Beau Lotus wrote an excellent piece on why she keeps a blog and these paragraphs echoed resonantly -

But the need to share is probably greater than the fear, which in any case shouldn’t be allowed to dictate our lives. And as long as one takes responsibility for one’s musings and doesn’t care about the judgement of those who do not matter…

So I blog because bloggers form a community of some sort. There is inspiration, support, information, ideas, beauty e.g. lovely photography. There is voyeurism, voyages, videos, memes, lucky draws and …

I read the recent articles (appended below) on maid abuse with much sadness and disgust. A policeman, a mother and a family of maid abusers - truly the other spectrum of the human race. Makes me wonder what the world is coming to.
I personally never had a maid - am too much of a perfectionist anal retentive privacy fanatic Ms Gotta do it all herself to have a maid. Come on, it is a matter of common sense after all. If you know you are the fussy or intolerant type, …

Strangely commuters are disputing PTC’s findings. They must be being deliberately disagreeable to be difficult.
To the PTC, a bus is “on time” if the computer at the interchange tracks it as leaving the interchange on schedule.
How interesting. In the future, if I am late for appointments or meetings, it’s suffice to just explain that I left home on time.
Dr Vincent Chua says that PTC has to ‘be fair to bus operators and their long-term commercial viability’. Sure, doc. How about being fair both ways? Writing off commuters’ unpleasant …

This article was first published in The Online Citizen.
In order to make a difference in the climate of socio-political awareness, we do have to question ourselves too - are we opposing for the sake of opposing?
Recently, two incidents made me think about how much our average Singaporean cares about his or her country and fellow citizens. Is it the sense of superiority that makes one shy away from his less fortunate fellow men? Is it the comfort zone that we are cocooned in that makes one turn a blind eye …

It took quite a while for our Prime Minister to share his thoughts about the Lehman saga but finally - a month after the news broke, he granted an interview to who else but ST.
At this point in time, many of the concerns have already been addressed and not by the people who should, so really, any pertinent points raised are at best supplementary. The motivation to read, for some of us, is really the entertainment of chuckling while enjoying a hot cuppa coffee.
And so, our PM says
‘First of all, …

The recent media coverage on Generation Y set me thinking. Is there much difference in the values and urban culture between the Generation Y and Generation X (like myself)?
I have been independent since 16. I will shamefully admit that I experimented with Sonia Rykiel, Thomas Chantal and Jean Paul Gaultier in secondary school (ah lian!) but I never had the cheek to ask my parents to fund my frivolousities. After I moved out and rented my own pad, I was flying solo all the way. Whenever I hear of people …

A reader commented in my previous post -
How come you are not posting about your wonderful Mr Big anymore? I see you have gone political on your readers and I can’t say I like it. What are you trying to prove by suddenly changing your blogging style? Fame? Or to prove you are not a bimbo?
I am disappointed at this sudden 360 degree change of direction where you almost never talk about your own life, kids, Big anymore. Or is there something to hide?
Hope to see you reverting back to …

I was reading about the “big spenders” in the latest issue of the Female magazine. I pick up magazines every month to keep abreast of the local fashion coverage for my writing. This article about the ‘big spenders’ left me feeling a little, well, disconcerted.Don’t get me wrong, I am not against having money, living a luxurious lifestyle or being well groomed. I, for one, am a woman who likes my retail therapy, my grooming routines and my little indulgences.  The distaste is towards those who put on a casual …

We have heard a lot about Social Media from experts and “experts” out there so I thought it’s about time for change. Here’s my take on social media - from the point of view of a social media dinosaur.
1. If it’s not useful, it’s junk - I dislike so many pointless IT “social media” applications which I find pointless (to the dinosaur, at least). I dislike podcasts or vodcasts or whatever casts because

I cannot speed read for time efficiency.
It takes …

A good pondering on the perennial question.
Do your art. But don’t wreck your art if it doesn’t lend itself to paying the bills. That would be a tragedy.
(And the twist, because there is always a twist, is that as soon as you focus on your art and leave the money behind, you may just discover that this focus turns out to be the secret of actually breaking through and making money.)
How true.
Lately I’ve been pondering quite a lot about this.
How many actually love what they do?
How many actually do what …