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I’m chucking the music of the millennium out the window and returning to my roots. I’ve spent rather a blissful night getting my hands on 80’s and 90’s music and listening to cheesy old songs with ecstatic abandon.
‘Piano In The Dark’ by Brenda Russell, ‘All Through The Night’ by Cyndi Lauper, ‘California [...]

I don’t know what Rihanna’s problem is but her last two singles have been nothing short of soul-destroyingly annoying.
If I hear that song just one more time I am going to stuff the radio full of fish guts and feed it to a twelve-foot crocodile in the Amazon river.
(Wait. Are there crocs in the [...]

Yey finally managed to cash out from my Nuffnang blog ads. Woo! Funny thing is that on the Nuffnang envelope they typed the following sentence: “Nuffnang!!! your moola has arriveddd!!!!!”
Hurhur.

Happy Total Defence Day!
‘Tis the day the government has set aside to commemorate Total Defence, on the anniversary of the British surrender of Singapore to the Japanese.
‘Tis the day when the public announcement system is tested by blaring the air raid siren over the the whole of Singapore for about a minute at noon.
Indeed, ’tis [...]

The best surprise is the kind you never see coming. That you never expect.
The best surprise is getting the world’s biggest and best and most unexpected Valentine’s Day card ever, right where everyone can see it.
Can’t stop smiling :)
And because this post wouldn’t be complete without a little sentimental mush, here’s a Valentine’s Day [...]

Happy birthday to the big sister I never had but suddenly find myself saddled with :D
I LOVES YOU MUCHERS!
Here’s to racking up more countries on the list! We’ve only hit seven so far. I’m sure we can do much better in the years to come :)
Thank you for being there.
(In case [...]

Teehee!
-taken from Pearls Before Swine

As seen on my NIE online portal:
“NTU Christian Fellowship invites you to a Valentine’s Day lunch where we’ll talk about sex.”
My, how lovely.

Men put on weight because women discover that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.
Women put on weight because men don’t want to eat alone.
Men put on weight because they insist on eating up what women are too weight-conscious to finish.
Women put on weight because they eat dessert that they rationalize they [...]

More to add to the list of recipes to try. Using my blog to remember them all :D
Pork Riblets Braised in Vietnamese Caramel Sauce
Serves 2 as a meal or 4 as a starter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/3 cup fish sauce
1/3 cup sliced shallots
1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
1 slab baby back ribs [...]