the lastsplash

The playoffs are really hot. This is Superman vs Mr Big Shot! Dwight Howard pulls down the shot clock with his super strength. And Chauncey Billups pulls a big shot again off Kobe Bryant. The full reports on Hoop Doctors can be found here and here .

Some things in life are never urgent. A morning greeting, a short conversation about the weather or dinner, a tender hug, a "how are you". Nevertheless, by attending to them, it makes a difference to somebody's life. It is more so if you know the returns are immediate - happiness for that someone. In fact, I would consider someone who is able to make others happy as lucky as someone who is being loved. Imagine madly pursuing an unrequited love and doing just about everything but still not able to bring happiness to somebody? You are in for a big headache! My wife forwarded me this short article today. After doing a quick search on the Internet, I found that this article was written by Dr Lee Wei Ling for the Sunday Times on 04 Jan 2009. I remember Dr Lee as the neuro-paediatrician who attended to the ailment that changed my life. Tho' probably most people will know her as the MM-Lee's daughter. Many websites have posted her article. In fact you can find it here ,...

World's biggest Wimbledon official tennis ball. Thank you dear friend! ;-) BBOF-F!

Apparently being a year older doesn't increase one's maturity. On the other hand, my EQ seems to be over the hill, as well. Once again, I wallowed in self-pity and failed to empathise with others. It is not so difficult to find someone worse off than you. There's no need to look far, no need to look to the extreme, just look at those around you. I was gently reminded that, " At least you are home sweet home ". There are those who are still working their asses off in the office, while I sit here comfortably blogging away at home. I guess I should consider myself lucky in this aspect. Life, work, there are plenty of ups and downs. So are emotions. I also have my days when I am down in the trenches, tho' those days are significantly lesser than some. I guess with more time, the mind wonders more. Thus, more than often I find myself in the emotional trenches instead. And when you are down there, frankly it is also quite a bit of struggle. After all, emotions ain...

Celebrated my birthday, yet again, today. But this time it is with my dear wife only. And it was extra special because it was the first time she celebrated for me as my wife. Instead of grand dinner, we had grand lunch at Sumomo . It is a Japanese restaurant, along Prinsep Street, which specialises in Osaka Okonomiyaki. Before I go on to talk about what we ate, I must say that the service was really fantastic and the food was oyishi ! I am definitely going back again. :-) But it is kinda pricey tho' - not a problem when it is for birthday celebration and your wife is giving you a treat.. hahahah . For drinks, we had the good old Japanese Iced-Milk Tea (S$6.50 per cup). Perfect way to combat the heat. Then we started off with Sake (Salmon) Sashimi (S$20 per plate). The thick slices of fresh salmon are some of the best I have eaten so far! We also had Yasai-itame aka stirred fried vegetables. Of course the highlight is the okonomiyaki - a type of savoury pancake. We had the pleasure ...

Great start to welcome Labour Day... No, I am not going for Lasik. It is just that the left "leg" decided to stay on my ear when I took off my glasses. No bump, no knock, no violent actions. It just broke off peacefully. Looks like I will need to get myself a present for birthday this year. Meantime, I will wear my slanted old glasses which have scratches on the lens, and it makes me look really kuku ... Don't laugh at me on Monday hor .