Rojak Timeout (by Una Ragazza)

We know it's no fun to visit a blog and find there's nothing new to see and read.

Before you can say "Bah! B-b-borrrringggg!" and sail away for good, let us entertain you with a little song and dance at Rojak Timeout.

Just like the spicy rojak salad dish, the postings here are about anything and everything under the sun. They're meant to make you a keen, lean, lovin' Internet machine as you wait for the next story to be posted by our authors.

Today's Rojak Timeout is by Una Ragazza, the brains behind the Eat, Shop, Play, Love blog.



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Una Ragazza says:

People have been asking us how this writing experiment got started. After all, most of us have never even spoken to one another on the phone or Internet, let alone met face to face.

Blame it on one ambitious New Year resolution: "C'mon, how hard can it be to get a bunch of women to type some lines about their lives every couple of weeks? It's like old-school diary writing, no?"

Here are the 10 things we didn't plan for when we first signed up for this:

10. Mommies with newborns get two hours of me-time each day (sleep not included). Will write later when I can keep my eyes open.

9. Internet connection in Indonesia is as fast as a becak (trishaw) or bajaj (see below).



8. Boyfriend or husband changed his mind about being featured in our painstakingly-written stories.

7. Writing about myself means everybody will hear me talk about myself? Hmm. Can I drop out?

6. Watching the Bangkok rioting outside the window is more interesting. I'll write when the shootings and explosions end.



5. Stuck in Paris because of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano. No laptop, so went shopping instead.

4. Got a better job, going for a month-long holiday. Will write when I get back!

3. I'm losing steam. If we don't launch the blog soon, I'll quit.

2. Boss fired everybody but me in the department. Company facing legal suit. No time left to write!

1. Let's have a team meeting on Skype! Oh wait, which day and time zone are you talking about?

So we decided we will shoot for a modest twice-weekly posting of stories. This writing experiment is certainly doubling up as a social experiment on the lives of busy Singaporean women. Write us, if you have an interest to join this circle. A bigger sample size always makes for a better experiment!

(Pictures taken from the Internet)