worker bee
Staying late in the office has a certain appeal. There is peace and quiet and I am finally able to blast my music (and so break that peace and quiet) and settle down to work. To churn out the next set of documents, to consisten-fy two or more documents, to draft emails, to opine, to … Read more
Hilary Mantel
Scrolling back to the previous blog post, I realise this is my first blog post for the year! Wow, it’s time to start writing again. What better way than to begin with a book review. I was very taken with Hilary Mantel’s Man Booker Award-winning book, Wolf Hall. It’s everything I want in a book, … Read more
+_+
Living in a HDB flat means that occasionally I have funerals at my void decks. This particular void deck of mine doesn’t attract weddings, perhaps due to the numerous funerals. White setting means a christian funeral rite while gold, multi-colour wreaths together with chanting monks and smoke means a taoist or buddhist funeral. Either way, … Read more
Investments and its iffy-ness
Temasek Holdings sold its Barclays and Bank of America stakes, causing many to wonder what the hell it is doing. Yeah, what the hell is it doing?! That was my first reaction. I didn’t know their investment strategy except to see alongside the news (that they have sold the relevant stakes) a small article on … Read more
Musings
It’s twelve noon and a cool draft is in the room. It’s nice being able to sit in front of my computer, listening to the sounds of life that are still about – the last train roaring back to wherever it came from, the occasional motorcycle and the buzz of the refrigerator. There I was, … Read more
Watchmen
Watchmen is a mixture of gore, slow-motion action scenes and cool CGI mixed into a three hour film that flies by as the body count in the movie increases. It’s got an M18 rating but honestly, some scenes were so ghastly that I wanted to gag at some parts of the show. Talk about a … Read more
my world
Another day, another weekend flies past at light speed. After the social activities, the festivities (I had a wedding dinner to attend), there’s only Sunday night left. The weekend seems way too short and Monday hearkens.The year’s going to end! Oh gosh, time flies. I’ll be right smack in my mid twenties. What am I … Read more
Expression
I’ve always wondered what’s the point of expressing your feelings, especially negative ones when it doesn’t do any good, spreads that negative energy around the space you’re in and anyone within that radii and basically infects the people you’re with? I realised that one needs to do that in order to stay sane, so that … Read more
a completely superficial look at politics
Everyone knows that China is in trouble over Tibet with the international community. Except possibly China herself. As the up and coming superpower, it treats its sovereignty, rightly, as sovereign. And hence once Tibet is labelled as a national sovereignty issue, that’s it, case closed. The international community can disagree but hey, that’s their problem. … Read more
