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The SOYJOY Blogger Challenge

May 13, 2009 / Daily Life

Along with 4 other awesome Singapore bloggers, I was chosen by the guys at Ogilvy team to participate in blog challenge / campaign for SOYJOY, a healthy fruit bar from Japan’s Otsuka Pharmaceuticals (who also brought the world Pocari Sweat ポカリスエット). The 5 of us bloggers will be competing in a series of challenges over the…



What's in My Bag?

April 5, 2009 / Daily Life

Andi tagged me earlier this week with a “What’s in my bag?” meme. I’m usually too lazy to do memes, but I loved how Andi tagged people of all walks of life to see what we each carry. That really piqued my interest. So here I am boring the rest of you with what I…



My Valentine's Day in Singapore

With my boyfriend still in Canada, I spent my Valentine’s day with a friend this year. We went to some nice places, bought some clothes, and had an mini adventure of sorts. Food For Thought Our first stop was the Food for Thought. It’s not everyday you can walk into a quaint IKEA-laden store that serve only…



Indulgence: Reliving My Teens

January 3, 2009 / Daily Life

Happy 2009 and Merry Belated Christmas! Sorry, I’ve been missing in action the past few weeks. I took a trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to visit my high school friends. It was like reliving my teenaged years for a week. We watched movies, played pool, ate at Chilli’s and by the roadside, played at the arcade, followed…



How to Become Successful: 10,000 hours

December 4, 2008 / Culture, Daily Life, Opinion, Psychology, Reviews

Yes, that’s right. A portion to success in anything is to clock 10,000 hours, 417 full days into whatever you do. Or so claims Malcolm Gladwell, author of “Blink“, in his latest book “Outliers“. After interviewing many extraordinary people like Bill Gates and the Beatles, he comes to the conclusion that one important component of…



Dear Delifrance Singapore…

November 17, 2008 / Daily Life, Reviews

Dear Delifrance, Last week, your Egg D’vine sandwich declared war on me. The sandwich suffered severe casualties with its innards splattered everywhere – the table, the wall and even on my face. This war could have been easily avoided, if only you had a better understanding of knife politics. I ordered a baguette with egg mayo topping;…



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