June 2010

Eloquence is Overrated

June 16, 2010 eating out

My throat is better now! I can’t belt out a note yet (actually, I never could) but I can actually talk! I can’t tell you how relieved I am to be able to even say “Need to pee, NOW!” I’ve been wondering why God took my voice away, just in time for the church retreat. [...]

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Hello, Good-Bye.

June 14, 2010 eating out

I can’t talk much, because I have limited internet access here and well, I just don’t wanna be spending all my spare time blogging when I have limited access to the wonderful people around me as well. My voice is still raspy like Rasputin’s— I’m scaring the heck out of people whenever I open my [...]

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Meeting the Parents

June 13, 2010 travel

I’m off to a church retreat in Melacca, Malaysia for 4 days. I’m finally MEETING MY PARENTS!!! WOOO HOOO!!! My dad is the one preaching in the retreat, and both my parents are already in Malaysia after a mission trip to China. Wheee! The only problem is that my voice is completely gone from my [...]

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Look Big to Be Big

June 11, 2010 Uncategorized

I know a lot of virtuous people personally. People with beautiful traits and character which earn my respect and admiration. These people awe me with their strength, their endurance, their wits, their generosity, their compassion, their faith, and yeah, I can go on and on. But. Inevitably…they also make me feel…kind of crappy. Because unconsciously, [...]

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Aiyah, Paiseh lah!

June 9, 2010 eating out

I can’t speak for all Singaporeans…but I find that the majority of them are pretty soft-spoken people. I didn’t really notice this, until I came back to Singapore from America, and found myself having to strain my ears to hear what some Singaporeans are saying. In contrast, when I came upon some Caucasians here, their [...]

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The Nomad Gourmand Comes to Singapore

June 7, 2010 blog meet-up

I met her. I finally met her! The awesome Rebecca Saw, author of the Malaysian food blog, The Nomad Gourmand! We have been planning a meet-up ever since I told Becky that I might be coming down to Southeast Asia, and that I might be hitting up Kuala Lumpur, her city in Malaysia, to attend [...]

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