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Tag Archives: book
The Perfect Day
At the end of the day, when I’m in bed and the lights are out, I realize once again, that I have not kept to good routines. For instance I haven’t exercised and was sedentary all day, didn’t touch a … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged book, day, exercise, floss, good, perfect day, read, routine, writers
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Enchanted by ‘A Room with a View’: Both the Book & the Movie
Am in the middle of the novel ‘A Room with a View’ and the trailer on Youtube of the 1985 movie brought back lovely memories. Would love to watch this movie again and if only our theatres screened old movies. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Movies
Tagged A Room with a View, beautiful, book, Daniel Day Lewis, E M Forster, England, Helena Bonham Carter, Italy, Movie, novel, romantic, Trailer
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Life of Pi & Trying Out Premiere Seats
I recently watched the movie Life of Pi and tried the Shaw Premiere seats for the first time. It was a spur of the moment decision and B caved since the showtime for the regular seats was about 2 hours … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged book, GV Gold, Life of Pi, luxury, Movie, premiere seats, Shaw
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Yearnings & Doubts
My dream has always been to write a novel. Not just write, but as my vanity demands, to be published. A story that’s within me. But when I read books by acclaimed authors like Salman Rushdie, I feel, who am … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing, Midlife Musings
Tagged aging, book, doubts, novel, personal, procrastination, thoughts, writing, yearnings
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A Stolen Life
The book ‘A Stolen Life’ moved me tremendously. I talk about it my latest post.
Some Days this World is Hard to Fathom
I watched the movie The Dark Knight Rises and felt a chill when the random shooting scene came on. I can’t even begin to imagine how terrifying it must have been for the victims. The horrifying mass murder in a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Culture & Society
Tagged Batman, book, children, Dark Knight Rises, Holmes, Lionel Shriver, Movie, murder, nature, nurture, parenting, thoughts, We Need to Talk About Kevin
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The National Library & Sleeping Folks
The new building is very impressive. But I still miss the tiny red brick building that used to the National Library I knew as a kid. It’s pretty conveniently located. Not attached to Bugis MRT (which would be lovely for … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged behaviour, book, books, culture, library, National Library, people, Singapore, Sleeping
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