Getting ready for the Scarlet Event was almost like getting ready for the big day… except that it wasn’t my big day. I probably lost count of the number of times that Sabrina told me to "wear nice nice". Fearing that she will never invite me to any other event because my dressing might disgrace ...

Nokia Singapore is served with a seizure notice, after it failed to attend court proceedings filed by an unhappy customer. The story goes that a customer bought a Nokia E61i which refused to power up - and Nokia refused to exchange it for a new one. The angry customer got fed up after sending it ...

A forum reader posted a message to the ST Online Forums regarding the sale of complimentary bottled water to GV patrons. The premise of the complaint was that the bottled waters were labeled as "Complimentary" and should not have been sold. This is akin to selling products that are marked with "Not for resale", "Not ...

An earlier article by a STOMPer says his experiences with several events organised during NUS’s admission exercise, and a recent encounter with a lecturer there, led him to the unive …

Apparently, gangsters in Hong Kong have gathered to plan an attack on Edison Chen to teach him a lesson over the recent celebrity sex-photo scandal. Unlike Singapore, organized crime has been playing an important role in Hong Kong’s entertainment industry. However, I was also told that the entertainment industry in Singapore is also quite hei1 ...

I find this quite strange actually. Just barely 1 month back, everyone was complaining about taxi fare being too expensive and that many are going to swear off taxies altogether. For the first time, many taxis were seen with a green LED on their roof - meaning that the taxis were not hired. Taxi drivers ...

It was brought to our attention on the post by iantimothy on ian.onthereddot.com with regards to the post titled "What DK, Simplyjean & Cobalt Paladin Tell Us About Ping.sg". In particular, we find a statement in his post misleading. The paragraph, reproduced without prejudice is as follows: Yesterday I met up with Ridz at the ...

Yup, here’s the picture. In all of it’s full glory! =P Picture: The inside of the toilet     L-R: The stuffs that lead to Mas Selamat’s escape Hmn… strange that detention centers have no grills on their toilet windows? They are probably assuming that "even if you can climb out of the window, there’s no way you ...

It’s the end of the financial year (yes, Simply Jean does have a financial year) and there’s going to be some changes in which the blog will be run. Starting from today, only the latest entry will be available via browser. This is because of a Loof Virus that’s spreading around on the host server ...

This post gives a prelude on my perspective (and a highlight in Parliament where Mr Low Thia Khiang seemed to have self-pwn’d) on the recent brouhaha on whether our Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Home Affairs Minister should quit. Strangely enough, no one seem to like to read the "Perspective" section in this blog - if the number ...