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Thursday, March 20, 2008

Tired as hell

It's a strange sort of day when I typo "mind-boggling" as "mind-blogging".

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Technorati Tags: blogging

Labels: Life in the internet age, Twitteresque, Words words words

posted by Tym at 4:24 PM

Friday, March 07, 2008

Someone said ...

So apparently, I am very well-preserved for my age.

Huh.

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Labels: Personal, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 1:56 AM

Thursday, March 06, 2008

An unexpected taste

It's extremely disorienting when the pork chops from a Western food stall at a hawker centre taste like Twisties (chicken flavour).

Fortunately, it wasn't my dinner.

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Technorati Tags: Singapore, pork chops, Twisties

Labels: Food for thought, Singapore stories, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 11:45 PM

Thursday, January 03, 2008

Missing the news

For some reason, Gmail has been diligently filing the BBC News' daily email alert in my Spam folder since January 1. And here I thought they were just enjoying an extended New Year's in the UK ...

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Technorati Tags: Gmail, BBC News, spam filter

posted by Tym at 8:54 AM

Sunday, December 09, 2007

Is it almost midnight?

It's no fun when the work week begins on a Sunday.

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Labels: Freelancin' living, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 11:07 PM

Monday, December 03, 2007

I love Leopard but ...

Toggling between Spaces gives me motion sickness.

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Technorati Tags: Spaces, Leopard, Mac OS X

Labels: Geek girl, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 11:14 AM

Thursday, November 08, 2007

Rhymin' games

I typed this in an email today: "online moniker Ondine".

Now say it five times fast.

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Technorati Tags: tongue-twister

Labels: Life in the internet age, Twitteresque, Words words words

posted by Tym at 2:00 PM

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Writing style

I write in Helvetica 11 point with 125% zoom on Microsoft Word. How 'bout you?

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Labels: Personal, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 11:22 AM

Monday, September 24, 2007

Disturbed sleep

It's really not a good sign when one starts dreaming about Facebooking ...

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Technorati Tags: Facebook

posted by Tym at 11:41 AM

Friday, August 31, 2007

Of all the ...

I thought I got a splinter in my foot --- but it was a whisker from my cat!

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Labels: Kitty corner, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 4:42 PM

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

I have a bad earworm

Blame it on the iCommons party I attended last night, but I woke up with an insipid mash-up of Garbage's "When I Grow Up" with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's "Enola Gay".

And it won't go away.

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Technorati Tags: iCommons

Labels: Life in the internet age, Pop culture, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 7:54 AM

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Not the coolest thing to do, I'm aware ...

But is anyone going to be watching the National Day Rally at 8 pm so that we can heckle it together online?

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Technorati Tags: Singapore, National Day Rally, heckle

Labels: Life in the internet age, Singapore stories, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 5:34 PM

Saturday night spelling bee

Not since I was a pre-teen have I needed to be sure I got the spelling of "hippopotamus" right ... and I almost had to use "hippopotami".

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Technorati Tags: hippopotamus, spelling

Labels: Twitteresque, Words words words

posted by Tym at 12:54 AM

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Because anything can be a song

Everyone needs to go listen right now to the Barenaked Ladies' "Testing 1, 2, 3" (recorded at a concert in Lexington, Kentucky in 2004).

It's nice when Last.fm makes me laugh in the middle of clearing work email.

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Technorati Tags: Last.fm, Barenaked Ladies

posted by Tym at 5:36 PM

Shortchanging myself

I have been madly scrambling to get all sorts of work done because I thought I had only two weeks between returning from Ho Chi Minh City and jetting off again --- but it turns out that I cannot read a calendar properly, because in fact I have three weeks.

Now I can breathe again.

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Labels: Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 2:30 PM

Thursday, August 02, 2007

Off to a party

--- at which I will be the oldest person there other than the host's parents.

I'm not sure what stage of life this marks, but it has to mark something (other than impending dotage).

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Labels: Once a teacher, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 6:22 PM

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Fast food frustration

Sometimes I eat at MOS Burger, and then I wish I'd taken a few steps more and eaten at Burger King instead.

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Labels: Food for thought, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 7:54 PM

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Crabby when hungry

Now that's a warning label I should come with.

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Labels: Personal, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 10:40 AM

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Flavours

I had two kiwifruit after lunch and now I can't wash the tang out of my mouth.

Oh wait, a mouthful of fresh black coffee just did the trick.

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Labels: Food for thought, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 3:05 PM

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Things I wanted to Twitter yesterday

... but didn't have the time or internet connection to.

$83.94 for a new remote control for the airconditioner??

Despite all the construction and new traffic, pockets of Portsdown Road are still very pretty.

