“Having here, take away?” The girl behind the food counter asks me. In other words, dine in or take out? This is only one of the seemingly unusual yet commonly heard phrases here in Singapore. Take this question from one of my teammates. “Try to approve. Can?” My other teammate’s answer: “Cannot.” But the most […]
How to Cry
Cate worries that her eyes will get all puffy because she has been up all night crying from reading the book New Moon. I did not cry from that book. But I got Bella’s hole in the chest so I had to stop reading it; the pain was too much for me. I eventually got […]
Birth Pains
I have always prided myself on the fact that I never get homesick. As of today, that statement is no longer true. It’s past midnight and I could not go back to sleep. I should not have taken that early evening nap. I finally decide to get my laptop out and read to get my eyes […]
Seeing the Picture Clearly
When I look back on all my major heartbreaks, I realize that they needed to happen. Of course, back then when I was busy crying my eyes out or wishing that I could hit myself over the head with a sledgehammer so that I’d have amnesia and forget the pain or wondering if I could […]
Bye Bye Boots
On April 14, 2005, my life changed forever. It was the day that I held in my hand a 3-page letter that told me, in no uncertain terms, that one of my dreams had come true. The letter said, “It is with great pleasure that I formalize our offer for employment with P&G Asia as […]
Wanted {Movie Review}
Choose your destiny, goes the tagline of this yet another comic book adaptation. I was contemplating going home because I was already sleepy, but the movie kept me wide awake and at the edge of my seat all throughout. I found myself relating to the lead character, Wesley, who felt, at the beginning of the film, that […]
Connecting the Dots
Just as I was getting hysterical about whether I made the right choice, my friend Chu referred this video. I was really touched by this speech by Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, during the 2005 Stanford graduation. My favorite parts: You can’t connect the dots […]
The Definition of “Close Friend”
I was bordering on the edge of insanity one afternoon because a certain invoice amounting to more than a million USD could not get posted due to some difference. The vendor would go bankrupt if we did not get it included in the payment run the next morning, so I sent off messages to different […]
What Stars do Best
“Your emotions give you away, Yvaine, you must learn to control them. You’ve been glowing more brightly every day and I think you know why.” One of my friends once told me that if you’ll replace the name Yvaine with mine, that line from the movie Stardust would be so appropriate. Well that was me. […]
Risky Business
We won our first paintball match during our company sportsfest. Our boss Nats asked me why I looked unhappy despite the win. I just told her that I was confused with the events, but the truth was, I was unhappy because I felt unfulfilled. I was still alive at the end of the game but […]
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