It’s been what… 15 years?
Yup. 15 years since I received it. A Discman.
A monstrosity compared with today’s fancy media players, this grey chunk of melded plastic and metal sports a remote that has a backlight.
My mom broke the bank to get it for my birthday. She was newly widowed and worked at a $18 a [...]

Originally Posted on 16th July 2008
“Meishan, will you marry me?””Get up you silly pork! Don’t embarrass me here!”
“I won’t until you answer me properly!”
“Aiyo… Yes lah yes lah!”
“Yes what?”
“Yes I will marry you!”
There was I, kneeling on the cold sand in the middle of St Kildas Beach, Melbourne, Australia, proposing to my girlfriend of 5 [...]