Entries from December 2005

December 30, 2005

Ear Wax

My ears are full of wax, not having cleared them for some time now. My excuse for having so much wax? “Oh I hear bullshit all the time, especially in office. You know why this ear has more? Coz that is facing outside of my cubicle and more bullshit comes from that direction.”
In Hokkien, ear [...]

December 30, 2005

BioWillie exhaust smells like french fries

Alternative fuels are slow to take off. While we have a few natural gas buses and I think hybrid hydrogen-electric cars in Singapore, biodiesel is making headway in US. See this article on New York Times.
If BioWillie demonstrates anything, it is that the combination of Middle East wars, global warming and rising prices at the [...]

December 29, 2005

That’s life

I got this in an email.

This is cute, but I asked the sender if life is worth living, if this is all there is to life. Some would have committed suicide if this is all there is to life. There are other things that keep you wanting to be alive: family, friends, goals, principles, favourite [...]

December 28, 2005

Magstar Asia

My very talented friend, Terence, made very special Christmas cards for us. These are “hand-made” cards which he styled after air tickets so that they will be meaningful for us.
The details that he has put in are fantastic, and all of us declared that he is probably fully able to counterfeit dollar notes and pass [...]

December 27, 2005

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

I will not attempt to write a proper review for a movie like this, knowing there are lots of fans out there who can do the proper research on the actors, screenplay, compare it with similar movies and other such professional stuff. I will just give my comments on having read the book many many [...]