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My perfect kitchen

Posted in Personal, food, tagged , , , , on April 23, 2009 | 7 Comments »

5am and I can’t sleep.
I have a vision of my perfect life.
I bake once a week, and somehow always have all the ingredients on hand. I will bake cookies whenever I feel like it, and never turn down an opportunity to share a cookie with a loved one (husband/kids). Cold milk is a must. Birthdays [...]

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let’s talk

Posted in Personal on April 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Have you ever wondered what actions you could have taken/avoided in the past that could change your life as you know it now?
I sit here in Starbucks, drinking a Frappucino I can’t afford, in a hour most would spend doing honest work, looking at the reflection of life in the black shiny surface of a [...]

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Lunch : Garlic Prawn Pasta

Posted in Personal, food, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 14, 2009 | 8 Comments »

My lunch today – simple garlic prawn pasta with mushrooms in tomato sauce.
First up, saute garlic and prawns in some olive oil. The prawns start to pink really fast, it’s pretty magical indeed.

Next, mushrooms (there can never be enough mushrooms), tomatoes and tomato sauce (I cheated, used the instant stuff)

Add some pasta (colourful pasta makes [...]

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Advaark: Keira Knightley for Women’s Aid.

Posted in ideas, video, tagged , , , on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This ad for Women’s Aid is equivalent to getting sucker punched, and drives home the message instantly. Do watch even if you’re not a big fan of Keira Knightley (like me). From imjustcreative.

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The thrill of the chase

Posted in Personal, Singapore, running, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m at Starbucks Tampines right now using Wireless@SG, and it’s my first time blogging on the go! Is this considered mobile blogging?
Anyways, just came back from a run at Bedok Reservoir and something weird happened while running. See, when I run I find great pleasure in overtaking other runners (my competitive streak rarely rears its [...]

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On the economic recession, Gen Y and lemons.

Posted in Singapore, ideas, youths, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I’m listening to the Genny Podcast #1 right now and they covered an interesting point about Gen Y and our attitudes towards work. Despite it being an economic recession, the team feels that we are still discerning about jobs and value job satisfaction over job stability. Yinqi (I think! I tried to distinguish the voices [...]

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your money’s no good here.

Posted in Singapore, business, tagged , , , , on April 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I went to the library today to pay my fines and borrow books. I couldn’t pay with both my Nets cards (long story) and I didn’t have a cashcard with me, so I asked if I could pay by cash instead. I was politely told that they didn’t accept cash. Dismayed, I left the library.
I [...]

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we interrupt this programme

Posted in writing on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I may have a fixation with balloons. New post at playgroundhog.

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The reasons

Posted in Personal, tagged , , , , , on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Excuses,
self-doubt,
societal expectations,
Mother’s nagging,
“you’re wasting your degree”
raised eyebrows all-round.
judgment,
perceived judgment.
This year’s my year, I’m gonna do everything and do everything great. I owe it to myself, and so do you.

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