Posted in Personal, running on March 30, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I’ve stopped eating fast food.
No more McDonalds, KFC, Burger King, Popeye’s Chicken, etc. (McDonalds, Vienna, Austria, Sep 2008)
No more donuts (Krispy Kreme, Manchester, Dec 2008)
No more decadent breakfasts. (Hostel Les Goblins, Paris, France, Dec 2008)
No more Pringles. (Metro, Paris, France, Dec 2008)
No more cake! sobs (Sacher Torte, Vienna, Austria, Sep 2008)
No more chocolate! (Yorkie, Manchester, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 6.5 million, crowded, population, Singapore on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I read this letter in the forum pages today, commenting on a recent article (Pack them in, build them up – March 27 2009) in which a certain Professor Edward Glaeser extolled the benefits in Singapore having a 6.5 million population. I was similarly alarmed. With more crowded trains, buses, shopping centres (with Tampines starting [...]
Posted in Personal, tagged Ariel, children, Daddy, depression, Lady Lazarus, Lesbos, Nicholas Plath, parenthood, Plath, poetry, suicide, Sylvia Plath on March 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Back in Junior College I was slightly obsessesed with the poems of Sylvia Plath.
The visual imagery of:
Nigger eye/Berries cast dark/Hooks—/Black sweet blood mouthfuls. (Ariel)
The lovely onomatoepia in:
Viciousness in the kitchen!/The potatoes hiss. (Lesbos)
The hatred for her father expressed in childlike rhyme:
They are dancing and stamping on you/They always knew it was you/ Daddy, Daddy, you [...]
Posted in Singapore, bloglove, websites on March 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There is absolutely no point in this post other than to express my utter love for blankanvas. I discovered Pat Law’s blog only recently, and what I love about it is that she successfully weaves many different topics in one website without being too “all-over-the-place” as I feel that I am with my blog. I [...]
Posted in Singapore, tagged aviva ironman, competition, sabotage, Singapore, triathlon on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes you lose a little faith in humanity. This is rather sad, especially following the video I last posted. Me and Erfen watched in disbelief yesterday as Channel 5 News reported the case of sabotage during the Aviva Ironman Triathlon. Apparently, someone scattered thumbtacks on the road in order to sabotage the participants on the [...]
Posted in ideas on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am not part of a Lost Generation, and you aren’t too. Watch this for an amazing message we all know, but I guess sometimes we just need a little reminding. (Credit to Presentation Zen for posting the video)
Posted in humour, tagged Bernie Madoff, funny, satire on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme as explained by Sesame Street. I don’t really like the Jimmy Kimmel Show, but I do like this.
Posted in Personal on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Been out of the loop for a really, really long time. So long in fact, that I couldn’t recognise Orchard Road last week when I went past it. And since I didn’t stop to see the changes, this means that I have officially not been in Orchard for 7 months. Being away has made me [...]
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