Wealth for toil

On February 28, 2007 · 16 Comments · In Places

It now looks like we left Syd­ney at the right time, because she’s got flash floods and thun­der­storms resem­bling Sin­ga­pore and Malaysia in December.

But really, though, there isn’t ever a good time to leave Syd­ney. I spent nine good years from 1992 — 2000, and ten days there […]

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In-Camp

On February 28, 2007 · 9 Comments · In Army / National Service


Approved Min­def Photograph

I wouldn’t rec­om­mend doing this: Arriv­ing back from a hol­i­day at 4am and hav­ing to book-in to reservist train­ing at 7.30am. Which is exactly what I did.

I also got my hair cut by a not-so-skilled bar­ber in camp. I’d say a lot, lot more if not […]

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Fled, but coming home soon

On February 23, 2007 · 12 Comments · In Places

Patchy inter­net over here. Where?

Some call it the lucky coun­try. It is, quite. Blessed with amaz­ing flora and fauna, and though girt by sea, it is a very, very big place.

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A matter of time

On February 13, 2007 · 13 Comments · In Living

Last week I read about Sin­ga­pore think­ing about leg­is­lat­ing bio­med­ical research. I sup­pose you can think all you want but don’t expect the rest of the world to wait while they find new and inter­est­ing ways for the lat­est bio­med­ical advances.
Yes, in Japan, they’ve come up with stem-cell […]

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Yay, weekend

On February 11, 2007 · 7 Comments · In Living

Would you just look at that? Clear blue skies with only a trace of cloud.

That’s what I saw on my Sat­ur­day morn­ing walk around where we live. And, really, how about that weather? I know in other necks of woods, you some­times get com­fort­able weather when you’re nor­mally not […]

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A good run

On February 11, 2007 · 12 Comments · In Living

Update: Engie Ho, oth­er­wise known as the multi-tasking pro­duc­tion admin­is­tra­tor for the show, has dili­gently informed me that I shouldn’t have left out the fol­low­ing names from my Thank You list: Shao Ann (light­ning light­ing designer), Mo (the the­atre cos­tume indus­try), Denise Low (The Pro­ducer). And the Ang Mo […]

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Paper cranes

On February 5, 2007 · 18 Comments · In Living

Some­times, it’s quite hard to help the needy. There’s this ini­tia­tive by the South­east CDC (Com­mu­nity Devel­op­ment Coun­cil) whose instruc­tions on the lit­tle squares of paper read:

“For every folded crane, a bowl of rice will be donated to the needy by our sponsor.

Instruc­tions: Please fold this [piece of] […]

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How about the weather?

On February 2, 2007 · 6 Comments · In Living

I’ve been pop­ping into the 24hr Cold Stor­age at Hol­land Vil­lage to pick up fresh food after work, and I over­heard a con­ver­sa­tion between the night man­ager and a customer.

NM: Wah, now the weather in Sin­ga­pore at night is like Hawaii ah? Cooling, windy.

C: […]

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Thick skinned

On February 1, 2007 · 53 Comments · In Media

When Naomi asked me last night, ‘how was the show?’, I said, ‘good, Hos­san was so funny I kept laugh­ing even though I knew what was coming’.

‘Not shy, some peo­ple! Laugh at own joke!’, she said.

What I can say is, the jokes are no longer mine once they’ve been given a […]

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