Posts from ‘October, 2007’

Or… why we should embrace conflicts.
When things are not going as smoothly as it should or could be, it can be taxing, a little, yet it can be so fun and delightfully enlightening, if only we allow ourselves to take that step back to breathe and observe objectively. No matter how well you think [...]

Graduation is such a joyous occasion - even though I did not attend as a graduand, I felt truly happy for my friends who were graduating. So many years of hard work… and finally the day has come. With everybody together in the house, families and all, it’s difficult not to feel the excitement. My [...]

So. I’m here. Back. ish.
While I was away, my room was being used as a guestroom of sorts. I knew most of those to whom my room and housemates played host, but what I wasn’t aware of was how they were playing some form of round robin with my room and its assets. Used [...]

When my only immediate reason for returning to London is so that I won’t miss my friends’ graduation…
When I don’t have to go to school, or work (yet), or attend any important events there…
When the only thing I can look forward to is to see my friends and QuGee who have been waiting [...]

… for this year.
Away from the comforts and shelter that is my family, learning how to live can be a difficult thing. I am preparing, bracing myself for whatever awaits me over the other side. There is too much to absorb, to take in, to feel, to agonise over. Too much to face, both [...]

A… modern? junk in the harbour

Central at night, with the Bank of China and Cheung Kong skyscrapers towering over the Legislative Council Building
All photos are up (only the first ~80 pics on the page; the rest are from before).
I’m now back in Singapore, and am endeavouring to finally get me bottoms off my comfy base [...]

I’m watching the telly, and I’m trying to get used to how the show presenter is interviewing this Taiwanese celebrity, speaking in 100% Cantonese, and the celebrity would respond in complete Mandarin, and from time to time there would appear cartoonish English thought bubbles above both of them…

I know, I’m late and overdue in doing a post on the environment for 15th Oct. But if it’s blogging in support of a cause, every day can be blog action day… there’s nothing too special about this post in that it isn’t anything I wouldn’t normally write about; the only difference being that I’m [...]