Or… why we should embrace conflicts.
When things are not going as smoothly as it should or could be, it can be taxing, a little, yet it can be so fun and delightfully enlightening, if only we allow ourselves to take that step back to breathe and observe objectively. No matter how well you think you [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2007’
Disconnecting to reconnect
Commemoration Day 2007
Graduation is such a joyous occasion – even though I did not attend as a graduand, I felt truly happy for my friends who were graduating. So many years of hard work… and finally the day has come. With everybody together in the house, families and all, it’s difficult not to feel the excitement. My [...]
Falling leaves
So. I’m here. Back. ish.
While I was away, my room was being used as a guestroom of sorts. I knew most of those to whom my room and housemates played host, but what I wasn’t aware of was how they were playing some form of round robin with my room and its assets. Used bedsheets [...]
Countercurrents
When my only immediate reason for returning to London is so that I won’t miss my friends’ graduation…
When I don’t have to go to school, or work (yet), or attend any important events there…
When the only thing I can look forward to is to see my friends and QuGee who have been waiting all this [...]
The 16th flight…
… for this year.
Away from the comforts and shelter that is my family, learning how to live can be a difficult thing. I am preparing, bracing myself for whatever awaits me over the other side. There is too much to absorb, to take in, to feel, to agonise over. Too much to face, both these [...]
'Till next again, HK
A… modern? junk in the harbour
Central at night, with the Bank of China and Cheung Kong skyscrapers towering over the Legislative Council Building
All photos are up (only the first ~80 pics on the page; the rest are from before).
I’m now back in Singapore, and am endeavouring to finally get me bottoms off my comfy base [...]
No language barriers here
I’m watching the telly, and I’m trying to get used to how the show presenter is interviewing this Taiwanese celebrity, speaking in 100% Cantonese, and the celebrity would respond in complete Mandarin, and from time to time there would appear cartoonish English thought bubbles above both of them…
Greening Hong Kong
I know, I’m late and overdue in doing a post on the environment for 15th Oct. But if it’s blogging in support of a cause, every day can be blog action day… there’s nothing too special about this post in that it isn’t anything I wouldn’t normally write about; the only difference being that I’m [...]
Hope and expectation
There is a difference. It is hope that I have; it is high hopes that I hold for everything. Expectations I have none; I do not expect anything from myself or others nor do I encourage them to expect anything of me. I try, but I am still learning. Hope leaves doors open. Expectations closes [...]
Avaaz calls on the Singaporean community
Dear Singaporean friends,
The Myanmar generals brutalising their people depend on Singapore — for banking and trading, private hospitals, even luxury Armani clothes. The government has now condemned the military dictatorship. It’s the first step. Now we need not just words, but action. Let’s send Foreign Minister George Yeo an urgent message of support and encouragement: [...]
