stupid.
Yes, I used to smoke. It’s a personal choice then and as stupid as it sounds now, it was relaxing and kept me slim (the metabolism thing). Actually smoking is never a “personal choice” as smoke toxins released into the air causes global pollution, and second hand smoke causes more harm to the people around you than to yourself, but let’s not go there for now. I’ll be kind and say it’s a personal choice.
It’s one thing when it’s a “personal choice”, and it’s another when it affects the baby in your …

Via Business Asiaone.
GETTING a three-month bonus at the end of the year may be a satisfying reward for most people.
Now imagine getting 80 months’ bonus. That means for that a year worked, you will get about seven years’ worth of pay in terms of bonus.

Mental orgasms.

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And even Big can tell. He says I am not as stretched as I was at previous employer, and am relaxed on Sundays too. Thinking back, I would get rather preoccupied and even jumpy on Sundays, because I knew I would have a punishing week ahead of me.
So, it’s good. …

OK, I am not that old. Lest those of you who are older zap me with your evil eye.
But I AM old at heart, I swear.
As the years or months go by, I find myself behaving more and more like an old biddy.
Frowning on people who smoke and drink. Clucking away like an old hen at heavily tattooed backs (of females, no less!). Disgust at people who don’t know the simple courtesy of social etiquette.
Arranging my money notes by order and facing the correct way. Putting away my receipts …

I don’t normally read food blogs unless they are peppered with personal life anecdotes/ they contain relevant local references and recommendations, or/ and they contain the recipes of which food they are featuring. I enjoy reading The Dutchess and Beaulotus, one for her light hearted snippets on food and life, the other a very candid and real sharing about her life, family and mouth watering recipes.
What I definitely feel irritating about some food blogs is the way the author puts on this superior snooty air and talks about Michelin places or expensive delicacies like the …