English, so much fun :)

“There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins were not invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work [...]

Read Full Post »

Love in the museum – yay or nay?

Time has come again for museums to ink themselves onto your hearts, and so here I am with an idea to grow, with ears to listen and fingers hovering at my keyboard ready for a talkback:
——
Meet new friends and have some fun in the most unlikely of places………the Asian Civilisations Museum.
A special weekend event awaits [...]

Read Full Post »

These whispers of temptation

They said there was a road you turn off past Holland Village, through the white metal sheets of a construction in progress – and you transcend into the mystical world of The Beautiful Land.
They said that The Beautiful Land is a strange place, where you see local bakeries with the usual bread aunties, speaking with [...]

Read Full Post »

20 Things you Didn’t Know About Sex

Idle surfing led to the following extract taken from http://discovermagazine.com/columns/20-things-you-didnt-know
Something to chew on, for the Monday blues.
1 Life emerged on earth about 3.8 billion years ago, but sex did not evolve until more than 2 billion years later. Dirty limericks emerged only quite recently, geologically speaking. And we thought it was embedded in our systems [...]

Read Full Post »

Muscle memory – like my life depends on it.

I decided on a spur of moment to haul out some classical pieces by Mozart, Bach, Chopin and the likes this afternoon, simply because I thought I saw the black and white ivory keys winking at me, almost taunting me to tickle them with some trills and chords.
Each seemingly difficult passage surprisingly proved a breeze [...]

Read Full Post »

random.

You know the familiar scenarios:
- You stop along the rows of toilet paper brands along NTUC and scratch your head, wondering which brand did not give your ass a sandpaper treatment. You think its Brand X, and when you finally take out the roll on your next visit to the washroom, you groan in disbelief. [...]

Read Full Post »

Spring cleaning takes a modern twist

When the Lunar New Year approaches, there’s loads to do (especially when you don’t have a maid):
1. Spring clean the house
For the tenth time, I question the rationale behind spring-cleaning the apartment/house a week before CNY. Why do we only take down those curtains, remove ‘em sofa covers, pack the storeroom, empty out the cupboards [...]

Read Full Post »

Late night spells…

The human heart is at its most vulnerable when it experiences the feeling of “need”.
I speak not about “needing someone”, but “need” encompasses all aspects across the board – needing something, needing someone, needing to feel alive, a motivational factor, a survival tip. Every form of “need” changes a person’s behavior, and reveals a part [...]

Read Full Post »

wake up.

To those who think their work is stressful and the rest ain’t; to those who feel their world’s crashing down and they can’t do anything about it; to those who sit back and think they have achieved success.
There’s a tremendous lot of growing up to do everyday. I discover and learn more about myself on [...]

Read Full Post »

53 different meanings of “pitch”

Speaking with a friend over the phone tonight brought up the topic of how “Google” has became a verb rather than just a name. No longer do we go, “Let’s go search the Google search engine for xxx”. Instead, the international lingo now goes, “Let’s google it!”
Similarly, “fuck” has made its way to the verb-stardom [...]

Read Full Post »

Angels and Devils

Nobody is an angel by heart, neither are they devils in nature.
The majority seek to be deemed angelic, while those that society has cruelly outcasted condemned themselves to a fate of a fallen angel. We battle with the devils within and around us daily – ranging from bad markets, lousy economy, lack of self-confidence, paranoia, [...]

Read Full Post »

T’was traumatic.

Everybody seems to expect a triumphant “Hallelujah!” on the last day at work, but to me it was a hellish day – of no time for proper handover, a rushed schedule, too much alcohol and too many lunches and dinners. They did not mention the rock & roll medley of emotions I found myself riding [...]

Read Full Post »