Waiting for the Spring Forward
05/03/2010
Yay. Just a bit over a week to the official start of Spring. Well. It is scheduled to arrive at the equinox (usually 20 Mar), and that pretty much is like the start of the superfast slide downhill all the way towards the long, warm summer days.
Spring forward is scheduled for 14 Mar (beware the Ides!) – so we’ll be sleeping an hour less and winding the clock forward an hour for the impression that the day is longer. Until it really is. Then it’s a bit over the top. However, that little bit of admin makes calling Singapore an hour more convenient. Haha.
Looking forward to April when TV will get back to normal.
getting to know the city
03/12/2009
Had a pretty good couple of days.
Yesterday, I put my usual inhibitions aside and willingly went to a pre-arrranged dinner engagement. Filled with people I sort of would know, but mostly did not. Not my usual crowd – no geeks, mostly Caucasian.
Thankfully, it was around dinner. And dinner was really quite something. KF’s cousin found a great hole-in-the-wall (and this was a wall in a not so nice neighbourhood at night at that) which serves simple, elegant and inexpensive Vietnamese. They served a bunch of appetisers portioned out for the table, and a few mains, so it ended up being a fun sampling menu.
That’s pretty much the amount of social interaction I’d like for a good 6-8 weeks, unfortunately it’s holiday season and invariably there will be more. I need to remind myself to stop saying yes to these things. Yeah, it’s a dinner here, watching the kids or staying over there, but it adds up to a lot of stuff I don’t really care for. Cos if I did, I’d have kids of my own right now. Obligation – a ten letter word that’s tiring.
Today, we went to a nearby library. It’s about a ten minute walk away, but we drove, haha. We came back with a couple of books but about a dozen dvds. Movies, documentaries, travelogues – I left it to KF to pick out.
He picked out Election 2, or 黑社会：以和为贵 expecting it to be Election. It was a good movie nonetheless. There is something subtle and understated about triads that is so far superior to the regular American mafia shoot-em-ups. The chopper scene in Election 2 makes the Stuck in the Middle with You scene in Reservoir Dogs clumsy and crude.
It’s pretty impressive – how evolved and complex these triad films are. It’s like Chinese culture crash course in 2 hours. Fun.
Now I just need to brace myself for the next week.
Ogling at the Goggle Box
08/11/2009
It’s a good day today.
I was watching an American Football game when an interesting face popped out from a trailer for some (albeit a little lame looking) series called Three Rivers.
That interesting face, I should’ve recognised, is Daniel Henney. Tell me it’s not meant to be!
Guess Sunday nights won’t be a complete post-football void.
A little each day
05/11/2009
I’ve decided, that from now, I’m going to find something to be positive about each day. It’s not that I’m super depressed or anything. But I’m stepping up and looking inward like a good Asian. Our values structure prioritises it and now finally, I appreciate it.
It’s a good day today. It’s overcast, and threatening to rain. The air is heavy, not just with anticipation. Rain is good. We need it. My lawn needs it. And it’s not really cold yet. This reminds me of home, except that at home, it would’ve thundered and lightninged and drenched the streets with dramatic flair by now. Over here rain is a pensive affair.
I like being reminded of home. Perhaps one day this will feel like home.
