Category Archives: Life Lessons

WHY IS THE SONG CALLED BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY?…

Posted on April 20, 2024 by G

WHY IS IT EXACTLY 5 MINUTES 55 SECONDS?…WHAT IS THIS SONG REALLY ABOUT?…WHY WAS THE QUEEN MOVIE RELEASED ON OCTOBER 31?

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Looking Back

Posted on November 20, 2023 by G

Surprisingly, I am at peace with myself. I want to see Z grow up. But I have accepted that I may not. So every day I have with her is a blessing, and a gift.

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Tolerance

Posted on June 24, 2023 by G

From 24 June 2021: “Benjamin Sheares (my first President, I know he’s the second after Yusoff Ishak, but he was the first President I remembered) said: “Tolerance can be based on ignorance and lack of faith. But active tolerance seeks … Continue reading →

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Freedom? Or Loneliness?

Posted on January 7, 2023 by G

Some quotes about Freedom and Loneliness:

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A Good Day to Luge

Posted on October 14, 2022 by G

[From a post on Facebook from 9 years ago – 5 Oct 2013:] I haven’t gone to the Luge at Sentosa for a few years because the last time I was there, it was getting really crowded. Ever since Resorts … Continue reading →

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First Born

Posted on July 31, 2022 by G

Z mentioned that a few of her classmates were throwing up because of stomach flu. She seemed particularly “intrigued” by the serial up-chucking by her friends. (Better them than her, I guess. Schadenfreude.) So we told her about her projectile … Continue reading →

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Evolution disproven

Posted on July 24, 2022 by G

Yesterday, Z & W were feeding fishes at Bishan Park. However, their attempt to try to get the fish to come out of the water was a failure. They put bits of crackers on a sloping rock to entice the … Continue reading →

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The eye as it ages

Posted on July 20, 2022 by G

[From a FaceBook post, from 20 July 2009] So one of the things that happens or could happen as you get older is that you could get “floaters” in your eye. These are bits of your eye floating in your … Continue reading →

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Lessons on Leadership from a couple of Pigs

Posted on June 16, 2022 by G

[Posted on Facebook in 2009] There was an experiment with 2 pigs in a pen, with a switch on one end which causes food to be dispensed at the other end. After a while it was found that one pig … Continue reading →

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Life is… Laundry and Taxes

Posted on June 13, 2022 by G

I watched the movie.

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