'm supposed to be innocent, remember? Help? (help not in the form …
For many days, this song has been repeating in my head, came to my lips when I felt the urge to sing or hum something and oddly gave me comfort whenever I needed it. An old song but with a …
In view of the terrible earthquake at Haiti, there are various channels for cash donations if you're thinking of doing so but not sure how to do so. 1) World Vision Singapore. I personally donated through this avenue. Do note they require a minimum donation of SGD60. This is paid through credit card (Visa/Master). 2) Facebook - Doctors without Borders. No minimum amount that …
Another play by Action Theatre, named Mama's Wedding. Here's the excerpt from Action Theatre's blog:MAMA'S WEDDING tells a hilarious story of what happens to three sisters when their mother decide to remarry at the age of 56!Big sister Ruth, who has not spoken to her own mother in years, has to decide whether to go back to Penang to attend the wedding. The other two sisters …
Sometimes I'm very jealous of him, and of a lot of other people.一个人吃饭吃久了会很寂寞。习惯不代表喜欢。-----------------This coming new year, I wish there won't be conflict surrounding money in the house, f …
Because am currently unable to blog a full post at a time (sorry), I'm going to try to do it one sentence at a time while doing stuff. Beats putting all blogging material into my twitter.9.49pm1) Last night I found the newspaper of Cheston's death missing from my cupboard at 12 + midnight. Freaked out and got ready to search through the entire house for it. Don't know why …
I have an uncle whose name is Siew Meng, said in Chinese it's "Siao (Xiao) Ming". Yesterday our relatives were talking about Ah Meng, the orangutan who had died the day before.Aunt: 听说他们要把 …
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