7 Weeks have flown by, hardly noticed at all. You can order groceries online and have them delivered to your doorstep. You can buy a monthly student travel pass, and take the bus or tube anywhere, except for when drivers go on strike, or when tube-works are in progress, which always falls on the weekend. You can walk. This is the weather for ( Read more... )

 I miss Chinese pop! I miss karaoke! I tried to go online to listen to the 93.3FM radio, but apparently it doesn't work. Does anyone know if its supposed to be only received in SG? Or is it my settings are all cocked up? Help ( Read more... )

My sense of direction has always been poor. I avoided driving for a whole year after getting my license, simply because I was afraid to make the wrong turn. But those days are long gone, and out of necessity or whim I now scoot all about Singapore, my trusty street directory in hand. Sometimes, I will open it randomly on my bed, look at a denoted ( Read more... )

On the 23rd of April, a rainy Wednesday evening, I put my border collie down. Lance was 13 years old, handsome, steadfast and loyal, and gave our entire family 13 years of joy. In his youth he could catch tennis balls in mid-air. He patiently let my baby cousin ride him like a pony. He loved curry puffs and bread. He accompanied my father to ( Read more... )

Well, its been a year since I last stopped Accutane, and I decided to do an utterly frivolous yet deadly serious skin update! Seeing as how I'm now working in a plastic surgery department, and surrounded by supposed paragons of beauty, I decided to take a really good hard look at my own complexion ( Read more... )

Heard again on national radio ( Read more... )

We are never completely happy, because that would be insane. We are never truly sorrowful, because there is much to rejoice about. We are never utterly lost, because we find ways to carry on. Despite ourselves. The things we have learnt to stand for, like stilt houses on muddy ground. This has been a year of tearing it all down ( Read more... )

Your name: Terry ( Read more... )

I don't know why most people didn't like it. I thought that it was a wonderful take on that sinister legend, faithfully adapted for the animated screen by Neil Gaiman, the master of the epic Sandman comics and lately, Stardust ( Read more... )

Was looking through some old pics. I try to do everything once in my life, within reasonable limits. Thank God "reasonable" is subjective. This was Phuket, March 06. I so need another holiday.


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