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Mini Break Over
Just got back from HK, a 3-day break to attend a cousin's wedding. The wedding itself was lavish, was huge, and had celebrities, but like many Chinese banquets, utterly dull. J also got to most of the clan in one go, an… -
an obsessive comes out of the closet
A week back I was on one of my many "browses" of MAC stores. I like to spread out my visits so that the salesgirls don't recognize me as being an obsessive lurker, but I digress. I was on my way to dinner with J, but jus… -
Mel's MACoholism
This post is for Heidi, as she put up a post of her makeup for my benefit. It is important for us women to support each other, so as to show that we are not alone in our obsessions. Let's start off nice and easy with my… -
Tiring Weekend
I don't have the energy to make a coherent post, so here are a few tidbits of my life. We'll just call this "thin-slicing": I love love the weather in Singapore. Always pleasant. The only unpleasant thing is having to w… -
More Free Time
Gah, more free time. This time: Using Excel (what else), I've itemized, priced, and currency converted all the items I want to buy at MAC, using fun modelling techniques I learned back in management science 352 like su… -
Other Ripples in the Space/Time Continuum
A few other ways life has changed from moving to Singapore: Joy I returned an AV cable yesterday... for cash! I don't remember if I've ever been able to return ANYTHING since I've come out to Asia, and the shopguy was … -
Undisciplined
I had resolved, based on my several experiences with moving to a new locale, to not make any frivolous purchases during the first two months of my time in Singapore. Sure enough, the day after, I found a pair of thin jea… -
Mmmmm Free Food
Had a really lovely farewell dinner with some of my colleagues at Alameda, a posh Brazilian place. It was nice, almost as if I were friends with some of these people over the last 2.5 years. Except that of course, I was … -
Jetlagged at Work
It was super-nice to spend some time with family and friends. Just one of those trips where you leave all too soon. And now I'll be leaving China soon too. Too much leaving! Alex and Bonnie sent me off with an early … -
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Thing I'm Most Excited to Do Shop Two New Introductions Quang's girlfriend Steph (she's cool, good pick Q) Alex's dog Gus (sooooo small and adorably quiet) Three Books I Would Have Purchased if Not in Ridiculous…
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