Category Archives: The TGIF Posts

Dedicated to all the very different things about people……. 1) There’s a 30-something guy in one of the tiny Starbucks outlets I visit on occasion – he’s been there I think easily for more than a year, any time of … Continue reading →

1) The oft-not heralded enough beauty captured in Breathtaking Photos Of Adoption. 11 years in derivatives, 3 banking mergers (survived all 3 technically, but still you kinda think the universe is trying to tell you something, and it’s not what your … Continue reading →

1) Base-Jumping Barnacle Goose. Obvious lead, when you watch this thing: (BBC’s so annoying, the sound effects/ lack thereof make the video even more nerve-wracking) – – 2) Have you met Alex From Target? It’s here because the apparent “randomness” … Continue reading →

1) Inappropriate Baby Halloween Costumes <cringe> – – 2) 6 Reasons Halloween Isn’t Harmless. <sheepish> It’s here partly because this is the first time I’ve come across some of these points (at least, articulated that way). We barely knew what Halloween was in our … Continue reading →

1) In honor of the weekend almost gone, Miserable Men, which has been making the rounds in both US and UK press this week with varying pictures from the same collection…. Proving (on an almost-Monday) Even When You’re Miserable You Can … Continue reading →

1) Kings’ recent CNBC Squawk Box feature about investing in student accommodation…   Post by Asia Bankers Club. It’s a thought process we’re having re The Rockstars’ college educations someday as well: We can’t afford to buy anything we really … Continue reading →

1) The Samsung Solve For Tomorrow competition for Poly and Uni students, currently going on in Singapore (my alma mater Nanyang Technological University is one of the contest partners :). Friend of a friend has a submission with the catchphrase “Correcting lazy … Continue reading →

1) Formerly from Penang and my senior in Secondary School (been awhile, correct me if I’m wrong please dear 🙂 Webs Of Significance’s Photo Essay: Loving Hong Kong On China’s National Day. She goes where I can only dream of around HK, with a … Continue reading →

Couldn’t get video or song out of my head (but couldn’t fit it in the last weekender either).. Feel-good vid by nonprofit Life Vest Inside of NYC filmed in Red Bank New Jersey… A-and has the added bonus of the significance … Continue reading →

1) 19 Exceptional Harvard Students. Because apparently going to Harvard (which last I heard had an acceptance rate of 5.9%) isn’t exceptional enough. It’s not what you think; nowhere is there a mention of actual grades. These kids overcome homelessness, poverty, cancer … Continue reading →