Reservist hangover

During my ICT in Queensland, we wore uniforms which were treated with permethrin, a vial of which was given to us by the Army before the trip for to soak our uniforms ourselves. I soaked the combat fatigues (No. 4s), but not our grey vests, shorts and socks. Permethrin is a nerve agent which is […]

Institute of Policy Studies

mrbrown and I went to the Institute of Policy Studies this afternoon and met half a dozen old schoolmates. We did a little show and tell for them. Later on, ask we finished the cakes and puffs which were at the table outside. Then we rushed back to work. iTunes is playing an illegal copy […]

Meme of Four

Many thanks to whitebait for giving me something to blog: Four jobs you’ve had in your life – Waiter (Sydney) – Kitchenhand (Sydney) – Security Guard (Singapore) – Casting/Talent Agent (Singapore) Four movies you could watch over and over – In The Mood For Love – The Great Escape – Lost in Translation – A […]

The Suns: Rock never die!

Update: The Suns play at the Sembawang Festival on Friday, 20 Jan from 8pm …Even if you slapped a fine and banned them from performing locally. I’d have described them as ‘one of Melbourne’s finest rock bands’ of recent times, thinking that Singapore has not been kind to The Suns, much less contributed to any […]

New shoes

Working Saturdays can be a bitch, as can working Sundays. But I’m not working Sunday. But I went and bought a nice pair of shoes. And I was so happy with them I wore them straightaway, chucking my old pair in the box the new ones came in. Then I chucked the box with the […]