This post essentially lists all my worldly desires that can be bought with money as a link to my Wish List page. Before we begin however, I want to make this clear: do not overspend. For those who know me, I always encourage frugality, and this goes doubly true for gifts.
My wish list of gifts, in no particular order of importance:-
“Wheel of Time” series of books by Robert Jordan (All books I prefer in softcover, with cover illustration by Darrell K. Sweet)
Eye of the World (Wheel of Time Book 1)
The Shadow Rising (Wheel of Time Book 4)
Fires of Heaven (Wheel of Time Book 5)
Lord of Chaos (Wheel of Time Book 6)
Crossroads of Twillight (Wheel of Time Book 10)
Knife of Dreams (Wheel of Time Book 11)
The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time Book 12)
Towers of Midnight (Wheel of Time Book 13)
A Memory of Light (Wheel of Time Book 14)
Misc. Objects
Large whiteboard (approx. 130cm length by 70cm height)
Custom waist-hip pouch (I have this idea for a waist-hip pouch, but need the materials and knowledge on how to make sports bags)
PS/2 Mouse with Scroll Wheel (My previous mouse has spoilt its scroll wheel but works fine otherwise. Loath as I am to replace a perfectly “fine” mouse, not having a scroll wheel is really inconvenient.)
Services
A book You are passionate about and willing to discuss intelligently with me after I read the book (I consider the conversation the gift.)
Catalog my CD/DVDs (I own a pretty large CD/DVD collection, and my catalog project has fallen so far behind that I despair of ever catching up without help.)
A good back and shoulder massage (I hear too many horror stories of terrible masseuses that I will not risk a trip unless it is recommended by a knowledgeable friend.)
Today a man approached me on the street outside the National Library in Bugis. Fifty-ish, tastefully dressed in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, he held a handphone in his left as he hailed me with the right in Chinese.
“Hey, you know the way to Hougang?”
“Ummm…”
“Far ah?”
“Yeah.”
“I want to know the directions to walk there.”
“Errr…”
“Got no money lah. You got money to give me?”
“I don’t have money.”
As I turned and walked away, the man scolded me in Hokkien: “Don’t want to give, don’t give. Don’t come and tell me no money. mai gong jiao wei!”
Beggars who take home £280 a day (Link goes to Daily Mail article)
He told me he had no money and asked for money from me. I told him I had no money and he called me a liar. I wonder if he fully appreciated the irony of his statement.
Four years and seven months ago I joined a group of individuals who have come together to form a community, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that openness and cooperation leads to a richer life for all participants. Now we stand at a crossroads, testing whether our community, or any
6.18am. My eyes actually opened before the alarm rang. The reason became painfully obvious really quickly: i was running a temperature. So there you have it, NED is down for the count on a lovely Monday. Even the weather is lovely… grrrrr. Given the “free” time, i decided to get some writing down, so i finally updated this blog with a personal post.
Here’s a new anime that’s gone below the radar of most people. Candy Boy is a short web anime released by Anime International Company (AIC) in Nov 2007. The name of the anime is something of a misnomer. There are no boys in the anime, being about the lives of 2 very dissimilar twin sisters and the tension caused by the feelings of 1 freshman towards the younger of the twins. The title is taken from the single by Meilin, a Korean artist, whose cd is packaged with the DVD release. Meilin’s music also graces the anime at various points.
As of May 2008, AIC started a new run of 7 episodes, each 14 min long.
