A Deecoded Life

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Moving to Ang Mo Kio

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Cate, Tatsie and I moved to our new flat in Ang Mo Kio last Sunday. We didn’t realize that we had sooo much stuff! We were afraid that they wouldn’t fit into the moving van that Tatsie had booked for 40 bucks but it turns out we need not have worried. The truck was so […]

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, […]

A Dozen Dimsums to Say Goodbye

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Desmond organized a “treasury farewell lunch” for me today. Yeah I know. I’m not from Treasury. How nice of them, right? There were three of them in the team – Des, his boss Ewee, and their management trainee Nidhi. The other member of their team, Xin Min, was on leave. We headed to Pine Court […]

Friendster Testimonials

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A few years ago, Friendster was the ultimate “in” thing. Then Multiply came. Then Facebook. Then Twitter. Now I rarely even open Friendster except to read Tupe’s blogs. Facebook is so much more fun. But I guess the one nice thing about Friendster that Facebook doesn’t have is testimonials. So, lest my Friendster account gets […]

I Had Two Cakes and Ate Them Too

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We were still all up at midnight when Cate stood up and announced that she wanted to drink water. When she opened the door, Gelle and Joey burst singing into the room with a small cake and a bottle of faux wine. Awww!!! Thanks again you guys!! You didn’t really have to give me a […]

Kuya Tupe’s Birthday Letter

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Aww, was brought to tears when I read Tupe’s open letter to me in his blog. Tupe was a college classmate whom I called Kuya (big brother) just because he was born a year ahead of our batch. He gamely allowed me to and called me his little sister. In many ways, he did seem […]

A Fuzzy Ducky Birthday Surprise

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After walking around Chinatown and Ion Orchard, Cate, Chu and I finally got home where a surprise was waiting for me – spaghetti aglio oglio, fried chicken, black forest cake, banderitas, party hats crowns, and a room full of friends yelling “Happy Birthday!” the princess and the cherries (now that’s a new fairy tale) crowned […]

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 […]