Tagged: Musings

A Sociological Empath

ORD Dream

Note 1: Originally published on May 31, 2013 Note 2: The afterword is (al)ready. A peculiar thing happened. I dreamt… of the day I ORD. Few details still stay with me, but while I shook the hands of ma’ams without making eye contact – whether out of habit or shyness – there...

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CNY Angbao Ranting

Note 1: Originally published on Feb 13, 2013 Note 2: But these things don’t grow old! If you are Singaporean, I’m sure you have heard. The big news of the Chinese New Year thus far. A 13-year-old boy posted a photo with his angbao receipts totalling some S$700. Then through Facebook, complained how...

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NS: I Had It Way Easier

Note: Originally published on Oct 20, 2012 Earlier this week, we were shown an episode of Every Singaporean Son II as part of a monthly gathering. A lad hugs his mum, bids her goodbye and then leaves with his dad to report for his first day in OCS. The dad...

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NS: When there’s No Work to Do

Note: Originally published on Sep 21, 2012 When you are at work, and you have no work to do, what will you do? Find or ask for work to do? Act like you are doing work? Sit at your desk and stone? Read, surf the Net and chat?

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Relooking “Old” Blog Posts

“I tend to write only what’s on my mind, at present. But almost everything I know, I knew in the past.” Over the next few days, I will be importing material from my old blog, written back in 2012 to 2013. Then, I was serving National Service as an office...

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FB “1 Like” Specialist

Not about Liking your own posts and having no one else do the same. I have well-connected (liberal with Add Friend button) younger cousins who easily garner hundreds of Likes and the wrath of my silent envy. These are people for whom the inverse relationship between no. of posts and no. of Likes...