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1 June 2008

 Check over at http://piupo.wordpress.com for future updates, those relating to the bookblog as well as normal life. I am terminating my subscription with my webhost when it runs out in August this year, but not sure if I will pay to keep the domain name... so please change your bookmarks, my dear minuscule pool of readers!

31 May 2008

 Happiness is...

  • Waking up to run under cloudy skies that threaten to break, but never do.
  • Watching the preparations for Malay weddings in three different void decks, with big cauldrons of curry boiling away and tissue paper boxes encased in silk.
  • Talking joyous nonsense on the phone.
  • A parrot that shouts "HI!" and waddles quickly up to you when you return home.
  • Getting into the art museum for free to see Xu Beihong's art on a rainy Saturday.
  • Seeing a large group of Indian men in a quiet spot on Kerbau Road on a Saturday night, watching a soppy Hindi drama on a small TV at the coffeeshop; and two old Chinese women in the midst of it all, the only ones actually eating.
  • Spectating at the sundown marathon instead of running it.

    7 April 2008

     This website is kind of broken - I'm probably going to move over elsewhere soon where magic fingers help me write a blog into being (but not a beloved, personal website). I'm old-tech and out of whack.

    In the meantime, I'm off to Italy and Slovenia with an old friend, Khoo. We will try to blog on the road from here.

    It sounds like a big trip, but it really isn't - we will be back in less than 2 weeks. It will, however, be the first time I've been back to Italy in five years.

    cin and me, way back in 1998