I signed up for some coupon site and has been bombarded with a lot of emails about special sales, discounts and really irresistible offers. However, I have managed to stay away from buying those coupons because I somehow do not like to buy things in advance. I have that insecurity that somehow things will screw [...]

Posted on April 6th, 2012 by Lilian
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Lent is coming to an end soon and it is tragic that I do not feel a thing. Homilies failed to touch my inner heart. I didn’t feel grateful nor thankful. I didn’t feel emotional. Lent used to be the time when I could break down in tears. I remembered a year when I sobbed [...]

Posted on March 27th, 2012 by Lilian
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When I bought my phone, the shop had loaded a lot of songs for me. There was this song that I liked very much but didn’t know who sings it and what’s the title. So, one day, I asked my two colleagues to listen and tell me so that I can find the video on [...]

Posted on March 11th, 2012 by Lilian
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Recently, at a fast food restaurant, I watched in horror a mom feeding her barely 3 years old child oily fries and allowing the child to drink carbonated, coloured water. She has three other kids and you would think that she is probably smarter now that she has more children. My question here is, ‘Are [...]

Posted on March 1st, 2012 by Lilian
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Chinese New Year is a time for family gatherings. It is wonderful to catch up as family members are scattered all over the country and we hardly see each other. So, each time when I meet the nieces and their kids, I will go ‘Wow…..the kids are so big now!’ For us who do not [...]

Posted on February 22nd, 2012 by Lilian
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One doesn’t jump into 40 days of self restrain without some mental preparations. It is not easy, Lent, i.e. It is not merely changing eating habits, giving up that occasional beer or wine or cocktail, skipping the snacking urges and of course, trying to be more subdued. It is about the willingness to be still [...]

Posted on February 21st, 2012 by Lilian
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It’s 1 am and here I am, wide as an owl because I drank too much Chinese tea during dinner. It is scary how tea leaves from these Chinese fellas contain shitloads of caffeine that is many times coffee. So, here I am, wondering what have I done to my blogs? Many of them have [...]

Posted on February 3rd, 2012 by Lilian
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