Ruined Light

In a classic case of too many cooks spoil the broth, my friend’s world is literally turning upside down. I may only be an observer, providing comfort when it is sought but it kills me to see things regress into this sorry state of affairs. Sometimes we (friends, outsiders, counsellors) have to realise that advice [...]

Eeep.

Oh my god I lost weight…like quite a bit of it. I’m 39 kg according to my Mom’s weighing machine and 38 according to my sister’s. This is freaky.
I’m pretty sure I haven’t been doing anything differently. Maybe because I got sick? But I doubt it. It must be the canteen food that I’ve been [...]

Napkin Scribe

A mere cold could not stop my greedy little hands from getting to the tub in the freezer, the word “Venezia” so sweetly innocuous on its polystyrene cover. Good Lord the stuff was good. Rum & Raisin gelato- sinfully, boozily, lushly good. Berries and liquor are a match made in heaven. Of this I swear. [...]

Her Praise

I will talk no more of books or the long war
But walk by the dry thorn until I have found
Some beggar sheltering from the wind, and there
Manage the talk until her name come round.
If there be rags enough he will know her name
And be well pleased remembering it, for in the old days,
Though she had [...]

Hey diddle diddle

Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such fun
And the dish ran away with the spoon!
I really tried very hard to think of a way to insert some witticism about my nose running away with my brain but it just sounds weird now doesn’t [...]

Othello

This has to be one of the best pieces of dancing I’ve seen in my life. In this clip, the San Francisco Ballet performs Othello, Shakespeare’s tragedy of manipulation and misplaced trust. The female lead, Desdemona is danced by my favourite ballet dancer in the world, Tan Yuan Yuan (Principle dancer with the SF Ballet). [...]

Name Games

*EDIT – These names are caveated! And everyone is put on actual notice hor. TELL YOU FIRST.
You are no longer equity’s darling. (ie: BFP of legal interest for value without notice.) Okay good revision complete.
Sigh. I’m bored, people. And whaddaya do when you’re bored? Yesh, that’s right. You blog. So that others might benefit from [...]

Mid-Mugging Mirth

(For you, and you and YOU. The things I do for you guys)
Overheard during dinner at Zhu’s:
Someone: So what do you and _ do on dates?
D: (coy) Nothing lahh…hold hands and walk along the beach onlyy…
M: yeah right!
D: (grinning) Okay okay…how about- I hold his hand while he walks along my beach? (smiles gleefully)
Later, she [...]

Gardens of Glastonbury

I had begged Tim to make a quick stopover at Glastonbury (which is near Salisbury…don’t know if that means anything to you) en route to Cornwall. It’s famous for its rich Arthurian lore and is reputedly where Avalon was situated. In any case, we visited the ruins of Glastonbury Cathedral in search of the King [...]

Cornwall

I’m a little too excited to post my backlog of pictures (when I really ought to be studying) so here’s the first installment. Remember when I told you about our brief roadtrip to Southwest England? I was waaaay too busy packing to come back to Singapore and hadn’t time to post any pictures, so here [...]