Europe 2012: What The Doctor Ordered Me Not To Order
I’m back on my regular low-carb, low(er) fat diet, but my stomach had a really good holiday:
The Only Celebrity Sighting Worth Having
We had several celeb sightings and near-misses on our trip. Our traveling companion L found Kanye West blocking her view of some freshly launched merchandise at Colette; her husband S found himself gushing about some ‘famous French actress I forgot her name but she is very popular’ after dinner at Hélène Darroze; I cursed about […]
Work Life Balance
When it comes to work-life balance, I’m all for skewing it towards family. Even if I have to bring work on holiday and squeeze it in whenever there’s a time, I’ll do it. But I also understand that there are situations, very sadly, where people who want to spend more time with their family are […]
What Kind Of Life Do You Want?
Vacations are usually the times when you compare how small and expensive Singapore is, and how life is so, so much better on idyllic locales such as the one I’m spending time with my family at right now. Instead of griping about how lousy Singapore is, however, I think it’s high time we thought of […]
Switzerland Is Awesome, Pity About The Smoking
Switzerland was great except for one thing: the lax smoking laws which meant people smoked almost anywhere they liked. With the exception of the airport, the air quality in the great Swiss outdoors was marred by second hand smoke, comparable sadly, to the streets of Chinese cities. Otherwise, we had a really good time in […]