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Oprah Interviews Michael Jackson’s Children and Grandparents

Michael’s mother reveals that one day he just decided he would get his nose done. Poor Michael felt that he was ugly as a teenager even though his fans would disagree. Concerning his vitilago he told his mother he didn’t … Continue reading

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Paris Jackson Tells Oprah that Michael was the Best Dad and Made the Best French Toast

In a really sweet video Paris and Prince talk about what it’s like being at school after being home-schooled all their lives. Paris is such a calm, highly articulate and intelligent young girl. She’s so beautiful too and seems to … Continue reading

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Insomniac Breakfast: Shaytard Vlog from May 2009

Please indulge me.  I really like the Shaytards and since I only recently discovered this kooky lovable family, I was trawling their channel for some old videos and I came upon a classic one. Princesstard is so cute in this … Continue reading

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Raffles City: Ode To Art

The painting of the peacock at the gallery, Ode to Art, caught my gaze. The disturbingly arresting red sculptures seem like those done by a famous Chinese artist whose name I can’t recall. I just checked – it’s Chen Wen … Continue reading

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Born Famous: More Cute Celebrity Kids

Padma Lakshi (ex-Mrs Salman Rushdie) with Krishna (biological father is Adam Dell younger brother of Michael Dell) {Image: Hello Magazine} Coco Arquette is a little kitty. Johan and Leni. Looks likes he wants a bit of that. Kids of Heidi … Continue reading

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Singapore Daily Photo: Disturbing Income Gap

I found this accidental capture quite disturbing, as the discrepancies between the rich and poor widen. Singapore seems more and more a playground for the rich, while the lower income citizens are left on the sidelines.

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Turning 40: My List of 40 Travel Memories

I’ll be turning 40 in a few weeks, and all year long I have been anticipating going into a deep funk. So far it hasn’t quite happened yet and I think I have to thank my blogger friends on WordPress … Continue reading

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Japanese School Uniforms in Osaka

I think Japanese School Uniforms look so smart. Nothing like the pinafore I wore to school that use to bunch up messily. In between lessons and for comfort, we used to take off the belt that came with it and … Continue reading

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Osaka’s Fashionistas

The people of Osaka seem a bit more laid back than the people of Tokyo. From what I’ve read, Osaka is known to have a rivalry with Tokyo as most second cities do. They however have been credited with having … Continue reading

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September the 11th, 2001: I Watched in Disbelief

When B called me to tell me that a plane had hit a building in New York, I thought it was probably a small craft that has accidentally brushed a building. I didn’t even think there would be any injuries. … Continue reading

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Villagers in Kerala Weaving Coconut Fibre Into Ropes

We met some lovely villagers on the way to Kumarakom. Suresh our driver, just stopped the car seeing that we were interested as we had remarked about spotting a well. He then drove into a narrow path where we could … Continue reading

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Photos From A HouseBoat: People Who Live in the Backwaters of Kerala

We were in the houseboat in an area about an hour away from the city of Cochin, called Kumarukom and I had some of the most enlightening views of people just living their lives. Here I spotted two schoolgirl waiting … Continue reading

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I Love Antoine Dodson

Update: 2 August 2010 So this is how Auto-tune works on most professional singers. I love this song. Very catchy. Antoine should be getting proceedings once this is on iTunes. That would be so great! I think many people, the … Continue reading

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Beautiful People and Tots

More beautiful people and tots in People Magazine today, including Tom Cruise who poses with his German fans in Munich and Liev Schreiber who recently starred with Angelina Jolie in Salt, was spotted with his boys.  Those 2 boys are … Continue reading

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French Girl in a Singapore Household: Culture Shock

It’s so cool that I have a French relative, and I am learning so much from her. I was chatting with C the other day and asked her how she adapted so well to living in Singapore. I wanted her … Continue reading

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Little Girls Should Not Look Like Grown Ups

I think these beauty pageants are horrific. It’s the mothers living through their little girls and I think they have awful values.  Little girl’s having to get fake teeth called flippers, if their front teeth are missing, is just crazy. … Continue reading

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