Bigger than our bodies

As I take the bus back from work I enjoy looking up through the window to the sky, especially as the bus passes though the Tanjong Pagar area.

Buildings reach up to the skies in a bid to miniturize the rest of society, taking the corporate pursuit to new levels.

Leaving the rest of the island behind.

It reminds me of how small we actually are. In the face of all that's happening around us. And when you sit down and think about it, the buildings here aren't even cannon fodder to those in the concrete metropoli of the world.

I can tell you stories of people and their egos and their bloated sense of self-worth, but I'm sure you've got those of your own.

So please, the next time you find yourself shooting your mouth off, stop and breathe and remember that you are not even dust to the reat of the world.

Reality is, you're as insignificant as the people you always put down.

Things that scare me

If there's one thing about stupid things, it's that I never hope to do them again.

I'll leave flying for the birds.

Going home, the SMRT experience

Normally I'll take the train to Marina Bay and get me a seat on the whole way back, but when I'm meeting my buddy for a gamut session, I let that slide and go direct from work to home instead.

So halfway along the journey this guys gets up and stands directly in front of me. Black t-shirt carrying a haversack.

Did not have deodorant. Or a bath. Or knowledge of personal space.

So I did the best thing possible - I turned away.

Straight into whiffing distance of a sweaty secondary school boy. I hate how they smell with their lousy quality cotton uniforms and presence of too much sweat.

So fuck that, I can't turn back now can I? So I walked towards the door where the aircon vent was.

And it's not that I have anything about our dark-skinned foreign workforce, but all that hard work and low pay kinda places deodorant pretty low on the shopping list.

All this, so I could meet a buddy who was late in the end.

NIVEA, for your consideration, there's a HUGE demographic you're missing out here...