Monthly Archives: November 2008

Reads

November 21, 2008 – 11:40 am

Was at a breakfast meeting this morning at Orchard, so, taking advantage of complimentary parking at the Hyatt (and the fact that I’ve been to that bustling strip less than 10 times this year), I took a stroll down to Borders for a quick look-see. Wanted to see, mainly, if they had The Whitest Boy Alive CD [...]

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Brand new colony

November 20, 2008 – 3:49 pm

 
Brand New Colony
by The Postal Service
I’ll be the grapes fermented,
Bottled and served with the table set in my finest suit
Like a perfect gentlemen
I’ll be the fire escape that’s bolted to the ancient brick
Where you will sit and contemplate your day
I’ll be the waterwings that save you if you start drowning
In an open tab when your [...]

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Ran like a girl

November 20, 2008 – 10:03 am

This is a little late, but hey, who says we’re on a schedule? :-)
Anyway, on October 19 I ran the Nike Women’s Marathon in San Francisco. The trip to my favouritest city of all-time was sponsored by the best sportswear company in the world, as a reward for winning the Sundown 84km Ultramarathon on May [...]

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Cheebs

November 20, 2008 – 9:35 am

The great thing about my job is that occasionally I get to do stories on good friends, and last weekend at the Barclays Singapore Open it was an absolute thrill to follow Chih Bing around and watch him beat the big boys (for most of the rounds, at least) at Sentosa’s Serapong Course.
Of course the [...]

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Has this happened to you before?

November 18, 2008 – 2:29 pm

When you find out something that you wish you didn’t, and you wish it wouldn’t change a thing after that though you know it will?
Is it better to know the painful truth or to just be happily ignorant?
I’m still finding out.
In the meantime, working at Starbucks with a venti chai tea latte, with a 60min [...]

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