Farewell, Singapore
This is a picture of my first day in Singapore – August 23, 2008. Everyone in this picture has since left to move on to different countries. I am the last woman standing, and today, I will take my leave as well, at around 8pm tonight. Coming here was the riskiest yet best decision of […]
Farewell Surprises from my Team
A Circuit Breaker Story
Last Friday at 4pm, Singapore’s prime minister made an announcement about Covid-19. We have decided that instead of tightening incrementally over the next few weeks, we should make a decisive move now to pre-empt escalating infections. We will therefore impose significantly stricter measures. This is like a circuit breaker. It will help reduce the risk of a big […]
Some Good Things
In these trying times, it’s easy to slip into what Harvard Business Review has classified as grief. Yes, we’re also feeling anticipatory grief. Anticipatory grief is that feeling we get about what the future holds when we’re uncertain. Usually it centers on death. We feel it when someone gets a dire diagnosis or when we […]
15th Blogiversary: 2020 Updates
My blog is 15 years old today. So I thought I should do an update post about what the year has been like so far. So. 2020. You have been such a rollercoaster so far! New Year’s Eve I decided that I wanted something new for the new decade, so I got my hair dyed […]
2019 Highlights
In a few hours, 2019 will wrap up and 2020 – a new decade – will be upon us. Oh my, where did the time go? Here are the highlights of my year: Travel I was a wedding singer for my friend Maybelle’s wedding in Tagaytay, Philippines and met up with friends while there. I […]
Christmas Eve Noche Buena 2019
Christmas has always been my favourite time of the year and I always look forward to the festive gatherings this season, especially noche buena, which is the Philippine traditional Christmas eve dinner. My flatmate Jemma and I were both in Singapore for Christmas, so we decided to host it in our home. We invited my […]
Team Mini Golf @ Holey Moley, Clarke Quay
For our Christmas team outing, my team decided to have mini golf at Holey Moley in Clarke Quay on the 19th. But before that, we met up for dinner at Hot Stones, where the food was pretty good and we had managed to get a 50% discount voucher from Eatigo. We had to cook them […]
Winter Wonderland (Dinner & Dance @ Marina Bay Sands)
There’s actually a story behind my outfit. I had bought this dress from The Velvet Dolls last year in October, hoping that I would lose enough weight to fit into it in time for my friend Maybelle’s wedding in February this year. I was overly ambitious because the dress was 2 sizes too small for […]
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