Stories, Thoughts, Ramblings
ryan and the magic faraway tree
I forgot how, I forgot why but we were sitting at the dining table and talking about stories when I excitedly told Ryan, “When you grow up, you are going to read Enid Blyton’s books!”
Ryan: “Har, what is Enid Blyton?”
My mom: “No, he is not going to read Enid Blyton.”
Ryan: “No, I am not [...]
a card to keep in touch
I was looking for a birthday card for a friend when I saw the following:
Card front and inside
It got me laughing for a while because: a) it’s funny; b) my previous job was related to Chinese metaphysics; and c) it brought back memories of what I used to have to write. The first person I [...]
flowers for my dearest
Like most of you, I’ve come to the conclusion that people do not mean what they say or say what they really mean. Personally I try to be honest and true to myself as much as I can. Unfortunately I learnt the hard way that it doesn’t always pay to be real. Of course you [...]
traces of races
So I conducted a blogging workshop a couple weeks ago and the feedback was better than I’d expected. There was one comment though that stuck in my mind and I spent some time thinking about it. A participant remarked that s/he wished that there were facilitators of other races, specifically Malays and Indians so that [...]
have you filed your taxes yet?
I did it last week, and it was a surprisingly simple and fast process.
This being my first year filing taxes/ declaring my income, I had apprehensions and doubts regarding certain rules, regulations and terminology. I’d never bothered about taxes before, because I was not earning enough to be eligible for paying taxes. Even when [...]