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It’s the last day of a strange, long year. I’m together with H now, having cycled through a few since I last wrote. (Does that sound brusque...

So they want me to take on the head of department job. I can't quite wrap my mind around it. I feel tired because it feels as if suddenl...

A friend asked me for some grammar books she could use as reference and so I came back to this webpage to look for the books I used to read....

When Quicksilver disabled the Dictionary module, I was distraught. The dictionary function was probably the command I used the most on Quick...

I don't write anymore. I don't know why. Maybe it is because nobody comes to this site anymore, except for Japanese spammers who f...

It's Friday. I just got done with the last class of my day. I'm happy and I'm tired and I'm frazzled and I'm spent. T...

When Joshua left, I wept. I went for a long run, paused on top of a flyover overlooking a busy expressway, and cried for a while. I knew th...

I just watched "The History Boys". Remarkably, it was inspiring and shockingly erotic at the same time. Do the two go together? ...

The power to make decisions is not as important as the power to influence. Why do people get so heady over the first?

I'm very proud of myself. I made it to Boon Lay in 1hr and 13mins on my Flying Pigeon. I didn't cycle very fast or anything but I...

Tomorrow is the day I throw off my days of sloth. At 5:30am sharp, I will take my Flying Pigeon and cycle from Keppel to Boon Lay. God hel...

I am back to square one with this blog — I have no readers, no expectations to live up to, no alter-ego — its only me. Which is kinda odd be...

The only way I can get myself to stop playing Bejeweled Blitz is to hit Ctrl-W to close the window during the game. First I tell myself, ...

Yewie brought me to listen to the Soweto Gospel Choir perform at the Esplanade last night. It was beautiful. They danced and sang South A...

This Christmas greeting from MCYS is so direct, it's hilarious. :) http://www.mcys.gov.sg/mcdsfiles/download/xmas2009_1.html Acronyms: M...