Category Archives: culture

All Singaporean Men Were Bald

In the book written by classic French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince wisely said,

All grown-ups were children first. (But few remember it).

While that applied to all grown-ups in the whole wide world, yesterday I discovered something that applies only to men in Singapore.

All Singaporean men were bald once. (No thanks to the National [...]

The Stark Museum

When I first heard of the Stark Museum of Art, I immediately thought of the Philippe Stark mouse that Nic gave to me long ago. The poor mouse is now sadly buried beneath a thick bunch of computer wires in a quiet drawer.

But as it turns out, the Stark Museum of Art has nothing [...]

Why September is Special

September has always been my favorite month of the year because a very precious child I know was born in September.  :wink:
One rainy night, I was watching a romantic movie about a couple in a long-distance relationship. When they played their special song, I was delighted. It was almost like a secret coded message for [...]

Looking good in a traditional chinese wedding dresss

Two years ago, I was invited to attend a beautiful wedding in Shanghai. As usual, the bride looked gorgeous on her big day. No one could tell she was hospitalized just a few days before for severe gastritis which was induced by the stress of planning for the big day.
As any other wedding, she was [...]

Same Old Story

From the Malaysian Crime Watch site today, “Police have seized about 636 savings account books and 188 ATM cards from an illegal loan shark syndicate’s house last week.” I’m guessing the loan sharks had seized the 636 savings account books and 188 ATM cards from their debtors who could not pay up in the first [...]

Phone Cards

Yanti the Indonesian maid was thrilled to share with me that a $10 phone card now enables her to call home for 48 minutes. She can now spend quality time chatting with every member of her very large family whom she haven’t seen in two years.
On top of that, she gets additional Valentine’s Day discounts [...]

The Great 2008 Dinner

Nic took us to our favourite Japanese restaurant in town in a building that specially caters to Japanese Singaporeans. As we were lifted to the third floor, I noticed a Japanese grocery store, a Japanese karaoke parlor and a lot of other Japanese retail shops and restaurants.

This is where we were. I discovered that pulling [...]

Two Girls Fight over Flowers on Valentine’s Day

It was a little embarrassing. He walked in with a bouquet of flowers, I straightaway assumed it was for me.
I smiled adoringly, grabbed the flowers excitedly. I sniffed it, oohed and aahed at it, did the whole dance routine.
But he pulled it from my hands and handed it to her! I was livid.

Oh but she [...]

Details of the Valentine Bouquet

Shy white roses hiding in dark corners

Jubilant white lilies

The youthful ambitious girl screaming, “Hello world! Have you met me yet?”

Placed at the center to receive the most attention

Purple tulips

Hey, is the doggy’s tail meant to be part of the bouquet?
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Ushering In A Real Rat

On the first day of CNY, we ushered in the year of the rat with a big party at home. Little did I guess that on the second day, we will be ushering in a real rat!

I was happily bounding towards my bicycle in the garden when I realized the dogs had abandoned me. This [...]