"Why'd you throw these away?!" my brother and I exclaimed upon seeing the pile of books that'd been marked to be thrown or donated, the former because it was easier and the latter because it'd assuage some of the built associated with book-burning. We couldn't believe what our mom had decided to discard. Among them... Continue Reading →
Having a friend’s like learning to ride a bike.
A number of nights ago while doing some meditation, the fact that I haven't contacted so many of my friends, many of whom had been extremely close to me before, kept crawling into my mind. I just couldn't escape the fact about how worried I was that I had been so nonchalant in my attention... Continue Reading →
Give a Life a Home
My home’s undergoing some renovation work at present. Though on the surface it seems that that not enough’s going on to cause a considerable drop in the quality of my life, the bad vibes from alien structures scattered about the house, the forced relocations of many of my most commonly used and loved items (my... Continue Reading →
Fiancée’s in Qatar
And I'm pretty sure she's thinking of me 'most every minute of every day. Just like I am of her. And I'm pretty sure she'd love to read this as much as I'd love her to read it as she's sitting in some boring meeting, dreaming about the weekend coming up, the one that'd see... Continue Reading →
Change the world
Consider this thought I had: I am alive and free to do just about anything -- anything -- I want, but I'm not. Rather, I'm stuck on a course molded by years of habit, reinforced by the smallness of my imagination and what I deem possible or impossible.This thought came to me last week as... Continue Reading →
I like what I do, but…
Today I had dinner with Wilson and Zixuan. It was the first time in many years (I'd think it was ten) that we'd had dinner together, the last time probably when we were still in Montfort Secondary. We chatted about the usual things: our jobs (or lack of); other people's jobs and their salaries; and... Continue Reading →
Every once in a while
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 →
Returned from Indo
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 →
The Beggar Woman at Tampines Mall
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 →
Missing Entrepreneurship
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 →
Donn, fragments 