thank god for coffee

every morning i stumble into the office wishing that my bed would suddenly materialise in front of me.
then i’ll proceed to the pantry in a zombie-like trance with my trusty mug, and make myself a good cup of kopi-o gao (the entire office swears by gold roast’s kopi-o sachets! they are a godsend, with an [...]

space

During the early stages of our relationship, we used to joke that the plot of land utilised as a soccer field nestled very snugly between our blocks would one day be bought over by us – and be remodeled into a sprawling love-den of our own with enough hectares for our kids to run amok [...]

how now brown cow

as much as i love kids and definitely want to start a family of my own in the future, it terrifies me that i’m not allowed even a single sip of beer for the entire term (nine months! plus maybe another 6 for the nursing period)
that’s more than a year of a self-imposed sabbatical. not [...]

my grandmother

going against traditions
she is the matriarch
and she challenges you
to defy her
- a challenge yet to be taken up.
as the years wear down into a dusty ochre
her matronly demeanor takes a backseat
and she asks
“xinyi ah.. help ah ma paste this salonpas. here.. right above my ass”

huat ah!

we’d make it a point to try our luck at 4D whenever we pass by a betting outlet, provided that 1) it’s still open and , 2) that the queue is reasonable.
you’d be surprised that in lottery crazy Singapore it isn’t actually that frequent that a betting outlet is within sight! we buy it say, [...]

when the weather is warm..

..i make lemonade.
ingredients:
fresh lemon juice (i prefer mine super tangy but for to make a cup, three tablespoons should suffice)
sugar to taste
water
LOTS OF ICE
method:
mix everything and stir vigorously. ENJOY.
okay so this is the no frills way of making it but when i am in the mood, i usually boil shaved lemon rinds with the water [...]

grr

okay i was feeling annoyed because the mac keeps stalling on me. not productive.

fuck work

fuck hair products fuck skincare fuck hair dyes fuck spas fuck launches fuck events fuck press releases fuck ancient ibook that takes 209813 years to load a webpage and has 10mb of hard disk left fuck my messy desk fuck slow pr companies fuck writing fuck grammar fuck transcribing interviews fuck prehistoric office dslr fuck [...]

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must see

go catch Departures before it is too late. a stunning and well executed film that has got to be one of the best flicks to reach local cinemas this year.