Archive: Life

On Being Human (and Judgemental)

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Recently, a good friend of mine said,
“You guys are so judgmental.”
If I had been a few years younger, this might have bothered me. I might have spent hours in my room worrying about how to keep my foot out of my mouth, how to please everyone and how to make everyone like me. […]

My Beef with IE6

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Here’s my beef with Internet Explorer 6: it’s just not a good browser anymore.
And my sentiments, which in my head look like a friendly message to grandma telling her that her graphics will be nicer and her animation less choppy if she upgrades her browser, somehow always end up vocalised as a campaign against racism […]

Sushi Knife Advice

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

The benefit of having a Nosh within walking distance is that I can have sashimi at home, which I’ve been doing quite a lot this week. Although my sisters may have once called me endearing terms to the effect of “bookworm” or “nerd”, I think I’m a practical person at heart: I don’t really […]

On being a girl (sort of)

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

As part of my insurance claim, I have to pick a jewelery store that I want to go to. This part I dislike, because I don’t like buying jewelery, and I don’t like going to jewelery stores. “But I’ve seen you wear jewelery!” You might think - and yes, it’s true, but […]

Butterfingers

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

If you ask my sisters to tell you childhood stories about me, they’ll take much joy in retelling the tales of my clumsiness.
“There was never a day that went by when she didn’t spell something on the dinner table,” one will start.
“Oh yeah, she used to spill her milo every day during breakfast!” The other […]