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Photographs Don’t Lie

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I used to think that photographs lie. That they don’t capture the true beauty of a person. Like some people are prettier in real life but when put on picture, they don’t look as good. And there are those who are photogenic – beautiful on film but not quite so in person. I realize now […]

One Hell of a Summer

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My colleague recently went on reservice training. All Singaporean guys are called by the government to go on military “reservice” training once in a while where they are taught how to be soldiers so that they would know how to defend their country just in case it went to war. I have to say, their […]

A Petrelli Vampire

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If we existed in the Twilight world and somebody turned me into a vampire, my powers would probably be like Peter Petrelli’s in the TV show Heroes – he could copy other people’s powers and make them his own. You see, in the Twilight world, a human’s pre-existing talent would be multiplied in intensity when […]

A Son’s Tears

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I got such a shock last Saturday midnight when I got an email from Gelle informing us that Joey’s dad had passed away that afternoon due to an asthma or heart attack (results were inconclusive and they didn’t subject him to autopsy anymore). What makes this sadder is that Joey and Gelle had flown back […]

I Believe in Dreams

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Once upon a time in the faraway kingdom of ZC, a little 11-year-old girl had a dream – she wanted to be a writer. But she was too timid to fight for her dream, so she pursued it in secret, by writing on the pages of her diary. She would have liked to make a […]

On Girls and Being Thin

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“Don’t you just hate it when people comment about how you’ve put on weight?” my friend complained to me this morning. I couldn’t agree more and fervently nodded my assent before realizing that she couldn’t see me over the phone. It made me remember a guy friend’s question to me before: “Do girls really feel […]

Babbling About Brains

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Memory is a very tricky thing. Especially my own. See, people are usually very amazed at my excellent long term memory. I can recollect scenes from the past quite vividly or remember poems or song lyrics by heart. I can recite quotes from movies or TV shows or books verbatim. I also remember everyone’s birthdays. […]

Statuses Killed the Blogs

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My friend Chu is a good writer who used to come up with stuff like this on his blog: Now he has been reduced to this: It’s his Facebook and Twitter status as well. He always simultaneously multi-broadcasts using ping.fm. He says micro-blogging is the newest in thing but I don’t agree. I enjoyed his […]

My Kuya Tupe

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I don’t actually have an older brother, but I had one back in college. His name is Cristopher, Tupe for short. Most people would take one look at him and think that he has “priest” stamped all over his demeanor, and in fact I used to jokingly call him Fr. Tupe of happy pious and […]