Category: Living
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Mandatory HIV screening
Didja know that HIV screening is mandatory for NSmen who have trained overseas? I do now. My battalion got sms-notified to report for ‘duty’ two weeks from now, so they can screen us three months after returning from the Queensland bush. iTunes is playing an illegal copy of World by Irma Thomas of which I…
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Happy Year of the Dog
It’s a happy new year when it’s a long weekend. This weekend, I spent time at home with the family, went to play with dogs, then went to the hospital to visit someone who was unfortunate enough to suffer appendicitis during the weekend. But all’s good, and I’m wagging my tail already. iTunes is playing…
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Sebastian Tan (Part II): They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway (that’s why Bengs like it)
[Read Part I here] I get exhausted watching Sebastian, or Ah Piew, as he’s known to friends, in almost any context. On stage, offstage, at friends’ parties – Seb’s almost always stealing the limelight, albeit unintentionally, with his incessant banter, dancing, singing, miming and about one soliloquy every half hour – in English, Singlish, Mandarin…
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Sebastian Tan (Part I): They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway (that’s why Bengs like it)
Peng You! Pls support my 1st ever stand-up comedy musical, BROADWAY BENG! 2-7feb. Get Tics at $35, $50, sistic now for gd seats! Call yr mother, grandmother, aunties, etc So went the SMS message from Sebastian Tan last Monday. If you didn’t already know, he’s performing in his solo show, ‘Broadway Beng’, where he sings…
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A pair of kumquats
Because Chinese New Year is nigh, my fruit of the moment is the kumquat. Why? Because it sounds like something you’d scold someone with. Which means it has a silly sounding name. Don’t agree? Well then, you’re a right kumquat! iTunes is playing an illegal copy of Wilson Pickett – Don’t Let The Green Grass…