All posts for the month July, 2005

nkf

i, too, was outraged when i read the article. then, i realized. he is getting paid that amount so that he does not turn to corruption or become susceptible to bribery. technorati tags singapore

grandmother

And Grandmother has pictures in her head, too, but her pictures are all confused, like someone has muddled the film up and she can’t tell what happened in what order, so she thinks that dead people are still alive and she doesn’t know whether something happened in real life or whether it happened on television. [...]

1-9, 0-9

when you watch the best player in your team get downed 0-9, 0-9 you know you’re in for a very short game. the one point i scored was the first point of the match. i somehow won serve from him and then won the point. i think it was mostly because he wasn’t expecting such [...]

1-9, 3-9

and i thought… the guys i play against… every friday were good… in what was a very unusual circumstance to have a homecoming to my *ahem* alma mater – a term i apply very loosely to ngee ann – i was squashed by a singapore poly staff player. and he hardly broke a sweat. neither [...]

the nerve

i am usually nonplussed by singaporeans’ behaviour in general. the “evil monster at the back of the bus” syndrome. the “race to see if you can alight before i board the train” competition. the “mobile DJ – play all your ringtones at full blast” phenomenon. but today, i was beyond bewildered. agitated didn’t quite capture [...]