http://p65.sg/newp65 It's where we talk Sat, 10 Jul 2010 06:38:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was amused at the number of facebook updates from my friends involving doing nasty things to an octopus. These ranged from straightforward “Kill the Octopus!” to exchanges of recipes involving octopi. I’m guessing most of this was in honour of Paul, the ‘psychic’ octopus who ‘predicted’ Germany’s loss to ... http://p65.sg/newp65/2010/07/09/the-octopus%e2%80%99s-garden/ One of the things that always strike a chord in my heart is kindness. Whether it is buying a packet of tissue from a blind hawker or even helping a stranger pick up something they have dropped. It always never fails to make someone's day. An interesting observation i made since ... http://p65.sg/newp65/2010/07/08/kindness-from-a-stranger/ Honestly, am I really wrong in thinking there's something seriously messed up if the wife of a pastor lives like this? Somehow, piety and this just don't go together in my head. Unless of course you're a TV evangelist....  which then suggests to me that this is precisely the kind of ... http://p65.sg/newp65/2010/06/21/sun-ho-living-it-up-in-l-a/ My trip to the US about a year ago started in Portland, Oregon, where I had to attend an academic orientation event under the Fulbright program. As I arrived a day before the program started, I had some time to explore the city. I enquired at the information desk of the ... http://p65.sg/newp65/2010/06/14/there-is-more-to-life-than-just-malls-is-there/ What’s the deal with smoking in parks – is it allowed?  As far as I know it is banned in exercise areas and I would think that include the running tracks in reservoirs. While I detest smoke – and tobacco companies most of all - I do recognise that individuals have ... http://p65.sg/newp65/2010/06/14/smoking-in-parks/ It has been awhile since i last wrote, taking a quick break from studying to share something which impacted me recently. I used to be annoyed when i had to squeeze on the MRT or bus during public holidays, especially around areas which had a high composition of foreign workers. In ... http://p65.sg/newp65/2010/05/31/same-or-different/ As Singapore bids a final farewell to Dr. Goh Keng Swee, the corner stone, the pillar, the rock upon which the edifice of Singapore stands tall, I am aware that nothing I could write could possibly do justice to a man who did so much for the country, who meant ... http://p65.sg/newp65/2010/05/24/on-the-shoulders-of-giants/ It was a hot Saturday afternoon and I had planned to meet a friend at a Starbucks at Raffles Place. It was one of those weekends I had to work and my friend was visiting Singapore for only a few days, so we figured this was the best opportunity for ... http://p65.sg/newp65/2010/03/12/the-deflation-experience/ The "Yu Sheng" or "Lou Hei" is a traditional dish partaken during reunion dinners or gatherings during Chinese New Year. It is a dish i dearly miss as i spend yet another Chinese New Year away from family in a distant land. But even as i reflect on this dish that ... http://p65.sg/newp65/2010/02/15/gong-xi-fa-cai/ I read about the fiasco involving Pastor Rony Tan, who denigrated Buddhists in his sermon when he had a Q&A style sharing session with an ex-monk. I also watched the clips on youtube. I am not a Buddhist but I am offended by what he did and said. It was shocking ... http://p65.sg/newp65/2010/02/12/an-increasingly-open-world-but-more-closed-minds/