January 2010
17 posts
Ladies first
Isn’t that term a bit degrading? I’ll take the usual scenario when the term is used: very often said in order to allow a woman to enter or an exit the room first.
SEXIST!
Sexist because when the man allow the woman to pass the door first while they tail behind, it’s obvious that they’re checking the woman’s bum. How is this gentlemanly, ladies?
hysterio asked: SF really is that hilly?
Nerd joke! Nerd joke! Nerd joke!
Me: So that's what you Googled just now, huh?
Muadz: Google? What?! I Bing-ed it.
Haiti and Humanity
The complication of the situation of the world is the very fact that our interests are divided to the point that we have forgotten the idea of compassion. Human beings have selfishness inserted into them. Collect a group of people to form an organisation (eg: government, companies, civil society groups, etc) you get a larger form of selfishness, added from the individuals you have collected in...
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too lazy to sing teah a bday song...
At 22, I...
Ran and planned a human rights event, was more involved in Singapore’s civil society, graduated with a BA from a stupidly difficult school, did really well in school, got a job, got called from too many ministries, drew a lot, wrote even more, wrote a freaking first novel, used snail mail a ton. Travelled in and out of Brunei and Singapore too many times, faced the lowest of lows in my...
Prying a Cake from OCBC's Cold, Hard Fingers →
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“According to the bank’s advertisement, their customers get a cake on their birthday, complete with burning candles and a birthday song. And yes, it was my birthday yesterday.”
Woman tries to get bday cake from bank and wins.
I cannot get enough of this story because: 1) I had to face this bank for 3 years with difficulty; and 2) Customers are always right, indeed!!
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December 2009
32 posts
New Year? Irrelevant!
I slept through the time when the clock strikes 12 last night because I had a long day yesterday. The day wasn’t bad, per se, but was an emotional up and down. The best news was that Popsicle had his last dose of scheduled chemoteraphy in the morning of the 31st December.
I talk about Popsicle being in a hospital now and again, and I never go around explaining why that’s the case....