How things have changed!

Published November 17, 2011 by akiko

So despite my best intentions, things have changed immensely.

Going through one of the most tough patch in my life recently has made me question a lot of things that adroitly irk me about this country.

Working in a local company with no sense of compassion for its employees, dating a typical Singaporean male who was educated in an elite school, but yet who fails to behave in a proper and respective manner to his obligations, and the endless soul sucking of a societal system which is devoid of original thought.

I know I am a tad too ranty and a tad bitter. But at least I know where I am stack up against the stakes here.

On the emancipation of slaves

Published April 27, 2011 by akiko

“This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Kate Spade and other branded stuff

Published March 30, 2011 by akiko

I readily admit it. I am actually a Kate Spade bagwhore addict. In fact, I own several pieces from various collections, because I am a sucker for beautiful workmanship and I keep all the cards that come with the bags because they are so tastefully done and are replete with such creative copywriting.

But this post isn’t about good copy.

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