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Getting Excited Over My WordPress Stats

Posted on July 5, 2011 by bookjunkie

Even though I try not to be obsessive about it, I just can’t help it. I love checking my stats. It gives me a sense of satisfaction, especially on days when I wonder “What the heck am I doing with … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging & Writing | Tagged ads, blogging, design, diary, journal, Life, Living, money, personal, reflection, stats, subscribers, theme, thoughts, top 5, top posts, Twenty Ten, WordPress, WordPress Themes, writing | 14 Comments

Can you Recall the Books You’ve Read?

Posted on June 26, 2011 by bookjunkie

I use my blog like a memory device, because I am old and when I look back I want evidence that I didn’t completely fritter my time away. Sorry that the blog’s becoming totally self indulgent and I forgot my … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Art, authors, beauty, blogging, books, culture, Ishiguro, learning, Life, Living, personal, Peter Mayle, reading, recommendations, Rohinton Mistry, writing, Yann Martell | 19 Comments

Boy Do I Love Moleskins

Posted on May 10, 2011 by bookjunkie

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYq9JnCzw-I] The colours are oh so delicious, and the possibilities the blank or empty ruled pages promise. The orange, and classic red and black are among my favourites. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCCwVDqvmt8]

Posted in Blogging & Writing | Tagged Art, beautiful, colours, diary, journal, moleskin, moleskins, planner, pretty, writing | 4 Comments

When the Words Get Stuck

Posted on April 25, 2011 by bookjunkie

I wish I could express myself better. I would make the worst lawyer or debater. I just know from my gut instinct what is right, but I am unable to clearly argue my position. I stammer and stutter. It’s not … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging & Writing | Tagged hard, speech, words, writing | 8 Comments

Books: Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie

Posted on April 19, 2011 by bookjunkie

Shalimar the Clown is a book by Salman Rushdie who won the booker of bookers for Midnight’s Children. This was an almost 400 page book and I took nearly 3 weeks to finish this. Actually I took more than 2 … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Art, author, beautiful, beauty, book, book review, China, culture, good, India, Indian, intelligent, Kashmir, Life, literature, Living, map, Pakistan, personal, reading, reads, Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown, story, tragedy, Video, writing, YouTube | 1 Comment

10 Wishes on My First Bloggiversary

Posted on April 16, 2011 by bookjunkie

I have anniversaries for the wierdest things. I’m kooky that way. One anniversary of mine is my appendix anniversary (appendixary?) – the night I had my appendix yanked out by a bunch of young doctors I had absolutely no confidence … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging & Writing | Tagged Anniversary, appendix, blog, funny, goals, Life, Living, personal, photography, photos, wishes, writing | 35 Comments

Tiny Island Turns 1 Tomorrow

Posted on April 15, 2011 by bookjunkie

It’s really scary to me how fast time flies. I constantly feel that there’s so much I want to do and not enough time to do it all. Well, definitely due to my poor time management. That’s why I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging & Writing | Tagged 1 year, blog birthday, blogging, home page, Life, Living, personal, photography, photos, readers, statistics, stats, traffic, writing | 20 Comments

Books: Salman Rushdie’s Luka and the Fire of Life

Posted on April 6, 2011 by bookjunkie

I wanted so much to like this book and I actually found it pleasing from the onstart, but somehow I found myself skimming through in the middle. This is after all a book for children that is meant to appeal … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging & Writing | Tagged affectionate, aging, Art, author, book, books, death, Life, literature, Living, Luka, Luka and the Fire of Life, Milan, mortality, older parents, parents, personal, Salman Rusdie, son, Video, writer, writing | Leave a comment

25 Things You Don’t Know About Britney Spears….& Me

Posted on March 24, 2011 by bookjunkie

I love this series at US Weekly. Saw this at Celebitchy and wanted to see how the things Britney Spears revealed would compare with my own likes and habits. This is what Britney revealed: 1. My favorite ice cream is … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging & Writing | Tagged 25 Things, Britney Spears, celeb, Celebrities, funny, list, lists, personal, women, writing | 19 Comments

Every Sunday

Posted on March 13, 2011 by bookjunkie

Every Sunday I tell myself that the next week will be different. I will start afresh on Monday. EVERY SUNDAY. Seriously. I feel like I am stuck in limbo and not moving forward. I have been stuck in limbo for … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging & Writing | Tagged bad colleagues, bad people, blog, blogging, book, career, doormat, fear, habit, kindess, Life, Living, mean, mean coworkers, novel, office, perfectionist, personal, routine, self, self-pity, short story, story, Sunday, upset, wallow, work, writers, writing | 13 Comments

WordPress Withdrawal

Posted on February 5, 2011 by bookjunkie

I am away on a very short holiday in Vietnam right now and I thought it would be a great chance for me to have a blogging blackout period. You see, I have been feeling that I have become addicted … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging & Writing | Tagged blog, blogging, blogging black out, Chinese New Year, culture, Ho Chi Minh City, hotel, Life, Living, personal, postaday2011, short trip, tet, travel, vibrant, Vietnam, withdrawal, writing, year of the cat, young | 13 Comments

10 Reasons Why I Read Your Blog

Posted on February 2, 2011 by bookjunkie

I was thinking about blog traffic and what it is that draws readers to blogs. Then I started looking inward. What draws me to other people’s blogs? What is it that keeps me coming back? I think I am mostly … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging & Writing | Tagged 10 reasons, Art, audience, blog, blogging, Clear, daily posts, drawn, Life, list, Living, loyal, personal, read, readers, traffic, uncluttered, unique, vulnerable, why, why I read your blog, women, writing | 20 Comments

