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Amos Yee 'suicidal'&'strapped to bed' in prison: 4 shockingallegations by lawyer
The Online Citizen has posted a letter written by Amos Yee's lawyer, Mr Alfred Dodwell, to District Judge Jasvender Kaur dated yesterday regarding the criminal charges against Amos Yee, who has been in...
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Post-Pink Dot: PM Lee wears pink in updated Facebook profile photo
Thousands showed up for the Pink Dot event at Hong Lim Park on Saturday wearing pink.Families of all shapes, colours and sizes came down to Pink Dot to support the values that all families embrace -...
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How I went AWOL & almost got 18 months’ detention because of a girl
Just in time for SAF Day next month.Last week, The New Paper reported that a guy had his sentence extended from three weeks of detention to 18 months for being absent without leave (AWOL) from the army...
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What gives? Amos Yee now in IMH, but his Facebook posts still refer toprison
How is it that I am in prison, yet I am still able to post something on Facebook? Well… If you want to fuck with the Government, fuck with them all the way.Posted by Amos Yee on Thursday, June 18,...
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Feeling old & inadequate because of Joseph Schooling, pull-up guy & ourfirst...
I celebrated my 49th birthday this month.“Celebrated” is perhaps the wrong word. It was more like a wake for my lost youth.As if to rub it in, national swimmer Joseph Schooling’s birthday is on the...
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He's so over the rainbow: 'Would you be truly happy if your childrendeclare...
I think this could be the first time Singaporeans ever cared about a US Supreme Court decision.Even Ho Ching, wife of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (who is so fond of pink shirts), shared this:After...
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Amos Yee 'suicidal'&'strapped to bed' in prison: 4shockingallegations by lawyer
The Online Citizen has posted a letter written by Amos Yee's lawyer, Mr Alfred Dodwell, to District Judge Jasvender Kaur dated yesterday regarding the criminal charges against Amos Yee, who has been in...
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My beef: Free barbecue? Bo jio!
A barbecue is like sex.The idea of it is enticing, but the reality is messy and not always as fun as you thought it would be.And both involve a lot of raw flesh.Even as Americans celebrated their...
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Free Amos Yee protest versus LKY queue
Large turnout at Hong Lim Park today. Disappointing to see few young people, however. #FreeAmosYeepic.twitter.com/lr1STg4BxG— Glendon Giam (@blueproto) July 5, 2015"Large turnout"?See below for a truly...
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Why call for SMRT CEO to resign? Remember Saw Phaik Hwa
Another major MRT disruption, another call for the SMRT CEO to resign.In the wake of tonight's massive MRT fiasco, will SMRT CEO Desmond Kuek be forced to eat his words or resign?......
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Our Singapore: Was it the worst MRT breakdown? Here's how to tell
Remember in February when SMRT won some international award for “delivering value through risk management”?You should because I wrote a whole column about it.On receiving the award, SMRT CEO Desmond...
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Why is Cathay giving out 'condoms' to moviegoers?
So yesterday, I went with my wife to see Magic Mike XXL at Jem, which is owned by Cathay Organisation.As I was buying the tickets, the woman reminded me that the movie was rated M18. She warned me in...
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Sweating out the Pocari Sweat Run (with a surprise appearance by my sister)
So I completed the Pocari Sweat Run yesterday.It was advertised as 10km but was actually more than 11km (which was mentioned in the race pack, though some runners complained they weren't informed early...
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Sartorial satire: MDA should start censoring T-shirts
Dear Media Development Authority (MDA),“You are dumb.”No, no, I’m not calling you dumb. That’s just what it says on my T-shirt.I bought it more than two decades ago in the US. The shirt is from The...
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Alvinology's top 25 Singapore bloggers and blog sites re-ranked
Two months ago, Alvinology published this list of The Top Bloggers and Blog Sites in Singapore:1. The Smart Local– 1.1m2. Lady Iron Chef– 690k3. Daniel Food Diary– 651k4. Seth Lui– 453k5. Alvinology–...
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Singapore Blog Award winners not as popular as I thought
Last night, the winners of the annual Singapore Blog Awards were announced.I used to think that you had to be a really popular blogger with lots of traffic to win these awards.Remember Alvinology's top...
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Twisted ankle? Racist incident? Nothing will stop Sharon Au from playing Mrs LKY
What is Au?That’s the name of the actress starring as Mrs Lee Kuan Yew in The LKY Musical.It was also probably what she said when she twisted her ankle backstage during the musical’s first preview...
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Running gag reflex: S'poreans react to New Nation copying The Onion
Three thoughts that must have went past your mind at some point.For a while now, local satirical news site New Nation has been publishing this running gag about how "S'poreans react" to different news...
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Rounding up The LKY Musical reviews: Adrian Pang good, Sharon Au sucks
Since The LKY Musical opened on Friday (after three nights of previews), all the reviews pretty much say same four things:Adrian Pang can practically do no wrongSharon Au kinda sucks (but we all know...
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That escalated quickly: Bertha Henson's new website gets MDA's attention
Former SPH journalist Bertha Henson announced the launch of her new website The Middle Ground on her blog on June 11.Less than two months later, she posted this on Facebook today:I'm not sure why she...
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