April 12 (Friday) I have lots of thoughts on family dynamics during the long car ride from Fairfax to Jersey. Like all situations, it’s the adversary that brings out the true behavior of a person, that you know how much a person needs to “swallow air” and keep cool even with the smallest and pettiest [...]

Preamble: Pictures on Facebook soon. Only words here, and they are incoherent intentionally * * * April 8 (Monday) It was a dark and stormy night. Now I know where that came from. I’m quite risk averse when it comes to personal safety. Bungee jumps and skydiving are a obvious no-no while even roller coasters [...]

Our Dates Are Set! Looking forward to meet everyone we have contacted, as well as the surprise from those we haven’t! We’re leaving some important information here for reference. Transportation Info (all times here are local time) Singapore to Washington D.C. Depart April 8 00:45, transit at Tokyo(Narita), Arrive April 8 15:40 Taxi to Airport, [...]

I get this question now and then from well meaning close friends, and recently I’ve been doing to the same as I shift gears in my day job, on what how I benefited from being gainfully employed as a cog. It’s roughly my 10th year in employment, time for a blog! It will be a [...]

It’s not like me to have nothing to say. But I guess the last 3 months of psychological turmoil has finally taken its toll on my meditation of silence. Instead of engaging with intellectual discourse (including blogging here), I’ve become the walking dead, suppressing my huge emotional passion for life tentatively, so that I don’t [...]

bu·reau·cra·cy 1a : a body of nonelective government officials 1b : an administrative policy-making group 2 : government characterized by specialization of functions, adherence to fixed rules, and a hierarchy of authority 3 : a system of administration marked by officialism, red tape, and proliferation Source: MW. Aside: There are so many things to learn [...]

I wish I had finished singing it that day – the real reason is, I was touched to tears. Every word was like a huge needle raining down my heart. Oceans apart day after day And I slowly go insane I hear your voice on the line But it doesn’t stop the pain If I [...]

1 year ago, on this day (10/9/2011), I popped the question around the place we first met. The question (which she remembered better than me) was decidedly simple, but it meant the world to me, and her nodding of her head and tears of joy will forever be part of me. We soon got our [...]

My whole life crashed on me again. No, my wife is safe and she’s still enjoying her weekend at Batu Pahat, and I still have a job and aspirations and family and stuff. It’s only, the single piece of fragile hardware that I depend for almost everything in my life has given way. I have [...]

Only 2 months left and there seems to be nothing settled – not to mention all the other attention grabbing bosses and friends trying to distract me from making this work. And so we will celebrate this day by going to …. USS! This evening that is. [Important announcement for guest] If you haven’t RSVP [...]