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Good Bean

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:42:00 +0800

Yes as some of you might already know, The Good Bean Consultancy is up and running.

I haven't gotten involved much, since it really is the project of the Mister.
But having similar goals in life means that we are working in tandem to find our own significance.

It's an interesting word. Significance.
Someone told me the three S's in life are survival, success and then significance.

I think it is the word I have been searching for.

:)

P.S. His 'office' has a fantastic address, it costs about $200 a month to use it on your name card.

Hanging in

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:42:00 +0800

Thanks to all who cheered for me last night at the indoor stadium. I got home feeling quite high from excitement of winning the best producer award and the lack of food. Thankfully, I got home to some watered down chicken alphabet soup. The awards are still in a carrier bag though. My house is overflowing with things.

You see, I've always liked the idea of living just sufficiently, an adequate sized house for my imagined "basic" needs. But this means that I've been swimming in stuff. BOXES OF STUFF. Letters from fans, heavy awards, old CDs, tons of clothes I no longer wear, endless high heels that gets additional discussions in forums when I 'recycle' them more than 5 times. I'm working on taking things I no longer need out of my life.

It's a toughie.

The Mister says I love living like how I did in the past. He's a little bit right. I love my hawker food and like taking the train when possible. Its comforting to know that there are some things that are still there. My old flat where I lived for for 22 years have recently been torn down for a spanking new development. The new condo looks potentially amazing, but the grassy slopes where my sisters and I played are now leveled for some swimming pool or something. It is weird for sure, but I get it. There is always space for improvements and I intend to embrace that.

Today I tried to hang the remaining of my pictures on the wall. Has anyone tried to do that? Being pretty good in Math, I armed myself with a measuring tape and many of those 3M hooks thinking it would be a walk in the park. I broke the glass frame, bruised my thumb and swore like a hooker. Quite a different person from yesterday's glam bam mam' I know. It might not be a better version as of yet (version 12?) but I'm working on it.

Beautiful Politics

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:21:00 +0800

A beautiful point in Singapore politics, made by one wise man (George Yeo) and pointed out by another (Chen Show Mao):

"To be a human being is to be different. The whole logic and driving force of biological life is diversification. An imposed unity is a false unity; it’s a contradiction in terms."

Mr Chen Show Mao also said in the same speech "..differences are not divisions. It is the intolerance of differences that will be divisive. "

Let's find a common ground.

"Let's go find a rainbow.
I could be wrong but what am I to do.
Guess god thinks I'm Abel"

----- Oasis

Big feet

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:26:00 +0800

A few days ago, I tweeted if my feet could get any bigger.

For the longest time. I thought I was a 36.5. That's ten years ago. And by the normal laws of puberty and growth, your feet should be the same size whenther you are 22 or 32. Well, the last time I bought a pair of shoes, the lady said I was a 39.

I just looked at her.

The growth is phenomenal. I believe that by the time I get forty I could wear my dad's loafers.

But that aside, I got bitten by a swarm of sand flies two nights ago. My feet are so swollen, i knew I had cursed myself by my tweet.

Square Pegs

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:25:00 +0800

I know I know,
it's been two thousand years.

Let me start by saying, I'm a square peg.

Almost everywhere around me I see round holes. This usually means that I need to shave off my corners a bit. That my friends, is the part I mind. No, hate.

As technology bombards me everyday with little snippets about every single damn thing in the world, my mind is ALWAYS, CONSTANTLY engaged. I even find myself checking my phone for updates at traffic lights. (Do not attempt to do this lowly, terribly, irresponsible act my readers.)

Someone is having a whale of a time, someone's kid is super smart, someone is clever and opinionated and gives a cute one liner, someone is bummed, someone is missing their dog, someone thinks of a hamburger. I take all these information in and realised that at the same time, my mind is merely engaged for as long as it takes to read the updates. All these smart and interesting and fun people are living their lives to the ultimate fullest and I'm at home watching Korean DVD??? (DISCLAIMER: I have a bit of cough you see, an itchy throat.)

It makes me envious. And a little bit jealous.

I feel out of sync with the amazing life.

My dullest moments are not worth mentioning and my most dramatic/dangerous/mind blowing moments are probably over. (Maybe except my future delivery of a baby which explicit details I shall not go into).

I very often wonder what is next in my life.

What do you get to top?

Would I be happy dishing out a hearty potato soup?

Or does it have to be sensationally jamie oliverish or so-horrid-you-had-to-blog-about-it to make it worthwhile?

Can I continue to be just a square peg in this round holed world?

DISCLAIMER II: Being a square peg doesn't mean that you are boring. It just means that sometimes you don't fit in. Anywhere. And I'm not boring I just have days where I like to hole up and disappear. But you already know that. @#$% if you think this makes me sound like a loser, you are smart and opinionated.

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Mon, 13 Jun 2011 03:44:00 +0800

For those waiting for the latest blogpost. Sorry it's not happening tonight! But I have a new hit list:

New folks to shoot:

I wanna kill those people who decided that an app with a manual save button is useful to the world. IT IS NOT.

A night of xinyao at botanic gardens. http://t.co/94JqnsM

Sat, 21 May 2011 21:16:00 +0800

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Wed, 18 May 2011 19:27:00 +0800

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This Capella has got to be one of the most beautiful hotels in the world. Tooo lovely! Tooo lovely. http://t.co/52ASfP2

Tue, 10 May 2011 16:13:00 +0800

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Thank you all for your beautiful blessings!!  Love, Mrs van der Ros

Mon, 09 May 2011 20:02:00 +0800

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