In memory of a brave woman

Husband of Singaporean victim in Mumbai terror attacks speaks to the media

My Father’s Hands

A son asked his father, ‘Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?’. The father who, despite having a heart condition, says ‘Yes’. They went on to complete the marathon together. Father and son went on to join other marathons, the father always saying ‘Yes’ to his son’s request of going through the [...]

I’ve been sleeping with the cutest babe..

Yes, it’s time to come clean coz I haven’t really introduced this co-sojourner to you all this while. It’s about time I introduce to you my closest and cutest babe whom I’ve been sleeping with all this while, way cuter than the one I met in Ximending Taipei last year :

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT: BODIES BEING THROWN INTO RIVER

Please pray for Myanmar: EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT: BODIES BEING THROWN INTO RIVER Dan Rivers in Bogalay, Myanmar CNN Homeless children watched on Tuesday as solemn men unceremoniously dropped dead bodies into the river of this southern Myanmar township. The funeral-like procession to the river was one of many disturbing images of the destruction left by Myanmar’s [...]

Cambodia Suspends Foreign Marriages

Hi folks, sorry for the ‘radio silence’ here. I’ve been walking around with the ‘swamped thing’ t-shirt :p Here’s an interesting piece on co-sojourners I came across today : Cambodia has temporarily banned marriages between foreigners and Cambodians because of concerns over the rising number of brokered unions involving poor, uneducated women. The move follows [...]

America – Towards a future of no discrimination?

In the recent debacle where Clinton released videos of Obama‘s pastor Jeremy Wright making racist speeches, instead of just allowing the controversy to die down and move on, Obama tackled the issue head on (in Philadelphia) in what must be one of the most inspiring speeches I’ve heard, and totally off-the-cuff too! Check it out [...]

Mistakes in life – Lessons from the highway.

I grew up in a culture where we are not so forgiving towards mistakes. A recent chat with an american-based venture capitalist (VC) confirmed this: “I’ve realised that over here, when your startup fail and you lose money, people scream for blood.” “But over in the US where I come from, when your startup fail [...]

Man found dead at his home computer terminal

Came across this shocking news thanks to Nadnut. Thing is, this is rather strange to me as I play a bit of Defense of the Ancient and can’t really see any strong reasons why this would happen. He is not even a ‘hardcore’ gamer. Anyway it seems much more related to his personal health than [...]

Unlikely Co-sojourners : 100 Year-old Tortoise acts as Mom to Baby Hippo

Here’s a heart-warming and very unusual story of a Hippo that lost his mum and found a co-sojourner and surrogate ‘mum’ in a 100 year-old tortoise! A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise

Happy Lunar New Year!

It’s the time of the year again, the Lunar New Year where chinese all over the world celebrate. Happy Lunar New Year to you my co-sojourner, and here’s a cutesy video I saw from Foxtwo’s blog Huat ah!