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5 things I wish I knew before doing national service
Sedia!Thanks to an Institute Of Policy Studies (IPS) survey and a blogger comparing national service to slavery, NS is a hot topic again.When I was a boy, I dreaded NS after hearing the horror stories...
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2.4 to become 3.2? I couldn’t even run 1.5km
Like getting recalled, I’m going back to the army again for this week’s column.Last week, I cited an analogy I read online which compared full-time national service to being “betrothed to a fat and...
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Walking on the other side now
Rest in peace, Lou Reed (2 March 1942 – 27 October 27 2013).Do they have scooters in rock & roll heaven?
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After Halloween, it's Guy Fawkes Day in Singapore
Why do I even bother?Week after week, I slave over this column, but sometimes I get the feeling that no one is even reading it.Well, no one except Adam Lambert fans, defenders of Chinese New Year and...
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This blog is under planned maintenance and will be back ASAP.Please try again later.The 5th of November remembered
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Thank you for 'complaining'
So on Sunday, in a shameless bid for validation, I asked readers to 'complain' about my column just so I can get some indication that people are reading it.I received nine e-mails. Thanks for playing...
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Hacked? I'd be more worried about a blowtorch
Now they have really gone too far – whoever they may be.Last week, The Straits Times website was hacked. Then the Prime Minister’s Office and Istana websites were compromised.But most shocking of all,...
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I do not work for The Straits Times (not that there's anything wrongwith that)
Despite what it says on AsiaOne, I'm still with The New Paper.I would blame "The Messiah" for this misinformation, but it seems he has been arrested.UPDATE: The error has been corrected.
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Now we know why 'The Messiah' wears a hood
Meet James Raj Arokiasamy, who is suspected to be "The Messiah" and was charged yesterday for hacking.Or at least, meet the top of his head.I apologise for the cheap shot. Here's a video to make up for...
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If you love Singapore, celebrate World Toilet Day
Remember, remember the 19th of November.Going potty, poop and plop – I see no reason why World Toilet Day should ever be forgot.While this Tuesday may not be the first World Toilet Day (it has been...
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Exercise Heartbeat 2013 (with surprise guest)
Exercise Heartbeat, an emergency preparedness exercise led by the police with the SCDF, was held yesterday.Different simulated terror attack scenarios were carried out. The exercise was conducted in...
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First World problem: Too many red running shirts
On Saturday, I collected my race pack for this Sunday's Swissotel Vertical Marathon and was disappointed to find that the event tee was yet another red shirt (bottom right).I took part in four running...
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Backtracking 'Every school is a good school'
Jurong West Secondary School vice-principal Pushparani Nadarajah has been hailed online as a "hero" for saying in public: How many of our leaders and top officers who say that every school is a good...
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A Singaporean for Sexiest Man Alive?
“I’m at a payphone, trying call home, all of my change I spent on you.”For more than a year now, I’ve been roused awake every morning by Adam Levine's high whiney voice as he sings the opening line to...
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Making a mountain out of a (Swissotel Vertical) Marathon
I’ll never climb Mount Everest.I have come to accept that.So I did the next best thing – I joined the Swissotel Vertical Marathon at Swissotel The Stamford along with 2,163 others yesterday.I’m not...
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What a day... I mean Baey... I mean day
Sunday was a big day for me.It was my first time running the Swissotel Vertical Marathon and I was also reporting on the event for The New Paper.It was the first time I was reporting since 2002 when I...
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What I did for Movember
On November 1, I looked like this.Today, I look like this.I didn't say November 1, what year.Last chance to donate here.
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Internet surprises: Was I 'defamed' by AsiaOne?
The Internet can be full of surprises.Like Singaporeans wishing each other happy Thanksgiving Day on Facebook. Since when did we become the 51st state of America?Sorry, I guess I’m still upset no one...
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So long to phone spam (I hope)
I just registered my phone number in the Do Not Call (DNC) Registry, which opens for registration today.That should cut down the phone calls and SMSes I get by 90 per cent.Questions about the the DNC...
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Good cup, bad cup?
It's the end of an era. I'm finally retiring my office mug.It was given to me by my friend Paik Choo five years ago. She got it as a gift at some event she was covering.The words on the mug have faded...
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