About Me

One-line bio:
budak lives in a Singapore pigeon-hole and works in an industry that sometimes allows him to drink copious amounts of free alcohol. On hindsight, budak would actually like to be a botanist or ichthyologist, focusing on systematics and ecology, but at present, he would be happy to make a living from journalistic work on these subjects. Failing which, it would be nice to be the founding editor of Asian Hustler. As you can see, budak also can't count. He is also mostly harmless.

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From the Straits Times:

Sex, politics and toilet hygiene get public airing

By Rory Daniel
25 Apr 2005

TOP BLOG: budak.blogs.com

ECLECTIC, thought-provoking, intelligent and controversial, The Annotated Budak provides an entertaining insight into all things Singaporean.

Sex, politics, toilet hygiene and religion all get a good airing.

Budak is well-read and his fluid prose mixes big words like 'fecundity' and 'exogenous' effortlessly with amusingly inane statements like 'I missed the laundry basket and my underwear ended up in the fish tank.'

The ability to mix the bizarre with the serious makes this blog absorbing and entertaining.

Special Features
A highlight (or perhaps lowlight) can be found in the Toilets of the World Series.

Its pictures and descriptions of the world's worst toilets are not for the squeamish.

I know it's all about you, but what's in it for me
The Annotated Budak can be both funny and serious, poke fun at itself or open our eyes to what is going on around us. Most importantly, it can make us think.

Must-see Entries
The Fixed My Duck entry of vasectomy stories will have male readers reaching for the tissue.

Defining Quote
'Budak would actually like to be a botanist or ichthyologist - failing which, it would be nice to be the founding editor of Asian Hustler.'