Tag: Singapore

  • Bookmarks from Holland Village

    If you’ve ever been to Holland Village lately, you’d probably have been approached by one or two flers trying to sell you something, and you might or might not have stopped to find out what they were hawking. It was one of those days where I had a bit of time, because Naomi and I…

  • Saturday

    You know it’s a good plate of greasy, lardy goodness when the queue’s already twenty long when you get there, and there are people in line in front of you who know how long it’s gonna take, and have taken the trouble of bringing a book along to read. It’s not that long, really, the…

  • Deepavali: Awareness of the Inner Light

    Northern Lights over Oslo – photo by flickRarity When I was in kindergarten, I learned about the different ethnic groups (known in Singapore as “races”) in Singapore and the festivals they celebrated. Ours, the Chinese “race”, was coolest because we had our New Year for two days in a row, and we received cash money…

  • Collective sigh

    This evening when we went out to get a bite, we saw a notice posted at the basement car park lift lobby. I absent mindedly thought it was the old en-bloc attempt notice, but eagle-eyed Naomi saw that it was freshly photocopied A4, and took a further interest in reading it. We didn’t have to…

  • Quake again

    Something’s not quite right if we keep experiencing tremors, right? Right? Earthquake details here. Technorati Tags: Indonesia, earthquake, singapore