i’m no good at being sick. i took half of monday and all tuesday off, and by half four on tuesday afternoon i had the beginnings of some serious cabin fever.
there are only so many hours one can sleep, dvds one can watch, books and newspapers one can read, and bowls of soup one can [...]

n.b: thinking to yourself halfway through august, how pleased you are that you’ve managed to avoid falling ill this winter, will guarantee your hubristic self struck down by a horrible cough the very next day.
oops, i think i just hacked up a bit of lung.
meh. what kind of girl lets a little internal organ stop [...]

i went and saw a sneak preview of this film last friday. from the hazy images of the opening i was drawn right in, and by the end of it i was reduced to tears. (that they closed the film with track 3 on this album didn’t help.)
here’s a well-written review that also addresses the [...]

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dear singapore,
happy 40th birthday, you crazy fucking country.
i heart you long time.
’stee
xox

we had showings for our artists-in-residence last weekend, and we thought that with the weather being what it was, it might be a good idea to serve some hearty winter soup at the bar.
so i went looking online for a recipe and i came across this one that advertises itself as quick & easy minestrone [...]

in an act of fortuitous timing, my sister moved out this morning to shack up with her boy in glebe, and i’ve gained a housemate in the form of my dear friend elliott, who, in an act of extreme organisation, the likes of which i can only ever aspire to, has moved all his stuff [...]

you know that old joke that goes:
Q: what’s worse than biting into an apple and finding a worm?
A: biting into an apple and finding half a worm.
well, this morning i bit into a strawberry and found half a worm. the problem with the half worm, of course, is that it means the other half is [...]

one of the perks of working where i do, is that my colleagues are all creative people, in such a variety of ways. just last weekend my GM organised a little party at her place she calls salon. the rule is this: if you go, you have to do something creative. and it was quite [...]