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In Search of Nepalese Food
Ever since last December’s venture to Darjeeling, to soak up the fresh Himalayan air and even fresher tea, I’ve had an urgent craving for Nepalese food – a craving that led me to seek out Gorkha Grill today, of which I’ve heard much about. The particular craving was for momo, a Nepalese version of the [...]
Spacing Out At Subway
Spacing out at Subway: my friend. A., looked up from her Italian BMT in a daze and promptly announced – “Pay $2.90 to make any six inch a footlong.. if only it was so easy to lengthen other types of six inchers!”
Switching Off the Internet
My mother came into the room last night to ask: “Can I switch off the Internet?” I mean, I knew my mother was really powerful and all, but the ability to turn off the Internet kind of like, takes it to a whole new level. I’ve tried to introduce the terms modem and router, but [...]
Excavation
1. Wherever I go, I am not allowed to forget – how perfectly crisp and displaced my unaccented English is. If there is an accent it is not one you can pin down. To my countrymen it betrays my independent school upbringing, a way of life, perhaps even my inclination towards the ways of the [...]
Another Wholly Untranslatable Word
The Hokkien turn of phrase, pekchek, describes extreme frustration, frequently arising either from a string of events indicating the forces of the universe conspire against you, or from a slate of work of Sisyphean proportions, or both. The well-known feeling arising from not being able to get a taxi despite queuing for hours in Orchard [...]
Nostalgia Amongst Other Things
I was wondering: if you had to name a few things which defined your childhood in Singapore, what would it be? Kickapoo Joy Juice Macho mee Polar snack Munching on milo powder, washed down with condensed milk Those funny red machines you put a few cents into, turn a wheel, and have a random item (usually Aniki Jin or Nicky [...]
Conversations With Taxi Drivers
They say that in order to know a city quickly and intimately – you just have to talk to a taxi driver. Which is a good idea, since taxi drivers are, of all available occupations, the most – shall we say, verbally gifted, of the lot. One wonders if this tendency to be circumlocutory is [...]