Popagandhi

Not another hiatus post; disclaimer at end Like many girls, I’m fond of treating myself to a spa. Unlike many girls, I don’t go solely for the whole “experience” — I need substance more than fluff, and that applies to my choice of food, airlines, and now, massages too. This is ...

In Support of the Blank Noise Project No matter what country you’re in, there’s bound to be an undercurrent of that idiotic sentiment: that women are molested, raped, sexually harassed, because they were asking for it. This they were begging for it look, is apparently only visible to men who are ...

I shouldn’t have started on this World Cup gambling thing. Especially not with Z. In just two matches, my losses have skyrocketed: I need to pay her in squid ink pasta at Valentino, mussels at Gourmet Plus, and a full dinner at Mag’s Wine Kitchen. I should’ve learned to cut my ...

(The meme that started here and is tagged on Technorati as iamsingaporean) I am Singaporean because nabei and in the name of nonok I curse and swear like one. Because of racial integration policies at the grassroots level I know the names of female and male genitalia in all the official ...

On sand sculptures Someone: “I still haven’t decided what to sculpt.” Me: “You could do a Mount Rushmore, with our Dear Leader and Great Leader and someone else.” Ballsy: “You could call it The Father, The Son and the Holy Goh.” *On meeting secondary school friends at certain parties* M: “I didn’t know you were ...

The recent completion of the infamous Golmud-Lhasa line, home to some of the most treacherous terrain in the world, really does open up some travel options. Instead of taking the 48 hour bus journey from Golmud, Qinghai, getting to Tibet is now a breeze.. as far as trains go anyway. ...

The Chinese version has more pop: according to government commandments, thank you for refraining from taking the stage. Red Star, the old school Chinese restaurant for old timers, is one of the institutions of Chinese food in Singapore. As with all old school Chinese restaurants, there is a stage on which ...

This country has been worrying lately. Unlike some other people, who are concerned with rising prices and the economy, I’m concerned with what seems to be the rising number of murders. And I thought this was a country with a crime rate so low that the police has to create ...

I’ve been back a month, and working 55 hour weeks, every week, since then, so that I can leave again… in a matter of weeks. This time, for purely professional reasons, with remuneration coming later. I think I’m nuts too so you don’t have to tell me that. Now that Jetstar’s ...

In a wave of nostalgia tonight — from stumbling across a related post and its ensuing discussion, while eating Rollercoaster crackers (cheese/keju flavour), and talking to Z. about Ninja Turtles, Captain Planet and Enid Blyton, I took it upon myself to set up a new Flickr Group. If you read this, ...