Category: Living
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The Best is in Days of Yore
Last night I attended the 126th ACS Founder’s Day Dinner and had fun catching up with my classmates (Class of ’85), discovered that Gerald Giam is an ACS boy (Class of ’93), as is Lam Pin Min (Class of ’85). We also spent some time trying to recall what Messrs. Lam and Tan Chuan-Jin (Class…
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Love is
We triple dated this Valentine’s night – Naomi and I, our friends Laurel & Sylvain, Kai and their daughter Alaia. If you’d asked any of the adults three years ago if we’d have imagined ourselves spending Valentine’s Day like this and enjoying every single second of it, we’d have stared at you, then ignored you…
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Walking back from lunch
There’s a rich seam of heritage around my office that I sometimes overlook and under appreciate: …
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Chinese Christmas
It has been a mad year and a bit, and last night I was commenting to Naomi that I feel as if I’ve been run off my feet. It could have been tiredness from work. It could also have been the beers and wine I took trying to ameliorate the tiredness. I decided this week…
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Volkswagen GTI 35th Anniversary Celebrations
A friend commented yesterday about “Volkswagen” being literally (German) “People’s Car”. Well, one of the “People’s Cars” has grown up, and in fact, turns 35 this year. You could call the Golf GTI the “Sporty People’s Car”, and you could say you think of it when you think about hatchbacks. There’s a party this weekend…