Category: Everyday Thots

This morning… I open my bedroom door and walk out in my yellow top and striped pyjama pants. Me: “Hi Wanting…Good morning!” WT: *double-take* Ahhhhh! *giggles**giggles**giggles* Me: What? Why are you laughing? WT: “Oh…heh. Nothing lah…you remind me of Bananas in Pyjamas.” Me: ???!!! Yesterday… After a hectic morning settling grant applications, I settled into […]

It’s nearly 4a.m. and I’m still up because the SSHRC website is overloaded and I can’t retrieve my online application. Strangely though, I’m calm and resigned. I have no excuse. I’ve been told that the website tends to crash on the eve of the application deadline. But for some reason unfathomable to myself, I kept […]

It’s time to leave Singapore again. My 12th Singapore-Toronto journey since August 1998. It’s hard to say good-bye, particularly hard this time because a month ago I was made to realize how fragile our mortal lives actually are. We’re all on borrowed time and we never know when that allotted time is up. A heartfelt […]

UofTBound on Aug 13th turned out to be quite a success ! Am very proud to have been a part of the team that made it happen. Certainly hope that this is a good beginning and that these young friends of mine in the MSSA will continue to believe in their ability to make things […]

I’m back Into The Woods! Huijun & Huimei got me a DVD of the original production of Into The Woods. I decided to try it… BIG mistake. It took all my will-power to stop it and go back to work. But then Zibin came home and I just had to show him the Prologue and […]

Went to ICA. Extended my social visit pass till August 21st. Yes, this foreigner is continuing to stay in Singapore legally. Had lunch with Mom @ Ding Tai Fung in J8. Ech… not tt good. Had tea with Yinwei. Chocolate cheesecake. Girl talk. Saw and held her little botak boy. Took SBS 74 from Marymount […]

It’s nice to feel that you’ve become a somewhat important part of someone’s life. It’s nice that she knows what souvenir you’d like. It’s nice to feel there’s a bond that you can enjoy in both the worlds you currently inhabit. It’s nice.

Other than one incident which pretty much marred my day, today was by any other standards a good day. 3 things stood out which made it a fun Sunday: 1) Ping-Pong: Finally had a rematch with Zibin after 4 years. The last time we played was at my aunt’s place and it wasn’t all that […]

There’s nothing like jet-lag to get a girl’s mind wandering at 4a.m. Following the path my wayward mind has decided to lead me on, I returned once again to the conundrum that’s been plaguing the back of my mind increasingly often lately. Where do I belong? Sometimes I tell myself it’s not a big deal, […]