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Did any of you watch the Channel 5 program, "Don't Forget the Lyrics" yesterday 8 pm? I burst to laugh at two occasions. Can't believe how risqué Channel 5 may seem. First during …
Just like the nursery rhyme "Ten Little Soldiers", there are 10 fearless, relatively-unknown bloggers who initiated the infamous Association of Bloggers (Singapore) or ABS. A protem committee was formed. By the way, the word 'protem' or 'pro tempore' actually means 'for the time being'. (Oh yes, this new knowledge, at the very least, I have to credit to ABS.)It is perhaps a …
Yes. It has to be the stupidest Facebook group ever. Rightly reflecting its shameful stupidity, the Facebook group called itself, "I have to practise suicide". See, suicide is not something one can practise. What for? To make the suicide a perfect one? There's no such thing like a perfect suicide. It's either a successful one or a botched-up one. Police in Hong Kong were …
Something to consider...for sure, it beats the hell out of 0.25% interest rate for savings account! Starting July 1, individuals can now apply for Singapore Government Securities (SGS) via all DBS Bank, United Overseas Bank and OCBC Bank ATMs.Investors will be able to apply for Singapore Government Securities (SGS) - debt instruments in the form of either Treasury bills …
The plan is to implement a 4% goods & services tanx by 2011. Bad move, Malaysia. You should have announced that the plan is for 7% GST (like how the current GST rate is in Singapore). And then, you should let the news sinking in to the hearts & minds of Malaysians. They will be angry. They will voice their displeasure. And then only, you announce that you are willing to …
Visit www.islandreefjob.com for more details. The job title is "Caretaker for islands on Great Barrier Reef". And guess what the job scope is!You scuba dive, snorkel, sail and go bush walking. Meet and talk to the locals and tourists. Give media interviews, post a weekly blog, photo diaries and video updates. Feed the fish, clean the pool and collect the mail.Darn! It sounds …
This article tickles me with how unreasonable some blogger can be. The author of the post unashamedly demonstrated his lack of thinking ability & his undisguised sentiment against the government with his inaccurate example of failing to find posters of the JI escapee, Mas Selamat Kastari in Changi Airport. "THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NONE AT CHANGI AIRPORT!" he cried …
The screenshot above from Asiaone.com echoes my disgust. The family may be homeless, but to say they're hopeless is wrong.Take a look at what it is said in the article:The family has, since earlier this year, been surviving on welfare.They get $180 every month for four months from Muis, $60 worth of food vouchers a month for four months from a mosque, $590 a month for three …
Well, you know what they say about publicity. Even a bad publicity is somewhat useful. It is the first weekend since news broke that individuals and companies linked to City Harvest Church are being investigated by the Commercial Affairs Department. Thousands of churchgoers attended the service on Saturday. Charismatic church leader Kong Hee may have been nowhere in sight, …
Yes. Beware. But of what?! Just because DBS openly rebuked the newly elected (or appointed?) president of AWARE, Ms. Josie Lau for "disregarding its advice against taking on the top post a …
Came across this site, "Barack Obama's Presidential Campaign in Political Cartoons". The cartoons are truly hilarious!! Eight out of 155 which I like best are: - Lincoln Salutes Obama- Closing Arguments- Campaign Lies- Be Afraid of Obama- Obama Victory Celebration- Signs of Intelligent Life- Obama's Celestial Choir- Obama's Awesome Oratory
Interested? Take note of the closing date of this IPO. I'm not really familiar with the company, Hock Lian Seng. From what I read in the news the last year profit margin was less than 10%. I'm not sure whether it's a norm for a civil engineering company. Not that appealing for me... Civil engineering group Hock Lian Seng (HLS) Holdings is planning to raise S$27.5 million in …
Yes. Visit the official website of the movie, "The Storm Warriors". Under 'Gallery', you click 'Comics Art' & you'll be presented with a 12-page artwork. The above are the comics art for the 2 characters 'Second Dream' & 'Chu Chu'. For those who missed the first movie, The Storm Raiders, you may be interested to notice that Golden Village is offering "The Storm Warriors …
The problem definitely is not that the graffiti was badly created. It's nice. In fact, the Swiss man should have charged SMRT for a fee because of the artwork did brighten up the train. Heh. A Swiss man has been arrested in Singapore on suspicion of breaking into a high-security subway depot and spray-painting graffiti on a train, an offence punishable by caning, police said …
Foyce Le Xuan makes it to the news. Again. This time she's reported to be disfigured in a car crash when she's on her way to her newly-opened restaurant, Lush. Interesting to note, that 'lush' is a slang for 'intoxicating liquor' and also 'a habitual heavy drinker : drunkard'. Is it an omen? As in 'if you drink, don't drive' or to be even more precise, 'don't drive to …
It's very sad to notice that these days the word 'charity' might often be associated with 'crime'. Have you read the latest news about one 'charity con artist' named Rajendren Rajamani? (Yes, the photo was taken from his Japanese (?) Facebook account).The news is a follow up from the press release issued by Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports on 02 May 2007 in …
Who hasn't heard about Odex's actions against file-sharing? Heck, there's even a Wikipedia article specially dedicated about it. Oh, and an interesting YouTube parody clip, titled "XE …
Kudos for SMRT to be humble enough to apologize for the 'serious' security lapse that led to the successful graffiti artwork at their train. See, it's not such a sad situation after all if a strong company like SMRT is willing to admit its security lapse, is it? What they need most, however, is not just the new technology to prevent the recurrence, but also the training. …



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