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No April Fool's joke: After 3 years, Burger King finally makes Chocolate...
No one likes to be played for a fool. Yet, it remains an annual tradition that otherwise veracious people and organisations would lie in the name of April Fool’s. And it is your own fault for being...
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I bought the KFC mask and here's my review
So KFC started selling masks today. View this post on InstagramA post shared by KFC Singapore (@kfc_sg)Instead of Original or Extra Crispy, the choice is Night or Day. I picked Night because it's...
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I got the Moderna vaccine because I didn't know I could choose by vaccination...
Dear Ministry of Health, I am sort of a healthcare professional. Or at least used to be. I was a medic in the navy during my national service and used to vaccinate shiploads of servicemen. That was...
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How Singapore got jinxed by 'gold standard' and 'world’s best place to be...
Dear Bloomberg, Let me first say, I’m not a superstitious person. But I can’t help but notice a pattern – and not the badminton kind. Someone saying something good about our MRT usually results in...
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You've seen the page 1, but what was inside the paper that day? Here's The...
You have probably seen this image of Workers' Party secretary-general Pritam Singh holding up a copy of The New Paper page one in Parliament yesterday. Pritam Singh clash with S Iswaran over funding,...
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Dear National Environment Agency, It was one of the most humiliating experiences in my life. And I wrote Phua Chu Kang The Movie, so I am very familiar with public humiliation. I was having lunch at a...
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Oh no, am I part of the Jem-Westgate cluster?
Dear Ministry of Health, I thought I could get away with it. The pandemic had been going on for more than a year, and I had managed not to get swabbed for a Covid-19 test. No sticks up my nose, thank...
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No, Gurmit Singh wasn't driving his Lambo when he was caught speeding at 131kmh
Well, in the Get Your Shot, Steady Pom Pi Pi video, he did say “faster go and vaccinate”. But perhaps not 131kmh fast. Yes, that was the speed Gurmit Singh was caught driving at on that fateful April...
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Should you get the McDonald's BTS Meal even if you're not a fan of BTS?
Dear non-BTS fans, How do you even exist? How do you live in this world and not be a BTS fan? I mean, I can understand if you are a non-MBS fan who does not know Marina Bay Sands is not in downtown...
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TIL Gurmit Singh's daughter Gabbi Wenyi Ayane Virk is 'an ícon in Singapore's...
You may have read about kids of local celebrities following their parents' footsteps into showbiz. But you probably haven't read about Gurmit Singh's daughter, Gabrielle. She did make the news in 2014...
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Abnormal new normal: Wait, people actually like the new NDP 2021 song The...
Dear Linying, Congratulations on the positive response to your National Day Parade (NDP) 2021 theme song, The Road Ahead, you composed with producer Evan Low. I am not going to report you for not...
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From flow chart to no dine-in apocalypse: Table for one, please?
Remember just over a week ago when the Government announced that for dining in, the maximum group size would be reduced from five to two because of the resurgence of coronavirus cases in Singapore....
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Strong arm of the law minister: Shanmugam does some heavy lifting
Last week, we were finally allowed back in the gym for no-mask high-intensity workouts with the easing of Covid-19 measures. And probably none too soon for Singapore’s overnight gym bro sensation,...
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Mediacorp Channel 5 once rejected my idea for sitcom about a Malay family
Oh no, she didn’t! But she did. I think someone just called Mediacorp racist. Or did she? That someone is broadcast journalist Sharanjit Leyl. In a BBC radio programme that aired two days before...
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Oh, ‘Kamala’ spelt backwards is ‘alamak’? Shut up your face
Alamak, nasi lemak. Do you know that “nasi lemak” spelt backwards is “Kamel Isan”, which happens to be the name of my Facebook friend in Indonesia? Sure, she is no Vice-President of the United States...
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Soh Rui Yong's 2.4km challenge and the Commandos: ‘Never a me vs them scenario’
Well, that escalated quickly. Maybe even quicker than marathoner Soh Rui Yong running 2.4km in 6 minutes 53.18 seconds. On Sept 4, the two-time SEA Games gold medallist officially became the first...
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What do PSLE parents fear most – Covid, clowns or going to a ‘lousy school’?
It’s that time of the year again. I feel sorry for Primary 6 kids and their parents. How stressful it must be for them right now. The Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) starts this week. More...
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Instead of Helen and Ivan's coins, I propose more relatable questions for the...
Helen and Ivan have a lot to answer for. Because of them, children cried, parents complained and everyone memed. This year’s Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) mathematics paper was reportedly...
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ITE College West canteen needs support, so I ordered the cheese balls (among...
The Internet is not all bad. Yes, even Facebook. (Or whatever it’s changing its name to) Two weeks ago, someone named Wendy Choo posted an appeal in Facebook group Hawkers United - Dabao 2020. It read:...
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Is Bollywood scene in Eternals movie racist? Happy Deepavali!
What is racist? That may be obvious to many but not to all. How else do you explain the viral 14-second video posted by a gym of two middle-aged Chinese women doing a seated row with elastic bands...
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Why an otter in TraceTogether app? It should be a merlion and I have one in mind
Do merlions cry? As in can tears come out of their eyes? Or are they only capable of expelling copious fluid from their mouth like they are vomiting? I am asking because somewhere out there, there must...
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Man who duped women into sex won a couples contest organised by Ministry of...
You may have read about De Beers Wong, who pretended to be an agent for rich "sugar daddies" and duped at least 11 women into having sex with him. In April, he was sentenced to 3½ years' jail and fined...
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Do you believe the Raeesah Khan-spiracy theories? If she’s a spy, I’m the...
“2021. Best year ever. More drama than Mediacorp produced in its entirety.” That was how one Reddit discussion title summed it up. Books Actually, Night Owl Cinematics, Omicron, peacock attack and now...
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No more New Paper in print, no more column
Last Friday was the last print edition of The New Paper after 33 years. When the staff were first told about it in July, I was surprised and devastated. I was content to do what I was doing at TNP...
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On The Red Dot Reunions: Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd (CNA)
I'm in this CNA programme, which brought back the cast of Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd for a reunion and to talk about the show, which ended in 2007. There were previous reunion episodes for Under One Roof,...
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