Author: Ann Yeong

I’m a homebody…staying home is usually very pleasant for me. But after having stayed indoors for nearly 4 days straight, it was lovely to step out for some fresh air today. I also more than made up for those long hours of solitude with a really long chat with HM. I suppose that could be […]

Getting mail used to be a rare and pleasant occurrence. A greeting card, an unexpected letter from a friend (these are still rare occurrences now, and still much cherished and beloved). Nowadays, those three little words “you’ve got mail” that I hear from Wanting produce in me a sense of resignation. I’m inundated with mail […]

Went to check out the Stratford Festival’s 2006 playbill and found The Duchess of Malfi! What a blast from the past…it was a play I spent tedious hours over for my A-levels. I’ve never seen it staged though…wouldn’t it be something to catch it live? There are other interesting plays with less murderous themes too…decisions, […]

I’ve been studying in Toronto since 1998, and I’m proud to say I’m pretty good at being independent a very large part of the time. However, there’s always one thing that makes me feel like a silly little kid again – falling sick. When I was much younger, I once announced to my mom, quite […]

When I walked out of my bedroom earlier, Yuandong remarked, “你生病啊? 穿到这样。” My reply was that, “是啊，怕冷嘛。” But it was only after I returned to my bedroom that I realized how uncoordinated I looked. Thigh-length sleep-shirt, calf-length cotton capri, waist-length fleece jacket and ankle-high socks. All haphazardly put on one after another to keep me […]

Zibin, you sometimes jokingly complain that I blog about my friends, even John, more than I blog about you. And that’s because so often the thoughts I have about you are so intensely personal and emotional that an open and public space like this blog just doesn’t seem quite appropriate. And that’s why most of […]

Had planned to sleep before 11p.m. tonight, but then my supervisor called and we talked for an hour. It was a very fruitful talk, one that was very helpful to me. But now I’m left with a dilemma: finish my reading quota for the day and sleep around midnight OR just go to bed and […]

Whenever I’m back in Singapore, I drink unsweetened soy milk instead of cow’s milk because that’s what’s available in the kitchen. A few months back, I started buying unsweetened soy milk in Toronto as well although 2% milk is regularly available in our kitchen at OPL. I suppose I’d gotten used to the taste of […]

This entry is dedicated to the friend who skipped into my life out of the blue and lodged herself in my heart 15 years ago, and who has a tremendously difficult decision to make now. The Serenity Prayer has been quoted so often that it may seem like a cliché. But I quote it here […]