Tweets for Today

• 09:52 off to shultzy's for euro cup finals - yawn - still asleep in my head :) #
• 10:49 @jwulff - where are you watching the euro cup?! #
• 11:26 shultzy's is getting very crowded with soccer fans... where are you @jwulff & @ccourtneyv!?! we've already lost your bar seats! #
• 15:51 home in our nice cool apt before heading out to don and susan's #
• 21:44 had a nice cocktail evening with don and susan... now home for the evening... cooling off from the bloody heat #

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• 01:51 Almost 9pm and we're just trying to figure out what to do this friday evening lol #
• 01:59 Enjoying dinner at chiso with yoshi #
• 02:30 finally ready to get some z's #
• 09:42 off to run errands with my sweetie #
• 14:23 had lunch at sichuanese in redmond, ran more errands and finally home - away from the scorching sun #
• 19:06 Went to big john's pfi now at frys getting electronic stuff #
• 19:31 hibernating... #
• 19:47 @jwulff - you got it absolutely right lol #
• 20:49 happy happy joy joy - sun is slooowly setting #
• 21:40 Off to serious pie for yummy pizza dinner #
• 22:55 had my porcinis, soft egg, beacon hill arugula pizza at serious pie - YUM! #
• 23:17 @jwulff - you crack me up - i really do don't i lol! #

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Tweets for Today

• 04:41 almost beat the sun this morning... #
• 11:06 off to enjoy the day before it gets too hot #
• 12:14 Leaving northgate now to u village #
• 16:04 home.. it's bloody hot outside - why does summer have to come?! #
• 16:19 @ccourtney - do you really?! :D bet you're loving the weather the last week huh :) #
• 20:04 waiting for bruce to get out of his coma... the boy can sleeeeep!!! #
• 21:04 hmm... phone updates aren't updated... past 9pm and we're now trying to figure out what to do this evening :) #
• 23:31 home from dinner at chiso with yoshi - so nice to see yoshi again... #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:08 ooh cloudy morning equals happy me #
• 08:02 @kiapkiap - have you had the almond+chocolate pocky? it's yummers - if you like almond :) #
• 10:19 getting ready to go gallivant around town before the sun appears #
• 13:43 home having laksa for lunch yum! #
• 16:14 wondering where is the husband... #
• 17:36 FINALLY got word from the 'missing' husband #
• 18:12 looking forward to kappo tonight #
• 18:40 @kiapkiap - why no school for a week? is it still nice and cold? probably not huh... #
• 19:38 off to kappo for dinner :) #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:29 made bruce breakfast so he won't be extra hungry in the middle of class :) #
• 09:50 getting ready to go meet li at pike place market #
• 11:46 Having lunch at le panier with li and viv #
• 13:15 hanging out at home after hanging out with li and vivienne... stuffing my face with a full basket of lychees :) #
• 15:31 trying to see if kappo has openings tomorrow... #
• 17:48 too hot too hot - where's the rain?! #
• 20:30 had dinner... and the bloody sun is still out arrgh #
• 20:31 @jwulff - we do have ac lol! i just don't enjoy the sun AT ALL #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:42 making lunch to bring over to a sg'rean girl's home to welcome her into our sg 'club' - she's a new mom #
• 09:10 getting ready to head over to kent #
• 16:02 home from a very nice visit at shak's with connie... went to viet wah for some groceries for tomorrow breakfast 'party' #
• 18:53 hanging out in bed not liking the heat #
• 20:05 bruce is out for dinner and i'm just idling at home waiting for the sun to go away... #

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Tweets for Today

• 07:02 barely awake and extremely sleepy from waking up in the middle of the night to watch mobtv #
• 09:19 doing third load of laundry - how can two people have that much laundry over one weekend!? #
• 09:38 @brucery - why are you twittering during class?! pay attention to the teacher - he's bloody expensive lol #
• 11:35 off to whole food to run a quick errand #
• 12:08 @brucery - hope you're having fun in class :) let me know if you're coming home for lunch #
• 12:58 making bor bor cha cha :) #
• 13:29 @jwulff - serious pie is better right :) ambiance just isn't enough to get me into tutta bella agin #
• 15:50 up from a short nap... #
• 16:43 not happy with the stupid sun #
• 21:26 what a day! two naps lol #
• 22:23 watching king of queens reruns and hanging out online... of course i'm wide awake now lol #

