3 min read I ordered the book of the same title on Amazon a few months ago but out of my own stupidity, I missed to indicate the unit number of my apartment in the address box so until now, my order has not reached me. Here’s where I have to tell you that this is not a…
Category: La Vie Quotidien
Snippets of my daily life
Joyeux Anniversaire Mon Meilleur Ami!
4 min read I find it most difficult to write about the people closest to me because I’m afraid that what I write will never be adequate. And for you Dann, it’s harder because how do I even begin to chronicle over two decades of non-stop crazy. You must know that my penchant for beauty pageants is a…
Collection of Pre-pandemic Musings
4 min read Lifted from my Day One journal. Saturday, 23 November 2019 Out of the many Saturday afternoon walks I’ve taken around Joo Chiat, it’s the first I’ve taken notice of this beautiful mural. Mother and child – the most proverbial connection. I’m running empty. It’s been difficult lately to get myself to write something, anything. It’s…
Happy Birthday Rachel!
3 min read I’m sorry this greeting came a little late. I really should have stopped at drink number two at Tuckshop last night but here goes! Being one of the last to come to Hong Kong, I was naturally unnerved by the thought that I’m moving yet again to another unfamiliar territory. But it didn’t take long…
Temperamental Millennial
3 min read The avalanche of bad news this year has left a lot of us paralyzed with insurmountable fear that turned into hopeless rage. It’s easier to perhaps remain apolitical and instead, watch endless Tiktok videos but my temperamental millennial mind just won’t shut up. Someone in my Facebook network shared a post airing the supposed statement…
Life Update and Whatnot
2 min read Because I’ve committed to writing about the day to day when I started this blog a few weeks ago, I feel compelled to recap the events of the last few days despite being still pretty much locked in. On Friday, 12th of June, I closed yet another chapter of my life working in corporate. I…
New Look!
3 min read I know it hasn’t been that long since I launched this space so it couldn’t possibly have a makeover this early but a good friend of mine offered to make a customized header for my website and I wasn’t going to say no to that! Utter lack of skill prevented me from doing anything with…
Happy Birthday Budz!
2 min read Do you remember when we went full on WWE SmackDown at our grandparents’ living room in the farm while the adults were in the kitchen discussing adult things? I think I might have been 19 at the time and you were nine. I should have known better than to fight with a child but, meh,…
Taxman
2 min read Never has this Beatles song been more relevant. I received my tax bill this morning. It was a bill for too many thousands. I was perplexed. I didn’t think I was making that much money to warrant a high tax rate. I scrutinized the notice from IRAS, the tax authority in Singapore. Something did not…
Life in the Time of Covid-19
3 min read Nobody in the world could have predicted the predicament we now find ourselves embroiled in. 2020 offered hope that it was going to be more promising than all the years passed. It seemed like it had the makings of an auspicious year anyway – repeating digits, turn of the decade, et cetera. Yet, the news…