2 min readAdulthood somehow carries with it its own set of struggles. Yesterday morning, I woke up less than refreshed on account of my ailing refrigerator. Every few hours for the past week, it emits a beeping sound loud enough to wake me up from deep slumber at three in the morning. The freezer component of this…
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Sports As Entertainment In The Time of Covid
3 min readTimes have been extraordinarily hard and we all have different ways of coping. For the last couple of months, sports had been one of the redeeming arcs in the ordinariness of my life inside lockdown-not-lockdown. My favourite out of recent sporting events was the European Championship. Partly because it was on for a month, enough…
An Audit of the Last Five Months
3 min readJanuary feels like a lifetime ago. My hope for an imminent end to the predicament we are all in has somewhat turned into weariness. Singapore is just coming out of a fresh set of restrictions introduced over a month ago. Dining in is allowed again albeit in minuscule groups of two. I suppose two is…
My Nomadic Life and The Financial Choices I Make
4 min readI didn’t always like my accounting courses. In fact, business combination in fifth year literally caused me nightmares. My blockmates slash former dormmates can attest to that. But there was one subject I felt I was particularly good at – accounting for investments. It was part of the BA 114 series in third year. I…
New Dawn, New Day, New Life. And I’m Feeling Good.
4 min readDid you hear that? Yes that’s the sound of the collective sigh of relief breathed and heard all over the world as the wrathful year that was 2020 came to a close. One way or another, we are survivors of a dark chapter of this world’s history and we will have stories to tell when…
An Important Piece of Real Property
< 1 min readLast Saturday, my ever pragmatic Tita Lucil who’s always on the lookout for hot and cheap deals in the local real estate market has excitedly conveyed to me her interest in a prime piece of real property – a memorial lot. The development is only in the pre-selling stage therefore prices are still quite low….
Apologies For The Radio Silence
3 min readA one-liner I have used on multiple occasions to express regret over my less than timely response to a query or request. The degree as to which I feel truly sorry for is, most likely, not at all. This is therefore a non-apology apology. My radio silence can only unabashedly be attributed to a redirection…
On Restored Basic Human Decency and Shattered Glass Ceilings
2 min readJust because the length of your hair ain’t longAnd they often criticize you for your skin toneWanna hold your head highCause you’re a pretty woman The world has woken up to a new day. Millions, if not billions, of people like me all over the world have tuned into their smart phones, tv screens, and…
How To Keep Up With The Time Passing!
4 min readIt’s November. It’s been a tumultuous 10 months for the great majority of the human population and with only two months left to the end of the year, I can’t help but wonder what other tricks 2020 has got up its sleeve. I’m hoping that we get treats instead but as of this writing, my…
Excuse Me Mwah and Other Things Parisian
6 min readA couple of weekends ago, I watched Emily in Paris on Netflix in one sitting. The show is terrible. The show’s creator, Darren Star, masterminded one of my all time favourite TV shows, Sex and the City, so I don’t know why this series completely missed the mark. Anyway, beside the point. If you want…