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I have written and rewritten this entry so many times that it is no longer funny. So I shall get straight into the point. The beauty - which ironically the word beauty is the least appro …
If you have purchased Utada Hikaru’s latest album lately, you may wish to check if track 10 is truncated towards the end of the song. The friendly assistant at HMV (Citilink) was ri …
Once in a blue moon, I do come cross great vocalists whom even from one of my least favorite genres - in this case Hip Hop R&B - I just have to dig it and own the album. A bilingual a …
Fanboi talk aside - as I do have read all eight of her novels - “Remember Me” is an interestingly subtle departure from her time proven success with the Shopaholic formula. Fi …
I have to admit: the casting can’t get better than this. Perhaps, it’s a bit too good. Imagine these strong associations in my head while watching the movie. At the beginnin …
I was caught on camera smiling while reading a book at the Botanic Gardens last weekend. How embarrassing! I’ll get to that later. Couple of months ago, I was also caught on camera as a …
My friends at Facebook know that I have been working on this rather mammoth article on “Audio Compression for Beginners” for days. The reasons why I am always so passionate to …
Provided that there will be no major screw-ups by the two David’s nor any kind of ‘divine intervention’ by the producers, the next few rounds of the American Idol will be exactly like the …
Strange to say, I thought Yuna Ito’s 2nd album “Wish” is much better than her debut “Heart” in so many different ways but yet, the sales figure so far doesn’t agree with me. Perhaps the m …
Having read a few of the books by the Nobel Price winner in literature, Doris Lessing, I am curious about her another genre that is not popularly accepted by the critics - science fiction. …
8 years in the making, 3 years of anticipation for the fans, I grabbed a copy of “Spore” in a heartbeat. Check out these colorful pictures taken from within the game. All the …
The so-called vivid story told by today’s newspaper is neither in-depth nor entertaining. I was expecting a Hollywood script like this. Enjoy!1. EXT. DETENTION CENTER, SINGAPORE – NIGHT …
My good friend Amie is leaving us this week and she asked if I could help her to transport this huge pan grill of, I assume, hers to home. Sure, that’s what friends are for. I ofte …
I really love “Play”. Oh yes, I do. Perhaps it’s because of the disco clubs by the beach of Grand Bay, Mauritius, that my project team often frequented (oh sweet days of Banana Café), an …
I did not wake up this morning and went, “Ah, I am going to make a video blog today”. Our new drummer Wieke has made a request to play No Doubt’s “Hella Good” …
Be it as you want to make sense of what is happening in your life or be inspired as you look ahead into the next decade, futurist Richard Laermer’s new concoction made of personal ob …
It was all bright and shiny at the base of the hill when mom asked if she should bring along her little brolly. Sure, why not. It’s raining season in Singapore. Back in where my m …
Doris Lessing needs no introduction in my site (please refer to the previous entry). I had one other book in mind when I visited the library last week but it was not available. So I have …
OK. Don’t panic. It is not as though I have not celebrated Chinese New Year in Singapore before. Like that one year I had to hunt for oranges at the very last minute after discove …
Ever since our 2nd drummer has decided to spend more time with his new baby - which our band No Eye Candy fully understand and support - for the last two months, we scrambled to look for g …



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