http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/posts/tags/conversations/page/1/ Only for the melancholy, geeky, weird or insecure en Vox Sat, 17 May 2008 00:48:40 +0800 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss conversations http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/to-dream-the-unreachable.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Yasmine) http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/to-dream-the-unreachable.html?_c=feed-rss http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/to-dream-the-unreachable.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 17 May 2008 00:48:40 +0800 A summary of the reasons why writing Singaporean literature is so difficult, if not impossible, according to Joon and Yasmine, or why all the existing novels written by Singaporeans that we have read are so unsatisfactory. 1. The language. Singap... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521cde4549d00fad6886a360004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books writing conversations http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/the-best-msn-conversation-ever.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Yasmine) http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/the-best-msn-conversation-ever.html?_c=feed-rss http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/the-best-msn-conversation-ever.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 14 May 2008 20:15:54 +0800 Canadian guy who is not black: I'm gonna get my black friends to beat you up. I'm gonna get my black girl friend to come and beat you up. She's big, she's gonna hurt you. You can't out-hustle the hustler. Mari.am: In my language, you are what is c... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521cde4549d00fae8b93bb1000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> friends conversations http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/this-is-love-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Yasmine) http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/this-is-love-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/this-is-love-1.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:42:30 +0800 "Stop it! Stop IT! NOOOOO!!!" "I want to smell! I want to smell your flesh! I want to smell your flesh!!" "YOU FUCKING FREAK OF NATURE!" Pause. "You know, that pretty much epitomises our relationship. You vaguely threaten physical harm and I distr... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521cde4549d00e398eb31ac0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> conversations the russian http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/a-plague-with-legs.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Yasmine) http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/a-plague-with-legs.html?_c=feed-rss http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/a-plague-with-legs.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:25:54 +0800 "I'm ok with him as a human being. I'm not ok with him as... a person who talks." <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521cde4549d00f48ce8654d0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> conversations the russian http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/braising.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Yasmine) http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/braising.html?_c=feed-rss http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/braising.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:55:58 +0800 Me: How do you braise chicken? TR: What she just did. Me: (Glares.) TR: What?! I can't think of a clearer way of explaining what braising is. Me: You know, on cooking shows, the chefs explain what they're doing verbally, they don't just cook and e... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521cde4549d00e398e6280a0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> conversations the russian http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/let-it-burn.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Yasmine) http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/let-it-burn.html?_c=feed-rss http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/let-it-burn.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:39:48 +0800 10 AM Me: Last night I spent half an hour on my exercise bike and I didn't have dinner. I'm so proud of myself. Yup and I've decided that I want to starve myself. G: Me too. But why do you want to starve yourself? You're so skinny, you'll disappe... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521cde4549d00e398d0d1be0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work conversations http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/sessions.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Yasmine) http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/sessions.html?_c=feed-rss http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/sessions.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:37:41 +0800 Director U-W.ei Haji Sa.ari during the talkback session after Wan.gi Jadi Sak.si, on the Majapahit royal: "Dia kan datang sini. Kat sebelah ni. Dia lepak sini 6 tahun. Ada anak..." At the Earshot café where the waiter/cook said his name was "Ital... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521cde4549d00e398bc2b270003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> friends conversations http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/more-weird-conversation.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Yasmine) http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/more-weird-conversation.html?_c=feed-rss http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/more-weird-conversation.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:26:50 +0800 TR: I have a talent. Y: Trolling! TR: I have a talent for turning something beautiful into something evil. Y: Yeah, trolling! TR: Stop using that word. Only I can use it. Y: Why? TR: Because it comes from the Internet. Everything that comes from t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521cde4549d00e3989789720001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> weirdness conversations the russian http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/sing-song-see-girls.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Yasmine) http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/sing-song-see-girls.html?_c=feed-rss http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/sing-song-see-girls.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:44:26 +0800 Today my boss warned me about spies within the corporation and the government reading my blog, so of course I immediately felt compelled to blog. Let's see... ok I'll start with how we terrorised the lone Christian at dinner last night. F: I've ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521cde4549d00e398979c090005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> friends conversations http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/a-collection-of-thoughts-that-dont-belong-anywhere.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Yasmine) http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/a-collection-of-thoughts-that-dont-belong-anywhere.html?_c=feed-rss http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/a-collection-of-thoughts-that-dont-belong-anywhere.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:42:54 +0800 I bought an exercise bike, second hand, over the weekend. Sorry Farah, I didn't want to wait until late June -- I am having a meltdown and I need to detox, like, now. Now we have a treadmill (which I despise) and an exercise bike in the house. I w... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521cde4549d00d4143d98893c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music family conversations