For the third or fourth time in a couple of days, through chance alone, I came across four websites espousing the benefits of "mixing things up" through changes in habits. All four recommended "having the vegetarian dish if you normally have meat". Why not the other way round? Why not have meat if you're normally... Continue Reading →
Masks: A poem by Shel Silverstein
I came across a beautiful poem by Shel Silverstein called "Masks", that reminded me of how we can sometimes go through our whole lives pretending to be someone else, hoping to find like-minded souls but afraid to reveal our true selves. She had blue skin, And so did he. He kept it hid And... Continue Reading →
The NS Man Tribe
For the next couple of weeks (and for the last few days) I'll be doing my yearly national service. It's not something I particularly look forward to, but after I'm doing with it I'm often quite thankful for the opportunity to have been able to do it. It's something like a hard run in the... Continue Reading →
Singapore hits a record high PSI
Singapore has been experiencing a terrible bout of haze lately, with record-setting PSI of 371 recorded earlier this afternoon. The haze had been, in the beginning, quite a welcome break from the dull monotony of everyday Singapore life. I'd even followed PSI readings as closely as punters would the weekly 4D results. But as it drags... Continue Reading →
The need for discomfort
If life was comfortable all the time, we wouldn't learn a damn thing. I do wish it would be otherwise. Give me the lesson without the associated pain of learning. But no. Life has to be hard if it is to be worthwhile.
Getting Real by 37Signals
In what must be one of the most serendipituous moments of my recent life I hit upon 37Signals' Getting Real TOC page after doing a search of a string of text that randomly entered my mind. (The whole book's available online for free? Wow!) I'd first read Getting Real in its physical form (borrowed from a local... Continue Reading →
Release Me
I first heard this song on TV. It was an advertisement for Saab. I now listen to it whenever I feel "contained". While on a run. While on the job.
On the Boston Marathon Bombings
I haven't written about it. I didn't think I would. But I think I should. The tragedy at the Boston Marathon has hit me worse than I'd thought. (“Why do you look so sad?” the wife asked. “I don’t know,” I replied.) I’m an avid runner, and one who has dreamt of qualifying for Boston... Continue Reading →
Going to Perth
The wife and I will flying to Perth tomorrow night. It’s a homecoming of sorts, both of us having spent about two years (2.5 in my wife’s case) studying at UWA. Both of us are feeling pretty excited, wondering what has changed (and what hasn’t) and planning to revisit our old haunts. I'm sure it’s... Continue Reading →
A little plug for my Brother (Labeller)
Here's a little video from Brother that you should definitely check out for two reasons: one, it's funny in a dry humour kind of way; and two, if you care for it you can participate in their promo. http://fast.wistia.com/static/concat/E-v1%2Csocialbar-v1.js// Fyi, I'd actually gotten my wife (then girlfriend) a Brother labeller a couple of years ago (I... Continue Reading →
Donn, fragments 