Banking on the popularity of her television and film stints, Sandra embarks on a new career in conducting business management courses in Singapore. iTunes is playing an illegal copy of Remedy from the album “The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion” by Black Crowes of which I have the original CD. Technorati Tags: Sandra Oh, <a …
You know how when you go to get a haircut, you have a lot of time to think to yourself, and sometimes accidentally think aloud? No? OK never mind. I went to get a haircut at Next Hair Salon at Holland Village on Monday, and after shampoo and conditioner had been put into my hair, the …
November 30, 2006 – 12:04 pm
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Probably the best day of our Shanghai trip came when we persisted in going out for a walk despite the pissy weather, having had the best laid plans of visiting the ghetto and other historically significant places dashed by the rain and not knowing beforehand that a Shanghainese wedding starts at 3pm. We had just enough …
November 27, 2006 – 12:09 am
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About a decade ago, the Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer went into damage control mode after a gaffe he made when speaking at an event raising awareness for female victims of domestic violence. He had thought it witty on the occasion to coin the phrase “the things that batter” for the event, giggling proudly for …
of Lays! Normally if I had a craving for cucumbers and potato chips at the same time, I’d have gone and bought cucumbers and potato chips. But the damn Chinese, they think of everything, including combined cravings for cucumbers and potato chips. And while chicken-flavoured snacks are not new, they’ve gone one better, the Chinese. …
Sometimes, going abroad makes you appreciate how normal Singapore is. Sometimes, it doesn’t. Battery Road, Singapore The drink that speaks frankly: McCallum Street, Singapore So if the children drink too much coffee they’ll be… iTunes is playing an illegal copy of Where is the Next One Coming From? from the album “Love Gets Strange — …
Naomi grabs my arm and goes, ‘Look behind you, it’s the girl from Project Runway!’ ‘Where?’ ‘That one! The one with the glasses!’ ‘Oh. America’s Next Top Model lah!’ ‘Yah! That’s what I said! You want to go ask her for a photo? Quick! She’s leaving!’ And so Jade obliges graciously before being laughed at …
I reckon Spongebob Squarepants is out of the running for this personal ad on account of the shape of his head. But for the rest of you oblong-headed lovelorn blokes out there, your soulmate is in Shanghai awaiting your response and your kind assistance in teaching her how to press the space bar after hitting the …
Even though it doesn’t seem like it, some parts of Shanghai do sleep at night. But before they do, the two main thoroughfares of Huaihai & Nanjing Roads are breathtaking in their neon lights, their crowds, and their slippery walkways. Technorati Tags: shanghai, travel
November 20, 2006 – 10:53 pm
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I think I brought the rain here. It hasn’t stopped since I arrived, and it doesn’t look like stopping before I leave. So much for the highly anticipated self-guided walking tour of this grand city, which, at the moment, looks like a scene out of Bladerunner: Rain, neon billboards, flying taxis (well, they almost fly here), …
November 19, 2006 – 11:09 am
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