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Random link: 25 clever ideas to make life easier

soph — Thu, 10 May 2012 03:42:19 +0000

Stumbled upon this in the middle of deadline Friday last week, couldn’t even remember how I found it, but thought it was pretty cool just the same. I should try me some of these:

Project 365 – March

soph — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:40:52 +0000

Happy to report that March was a lot more productive, taking photos-wise. Here are a few – turns out it was a pretty good month for events. Check out the rest.

036: At the launch of Stephen Rahman-Hughes’ debut Malay album. What a voice.

038: A fantastic semifinal match, even [...]

Kaylin turns two: A letter

soph — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:10:05 +0000

My darling Kaylin,

Happy, happy birthday! I can hardly wrap my head around it, but you’re officially two years old.

Your first year went by a lot slower than your second, maybe because all you did was eat, sleep and poop an awful lot. You took your first steps the day after your [...]

Kony 2012: It’s not about Kony

soph — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:14:38 +0000

This is a new viral video that aims to raise awareness about Joseph Kony, a fugitive rebel leader in Africa with a long list of atrocities, including kidnapping children and forcing them to become child soldiers. It’s directed by Jason Russell, co-founder of the non-profit group Invisible Children. It’s also garnered plenty of [...]

Project 365 – February

soph — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:29:01 +0000

My attempt at cultivating the habit of taking more photographs continues. Here’s all four of my photos from February. I should really start calling this “Project ___”.

“She looks like an eight-year-old!” Jessie said when I tweeted this photograph. “Make her stop!” Actually, Kaylin wasn’t posing for me. This was a lucky shot. [...]

A series of unfortunate events

soph — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 02:47:01 +0000

It was one of those weeks. Where everything feels off balance and/because everything that can go wrong does. Sometimes, more than once.

I made three fruitless trips to the Malaysian Open tennis tournament because every time I went, the matches either got rained out or cancelled due to injury. My SIM card died just as [...]

The great phone conspiracy

soph — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:04:12 +0000

Suddenly, without warning, my iPhone 3Gs died a few days ago. I had just finished a call when the screen flickered, then went blue, then showed only zigzag lines, then went white, then went blank. Or something like that. And I panicked.

All that afternoon, it refused to turn on. When it finally did in [...]

Inspired to be inspired

soph — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:58:49 +0000

Anyone who’s a hands-on mum will tell you how impossible it is to devote much time to yourself. I gets lots of help from my in-laws and kakak, and even then it’s pretty hard to carve out me-time. Work doesn’t count. I want to read more, watch more good movies and TV shows, look at [...]

Project 365 – Changing the rules

soph — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:39:59 +0000

Embarrassingly, I am throwing in the towel on Project 365 after all of one month. It’s not just the taking of the photos, it’s also the sorting them out and uploading them that’s taking up more time than I’m willing to give right now.

Also, I’ve quickly realised that the tangible aspects of my life [...]

My kind of jungle

soph — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:28:11 +0000

The sisters and I took Kaylin to Jungle Gym at Bangsar Shopping Centre the other day. It was Kaylin’s third time, my sisters’ first. Kaylin was pretty excited to hear she was going – I’d never seen her come down the stairs so fast before – but once we were inside, I have to say, [...]