Month: May 2004

Listening to: Tributo Al Niño Rivera – Afro Cuban All Stars – Distinto Diferente There are blessings to count. S coming back from Sydney has been a godsend. Today, after work, we met at our local, as per normal every Friday and Saturday for the past two months now, and we had our compulsory Hoegaarden…

Listening to: Bolero Sonámbulo – Manuel Galbán/Ry Cooder – Mambo Sinuendo A few weeks ago, we were sitting at the dining table having dinner. All was usual. Mum was griping about everything. Sis was complaining about something at work. Brother-in-law was asking me some inane question in an effort to drum up conversation with me.…

Listening to: Riding With the King – John Hiatt – Y’all Caught OK, who wants to buy a 1986 Mercedes Benz 300SEL? I got this car in 2002 for a real bargain by Singapore standards – $28K for 5 years left on the COE (for non-Singaporeans – Certificate of Entitlement – yes, you need a…

Listening to: She – Elvis Costello – Notting Hill I spend so much time on the computer it’s scary. And thanks to my horrible sleeping patterns, I spend nights, mostly alone at the computer, churning out (very slowly) all manner of business proposals, website updates, customer emails and so on. Which is why I am…

…as I was just saying about love letters…