Feelings.

In other words, they value efficiency over feelings. It’s exactly the way you’d expect a bunch of engineers to run a country.

— Scott Adams, China is Doomed.

In the short run, it makes sense. In the long run, everyone is dead – emotionally.

A kukubird.

That’s what you are if you haven’t read The Time Traveller’s Wife:

or caught the film yet:

I watched it last weekend and actually managed to finish reading the book in camp during periods of lull – while waiting for my turn at the firing range or for CAT 1s (inclement weather for the civilians) to clear.

I can’t stop thinking about the action and the plot during the small moments I have to myself. It’s a beautiful book and it’s a beautiful story, and I’m glad to have had the chance of experiencing both because I’ve learnt a bit more about love and life.

Three things that Ris Low is…

…that you might not be:

  1. Beautiful,
  2. Human,
  3. Singaporean.

Please feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.

ADDENDUM: It should be four things, actually. She’s Ms Singapore World.

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Are you?