I bought a TV a couple of weeks ago. Now, I don’t actually watch that much TV, but it’s just one of those things you get for your new house, right? (How else would you distract your relatives when they visit and ask awkward questions?) You’d think that buying a TV should be relatively simple: […]
Someday, I’m gonna sit my 4-year old son on my lap and tell him, “Son, there comes a time in every boy’s life when he becomes a man. For me, that was in October 2015 when I bought my first house.” My son will look at me with pleading eyes and go, “No dad, not
There comes a time in every man’s life, when he has to grit his teeth, grab life by the nuts… …And buy an engagement ring. Yes, dear reader, I’ve come to that milestone: My girlfriend and I have spent the last couple of months on the hunt for a ruby gemstone that will form the centrepiece of
I’m a huge weirdo, so I love to do random studies like whether I can eat a whole bowl of ramen (I can), whether 7 hours of sleep really makes a huge difference to productivity (it doesn’t), and whether The Wolverine is the worst X-Men movie ever (the jury is still out on that one). My latest
¡Hola, I’m back! Didja miss me? So sorry for being MIA for the past couple of weeks – I was vacationing in Spain, and after I got back I had to prepare for an unexpected interview (for an internal rotation – I’m not quitting my job!). But it’s all good now, and I can finally
Read a great article by Christopher Elliot today, titled Ridiculous or Not? Low-Cost Airlines That Cost More. It gave the example of how Southwest, one of the most popular low-cost airlines in America, sometimes has higher fares than full service carriers like US Airways. It gets away with this because it labels itself as a
Fun fact: It takes TWICE the amount of time for me to commute within Singapore from Yio Chu Kang to Changi (25km away) compared to someone commuting from New Jersey to Manhattan (67 km away). I know, it really defies the laws of Physics. Anyways, I love the fact that it takes me 1.5 hours
