Monthly Archives: April 2008

What if Your Mum Steals Your Identity?

You know how credit card companies are sending us offers all the time in the mail? The other day, I read about a woman whose own mother opened those letters and signed up for a card. When the card arrived, her Mum opened her mail again and accepted the card on her behalf.
Her Mum started [...]

What’s Your Favorite Quote from Tun Dr Mahathir?

Here’s mine, “I told people I’m a doctor. If I find one leg becoming gangrenous, I remove it.”
You can find this quote in the video below where Tun Dr M tells Stephen Sackur of BBC Hardtalk that Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi must step down right now.

Growing up under Tun Dr M’s leadership, I felt I [...]

Treat Your Man Like a Dog (He’ll Adore You For It)

If I were to treat Nic the way I treat Kero, his life will be so easy.
I will clip his toenails for him and insist that he bathes only once a week.
I will be the sole breadwinner, he can eat and drink at my expense for free.
When I’m busy winning the bread, he can lazily [...]

Who’s More Powerful? The Girlfriend or the Mother?

This year, Mothers Day will fall on May 11th. Flowers prices will hike up significantly but not as much as it does on Valentine’s Day. This is interesting because everyone has a mother, but not every one has a significant other.
Does this mean men are not naturally prone to gifting women, and only do so [...]

There’s a Ghost in this House!

My Mum came home from her MJ session feeling peeved with her friends.
Mum:
Leng. Can you believe this? My friend is saying, there’s a ghost in her house!
She said that one night, she opened a can of sardines. In the can, there were three fish but the next morning, she found only two fish. She [...]

Backgammon Masters Applies for Guinness Gamer World Record in Farthest Backgammon Dice Toss

How far can you toss a dice? 5 feet? 10 feet? More? What if I get you a helicopter and you can toss your dice from the air to the ground?
Backgammon Masters plan to toss 2 backgammon dice out of a helicopter 200-300 ft. up in the sky onto a 1 acre-sized gigantic backgammon board-shaped [...]

Hey Singapore Flyer, did you forget us?

Ever since Nic brought me for the private party to celebrate the HP Mini, I’ve been jokingly bugging him why he wasn’t invited to every other event I knew about in Singapore.
On the way home from dinner at Cafe Cartel, we heard on the radio a live broadcast from the Singapore Flyer to celebrate its [...]

Travelling Light Could Have Been So Embarassing

As a frequent traveler, I’ve gotten weary of carrying lots of stuff. The last time I shared room with another girl, she felt embarrassed that she’d brought twice the amount of luggage as me.
I don’t think she should feel embarrassed at all.
Even though I travel light, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with having [...]

What’s a Geek Goddess doing on the roof of Esplanade?

The first time I met Estee aka Geek Goddess was at Mezza9 at Grand Hyatt. She’s intelligent, interesting, and interpersonally-skilled.
The second time I met her was on the roof of Esplanade.

What do you think she’s here to do?

Different Cultural Context Require Different Business Ideas

When I was just a student, I visited a huge franchise expo. I was fascinated to see so many interesting business ideas. However, I wasn’t able to tell what will work and what won’t.
Now that I’ve lived in various countries and am able to compare the lifestyle differences, I’m pretty certain that a cleaning franchise [...]