I’m including this snippet from the book I’m currently reading : “Beatrice and Virgil” – by Yann Martel.
Its amazing to note that most of his characters are colourful, multi-dimensional images of the human condition.
VIRGIL : The smell of a ripe pear has the same effect on the mind as these aromatic spices. The mind [...]

I love Jack Kerouac. Thank you to his beautiful work, I have highly identified myself with the idealism, cultural revelation of the beat generation. I even find it astounding that he was able to coin a figurative term to embody the vibe – “beat” – as with it’s associations, refer to something jaded, beaten up, [...]

This weekend comprised of vegging out, visiting the museum and cooking one of our Filipino dishes back home – Afritada.
I went to JR’s place to welcome Philip to Singapore; a batchmate from CSB who’s here to visit and tour around. It was fun. The mojitos that JR and Johnny whipped up were surprisingly delightful ~ [...]

I’ve been reading Eat Pray Love recently, a book I say, prompts you to meditate and put a stoplight in your life. It urges people to look back at their past and contemplate on the things we have accomplished.
Looking at the other book reviews, such as the NY times , I’ve come to realise that [...]

“I can help you open and unfurl.
.. You’re my hopes for inspiration.
.. Plan a trip and get away…
..Don’t go change your colour..
- Josh Rouse

There’s something inherently gripping with the word “unfurl”. Which is why, this song, Suburban Sweetheart grips me so much. The song talks about a type of feeling that perhaps transcends normal love, [...]

I had an interesting dream I thought would be nice to showcase here on this blog. I was a tad bit sick last night; hence perhaps the exaggeration: the colors were wild, the events were, at best, violent and colorful at the same time.
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I was in a movie theatre, I think I had a typical [...]

This is a very *delayed* post. I’ve been procrastinating on my blog posts because I’m too busy catching one falling star off another sky. Anyhow, enough of this hum drum rambling, and lets get it on with the main juice of this entry : Culture!!
I’ve been on a Culture-ish escapade recently, traversing on books and [...]