Nothing like almost choking to breathlessness on a miscplaced gulp of water to add a little perspective to one's day.

People who screw up one's dinner (namely Suzie's) should offer at least a free dessert to atone. (Sun With Moon Cafe, if anyone wants to know. Good food and service, except for the part where they screwed up).

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Labels: Food for thought, Personal, Singapore stories, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 12:36 PM

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

I'm a weak-minded fool and you're all sly, crafty old rats, redux

Previous post here.

No time to blog.

So I Twitter. Do you?

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Technorati Tags: Twitter

posted by Tym at 1:06 PM

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Welcome back

Ah, swollen lymph node, how I've missed you.

Not.

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Labels: Personal, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 10:38 AM

Friday, March 09, 2007

Bah

How can I be so tired even after 8 hours of solid sleep?

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Labels: Personal, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 8:47 AM

Monday, February 19, 2007

First day hiccups

I'm not sure that it's good luck for the New Year to be standing by the roadside and repeatedly muttering, "Where the fuck are all the cabs?"

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Technorati Tags: Singapore, Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year

Labels: Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 12:53 AM

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Gobsmacked

So it turns out that in this era when the word "Google" has evolved from a search engine to a brand name to a bona fide verb in the dictionary, there are people my age who still use Yahoo to search.
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posted by Tym at 2:10 AM

Friday, November 24, 2006

The mirror doesn't lie

I have white hairs!!!

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Labels: Personal, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 2:11 PM

Monday, November 13, 2006

They will blow your mind

"Fruity Oaty Bars" is the best cell phone ringtone ever.

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Technorati Tags: Firefly, Serenity, Fruity Oaty Bars, ringtone

Labels: Pop culture, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 2:22 PM

Sunday, October 29, 2006

My mom was right

It's too hot in Singapore to wear this shirt, even in the semi-airconditioned environment of a Halloween party.

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Technorati Tags: Singapore, Halloween, Halloween2006, Virtual Insanity

Labels: Personal, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 5:29 PM

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

A meeting of minds

It's very thrilling to unexpectedly meet someone who not only appreciates Beautiful Girls as much I do, but once we get started on it, both of us immediately quote the same line: "Romeo and Juliet, the dyslexic version."

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Labels: Personal, Pop culture, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 12:21 AM

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Monday, October 09, 2006

Too soon for comfort

Sometimes I see the preview trailer for World Trade Center on TV and I think, no, I'm not ready to watch that yet. No, not even the trailer.

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Technorati Tags: 9/11, September 11, World Trade Center

Labels: Personal, Pop culture, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 11:06 PM

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

It's an epidemic

If I see another "hip" and "funky" restroom, I'm going to vomit.

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Technorati Tags: Singapore, restroom, washroom, toilet, ladies' room

Labels: Singapore stories, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 4:46 PM

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Oktoberfest!

Beer.
Barflies.
Banter.
*burp*

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Technorati Tags: Singapore, Oktoberfest

Labels: Nightlife, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 1:09 AM

Saturday, September 23, 2006

No memory

How sad is it that even after looking up both Terz's and my blogs, and reviewing my credit card records from last December, both of us have absolutely no recollection of how we celebrated his birthday last year.

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Labels: Life in the internet age, Personal, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 2:40 PM

Friday, September 22, 2006

TGIF!

There's no better to start a Friday evening than to have a delightful colleague come in at 6 pm bearing well-powdered doughnut holes from Four Leaves Bakery for everyone.

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Labels: Food for thought, Freelancin' living, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 6:16 PM

Who knew?

So it seems that when people who only know my first name find out about my double-barrelled five-syllable last name, their instinctive reaction is to think it's either a lie or a pen name of some kind.

Weird.

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Labels: Personal, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 12:45 PM

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Poo (literally)

Nothing like stepping in dog shit to wreck one's day.

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Labels: Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 4:07 PM

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

In case you didn't know

This is the best blog to follow what's going on in Thailand right now.

Well, until Cowboy Caleb goes home, anyway.

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Technorati Tags: Thailand, coup, military coup

posted by Tym at 8:01 PM

Friday, September 08, 2006

Still tapping away here

It is entirely apt that as the clock chimes 1:28 am and I start on a final piece of work (deadline: tomorrow), my iTunes on shuffle mode selects New Order's "Working Overtime", followed by the Postal Service's "The District Sleeps Tonight."

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Labels: Freelancin' living, Geek girl, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 1:34 AM

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Note to self

Consume coffee immediately after lunch in order to kickstart work for the afternoon, rather than zombie virtuously through the afternoon and capitulate to the coffee craving only at 5 pm, by which time several productive hours have been wasted.

