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19-year-old student Mandy Soong has been crowned as MediaCorp’s “FHM Girl Next Door” 2008.Soong beat nine other finalists to walk away with S$40,000 worth of prizes including a new car. She will also appear on the cover of the FHM magazine.The finals were held at St James Powerhouse on Friday evening. Other titles like ‘Miss ...
When it came to paying their taxi fare after a ride home, STOMPer Phrajile and his wife were shocked when they saw the amount. “The fare read $13,124!” he says.Said the STOMPer:”We were so surprised that we took a second look but there was no denying it, the fare read $13,124.20!“We jokingly asked the taxi ...
About 20 men took part in a ‘mock protest’ along Orchard Road on Sunday afternoon to complain about not being able to take part in the women-only run. The organisers did not have a permit to do so and police are investigating the incident. [Source: CNA]
He says her expression changed when he identified himself as a polytechnic graduate, after she had asked him if he was an ‘A’ Level graduate or still studying.“Does this lecturer’s behaviour reflect the University’s opinion on Polytechnic graduates?” he wonders.[Source: Stomp]
A STOMPer sent in a link to a blog which was apparently advertising for sexual services by an 18-year-old female Singaporean teenager.The blog describes the girl as being “very sweet” and “very gf-feeling”, and she is given the rating 8.5 out of 10 for her looks.It also provides details on the sexual services that are ...
SINGAPORE: A national serviceman died in hospital, nearly two hours after he fainted during training on Pulau Tekong on Tuesday morning.Recruit Andrew Cheah Wei Siong from the Basic Military Training Centre fainted at 8.35am while he was taking part in a 2km walk training activity on the island.[Source: CNA]
SINGAPORE: The body of the undergraduate who went missing at sea after a sailing training session on Thursday, was found on Saturday.The body of 22-year-old Levin Angsana was recovered about 300 metres off Raffles Marina - a short distance from where the accident happened - at about 7.30am.The SMU student and four other sailors were ...
SINGAPORE: Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo has said Singapore must not get involved in Malaysian politics.He gave this response when asked by the media if bilateral relations would be hit by the ongoing political turmoil in Malaysia.Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim have been dominating the headlines in the ...
After much anticipation, local startup, Widgeous finally launched during yesterday’s Barcamp Singapore unconference session. Widgeous is a web-based startup focusing on creating a universa …
SINGAPORE: Clarke Quay, a food and entertainment venue by the Singapore River, will have a new attraction next month.A 16-month S$1 million contract will see magician Ning and her partner JC Sum perform stunts twice a day, six days a week at The Arena, a club at Clarke Quay.The latest attraction is believed to be ...
SINGAPORE: The message to go green went into the heartlands on Saturday, with SWITCH - short for Simple Ways I Take to Change my Habits.The event kicked off in Toa Payoh where over 10,000 residents and families learnt how to make their daily habits more eco-friendly.[Source: CNA]
Sccube distributes high quality, original and effective skin care products from innovators and specialists around the world. The company’s brand portfolio includes such successful premium brands as ReVive, Zelens, Philip B and Dr. Brandt.Through this partnership, Sccube will begin to offer Euoko’s line of luxury skin care products at two retail locations at …
SINGAPORE: Reports in recent years of fit and healthy young men collapsing and dying while exercising do not mean sudden cardiac deaths occur most in this age group.The reality is actually quite different, says Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Hawazi Daipi.Less than 3 per cent of sudden cardiac death victims were below 35 years old.In ...
“According to recent reports now Singapore commuters are enjoying a shorter waiting time before/after/during the morning and evening peak hours,” he says.“As you can see, the waiting time for a Boon Lay-bound train is a whopping nine minutes!”[Source: Stomp]
A Singapore man has been banned from owning a camera phone for a year after he was found guilty of secretly filming a woman in an airport toilet, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.Samuel Ong, 19, sneaked into a female toilet at Singapore’s Changi Airport earlier this year and used his camera phone to snap shots ...
The Following Essay is the winning entry in the 2008 FCA Dennis Bloodworth Memorial Journalism Prize, supported by Bloomberg.It has not been edited or revised in any way by the FCA. This is the form in which the FCA received it from the author, Lee Xin En, currently a student at National University of Singapore ...
I still remember vividly when I just stood up and walked away from this other telco a year back when they demanded many things from us solely based on ‘we are big and you are only a small startup’. Exclusive, no commitment, need 24/7 support, you get S$1 from the sales etc. We may be ...
Prize: NDP 2008 tickets.Either for 2, 4 or 6 pax on Preview Day or Actual Day. You get to choose.If you are successful in the ballot, you will be notified between 5th June 2008 to 11th June 2008 via the phone number you have provided. But this can be as tough as striking the Hong ...
The manager said he will look at the CCTV. But he still came back to me and told me he found NOTHING! He said he asked his people to search the whole WWW, but they found nothing.And thats it! End of their job. They even told my sister, some people even lost their things inside ...
SINGAPORE : A mammoth challenge in traffic logistics awaits even before the first Formula 1 car can whizz past on streets here.Over 12 days, from September 20 to the early hours of October 2, various roads in the Central Business District (CBD) will be closed to traffic at various times, TODAY has learnt.[Source: CNA]
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