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The real problem with IPPT? Sit-ups
Since the new IPPT format was unveiled more than a week ago, there have been a lot of discussion about the pros and cons of the pulling out of the chin-ups station and the pushing in of the push-ups...
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Big Brother? We have bigger things to worry about - like scary movie posters
“Quite a country you got there, Ong.”That was the comment posted with a link on my Facebook timeline last week by an American friend whom I was in college with and haven’t seen since SWV were topping...
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No new official NDP song this year? We've got you covered
National Day is almost here.Since there is no new official NDP theme song this year, the organisers have recycled some of the old ones.Like this We Are The World-like "I sing one line, you sing one...
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The National Day satay burger death match is on!
McDonald's introduced its new "Shiok Shiok" satay burgers a few weeks ago.A common complaint was that McDonald's is stingy with the sauce, which resulted in dry satay burgers. Not so shiok.McDonald's...
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Something missing in this year’s National Day celebration
Our first selfie National Day!Oh, what hast thou wrought, Mr Baey Yam Keng?Another year, another NDP is over.When you put your red shirt in the laundry, remember to wash it separately from your whites...
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What's this ad selling 'cream for men'?
I was puzzled by this huge half-page ad that caught my eye in today's Straits Times.What exactly are they selling? What is this "cream for men"? At first, I thought it was a face or hair cream. Then...
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No littering: She 'wiped her bottom with a tissue & placed it in her bag'
She’s all about that bass, ‘bout that bass.No treble.The song by Meghan Trainor was replaying in my head as I kept seeing the photo of the woman’s big bare bottom on my Facebook timeline last week.Or...
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National Day Rally 2014: Door still wrong
By sharing the fishball stick story and announcing the new Municipal Services Office in his National Day Rally speech, is Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong pretty much conceding that the "no wrong door"...
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Video: Birth School Work Death (Singapore Version)
It seemed like a good idea at the time.I first heard the song Birth School Work Death by The Godfathers in 1988 when I was a college student in the US.I thought the title really reflected modern life,...
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Otak man was my wife's fishball stick
My wife has a “nose problem”.Which is to say, she is highly sensitive to polluted air. One whiff of something disagreeable and she would complain of a runny nose for days.That is why when I fart around...
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Whatever happened to Miss Singapore?
Rathi Menon was just crowned Miss Singapore Universe 2014 on Friday night.I know what you're thinking: "There's a new Miss Singapore Universe? Was it announced?"Well, yah. They had a show hosted by...
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Hello Kitty crisis: The cat is not a lie
I’m okay. Really. Thank you for your concern.No, you don’t need to do the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise money for my benefit.Unlike the rest of the world it seems, I didn’t have an existential crisis...
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‘Kill pretentious art groups’ flier is only satire
I saw this being shared on my imaginary Facebook the other day:Dear Voices For Artists,I was at the Singapore Day Festival on Monday afternoon and got hold of this flier a local anti-art group called...
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Hello Kitty Run registration 'cat'-astrophe
First, the species confusion over Hello Kitty, and now this.Online registration opened at noon today for the Hello Kitty Run and the server wasn't up to scratch.This was the message that people...
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Here are a few choice tweets about the Joanne Peh-Qi Yuwu wedding
Joanne peh and 715 are married already???? Wow that was fast but congrats to them both!!— Rui Ching. ♔ (@camilaYG_) September 9, 2014wah qi yiwu got hitched with joanne peh. but isn't he......?...
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So what if MDA bans movie From Singapore With Love...
So what if MDA bans From Singapore With Love? You can watch the full movie on YouTube.Oh, MDA banned To Singapore, With Love, not From Singapore With Love.My mistake. Sorry.You can actually watch To...
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Goodbye, Boanne: Did Joanne Peh marry Qi Yuwu just to spite me?
Okay, I surrender. I admit it. I was wrong.In April last year, I wrote a column called “So is Joanne Peh really going out with Qi Yuwu?”This week, should my column be called “So did Joanne Peh really...
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Hello, queues: The iPhone is not a cat
Haze and triple-digit PSI.Long, unruly queues all over Singapore for something that sold out quickly. Police were called.It was like June 2013 all over again.Except the haze isn’t as bad this year....
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Brash man Orient-tation: LKY's just this guy, y'know
"A guy"?In a speech last Wednesday in the US state of Iowa, US Vice-President Joe Biden, a Democrat, said:You know, on the way back from Mumbai to go meet with President Xi in China, I stopped in...
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It was all a blur: My Straits Times Run At The Hub photos
Here are some pictures I took with my iPhone and Narrative camera at my 10km The Straits Times Run at the Hub 2014.At the starting line.And we're off!F1 Pit Building with the bankrupt Singapore Flyer...
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