Dance like no one's watching

I think it’s very important that we review quotations we cite.  A friend of mine has this as his quotation on Facebook: “Set yourself on fire in the things you believe in, and people will come from miles to watch you burn!”. The first thought when I read his quotation was – is this chap […]

AP – Saturday, May 23 BEIJING – Chen Fuchao, a man heavily in debt, had been contemplating suicide on a bridge in southern China for hours when a passer-by came up, shook his hand _ and pushed him off the ledge. ADVERTISEMENT Chen fell 26 feet (8 meters) onto a partially inflated emergency air cushion […]

This is a classic case of Bubbs’ boss being SLOW in learning of the latest news happenings.  It’s 4:38pm and he just exclaimed, “Oh my god.  Singapore confirms its first swine flu case”. Duh?  The news broke before lunch lor.  *Rolls eyes*

Met Azure for lunch below her office yesterday and was reminded that I love the feeling of walking at my usual brisk pace.  I walked from Raffles Place to China Square Central for lunch, then to Arcade Shopping Centre to buy 4D, and then stopped by the ice-cream uncle below my office to dabao dessert, […]

had a bit of spare time at work so i decided to take a break and catch up on my friend’s blog.  read her concern about having her son do well in his secondary school exams (could be the GCE ‘O’ levels – i’m not absolutely sure) and it reminded me of something i was […]

Can you help my friend do this survey please?  It’s only available in the next 23hrs.  4 questions.  Very fast!! http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=1251881 Thanks!

Talk about coincidences… while shopping for a flat on Sat, Iceman & I bumped into another couple of which the guy looked really familiar to me.  I asked that guy’s agent (his agent knows my agent) if the guy was called “E”.  The agent hummed and hawed and said, “no”.  His reply didn’t seem very […]

Went flat hunting with Iceman over the weekend.  Managed to squeeze in viewing for 9 flats in about 2.5hrs… which any agent will tell you is very efficient.  We saw a mixture of 4 & 5 room flats of different layouts in Simei and we eventually decided to go for a 5-rm flat ‘cos the […]

I saw Gan Cheong Spider in the pantry and she said yet again, "Wah!  You lost weight again leh".  I told her, "Please.  My weight has remained the same since I was in JC.  I didn’t gain weight, neither did I lose weight lah.  If everytime you see me and I lose weight, I would […]

Bigmac’s favourite interviewee is here for a 2nd interview with Upsize and she’s wearing a cardigan!  Isn’t it simple knowledge that you should always be in a suit when you go for an interview?  Granted this may be difficult if your current job doesn’t require you to dress formally… but I’ve known many people who […]