Archive for the Month: January 2008

hi readers! surprise, surprise! the nominees for the eighth annual weblog awards a.k.a. the 2008 bloggies have been announced. sparklette.net has been nominated in the “best asian weblog” category! vote me for a bloggie, will ya? i have never been in the running for one before and i would so love to win it! [...]

in urban singapore, it always feels refreshing to be away from the bustling city life once in a while. recently i managed to have a nice little getaway among the tropical islands. well… sort of. i paid a visit to pulau ubin for the first time in my life! pulau ubin is an off-shore island in the north east of singapore, accessible only by water transport [...]

yeah, yeah, i know this is a pretty weird question to ask. after all, fried bee hoon is rather ubiquitous in the context of singapore. you can find it almost everywhere! for those not familiar with singapore cuisine, fried bee hoon is a common rice vermicelli dish. but wait a sec [...]

Updated on January 21: i have always kept the really personal stuff in my life away from this blog, and i shall continue to do the same. but it’s suffice to say that something terrible happened recently. i have been a pretty strong person all my life, but this time things got so bad, it [...]