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It's been a crazy but fulfilling 2010 so far. Looking forward to more interesting weeks and months ahead. Thought I'd restart the blogging with some news that makes me happy :-)

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I woke up to start my dawn shift on Monday to find that something monumental had happened in this country. A seismic shift had occurred around midnight, when I was asleep -- the US House of Representatives had passed health care reform.

The House Democrats, to be precise. The Republicans had closed ranks (and hearts, and minds) and voted no.

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I wasn't surprised at all that a book can have an impact, but the extent of the influence Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye had on this old buddy left me rather speechless.

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Want better service? Then let the business owners know that the 10% service must be earned.

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Unless you have to rush home to fulfill your national service, such as making babies, I think you can afford to stay a little longer.

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Now I'm so far away, I get nostalgic for anything that has to do with home, and especially in the last few weeks, I'd been going around the house in a mopey kind of way, thinking, where's the atmosphere? No bad Chinese New Year songs playing in department stores, no red and gold Bee Cheng Hiang shops belching the smoky smell of barbecued pork, no Mandarin oranges, no crowds in Chinatown. No nothing at all.

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If middle class folks are worried about the future, should we be surprised at all that a lot of ordinary Singaporeans are concerned about their ability to own a place they can call home?

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I have been inefficient for the last few months and loving it.

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Maybe the solution to more inter-racial interactions is to have more football games.

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For the lonely hearts out there, good luck trying to run away from the loneliest day in the year.