10 Questions

If money were no object, what kind of house would you get? 

My main issue with houses (as opposed to high-rise apartments) is that your home is right there on the ground, easy picking for anything that wants to break in. Burglar, rapist, bear, bear-rapist ... You name it. I would never feel secure living like that, knowing that I'm sleeping on the same level ground as the hobos down the street. You never know what infectious, poor-people-diseases can be transmitted simply by sleeping on their level. 

Perhaps I'd only feel comfortable in a house that has a moat, so castles are my safest bet.

What's the strangest thing you've seen? 

A hobo-family reunion (featuring terrifyingly-pink-haired men and women embracing and rejoicing about finally seeing each other again. Please, you're homeless, as if you have somewhere to be) in a Jack-in-the-Box, L.A. Actually the entire city of L.A. is pretty fucking weird. 

What's the best restaurant you've been to? 

I don't know about 'best' in terms of food, but one of my favorite is Marche, on top of Vivocity. It's more of the memories there that make it ... memorable. Sitting by the foam-rock cliffs with Damian and plotting ways to get the best value for the variety of food we sample would always be one of my most treasured cranial possessions. 

In terms of good food, the first thing that comes to mind is that little French place at Bukit Timah called La Petite Cuisine. Duck that's so tender and juicy that it simply melts into a puddle of sweet, awesome duckiness as it comes into contact with one's tongue. They have an actual French chef that sprouts random, sporadic French phrases at people (mostly for self entertainment). 

Where is the most exotic place you’ve ever been?

Hiking up a volcano in Hawaii to see lava spewing into the ocean. One of my favorite places in the world, perhaps because it was one of the only times I had a vacation just with my dad. 

What's the biggest event, by number of people, that you have seen in person?

Definitely one of the football games in Wisconsin. Randall Stadium comfortably seats over 80,000 spectators, and dancing and jumping along with the cardinal-and-white crowd is hands-down the biggest-scale event I've ever been to. I'm obviously not a football fan, nor ever will I be, but I'll take any reason to verbally abuse the opposing team ('fuck you, eat shit!') with 80,000 people.

What's the dumbest thing you've ever seen someone do?

See someone attempt to sing Mariah Carey's "Hero" at a school contest in hopes of winning money for that shiteous job. Oh wait, that was me. 

What's the single most expensive item you have ever bought?

An iPod Touch for S$400, with money I don't have. But it eventually led to meeting Aaron, so it reinforces in my mind the potential good that can come out of running yourself into debt.

What's the worst tasting thing you've ever eaten?

The thing that immediately comes to mind is the pasta Damian and I had while we were rushing to see Lea Salonga in Rodger and Hammerstein's Cinderella. It used to be at Raffles Link, but since then closed down, probably cause of the rancid toxic waste they serve to the customers.

What is the most vivid/realistic dream you've ever had?

The dream that stayed with me the longest is the one where I met Jesse McCartney on a pirate ship, back when he was still blond. 

If you could eradicate one thing in the world, what would it be?

All porn music.