Archive for the ‘ Light-hearted ’ Category

Office Camouflage

And the looking at her looking a little stressed, I sent the future missus a link to what I thought was a pretty funny video/gif on camouflaging in the office. Soon after I sent her the link, she said to me, “Ooh, office camouflage. I like do this! I like to camouflage in the office!” I [ READ MORE ]

On Television Advertising

A cynic once called television a medium because it is neither rare not well done. This was taken from the book Cutting Edge Advertising by Jim Aitchison. Just thought it was genius how punny it was. [ READ MORE ]

Bing Donn Lee’s Star

You ask yourself if having a domain name, specifically edonn.com, actually creates more stress than necessary. Didn’t you just go to bing.com to do a search on “donn lee” realise that it didn’t contain any results linking to your webpage? And didn’t this little thing cause you to start feeling a little flustered, a little [ READ MORE ]

320 Books at Age 9

I was sent an e-mail today promoting Adam Khoo’s I Am Gifted program. In it contained a testimonial from a girl who, at age 9 had read 320 books, apparently something made possible only after she participated in this program. Imagine sending your children through this program and having them do this sort of thing. Yup, just [ READ MORE ]

Strawberry Trees and the Happiest Medical Professionals

Who do you think are the happiest medical professionals? Give up? Heart surgeons. Because 他们常常开心。 There was this time I was in the car, when my mom mentioned that it had rained. “Maybe some trees had fallen and it’d cause a traffic jam,” she said, in reference to a recent traffic jam caused by fallen trees. “Well,” I said, “depends [ READ MORE ]

Labour Day

“Clive needs you to do this on Saturday,” she said. “But…” I paused. I didn’t work on Saturdays. It was painful, hearing this. It felt like I was back in the army again, unexpectedly being recalled back for duty. Then suddenly, without much thought, I told her, “No, he doesn’t.” And I got up from my bed, a [ READ MORE ]

In the Café

I was there in the café When she walked in, Looking as fabulous As she ever did. Or so they say. Picking her seat, Taking off her coat, She revealed soft, Flawless skin. Or so they say. The waiter who Took her order gushed When he heard her soft, Husky voice. Or so they say. I was there in the café When she walked in, But all I saw and heard Was you [ READ MORE ]

On Loans and the Father-Mother Fund

I was looking through the HDB guidelines for buying an apartment (or flat) when I found out how much I would have had to pay as a down-payment for a 5-room one. Being fresh in the job market, a 10% down-payment is a pretty big sum. I simply haven’t had much opportunity to accumulate that [ READ MORE ]

Heaven as a Moral Hazard

I StumbledUpon this image of a man unicycling across two cliffs at Wellingtongrey.net and it reminded me of my insurance exams. As some of you may know, I’ve been taking insurance exams conducted by the SCI (Singapore College of Insurance) in order to hold the qualifications to be a licensed financial adviser representative; and, as some [ READ MORE ]

You Gave a Rose

I was met with an advertisement today on Facebook that told me that I had been given a “rose” by “You” (read: myself). I was then told to “Click to do something back.” Can’t believe the originality of automated ads. [ READ MORE ]