Darkspore on August 25th, 2004

This happened while I was having dinner with my friends one of whom is pregnant. She is a little on the plump side, even before she got pregnant, and you can imagine the water retention that comes with pregnancies. I sat down across the table from her. Everytime I take a bite of my food, [...]

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Darkspore on August 23rd, 2004

In as many years as I have lived, yesterday marked the first time that I had ever sat down in front of the TV and actually sat through the entire National Day Rally Speech. Well, I was doing my ironing and switched channels a couple of times for brief periods, but I consider it quite [...]

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Darkspore on August 15th, 2004

I was supposed to meet up with a friend to discuss about a business venture that started a couple of months ago – some funky idea that struck me while I was in a cafe. I had a booking for some choice sofa seats at the back of a nice cafe that I have heard [...]

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Darkspore on August 3rd, 2004

In recent years, the Singapore government has been encouraging Singaporean married couples to have more children. Their drive consist of giving tax rebates, benefits and more recently, the likelihood of extending maternity leave for women to four months.
While these are mostly deemed as encouraging and helpful gestures, they are not without faults. Some wonder at [...]

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