It’s 20:12 now and I want to be first to wish readers and everyone a Happy New Year 🙂 What, you say it is not time yet? Whoever is thinking you gotta wait for the countdown to midnight or sing [… more]
As this post goes online, the local time is exactly 11:11:11 on this special day 11/11/11. This is a rare moment — while this string of identical digits flash by you, dream of things that you really want to do, [… more]
Jul 07 2011
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not touting one language as superior to the other. But ’tis a catchy title, don’t you agree? What happens when you try to respond in Mandarin while thinking in English? With a little craft, standard [… more]
Jul 04 2011
English words can sometimes be weird, given they can carry different meanings with the same spelling. These words are called homonyms, homophones or homographs, depending on where the similarity ends. Here are some for you to indulge in WittyCulus musing… [… more]
Jun 13 2011
“Yuanderbunena!” Some of you may have heard this Tamil-sounding word uttered in amusement, frequently as an exclamation. Somehow this “word” is associated with our favourite Indian food, the roti prata. 😉 In fact, many years ago I came across some [… more]
Jun 12 2011
Just now, I was singing the Do-Re-Mi solfege song (from The Sound of Music) to my son when inspiration struck on the second line. The first word on this line, “Ray”, reminded me of a friend who is getting married [… more]
May 18 2011
There was this segment on our local radio show called “5 Things”. It was part of the morning programme at Gold 90.5FM, hosted by DJ Hamish Brown. Every weekday, Hamish would dish out five things about a particular topic, either [… more]
May 15 2011
I thought up these 2 riddles just for WittyCulus fun. The answers may not be immediately obvious, but once you know them you may think they were staring you in the face. See if you can crack them… The Lee [… more]
May 14 2011
My kids and I love Mickey Mouse so. My younger son takes Mickey to school in his bag or sometimes he (Mickey lah!) gets to ride in the car. The elder one is still keeping the first Mickey given to [… more]
