11 Things I Should Regret This Holidays -- But Don't

In no particular order:

1."When I visit you in the asylum, people are going to point fingers and whisper 'That's the one who broke Jonny!'"
PING: I think you, Jarrel and I should get married. And I also think you should get pregnant.
JONNY: ...
PING: Not now. But, y'know, later! Our babies would be ( Read more... )

I think that there is something to be said about early education on the birds and the bees. In fact, I would consider this something of a public service announcement. Based, of course, on personal experience.

My family -- by which I really mean my mother -- has always felt that this was an important aspect of our upbringing.

PING: It's embarrassing ( Read more... )

I will have you all know that my failure to update was an act of defiance. Truly, I bravely resisted updating under pain of death.

JIA LONG: PING. Do you want to die?
PING: Not at the moment, why?
JIA LONG: THEN UPDATE YOUR BLOG.

Far be it from me to disagree with a man almost twice my size. Thus, I find myself here. Updating. But you must forgive me ( Read more... )

So the worst is over -- all right, that is a damned lie. ("An odious, damned lie; upon my soul, a lie, a wicked lie. She false with Cassio! -- did thou say Cassio?") The worst is, of course, the results release but that is a tragedy for another time. And as for being false with Cassio, well, the only Cassio I have been false with is my Casio ( Read more... )

Some time back, we had to do a written commentary on an excerpt from The Thin Red Line, in which the author illustrates, in loving detail, the "almost sexual, morbid curiosity" with which a platoon of soldiers observe their injured comrades.

Cut to today, some time before our English paper, when I was tormenting poor Jonny with my talk of how Huck' ( Read more... )

Ping, Sera, Shiru and the two History Sirs are randomly positioned around the lecture theatre.

That is to say, everybody is seated with great dignity, with the exception of Ping who is bouncing from podium to seat for no apparent reason.

PING: (cheerfully sends Shiru an SMS, despite her being in the same lecture theatre) "Hello! Are you alive!"
( Read more... )

I have a small confession to make: Hungary made me watch Friends with her today and… and I really liked it! It wasn’t obviously on crack (a la Scrubs) or gripping psychological thriller (like Wire In The Blood!) or deadpan British humour or Hugo-Weaving-as-gay-real-estate-agent (Bedrooms and Hallways) but it was awfully amusing ( Read more... )

A while ago, I remarked that perhaps it was time for me to go on hiatus and Grow Up. Events of late have shown, however, that perhaps Growing Up now would be a bit... premature, as it were. And it is in fact possible to combat the Forces Of The Universe with minimal resulting trauma without doing so!

Stage 1: Ominous Foreshadowing
Post-common tests ( Read more... )

Now I know I really should update properly, as some folks are prodding me to, since many Events of Great Significance have occurred in my month-long absence. Indeed, it is long overdue! But having resolved to exert a bit more self-restraint, I am a reformed character etc., these tales are set aside for another time. Rest assured, when the madness ( Read more... )

So This Is Love

BROTHER: No offence, Dad, but why did you marry Mom?

THE MOTHER: For my legs!

DAD: Let me tell you something, Son -

PING: The legs don’t last?

DAD: I married your Mother because she was mousy. And remember this, boy, the woman you marry becomes very different after marriage.

THE MOTHER: (indignant) The legs do last!

On ( Read more... )