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E-Pay Dennis Chew brownface ad controversy: Everyone is apologising – well,...
Dear Dennis Chew, How are you doing, man? Congratulations on playing Aunty Lucy for all these years. Who knew you could build a career on ripping off Jack Neo’s Liang Xi Mei?What a week it has been,...
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Spacebib apologises for fat-shaming e-mail
Speaking of apologies...I subscribe to the mailing list of Spacebib, an online platform for running events like Shape Run and Hello Kitty Run.Yesterday, I received this e-mail below from Spacebub with...
View ArticleDid a 'Singaporean farmer' really propose to girlfriend with ring on cow’s...
I believe it started with this Aug 6 Daily Mail report “Man proposes to his girlfriend by putting ring on a cow’s udder”:The only mention of Singapore is in this paragraph:In the post, shared with...
View Article‘Cuckoo bird’ cheer at NTU freshman camp: ‘We didn’t know it would become so...
Maybe they’re really into ornithology.That’s why they kept repeating the words “cuckoo bird” over and over again.But the way the young men and women were pointing at their crotch while chanting the...
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Woman forced open MRT door because of 'autistic sister': 'Hoax' claim also a...
Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said last week that commuters may have to wait longer for trains during off-peak hours.He must be expecting more delays caused by desperate women forcing open doors in...
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Peel The Onion: Could Media Literacy Council be right? Satire can be fake...
Why did the Media Literacy Council (MLC) say that satire was fake news?I blame Mrs Lim Hwee Hua.Remember her?You should. She is the first woman to become a full minister in Singapore when she was...
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18.45km Stratis Times Run in hazy photos
Actually, no haze.My first race since Februrary.Flag-off at Sports Hub at 5.30am.I started out fast but lost all steam after 5km.That was hard.
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Toggled: I watched Joanne Peh's 'nude' scene in Last Madame and I feel so...
Okay, I fell for it.When I read that Mediacorp actress Joanne Peh was going nude for the first time in a drama, Last Madame, I was curious enough to want to watch the show.Yes, “curious”. That was...
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The problem with Tommy Koh's 'Third World' comment: Did he actually say it?
The headline:“Tommy Koh laments that Singapore is a First World country with Third World citizens.”What a great quote!But if you read The Straits Times report carefully, Prof Koh isn't quoted as saying...
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Inspired by Alfian Sa'at, I wrote a poem called McDonald's, You Did Not Have...
Dear McDonald’s,Look what you made me do.Last Monday at exactly 6pm, I opened your app to order the $24.90 McDelivery Night In bundle that included loungewear (which is just a McFancy way of saying...
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National Steps Challenge: Is this the real reason e-scooters are banned on...
Well, that was sudden.Last Monday, the Government decreed that e-scooters would not be allowed on footpaths from the next day.It’s not as if there were Select Committee on E-Scooters On Footpaths...
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Goodbye: I'm breaking up with Hello Kitty
Dear Hello Kitty,We need to talk (even though you don’t have a mouth).More than a week ago, the plastic food carrier made up of your big head sold out at McDonald’s.People who are aware of my...
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Standard Chartered half marathon: My last race? (Yes, I've said that before)
I had decided not to join the Standard Chartered half marathon again after the last one.But this year, it would be held at night for the first time. That got me interested even though I hadn't enjoyed...
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Sorry for the inconvenience: I apologise for enabling the Standard Chartered...
I know people are angry about the road closures and traffic jam caused by the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon on Saturday night.Especially this guy named Selwyn Koh:Even though I'm not the...
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StanChart marathon organisers should apologise to us runners too
Dear everyone inconvenienced and angered by the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM),It probably doesn’t mean very much coming from me, but I’m sorry.It was partly my fault.Well, mine and the...
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I queued up for opening of Five Guys and got the milkshake with bacon (and a...
So Five Guys opened its first outlet in Singapore this morning. I was there.I reached Plaza Singapura at 9.55am. A short queue had already formed.Although it was a cool day, people in the queue were...
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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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Why I wasn't among first five guys in line for opening of Five Guys: I blame...
Dear Mr Khaw Boon Wan, You like burgers?Five Guys opened its first Singapore outlet in Plaza Singapura last Monday at 11am.I wanted to be there. No, I had to be there.I had missed the opening of Shake...
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Not a fan: Elmark screws up its recall and I went all the way to Ubi for nothing
So Elmark is recalling a number of its fan models.Since I have seven ceiling fans in my flat (because Singapore), odds are that I would be affected. True enough, two of my fans have the Elmark brand.To...
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Singapore in new Marvel series The Falcon And The Winter Soldier? Maybe, sort...
Dear Marvel, Madripoor? Really?I’m not a big comic book nerd, but I’m a fan of your movies, even though I didn’t like Avengers: Endgame despite it becoming the biggest box-office hit ever. (I mean,...
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