A Deecoded Life

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Prom Disasters

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I came across my High School prom pictures and can’t help but cringe. What the hell was I thinking?? Disaster #1: Junior Prom. In our school, juniors were supposed to dress in baby pink for the prom. My mom brought me to her seamstress where we pored over dress designs on magazines and catalogues. I […]

Tremor Tales

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At around 6pm this evening, I was ordering dinner in Jologs at the fourth floor of Lucky Plaza in Orchard Road, Singapore, when my vision started swimming and I thought I was just dizzy. Then I felt the table shaking and heard the people asking if we should head downstairs. Turns out we were in […]

V Shaped Formation with V Nice People

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My UAPL Finance officemates held a farewell lunch for me at Tampopo, a Japanese restaurant in Liang Court. I ordered the black pig and barbeque pork ramen with tasty egg, which was quite nice, though I was able to finish less than half of the noodles because I can’t seem to take in too much […]

The Aligaga Place

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Yesterday was my last day in UAPL, so my lunch buddies said I could pick where I wanted to eat. I pondered where was the most memorable place that we had lunch and it came to me in a flash – “Let’s go to the aligaga place!” The place I was referring to is actually […]

The Day I Became an Illegal Alien

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This happened sometime in December last year. I had just left the office and was browsing for Christmas gifts in a nearby shop. I found a bunch of stuff I liked and brought them to the cashier where I discovered that my wallet was missing. So I left the stuff and headed back to the […]

You Saw What??

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As I said in a previous entry, “Sorry?” is my most used phrase here in Singapore because it’s hard to understand their accent sometimes. Over lunch today, I related two examples of this scenario that had us doubled up in laughter. So now my tummy hurts from too much P.osh brownies, Just Acia ice cream, […]

Colour Everywhere

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Last month my friend Gay emailed me to ask if Rodel was the only guy College classmate that we had who was in Singapore because an officemate of hers had said that her bestfriend’s boyfriend knew Gay for that reason. “What?!?” I replied. “Are you telling me that Rodel already has a girlfriend that I […]

Sorry?

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I was talking to my mom on the phone last night. We were speaking in Bisaya, our family’s dialect. Just then, she said something I didn’t quite hear. “Sorry?” I said. My roommates Cate and Cheryl looked at me and burst out laughing. “Sorry?” is probably your average OFW’s (Overseas Filipino Worker) most used phrase. […]

How to Snag a Boyfriend

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While getting highlights on my hair in Kizuna salon, I came across this article in a magazine. The key takeaway points from it would be: “There really are two sets of dating rules in this world,” Amanda said, stabbing viciously at her salad. “If you’re a straight and single man, you’re set. Doesn’t matter if […]

Handwritten Notes

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My officemate Vincent saw this under my desk. He came up with this question. My reply is below. It’s a joke, of course. Anand is my boss’s boss. Suddenly I miss the handwritten note-passing days in school. In high school, Lyn and I used to write long letters to each other during class, where we […]