poktanju

David & Brian: how satisfying was it to see Bob get the crap kicked out of him on Breaking Bad?

I had the impression that "Khoo" was a Hokkien surname by name of Singapore. This would jive with the kamikaze uncle bit if his mother's side stayed in Singapore after liberation, which did happen. I'm thinking way too hard about this.

The Hemingway Variation includes:

Step 0: Drink heavily

Singapore has accomplished a lot of good things, but it's telling that people there don't speak Hokkien anymore.

Singapore today is, in many ways, what the Beijing government wants for China in the future.