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Go-Jek 'hostage' situation: Can you actually drive from Bishan to Coleman...
The Go-Jek driver picked the passenger up from Block 251 Bishan Street 22 at about 7am on Tuesday and was heading towards Coleman Street.The passenger wanted to avoid ERP charges. The driver said he...
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Dear side boob-revealing tank top woman in ATM queue at Somerset MRT station...
Dear Ashley Garcia,Clothes maketh the man while the lack of clothes can make a woman famous.Sometimes unintentionally.I mean, you were just queuing for the ATM at the Somerset MRT station and minding...
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Creature feature: My first Safari Zoo Run
I haven't been to the zoo in years and I've been looking for a new race route.So I took part in the Safari Zoo Run 12km challenge this morning.Flag-off was 7.10am for the second wave.The 12km route was...
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Hair peace 2: Kim Jong Un haircut is free in Vietnam - but not Singapore
In January when it was reported that Singapore and Vietnam were shortlisted for the second US-North Korea summit, I was low-key hoping that we would get it again.While some have complained that...
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As a Chinese who can't speak Chinese, I don't know what's Bayfront in...
Three weeks ago, I went to a barbershop and asked for the Kim Jong Un haircut to commemorate the US-North Korea summit in Vietnam as normal people do.The woman at the reception counter asked: “Who?”I...
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Gojek viral video saga vol. 2: 'Don’t make your problem to be my problem!'
Last week, Gojek announced that it is improving the welfare of its Singapore drivers by introducing a benefits programme called GoalBetter, which includes fuel rebates and prolonged medical leave...
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Waiting game: Buying Avengers Endgame tickets made me question the meaning of...
There comes a time for everyone when you question the point of it all.Why are you doing this? Is this what life is about?For me, that happened last Wednesday morning as I stared at the queue number on...
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Sent to NUS students: [NUSSU EXCO] Statement on Sexual Harassment in NUS
NUS to convene review committee after student calls for tougher action against man who filmed her in shower https://t.co/3weONMGhlTpic.twitter.com/1ZZLjgvSWU— The Straits Times (@STcom) April 20,...
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Sent to NUS students: [NUSSU EXCO] Statement on NUS Town Hall
So my daughter, an NUS student, received another e-mail from the students' union this afternoon:Dear Students,NUSSU EXCO would like to thank all the students who attended and participated in the town...
View ArticleAfter Monica Baey: My daughter is in NUS, should I be worried?
My daughter, a first-year National University of Singapore (NUS) student, once told me a joke: What do NUS and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) students have in common?Answer: They all applied to...
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Safety advisory sent to NUS students: Female resident was filmed in bathroom...
So my daughter, a National University of Singapore student, just received another e-mail from the school:From: Office of Campus SecuritySent: Saturday, May 11, 2019 7:13:48 PMDear NUS StudentSafety...
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Storm in a 50-cent tea cup? Confusion over May deal at NTUC Foodfare
Just half a dollar.For the whole of this month, when you show your National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) membership card at NTUC Foodfare or Kopitiam, you can buy a cup of hot coffee or tea (or their...
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NTUC Enterprise responds to my 50-cent teh column: 'We apologise for the...
So my last column was about my confusion over the 50-cent teh deal at the NTUC Foodfare coffeeshop.In response to the article published in The New Paper on May 13, a reader named Lilian Seah e-mailed...
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Fake news? Are there no more queues at Shake Shack in Jewel as K F Seetoh...
When I say “Jewel”, what is the first thing that comes to mind?The waterfall? Shake Shack? A&W?The song Foolish Games from the Batman And Robin soundtrack?Well, the first thing that comes to my...
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Getting free food with my Liverpool T-shirt
It started last month when Liverpool miraculously beat Barcelona 4-0 to overcome a 0-3 deficit in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final.The win was such an incredible comeback that the day...
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I have reservations: Is Anti-Chope Movement a lost cause?
I have never been a guest of honour. Have you?I imagine it must be pretty cool. People suck up to you. They want to take pictures with you. You get free food. Where’s the downside?That was probably...
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Fact-checking The Alternative View's post about K F Seetoh, Jewel and me
So The Alternative View posted this yesterday:Since my name appears in the post, I feel I need to fact-check it line by line.First line:In May, after F&B entrepreneur K.F. Seetoh shared a post...
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How I survived the $4.50 durian buffet
A durian buffet for $4.50?That’s less than the price of a Mala Burger meal at Burger King.Even though I’m not a durian lover (we’re just friends), it was an offer I couldn’t resist.But, of course,...
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Cryptopsy in Singapore: I wore a Hello Kitty shirt to a death metal concert...
On March 7, the Singapore concert by Swedish black metal band Watain was cancelled by the authorities at the last minute.I and presumably most of Singapore had never heard of Watain before. Only 150...
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This is how they stop us: Storming ST Kinetics for aliens? Sorry, ST Kinetics...
I’m spacing out.What year is this? 2019 or 1999?Is that why people are suddenly talking about extraterrestrials like it’s pre-Y2K when we were obsessing over The X-Files on TV? The show was like the...
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