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Summit or no summit, I'm rescinding my invitation to Stormy Daniels to visit...
Her StorminessStephanie Clifford (aka Stormy Daniels)Three-time F.A.M.E. (Fans of Adult Media and Entertainment) Award winner for Favourite BreastsDear Ms Clifford,I greatly appreciate your time,...
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On The Hils 10k: The umbrella run
When I woke up this morning, I considered not going for the On The Hills 10k race at Dairy Farm Nature Park.It was storming outside and my left leg had still not fully recovered from the mystery...
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Sorry, guys, about crass commercialisation of US-North Korea peace summit in...
Dear President Donald Trump and Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un,As Chow Yun Fat once said, welcome to Singapore.But don’t expect to see the star of Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End here, though.And...
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Hair peace: How I got my commemorative summit Kim Jong Un cut
The last time I cut my hair was in North Korea to look like Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.Because the haircut was so special, I promised myself never cut to my hair again.That was on 10 April 2016.In two...
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Undistinguished: Why I would refrain from making fun of anyone's English
English is hard.Sometimes you write “extinguished” when you mean “distinguished”, or “it’s” when you mean “its”.Or “South Korean leader Kim Jong Un” when you mean “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un”.Or...
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Remembering Errol Pang: The man who brought Miss Universe here also produced...
Former Miss Singapore Universe organiser Errol Pang died Monday morning at age 76. He was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer in April.He was one of the first people I interviewed as a journalist...
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Force of Nature Ultra 12km race: Return to Dairy Farm and MacRitchie Reservoir
The last time I ran at MacRitchie was about a year ago, commuting by foot from my Choa Chu Kang home to my workplace in Toa Payoh.This morning, I was back at the reservoir for the Force of Nature Ultra...
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Thum's down: What do you do when your stupid friend shares fake news on...
So I have this stupid friend.He is in my WhatsApp group of former secondary school classmates. He has also sold me insurance. You know the type.Last week, he posted in the WhatsApp group a link to a...
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Press Gang review: I heard a rumour
So I went to see to the Saturday matinee performance of Press Gang at Lasalle College of the Arts yesterday. Lim Kay Siu (Frankie Foo) was sitting in a row in front of me.It wasn't cheap — $144.50 to...
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Forbidden fruit is smelliest: I was cast out because I wanted to eat durians
When I go out, I usually take the stairs instead of the lift in my HDB block as I live on a low floor.On several occasions, I would see a man talking on the phone and smoking in the stairwell on the...
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Plogging: Swedish 'fitness craze' is up and running in Singapore (and picking...
Running to keep fit? Why not help the environment by picking up litter along the way?That was what 12 members of the local running group Superhero Runners did yesterday morning in the Rail...
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National Day makes people do crazy things like 'haka' cheer video &...
Blame National Day.Okay, maybe not blame National Day, but blame the people who seem to go a little nuts because of National Day.Every year, starting in July, you see National Day decorations in every...
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Majulah Walk & Run for National Day
A run where I could just walk to the starting line from home.The Majulah Walk & Run this National Day morning started from the Choa Chu Kang Stadium and ended at Gain City Megastore @ Sungei...
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Return of the rendang burger death match: McDonald's versus Burger King
It's back!The last time I wrote about the rendang burger death match was five years ago when McDonald's pulled off an upset victory after Burger King scored an own goal by adding mayonnaise to the...
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Remember that time ministers actually got a pay cut? It will probably never...
Thanks to recent taken-out-of-context comments by a former Prime Minister who shall remain unnamed, ministers' pay has been a hot topic for two weeks now with longer legs than I expected.But what I...
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Is SAF using NDP guard-of-honour chiobu Gorgina Choo for recruitment? Yes,...
At least it wasn’t a schoolboy giving you the finger.That was the big controversy of last year’s National Day Parade. This year, the controversy doesn’t have to be blurred out.It all started during...
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Fourth time's the charm: Safra Bay Run & Army Half Marathon didn't kick my...
So excited to see my name on TV at #armyhalfmarathon race pack collection #sgrunnersA post shared by SM Ong (@sm_ong) on Aug 11, 2018 at 9:15am PDTWhy I expected to do badly at this morning's Army Half...
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Crazy Rich Asians should have been called High SES Chinese & starred Scarlett...
Dear Kevin Kwan,Congratulations on topping the US box office for the third straight crazy rich week with the movie adaptation of your novel, Crazy Rich Asians.Or as our Emeritus Senior Minister Goh...
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So I received two e-mails regarding my last column about Crazy Rich Asians:SMI take it that you have written the article tongue-in-cheek and I should better take it with a pinch of salt.Crazy Rich...
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Running the half at the International Bintan Marathon: Bin there, done that
Bored with the same old same old race routes in Singapore, I was enticed to sign up for the International Bintan Marathon, joining the half category, of course.Fortunately, my wife gave me permission...
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