The 7th month started with a lot of burning of “ghost money” to the deceased family members. The town council had to provide large metal drums as designated zones for residents to burn their offerings. One woman was scattering them onto the grass instead of burning them. I’m not sure why, never bothered to work [...]
Entries from July 2006
July 21, 2006
“Not budgeted for”
My managers will disappear for at least a month every half year to do their budgeting. They will spend enormous amounts of time scrutinizing the budget forecast and making sure that we have enough work to do, but not too much, and that we are making enough money to cover our salary, rental and other [...]
July 20, 2006
Conwoman
You know that Singapore is a small place when you have ran into the same conwoman at least for the 3rd time in about 10 years. How is it that she still dare to pull the same trick without fearing that people will find her familiar and have her arrested?
She looked like a teenager when [...]
July 18, 2006
ennui
I learnt a new word today that describes my current condition. Ennui is
Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom
Credit must be given to Ondine. Good GP teachers are able to teach cheem and interesting words.
It’s been a month since I last updated my blog, and another 3 weeks since the post before that. [...]
