Have you ever felt that sometimes the harder we try, the higher we rise, or the more successful we are, the more people WANT us to fail? Or perhaps I should be asking if we, too, feel that wee gleam of joy when we see other people failing?
The german word is Schadenfreude, which means, happiness [...]
Last Sunday, I came across this book that I had sitting on my bookshelf. I bought this book in an Oxfam second-hand bookshop in London 2 years ago, but hadn’t read it until just a couple of days ago. I read it in one sitting as it is surprisingly a very CHARMING book. I’d [...]
I meant to write a post about Sichuan Earthquake, and it’s such a shame that I hadn’t done so earlier. Almost a month and a half after the disaster, I still feel very strongly about sharing my thoughts with you. So here I am, finally typing my thoughts down.
I was in China at that time, [...]
I meant to write a post about Valentine on Valentine’s day 2 days ago, but somehow haven’t got the chance to do so as I was really occupied. I thought I would write yesterday, but not after I heard the heartrending news that my uncle, all of a sudden, passed away yesterday. It really came [...]
I have oftentimes heard people say: “Oh..I’m only 18 years old”; “I’m only 20″; or “I’m still 23 years old”, and so on. I’m sure you’ve heard these around you too.
The danger of putting oneself in this frame of mind is that before one realises, time flies away and one hasn’t done anything significant. The [...]
I was ecstatic that I happened to be in town last November 11, for my daughter’s 11th b’day. By now you’d know that I’m referring to Spike (my puppy, whom I adore very very much). I’ve always had the tradition of cooking some noodle for her to eat on her b’day (+ a boiled egg, [...]
Today I’m celebrating my 2nd anniversary of my being a vegetarian. Yay!!! It was in London, on the 3rd of November 2005 when I had that moment and decided to be a vegetarian for life.
I was working on my MBA coursework in my tiny room in London with the telly on. After working for [...]
As a response the article (”Not Too Busy To Care”) I wrote the other day, a friend of mine (Soerhong Liwang) wrote me about his past terrifying experience with ER. With his permission, I’m publishing some of his paragraphs on the story–I thought it’s worth knowing how dysfunctional the word ‘dysfunctional’ can really mean in [...]
My watch showed that it was 17.08 PM yesterday when I found myself being stuck & panicking in bad traffic, on the way to the hospital. Sitting in the car felt like forever and wishing that the traffic would be a little loose soon seemed to be the only thing I could do.
When we reached [...]
Have you ever felt intimidated?
I’m sure the answer is YES (unless you are something so unyielding—like a cactus in the desert or a highly annoying SNOB for that matter, hahaha :D). Every day in our life, we are likely to encounter people whom we regard intimidating (whether that intimidation is intended by the other party [...]
