OK, there are a few different tangents that went off from Cecil's rant which made me think about the different degrees of separation I have had so far.

Separated from Singapore Family and Friends, Relocated for love:I miss my friends from Singapore. But forward 6 years, I continue to keep in touch with key friends via web and email. But my kin ( Read more... )

Sometimes, I think I can't be too dim-witted to have made it through life this far. But then I have these series of moments where I am like, "Duh! During that conversation last week . . . you frickin did not catch the gist and put your foot in your mouth!" The worse kind are the ones where things are SO obvious, people are in disbelief that I ( Read more... )

I was watching Law & Order (Special Victims Unit) - one of my all-time favourite TV series and this episode on a mother who killed her baby daughter who had Tay Sachs came on. Basically, this couple (she is of Jewish descent, he is Anglo-Saxon Catholic) had a baby daughter. Then the symptom of a red spot in the back of the baby’s eyes appeared ( Read more... )

Started job at MT May 1 and so far everything is going pretty alright. I like the office culture, the team of people I am working with, and the work I am doing. The only downside so far is this other alpha female in my team who is very forthright about her opinions and constantly tries to put me down. She keeps indicating that I do not know the ( Read more... )

Gave official notice about 2 weeks ago, today is my second-last day at work. My manager's manager has already left, and my manager is at a conference this week but will be back tomorrow for my last day. So I feel really unmotivated at work and I have one last project to do, which is literally to fix everything that the department has refused to ( Read more... )

Naia The SopranoYesterday evening, while Noah and I were making dinner in the kitchen, Naia was hanging out at the safety gate to the kitchen, testing out this new high-pitch screech she can do. She went from a soft screech, then went gradually louder a couple of times, as if testing out her vocals, then she went for the gusto and gave us a loud ( Read more... )

Noah loves the Stephen Chow movies that have made it to the US - like Kungfu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer. I was trying to explain to him the Back to School series we used to crack up on while we were in NY - brought back such fond memories.

Some questions for the Singapore mommies and mommies-to-be and anyone else who knows the answers ( Read more... )

Okay, so I love a good goss-fest but what would be crossing the line if you were doing so with your husband’s colleagues? I have become more and more close to two of Noah’s best female colleagues and although I do not speak with them regularly, when we do, it’s like they were my best mates from college. Charlean and Connetta have been to Naia’s ( Read more... )

At our 2005 Secret Santa lunch, I got a Dilbert Wall Calendar. Sweet ( Read more... )