Month: December 2004

  • Resolve

    iTunes’ party shuffle is playing a copy of: What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? – Harry Connick Jr. – When My Heart Finds Christmas, of which I have the original CD and therefore didn’t steal music. You’re meant to make resolutions on New Year’s Eve for the new year. Last New Year’s Eve, I…

  • Over and above S$2 million: NTUC offers condolences

    Some corporations, really big ones, like Pfizer, Amazon.com, Citigroup, Cisco Systems, Bristol-Myers Squibb, have rallied in response to the tsunami disaster by donating generously. Over here, our very own very big quasi-corporation, NTUC, ‘expresses her deepest heartfelt condolences to the families of victims affected by last Sunday’s tsunami that struck many parts of Asia, following…

  • S$2 million and more coming

    There were odd bits of humanitarian activity here amidst the end of year shopping madness. A couple of friends have been online urging people to drop off donations at collection centres around Singapore. The government has sent a DART team, two Chinooks, with several Super Pumas on standby for Thailand and Indonesia, and has said…

  • Not good enough

    As I write, the toll has climbed to over 50,000. Cheh Zhai Meen says if you have DBS internet banking, you can make your contributions payable to RED CROSS TIDAL WAVES ASIA. Thanks for leaving that comment. While it doesn’t seem appropriate to apportion blame in an event such as this, I’m of similar sentiment…

  • Tsunami relief updates

    From Myrick, recipe advice a link with useful contact details here.