Real Steel - More on humans than robots
I saw the trailer to this movie quite a few times whenever I'm in the cinema for a movie and before I knew it, it was already out so it was a no-brainer that I'm going to watch it today before I head...
View ArticleThe need to get a tablet
If you don't know, I've been suffering from an eye infection which I first noticed about a week ago. I paid the polyclinic a visit where the doctor gave me some antibiotics eye drops but hey, that's...
View ArticleA long long weekend
My weekend was so happening, I don't even have time to write about it. Jokes aside, I went out pretty much the entire weekend and it's only now, 11pm on a Sunday night, that I'm just going to pen down...
View ArticleSteve Jobs biography
For those who saw my Facebook update yesterday, yes, I bought the Steve Jobs biography, a book that has been given plenty of positive reviews. I got to know about the existence of the biography shortly...
View ArticlePalchinsky Principles
Who is this Palchinsky chap anyway? More importantly, how did I come to know about him?Well, first of all, his full name is Peter Palchinsky and he was a Russian engineer who made his name during the...
View ArticleListening to a love song
Well, my ORD date is about three weeks from now and I've managed to secure a job already so I'm pretty happy. It's actually an internship, which I feel will be a lot more beneficial in the learning...
View ArticleWhen success does not come alone
I've got to say, I've been spending my leave days very productively, meeting up with old friends, finding a job, spending more family time with my parents. I've also done a lot of readings in my free...
View ArticleNext step, getting a job
So I was done with JC two years ago. Now, I'm almost done with National Service (NS). While serving NS, I kept thinking how it was taking such a long time for me to ORD. It didn't matter whether I had...
View ArticleLiving with your parents. Nothing wrong over here
I had the opportunity to head down to Foxysales's office yesterday, to understand how they work and experience my job scope as an intern first hand before I officially start two weeks from now. That...
View ArticleAbsence makes the heart grow fonder
I can't help but wonder when was the last time I went out on a proper date with Hazie. I mean, there were the occasional meet ups for breakfast or dinner, but nothing much before she heads on home to...
View ArticleBreaking Dawn: Always have protected sex
The fact that I have come up with such an outrageous title is simply because all the troubles in the movie could have been avoided had Bella just kept her sexual urges in check for a moment to think...
View ArticleWhen I ORDeeee
The title is actually a reference to an army song that us NSFs would have at least sung once during the times when we were recruits in BMT or trainees in the different units or command schools. While...
View ArticleFirst day on the job
Wait a minute, did I just say first day on the 'job'? Job, as in, work, an occupation?? What is wrong with me, didn't I just ORD yesterday? Shouldn't I be taking a well-deserved break, definitely two...
View ArticleMeeting old friends
It seems that as we get to know new people and settle down into friendship with them, time will take its course and wrestle us away from our comfortable surroundings, bringing us to meet other new...
View ArticleShiraz: Persian (or kebab) cuisine to stuff you full
This post comes after such a long time but my apologies for the delays, especially to Hazie who has been demanding an answer as to why I haven't been blogging. Sorry dear, been too caught up with work...
View ArticleBirthday dinner at Swensens
It was my aunt's birthday today and if you haven't realised it, then yes, she's born on the 1st of January. I know there's nothing special with that date other than the fact it's the first day of the...
View ArticleNew Year Eve 2012 - Titanic, Madjack feast and Trees of the World
The coming of a new year . . . . . How one day can be so special that throngs of Singaporeans flock to Marina Bay and countless other countdown events across the island to brave the crowds instead of...
View ArticleHow money talks, for the wrong reasons
I was having lunch this afternoon with Ram, a colleague of mine from work. Ram is an Indian national who's been studying in Singapore for the past three years I believe and is now serving his...
View ArticleScary cat at the void deck
I was heading home this evening, walking towards the lift from the bus stop. When I turned the corner into the lift lobby at the void deck, I glanced down and noticed a black cat which was peering...
View ArticlePragmatism and Passion: One or the other?
Have you ever heard of the movie Music and Lyrics? Well, if you haven't, then I don't really blame you. Five years is enough time for a movie to be forgotten, especially one that wasn't a blockbuster...
View ArticleIt's a brave thing for us young men to be doing
It's been more than a month on the job. I'm severely underpaid. Yet, I'm loving it.With the way my work is going now, it has turned out to be everything that I'm looking for. I wanted a job that will...
View ArticleEquinox Restaurant: We're at the top of the world!!
Well, let's see, our 3rd anniversary was on the 30th of November last year and why did we not celebrate it then? Well, there isn't any one particular reason. Like Hazie had her exams, I was busy...
View ArticleHazie's 21st Birthday at Carousel - Royal Plaza on Scotts
Every single birthday is special and worth celebrating in a big way. Of course, in Singapore, the 21st is an excuse to throw a real partyyyy -Asyraf...
View ArticleHow I hate those hiccups
I was at the Woodlands bus interchange this afternoon, walking through the waiting berth of the 969 bus when suddenly, I felt an all too familiar feeling building up inside my body, somewhere in the...
View ArticleWhen you have the ability to do something about it
About two nights ago, I was at my grandmother's house with my parents. We were breaking fast there, seeing it was the first day of the fasting month. Everything went as per normal and we left at about...
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