Snippets from high-flying lives
I spent this evening at the poolside (the pool of which has ‘underwater music’) of the swanky serviced apartment complex called ‘Orchard Parksuites’ because a high-flyer uni-mate was back in town for work and for to meet up with some of her treetop-skimming uni-mates. It is a reflex assumption that money is no matter to […]
Even larger than life in Meatspace (Mr Miyagi forget to bring camera)
So, Adri had to bugger off to the Night Safari, which was a pity, really, because that meant we were short of one very good set of brains to pick. But then, nair mind, the doyen of Singapore bloggers, Mr Brown, arrived soon after, knocking over some chairs and almost a table at Cafe Cartel […]
Household applicants
Been very busy, so I’m relying on a cell of operatives to gather information, useful and not, for this blog. One of my operatives in Chinatown tells me the Chinese New Year decorations there includes a giant rooster sitting on some giant eggs amidst the recycled Christmas lighting. Rooster sitting on eggs leh. “If this […]
Chingay Parade 2005
Rumour from my big, fat grapevine is that the two big headed dolls leading the dragon at this year’s Chingay Parade will be Cheryl Fox and Robin Leong. Chinchiagay lor, the colours Surf stop: rice&soup iTunes’ party shuffle is playing a copy of: La Vie Dansante – Aaron Neville – Warm Your Heart, of which […]
All Sundays should be like this
The sun was out, the weather was great, kids were playing cricket (yes!) and chucking a rugby ball around, and believe it or not, this was at the SMU field, Singapore. Not Paine Reserve, Kingsford/Randwick, Sydney. So the kids and their parents spoke with Aussie accents, but what the heck, the sun was out and […]