For Catey’s birthday, I thought of recomposing a song and serenading her with it. Since she loves Glee, I decided to use “Take a Bow.” I rewrote the lyrics to suit her, printed it out for my flatmates, then we rehearsed it in the living room while the birthday girl slept in our bedroom. We […]

Ervyn surprised us with chocolate-covered marshmallows tonight. He says it’s his belated Valentine’s gift because he felt guilty that he didn’t get us anything on that day while we got ice cream bars and Meiji chocolate for everyone. There’s a reason why my Lenten sacrifice is pork and beef instead of chocolates. 😀

Today, our boss personally handed out our Chinese New Year bonuses in red packets. When he gave me mine, he told me to work hard – not that he’s implying that I’m a slacker, it’s just that I’ve only been a month in the company and should not have a bonus. But he explained last […]

After watching The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, we walked outside so that Yves and Betchie could steal some smokes before we had dinner. That’s when I spotted two sunflowers slotted through the holes on the concrete tiles on the ground. They looked so bright and cheerful that Arlyn and I just had to take a […]

My boss is a big believer of Feng Shui and apparently there is a feng shui master who calculated the real start of the Chinese New Year to be today. So he instructed the guys to make offerings to the fortune god. I wasn’t able to take a picture because I didn’t realize they were […]