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The fogeys are back in town. For three months ( Read more... )

Things nearly turned very ugly when I met up with friend and his colleague for lunch. Now, during the course of the meal, we started talking about recent movies. Needless to say, someone brought up The Da Vinci Code. Now, I think that Dan Brown is a hack, but the book was entertaining enough in an action-movie/tabloid feature fashion, and the movie ( Read more... )

Yay. ‘tis a quiet day in the office, which means that I actually got to (discretely) finish Kushiel’s Scion. ( It was a blast )

Alex, I hate you ( Read more... )

Got to talk about pirates over lunch today. There have been a few articles in the local papers lately about piracy in the Straits of Singapore and Malacca (and things done to stop it), and I got to spout the party line for the benefit of friends who asked ( Read more... )

Soccer fever has the entire country firmly in its grip ( Read more... )

I actually had the tv on last night, as I just felt the need for some background noise. So there I was, happily painting up little toy soldiers when I suddenly realised that they were showing The Two Towers, at which point I actually looked up and started paying attention to the idiot box ( Read more... )

When your mind finally decides to settle down, you find that you're about an hour away from home, your body has decided to kick you hard for abusing it and you don't have any cash for a cab, which means you have to walk back ( Read more... )

So, anyone want to get me one of these ?