Category: Everyday Thots

Just got back from dinner. Don’t bother going to Queen’s Mum ever.  Dinner with 20 philosophers was…interesting. But everytime I spend social time with this group (i.e. the non-Singaporean community of my Toronto existence), I am struck by how alien I feel despite the fact that there is much I can talk about with them. […]

It’s HOOOOOOOOOOT in Toronto! *gasps* Ok, so right now I’m cooling my heels in my comfortably air-conditioned bedroom and sipping a tall glass of deliciously cold Second Cup Earl Grey. I know I’m better off than many of my Torontonian friends who are baking in their apartments (especially those with west-facing apartments). :P I was […]

A week has flown by just like that. Wanting is returning from Spain later today, and I will be happy to see her again. :) And yet, I think I will also miss this past week, because it has been a very good and fruitful week. I’ve had a generous share of activities and fellowship […]

I’m usually someone that has trouble sleeping when my mind or heart is occupied. Back in mugging days (as a student, not as a robber), I have to be careful not to ‘over-stimulate’ my brain, or else I’d have problems falling asleep, or have nightmares. Back in even younger days, I used to have trouble […]

Zibin insisted I post a pic of my dinner tonight, so here it is. :| Ha ha…ah well…maybe it’s his way of encouraging me to eat…or to cook proper meals for myself again. These are giant scallops I got from St. Lawrence Market yesterday afternoon. Minimal work required, and they were delicious. Ended up only […]

The Journey – Lea Salonga Half the world is sleeping, Half the world’s awake Half can hear their hearts beat Half just hear them break I am but a traveller, in most every way Ask me what you want…to know What a journey it has been And the end is not in sight But the […]

Into every life, a little rain must fall. Sometimes it may be a drizzle. Sometimes it may be a thunderstorm. Or sometimes, it may be one of those rare sun-showers. I’d never particularly liked or disliked rain before…although I have some fond memories of super rainy days in secondary school days…such as the time my […]

12:50p.m. My handphone rings. I pick it up. “I can’t sleep. So you must talk to make me sleepy.” I begin to speak, but get interrupted. “And can you don’t be too interesting? For once in your life, can you try to be boring? Cos I want to sleep.” I laugh. “How can you laugh? […]

Mom with her Mother’s Day Gift from all four of us Dearest Mom, There is nothing I could say, or do, or give you that could begin to express the depth of my gratitude. In my infancy, you were my world. In my childhood, you were my guardian angel and my heroine. In my adolescence, […]

Part I: Chatting with a complete stranger Such interesting things can happen here. I was at Second Cup this afternoon, quietly journaling in a corner. A rather large group came in and sat in the empty seats at the back. There was a guy that kept going to the backdoor to look at some tree-rats […]