Too much yoga

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I’m a Gen Y!

By raw definition, I’m a baby boomer but in terms of how I’ve kept up with today’s happenings and technologies, I’m a Gen Y.
The Straits Times did a huge coverage Generation Y today. Their disclaimer is that there is no consensus over the exact birth dates that define Gen Y but a rough gauge is [...]

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Mother’s Day

Someone asked me this morning if I’d be getting something for Mother’s Day which incidentally falls on Pentecost Sunday (11 May 2008). I said, “No. It’s all commercialism.” “Not even a card?” he asked. “Nope,” I replied.
I don’t want a card, or flowers. Every year, the Church sells flowers and you can (a) get a [...]

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Tattoos

Mind Your Body today (supplement of the Straits Times that comes out every Tuesday) highlights people whose body are covered with tattoos. It’s a wonder why people would want to subject themselves to the excruciating pain of getting a tattoo.
I watched on TV a couple of nights ago when people said they won’t want to [...]

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Leave the preschoolers alone

The Straits Times today reported that some pre-school schools have re-opened following the recent outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). The cases of children infected with HFMD continue to soar in Singapore and the rest of South East Asia.
What irks me in the same report was the comment made by one parent who [...]

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Call – God, yours or mine?

The Freedom Writers Diary written in 1999 by Erin Gruwell and her group of “Freedom Writers” was the inspiration of the movie by the same name (starring Hilary Swank). The book is about how Erin Gruwell, a freshie teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California, turned around the rebellious and society-outcast teens [...]

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