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 last month. One difference between the …
February 28, 2007 – 9:58 pm
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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 for the fact that I’m very, …
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.
February 23, 2007 – 10:04 am
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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 enhanced breast implants! Now you can …
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 supposed to, and this is just …
February 11, 2007 – 11:01 pm
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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 volunteer’s name is Lansell. Good on …
February 11, 2007 – 10:06 pm
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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] paper into a crane and drop …
February 5, 2007 – 5:40 pm
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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: No lah. Colder! They say Chinese New Year will snow. NM: …
February 2, 2007 – 1:31 pm
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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 life of their …