I’m Posting Every Day in 2011

Posted on January 22, 2011 by bookjunkie

If I miss a day I hope to make up for it on other days. Actually, I have been posting quite regularly since I started in April 2010. To be honest I have become addicted to blogging as it’s filled … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging & Writing | Tagged blogging, blogs, challenge, freelance writer, job, postaday2011, unemployed, WordPress, writer, writing | 4 Comments

I Don’t Want to Disappoint my Six Year Old Self

Posted on January 16, 2011 by bookjunkie

My bursting with confidence, six year old self, if she had the chance to meet the 40 year old me that’s plagued with self doubt would say, “You’re a writer. You love words and illustrations, remember?”. I finally need to … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging & Writing | Tagged 40 year old, blogging, childhood, Comments, confidence, corporate jungle, culture, English, kindness, language, Life, Living, native speaker, personal, self doubt, self esteem, six year old, unemployed, Unemployment, vocation, writing | 14 Comments

Today I Watched a Movie Alone For the First Time

Posted on January 12, 2011 by bookjunkie

Well technically it was the second time, but it felt like a first to me. The first time was in 1999 and the movie was ‘Cruel Intentions’ and I was actually just killing time while waiting for a friend. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Midlife Musings | Tagged 40, alone, eating alone, fear, happiness, independence, liberating, Life, Living, Movie, personal, self conscious, single, solitude, stigma, The Tourist, Turning 40, watching a movie alone, women, writing | 28 Comments

I Quit Facebook And I Don’t Regret It

Posted on January 10, 2011 by bookjunkie

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 blogger, bloggers, blogging, culture, FaceBook, facebook stalker, farmville, Life, Living, Mafia Wars, personal, privacy, quit, quitting, social games, social gaming, social media, technology, voyeur, withdrawal, writing, Zygna | 29 Comments

Blog Tip of the Day: Key Words vs Clever Words

Posted on January 10, 2011 by bookjunkie

There was a time when I wondered what the heck SEO meant. I loathe technical jargon. It always puts me off. I’ve since found out it stands for Search Engine Optimization and it’s really important if you want more traffic … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging & Writing | Tagged blog tip, blog tip of the day, blogging, clever title, clever words, creative, key words, learning, Search Engine Optimization, SEO, social media, techie, technical, traffic, WordPress, writers, writing | 2 Comments

Miserable After the Reunion

Posted on January 7, 2011 by bookjunkie

I am debating whether to write about this at all, but I feel compelled to since all I feel like doing right now is cry. But I just feel numb. You know those times when you feel like crying, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Midlife Musings | Tagged 40's, aging, anxiety attack, being different, blogging, cab, cars, claustophobia, culture, death, depressed, doormat, expectations, fourties, friends, grief, happiness, Life, Living, married, mid-life crisis, miserable, misery, norms, Panic Attack, partner, personal, reunion, sadness, school reunions, single, singlehood, situational claustrophobia, social anxiety, social anxiety disorder, societal norms, society, taxis, unique, unmarried, women, writing | 39 Comments

Never Enough Time

Posted on January 6, 2011 by bookjunkie

Just thinking out loud here. Be prepared for my jumble of incoherent thoughts…. I always feel that there’s never enough time to do everything I want to do. Although, I do have a nagging suspicion that it’s due to my … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging & Writing | Tagged blog, blogging, boss, editing, grammar, lists, perfectionist, postaday2011, procrastination, rambling, rant, spelling, thoughts, Time, time management, typos, WordPress, work, writing | 12 Comments

The Anxieties of a Control Freak: Visit to the Dentist

Posted on January 4, 2011 by bookjunkie

This year I am determined to sort of face my fears – within reason of course. One of them is visiting the dentist. It’s not the pain I am afraid of, but the lack of control. I am becoming such … Continue reading →

Posted in Midlife Musings | Tagged anxiety, anxiety attacks, brain, Claustrophobia, clautrophobia, control, control freak, dentist, facial, flossing, hair dresser, health, Life, Living, mental, pain, Panic Attacks, personal, writing | 6 Comments

Tintin in Chinatown

Posted on January 2, 2011 by bookjunkie

When I first glanced at the store from a metre away I wondered if it was a store selling fake Tintin stuff. As I came closer, I was delighted to see how authentic it was. The first time I saw … Continue reading →

Posted in Singapore Living | Tagged Architecture, Art, authentic, beautiful, beauty, Beer, beers, Belgian, books, Chinatown, collectibles, comic books, comics, design, drinks, illustration, Life, Living, Nostalgia, personal, photography, photos, Singapore, Snowy, T shirts, The Tintin Shop, Tintin, toys, writing | 18 Comments

Who is Julian Assange?

Posted on December 6, 2010 by bookjunkie

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 Anderson Cooper, email, FaceBook, geeks, information, Journalism, Julian Assange, Mark Zuckerberg, Neil Patrick Harris, nerds, Social Networking, technology, the internet, truth, Twitter, Wikileaks, writing | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: writing

Getting Excited Over My WordPress Stats

Can you Recall the Books You’ve Read?

Boy Do I Love Moleskins

When the Words Get Stuck

Books: Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie

10 Wishes on My First Bloggiversary

Tiny Island Turns 1 Tomorrow

Books: Salman Rushdie’s Luka and the Fire of Life

Every Sunday

WordPress Withdrawal

I’m Posting Every Day in 2011

I Don’t Want to Disappoint my Six Year Old Self

Today I Watched a Movie Alone For the First Time

Never Enough Time

The Anxieties of a Control Freak: Visit to the Dentist

Tintin in Chinatown

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