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Archive for May, 2006

Buzzwords. Not.

Monday, May 29

Monday morning. Sitting at my desk wading through the e-mails, mentally prioritising the tasks for the day. Not yet in full gear, so I could selectively pick out interesting conversation from the humdrum. Then I heard it. “Double confirm”.
A colleague on the phone (she said it twice).
Jarred my senses and interrupted my train of thought. [...]

Schnikt!

Saturday, May 27

Apart from the numbnut next to me who was providing his girlfriend with a running commentary, I rather enjoyed X-Men: The Last Stand (a.k.a. X-Men 3 here in Singapore). Comic book fans might call it sacrilege, but it was entertaining. We even get to see Wolverine and Colossus do the Fastball Special.
Quite a few more [...]

There is no justice

Thursday, May 25

What’s wrong with this graph? The two most important events in America – American Idol finals, and the presidential elections. On both occassions, the wrong guy ended up winning!
I guess it’s not called the Land of Opportunity for nothing. *sigh*
FALLEN IDOL CHRIS DAUGHTRY (HE HOT!!)
YOU HAVE MY VOTE, BABE

¿Quieres bailar?

Monday, May 8

Monday night is flamenco night. The only day of the week that I run out of the office at 6:00 pm sharp. Tonight’s class was only an hour instead of the usual 90 minutes because there was a workshop happening right after our class. The workshop was conducted by Antonio Vargas – you might recognise [...]

Happy birthday, Mr Boo

Friday, May 5

Some birthday trivia
Your date of conception was on or about 13 August 1971 which was a Friday.
You were born on a Friday under the astrological sign of Taurus.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Rat.
Your Life Path number is 11.
Your birthstone is emerald.
Your birth tree is the Poplar.
As of 1:20:45 PM EDT today, [...]

My boys

Monday, May 1

One of my favourite boys turned 17 today. That’s 84 cat years. Thought he might like some gourmet rodent as a special treat but the possum and venison stuff that I got for the fusspot didn’t quite cut it. Comet, my other favourite boy, happily wolfed down the strange stew. Comet will be 10 this [...]