How to be a lunatic
Here’s one lesson you get from reading the news this week: Two Ways on How to be a Lunatic! Method #1: Jump in with Polar Bears Like this woman here who did just that at the Berlin Zoo. Got viciously
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A Growing Disquiet
I typically steer clear of controversial topics on this blog. Over the 18 years I’ve been online now, making my opinion on a sensitive subject known in the public sphere has never led to anything good. On this occasion though,
Till death do us part (with asset division)
There was an article in The Sunday Times over the weekend about a Singaporean woman who married a Frenchman aristocrat, and was asked to sign a pre-nuptial agreement by her in-laws. Until recently, one didn’t see much news or articles
Taxi drivers
If you followed the news here, you’d be forgiven in thinking that the cab services in Singapore are a huge mess. I mean, you get reports of drivers who drive like their adrenaline button is stuck on high, drivers who
Sam the Koala
The bush fires occurring in Victoria, Australia right now has been a horrific tragedy resulting in the deaths of hundreds. But one heartwarming story that’s been circulating around media involves firefighters and rescue workers finding an injured Koala, now nicknamed
Spoil the rod…
The most dreaded instrument at our home decades ago was the bamboo cane. I have to hand it to our mum. She was a suffer-no-fools, take-no-prisoners person when it came to ill discipline or bad grades. One thing I always
Lego bricks
30 years ago while the three of us were growing up at our old place at Sembawang Hill Estate, we had a lot of Lego bricks. And we had huge tubs and boxes of those things. They must have cost
If you thought you saw the worst of it…
A couple of months ago when we were with our small group, our discussions for the night got into races. I remarked then that many a time I’m really not proud to be Chinese. How’s that? OK, so the Chinese
(Un)lucky numbers
Here’s one of the most thought-provoking, if unintentionally hilarious to some readers, letter to the forum page in the last few days: Sep 20, 2008 Baby’s birth cert reverses parental joy THE arrival of my newborn daughter was a source
Who wants to be a trillionaire?
Easy; if you want to be one, just move to Zimbabwe.:) If you thought inflation in Singapore was bad, check out what’s happening in Zimbabwe. Inflation there has hit 11,200,200%…!! Apparently, a loaf of breadcost less than $200,000 Zimbabwe dollars
"Oh, say can you see…"
I was humming along while the American national anthem was played during the awards presentation for another gold medal win at the Olympics the other night. Ling then turned and asked if I knew the words to the anthem, and
It's the age thing
Of the lot of sporting events in the Olympics this fortnight, the event that Ling seems most interested in is the woman’s gymnastics. How’s that? Well, she was a school gymnast herself you see. As for myself, I’ve run a
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