Q: What do you think is your strongest attribute? I would go for humility. Humility is, I find, the best policy. Q: Humility is the best policy? That's interesting. How about honesty? Do you not think that's important? Humility is in itself a lie.
From Dawn to Dusk
If I married a girl called Dawn... It is early morning. Phone rings. "Hi, can I speak to Dawn please?" says she. "Donn speaking," says I. "No, Dawn. I want to speak to Dawn." "Erm, yeah. Donn here." "No, Dawwwn," stresses she. "Oh, Dawwwn," stresses I. "Hold on a minute please." Meanwhile, Dawn's in the... Continue Reading →
NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo stands for the "National Novel Writing Month." I first encountered it through a link from Rachel's blog; finding it interesting enough, I decided to join. Within a month, you're supposed to write a novel of at least 50,000 words. That's almost 2,000 words per day. I'm not normally a fiction writer, but I've written... Continue Reading →
Waltz for Koop
I really should be sleeping now. I had just finished listening to the entire album Waltz for Koop (by Koop), when I thought I'd end the night by listening to Damien Rice's The Blower's Daughter. But it seems iTunes had other plans -- I had forgotten to uncheck the Waltz for Koop songs. So after... Continue Reading →
Negotiation and Human Behaviour
The passages quoted below can be found in the book Fundamentals of Negotiation by Gerard Nierenberg. I'm sharing these with you because of the insight it has provided me regarding the techniques in dealing with people. I especially enjoyed the second passage, where Nierenberg asks the reader the question, "are you more interested in their... Continue Reading →
The End of NSF
Today marks the day I'm no longer NSF (National Service, Full-time). It's been quite a long two years since I enlisted into the army (29th September 2004), and I'm ecstatic it's finally over. As much as I hated it, I have to admit that life in the army has changed me into a different man,... Continue Reading →
Female Anatomy
Well, well. Didn't expect to hear from you so soon...
Rainy Day
It's a rainy day. A guy sees girl he's admired for a long time, but never got an opportunity to talk to. She seems to be waiting for the rain to stop. She's looking across the road. He sees a man holding an umbrella and approaches him. They can be seen talking. They disappear behind... Continue Reading →
Hercules
What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. I feel like Hercules.
Perhaps the Saddest Song Ever
I came across this song, Watching Alice by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, by accident recently. The song is pure genius. Twisted, but sad as hell. Alice wakes It is morning She is yawning As she walks about the room Her hair falls down her breast She is naked and it is June Standing... Continue Reading →
Donn, fragments 