Maternal instincts. The depth of the two words has always frightened me. What did that feel like? Did my mom feel maternal? Or my grandmother? Will I feel maternal and beat my fists on my chest, just like King Kong, if something happened to my cub? The responsibility that came with those two words seemed daunting ( Read more... )

In the last year, I have been blocking out the 'white noise' from the media. The vomit of stories on the financial abyss that the world is in and when the recovery will be. I do admit that I got sucked into it for awhile but realised long ago that life doesn't stop. Life is full with family, friends, exercise, prayer, music and most important of ( Read more... )

The thought about going back to work made me feel sick. How was I going to go back after spending four months at home, exclusively, with Arrian ( Read more... )

I can’t believe it is time to say goodbye to where we have spent the best years of lives together -Mosque Street. Living right in the pulsating heart of Chinatown has made me become attached to our tiny flat in a way never felt before ( Read more... )

The phenomenon called pregnancy ( Read more... )

I must admit, I was nervous about going to Bhutan. I am an unadventurous Singaporean, happy to spend my days within the boundaries of a swimming pool or in the cinemas. After all, what would the Kingdom of Bhutan--landlocked between Indian and China and cut off from the Western world have to offer? I was skeptical ( Read more... )

I am selling my iBook. It is less than a year old and in very good condition.

Reason for selling: I really don't need it anymore as my company has given me a company laptop.

Any takers? Price: $750, negotiable.

I have been doing a lot of thinking about newsrooms versus communications departments. And this is all after having left a six year career as a journalist to try something different ( Read more... )

This may be a superficial entry but I have to say this ( Read more... )

A close girlfriend of mine asked me this yesterday in a private conversation, "Where are the real men deep?". And this is a question I have been asking myself too. Just where are they ( Read more... )