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The Shit Hit the Fan
If you’re one of those who panicked — you’re not the only one. The only explanation I can care to give is: when you’re trying your darndest best to pull 2000 words out of your ass, and then you see the flash of pink at a screen which isn’t yours, you might have overreacted, too. I [...]
Sabbatical
Looking at me now one can scarcely tell there’s a project and a term paper due within days, neither of which are significantly near completion; nor does it seem evident that within two weeks, this term shall have passed, I will be legally able to enjoy short travel, alcohol, and guiltless time spent doing nothing. But [...]
It’s Out
And has been, for some time, I suspect, but I only just saw it on the newsstand. That picture is not a picture of me, nor is it a picture of mine. Travel India (“The only lifestyle and travel magazine on India in the region”), issue 2, Autumn 2005. It costs only S$4. This issue contains a [...]
Women Bloggers, And..
In our favourite trash tabloid today, the results of a poll by SMS have been published: “What’s your take? Will the sarong party girl disappear from Singapore?” I couldn’t tell if they were talking about the blogger, or sarong party girls, in general. In a box highlighting next week’s topic: “What’s with women bloggers and their [...]
Some Signs That Say You’ve Recently Returned From India
written in January but disappeared into a notebook I didn’t want to see again The act of crossing roads is no longer sacred. Having taken on Kolkata’s, you stroll across any road with any traffic, believing yourself above traffic, bullocks, kamikaze vehicles and the humans inside and outside them. When you miss a bus, you sprint for [...]
Random About Thailand
It’s rather obvious I am a big fan of Thailand. I stay up until 5 in the morning to read about obscure, far flung corners of that country I want to love and hate, how to get there, and where to stay, for as little baht as I can manage, then I make random observations [...]
On Plastic Surgery
Update: Best response ever to this issue � my brother: “Oh so that’s why I haven’t seen her around in ages, I thought she disappeared.” Agagooga got to the good stuff before I could be bothered to dig up my yearbooks, and maybe this is why I said Hottest Blogger makes my stomach churn. The fundamental [...]
Eight Ages of a Woman
reposted, on demand, with some modification 1. It is the universal truth — before any woman, man, boy, or girl, is able to walk, first she must spend time crawling. And so it is here, as well as others, that first she learns the root and the nature of her passion and desire, isolates it, tames [...]
Life Is Random
The mashed potato Killiney Kopitiam (SMU) serves with its chicken chop is really instant Maggi mashed potato, the same one 7-Eleven serves. Incidentally, I know this because I will have a wisdom tooth removed soon, and already know all about liquid food. (And for this reason, you may get your books later than expected, details [...]
A Hello and Goodbye Place
We’ve all got our Hello and Goodbye Places. Places like that encircle the periphery of your heart, mark out its defences, and watch its gates. Places that, through no effort of yours, establishes landmarks and demolishes old structures. One of the ways I can get to school is to hop on a 106 — but I [...]