Words

When Grandma left five years ago, one of the odd strange things I had to adjust to was referring to their home as Grandpa’s henceforth. Today, when we were leaving the crematorium, I had to call it 大马 (the location name).

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A week ago, we set out for a regular visit to see Grandpa. Along the way, Mum and I even made plans to visit more often. But it was not meant to be. Geh, this isn’t supposed to be a maudlin post. It’s a celebration of Grandpa’s life! How glorious it is to live simply, kindly and gently as he did.

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The week in pictures. And an old post I found.

Has it been so many days since I touched this blog? Wow.

Photo gallery updated with Taiwan trip pics! :)

Completely random post. An experiment conducted this weekend gave the following result:

Waste of money

Works like magic

Tip: For very tough stains, mix Vanish powder with a little hot water to create an almost-creamy solution. I’m stunned it worked! :)

Day

Even Monkey King wants to use HW’s iPhone

Evening

While waiting at the bus stop, I thought I’d snap a pic.

Night

Bro and I decided to bake a cake.

The gallery has been updated with pics from last weekend’s trip to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It’s a beta set since I’m still waiting for B’s photos to come in. In the meantime… :)

Another random YouTube vid:

From the folks who brought you Frozen Grand Central and Food Court Musical:

Best Game Ever

It’s hard to top their previous acts but I’ll bet they really made those kids’ day! :)

Although YouTube has taken away the buttons to do the following (either YouTube is annoying or I’m blind), the manual solution is to paste ‘em to the back of your search results URL and hit enter again.

Sort by view count:

&search_sort=video_view_count

Sort by rating:

&search_sort=video_avg_rating

Sort by date uploaded (latest first):

&search_sort=video_date_uploaded

I’m one of those who claim distaste for American-made cartoons. Undoubtedly, there are a few good laughs, but I just can’t seem to enjoy Shrek, The Incredibles or anything else Hollywood throws out. I don’t deny the fault probably lies with me. Whatever. :)

So it’s to my surprise that I had a delightful time catching Alvin and the Chipmunks, some crossbreed between live-action and 3d animation. It must be their squeaky little voices that burrowed their way into my heart.

Regardless of how you may feel about the war in Iraq, let’s try not to forget that it’s real people out there forever affected.

John Moore, a Getty photographer, captured this poignant image in March 2007.

John Moore, Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery / Getty Images

Read about his visit to Arlington here.

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