Reading Daphne’s blog (yes, that Daphne of The Star) reminded me that I have yet to post up any entry about books in a long while. And the irony is, I’ve been munching and guzzling books – academic and non-academic – in tonnes this year.
Read MoreFeasting on the Eve 3
Each year, we have a feast at my Grandma’s place. For Xmas? Well, everyone loves eating so we’ll take any festivity as a reason to come together and showcase our cooking talents. Ya, did I say talents? Yep, we’re a highly kiasu cooking family. We love to cook up a storm and then sit down …
Read MoreGod and the Art of Making Money 0
This is a real story about necessity, monks, and how black dust prompted one innovative monk to go into business. I loved this story. Simple, honest and very, very clever. Read this first…. and then read this. Merry Christmas to all!
Read MoreHow Do I Close the Year? 1
This year has been a year of ups and downs, happy and melancholy, fun and not-so-fun moments. I get pensive when I reflect on the things I’ve done, the people I’ve met. But being the Piscean that I am, I often am attracted to people, feelings, emotions. Never been very rationale. I always thought it …
Read MoreFanatically Yours… 4
I don’t usually brandish my religious inclinations for a number of reasons. One of them is that people tend to bracket me into categories based on what religion I profess to. In another word, they stereotype me. And that’s possibly not the last of it. They’ll next try to play the “Whose Religion is More …
Read MoreMoments in Life 4
He loved books. In fact, I was truly glad to have found a bookworm in him. Oddly, the way we met were not so strange, given the nature of the ‘Net. After all, people meet people all the time online. Friendships start in forums. Social relationships don”t work sometimes. Well, it’s easy to forget to …
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