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Tweets for Today

• 04:05 @ccourtneyv - no, tonight it'd chiang's gourmet for spicy szechuan dinner - hopefully it won't be hard getting 6 of us in... #
• 04:58 wide awake at 4:58am - been up for at least 30 mons already #
• 05:11 trying to get a little more sleep... #
• 10:02 all showered and dressed with nowhere to go LOL #
• 10:21 @jwulff - see you at shultzy's LOL - oh wow cupcake royale? is that the one in wallingford? #
• 11:36 off to shultzy's! #
• 12:22 lunch at shultzy's - rajin cajun or mushrom swiss?!? decisions decisions... #
• 12:47 my pita order - two rajin cajun sausages, no roll, raw onions and side of caesar salad hee hee #
• 13:39 done with lunch and just hanging out at the bar (no more drinking) while bruce works a little... #
• 16:39 home from running errands with the husband getting his notebooks for his class tomorrow :) #
• 22:03 had dinner at chiang's with taichi, kaoru, julie s. and eric.... now home and hanging out watching mobtv #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:32 up and hanging out in bed with our laptops :) #
• 13:20 ate too much breakfast... ready for a nap lol! #
• 16:10 @jwulff - mulligatawny soup!? AWESOME!!! #
• 23:00 wow drank too much with at don and susan's tonight :D but slowly sobering up... #
• 23:02 @jwulff & @ccourtneyv - have you guys eaten at 'crush' before? #
• 23:07 ready for bed... uh oh forgot to make dinner reservations tomorrow... arrgh! #

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Tweets for Today

• 09:17 slow morning... looking forward to shopping with susan this afternoon #
• 10:59 getting ready to head to madison park to meet susan #
• 18:58 home from day out with susan, susan and margaret... about to prep dinner so bruce can come home to some home cooked food :) #
• 20:54 killing time online before heading to the airport #
• 21:17 off to the airport to pick bruce up #
• 22:48 ecstatic the husband is finally home :D now heating up dinner... #

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Tweets for Today

• 09:29 getting ready to go meet gigi in chinatown #
• 18:23 Hanging out at hk cafe with gigi #
• 20:05 home from a day in chinatown... i'm sleepy!! #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:57 hoping the new potential cleaning lady will come this morning... #
• 09:43 getting ready to head out to meet connie and daniel... #
• 11:22 what is up with our phones today - bruce's is dead and water got into mind arrgh! #
• 18:01 At anastasia's then meeting julie s for dinner #
• 20:01 Having dinner and drinks with julie s at serious pie #
• 21:41 @jwulff - i like serious pie a lot!! i love love their crust :D ok, their pizza too :D we need to go together too lol :D #
• 21:42 home from dinner... it's SO nice and chilly outside hee hee - i'm happy happy! #
• 21:57 @ccourtneyv - isn't that the fried chicken place in california? #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:42 having breakfast in bed... #
• 07:12 Good morning sweetie - i miss you - you did not twitter this morning #
• 07:36 @kiapkiap - yes yes feeling much better thank you - the foot massage last night did wonders! #
• 08:19 having a lazy morning hanging out in bed... happy it's cloudy outside #
• 08:21 omg just realized i sent my husband's sms to twitter - bloody embarassing! #
• 10:50 getting ready to go meet linda in issaquah for indian food #
• 15:55 had a nice afternoon with linda, home now and off to my hair appt - i'm soooo sleepy! #
• 15:56 @jwulff - is quinn's any good? every time we drive the place it's packed. #
• 19:31 @jwulff - awesome!! we should definitely go together when @bruce gets back :) #
• 19:32 home for the evening... i'm beat! but at least i look good :D #

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Tweets for Today

• 05:33 awake and missing the husband #
• 10:29 getting ready to head out to renton #
• 16:23 At the movies watching kung fu panda #
• 21:01 home from a two hour back and foot massage - they also gave me my voice back :) #
• 22:19 sad about a friend's sudden death... rip darwin! #
• 22:20 off to bed... what a sad ending to a great day :s #

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Rest In Peace Darwin

I was merely being a busy body... Tammy had written an inquisitive note on her brother's facebook page... I was puzzled. I went into Darwin's page and read a few more notes on his wall from friends. HUH!? Didn't sound right. I didn't understand... I thought he was on some world wind vacation thing? He just added me as a friend on April 15!?! We went to high school in Toronto together... the shy but sweet boy who turned into a man but hasn't changed much in the recent photos are apparent...

