Every Chinese New Year at my aunt’s place is like a mini gathering of the United Nations. There’s the Chinese, then there’s the Malay-speaking majority (because my Mom’s side of the family is basically Peranakan), Kamal the Nepalese, and the Caucasian (Russell or Uncle Russell, as my brother addresses him, hails from Melbourne, and is [...]
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26 Aug
Family Communication
Call it brutal honesty, but that’s an inevitable trait of most families. Family members would usually not hesitate to tell/remind each other how ugly/fat/stupid/smelly/dirty/’fill-in-anything-that’s-negative-here’ they are. However irrelevant to the present circumstances, family members would never resist an opportunity to take a jibe at another member of the family. For instance: Play Sudoku Listen to [...]
14 May
Happy Mother’s Day
A mother’s love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible -Marion C. Garretty There are a couple of people I’d like to extend a Mother’s Day greeting to, and what better way to express my thoughts than in forms of poems. To my Mummy dearest: Dear Mother, You’ve loved [...]
28 Mar
squashed nuts
I’m lamenting the fact that my command of the English language is starting to spiral downwards. I happened to be at Marks and Spencer today with Mom doing some ‘grocery’ shopping, or in my case, biscuit shopping, and Mom asked me what was inside this particular chocolate bar and the first two words that came [...]
19 Oct
Weird day full of funnies
I think today’s one of those days where everything funny just seems to happen. Or the kind of day that everything seems funny and you just laugh like an uncontrollable moron at the slightest thing. Yeah, today’s that kind of day. Funny Incident #1: Was returning home from Parkway with Mom. The car was parked [...]
12 Oct
Oh boyyy oh boyyy…
Lemme keep the world updated… Sunday: Basically spent the whole day rushing out my animation for submission the next day. Spent the whole day either drawing or getting myopia from excess exposure from the computer. Then went to Toa Payoh Sizzler to celebrate my birthday with my family for dinner. Haha. Hilarious. Dad and Daniel [...]
19 Sep
Hahahahaha…
I’m seriously tickled. Hahaha. Daniel was like observing this old pillow (with brownish stains..gross) that Mom placed on the chair outside with the intention of throwing it away. So Daniel was like commenting on the state of the pillow: Daniel: OH YUCKS! Look at the pillow. It’s like a drool battlefield. Me: Huh?! Hahahahaha. Daniel: [...]