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Technorati Tags: coffee, caffeine

Labels: Freelancin' living, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 6:00 PM

Sunday, August 20, 2006

I need a WorkSpace

Will someone please hurry up and develop one of these for Singapore already, please? Tankyu.

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Technorati Tags: Singapore, WorkSpace

Labels: Freelancin' living, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 10:26 AM

Monday, July 31, 2006

The not-so-cute side of having a cat

Ink just killed and ate a cockroach.

I'm torn between glee and revulsion.

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Technorati Tags: Ink the Cat

Labels: Kitty corner, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 9:59 PM

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Argh

I would like a glass of wine and a cigarette right now, please. Thank you.

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Labels: Personal, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 3:16 PM

Friday, June 30, 2006

Mid-morning snack

It is a very strange thing to be eating Khong Guan biscuits, while researching the founders of the Khong Guan Company.

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Technorati Tags: Singapore, Khong Guan

Labels: Food for thought, Singapore stories, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 11:24 AM

Saturday, June 03, 2006

burp says my fridge. Or maybe vomit

This one's for kk.

I have just thrown out the char siew baos from our Crystal Jade feast way back when.

Oops.

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Related Posts: The kind of kitchen I keep, I am not a housewife, My fridge is 80% chocolate

Labels: Domestically challenged, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 4:36 PM

Monday, May 15, 2006

I just wanted to say ...

... That there are many cute young Canadian men in the office today.

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Labels: Personal, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 12:42 PM

Go watch

ampulets reviews The Last Communist, which I saw last week, and as usual says it much better than I can.

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Technorati Tags: The Last Communist, movie review

Labels: Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 9:54 AM

Friday, May 05, 2006

Good morning

This morning, I opened the door to leave our apartment for work, and in the first burst of pre-rain fresh breeze, everything smelled of Vancouver.

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Labels: Singapore stories, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 9:58 AM

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Seeing stars

Some nights, I plan to blog, have pictures and a draft post and everything --- and then it's 3:52 am by the time I send my last deadline-non-negotiable work email and you know what? It's time for bed.

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Labels: Freelancin' living, Life in the internet age, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 3:54 AM

Friday, April 21, 2006

How to beat a rebellious nose into submission

Embarrass it by going public with its recalcitrant behaviour.

Today I'm much better.

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Labels: Personal, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 6:53 PM

Friday, April 14, 2006

Why everyone should keep disassembled fans around

So that the cat has a playground to rummage around in.

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Technorati Tags: InkTheCat

Labels: Kitty corner, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 3:13 PM

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Can't win 'em all

Some days I am geek girl. Other days, like today, I need to download a video in order to figure out how to remove the cover on my cellphone so that I can reset it.

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Technorati Tags: geek

Labels: Geek girl, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 6:00 PM

Monday, March 20, 2006

The simple things

I'm not sure if I'm getting cat-like tendencies, but I really like the feel of the office carpet under my feet and have taken to padding barefoot whenever I'm up and about from my desk.

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Technorati Tags: cat

Labels: Kitty corner, Personal, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 5:38 PM

Monday, March 13, 2006

Why you should be nice to your friends in primary school

Because they may turn up many years later as the wife of your boss!

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Labels: Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 11:15 AM

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Revelation of the day

So apparently, I am a Senior Researcher and Script Editor.

It's nice when other people make up nice-sounding titles for the work I do.

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Labels: Freelancin' living, Personal, Twitteresque, Words words words

posted by Tym at 2:36 PM

Thursday, March 02, 2006

On a completely different note

Epicurious has the best iced tea in Singapore.

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Labels: Food for thought, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 4:19 PM

Thursday, February 16, 2006

I've always liked a good storm

It never rains.

But it sure the hell pours.

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Labels: Personal, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 7:32 PM

Thursday, February 09, 2006

Well, now

It occurs to me that I really suck at interviews.

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Labels: Personal, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 12:53 PM

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Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Damn.

How on earth did I miss the news that Betty Friedan died last Saturday?

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Labels: Gender agenda, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 11:43 PM

Monday, January 09, 2006

I know some people are rich but ---

--- Who the hell goes into Watson's (a local drugstore) and tries to use a $1,000 bill to pay at the cashier?!

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Labels: Singapore stories, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 8:08 PM

Sunday, December 18, 2005

The season of love

Christastrophe's said it all: The taste of love is sweet / When hearts like ours meet.

Labels: Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 12:18 PM

Thursday, December 15, 2005

Who, me?

I have just been described by someone who's known me for ten years as 'free-spirited'.

Now that's a first.

Labels: Personal, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 11:00 AM

Sunday, December 04, 2005

Status check

I have been telling everyone I'm imminently unemployed. I like the way the phrase rolls off my tongue --- for now.

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Labels: Personal, Twitteresque

posted by Tym at 9:52 AM