Month: January 2006

  • Happy Year of the Dog

    It’s a happy new year when it’s a long weekend. This weekend, I spent time at home with the family, went to play with dogs, then went to the hospital to visit someone who was unfortunate enough to suffer appendicitis during the weekend. But all’s good, and I’m wagging my tail already. iTunes is playing…

  • Nosso good alluvasudden

    I had previously written about how wonderful the pizza at this place was. But sadly, it seems, in a matter of months, I’ve had to write this here post about how the pizza isn’t so wonderful anymore. And neither are the people behind the counter that serve it. “Donato is very busy at his restaurant,…

  • Sebastian Tan (Part II): They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway (that’s why Bengs like it)

    [Read Part I here] I get exhausted watching Sebastian, or Ah Piew, as he’s known to friends, in almost any context. On stage, offstage, at friends’ parties – Seb’s almost always stealing the limelight, albeit unintentionally, with his incessant banter, dancing, singing, miming and about one soliloquy every half hour – in English, Singlish, Mandarin…

  • TODAY: Let’s begin the year by talking dog

    Pooches air their grievances, just don’t call it cattiness … Local blog aggregator Tomorrow.sg suggests: “From Saturday 28 Jan (Chinese New Year Eve) to Tuesday 31 Jan (third day of Chinese New Year), Tomorrow.sg will only publish posts that contain the word “dog” and/or “oranges”, or actual pictures of dogs and/or oranges. The posts can…

  • Sebastian Tan (Part I): They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway (that’s why Bengs like it)

    Peng You! Pls support my 1st ever stand-up comedy musical, BROADWAY BENG! 2-7feb. Get Tics at $35, $50, sistic now for gd seats! Call yr mother, grandmother, aunties, etc So went the SMS message from Sebastian Tan last Monday. If you didn’t already know, he’s performing in his solo show, ‘Broadway Beng’, where he sings…