6 years ago to the day, I landed in Singapore with a trolley full of my most precious possessions and a food keeper full of instant noodles and canned goods, AKA food I eat whenever I move to a new city and don’t have a job yet so I need to be thrifty. There was […]
What Makes a Home a Home?
What is your home away from home? This was the question posed by DogVacay.com, a dog-sitting service. I thought this was an interesting question, so I thought about it. Hmmm… what is it indeed? The answer should be obvious, as my roommate was so quick to demonstrate when I asked her the same question and […]
Youth is Wasted on the Young
When the movie Before Midnight came out last year, I realized that perhaps it was time to finally watch the first two movies that came before it, Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, before I watch it. (Wow that was a lot of befores in a sentence.) As I watched the first movie, I was hit […]
Unhappiness is…
… reality falling short of our expectations. That’s what I realized from watching 500 Days of Summer. It’s true, though, isn’t it? So I guess the moral lesson is to not have high expectations? Like with me and that movie. See, years ago, a close friend of mine said she didn’t like that movie, so […]
Pain is a Necessary Evil
Recently I had some unpleasant news. As I cried about it to my friends, one of them said something profound. “Maybe, just maybe, this pushes you to get out of the situation,” she said. “Like me, I cried several times, because of my job, and that was what pushed me to finally quit it to […]
Great Expectations
“So, are you an honors student?” I asked the boy. At the age of 18, he was hardly a boy, but our age gap made the term feel right for me. “Nah, I sometimes get failing grades,” he replied in his usual cheeky manner. “That’s good,” I said. “Huh? Why is that good?” He asked, […]
On Letting Go
The last two episodes of How I Met Your Mother have both been about the titular couple letting go of their greatest loves lost so that they can finally move on and find the love they deserve – each other. The mother’s story is one of my most favorite episodes in the entire series. I […]
What Goes Around Comes Around
“Thanks again for everything, especially for you-know-what,” my friend, let’s call her K, wrote in her card to me. “I will always be grateful for that, and I don’t know when I’ll ever stop thanking you for it.” The incident she mentioned happened three years ago. She and I and a few other friends were […]
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 […]
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, […]
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