The biggest holiday in Singapore is coming up next week – Chinese New Year. Malls and stores are all decked out in Chinese New Year decors and peddling mandarins, lucky charms, and red underwear (for good luck). Meanwhile, salons are charging additional “Chinese New Year” fees for haircuts and pedicures, because everyone is getting them […]
It’s Okay to be a Damsel in Distress Sometimes
“What happened, actually?” the doctor asked me after he had tended to my wounds. “I… ummm… fell,” I explained ruefully. “So clumsy.” You’d think there should be an age limit for bloody knees, but no. Bella* struck again yesterday. I was just walking back to the office after eating dinner when I lost my balance […]
What Does Your Name Mean?
They say that each name means something and that the name you are bestowed with shapes your life. Now my father had changed the spelling of my name to accommodate his numerology beliefs, so when I use normal name meaning books or sites, I won’t find an accurate meaning of my name. But then I […]
When Your Bestfriend Gets Married
The second episode of Sherlock season 3, “The Sign of Three” made me weep. It is the episode when Sherlock’s best friend John gets married, and boy oh boy do I know how that feels.Warning to Sherlock fans: spoiler alert. Don’t read if you haven’t seen the episode yet. Near the start of the episode, […]
7 New Year’s Superstitions
It’s the first Sunday of the new year so I thought I’d start off my first ever Sunday Seven post for the year with something New Year related. So without further ado, here you go! (1) In Germany, the most famous one would probably be regarding chimney sweeps. One version says that on New Year’s […]
7 Blogging Tips
2013 was the year I grew my blog. I had started this blog back in 2005 but for 7 years I treated it as a diary and wrote as if I was the only one reading it, which was what happened most of the time. Late last year I lost my will to blog and […]
What was Your Best Christmas Gift Ever?
It’s the day after Christmas, so you must have opened all your presents by now! Which one was your favorite? Or better yet, which was your best Christmas gift EVER? I asked some bloggers who did the Christmas card exchange with me to answer this question, and here’s what they said! The present that is […]
Christmases All Over the World
It’s Christmas eve all over the world tonight, so first and foremost, I would like to greet you a MERRY CHRISTMAS! I have asked some bloggers who did a Christmas card exchange with me to share how they celebrate Christmas in their countries, but before I share their answers, let me give mine. Christmas is […]
My Idea of a Perfect Christmas
… is to spend it with you. In a party or dinner for two Anywhere would do. Or so the song goes. Yes I got my blog post idea from a song. It’s a song sang by one of my favorite Filipino singers, Jose Mari Chan. But anyway! My idea of a perfect Christmas, really, […]
7 Favorite Christmas Memories
Twas the Sunday before Christmas, when all through the blogosphere Not a creature was stirring, not even a reindeer The words were typed on the pages with care In hopes that readers soon would be there. Okay I don’t know how to continue that revised poem anymore, so I’m gonna stop, LOL. I was just […]
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