This is my latest doodle titled “Boatman And A Girl Together With Other Parties“. I have not been drawing for quite some time. Drawing can be therapeutic. Especially if you have a rough day at work (like mine today). Each stroke scraps away a little bit of the trouble in your mind. By the time [...]
Entries Tagged as 'My Hobbies'
The Story Of A Boatman (La Historia Del Barquero)
August 19th, 2010 4 Comments
Tags: doodle · Spanish class
First Two Days In Paris Was Colder Than We’d Anticipated
August 15th, 2010 No Comments
Time flies. If I don’t get started documenting our travel journal, year 2011 may hit me before I know it. June this year, we have visited France. Like our trip to Spain last year, I am going to publish an article every weekend, until I run out of materials. I am familiar with Paris. When [...]
Tags: France 2010 Trip · Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G · Nikon D700 · Nikon SB-900 · paris
Objects In The World Of Spanish, And The Distractions That Entail
June 7th, 2010 1 Comment
Learning a new language makes me feel like a kid once again. It is long, hard, made of wood, and we use it to write, to sketch, and to paint, what is it? And my study partner would answer, “Pencil!”, in Spanish. And it would be my turn to ask, “What is it?”. “A handkerchief”. [...]
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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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New Maps Added To “Human Spanish Conjugator”
May 13th, 2010 No Comments
OK. If you recall earlier on, I have released a beta version of a board game to help learners like Cynthia and I to practice conjugating Spanish verbs. This evening, we have given it a test drive. Surprisingly, it is indeed pretty fun to play! We have made some tweaks to the game and I [...]
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A Board Game I Am Working On
May 3rd, 2010 9 Comments
For the past few weeks, I have been working on a board game. It has been an exciting journey. Got my creative juice running. The link to the game can be found in here. I call the game “Human Spanish Conjugator™” for now as I need something fun to help me practice verb conjugation. Below is a [...]
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Ding! Leveled Up On Our Spanish Learning Journey
February 4th, 2010 11 Comments
I guess in life, if things are not hard earned, they are not as rewarding. Spiritually speaking. That applies to your recent promotion, you love life, those pineapple tarts that you have spent hours and hours of cooking to find that perfect balance, those regular practice sessions for climbing that one mountain, and etc. Not to over-dramatize, like I [...]
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Learning Spanish In Singapore At Las Lilas, Recommended?
January 11th, 2010 33 Comments
One reader wrote in and asked my opinion on learning Spanish as a language and learning Spanish at Las Lilas, the school where we learn Spanish. Since I do come across questions like these from time to time (like from my friends via Facebook and Messenger), perhaps it is a good idea to share my [...]
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It’s Time Of The Moon Again
December 4th, 2009 10 Comments
Last evening, returned home from a lovely dinner gathering with Symantec, Cynthia was already in bed. I opened the window, cool air greeted my face. As I extended my vision from near to far, from the golf course on the other side of the reservoir to the pitch-dark sky, I saw a bright dot. It [...]
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Still Wilfrid The Paparazzi, On Felicia And Nathaniel
December 2nd, 2009 6 Comments
If you recall, a year ago, I was happily sharing the exciting news of my nephew and I sharing the same birthday. Decades apart, of course. Looking back at that blog entry, what a bizarre piece of write-up I produced! So much details then that I would have forgotten now. Like I often say, keep [...]
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