I'd get a sudden feeling of hope of a better future. As if it was now that the life I was living Would start more closely resembling The life I was dreaming of. But like the ghosts of people past, These feelings fade, Leaving me only with the knowledge That they had once existed And... Continue Reading →
I just came back from Indonesia two days ago, on a one-week trip with the fiancee. Would love to write more about it (and there's really so much to write about it!) but I haven't quite got the time (the backlog of work's just staggering) and most of the photos I'd like to share are... Continue Reading →
I just had a dream that was unbelievably like the dreamscapes in the movie Inception (a great show, by the way). Unfortunately, other than the fact that I woke up thinking that it was much like the movie, I cannot remember many more details except: I saw a woman handcuffing herself to a man (both... Continue Reading →
Last Saturday the fiancee and I went to East Coast Park (ECP) to celebrate our first year since I proposed. Originally planning on going to Sentosa via cable car to relive the proposal, we decided against it in the end. Among other reasons (truth-be-told, there was only one), it was because it was too expensive... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, just as I was about to cross the street near Tampines Mall (a very pedestrian-heavy intersection between the Tampines MRT station and Tampines Mall), a slightly oldish-looking woman, possibly between 45 and 55, grabbed my arm and asked me (in surprisingly decent English) for $5. Stunned more than anything else, my immediate reaction was... Continue Reading →
I went out with Zixuan a couple of days ago. It was the first time we were meeting for a little over a month but, it seemed hardly a day passed since we last saw each other. Nothing much had changed, except perhaps his greater immersion into the world of entrepreneurship. It was with some... Continue Reading →
I just finished watching the Chinese movie Aftershock with the wife-to-be. It's deliciously sob-worthy (I did drop a tear or two in parts), and was overall quite an enjoyable show. The only pity is that this story had the potential to be so much sadder. The family-orientation(?) probably meant that the show was to be... Continue Reading →
I've gotten weary of self-improvement literature. I'm not sure when it happened or how; or if it's a temporary thing (as so many times it has been in my life) or not; but if I had to read one more list of "things you can do to improve your life" I think I'll puke. Once... Continue Reading →
It's been a week since I completed my two-week in-camp-training (ICT) stint. For those two weeks, I complained to everyone who would listen how much I disliked it, and how I couldn't wait for "normal" life to resume. I can imagine how stupid I'd sound if I said now how much I missed those two... Continue Reading →
Just a little over a day ago, I completed my first "high-key" (two week) ICT or "in-camp-training". It's been four years since I ORD'ed (i.e. left the army), so you can imagine how rusty I was in these matters. Just so you know, I'm one ICT short of most of my peers, having deferred my... Continue Reading →
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