We lost Darwin... rest in peace. You're in all your friends' thoughts. Even the old ones, like me, who have lost contact but will always remember you...

(News) Wakeboarder dies after falling into sea

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TRAGEDY OFF PUNGGOL
Wakeboarder dies after falling into sea
Divemaster, 35, foams at the mouth
Heart stops beating soon after

HE loved the sea.

And in a twist of fate, he died while he was out at sea.

Mr Darwin Peh, 35, was wakeboarding with a group of friends near Pulau Seletar off Punggol on Sunday afternoon when he suddenly fell into the water.

The New Paper understands that he was foaming around his mouth when his friends pulled him out of the water.

When they could not revive him, they placed him in recovery position - on his side - and rushed back to shore.

It is understood that Mr Peh's heart had already stopped beating before they reached the mainland.

Someone called for an ambulance and Mr Peh got to Changi General Hospital at about 2.30pm.

Doctors pronounced him dead soon after.

Police have classified the case as unnatural death and investigations are ongoing.

Mr Peh was cremated yesterday and this morning, his family and friends will gather for a ceremony to scatter his ashes into the sea in a final send-off.

'He really loved the sea,' said one of his friends who declined to be named.

Mr Peh, who has a girlfriend, is a divemaster with Waikiki Dive Centre.

He runs his own public relations and branding company.

The New Paper understands that he wakeboards regularly with Ponggol Sea Sports Acccessories - which operates wakeboarding courses and clinics.

When contacted, the operator declined to comment about the incident.

Pro-wakeboarder and instructor Kevin Tan, who used to represent Singapore in international competitions and has been involved in the sport for over 10 years, said: 'So far, there has not been any such incidents.'

As far as he knows, this is the first time someone has died wakeboarding here, he said.

The sport, which is a cross between waterskiing and surfing, has been around for over 15 years but started getting popular here only in the last 10 years.

Wakeboarders use the wake created by the boat as a ramp to propel themselves into the air, perform a series of manoeuvres, then land on the other side of the wake.

One of Mr Peh's relatives said that he enjoyed all kinds of sports.

He went mountain climbing and jogged regularly.

It is understood that he even trekked up K2 - which is known to be the world's second-highest mountain in the Karakoram segment of the Himalayan range - last year.

Said the relative who declined to be named: 'Darwin was a good man, and he lived a meaningful life.

'He was very active and sporty.'

When The New Paper visited his home at Chiltern Drive, off Braddell Road, his mother shook her head when asked if he had any medical conditions.

She declined to say more, except: 'We're very sad.'

On the online networking site, Facebook, one of his dive buddies and close friend posted an album, entitled 'In loving memory of our dearest friend Darwin'.

It contained photographs of their dive trip in Thailand's Ko Lanta last December.

One of his friends, who has been on dive trips with him, said: 'He was very cheerful and very sweet.

'It's very difficult for us to believe he's gone.'

http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/st...62794,00.html?

Tweets for Today

• 03:52 getting ready to drive bruce to the airport... #
• 05:36 home - gonna' climb back into bed and hopefully get more sleep #
• 19:52 chatting with friends online and hoping the bloody sun will go away #
• 21:01 sun is setting, spoke to bruce and now i'm happy again :) #

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Tweets for Today

• 07:26 happy it's cloudy outside... #
• 09:55 Missed the bus by 10 secs dammit #
• 10:37 WAY too many kids at Shultzy's for a Sat. morning... or any day... #
• 12:25 My laptop is out of juice - the smell is here is making me just for a cajun sausage but i just had breakfast arrgh #
• 13:15 home! off to costco and the sony store :) #
• 18:33 bought bruce another bday present which will also be his christmas and next three year's bday present LOL #
• 21:44 lost my voice... bruce is thrilled!!! :D #

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Why Is It Always About Race

The king and I attended a showing of a Singapore movie at the Seattle Film Festival (SIFF) on Friday evening. It would be my first time at a SIFF event as well as my first at a Malay movie. The movie contained English, Mandarin, Tamil and Malay but it was predominantly Malay spoken, quite concentrated around the Muslim religion, death and the rather non-communication throughout Singaporean families and a selfish nation as a whole.

