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How I’m Attempting to Improve My Writing Skills
I aim to write every day in an effort to improve my writing. Another thing that helps is reading good literature. Because my eyes hurt with too much screen time, I mostly listen to audiobooks. I wish my eyesight was … Continue reading
Books I Love: Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
I’m in the midst of the audio book brilliantly narrated by the author himself, but I long to read it as well, to really take it all in at leisure. No surprise that this is one of the best memoirs … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged Angela’s ashes, authors, books, Life, Pulitzer, reading, writers
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No Refuge
I used to like reading in a mall while waiting for my companion, but these days all the food outlets and cafés seem to be blasting music. Haven’t they heard of mood music?The people running the place must love the … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings, Singapore Living
Tagged reading, refuge, Singapore, thoughts
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Getting Rid of Distractions
With the proliferation of the internet and smart phone in our lives, well my life at least, I find myself constantly distracted. Also this constant need to be entertained (which is so easy with the smart phone that it’s becoming … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged books, concentration, distractions, focus, iphone, reading, smart phone
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Waning Concentration in the Age of the iPhone
I often feel like I’ve stagnated if I don’t work on improving myself. But often it’s so much easier to give advice then to take it. You see, I am trying to live up to my moniker ‘bookjunkie’ by getting … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged books, concentration, distractions, focus, internet, iphone, reading
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Too Early for New Year Resolutions?
I went ahead anyway since as we all know, time is arbitrary. I am now thinking it will help if I just focus on one thing a month. Somehow when you don’t focus your efforts get diluted. You can read … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged books, French, hobbies, New Year, personal, piano, reading, resolutions, thoughts
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3 Wish List Things that gasp, don’t include an iPad or iPhone
Warning: Indulgent and materialistic post up ahead. If fairy godmothers who give out commercial products existed, these are 3 things I would wish for right now. Surprisingly not an iPad or an iPhone, neither of which I own and which … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged beautiful, beauty, bose, coffee, commercial, culture, design, Frankie, Frankie Magazine, happiness, Life, Living, Nespresso, noise cancelling, pretty, products, reading, shopping, vintage, wish list, writing
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Can you Recall the Books You’ve Read?
I use my blog like a memory device, because I am old and when I look back I want evidence that I didn’t completely fritter my time away. Sorry that the blog’s becoming totally self indulgent and I forgot my … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, authors, beauty, blogging, books, culture, Ishiguro, learning, Life, Living, personal, Peter Mayle, reading, recommendations, Rohinton Mistry, writing, Yann Martell
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Yann Martel: The Literate Leader
[youtube]YDQs9YljpMg[/youtube] This video made me wonder what PM Lee is reading. Or all our ministers for that fact. That would be a fascinating revelation. Some people felt that Yann Martel was being pretentious, but I think he had every right … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged book list, books, Canada, Canadian, interesting, interview, leaders, literature, Ministers, PM, Prime Minister, reading, Singapore, Stephen Harper, Video, world, Yann Martel
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Books: Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
Shalimar the Clown is a book by Salman Rushdie who won the booker of bookers for Midnight’s Children. This was an almost 400 page book and I took nearly 3 weeks to finish this. Actually I took more than 2 … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, author, beautiful, beauty, book, book review, China, culture, good, India, Indian, intelligent, Kashmir, Life, literature, Living, map, Pakistan, personal, reading, reads, Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown, story, tragedy, Video, writing, YouTube
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Books I’ve Read so far in 2011 and 3 word reviews
I only like reading reviews after I have read a book. Decided to do 3 word reviews of the books I’ve read instead. No chance of spoilers that way. I really need to pick it up as I’ve only read … Continue reading
To Blog or To Read
Please pardon my lack of blogging. You see, I am so engrossed in the Peter Mayle novel that I’m reading that even though I have tons of photos I haven’t posted them yet. I am also overwhelmed by the tons … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged aging, Art, blogging, books, British, dad, father, Food, getting older, gourmet, hungry, Ishiguro, Kazuo Ishiguro, Life, light, Living, Mayle, personal, Peter Mayle, reading, taste, wit
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A Minimalist, Serene Life
I feel frazzled, stressed and poor, by a consumerist society that is continually telling me what you need to own in order to be happier. It made me wonder if there was a healthier way to live. Well there is. … Continue reading
Posted in Lovely Ideas
Tagged Art, beautiful, beauty, calm, culture, design, distress, habits, happiness, health, holiday, Life, Living, love, mental, mind, Minimalist, money, nature, peace, personal, photos, physical, pretty, reading, serene, Serenity, slow, stress, travel, trip, worry, writing, Zen
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Best WordPress Feature Yet: Subscriptions
On this post I am gonna suck up to WordPress, but it’s truly due to my genuine delight. I am just loving the new ‘Read my subscriptions’ feature on WordPress. I just noticed it a couple of days ago. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Lovely Ideas
Tagged blog, blogging, blogs, feature, reading, subcriptions, WordPress
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Celebrities Reading Books
Just inspired to do a post on celebrities reading books as their reading choice fascinates me. {Image: Ecorazzi} {Image: Make Literature} {Image: Carrie Fisher} {Image: NY Times} {Image: Narnia Fans} {Image: People} {Image: Jessica Mcdougall} {Image: Celebrities Bite Us}
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Tagged Angelina Jolie, book, books, Britney Spears, celeb, Celebrities, celebs, culture, Jessica Alba, Life, Lindsay Lohan, Living, Marilyn Monroe, Obama, photos, read, reading, spotted, women
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How Do You Read in Bed?
An article about reading positions at Huffington Post intrigued me. I used to read with pillows propped up, converting the bed into a chair and reading upright when I was younger. Now I found the most comfortable position for me … Continue reading
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Tagged Bed, books, happiness, Life, Living, on your back, on your side, on your tummy, personal, poll, Positions, propped up, reading, reading in bed, reading styles, Styles
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Indian Section at the Ang Mo Kio Library
I think it’s so cool that there’s a whole section for Indian books, including those in English. I chanced upon it when I was looking at books about Kerala in the Travel section and came across none. The nice librarian … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Ang Mo Kio, Art, books, culture, India, Indian, landscaping, library, Life, Living, photography, photos, plant, reading, red palm, Singapore, travel
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Which Famous Author Do You Write Like?
I got a different author each time, I copied and pasted texts from my recent blog posts. The thing is, I got David Foster Wallace three times. I am not familiar with his work. I wikipedia-ed his name, and it … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, cute, Famous Author, I Write Like, ideas, personal, reading, style, writer, writing
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Quirky and Gorgeous Book Covers at Kinokuniya
Snapped shots of some books that attracted me. If I ever had the good fortune to get a book published I would just love that bright orange cover on this simple guide to philosophy (not too simple when I browsed … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, beautiful, Book Covers, books, design, English, japanese, Kinokuniya, personal, reading, writing
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Searching for the Perfect Reading Chair
I wish chairs like these came with Ikea price-tags. I am searching for the perfect most comfy reading chair that won’t give you a backache after hours of sitting, and costs less than $200 Singapore dollars. Oh yeah, it can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Lovely Ideas
Tagged armchair, bedroom, chair, decor, design, home, interior design, reading, Singapore
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The Writer Who Could Not Read
When I first saw this article at Huffington Post I was baffled and wondered how that was possible. This story will make you grateful you can read. The whole idea is pretty mind boggling to me. The neuroscientist who created … Continue reading
