Stalin Had Kamenev And Zinoviev November 29, 2008

And I had Ping and Sera today. Or rather, the three of us had each other.
What with Ping and her stress, Sera and her bastard problem, and me with the aftershock, a whole afternoon spent at my place chilling was a day well spent. It began with the customary hokkien mee lunch at Serangoon Gardens, [...]

Psalms 16:5-6 November 28, 2008

LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup;
you have made my lot secure.
The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.

A Letter From The Lonely Sailor November 28, 2008

To: The Deep Blue Sea
I won’t begin with the customary How have you been? or the What have you been up to? standard way of beginning letters. God and a few other people knows all too well that those are questions that shouldn’t be asked by me.
Clearly there is something wrong with me. If you [...]

if i believe November 20, 2008

if i believe
in death be sure
of this
it is
because you have loved me,
moon and sunset
stars and flowers
gold crescendo and silver muting
of seatides
i trusted not,
one night
when in my fingers
drooped your shining body
when my heart
sang between your perfect
breasts
darkness and beauty of stars
was on my mouth petals danced
against my eyes
and down
the singing reaches of
my soul
spoke
the green–
greeting pale
departing irrevocable
sea
i knew [...]

SWEET-AND-SOUR-PORK METAPHORS YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED November 20, 2008

Like I said: blogging is a cathartic, life-affirming experience. It is a pity that there are millions of bloggers worldwide (too many cooks spoil the broth! Evidently my use of this idiom shall foreshadow an increased use of food metaphors), for I really do feel that blogging — or writing, to put it more un-plebian-ish [...]