Saturday, October 30, 2004
1) Studying is the most unfulfilling way I can think of spending my time
2) Someone ought to kill off mathematicians and all related. They have a ploy to corrupt the world with their loathsome art and it is our civic duty to stop them
3) I'm not convinced by the whole hooha about rekindling an interest in chinese. No one up there really gives a damn, they just want schools to turn into factory lines churning out rows of perfectly engineered china investment geniuses to be. Just wait till
India becomes the new economic bigwig. You have been warned.
4) Kerry had better win. I personally would
love to see a burning Bush. In the fires of hell, no less.
5) Alfian Saat's Stories of Amnesia is currently in the process of being reprinted. Fong promised me a copy, yay. The current sad state of local support for local writers: Borders has no section for local authors. There's a
local interest section which features the collected works of Mssrs Lee and Lee (Russell and Kuan Yew respectively). Great literary tradition we have. I say, go Kino.
6) Went on a book buying spree, got me Madam Bovary and Oryx and Crake.
7) Happy belated birthday post,
Deen dear. Thursday was fun :) That outside Carrefore place has excellent ice cream! Glad you like the half prezzie *muakz* you rock. Remember the post A's shopping!
8) I found a foolproof way to decide how many real friends you have in life. Imagine trying to kill yourself. And then think...really carefully..about how many notes you'd leave. Like, to explain your death, say you last farewells, etc. Yup, think of who you'd bother telling. Its a surprisingly small number. I found, like, 5. Max. Also, I've often wondered who would actually attend my funeral in the event of unexpected death. And what their reactions would be.
9) Goodnight everyone.
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