It’s been over four hours since that horrible bus incident, and my hands are still shaking! It’s the same kind of feeling you get when you’ve done 500 push-ups and everything you try to hold on to after that, feels heavy. Your muscles are trembling with fatigue. It’s like, if I were American, my lawyers…
Aiee! This is what my horoscope said today. I now have the benefit of hindsight since I read it late – only after I came home from work: [Horoscope for Aug 22] “If you overindulged last night, you are likely paying the price today. If your head is screaming and your blood feels as though…
I was on my way home from work this evening, on the usual 174. Shortly before I alighted, while standing near the exit doors, the bus jerked and braked so violently that a few people were flung forward. I happened to be holding on lightly to a pole, but was hurled a few feet forward,…
I learnt a few things over the past couple of days: 1. I just don’t like people. 2. However I can live with the fact that I’m not the only human being around. 3. I have a long way to go in the hierarchy of things, and I really can’t be bothered climbing up this…
Yesterday evening, I was at Times the Bookshop in Centrepoint looking for GRE prep books. I went to the Education section and found plenty of books on SATs, GMATs and even TOEFLs. But I couldn’t find a single book on the GRE. So I went to the counter where special offers are usually displayed, and…
I just received a customer service call from my mobile phone company, SingTel. They usually call me every year to find out how things are … well, this time I was told that my free SMS quota per month has been increased from 300 to 500 for being a customer for two years. That was…
The one and only church rehearsal is over. I got to see the groom-to-be skipping down the aisle. I also got to play the piece twice on a decent electric piano … and finally solved my problem of having a page turner who is either a stranger, can’t read scores, or both – by getting…