wifflewiffle’s FriendsVox2008-06-11T16:02:31Ztag:vox.com,2006:6p00cd97129a604cd5/explore/friends/library/posts/You'll get yours yetNewtag:vox.com,2008-06-11:asset-6a00c22521cde4549d00fa967e093100032008-06-11T16:00:17Z2008-06-11T16:02:31ZYasminehttp://merrykillingspree.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
I've moved to Wordpress, as one does, when one wants a clean slate. (Also when one wants one's friends to be able to comment on one's blog without having to sign up for an account and jump through hoops of bees.) It's called Exercises in Fiction...
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Untitledtag:vox.com,2008-05-22:asset-6a00c22521cde4549d00fad68a4e0500042008-05-22T16:46:49Z2008-05-22T16:46:49ZYasminehttp://merrykillingspree.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
I don't know why I bother, since whatever I say, people generally only use it to laugh at me. But I guess one line can't be the source of too much hilarity: I have to start shifting my loyalties and stick to them.
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Self-censorshiptag:vox.com,2008-05-21:asset-6a00c22521cde4549d00fa967784c200032008-05-21T13:50:26Z2008-05-21T13:50:26ZYasminehttp://merrykillingspree.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
I gave the address to this blog to so many people that now everytime I feel like writing something I hesitate and often decide not to after all, in case someone reading it gets hurt or pissed off. So it's not like nothing's been happening in my li...
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To dream the unreachabletag:vox.com,2008-05-16:asset-6a00c22521cde4549d00fad6886a3600042008-05-16T16:48:40Z2008-05-16T16:48:40ZYasminehttp://merrykillingspree.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
A summary of the reasons why writing Singaporean literature is so difficult, if not impossible, according to Joon and Yasmine, or why all the existing novels written by Singaporeans that we have read are so unsatisfactory. 1. The language. Singap...
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The best MSN conversation evertag:vox.com,2008-05-14:asset-6a00c22521cde4549d00fae8b93bb1000b2008-05-14T12:15:54Z2008-05-14T12:15:54ZYasminehttp://merrykillingspree.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
Canadian guy who is not black: I'm gonna get my black friends to beat you up. I'm gonna get my black girl friend to come and beat you up. She's big, she's gonna hurt you. You can't out-hustle the hustler. Mari.am: In my language, you are what is c...
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Books to readtag:vox.com,2008-05-13:asset-6a00c22521cde4549d00e398f936a800042008-05-13T15:12:06Z2008-05-13T15:12:06ZYasminehttp://merrykillingspree.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
Joon and I have started a page on our shared blog, The Portable Reader's Guide to Good Things, on contemporary novels/short story collections that are worth your time. We read a lot of junk so you don't have to.
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Great Moments in Literature #6tag:vox.com,2008-05-08:asset-6a00c22521cde4549d00f48cf6120400022008-05-08T16:01:13Z2008-05-08T16:01:13ZYasminehttp://merrykillingspree.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
Oh my god: Be pleased then, you, the living, in your delightfully warm bed, before Lethe's ice-cold wave will lick your escaping foot. -- Goethe, Roman Elegies Lethe: In Greek mythology, one of the rivers of Hades whose waters will cause comple...
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26tag:vox.com,2008-05-07:asset-6a00c22521cde4549d00f48cf5b69e00032008-05-07T10:36:25Z2008-05-07T15:25:41ZYasminehttp://merrykillingspree.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
Last week I went to view flats and at the second flat we went to, the agent who greeted us asked, "Who is the buyer?" I said, "Me," and he stared at me and said, "Huh?! So young? How old are you?" Asshole. Anyway I was thinking about it today and...
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Chinese books tag:vox.com,2008-05-04:asset-6a00c22521cde4549d00e398f6665400052008-05-04T16:14:39Z2008-05-04T16:14:39ZYasminehttp://merrykillingspree.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
Why is it that whenever I finish a book, I can never decide what to read next, despite the fact that I have close to 40 unread books on my shelves (and table and floor)? Anyway. How effective would a theme-based reading regime be? I just read thi...
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Ughtag:vox.com,2008-04-19:asset-6a00c22521cde4549d00f48cf00ab100032008-04-19T16:26:21Z2008-04-19T16:26:21ZYasminehttp://merrykillingspree.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
There is such a feeling of dread that sloshes around inside me at the thought of the weekend ending. I will be listening to a nice song, and then when the singer hits a particular note of yearning, I will be reminded of work. Or the reminder could...