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Saturday, August 16, 2003

I can post! I can post!

OK everybody, I am still alive!! And I AM BACK!!!! Yee-ha! :D Sorry, my webhost had server trouble, and in the middle of that, I fell sick - saw the doc four times in one-and-a-half weeks, must be some kind...

Sunday, August 17, 2003

Going hoooooome

Do you think everybody should have a day off on their birthday? Is it special enough to warrant a day off? I decided to take a day off on my birthday. Mostly coz my boss asked when I would next...

Monday, August 18, 2003

Blog experiment

A guy called Scott Nowson is doing a "blog experiment" over the summer as part of his PhD thesis. He's studying bloggers' writing styles: I am going to be looking for trends in style, as the relate to the character...

Tuesday, August 19, 2003

Grown-up baby brother

My baby brother took me out for lunch on Sunday, to celebrate my birthday. Wonders will never cease! hehee Well, OK, 21 can hardly be called a 'baby', but you get my drift :) He asked me to choose the...

Aaaaaarrrgh!

Big THANK YOU to LcF, who informed me that my permalinks are not working. Arrgh! Arrrgh! ARRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I'm OK. I'm OK. *breates in* *breathes out* *breathes in* *breathes out* I've figured out that it's got something to do with the...

Wednesday, August 20, 2003

Absence of flowers

Last week marked Convocation Day (Graduation Day) at one of the local universities. Two of my housemates rigged themselves up in flowing robe, sash and mortarboard, and went up on stage to receive their scrolls. I wasn't able to be...

Thursday, August 21, 2003

Review: Purpose Driven Life

Some time ago (in January, in fact!) I began the Purpose Driven Life. It's a book with 40 chapters, designed to be read a chapter a day. The author, Rick Warren, says it's supposed to take one on a "40-day...

Shoe and accessory supplier

When two of my housemates were invited to a wedding (the same wedding) recently, both turned to me: I became Shoe And Accessory Supplier. Each borrowed a pair of (black) high-heeled shoes from me. In addition, one borrowed a pair...

Friday, August 22, 2003

Spontaneous combustion

Nokia mobile phone bursts into flames in woman's hand. And apparently this has been known to happen before. Good grief. I'm beginning to look at my mobile phone in a completely new light! (link courtesy of ...

Monday, August 25, 2003

News from the hometown

I'm back in my hometown, at the Internet cafe, and I'm dying by inches... OK so I'm exaggerating. As long as I can get on the Net, I shouldn't complain, should I? Even if the spacebar doesn't workand IE keeps...

Thursday, August 28, 2003

How I got a car headlamp as a birthday present

I'm back and I don't know what to blog first. I guess I'll talk about birthday presents :) Let's start with the parents. The rest will come in another post... Now, I knew that when I went home, I'd be...

And the rest...

First, thanks for all the birthday wishes :) Forgot to say that earlier (oops!). I'm very touched! And I wanted to assure you that I did get nicer presents than shorts and a car headlamp :) The great thing about...

Friday, August 29, 2003

Definitions

Snippet from an ICQ conversation: Friend : ...and you are a contemplative person. Me : Too contemplative, don't you think? Friend : No. I am too contemplative. You are verbose. Me : ROTFL!  ** Note: My ICQ no. is 169187068...

Being a doc's kid

This is for Dr Liew... :D So when I was home the last time, Dad kept thrusting medical journals under my nose. This time, said nose was leaking non-stop (I caught some bug again), so I was blowing it continually....

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