Month: March 2010

  • Walking and talking

    Apart from Jake the Cat and Mac the Dog, we have a pet peeve. It’s when people-especially-Singaporeans say, “you can talk the talk, but can you walk the talk?” Can someone please tell people who say that that the correct/original/true saying is “you can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk“? WTF does…

  • Earth Hour 2010

    Kai’s first Earth Hour was spent in his playpen, with a night light for him to play with while we bided the hour before Grandma arrived and asked why the hell we turned off everything.

  • Water conservation FAIL

    It has come to someone’s notice that the recent dry spell must be over, because a grassroots community group has organised a ‘water-splashing’ festival to make the foreigners in their midst welcome in their estate. BTW, Earth Hour is tomorrow.

  • Save the World FAIL

    I received this booklet titled “The Survival of the World is in Your Hands” in the mail today. Dammit. As if I didn’t have enough on my plate, now I have to save the world because the people who printed thousands of these booklets and stuffed them in mailboxes hoping people will read them can’t.

  • Why we only have rude kids who know how to pass exams

    The things I remember from kindergarten (oh yes I do) are nap time and snack time, and the number of other kids’ birthdays we used to celebrate with songs and games and cake. There was very little math, spelling or reading, though there was also storytime. But apparently, in the decades since, things have been…