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Picture this with me. Across the road, you have found the entrance to a museum. It is your first visit. Outside the museum, there are stalls crowded with curious shoppers, genuine shopp …
Before I write a wrap-up of my week one’s read-along progress, I have two confessions to make. This activity was first conceptualized with Jo – the UK blogger – and I co …
Once in a while, I would discover some books that are so unique and you want to know the sad part of the story? I can never find another book quite like the ones I love, not even from the …
If my band members are to know that I have recorded a cover song and shared the video with you here, they would flip. Because I don’t usually do covers. But in the spirit of learni …
In one Spanish class, our teacher Alejedra posed a question: How did you meet that someone important in your life? For those who have kids at home, you must have been bombarded by soul sea …
Looking back, I think it is the little disagreements that glued Cynthia and I to American Idol. Cynthia supported Elliott Yamin and I, Katharine McPhee. We would debate for days that (a) …
I could not help but to feel somewhat devastated after reading “The Grand Design”. There is nothing wrong with the book. In fact, it is one fine book. A concise yet accessib …
“Let Me In” is not a typical vampire movie, quite possibly something you have not seen before. That is if you have not watched the original Swedish film “Let The Right O …
Another good reason of why I blog is because I get to meet like-minded bloggers online over time. Call it mutual support or mutual respect or simply mutual pollination o f ideas, I treasu …
I remember seeing the movie poster of “The Housemaid” when we were in Hong Kong. Back then, we picked a Spanish film to watch instead. I am surprised. More often than not, f …
Friday morning, I woke up feeling woozy. Cynthia has been having this bad cough at night lately. When we reached the bridge that connects Singapore to Malaysia, on a Friday late morning, …
This story makes no sense. It really does not. You know how the opening paragraph of a book set the tone and style of the entire book. Here is the first paragraph from “Lord Vishn …
The movie preview took place at Bugis Shaw. And it has been a while since we hang out in that area. Cynthia bumped onto her colleague while I to mine. Small world it is indeed. The stor …
Gorges du Verdon is located in the South of France, around 100 km away from Nice. For those who wonder what a gorge is (like I do), a gorge is a deep ravine craved out by a river over a l …
After the act, our good buddy TK asked: Are you going to take a picture of this and share it on Facebook? Staring at the yellow powder, my immediate response was: No way! My Sunday was no …
Time passes by so quickly! One week has passed. We watched “The Town” last weekend. And tomorrow is Friday. The beginning of yet another weekend. This week is a happy week …
This evening, we discovered a new stall inside Thomson Plaza food court selling Thai food, advertised as “Gourmet Thai food”. Gourmet-ness is relative. But inside a food cour …
“UFO In Her Eyes” is one strange novel, and I am liking it. I don’t think I have read something quite like this before. The storyline is strange. But even more so is t …
Some say that the correct way of reading this series is to start with “A Year In the Merde”, then continue with “Merde Actually” and “Merde Happens”. A …
One lesson I learned: Try not to bring your partner to watch a Japanese (or Korean for that matter) romance movie after her makeup workshop. Cynthia was weeping profusely throughout the m …
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