73.

He wanted someone to love, someone who could make him lose his Asian uptightness.

72.

You could tell how optimistic she felt about the day by how long she took to get out of bed.

71.

This is not an afterthought. This is the only thought. Too many people died.

70.

One look at the morning's headlines will tell you - we don't understand everything yet.

69.

On her way to work, she had 69 unrelated thoughts.

68.

The parents fretted over the coughing baby. Thirty years later, the daughter lay in bed worrying about her parents' persistent cough.

67.

After lunch, the turkey seduced her with a sweet lullaby. She couldn't help but succumb to its drowsy embrace.

66.

She wore red and the colour enlivened her, infecting her personality.

65.

One sari was a deep blue, replendent with royalty. Another was a kaki brown, the working clothes of the cleaning woman. One was purple, another lavender, two yellow, one black as night. And she took a piece of string from each and wove a multi-colour carpet.

64.

Hougang is the armpit of Singapore.

63.

She spat out the Star and said, "Too spicy."

62.

When she woke up, her shoulder felt funny.

61.

I am A - lemon B - orange C - grapefruit. What am I?

60.

Her father was born 60 years ago on chap gor meh in the Year of the Monkey.

59.

He wrote "I need you"; he meant "I need to be loved".

58.

Her sweat was sweet with victory.

57.

The man was a part of the wall; only his eyes darted back and forth, watching the pedestrians with their Christmas shopping.