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singaporeans say the darnest things
If there is an award for figuring Life out, Singaporeans so deserve it ( Read more... ) -
sg police: the vigilant force
Videos of Chee Siok Chin and John Tan trying to walk towards Shangri-La recently. Basically the video goes something like this ( Read more... ) -
in defense of the selfish singaporean
Last week-ish, there was a letter in the ST forum. The writer's grandmother kanna attacked by their schizophrenic neighbour at a very public bus stop and noone helped at all. There were so many sensible things the writer could have lamented about. Probably her grandmother did or had something that triggered off something in their neighbour so she ( Read more... ) -
porn for pain, hawthorn for heartache
Today, we have so many many pills for so many many things. There's stuff for preventing HIV, for psychological conditions and as I have just learnt, we now have a forgetting pillI wished it worked on me, but unfortunately the pill specifically targets only traumatic experiences, like rape or war. You don't forget that you were raped of course, you ( Read more... ) -
st forum
I always start my day with the Straits Times Online forum. As depressed, twisty and damaged I am, I always feel alot better after reading the forum. If only life was one big ST forum ( Read more... ) -
prophecy 101
The Chinese consider it bad luck to sleep beneath ceiling beams ( Read more... ) -
briefs 2 July
Apparently the government is sorta not taking responsibility for adding 3 more strokes to some poor dude's punishment because the onus is on the prisoner to correct any mistakes:
The caning was carried out on March 29 and the authorities said prisons officers observed all procedures relating to the administration of the caning, including verifying ( Read more... ) -
news in brief june 21st
Channel News Asia reports:
“Creativity is alive and well in Singapore and it can continue to flourish in spite of the political climate, say foreign experts who were in town for a two-day meeting to chart the Republic's media blueprint for the next decade.”
Duhz. Creativity is supposed to be able to flourish in spite of the social climate; that's why ( Read more... ) -
bring your own bag
CNA reports that:
Over 70% of shoppers support Bring Your Own Bag Day
I'm not sure which part of the article explains that though.
The article mentions there are 215 retail outlets supporting BYOB. Sounds like alot of support, but I wonder how is the figure calculated. According to Wikipedia, NTUC has about 100 Fairprice outlets. Are each of ( Read more... )
