Month: April 2022

Walking briskly towards the customer service of Ace Hardware in Mall of Asia, I see him on the phone. I had to wait a few inhale-exhale routines before I could ask, “I’m looking for Arnold.” His bewildered look tells me he didn’t know Arnold from Abraham. I am beginning to doubt if I am in …

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If you want to know how much stuff you have stored in your house, renovate your kitchen. It is what we’ve been doing now for the past four weeks —tear down all cabinets, move everything movable out of the way of construction and painting, and turn the rest of the house as a holding area …

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