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General Election 2020: Not everyone working at polling station was a polling...
For the first time in my life, I volunteered to be a polling agent.Not that I knew what a polling agent was or did.But since Polling Day would be a public holiday, I thought, hey, maybe it was time for...
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I have been invited to SDP thank you dinner: Confessions of a polling agent...
Last night, I received an unexpected message on WhatsApp.It was from SDP. Yes, the Singapore Democratic Party.Why is SDP inviting me to a thank you dinner?Well, if you read my column last week, you...
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Cancel culture is coming to our shores, warns Xiaxue, but is it already here?...
What is cancel culture?Hands up those who think it refers to stuff getting cancelled because of Covid-19.Like the disease, the term “cancel culture” first emerged last year but in the last few months,...
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Season 1 of Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd on Netflix is not actually Season 1 — it's...
So Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd is now on Netflix. Netflix lists the first episode called Cast The First Scone as Season 1 Episode 1, but it's actually Season 3 Episode 1. I should know. I wrote it. View this...
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Is 'Best of Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd' on Netflix really the best? Maybe the...
A bunch of old local movies and TV shows started streaming on Netflix this month with more coming soon. "Tofu Street" is a classic.Posted by Mothership.sg on Sunday, July 26, 2020One that is...
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I went to see Tenet in a Shaw cinema and survived – but my mind is blown
Dear Tenet director Christopher Nolan,Have you seen Mulan?If you had directed it, it would probably be called Nalum and it would have been an improvement.#BoycottMulan for not including the song I’ll...
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SafeEntry check-in etiquette: Don't block the damn QR code!
You’re in a hurry. You don’t want to be late for the job interview. Otherwise, the interviewer might lament on Facebook about our generation not being hungry enough. Or worse, call you an adult baby....
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I have to (m)ask: How do you define 'eating or drinking'?
Do you remove your mask as soon as you sit down at a table, or do you stay masked until the food is served?Posted by The Straits Times on Saturday, October 3, 2020It was the first time I ate out in...
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Amos Yee's surprisingly wholesome first claim to fame: Winning a New Paper...
So Amos Yee is back in the news again. Amos Yee had allegedly exchanged nude photos and "thousands" of messages with a 14-year-old Texas girl while he was in Chicago.Posted by The Straits Times on...
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From bat to worse: Bat eating bananas versus woman riding baby dino
Bat did not pay for the fruit.Posted by AsiaOne on Friday, October 16, 2020Dear bat eating bananas (and not bat-eating bananas, which would be CRAZY), Hey, save some for me. Or better yet, don’t. In...
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I blame 2020 for Robinsons and Sean Connery
A 74-year-old Robinsons sales associate at the Raffles City outlet said: “I’m very sad… When I see the empty counters...Posted by TODAY on Friday, October 30, 2020Dear 2020, You nasty. And there are...
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My friend in US voted for Trump four years ago – who did she vote for this time?
Shellshocked by Mr Donald Trump winning the US presidential election four years ago, I found out someone I knew actually voted for him and tried to understand why she did for my column. Below is our...
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Changi Jurassic Mile: What's more dangerous than dinosaurs and stray golf balls?
Dear Changi Airport Group, Fore! Yelled no golfer during my visit to the Changi Jurassic Mile last Friday morning. I was expecting golf balls to be whizzing by all around me like bullets during the...
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Guide to Netflix's Best of Phua Chu Kang Season 2 and watch for free
Netflix started streamimg its second season of Best Of Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd on Sunday. Whereas the first Netflix season is just the original third season in its entirety, the second Netflix season is...
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Online love scam: Why would anyone use Dick Lee of all people to catfish women?
Dear online love scammer, I am not a woman. I feel the need to remind people of that now and then because a reader once called me “Samantha”. Who knows? If I had starred in Number 1, I might have won...
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'Black man wearing white': How a UN vote on cannabis in Vienna led to a vote...
Everyone makes comments on Facebook. Many even make comments on the Facebook pages of ministers. But imagine if your comment is called out by Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam, who then...
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What colour is the Circle Line? No, Virginia, the Circle Line is not yellow...
Dear Minister of Transport, Sorry to bother you. I know you’re busy taking selfies in front of the Covid-19 vaccine transport plane. But there’s an urgent issue regarding our national Mass Rapid...
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Star Wars exhibition, I find your lack of Baby Yoda disturbing: This is not...
Dear Star Wars, Trust once lost is difficult to regain. You have let your fans down once again. And I’m speaking as someone who watched all the movies, joined two Star Wars Runs and invested in a 1:6...
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Virus Vanguard aftermath: Paging VR Man, we need you now more than ever
Dear VR Man,Where are you?The last time we saw you was in 1998.(I’m not counting your brief 2015 appearance in the Channel 5 animated series Heartland Hubby because you are not a cartoon – even though...
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8 visitors a day? Aiyah, we should just cancel Chinese New Year
<Tightened Safe Management Measures> It has been nearly a month since we entered Phase 3. We had anticipated then that...Posted by Lawrence Wong on Friday, January 22, 2021Dear Mr Lawrence Wong,...
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