Tag Archives: FaceBook

Cook A Pot of Curry Day (& Chen Show Mao Eating Prata with Curry)

Update 20 August 2011: Viswa Sadasivan has written an excellent letter reminding us that the event on Sunday is about a stand against the legitimization of intolerance. Let’s not immediately label it xenophobia (although some people are using it to … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

The Stop Cooking Indian Curry Story Upsets Me

Sunday, August 21st, is Cook a Pot of Curry Day. A brilliant group of Singaporeans set up a facebook page to celebrate curry as our way of life and it already has 17,364 attendees. (Update on 19 August 2011: The … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 35 Comments

Save the World’s Saddest Dolphins – ACRES needs your help (27 May 2011)

Maybe I am reading too much into her facial expressions and I am biased with my thinking that the mainstream media is biased. But I can’t help it. The newscaster’s scrunched up face while reporting the news about the dolphins … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Is Princess Beatrice Doing a Lady Gaga with that hat?

At first I went “what is that thing on her head”, but now I think it’s starting to grow on me. At least she’s not boring. This was the most interesting hat at the Royal wedding. Now there’s even a … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 6 Comments

Facebook Co-Founder likes Singapore

{via The Straits Times} I just wonder how exactly the arrival of talents like Eduardo Saverin translates into jobs for citizens. Would be great if someone did a detailed study. Maybe then Singaporeans might be more convinced when the government … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

I Quit Facebook And I Don’t Regret It

This is a follow-up from my distress call of a post from when I quit Facebook cold turkey.  I am now fine with the whole business and not so jittery any more.  I have never smoked, but I believe that … Continue reading

Posted in Midlife Musings | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 29 Comments

10 Good Habits that Stuck in 2010

Christmas reminds me that 2011 will be here soon, and New Year reminds me of all the things I did not achieve. I am feeling all “woe is me” and “why do I even bother with resolutions”.  But I tend … Continue reading

Posted in Midlife Musings | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Who is Julian Assange?

I have been seeing news about Wikileaks and Julian Assange splattered over the headlines and the internet. Curiosity made me seek out videos on him. The whole picture is still not clear to me. To some he’s a hero, and … Continue reading

Posted in My Celebrity Addiction | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

I think Facebook is Impersonal: Anti-social media? (via Newspaper to New Media)

This affirms why I quit Facebook and I just had to reblog this excellent post. You’ve just got to watch the video of the woman in the glass house (an incredible social experiment) who is just fed up with what … Continue reading

Posted in Midlife Musings | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

I Quit Facebook. Help! I Now Have Withdrawal Symptoms

I never knew I would feel compelled enough to quit Facebook one day. I also has no idea that quitting the social network that 500 million people are using, would be this hard. First thing you have to know is, … Continue reading

Posted in Midlife Musings | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 22 Comments

12 Reasons Why I Miss My Low-Tech Life

1. I used to meet my friends at a prearranged time at a prearranged spot like outside a movie theatre or at the train station.  They couldn’t be late, because there were no cell phones then for calling and giving … Continue reading

Posted in Midlife Musings | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

I Don’t Have the Guts: National Unfriend Day

Did you ever wish that you had not accepted so many friends on your facebook page? Well Jimmy Kimmel has come up with a National Unfriend Day. He says that Facebook cheapens the beautiful thing we call friendship and I … Continue reading

Posted in Laughter | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Co-Owner of Facebook Eduardo Saverin is Living in Singapore

I only just recently learnt that Eduardo Saverin is the co-owner of Facebook, with the interest generated by the movie The Social Network which Mark Zukerberg (the face of Facebook) has claimed to be inaccurate. Even Saverin has claimed inaccuracies … Continue reading

Posted in Singapore Headlines | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Mum on Facebook

Found this video on Youtube. It’s so funny. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzgzbX1UdZ4]

Posted in Laughter | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Dear Farmville

Dear Meat is a fabulous blog I stumbled upon, where users submit their imaginary letters to people or inanimate objects. I think it’s a really cathartic experience and let’s you get everything off your chest in a witty way without … Continue reading

Posted in Blogging & Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Confessions of a Blogaholic

I just started blogging on WordPress, thanks to the urging of my cousins.  Having somewhat of an addictive personality, I find myself now constantly and obsessively checking my stats. I become ecstatic each time I get more hits and forlorn when … Continue reading

Posted in Blogging & Writing | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment