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An Insomniac Blogging
I know that my constant tiredness is due to lack of sleep, but every time I make myself go to bed early at 10pm, I automatically wake up at 3am and just absolutely can’t go back to sleep. I try, … Continue reading
Happy Half Birthday And One Month Blog
I am quite happy that my anonymous blog, Tiny Island, has survived half a year (and a month) and managed to get 95,000 visits. My average views a day is 453 right now, but I feel that a huge chunk … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged blog birthday, blog stats, blogging, Celebrities, culture shock, Food, half birthday, happiness, readers, statistics, stats, topics, travel, views, writing
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Featured in the Sunday Times: IVF Mix-Up
Just wish my quote didn’t sound so lame, especially in the Think section. Doesn’t seem like much thought went into it. Glad it was randomly picked out though. Quite exciting to be published not matter how small and random.
Posted in Featured
Tagged blogging, featured, IVF, Life, Living, mix-up, news, newspapers, published, Singapore, Straits Times, Sunday Times, writing
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Has Travel Lost Its Mystique? Do We Blame The Internet?
When I was four, even a little trip across the border to Malaysia made me wide-eyed. It was thrilling when the scenery changed drastically from Singapore’s urban landscape, to rows and rows of rubber trees with little tin-cups stuck in … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged beautiful, blogging, celeb, Celebrities, celebs, Central Park, childhood, culture, Eiffel, happiness, information, internet, joy, Kevin Bacon, Life, Living, Mystery, Mystique, New York, Nostalgia, Osaka, Paris, personal, photography, photos, Singapore, travel, writing
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I Love The Tops and Blouses on Frankie Covers
I just love Australia’s Frankie Magazine and especially how they dress their models in vintage outfits for the covers. The articles are a breath of fresh air too. Also I never thought the day would come when 80’s fashion would … Continue reading
A Minimalist, Serene Life
I feel frazzled, stressed and poor, by a consumerist society that is continually telling me what you need to own in order to be happier. It made me wonder if there was a healthier way to live. Well there is. … Continue reading
Posted in Lovely Ideas
Tagged Art, beautiful, beauty, calm, culture, design, distress, habits, happiness, health, holiday, Life, Living, love, mental, mind, Minimalist, money, nature, peace, personal, photos, physical, pretty, reading, serene, Serenity, slow, stress, travel, trip, worry, writing, Zen
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Why Bad Habits Stick And Good Habits Don’t
{Image: Phawker} They say it takes 6 weeks of continuously doing something before it becomes a habit. I think that only applies if the habit in question is no fun at all, like exercising daily, cutting down on starch and … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness
Tagged bad habits, beauty, culture, delayed gratification, Food, good habits, happiness, health, inspiration, internal voice, Life, Living, losing weight, mental, motivation, Movie, nagging, negativity, personal, pleasure, positivity, Trailer, Video, weight, women, writing
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Eat Pray Love: Julia Roberts Wears A Sari
{Image: Glamsham} I was a huge fan of Julia Roberts when she was in Pretty Woman and My Best Friend’s Wedding. Then I don’t know why (either I changed and became jaded or she really did become more smug with … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged beautiful, beauty, book, celeb, Celebrities, celebs, culture, Eat Pray Love, happiness, India, Indonesia, Italy, Julia Roberts, Life, Living, Movie, spirituality, travel, woman, writing
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Society is Afraid of Alone
I think this poem translated into a film is just beautiful and meditative. The poet is Tanya Davis. Watching the little clip made me feel so much more relaxed and for a moment, no longer constrained under the glare of … Continue reading
Back From India And Lacking The Energy to Blog
I am back from India and I have no motivation to post. It’s quite disheartening to me because I never lacked motivation before. I am trying to understand why myself. I think it’s because I feel like I have missed … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged blog, blogging, energy, internet, motivation, technology, writing
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My Mum’s Olivetti: New Love For An Old Typewriter
My Apple iMac is gorgeous. I was yearning for it for years before I got it, and there is no question that I love it. But you know what? It’s been hurting my eyes. The backlight on the screen, even … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged Ad, Advert, beautiful, beauty, childhood, dad, decor, design, Elegance, father, history, interior design, ipad, launch, Life, Living, Mad Men, Manual, memories, mother, mum, Nostalgia, old, Olivetti, Olivetti 32, Olivetti Typewriter, personal, Singapore, Sophistication, story, trend, typewriter, vintage, writing
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Which Famous Author Do You Write Like?
I got a different author each time, I copied and pasted texts from my recent blog posts. The thing is, I got David Foster Wallace three times. I am not familiar with his work. I wikipedia-ed his name, and it … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged Art, cute, Famous Author, I Write Like, ideas, personal, reading, style, writer, writing
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Quirky and Gorgeous Book Covers at Kinokuniya
Snapped shots of some books that attracted me. If I ever had the good fortune to get a book published I would just love that bright orange cover on this simple guide to philosophy (not too simple when I browsed … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged Art, beautiful, Book Covers, books, design, English, japanese, Kinokuniya, personal, reading, writing
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My Definition of Family
Since I need to inject some new life into my blog, I thought I should start sharing information about the little trips I have taken. I will start, in my next post, with my last trip which was taken … Continue reading
Holland? Netherlands? : I Have a Confession to Make
Update: Yikes, the game is over and I won’t give myself too much credit, but I hope I didn’t jinx Netherlands. I can be quite a jinx at times. Anyway the goal and the offside remark by the commentator had … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged betting, confused, cute, Dutch, football, fun facts, funny, geography, Holland, Humor, Netherlands, personal, prediction, soccer, The Netherlands, winner, World Cup, World Cup 2010, writing
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Old-Fashioned Letter with a Stamp
I felt like I was on a cloud today. The postman delivered an old-fashioned letter from my dear friend in Perth. Just holding the envelope in my hand and feeling the weight of it was a joyous thing. I was … Continue reading
Posted in Lovely Ideas
Tagged Australia, beautiful, culture, email, friendship, happiness, inspiration, letter, Life, Living, love, Nostalgia, old-fashioned letter, personal, Perth, retro, snail mail, technology, vintage, writing
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I’m a Night Owl Trying to Be The Early Bird (& Failing Miserably)
I can relate to Sunshine and Starlight’s post on so many levels I just had to reblog it! Sadly, I am a night owl and so ashamed of it. Somehow, I just function better and write better at night. Maybe … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged blogging, blogs, early risers, Life, Living, morning people, night owl, personal, sleep, WordPress, work, writing
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The Writer Who Could Not Read
When I first saw this article at Huffington Post I was baffled and wondered how that was possible. This story will make you grateful you can read. The whole idea is pretty mind boggling to me. The neuroscientist who created … Continue reading
Tiny Feels Big on Page 34 of The Sunday Times
I am guilty of not reading The Straits Times (the local Singapore papers), getting my news fix from online headlines or blogs like Huffington Post or The New York Times instead. I also get a lot of my news from … Continue reading
Posted in Featured
Tagged blogging, happiness, news, Orchard Road Flood, personal, Singapore, Sunday Times, writing
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Turning 40: My List of 40 Travel Memories
I’ll be turning 40 in a few weeks, and all year long I have been anticipating going into a deep funk. So far it hasn’t quite happened yet and I think I have to thank my blogger friends on WordPress … Continue reading →