I know where I can find my true sanctuary: Kampong Buangkok, the last remaining kampong on Singapore island.
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when one grows up
Two assignments today – one following primary school pupils on a tour of the Science Centre, another interviewing secondary school winners of an ice cream-making competition.
These two assignments confirmed what I’ve always believed: That in general, primary school pupils are more interesting and entertaining than secondary school students – when their teachers are out …
life in the cubicle farms
I realised today that I am more motivated to work if my cubicle neighbours are in.
If my neighbours are out, and there’s just me next to a bunch of empty desks, I won’t get the feeling that I
am actually at work, in an office.
Then I’ll gradually feel like sleeping.
And fighting to stay …
better dead than alive
“Singapore is ranked 28th in the world to live, but 18th in the world to die.
Conclusion: It’s better to be dead than alive in Singapore.”
subterranean hell
I shuddered as I read this: Walls of fat removed from London’s sewers.
Unlike the cartoon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, it might not be THAT glamorous and edgy to stowaway in city sewers after all.
another time, another place
My second remedial training session went fine, it wasn’t too tough on us pasty-faced office warriors. We only did some interval training which wasn’t too intense.
After not exercising for almost two years, I’ve forgotten how it feels like to get a good workout. On a normal working day, I’d be sleepy and sluggish after …
bringing it too close to home
“Look who’s bashing Singaporeans”
Transcripts of Martyn See’s banned film on Dr Lim Hock Siew
Mosque near Ground Zero: Yea or nay?
a historian without a history
At least one person has admitted to me that he saves all traces of his online activity. MSN, Gmail, Gmail chat, Twitter, Skype, blog entries, and so on.
Imagine. In 200 years’ time those records would be excellent primary sources for historians eager to study and write about his life.
Is that probably why I …
airplanes
“The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is that vampires are allergic to bullshit.”
- Richard Pryor.
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“9/11 is the perfect example of why we can’t pretend airplanes in the night sky are shooting stars.”
another four years’ wait begins
The World Cup ends with Spain beating Holland 1-0 in extra-time! See you in four years’ time.
Maybe by then, I would have quit my job and bought tickets for A and I to fly to Brazil and watch World Cup 2014 live!!! Who knows. Or maybe we’ll all be long dead because the world …