There are so many words I want to write. So many ideas stuck inside that my head figuratively exploded in my bathroom this evening, while I was showering. Instead of putting shampoo onto my hair, I used shower gel. It smelt good, it smelt different. And then I realized that my ‘shampoo’ shouldn’t smell different. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Snippet of My Life'
Snippet Of My Life Episode 32 – Don’t Let That Dumbbell Falls Onto Your Balls!
August 15th, 2011 6 Comments
“You are much smaller than how I imagine you to be,” said one colleague of mine from India whom I have not met before in real life. We were having lunch at our office canteen. It was a bright and sunny day with the glory of the afternoon sun flooded into our dinning hall through [...]
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Snippet Of My Life Episode 31 – Round And Round In Circle
April 26th, 2011 15 Comments
When I told other men1 that I drive an extra 34 km2 a day through the rush hour traffic and tolls to drop off and pick up Cynthia in town every working day, a common reaction would be: Why don’t you drop her at a train station near your home and she can make her [...]
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Snippet Of My Life Episode 30 – Love, Yusheng, Snail, and Bicycle
February 16th, 2011 4 Comments
How did you spend your Valentine Day? It was on a Monday, not an ideal day to celebrate. So we celebrated ours on Sunday instead. In case if you are curious on what we did on Monday, the picture below says it all. Something is very wrong about this picture in so many dimensions, I [...]
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Snippet Of My Life Episode 29 – Pigs And Sheep Estate, With A Marketplace
December 15th, 2010 4 Comments
This is a story of Dooku, of which the prequel you may have already read. Dooku was a farmer, a chef, but not any more. At least for now. While the story may be inspired by the people at work, all the characters are works of fiction. If you feel that I am writing [...]
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Snippet Of My Life Episode 28 – A Matter Of Perspectives
December 1st, 2010 7 Comments
1. Making Potions Lily Allen once wrote in her MySpace, “Most people don’t know how to make love.” I chuckled at her observation. What if she is right? What if most people simply mess things up in bed? Is it profound or is it stupid? My guitarist once told me that talents are innate in [...]
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Snippet Of My Life Episode 27 – Some Kind Of Diary
September 2nd, 2010 11 Comments
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 [...]
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Snippet Of My Life Episode 26 – Maize Farmer And A Chef
July 21st, 2010 5 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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Snippet Of My Life Episode 25 – Five Stories, Work Inspired
April 28th, 2010 6 Comments
In this episode, I have five stories to share. All are work inspired, somewhat. * * Screw Bloggers At Your Own Risk * * Recently, a friend of mine forwarded me a link to a juicy gossip that finds its way propagating through the social networks. The subject of this gossip? A man who works [...]
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Snippet Of My Life Episode 24 – Obscure Observations Of The Ordinary Routines
February 18th, 2010 8 Comments
Life is simple. Most of the time, you are waiting for something to happen. And you spend a good portion of your life doing cut and paste activities. Or pure repetitive, routine type of work. Even the pleasure that we seek comes mostly in a variation of cookie cutter recipes. Or the same old thing that pleasures [...]
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