Category: Living
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When once the flag flew me
Once, during NS, me and two other guys were made the battalion’s flag raising party for one of many early morning parades. This task entailed picking up the flags from the Regimental Sergeant Major’s office, checking the cords to make sure nothing was frayed, and rehearsing our marching to the flag poles at the top…
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Stupid condo name #1: The Gale
Alternatives considered: The Wind, The Gust, Hot Air, The Hurricane, The Typhoon, The Tropical Storm, The Cyclone. Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! Uncle, take me to “Tua Hong” Condo
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40 and a day
I was hoping to ease into my 40s, with no fanfare and no celebration, just a little acknowledgement that I’m heading towards new frontiers. So it was good that the day was spent with my wife and son, with a hearty meal at Sanur that was just as good as it was back when my…
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Rolls Royce for the disabled
We were really lucky to find a parking lot at The Central nottobeconfusedwithcentralmallandcentralsquare the other night, right next to the disabled parking lot, where we saw a magnificent cabriolet in baby blue. Rolls Royce calls it the Phantom Drophead Coupé, but for the Singapore market it’s called the Phantom Disabled Car Parking Lot Hogger. These…
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Cyclops can now fight Godzirra!
“Ultraman + Mt. Fuji = JAPAN” – Photo by emrank I am not arroud to make fun of Japanese-accented English, so sitting through two hours with an embassy official who was helping us fill up deceptively difficult forms was quite a task yesterday afternoon. But it’s almost all done. Naomi’s and my marriage has been…