January 2012
1 post
The problem isn’t that I don’t know what I want in life. The problem is that I know what I want, but that’s not what I need.
December 2011
3 posts
Sitting in the bus, travelling at night, you get to see a different country
from that you’re used to. In the shadows cast by the sodium lamps, things
can appear grave, yet muted.
Proud user of the Galaxy Nexus.
July 2011
3 posts
Scrambled eggs done right
How do you make scrambled eggs? Most people crack a few eggs in a bowl, add milk, a pinch of salt and beat the hell out of them before depositing it in the fry-pan and just making a general scramble as they cook. That’s Scrambled-Eggs LITE, my friends. For the real deal! Here’s what you need Some cracked salt and pepper 2 tablespoons of cream (35% milk fat) A section of butter (1x3...
After a long hiatus, I log in to my Tumblr account only to discover that I have a slew of new followers.
Spam bots? I don’t know. Can someone just reply to my post to prove their humanity?
February 2011
1 post
2011
A year plus since I’ve updated this page. I should be sleeping but instead, I fight the current of drowsiness and stay up for…. what? I don’t know. I’m having some conversations, listening to songs from my past and trying to dredge up enough inspiration to pen something here (it must be working - you don’t know how many times I’ve started up this editor and...
rock, me, hard place
January 2010
1 post
2010
Apparently there’s an eclipse going on right now but Singapore isn’t on the path of totality.
I’m resigned to the fact that my dream job would require me to possess at least a Master’s qualification, and I’ll try to gun for a Ph.D. if I’m good enough. (I am.)
2010 to 2012 will be transition years. Or not. I don’t believe in planning things too far out....
October 2009
1 post
(BN) God Will Help You Prosper If You Ask Nicely,...
Bloomberg News, sent from my iPhone. God Will Help You Prosper If You Ask Nicely, Says Ehrenreich Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) — Barbara Ehrenreich wants us to stop smiling and spend more time on the dark side. She has dedicated her new book, “Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America” (Metropolitan Books) to “complainers everywhere” with an order to “turn...
September 2009
3 posts
lost and fond
Can you remember the first time you learnt how to ride a bicycle? You probably fell off and scrapped elbows and knees many a time, and if you’re like me, getting more frustrated by the moment. Until you just go “Fuck this”, sod everything and push off strongly. Lo and behold, that was what you needed in the first place, confidence, daring and momentum.
And you’ll never...
pets
You feed a dog and he looks at you in awe, thinking, “Wow, they’re feeding me. They must be Gods!”
You feed a cat and she looks at you in calm detachment, thinking, “Wow, they’re feeding me. I must be a God!”
August 2009
4 posts
search function
i’m never one to be considered a romantic, never would i have thought i’d find someone so in tune, so entertaining and so beautiful, in such a serendipitous circumstance at such an unlikely place. but i did.
Sleep is like taking the express train to your destination, only sometimes you’re too excited over getting there and slumber escapes you.
When you get there, you don’t want to leave but sleep tugs on your eyelids with the persistence of a child. You’re too psyched over the next stop, and sleep eludes you like luck on a winning streak.
Routes
It’s really great to meet someone who’s on the same page as you are.
Another year older, another road taken.
I seem to have really defined myself over the past 3 years, and for the most part of it, it really had to do with studying in Australia, discovering a knack for something I never thought I had, and solidifying a true sense of self.
Fuck, I’m really missing Sydney right now.
I was asked one night, how i dealt with loneliness; how do I manage to...
June 2009
6 posts
Ruminations of a reluctant insomniac
I am unable to sleep.
The incessant ticking of the Ikea wall clock provides no hypnotic effect, neither does ten milligrams of Temazepam coursing through my blood. Although to be fair, the clock’s internals are Made in China, and I’m past the estimated half-life of the drug.
I have recently finished the last exam for my Bachelor’s, and I am a contributor to the economic...
American Psycho.
Watch it.
Are the numbers telling you the whole story?
Reading channelnewsasia this morning, I saw the following headline:
“Average income of low-wage workers up over past two years”
Ever sceptical of Singapore’s news - they do have the lowest press freedom index (144th out of 173), I read on with curiosity
“In a progress report on low-wage workers, those who earned a monthly wage of S$1,200 in 2006 saw their salary go up to...
