Archive for the ‘Singapore’ Category
Rain, flowers and booze
The weekend brought in a horrible hangover, endless rain and a feeling of inadequacy. No warm feelings here.
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Last week, a colleague distributed these gorgeous papery pink roses to celebrate Chinese Valentines Day. A friend of mine jokingly thus said: The Chinese have their own version of everything. So true!
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Tags: Chinese, Friends, Singapore, Valentines Day, Work
I swear, I am not being dramatic or trying to act cute. Due to forest clearing in Indonesia, all the smoke was blown towards Singapore. Long story short, the pollutants in the air crossed the hazardous mark, I was sick with shortness of breath and I dreamed of fresh oxygen. I was also frightened and […]
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Tags: Environment, Singapore
Spaceship
This reminded me of a rather bulky spaceship. And they swim incredibly fast. Once, one of these deadly but ethereally gorgeous creatures stung my baby sister. She didn’t stop bawling for hours. Poor kid.
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Tags: Family, nature, Nostalgia, Singapore
Snatches of a sunset
Splendor of ended day floating and filling me. – Walt Whitman, Song at Sunset
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What I have been up to
The past couple weeks rushed by. In between celebrating birthdays for beloved colleagues and friends, spending three days on a gorgeous ship for a work off site, fitting almost all of us in an elevator, complaining about the haze that enveloped Singapore today, I still found some seconds to apply some red lipstick. Have a […]
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Tags: Experiences, Singapore, Work
Lumpy
This angel fish belonged to a colleague of mine. Unfortunately, Lumpy the fish developed a rather cancerous tumor in the shape of a lump (hence the moniker). He passed away a month ago but he was quite a brave little fish. He battled on longer than we expected. Lump aside, he was quite a gorgeous […]
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Tags: Life, Nostalgia, Random, Singapore, Work
After meeting walks
Sometimes after a client meeting, I walk back to work. Many of our media agencies and advertisers have offices in the Central Business District, mostly within walkable distance to our office tower. During the day, some of the walks are on quite lovely routes.
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In the 2+ years I have been in Singapore, I haven’t been to a single Chinese wedding, or any wedding if you want to get pedantic. Which I usually get. Shaun and Sofie very kindly sent me this cute young invite to their wedding lunch: I was really excited to be invited and I could […]
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Tags: Experiences, love, Relationships, Singapore
Midnight Bus Rides
Late night bus rides help me think, especially when I am stuck with a problem. Letting someone else do the driving while I stare unseeing out the window, hardly stopping for little or no fellow riders – the world turns. And it is therapeutic. To all Singaporean bus drivers who can teach us a thing […]
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Tags: Singapore, Thinking