Still unable to come up with a personal description after living with myself all these years. I like rugby though.
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I had a document that displayed only the first 7 pages (~1000 words) in Print Layout view even when the Word Count display stated 4000+ words. I could view all the text only in Draft view, but the tables could not be viewed. Save As a new file in .htm/.html format didn't work. Copying and pasting (Track...
I've been exchanging FB messages with an online acquaintance on and off for a few days. He's a cool enough dude. (I mean, he's sending me pics of him with his kids and asking if we'd be interested in joining them; it's a strange way to set up a play date!) I see it as conversation, although Enfant...
Have I told you about my 2 kids? I have 2 kids now. They were born 2 years apart. They are 2 much 2 handle sometimes. Daughter was born at 34 weeks and 1 day. (Star Wars Day baby. Also Audrey Hepburn and Kimora Lee Simmons's birthdays.) I had an emergency c-section because I had preeclampsia. I still take...
Just saw that Kilian Jornet and Emilie Fosberg have had their baby! THIS is a child with an athletic pedigree, if there ever was one. I can't imagine the pressure. I also wanted to make a crack about how a woman shouldn't have to have a marathon labor just because she's the world's premier ultra-runner,...
Today, I asked Enfant Terrible what I now realise was a loaded question: "Do you think you and your mum will ever be able to have a normal conversation?" And he shot back with: "What makes you think you and your mum have such normal conversations?" Touché! I guess what I meant was: is it possible for...
I spent most of Saturday following a Twitter thread on a nasi kandar jaunt in Penang. I'm not sure if "epic" is the right word for it, but the 5 dudes had 11 (ELEVEN) meals in a single day. I don't know what time they started, but they stumbled back to their accommodation at about 1 AM, stuffed to...
How to get that hotel room smell* in your own room (I know...): Get a cup of coffee with a little milk in it Set the air-conditioning at full blast. Bring the coffee in and let it hang out for a while. You're allowed to sip. Start work. Be transported out of your current surroundings! Realise it's not real...
Here is an article about John Cheever the writer: Vodka for Breakfast: On the Melancholy of Cheever's Journals. I found Cheever's Bullet Park in a now-closed secondhand bookshop (isn't that the fate of all secondhand bookshops now though?) about 20 years (!) ago. In the blurb on the back was a line about...
When I was in China with my mum, the hotel "buffet" breakfast usually involved plain rice porridge to which you added condiments and toppings (usually soya sauce, salt, pepper, and a bunch of salted vegetables). It was simple and filling and you had only yourself to blame if you didn't like what was in the...
I didn't realise how freeing it'd be to just delete a draft from my dashboard here. It had sat there so long I'd forgotten the context in which it was begun. Well, that's not true. It was about soap. So trivial! But I like soap. Or I like the idea that using a soap will see a brand new me emerging...
I don't think I've ever written about when I was in my last year of secondary school, i.e., Form 5, and had no idea what I'd do afterwards. Everyone seemed to have a plan or knew what they'd study after Form 6. Most of it seemed to involve studying accounting in Australia and/or working there. In fact,...
I made a breakfast cookie today. It was nice but not something I'd rave about. I suspect that's why the recipe and other similar recipes call for toppings like nut butters and jam and fruit and whatnot: it's to hide the fact that anything made with oatmeal and a scant (stingy, some might say) half...
I made chocolate bark the other day. It might not sound like a big deal to you, but it was a revelation for me. What I did was: Melt the remainder of a 70% dark chocolate bar (~100 g) and 100 g semi-sweet chocolate chips in the microwave.* Drop in a pinch of chili powder (serbuk cabe).** Stir everything...
That's all it takes for a boy on a scooter to go from zooming down a slope, a banana in one hand, to sprawling, dazed, on the asphalt with elbows and knees scraped after losing his balance. Also the time taken for you to have a bite of banana muffin and for your kid to spill her strawberry yogurt drink on...
I dreamt that I was Idris Elba. The complete and utter self-assurance of just being in "my" own skin was amazing. I want to be like that in real life but the feeling is fading too quickly.
I bought into the whole minimalism thing and have been psyching myself up to clear clutter from my house. Although I might not have 20+ years' worth of junk, I'm still loathe to let go of all the clothes I haven't worn in years and will never wear again (because they are ugly or don't fit). (Keeping the...
Using baby oil (or any other oil) instead of soap or shaving cream to shave. It's great: you don't have to step in the shower, and you just wipe off any excess. Clean your shaver well, of course, but that's about it! You don't even have to buy artisanal bespoke-concocted stuff (Truefitt Hill's...
I made an apple butter thing and it's pretty nice, so I'm feeling very pleased with myself. It goes like this: Apples: peeled (if the skin tastes bad*), cored, and quartered. Enough water to just cover them after you've placed them in a pot. Bring the apples to a boil, then reduce the heat to simmer until...
Perioral dermatitis is a thing that can happen in pregnancy. It's an itchy red rash around your mouth area and it makes you look like a damn slob. Not everyone gets it, and treatment varies from antibiotics to dermatological medications. In my case, it appeared to have been triggered by spending some time...
Enfant Terrible was registering us for a race the other day and needed my personal details. He entered my IC number on the eletronic form, then paused. "How old are you this year?" he said. Quick mental arithmetic done, I said, "36. Why?" "I'm wondering if I'm supposed to enter you in the women's...