May 2009
18 posts
Sheeple, poor deluded sheeple. →
Oprah and bad advice. What? You never knew? Oh gee, I wonder why.
i dreamt that a bunch of friends and I were trapped in a decrepit old house. there was a room which looked deserted, but after opening the door, and peering inquisitively inside the safe haven, a figure burst out and roared, scaring the shit out of me.
That made me wonder. How cool is the brain! It has, for lack of a better analogy, a story-processing center and an experiential center that are...
Idiocy meter E [----/] F →
not the article. read the comments. and weep.
my thought of the day
in life, it’s the outliers that tell the most significant of stories, and the amateurs that make the most progress
Arm the Homeless
Morello is back!
http://www.myspace.com/streetsweepersocialclub
Album out June 16th
impending change
new address soon!
Weight-training helps reduce risk of cancer,... →
(latter is an anecdote, YMMV)
The high cost of being poor →
Reading this makes me want to go out and research about the economics of poverty
Ad trading
In this era of hyper-targeted ads, very soon it’d be “you are what you get advertised”. I imagine, your social standing is determined by what ads target you
BB
you know, sometimes you encounter gaps of unproductive time? like it’s 550pm now, and im meeting friends for dinner at 7. i dont wanna get started on my project for the next 40 mins only to stop for a shower n to head out. 40 mins is like a dead-zone. i dont know what i can do during that time, so i’ll just pop you a mail. in fact i’ll just cc: this one to my blog as well back to...
Psychics - 0 , Sceptics - 1million →
Professional con-woman medium Patricia Putt was last week subjected to a rigorous scientific test of her powers as the first stage of her bid to claim a $1m prize from the James Randi Educational Foundation
star trek was awesome.
anyone caught the Slusho! drink reference in the bar scene (before Kirk wipes the floor with his arse)? Slusho was the drink related to the viral marketing of J. J. Abrams directed movie “Cloverfield”.
also, the geek gets the girl!
boyfriends, next time your bitch keeps shrieking in the cinema for really retarded reasons, for the love of fuck, slap some sense into that woman!
p.s. i would love to do that for you, but because it’s a crime, and i’d rather let you go through the rest of the relationship being pussy-whipped, so there.
The difference between UFO Believers and... →
Mr. Carlin, I do applaud thee.
Cognitive Daily: The distraction that is... →
“So Joe might be right that it’s not possible for him to focus all his attention on Michelle, even on their anniversary. Perhaps next time he should consider cooking her dinner at home!”
fuck Rain →
4chan.org is under attack! noooooo
LOIC go!
Turnabout is fair play →
Revenge is a dish best served blow
April 2009
18 posts
Reawakening DNA for HIV Immunity →
Hooray! Now that leaves herpes to be taken care of and then…. Hooray!
Abstract:
Human alpha and beta defensins contribute substantially to innate immune defenses against microbial and viral infections. Certain nonhuman primates also produce theta-defensins—18 residue cyclic peptides that act as HIV-1 entry inhibitors. Multiple human theta-defensin genes exist, but they harbor a premature...
How to get an edge in a coin-flip →
Practical summary of a paper
Fucking rain #
i swear, today must be “newsable day” or something
Check this out, real life can’t get better than this!
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124052112850249691.html
Mormon Cricket infestation mitigated by… get this ROCK MUSIC!
For those who take the slow train to cluestown everyday,
MORMON crickets… DRIVEN OFF by… ROCK MUSIC!
HAHAHAHA
Hey fundies (also see:...
update: browsing the WHO website, I came across reports that indicate a meningitis epidemic is occurring in sub-saharan africa. IANAVirologist, but what if the influenza and meningitis (assuming it’s the viral form and not the bacterial variety) comingle and swap old war stories?
if you think the porcine influenza is bad now, wait till winter befalls the northern hemisphere and at the end...
is 2009 the year my dreams come true?
i’ve been following the mexican swine flu outbreak with much interest over the past few hours. it seems that more and more reports are pointing towards a widespread flu pandemic, with infections from far away as NYC and New Zealand.
Is 2009 the year where there’s a massive disease outbreak, and wordwide panic, fear and the burning of cities and mass hysteria? Riots in the streets, the...
dissatisfaction is the most painful kind of anguish