Morning is always a big problem for me. Although I always set my alarm clock at 7, I will end up with snoozing it for a half an hour before I really get up from my bed. Then, I will run to the office with a sleepy head. Well … I bet most of the people in Singapore experience the same thing since whenever we exchanged our morning stories, everyone will tell almost the same story. Or maybe you can just have a look around when you’re taking morning MRT.
But this morning I learned something about sleepy head. Going to work with a sleepy head is a terrible idea. Why? Because it might ruin someone else’s life. Yes, I’m serious. Here’s the story…
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Filed under: Life in Singapore , morning, mrt, singapore, sleepy, sleepy head, snoring
February 17, 2008 • 1:49 am
Image taken from: http://www.chingay.org.sg/2008/
“Nonton Chingay yuk?” ajak seorang teman.
“Hah Chingay? Chingay apaan sih?”
Sebagai orang yang belum genap setahun tinggal di negeri singa memang selalu ada hal-hal baru mengenai negeri ini yang belum saya ketahui. Contohnya ya Chingay ini. Chingay ternyata adalah sebuah parade yang diadakan tiap tahun di Singapura kurang lebih mirip dengan parade di Indonesia ketika tujuh-belasan lengkap dengan kendaraan hias dan tari-tarian. Bedanya parade ini dilaksanakan pada malam hari kira-kira mulai jam delapan malam.
Malam itu, berangkatlah kami berempat ke lokasi parade. Berhubung kantong kami yang pas-pasan, kami tidak membeli karcis tempat duduk sehingga kami mengandalkan skill Indonesia kami (menyelinap diantara penonton sehingga mendapatkan tempat yang strategis atau naik pagar dan pohon agar dapat memandang dengan leluasa).
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October 8, 2007 • 1:29 am
When is the best time to blog? When you can’t sleep and you don’t have better things to do. Let me see, my last blog entry was on May, now it’s October so umm it means 5 months without new entries…*Holy Mama ..5 months?* Gosh, time’s ticking so fast so that I just realized that I’ve been in this country for a half year!
I heard some opinions that if you feel time goes by incredibly fast, it could mean following:
- Too much work
- Too enjoy being in a place
- The end of the world is getting nearer
- Someone fast forwarded you watch
Which one is my case?
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Ini adalah sesuatu yang baru banget bagi gua. Menonton pertunjukan seni kontemporer. Hehehe *deuuh seni kontemporer. Istilah yang gua gunakan untuk mendeskripsikan pertunjukan seni dengan tata cahaya modern dan instrument-instrumen yang canggih. Keren deh *norak dan gua juga ikut merasa keren karena menonton pertunjukan keren. Kebetulan weekend ini lagi ada pembukaan Singapore Arts Festival yang akan berlangsung dari tgl 25 Mei ini sampai 25 Juni nanti.
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Yup, that was me on rollerblade. Something I’ve already forgotten and never-crossed-in-my-mind-to-do-it-again until yesterday. Back when I was in high school around first or second grade, this was something I regularly did on my free times. I remember I even had an accident caused by this activity. When I left my town for university, I abandoned my California Pro for so-out-of-date, not-trendy-anymore or only-teenagers-do-that reasons. Then my little brother sold them for a guitar.
It began with a light chit chat with a friend who just went back from her assignment in Australia. She told me that she rollerblades quite regularly on weekend in East Coast and offered me to join her. And the suffering was begun …
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