We live in such times as that where we don’t have time for a good meal to kick start the day because the day has already been kick-started and we’ve been dragged along, hanging on to the handlebars for dear life. Oh, and the price of food and other household items suck too. But if you can, …
I’ve been following Karen Cheng’s blog on and off since blogs were invented way back in 1976. If you’re not already a fan, she’s a hot Perth mother of two lovely kids who blogs about her family, shopping et cetera on a very pretty self-designed website at www.karencheng.com.au. On occasion, she takes self-portraits in a …
It was with shock and horror that I logged in to Facebook for the first time in yonks, to read amongst the hundreds of superpokes and superclittickles that Joe Augustin got fired. I haven’t listened to radio for so long that I’ve never listened to 91.3FM (the station that fired Joe), much less known about his …
Here in Singapore, we send our trash overseas — Photo by Where is Clifford The Big Red Dog? I asked our apartment block’s cleaner where the recycle bins were and he said there weren’t any. Just chuck everything into the big wheelie bin, he said. What made me sicker was a friend of ours telling me he …
“Wah, you must have bought this when policemen still wore shorts”, said the lady at the lighting shop as she asked for my permission to dismantle some more of the tiffany lamp I brought in for her to fix. As took the base off, the debris from inside the lamp fell out and dirtied her table, …
It takes a couple of weeks to unpack, say some of our friends who’ve also had the good fortune to change their surroundings once every couple of years. And we’re still settling in, moving things around the house because Jake the Cat has been displaying his acrobatic prowess by leaping from shelf top to fridge …
It’s like we’ve been in hiding with all this moving shit. We’ve hardly read the news, and although we know about the major calamities that have struck, it still feels a bit strange that when we’ve started venturing outside of our apartment (both old and new), the country seems to have changed a fair bit. First, …
Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch! Bits and pieces for our new apartment are being put together, slowly, together with a few other unforeseen necessities.
My best friend Hossan is going to perform at the Esplanade (again) on the 27th and 28th (and extra show on the 29th because of popular demand) of this month. So, even if you’ve something better to do (which I doubt, because it’s Hossan performing at the Esplanade), get your tickets fast, and book yourself …
Mac’s settled in easiest — as long as he’s got his cushion, he’s sweet As with any new premises, there are things to get used to. But to call them teething problems would mean this apartment has more teeth than it was supposed to. There are however, nicer things. In the carpark, between the parking lots, are …