was just reading some article about sg in the coming years and i think its sort of exciting to see how everything will change, and start to become all exciting. and i'm kinda happy to be part of this whole era of change.
anyway, i just finished a book called falling leaves by adeline yen mah. it was amazing, and so so touching. it's her autobiography, about how she lived through her unhappy childhood yrs with unloving stepmother and siblings, and it just made me so bitter at the end after she found out how her siblings betrayed her for the inheritance when all the time, all she did was for some kind of acknowledgment in her family. all in all, definitely a book i'd recommend!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
i find it sooo hard to shop for my dad, who's not a tech-geek, not fashion fwd (and alrdy has enough ties/cufflinks/belts/watches etc) and doesnt exactly read. so we always just end up having a dinner. mums (and women in general) are so much easier to shop for! even a shopping voucher is appreciated hahha.
on a separate note, i must say that something DEFINITELY needs to be done about shopping in sg. after coming back from the US, i definitely think that our stuff are horrendously overpriced. which will probably explain why it is taking so long for sg to become asia's fashion hub.
anyway, i find that i cant work with people who are simply not practical or grounded when it comes to planning certain stuff. lofty ideas that are out of the box and creative BUT so ludicrous! and the fact that they dont even think about the practicality and refuse to budge just gets on my nerves so badly.
on a separate note, i must say that something DEFINITELY needs to be done about shopping in sg. after coming back from the US, i definitely think that our stuff are horrendously overpriced. which will probably explain why it is taking so long for sg to become asia's fashion hub.
anyway, i find that i cant work with people who are simply not practical or grounded when it comes to planning certain stuff. lofty ideas that are out of the box and creative BUT so ludicrous! and the fact that they dont even think about the practicality and refuse to budge just gets on my nerves so badly.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
there's this recent article about whether we should preserve some of our local landmark buildings, busstops, schools etc. and my answer is definitely yes. anyone who has been to Europe, UK or US would know that any building they see can easily be more than a 100 years old.
The reason why sg may be lacking a culture, may be precisely cos we improve everything much too quickly, not preserving pieces of our past that people may be able to relate to deeply. Maybe it's cos we're too small, so improvements tend to spread to every corner of the country. But though improvements are good, wouldn't it be nice to keep more of our history? in the countries mentioned above, buildings just survive generations after generations, residences turned into shops etc. why should we demolish everything and start building again?
the impression that ppl have abt sg would probably be that we're modern, etc, but what attracts me about the other countries is precisely the fact that they blend the old and new together so perfectly. that's what sg should learn.
The reason why sg may be lacking a culture, may be precisely cos we improve everything much too quickly, not preserving pieces of our past that people may be able to relate to deeply. Maybe it's cos we're too small, so improvements tend to spread to every corner of the country. But though improvements are good, wouldn't it be nice to keep more of our history? in the countries mentioned above, buildings just survive generations after generations, residences turned into shops etc. why should we demolish everything and start building again?
the impression that ppl have abt sg would probably be that we're modern, etc, but what attracts me about the other countries is precisely the fact that they blend the old and new together so perfectly. that's what sg should learn.