Month: November 2006

  • Normalcy

    Sometimes, going abroad makes you appreciate how normal Singapore is. Sometimes, it doesn’t. Battery Road, Singapore The drink that speaks frankly: McCallum Street, Singapore So if the children drink too much coffee they’ll be… iTunes is playing an illegal copy of Where is the Next One Coming From? from the album “Love Gets Strange —…

  • America’s Next Top Project Model Runway

    Naomi grabs my arm and goes, ‘Look behind you, it’s the girl from Project Runway!’ ‘Where?’ ‘That one! The one with the glasses!’ ‘Oh. America’s Next Top Model lah!’ ‘Yah! That’s what I said! You want to go ask her for a photo? Quick! She’s leaving!’ And so Jade obliges graciously before being laughed at…

  • Fit the bill?

    I reckon Spongebob Squarepants is out of the running for this personal ad on account of the shape of his head. But for the rest of you oblong-headed lovelorn blokes out there, ed your soulmate is in Shanghai awaiting your response and your kind assistance in teaching her how to press the space bar after…

  • Shanghai by night

    Even though it doesn’t seem like it, some parts of Shanghai do sleep at night. But before they do, the two main thoroughfares of Huaihai & Nanjing Roads are breathtaking in their neon lights, their crowds, and their slippery walkways. Technorati Tags: shanghai, travel

  • Deluge

    I think I brought the rain here. It hasn’t stopped since I arrived, and it doesn’t look like stopping before I leave. So much for the highly anticipated self-guided walking tour of this grand city, which, at the moment, looks like a scene out of Bladerunner: Rain, neon billboards, flying taxis (well, they almost fly…