Archive for March, 2009

Making Puffs / Eclairs / Choux Pastry

Making Puffs / Eclairs / Choux Pastry

Why do people get married?

Have you asked that question before? The answers I’ve heard ranged from “for the sake of the little ones that will arrive“, to “the elders in church wouldn’t approve of us living in sin“, to “i’ve found the one” (aww.. so sweet that one, isn’t it), and “he/she/our parents wants us to leh” (not so cool this [...]

rainbow spotting

When I was young, I loved the idea of magical kingdoms filled with elves, dwarves, fairies, mystical places and all the stuff that makes up fairytales. The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow included.
Now, I think most fairytales should be edited so kids don’t grow up mentally handicapped with unrealistic ideals and [...]

Earth Day!

The good folks at National Geographic Channel were in Singapore yesterday and today, filming clips to share the green message leading up to Earth Day which is on the 22nd April 09. Irene Ang, Angela May, Nadya Hutagalung, Allan Wu and myself are just a few of the personalities they’ve recorded so watch out for [...]

Lady Gaga

It’s really hard to keep track of new musicians cos they come out in droves. They put their music on networking sites like myspace/facebook, on youtube, and basically anywhere so that they get heard. The very lucky (or good looking) gets signed with a record label, and even then, when you line them all up on MTV or [...]

FireProof

This dvd landed in our hands with high recommendations from my sister. So a few nights ago, we dutifully sat in front of the tv and popped it in the player.
The beginning was a tad shaky but it quickly got better as the plot unfolded. We laughed some, learnt some and teared some at the end [...]

The Wronged Rum and Raisin Cake

The Wronged Rum and Raisin Cake

Carribean Rum & Raisin Cake

Carribean Rum & Raisin Cake

Ping Pong

Dan and I went for a game of ping pong yesterday. That doesn’t sound as cool as if we had gone wakeboarding. Or roller blading. Or even for a walk.
So I decided to google the words “ping pong cool” just to see what would come up.
This :

As much as I wish I could play like [...]

The moral of the story is…

I wrote this entry sometime last year and would like to share it here because a good read should be shared (i’m referring to the book mentioned in the entry)  :
 Sometimes when a friend goes on and on about a story with seemingly no purpose, we’d rudely interrupt with “and the moral of the story is?” [...]