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Archive for October, 2008
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Posted in Now where do I put this? on 31 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Possum
Posted in Now where do I put this? on 31 October 2008 | 3 Comments »
Recently at Deepavali, I suddenly realised just how much my family loved dogs.
Between the 5 homes that we visited there were 3 Alsatians (1 which recently took a chunk out of a guy who we suspect was a dog-eater), 2 Rhodesian Ridgebacks (used to hunt lions in Africa), 2 Great Danes (they administer the [...]
Crawford the Environmentalist
Posted in Everyday Heroes on 28 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, I just recently featured him, BUT:
1. this ‘mad scientist’ picture is crying out for a post, and
2. Crawford is a man with quite a few more good qualities (surely)
Crawford is a kampung boy. He loves the outdoors. This perhaps has something to do with growing up on a Scottish farm with only sheep, [...]
The Man with the Tattooed Cross
Posted in Everyday Heroes on 24 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Are you late for church?”
He was fishing. We never mentioned that we were church going folk. He was eager to talk about lofty matters.
“No, we don’t go to church. We’re Baha’i. Are you Christian?” I did not want to take for granted the tattooed cross above his thumb was any more than body art.
He proudly [...]
Bread and Tulips
Posted in Gin and I, Inanimate But Alive on 22 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I vividly remember the day I first watched this movie.
It was in my Italian Cinema class for the week on Feminism. Not the bra-burning brand of feminism so breathe easy you guys.
An Italian family goes on holiday to Greece. At one of the pitstops, the mother gets held back in the [...]
China, China, China…
Posted in Gin and I on 21 October 2008 | 2 Comments »
Maria rests in the mid afternoon as the rain pours down outside.
She’s far away from home. She’s far away from her 2 year old son. She wants badly to be there, especially since there is no father around for the little guy.
I want to be far away too. My mind was set out China for [...]
Scott and Ephrem
Posted in Everyday Heroes on 20 October 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ephrem plays with toy cars, while Scott manhandles hamsters, lizards and other furry beings for entertainment.
Ephrem is named after a saint, Scott after Scotland (his father’s homeland).
But while on the surface they are poles apart, they share one thing in common: their fathers.
No, their fathers are not the same person, but they do have very [...]
When your time is up…
Posted in Now where do I put this? on 16 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It seems that recently I’ve been reflecting quite a bit on people in the evening of their lives…
Just yesterday, a friend of mine in his 60s told me that he had chest pains and was rushed to the hospital. I jokingly said my goodbyes to him “just in case anything happened.” He threatened me with, [...]
Sin Tang
Posted in Gin and I on 15 October 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last night while I was happily unwinding under the soft and steamy hot water massage of my shower, Gin suddenly appeared at the door with a frown on her face, “it’s really hard for grandparents when their grandchildren can’t speak their languge.”
This is why I married Gin Li (well, at least one of the supplementary [...]
M.F. Thilly – Father
Posted in Everyday Heroes on 14 October 2008 | 5 Comments »
He waited patiently until all of his 5 sister’s got married before settling down with the love of his life, marrying Aunty Set (then a trendy, yoga-bending graphic designer) at an exuberant 55, after a quadruple bypass!!
Much to the joy of his extended family, who knows him only for his generosity and jovial disposition, Uncle [...]
