February 2011
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Popagandhi.com is back online
I’ve rebooted my main website. I will only be posting frivolous stuff here from now. Check it out.
January 2011
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I’m done with this little Tumblr experiment. It’s not for me. I miss a real blog. I miss writing in one. I’ll be making a few adjustments once this crazy week blows over.
December 2010
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Four Things for the New Year
Learn to drive, learn to dive, become fluent in Thai (written and spoken), become fluent in Hindi (spoken)
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Eat Fruits, Wear Shorts
Me: So, why are you back in town?
F: Dude, England is cold. Also, England has like, no fruits. Except apples and oranges. I miss fruits.
Me: We've got plenty of fruits. And sunshine.
F: I've also missed wearing shorts.
Me: Eat fruits, wear shorts. Sounds like a movie.
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Grandma's Top Three Concerns
Since I’ve been home on Tuesday,
That I will fall off my bed and not be retrievable
That I will leave the house with holes in my backside
That I will sleep with wind on my tummy and therefore get a stomachache
Grannies are lovely like that in that their concerns about you don’t change, whether you’re 5 or 25.
November 2010
11 posts
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nostrich:
Getting a link from Waxy and forgetting to add Google Analytics code is like going on holiday and forgetting your camera. Fuck!
Sheepsters
stumblrfumblr:
know what’s worse than sheeple and hipsters? sheepsters. yeah, they’re real.
sheepsters are so ironic, they make irony ironic.
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My TEDxYouth slides →
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serves you right
highexpectationsasianboss:
While on a business trip with my boss to Hanoi, I decided to take a walk after a grueling client meeting.
I got hit by a scooter while crossing the road and had lacerations on my head when I hit the ground.
When I was at the hospital, the boss came to see me. The first thing he said was “Are you ok?”. The second was “If you stayed in your room and did the work,...
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Great interview with Salman Rushdie →
My online friend, the inimitable Salil Tripathi, has a great piece in the WaPo on one of my favourite writers.
topherchris: My Starbucks Theory →
topherchris:
Having been to several different Starbucks locations throughout Manhattan over the past several months, I feel comfortable in making the following observation:
The size of a Starbucks store is directly proportional to how much of a pain in the ass it will be during rush hour. Put another way, the…
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On Bak Kut Teh →
Living on both sides of the Causeway, nothing gets a friendly feud going like the topic of bak kut teh. I’m half Teochew and half Hokkien, but in cultural terms I am definitely as Teochew as it gets. The only time my Teochew pride suffers is when it comes to bak kut teh. I like Singapore bak kut teh well enough (only at the right restaurants), but its use of white pepper is not something I...
October 2010
30 posts
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“I can’t believe I’m in a Crocs shop, actually seriously...”
– Not me
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Travel Writing is Dead →
Sadly, I must agree.
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WatchWeird Facebook guys. Awesome video, and way too true.
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“It’s okay to be driven a little crazy by someone who is so consistently right.”
– John Sculley on the frustrations of working with Steve Jobs’ perfectionism. (via marco)
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Listening to a so-bad-it’s-good track from...
madraseye asked: Hey. I'd been a long-time reader of the old Popagandhi, and I loved everything you wrote. Is it still possible for me to read the old stuff, somewhere in the recesses of the internet?
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Really good video about Steve Jobs →
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“Each journey you’ll go on is completely different from the next. You’ll...”
– I never tire of writing about India
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Monday Flying Features The Last Polka! →
The unstoppable Stephie Tan has a new website about all my favourite things: lifestyle, travel and cities. Check it out.
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