So today was Pink Dot, Singapore's very first [official] LGBT gathering. It was meant to be a peaceful show of support for LGBTs. No riots, no big speeches, no nothing. Just everyone dressed in pink and showing that love really does not discriminate. We are one of the last few countries where consensual sex between homosexuals is still illegal, so ( Read more... )

If you're in Singapore next Saturday and free at 4.30pm, head over the Hong Lim Park for Pink Dot. It's a peaceful show of support for LGBT individuals in a country where it is still illegal for two men/women to have sex, and where gay couples are still fighting for acceptance (nevermind marriage) in mainstream society. Wear pink accessories, and ( Read more... )

Today I have:

- sent out my first two job applications (me = scared)

- went shopping with the BFF

- got a new book (Moab is my Washpot) from someone off sg_bookexchange, a steal at a mere $8

- found a new plus size store with a lady that was just the right amount of chatty, who also didn't pressurise me to buy anything, and who also commiserated about the ( Read more... )

This will be my mantra for the next two weeks until Chinese New Year is over:

You just lost 10 kilos in 4 months. DO NOT STUFF YOUR FACE TOO MUCH.

Oh my god Li Jiawei choked AGAIN. This is Athens all over again omg ( Read more... )

That's 4 hours of my life I'll never get back. *faints* Though the mass displays were just spectacular and very creative, unfortunately the colour scheme really needed tweaking. That said, well done China. I just wished you didn't make Li Ning run across the top of the stadium when it was past midnight already omg ( Read more... )

Okay, I only just found out that the entire US swim team is training here (yes, HERE, on this puny island I call home) as a lead up to the Olympics. They are blogging about their SG experience here, and a foreigner's reaction to eating durian for the first time never gets old. My heart still belongs to my original 2000 Australian Swimteam (♥ ( Read more... )