Fancy bumping into her at ION?

Oooh... Ana Ivanovic is in Singapore...

Just making a random guess about where to spot her...

'High' rise?

We were told in yesterday's ST that HDB resale prices are at a high. I guess there are some people who expect a resounding round of cheers whenever such news is reported.

I wonder if they remember that there are many of us for whom such developments are of little comfort. Like when this 'high' means that your flat now costs $120, 000 less (as compared to $150,000 less) than the price you paid for it.

I wonder if they realise that highlighting the current $3,000 - $12,000 range for the 'cash over valuation' is a joke when you paid, like, more than five times that amount.

After so many years, I am still absolutely sore about having had to cough up what felt like a million dollars in cash.

(not where I live; sorry, forgot where I got this picture from)

I'm afraid I never quite believed that we paid for 'cheap', 'affordable' housing. Just cheaper, more affordable housing.

Deep purple... yeah...

There was a girl
There was a boy

If they had met

they might have found a world of joy...

I was looking in my mum's kitchen cabinet and I found my Donny and Marie Aladdin flask!


Ha, does anyone still have their Aladdin flasks from the 70s or 80s?

I was so pleased my dad got this for me to bring home stuff from my Home Econs lessons. It is now sitting in my kitchen cabinet.

Go back in time here... Donny and Marie singing a medley of their songs...


They sure look different and Donny is like twice his old size, I think. He looked like he could hardly move on stage.

I found out that Morning Side of the Mountain was a 50s song by Tommy Edwards. Listen to him here and enjoy the corny pictures that go with the lyrics...

Some variety at last?

I have recovered from being temporarily at a loss for words.

(Wonder who they were rooting for)

So, who would have thought that it would be someone other than Federer winning the USO?

Come to think of it, who would have thought:
1. it would be someone other than Federer winning the AO?
2. it would be someone other than Nadal winning the FO?
3. Andy Roddick would put up such a worthy challenge at the Wimbledon final?
4. Andy Murray would make it to none of this year's Slam finals?
5. Kuznetsova would win the FO?
6. Kim would come back?
7. Kim would win the USO?

and so on...



Well, although I wish that some of this year's results were not what they were, it's nice to have some unpredictability after years of highly predictable and boring results. Good to have healthy competition in the mix.

Maybe there will be more surprises post-USO. After all, the year end stuff in the past did throw up unexpected matches like Nalbandian beating the top three, Gilles Simon beating Federer, etc. Among others on the trail of possibly interesting pre-Shanghai tournaments, there are the Davis Cup matches, and there's the Thailand Open (starting next weekend!), where Nadal is going to play!

What?!

Gasp... the big joke happened in the men's side, too.

And, of course, there is no need for Federer to cry anymore.