Dance like no one's watching

I had a disagreement with Bubbs during lunch today.  We saw these snow globes at Kalm’s and she said the figurines in the globes look like the ones at this exhibition she saw in HK.  She said it was by the same guy who authored "Turn Left Turn Right" (TLTR).  I peeped under 1 of […]

I’ve been cracking my head over what to buy for some close friends for Christmas.  I originally wanted to give them some stuff from Bath and Bodyworks but unfortunately, the shipment will only come in Jan 2009.  Azure, probably sensing my dilemma, sent me the following email. ================== My dear friends, Somewhat embarrassing to admit, […]

Bidding status as at 17/12/2008 14:51:11.21 hrs Category A: Current COE Price – $2,659 Quota – 1,851 Bids Received – 1,934 ———————————— Nissan’s bid on our behalf: COE Price – $3,072 Reserve Price – $3,171 ———————————— 1:09hr to go.  *Gan cheong*. Will we get the COE??  I don’t want to pay for the road tax […]

I need to stop snoozing.  Woke up at 8:15am this morning though my original alarm clock was set for 7:30am.  Woke up at 7:40am (snooze), Iceman rang at 7:45am, 2nd alarm went off again at 7:50am and every subsequent 5 minutes till 8:15am.  Argh.  Left my house at 8:42am (I officially start work at 8:30am) […]

There’re some people in my office with really bad English.  We all know of Kid’s Meal’s infamous "quitted"… and then there’s Smarties’ way of pronouncing "claim" – "craim".  I heard a new one today.  The Esplanade’s "wishing spheres" for the new year have been renamed the "wishing spears". Reminds me of an ex-colleague at an […]

Oh dear… I have 527 pages of 50 emails per page in my gmail account.  I am so screwed.  It’s grown to the extent that it’s hard to keep track of emails that come in… I recall a time when I used to be fastidious about clearing my emails… then as I started work and […]

Another songs for the wedding… heh… stolen from Love Actually. Lynden David Hall – All You Need Is Love

Watched a bit of Wall E (didn’t finish the movie ‘cos I was too zzz) on Sunday and heard this song, La Vie En Rose (translated to mean life in rose/pink, i.e. a rosy view of life).  I think it’s a lovely song.  I’m very familiar with the tune but never knew the title.  Anyway, […]

Booze Queen… better not hang out in Mongkok next time you go to HK… ===================== Dec 15, 2008 46 hurt in HK acid attack HONG KONG – POLICE here were investigating yesterday after dozens of Christmas shoppers were burned by bottles of acid hurled from a high-rise building onto one of the city’s busiest streets, […]

My job has allowed me to gain access to privileged market information.  Following up with a client on his deal which has undergone a few structural changes, I gleaned the following insider view of the market: ============= Dear UptownGal and Big Mac, Pls hold on the project for the time being until further notice as […]