Spring Fling 2023 Begins
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Of course, with a busy, intense day ahead it was inevitable I would be
awake 2 hours earlier than I needed to be.
I tried all the usual tricks to get ba...
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Flying In The Facebook of Fate
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Woman deleted her LinkedIn account after backlash from her classist remarks about “HDB people” - A woman's classist remarks on LinkedIn sparked backlash as she expressed the need to limit contact with "HDB people" (residents of public housing). Nadin...1 day ago
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The Big Idea: Yukimi Ogawa - It’s a special talent to write in a language that you’ve learned along the way. In this Big Idea for author Yukimi Ogawa’s new collection of short stories,...1 day ago
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About Martin Amis - I was never a diehard Amis fanboy (and it was almost always boys) at the level of some of my contemporaries. But when I first moved to London in the ear...4 days ago
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Un-Blocked At Last - In case no-one has noticed, I should explain that I am having trouble making a start on any of those writing projects I told myself I’d be doing to soak...1 week ago
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Out of the closet - MY CAMERA is out of the closet and in my hands! I used to take photos regularly when Kodak film was involved. Yeah, I took the shots, then took the film...1 week ago
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All masked up - Well, Hong Kong has finally abandoned the requirement to wear masks. You may remember that people in Hong Kong started wearing masks back in January 2020, ...2 months ago
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Television - Winghead Mix - I was speaking to someone today and was astonished to learn that he had never heard Marquee Moon. We have numerous bands in common that we like and tho he...3 months ago
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TV stuff - "The sea was angry that day my friends. Like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli." - *George Costanza.* There's something irresistibly addictive...4 months ago
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Last Will And Testicle - Why has Old Knudsen vanished from the face of the Earth? What has he been up to? Has his rash cleared up yet? What the fuck happened to Game of thrones ...3 years ago
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City Guide: Things to Do and avoid in Lhasa, Tibet - Why visit Lhasa? Lhasa ΰ½£ྷ་ས་, literally the “Place of the Gods,” is the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, is located in the southeast of Tibet, and...3 years ago
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Need a Flashlight in Thailand? - It’s a good idea to have a flashlight or headlamp with you on vacation as you can use it walking around at night from your car to your room or on the beach...3 years ago
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Nuance - Someone on my FB feed shared this post today: I had two reactions to this. Interestingly, they are contradictory to each other. My first reaction was a hea...4 years ago
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Later Gator - Well, it's been a long time coming. I start and stop. I read more than I write. The truth is, what began as a creative outlet has become a place to whi...4 years ago
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Cantonese speech and food in Kuala Lumpur: culture shock - The photo above is of Kuala Lumpur all dressed up to celebrate Merdeka Day. The Federation of Malaya gained its independence on 31 August 1957. That was al...4 years ago
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A little bit of shopping at Valentino - It was the holidays. I got bored at home and there was nothing much I could do. I couldn't reorganize my makeup, or my ward-room (Its a room converted to a...4 years ago
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Clearing Up - A Story. - His hair is yet another shade closer to white, and there’s a frailty that wasn’t there in the Autumn. It’s the 28thApril, the time for planting, and for...5 years ago
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So Long and Thanks For All the Fish - It’s renewal time for this site and I don’t think I’m going to do it. In case you didn’t notice, I almost never post anything here any more (my last upda...6 years ago
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2011 - 2015 : A Chronology of Authoritarian Rule in Singapore - *Apr/May 2011 (General Elections):* A year before elections, PM Lee Hsien Loong announced a "24-hour cooling-off" before polling day, stating that no ele...7 years ago
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Th-th-th-that’s All Folks! - My new blog, Spike In Manila, is now up and running. There’s still a bit of work to do to get things working correctly, not to mention the overall look of ...8 years ago
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Obama’s comments on the Great Barrier Reef - In the last few days I’ve carefully read comments emanating from the Coalition government that suggested an undue intervention in Australian politics by Pr...8 years ago
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