Do Whatever The Fuck You Want
(written ~Dec 2020?) When I was a teenager there was a Singaporean band that I really liked called Ronin, and one of their son
turning 30, 31
30 I just turned 30. I kinda try to do an update every year, though I’m not sure if I’ve been super deliberate about that.
first day of work
This was me on my first day of work. It’s been 4 years now. Here’s what I remember… I was terrified. It was
Helm Of The Arse Gods
Oddball confession: one of my first life-shaping experiences on the Internet was lying on a video game forum (Darkstone, Delph
My National Service Experience
Wrote this a few years ago. While I was still in NS. Around Dec 2011. I still remember when I went for my medical check-up a f
jamming studios
The first jamming studio that was a significant part of my life was some dingy place in Clarke Quay. I don’t remember the na
Memoirs
I have always been a somewhat scatter-brained person, and I’ve also always felt this sort of compulsion to catalog every
4 years together
Fun fact: Sharan Kaur and I got married 4 years ago today. It was kind of a secret. We did it over milkshakes and hotdogs at a
life-summary
1990 – Born 1994 – St Hilda’s Kindergarten 1997 – Opera Estate Primary School 1998 – Burnt hand 2000 – St Hild
The media is critical to how we make sense of ourselves and our reality
Why does this post exist? I think the media (in all its forms) is a very important part of what it means to be human. It’
Making sense of my childhood and how it shaped me
I was born on June 6th 1990, in Singapore. George HW Bush was President of the USA. The Berlin Wall fell, East and West German
“thinking about future”, february 2007
“My father is now bugging me to get a scholarship with the RSAF. It does not interest me at all. I have no interest in t
Starting work – excited to be among thoughtful, kind, high-functioning people [2013]
2014 EDIT: Just to avoid confusion; this was written at the start of 2013! I’m still working here and having loads of fu
NS Memories
I remember my enlistment day, April 19th 2010. It was over 15 months ago. (Now over 2 years ago!) I remember going to Pasir Ri
Penang 2012
This is an old post that was sitting around unfinished for a long time. It’s still unfinished. Posting it anyway. I’m
on recurring dreams, guilt and free will
I woke up today feeling fresh and recharged and ready to take on the world- which I will, in a short while, but I want to get
Sleeping during BMT and Signals
I haven’t been feeling too good these past few days. My mouth is dry, my eyes are burning (slightly). I went to bed at a
Waking Early + It’s okay to be incompetent
Day before yesterday, I took a long walk with my girlfriend and went to bed (relatively) early, at about 11pm. I was aware of
Memories of jamming with many different musicians
On hindsight, when I sit down and think about it, I’ve jammed with many, many different bands over the years, many of wh
on turning 22
So I’m 22 years old now. 264 months. 1144 weeks. I estimate that I’ll live to be 80, assuming I don’t do any
My fitness routines/progress over the years
My pushups routine has been working fantastically for me these few weeks, so I’ve decided to up my game and make more th
Junior College sucked for me.
It occurs to me that there are quite a few JC students who read my blog. Someone linked to one my articles, writing “I w
W5D2: Stand-up Comedy
Today I did something for the first time- I performed stand up comedy. I was terrified. I mean, I’ve been on stage many
W5D1: A Beautiful Morning
This morning is beautiful, not because of anything intrinsic about the day itself, but because of the way I have begun it. And
My MBTI Journey
MBTI: I remember when I first encountered MBTI. It was introduced to me over beer, by a friend of a friend. He was a self-prof
Games from my childhood
2016: What’s the first video game you ever played? I’m not entirely sure. I recall watching my brothers play games on thei
The Love Of Reading
My most memorable reading happened on my bed in my parent’s room- I had a little table lamp of sorts that I’d put
When you smell the curry…
The other day, me and a group of friends met for coffee and conversations. These meet-ups are spontaneous rather than schedule
BMT Recourse
There was an interesting thing that happened when I was supposed to go for BMT recourse. I didn’t have all the items I n
was it worth it?
During my Signals course, there was a day where we were supposed to make these wire joints- 20 per person. Quite labour-intens
3 Phases: Accumulation, Reflection, Creation
I feel like I could reasonably split my life into three phases (so far). The first phase is the phase of accumulation. We̵
utilizing decisive bursts
I’ve had some rather unique NS experiences. One of them involved me and my colleagues spending many hours with penknives
smoking in jc
I picked up smoking sometime around my O Levels, when I was 16- but I never really bought my own cigarettes and carried them a
sudden BMT
Up until the morning of August 3rd when I was to go for my Basic Military Training (BMT), I was pretty sure that I was going t
The (rather strange) Armchair Critic Story
In 2006, three starry-eyed teenagers with almost no musical background or any sort of relevant experience whatsoever created,
vivid dream- alternate-earth bass player road trip, oct 08
Part two of this post is about a ridiculously vivid dream I had, and I still remember very well hours later. It involved me an
armchair critic history
I’ve definitely missed out a couple of shows here and there, but here’s a list of what we’ve played! Apart f
hospitality vs. media, + self-expression
It was my first time working a morning at Shangri-La, and I didn’t know what to expect. Cause I’d been up all day
questions, 2010
Are you physically fit? Healthy? Are your eyes, teeth, heart, back, knees, ears in good shape? How would it feel if you lost t
mindfulness in the morning (30/05/11)
Sometimes it happens without any planning- although you may or may not realize that you’ve actually spent all your life
2:25am
It is 2:25am and I am alone. The air is still, and cold. I am not wearing a shirt. I light my cigarette with the open flame at
snippets of memoirs
I’m an ordinary guy. I found school to be generally boring and uninspiring, so I almost never did any homework, often cu
Why I stopped reading.
This is going to sound a little unusual coming from me, but lately I’ve felt that my vocabulary is rather limited. I cam
Running is a break from the neurological rat race
TLDR: Don’t think so much, just run. The reward is a break from the neurological rat race. So today was a normal day. I