After an infinite hiatus (or some 22 million seconds), I’m back with a long overdue post. Where have I been the past 6240 hours?
As freak floods that tend to occur once every 50 years hit Singapore this year at a rapid rate making us older than the 45 years we are supposed to be, it is ironic timing to see PUB Chairman Tan Gee Paw given the National Day award of the Distinguished Service Order.
Singapore with a population of approx. 5million (throwing in all the foreigners & all) has never exactly been a lucrative market for most foreign entities in comparison to the rest of the World. The telecommunications market, media, and subsequently pay television market have longed remained in the hands of government owned entities, despite the opening up of these markets in recent years.
When you reach a certain age (like 17), Disneyland suddenly doesn’t hold the enthrallment as it once did when you were say maybe, 7. Instead, when you work to buy your air ticket to the country where they exalt liberty, suddenly the foremost attraction became Universal Studios. Watching cowboys slug it out behind false walls, meandering jet skis in Water World …
Is one born to slog their entire life?
Spotted on Lower Delta Road, turtle crossing the road, and a kind soul actually stopped traffic at the main junction so that it could cross I think. Well, couldn’t think of any other reason why he stopped really. If he did it for the turtle, bless his soul.
You can envisage how small the World is when on a monday, you see two army mates prowling around Orchard, and your friend spots you in the cinema when you are watching Transformers. Then, he informs you that friends of another friend is in the same cinema. Population overload.
When you work on top of a hill, surrounded by a jungle, these sightings are commonplace.
Was walking through AMK central earlier enroute from getting my mum’s new mobile, and guess what I saw? A box of durians for $1! Is there a surplus in durians supply this year? Or were the durians just about to go bad?