For Valentine, a pagan priest who lived during the grotesque Roman persecution against Christians, love was more than the mushy stuff we think of today. It was above sentimental feelings or infatuation. It was deeper than sexual attraction or physical desire. It is not based on circumstance, climate, clothes, character or come-ons. It is a… Read More »
In case you’ve downloaded Google Desktop 3 beta, here’s an article at ZDNet about a newly-added feature that may pose “serious privacy implications“. Apparently, the new version allows users to search for files across multiple computers, by storing copies of the user’s documents on Google’s servers. So if the servers are compromised by hackers, there… Read More »
I was reading American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis and it suddenly dawned on me that the choice of Christian Bale as Batman in Batman Begins was, to put it in Ellis’ term, “premeditated”. In the chapter titled “Nell’s” (page 206, Vintage Contemporaries, paperback), there is a paragraph that goes: “Daisy! And Patrick, you devil!”… Read More »
What happens if you’re sitting by the window of an aircraft in the middle of a flight and you notice that one of the bolts on the wing is coming loose? Do you:(1) freak out?(2) keep your fingers crossed?(3) pretend nothing is wrong?(4) hijack the plane and force it to land?You are working in the… Read More »
Seems to me that since the bird flu episode, chickens have been on the short end of the stick. Over the weekend, as part of a company excursion, I visited the Zoobic Safari in Subic Bay Freeport Zone and was “treated” to a tiger-feeding session using — you guessed it! — a live chicken. Essentially,… Read More »
The only bar in Singapore that should remain open throughout Chinese New Year is probably Long Bar at Raffles Hotel. This is the birth place of the over-rated and over-priced Singapore Sling. At almost S$20 a pop (if I recalled correctly), this stuff is mostly just juice and, worse of all, mass produced – the… Read More »