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?
I haven’t gone on a holiday or exactly planned for one since I went for my graduation trip in Perth last year. Why you might ask?
I just wished Bosnia had won the play-off qualifiers. Then we would have been spared the agony of staring at these wonderful kits.
The World Cup draw for the finals in South Africa 2010 was held on Friday in Cape Town, with Charlize Theron taking all the attention away from what would have been a drab affair.
Thierry Henry would probably rank as one of the top ten players in the 2000s, his sublime dribbling synonymous with Arsenal’s flowing style. However, last night, he proved that as it is with footballers with all the prodigious talent, could do anything to win a game, just ask a certain Diego.