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Sunday 29 December 2013
Bodily ills
Some things just cannot be delayed. I have finally had my next dental appointment fixed, and I should drop by the TCM soon. I have had a spate of queasiness attacks, feelings of nauseousness, dizziness, and headaches.
Thursday 26 December 2013
Look, Singapore
H&M has some extraordinary search engine optimisation there. Apparently "look" and "Singapore" were sufficient to bring its website up on the first page of search results.
Saturday 14 December 2013
Thoughts of the week
I figure parents should never discourage their kids from reading, even if their literary pursuits might seem frivolous at best. I was at Popular a couple of days ago, briefly browsing the bare collection of novels and self-help books that were haphazardly shovelled together based on no specific genre when I overheard a mother telling her child in Chinese, "Look for the important ones first hor." in a brash instruction to drop the fiction she had just picked up. Well it's the end of the year and she was probably there for textbooks (school bookshops are losing out to the larger corporation(s), by the way) but that left me wondering if our kids today are reading sufficiently outside their academic readings.
When I was serving National Service, I began to pay more attention to boys in uniform, black Casio watches, black plastic spectacles, short haircuts, and olive green assault bags. When I bought my first (and only) pair of leather casual shoes I started paying more attention to what people were wearing on their feet, especially leather and suede casuals. I have Malocclusion and according to Wikipedia severe crowding of the teeth as well as labially erupted canines. Everywhere I go, if I meet or see people with the same condition, it is often the first physical trait that I pick up immediately. I am also left-handed, and certain characteristics and actions jump out to me very distinctly. People using their spoons or chopsticks with their left hands, wearing their watches on their right wrists, or simply writing. It is as if I am programmed to seek similarity, and I do believe we all are, in search of in-groups and a natural disposition to exclude out-groups. But today, I went further and combined a Confucian teaching with this: What if negative traits of others happen to jump out at me?
On a lighter note, marble slab creamery has pretty decent green tea ice cream. A pint costs under $13 and has the distinct bittersweet aroma of proper matcha.
When I was serving National Service, I began to pay more attention to boys in uniform, black Casio watches, black plastic spectacles, short haircuts, and olive green assault bags. When I bought my first (and only) pair of leather casual shoes I started paying more attention to what people were wearing on their feet, especially leather and suede casuals. I have Malocclusion and according to Wikipedia severe crowding of the teeth as well as labially erupted canines. Everywhere I go, if I meet or see people with the same condition, it is often the first physical trait that I pick up immediately. I am also left-handed, and certain characteristics and actions jump out to me very distinctly. People using their spoons or chopsticks with their left hands, wearing their watches on their right wrists, or simply writing. It is as if I am programmed to seek similarity, and I do believe we all are, in search of in-groups and a natural disposition to exclude out-groups. But today, I went further and combined a Confucian teaching with this: What if negative traits of others happen to jump out at me?
On a lighter note, marble slab creamery has pretty decent green tea ice cream. A pint costs under $13 and has the distinct bittersweet aroma of proper matcha.
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