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There might come a time soon when Singaporean citizens, some of whom are responsible for voting in the elections, will be outnumbered in Singapore by people who are not Singaporeans.CNA says that the population of the country rose by 200,000 between 2006 and 2007, of which only 39,490 were born here, which means 160,510 of ...ShareThis
Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch!Geek Central isn’t so bad, at least not when I was there last week to get some stuff for my brother in law in China (because it’s worse over there - you can hardly get any non-pirated stuff for a reasonable retail price, apparently).At several shops on the ...ShareThis
Singtel doesn’t recognise email addresses from my domain (miyagi.sg), so I have to use my Gmail instead. You’d think they’d know, wouldn’t you?Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch!(c) 2003-2008 Benjamin Lee / Mr Miyagi. Email: miyagi@miyagi.sgTechnorati Tags: .sg, domain names, singtel
“It’s like Twitter and MSN had babies”, says a fellow Plurker who’s assuring me that I’ll get used to the latest bees’ knees of social networking web 2.0 IM gadgetroniconicalthingie. Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch! So, yeah, here’s my Plurk page thing.(c) 2003-2008 Benjamin Lee / Mr Miyagi. Email: miyagi@miyagi.sgTechnorati ...
Hopefully I’m wrong, but I get the feeling that the current regime to encourage the use of less harmful fuels either isn’t working, or doesn’t exist at all. Just look at the number of CNG refueling stations on the island. The NEA’s job seems to be to just “hope to create the critical mass of ...ShareThis
‘Subscribers of M1, Starhub and Singtel will receive the photograph of Mas Selamat via MMS free of charge,’ the police said.Forget cute licking kittens and puppies on your phone. Make sure you get your free suspected terrorist wallpaper today.Meanwhile, The Star of Malaysia says that “regional sources” believe that Mas Selamat Kastari is already in ...
Truth be told, I fell asleep watching the Oscars on Oscar Night (known in Singapore as “Why Does It Have To Be On A Monday Morning”) before a single award was presented.Also not present at the party was Jimmy Kimmel of Jimmy Kimmel Live! But if star watching’s your cup of tea, then what happened ...
Willard Scott as the first Ronald McDonaldIn Japan, Ronald McDonald is known as Donald McDonald. Name and other variations aside, he’s probably the most famous clown on the planet.While doing research (yeah right) on a job we were doing, we came across several bits of trivia which were quite funny. Like the time in 1996 ...
For S$13.50 a month, you can now make unlimited Skype calls internationally. Now to find international friends and talk to them unlimitededly!Via ST.(c) 2003-2008 Benjamin Lee / Mr Miyagi. Email: miyagi@miyagi.sgTechnorati Tags: IDD, internet, skype, telephone, telephony, unlimited international calls
Wine Garage Flickr SetWe don’t drink, so we might never have gone to the Wine Garage for a meal if not for our friend telling us how awesome the food was. We like awesome food because they taste good.Chef Travis Masiero smokes his own bacon. No, really. Who in this day and age smokes their ...
Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch!If this is true, then it really, really sucks.Apparently there’s an “artist” called Guillermo Vargas who took a stray dog off the street and displayed it starving to death. And called it an art piece.From The Guardian:The Costa Rican has been called an animal abuser, killer and worse over claims that a ...
Streetdirectory.com is still grappling with some issues, and although I’ve been loathe to use it for navigational purposes, I’ve found it useful lately as a business directory when I’ve searched for businesses like furniture repairers and shit.Today, instead of a blank rectangle where the map usually appears after a painful wait of several seconds, the ...
View Larger MapDon’t speculate how he escaped, the authorities say ‘all stops are being pulled’ to rein in accused terror mastermind Mas Selamat Kastari. Says Channelnewsasia: “With the tight security presence, Singaporeans are generally confident this crisis will soon be resolved.” Add to that, “and the jams at the causeway will soon …
Here’s an idea for saving energy: turn off the ERP gantriesWhen I read the headline, I thought, “oh no, they’re gonna use the ERP method of reducing consumption”, and then I read on and found out they’re using the lucky draw method instead.Much better than my parents’ day when they used coin-operated heaters in their ...
Image from mooncostumes.comThe torch relay bypassed Singapore probably because protests are only to be held indoors, with a licence, in designated areas. I dunno.Then there’s news that the Youth Olympics might be a Games without medals or records. That is the sucks! Might as well not have athletes.I mean, they even give out prizes in ...
Traditional Japanese Curtains for you to konk heads with departing customerNaomi and I have been to this place, I dunno, four, five times already in the last two months, and considering we don’t go out very often, it probably means we like the food a lot.Plastic models of dishes to help you decide while queueingRamen ...
Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch!Ahead of today’s much anticipated report on the escape of Mas Selamat Kastari, Todayonline had an article talking about terrorism and what our fine nation’s efforts have done and not done.It says William Dobson, “managing editor of global politics magazine Foreign Policy“ comments that “Most countries’ …
It’s a pity my stay-in reservist days are over (right, MINDEF?), because this Dove GoFresh Shower Gel would’ve come in real handy.I might have mentioned in many Army story-tellings about h …
Isn’t she pretty?It’s a sad thing that we’re so used to sub-standard customer service here that when sales and service staff actually display any bit of pride and love in their work, we’re impressed to the point of wanting to blog about them.That’s not to say that Jenny of Silic Lighting Centre merely has a ...
The sales tactics of Vardi & Migdal – the Israeli company with pushcarts in malls all over the island – used to work. They use pushcarts instead of renting a shop space because if you were a salesman in a shop, you wouldn’t be able to roam a mall’s thoroughfare and accost passers-by.We have some ... 
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