Hey ho, another week gone by. Let’s see if I can remember what I did this week? I went to the library Monday to pick up DVDs, but only watched 2 of those thoughout the week – Grease, and a gre Twilight Zones episodes. Thursday Naoko asked me to come home on time so that we could go out for dinner, so we went to the little restaurant at the bottom of the hill and had a nice meal. It was yummy, and not expensive at all. Friday three of us went to a video conference with the head of retail of a bank, talked to the guy for several hours over the wires. It was interesting. I realized what a banking geek I had become when we were all laughing our heads off in the taxi on the way back over some banking thing or another – risk management, wealth centers, corporate governance, credit cards, all very funny stuff.
Saturday was a shopping day. We went downtown by bus, went to Isetan and shopped around a bit. Went to Agnes B. and I got a cardholder, a keychain, and a cool t-shirt – orange with a red star on it. The kind I’ve always wanted. Probably the most expensive t-shirt I have ever bought, but hopefully worth it. Again I was wearing my Superman t-shirt, Zen was wearing Spiderman. Spidey and Supey. Went and got groceries, then off to Holland Village to get more groceries and hang out with Ailing again. Waated to buy an orchid tree for $15, but when we got to the nice old shop it seems to be boarded up for renoavations. Probably expanding the Burger King. How do these people make so much money off of junk food, I’ll never know… Took the bus home Zen fell alseep, spent the afternoon sweeping and cleaning, then proof reading, very busy today. Went off to buy some beer. In the evening Dorai and Elena came over and we watche d Bush vs. Kerry debates on TV, that was kind of interesting. They left at 10, then I stayed up watching the rest of Zatoichi, the second debate retelecast, and then half of Stop Making Sense. Amazing. Sunday we woke up, had to take Zen on the train and the bus so after the usual morning stuff we went off to Clementi and then off downtown to see what StarHub is offering on its cell phones. Maybe we can get a deal, still haven’t decided yet. Had lunch in a lonely Japanese restaurant, then off back on the taxi again. Zen fell asleep in the bus, got home and did some proofreading, took a nap myself, did some computer, then the neighbours all came over for coffee and biscuits and chat. That was fun, and we had an impromptu plan to eat dinner together, which was nice. So we had Korean food, Japanese food prepared Singapore style by our Singaporean neighbours, and Chinese food prepared Japanese style by Naoko. The kids played happily, Zen ate a bit of his noodles, and we all had some laughs. Mum and Dad called at 9 and we chatted for a while. Got a call today also from Naoko’s mum, seems she will not be making it for a visit this year after all, what a pity.
In the walkman: Joy Division, Gang of Four, the Damn ed, Nina Hagen, the Birthday Party, Ripcords, Beta Band, the Mountain Goats, Airport 5, Bingo Trappers, Rock Coaches, Slumber Party, Readymaid, Dum Dum TV.
Book review: Shakey, the authorized Neil Young biography. Innaresting bio of Neil Young and his mad, mad world. The sensitive screwball and the fantastic grungy songs. The CSNY circus, and the long long lazy afternoons of bong hits. Seems like a lot of marijuana and hashish was consumed by the Young camp. Weird. Long, fairly tedious, rarely insightful passages in Young’s words, possibly as a concession to Young’s demands, possibly a fawning move by the author, or some sort of need for the fans to know Neil’s actual words, but makes mostly for annoying filler. Couldn’t get to read the book to the end, but still got through 650 of the 750 pages. Am now reading the Dee Dee Ramone autobiography.
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