A list of random thoughts and observations that bombard me lately begins with a comment made by my good buddy whom I met for lunch at Changi, somewhere so far away that colleagues aside, I have only got two lunch buddies to hassle with and naturally, they have become – again, colleagues aside – the second [...]
Entries Tagged as 'My Abstract Life'
Fragments Of My Dreams Episode 15 – A Song That Lingered
August 18th, 2010 No Comments
For close to a year, I have had dreamless sleep, which is unusual if you know me. The night before, out of nowhere, Cynthia was conversing to me in purely Bahasa Indonesia. I suppose once in a while, we have this innate desire to feel closer to our mother tongue. I tried to hold a [...]
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Snippet Of My Life Episode 26 – Maize Farmer And A Chef
July 21st, 2010 4 Comments
The company I work for has recently published a guideline on what not to share in a social networking environment, which includes personal websites I suppose. It is now officially out of the question to post the photo of that huge condom machine commonly found inside our office toilets a while ago. Because that is a photo taken [...]
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How To Quiet The Prancing Horses Inside Your Head?!
July 15th, 2010 6 Comments
This is a pretty heavy topic. But I am sure some of you can handle. Once in a while, some trusted friends of mine would confide in me the situations they faced – at work, in relationship, or life in general – and hope to hear my perspective. I love listening to stories and answering questions. [...]
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Summer Blog Episode 9 – Shortsightedness Versus Spelling Handicap (Final Episode)
June 30th, 2010 2 Comments
I too am shortsighted. So I am not here to poke fun at you, if you are or know someone who is shortsighted too. Looking at the number of people around me who require optical aid or surgical treatment to see properly, I cannot help but to wonder from time to time what would happen [...]
Tags: Bob the Bot™ · summer blog 2010
Summer Blog Episode 8 – I Am Your New Minister For Transport
June 29th, 2010 8 Comments
I had a dream. I had become the new Minister for Transport. * * * * * Dear citizens, I have great news to announce. As a small child, when I see that an average citizen has to pay up to $100,000 to buy an average Japanese car, I see something is not right. For [...]
Tags: Bob the Bot™ · summer blog 2010
Summer Blog Episode 3 – My Table In My Primary School
June 22nd, 2010 No Comments
My memory of my primary school life has been fuzzy. Of the few fragments that I remember, there were those wooden tables that we used at school, unlike perhaps the fine furniture students use today. The surface though smooth, was uneven. You could trace the texture of the wood and you could see the little [...]
Tags: Bob the Bot™ · summer blog 2010
Summer Blog Episode 2 – A Harem Full Of Girls And A Hard Disk Full Of Music
June 21st, 2010 No Comments
Cynthia often pokes fun at my ears. She says my ears are promiscuous. I used to buy many compact disks regularly. My favorite pastime since the day when compact disk format was made popular was to camp at record stores, staring at the nicely wrapped disks trying to decide if I should buy just one [...]
Tags: Bob the Bot™ · summer blog 2010
Life As A Business Analyst – A Comic Relief
May 26th, 2010 8 Comments
Here is where I need to put a little disclaimer. While the following write-up is inspired by things that I see and do during my nine-to-five job, all the characters and events are fictional and by no mean resemble to anyone or anything in particular. That means to say, if you think that I am poking fun [...]
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“When I Was 18″ – A Spanish Homework
May 19th, 2010 19 Comments
“When I Was 18″ - that was the topic of our Spanish homework. In fact, our teacher Natalia left the age to be open. It could well be when I was 16, when I was 24, when I was 30, when I was … OK, let’s stop here. I mean, when I was 16, my life [...]
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