http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/nicholas-fang Ants, pants, random rants Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:35:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My first memories of Thailand are from a road-trip that my family took to Pattaya when I was just single-digits in terms of age. It was organised by the Automobile Association and I remember being stuck in the car for long periods of time, which wasn't so fun for a ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/nicholas-fang/2009/04/18/thailand/ Or The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which made up my Sunday night amusement this week. I thought I would check it out, given the 13-Oscar buzz surrounding this film, and to tell you the truth, I was a little disappointed. Instead of Benji Button, it could have been Forrest Gump Part ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/nicholas-fang/2009/02/09/tccobb/ I was a little shocked and largely disappointed to hear that Michael Phelps was busted for smoking marijuana by that illustrious publication, the News of the World, no less. What's worse, he had no defence for it other than the fact that he is 23 and had behaved in a ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/nicholas-fang/2009/02/04/busted/ Last week was a whirlwind of events that left me pretty much out of breath by the end of it. We got to see a little bit of history being made when Mr Obama took up his position in the White House and I have to say, I wasn't surprised when ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/nicholas-fang/2009/01/26/what-a-week/ It might sound depressing but I've been thinking about getting old in recent weeks. I suppose it's partially due to the looming end of year, which tends to put me in a retrospective mood and gets me reflecting on the meaning of life, the passing of time etc. But it's also linked ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/nicholas-fang/2008/12/31/grateful/ I know it's not anywhere near the end of the year, even though the Christmas decorations have been up for about a month, or so it seems. But I can't help but take a look back at the year gone by and think, Wow. It's been a pretty momentous 12 months by ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/nicholas-fang/2008/11/22/hope/ It's been ANOTHER crazy week in the world of finance. Global stock markets have pretty much gone berserk, with massive falls and unbelievable volatility seen all around the world. The one trend, if you can even call it that, is the fact that nothing governments do seems to have much effect on ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/nicholas-fang/2008/10/18/the-craziness-continues/ Sorry for the long-ish absence but it's been a pretty crazy couple of weeks. I am of course referring to the drama on Wall Street and the United States economy that has threatened to spill over into our living rooms and lives in the form of slowing economic growth, worthless investment ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/nicholas-fang/2008/10/04/bumpy-ride/ A couple of things happened recently that got me thinking about identity. I don't mean identity in the sense of one's personal details on one's IC, but more of the intangible essence of uniqueness that sets us apart from each other. Lance Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France winner and, to me, ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/nicholas-fang/2008/09/21/identity/ Hello! This is the first entry I'm putting up on this site and I hope my random ramblings provide you with some form of entertainment, or at least that they help you pass the time! I thought I would make my first entry about something that has made a few headlines of late: ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/nicholas-fang/2008/09/06/maybe-baby/