So I sent in my letter of resignation today. Under some extenuating circumstances, they allowed me to backdate the letter (very long story there), so my last day at my company will be 2 Jan ( Read more... )

I blame Pinterest for this latest hobby of mine. All these lovely pictures online of food. And all with accessible photos and instructions and tutorials. Noobcook also does an amazing job of making local dishes accessible, something I've somewhat fretted about in the past because I could cook Western dishes and Japanese dishes with the aid of ( Read more... )

It occurs to me that I've never had hair this long before, and this will be a true statement as time goes by and it gets longer. It's not super long, it's about sternum length (or in a less lady-like way, nipple-length), but I've never had hair more than a few inches below my shoulder before, I've always got bored of waiting for it to grow to a " ( Read more... )

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAREST CRAZY BERN!

Haven't done one of these for a while (both the huge ass birthday greeting and a meme)...

( The year 2011 in 38 questions )

Dad just walked into the kitchen and laughingly called my mom "Mommie", because he knows she doesn't like it and it makes her sound older. After the requisite protests from my mom, my dad said "I get a kick out of irritating you ( Read more... )

Ex-university classmate (don't really know him well) sat behind me on the bus this morning ( Read more... )

I was having an absolutely shitty day, getting home super late and entirely exhausted, when I saw the package on the table.

Oh badapplebettie, the hand-knitted socks? They fit like gloves, if you would pardon the pun. And they are so adorable.

Your socks just made my day. Thank you. *VIRTUAL HUGS*

I have often wondered, particularly at junctures of my life when I'm single, whether my consumption of fictional romance is spoiling my appreciation for real-life romance ( Read more... )

So much for using Hong Kong (the last leg of my long working trip) to readjust my body clock from Canadian and US time back to Singapore time. After two days in Hong Kong, I spent the whole of yesterday sleeping (except brief moments to go to the temple and eat lunch) and ended up staying up after dinner all the way till 4.30AM watching Doctor Who ( Read more... )

Just done with my 13 hour flight to London, 3 hours of transit in Heathrow, and then 8 hours to Toronto ( Read more... )