'Salawati' - also the name of the twelve year old actress in the movie - wasn't exactly my type of film. I knew this before I went to see it. But seeing that it was a movie made in Singapore about Singaporeans (even though not made by a true blue Singaporean at least the American now lives in Singapore), I couldn't miss it.

The main storyline was pretty simple. Malay girl witnesses the death of her brother who drowns at sea after not being helped by a passer-by. It is not clear if the boy would have lived even if the passer-by had helped since the second man (an Indian) who helped came right after the first one (a Chinese man) who ignored the pleas of Salawati.

There was a question-and-answer session after the almost 90 min movie (yes it was rather s-l-o-w for my liking) as the director, Micheal X Grigaroff had flown in from Singapore for the filming of his show. Only half of the already very sparse audience stayed for this session and it made me chuckle that the small audience of mostly Caucasians were so inquisitive and impressed with the actors - especially the girl who played Salawati (a first time actor, apparently), the theme behind it (which was an odd question to me) and the inspiration that brought upon the making of the movie. One such question that struck me as odd and bothersome was one of the last couple of questions of whether the first person (the Chinese man) who refused to help the the little girl knew this girl was Malay; ie, was he able to tell the difference in race? ...and if that was the reason why he didn't help the girl. WOW! That boggled my mind! Sure it's not exactly anything to be proud of that I know Singaporeans (I, myself, included) are generally pretty selfish people. A lot of us are taught as kids to mind our own business. "Aiyah, dun care lah - just myob (mind your own business)!" or "why do you have to be so kaypo/kpo (busybody in our lingo)" or "cover your own ass first before you want to go kpo'ing around other people's business ok!?". So when the American asked the question about whether the Chinese man would have helped the little Malay girl if she had been Chinese struck a chord in me. Funny, it was practically insulting to say this fictitious character was not just selfish but a racist! Not to say Singaporeans are not racist, but we're not actually taught nor built to think about race before anything. An afterthought... maybe... but I can safely say if the little girl was Chinese, and a selfish (and racist) Chinese guy had walked by, he wouldn't have helped her either. Sad, but true...

Salawati

Country: Singapore
Year: 2008
Running time: 82 Minutes
Genre: Drama
Premiere:World Premiere
Program: Contemporary World Cinema
Language: Chinese, Tamil, English and Malay
Sub-Titles:English Sub-Titles

Twelve-year-old Singaporean-Malay girl Salawati recently witnessed the death of her older brother. In the aftermath of his death, a group of loutish Indian couriers and a troubled Chinese family become possible suspects in the crime as the boy’s death raises questions of faith and forgiveness in this touching drama.

Tweets for Today

• 07:45 @jwulff - i don't, but i don't know about bruce... #
• 09:22 just got some bad news about an old friend's health... might have to fly to adelaide... #
• 13:27 where did my voice go?!?!? #
• 16:24 Waiting for bruce at the movies - gonna watch salawati #
• 18:37 saw 'sarawati'... first time watching a 'malay movie' in my life LOL #
• 19:46 i'm hungry and my not so hungry husband is ignoring me LOL #
• 22:19 had satay and chicken rice for dinner - now i'm happy :) #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:11 just had a cute conversation with my niece emma #
• 08:57 getting ready to DRIVE bruce to shultzy's and it's off to run errands far far away from downtown LOL #
• 13:39 home and feeling very sleepy #
• 13:41 @jwulff - omg it's still going on? i was at the light near it and that was annoying enough for a min. #
• 18:03 my head is pounding #
• 21:48 home from dinner at malay satay hit and had prawn noodles yum! #

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Tweets for Today

• 07:24 sore throat arrgh! #
• 13:05 feeling 80% and gonna' get out of the house for some fresh air :D #
• 15:44 It was difficult to order my rajin cajun at shultzy's without fries but it was still yummy #
• 16:07 On the 72 on the way to pick up the car and next to a crazy guy - never been this close to one before - now he's demanding for bruce's w ... #
• 17:50 got the car back! i'm a happy camper :D #
• 20:04 off to kappo for dinner :) #

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Tweets for Today

• 08:41 was on the edge of a flu last night... trying to resist it with a lot of water #
• 11:25 still resting in bed... #
• 14:18 up and about doing chores around the house but still feeling slightly weak... #

