Truly...and happily mad!

In many ways, I feel a drummer's role is to simply keep time as the pulse of a band. But this guy takes the cake. He's happily mad and I'm glad for him!

Blast from the Past

Was such a huge fan of this song! This is Rush Hour by Jane Wiedlin, a part of the Go Gos with Belinda Carlisle in the 80s.



Swoon.

the Windsock

going where the wind blows.

rather inspired by the movie Lions for Lambs

lions for lambs. :) neat. Nowhere have I seen such Lions led by such Lambs

Domestication at the red line.

It's quite the feeling making your own pizza and then vegging out watching dvds to pass the weekend, instead of the usual call for deliveries, and that's what Ron and I did.

Presenting Ron's "Roslyn Street Veg Special" and my "Seafood on a Crust".

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In other news, here's me going mad on Steak and extending my domestication to greater heights. Home-made white fungus with apricot seeds.

Kiasuism

Mildly humoured when I chanced upon this from the Asia1 website.

Individual kiasuness leads to collective complacency.
how refreshing to hear that I thought.

"SINGAPOREANS are well-known for a fear of losing out. They strive ceaselessly, sometimes to others' annoyance, to ensure they win.

Yet when Singapore 'lost' Jemaah Islamiah (JI) detainee Mas Selamat Kastari, who is still on the run, it was described as a 'very severe lesson in complacency'.

Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew delivered this stinging rebuke last month, declaring it a fallacy to believe that Singapore is infallible.

'It is stupid to believe we are infallible. e are not infallible. One mistake and we've got a big explosive in our midst. So let's not take this lightly,' he said.

His rebuke was directed at the security agencies as the JI leader escaped from their custody at the Whitley Road Detention Centre.

But it applied equally to Singaporeans at large, who may have been lulled by decades of peace into believing that Singapore is a place where things do not go wrong.

The Singapore paradox

THIS then is the Singapore paradox: a pervasive fear of losing (kiasu, in colloquial Hokkien), found side by side with a sense of satisfaction and security that sometimes borders on smugness.

How to square these apparently contradictory traits?

Sociologist Tan Ern Ser makes an attempt: 'Individual kiasuness leads to collective complacency.

'There is a sense that if everyone is kiasu enough and looks after their own turf, everything will be well taken care of."

Pizza at home

One starving night. The South African and Singaporean ventured out to make their own pizza, featuring kangaroo meat, too much cheese and more cheese. Heh Heh.

The new hairdo

And here it is!