Monthly Archives: February 2009

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Hardass Asian Parenting

Filed Under Asian-ness, Family & Friends with 29 Comments

Overheard at my local pool tonight (I swam 2.5km today, not bad for just over an hour): Asian father to eight-year-old son in Mandarin: If you keep swimming like that, you’ll always be a failure. That’s hardass Asian parenting for you. The dangerous thing is that he was saying it in the low and reasonable … Continue Reading

Oscar Dresses

Filed Under Media, Style with 25 Comments

Am I the slowest person in the world for not realising that the Oscars was last night? It could probably have bypassed me entirely this year, had it not been for the fact that a dude friend was watching the broadcast on telly when I went to visit him this afternoon. I had a quick … Continue Reading

Burned

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I went swimming at the local pool today, swam 10km worth of breaststroke, and got this as a result: It’s much worse in person. But, not as bad as the burn on my face, which is everywhere except for where my goggles were. I have a goggles burn, and will end up with a goggles … Continue Reading

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