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Tweets for Today

• 05:41 awake on a nice cloudy monday morning... keeping my fingers crossed the bloody car is coming home today #
• 05:58 starting my morning with too many chores... #
• 12:24 where's the rain... and my husband?! #
• 13:03 At chiang's having szechuan lunch with bruce #
• 15:23 The car workshop is making me vomit blood - now car won't be ready till wed!?! #

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The King's Birthday In Junuary

It's June but it's nice and cool (sometimes downright cold - definitely still sweater weather which I love!). It's a good 35 degrees cooler here then it is in Memphis! Guess who's happy about that?! :D I suppose once the the rain ends there, we have to return to get the yard sorted out. We've also decided against selling the house... so ummm... we can still go to Memphis to 'play' and see people we like - albeit, not that many :) I'm sure the husband's gonna' deny it but I know the truth lol!

It was the king's birthday over the weekend and we had a nice fun filled two full days. From dim sum with Eric and Julie to foot massages at the Imperial Foot Massage in Chinatown, to trivia night at Shultzy's (that ended up with a dance off lol - we came in a close third, thankfully, so we didn't have to join in the dancing phew! It was a slow night for my brain (no comments on that statement please!)... considering the most exciting parts for me were two questions fit for Einstein: "what was the name of the bad guy in the Smurfs?", and completing the lyrics to a Boys 2 Men song lol! I suppose two points is better then nothing lol)... to lunch at Lao Shi Chuan to doing some lightweight house-hunting to happy hour with Don and Susan and ending the evening with home made Turkish meatball sandwiches.

It's been two weeks since the car's gone to the shop and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it returns today! The husband got it slightly busted up when he drove out of the garage and got a little too close to the huge ass pillar... it's been a little painful without a car but we've been renting a car on weekends and a couple of friends have been nice enough to come pick me up to go out... so I can't complain too much.

I'm not looking forward for the warm weather to get here... but I will say this: while it can get pretty muggy here, it can't get worst then Memphis - that, I'm thrilled about :)

Tweets for Today

• 05:02 just woke up while bruce just went to sleep... hopefully he won't spend his bday in bed! #
• 11:28 getting ready to start bruce's bday with some szechuan food at chiang's #
• 19:04 home after a nice day out... house hunting, lunch and then happy hour with don and susan... #

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Tweets for Today

• 03:51 crashed last night after being overstuffed with waaay too much steak... now up before 4am watching mobtv... again. #
• 05:39 looking forward to a nice weekend... #
• 09:24 why doesn't seattle chinatown serve dim sum before 10am?! #
• 10:33 Having dim sum at new hong kong and waiting for julie and eric #
• 15:20 home after dim sum, foot massage and a trip to target... now resting the brain for trivia night lol #
• 17:22 off to trivia night at shultzy's #
• 22:46 had fun at shultzy's trivia nite with @jwilff, @ccourtneyv & @barrymjones #
• 22:47 countdown to bruce's bday :D #

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Tweets for Today

• 07:13 glad it's friday... will be even more psyched if the car comes back today!! #
• 12:06 decided on bruce's bday present... #
• 14:32 please stop idiots from calling me!!! #
• 15:08 Hope i'm on the right stinking bus #
• 16:00 Hanging out at shultzy's and pissed the car won't be ready till end of monday #
• 16:13 Heading back downtown to rent a car for the bloody weekend #
• 17:01 Hate when idiots smoke and walk in front of me arrgh #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:04 awesome! loudtwitter is working on my blog again :D #
• 06:08 nice cloudy morning... breakfast and laundry time! #
• 12:10 hanging out at home chillaxin' and enjoying the cloudy/rainy weather from inside :) #
• 19:20 making dinner for one - bruce is heading to wild ginger with his friend... bruce :) #
• 20:58 don't know what possessed me to vacuum the whole place right after dinner when i was home all day doing absolutely zilch lol #

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Tweets for Today

• 03:44 up at watching 'just in singapore' #
• 08:00 didn't get enough sleep... #
• 15:22 heading to get my hour of foot massage heaven :) #

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Tweets for Today

• 07:56 ooh rainy morning! i'm a happy camper :) #
• 11:38 got mobtv fully installed - with bruce's help; now i get to watch singapore tv!!! :D #
• 14:13 bloody annoyed why loudtwitter can't post on my blog!?! #
• 15:29 back from whole foods, about to prep dinner - turkish meatball sandwich #
• 19:58 taking advantage of the 3 free trial days of mobtv #

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