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Archive for August, 2004

Thank goodness for the one week break

Posted in Blogspot on August 31, 2004 | Leave a Comment »

School life has been rather hectic, and just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, a tutorial-free week pops up.
I charged head-on to the break by going to a total of four parties over the weekend. Sadly, it is not the party animal in me coming out, but rather prior engagements. But I am [...]

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Copyright vs Piracy

Posted in Blogspot on August 22, 2004 | 1 Comment »

The boyfriend’s mom went to Kuwait and Dubai, where tax on electronic goods is unheard of. She bought a DVD burner at a really reasonable price too.
So now, it is burning movies and games galore. Friends’ PS2 games and movie DVDs are not spared. We also tried something else. The boyfriend bought a PS2 game [...]

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The currency of ‘Asians’ (part two)

Posted in Blogspot on August 17, 2004 | 5 Comments »

To continue the earlier post, I have to state for the record that,’no, I have not lost my mind.’ I do have a point to all of this rambling.
Let’s fast forward to grocery shopping. We start off at the produce section. I tell him I need to go check the prices of meat and see [...]

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The currency of ‘Asians’

Posted in Blogspot on August 15, 2004 | Leave a Comment »

It has been over nine months since I submitted my resume on a particular job site, where companies who were looking for potential employees, could do their head-hunting on the website. I just took my Australian CV, edited it in language which was more intuned to that accepted in Singapore. It was during my summer [...]

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Am older now

Posted in Blogspot on August 10, 2004 | 4 Comments »

Another year added to the tally of years that sum up my age.
It is slightly strange to have to celebrate one’s birthday in the middle of winter. Yet, Sunday (which was the actual date), was spent with friends at a BBQ on a warm winter afternoon, in front of the lake and the sandy volleyball [...]

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Truancy

Posted in Blogspot on August 3, 2004 | Leave a Comment »

The world of illnesses and excuses are strange bedfellows. They are often mutually exclusive, yet when placed in the same sub-set, have this latent strength that allows you to get out of most activities you wish to avoid.
A high school chap I know, managed to avoid going to school on Thursday and Friday; was well [...]

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