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Google autocomplete: Why is Singapore so...
Inspired by this map of the US showing the Google autocomplete results for the query “Why is [state] so”, I decided to try it with "Why is Singapore so"This is the result I got:Then I took it further...
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Google autocomplete part dua: Singapore is...
As a follow-up to yesterday's post about Google autocompleting queries for "Why is Singapore so" from a to z, I did the same thing with a slightly different query - "Singapore is"Some of the results...
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Google autocomplete part tiga: Singaporeans are...
This is the last one, I promise. The trilogy is complete.This time, my Google query is "Singaporeans are" and the results are the most interesting of all, from brainwashed to grossly underinsured,...
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All you zombies: Google autocomplete more insulting than Anton Casey?
Singaporeans are idiots.Singaporeans are lazy losers.Singaporeans are most disgusting and irritating.Singaporeans are retarded and ugly.Wait, before you call my son mentally disabled and my former...
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Fann Wong to rescue Singapore’s 49th birthday
Last November, I was at Swissotel The Stamford for the Swissotel Vertical Marathon and met members of the Team Singapura Everest 2015.They were taking part in the vertical marathon with their training...
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Star Trek's shout-out to Lee Kuan Yew
Who needs musicals when you're name-checked in Star Trek?I was watching Season 2 of Star Trek: The Original Series on Blu-Ray last night and was surprised that Singapore's former prime minister is...
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Behold the waffle burger (And butterscotch chicken wings)
You like waffles? You like burgers?Then why not put them together?If you read my column on the KFC Zinger Double Down Max, you know I'm intrigued by unexpected food combinations. (Who can forget my...
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Why PM Lee Hsien Loong can't 'unfriend' anyone on Facebook
It’s no laughing matter.Three people were killed and 33 injured in the bombing of a Singapore building in 1965.Forty-nine years later, Indonesia wants to name a warship after the two Indonesian marines...
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No air-con in schools but give them Mentos in the army
It has been called the most important invention of the 20th century.And I’m not talking about the Internet or Flappy Bird. (For one thing, Flappy Bird was created in the 21st century.)I’m talking about...
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The so-called art thing at Yew Tee (and Ann Kok)
A reader, Mr Steven Wong, e-mailed to remind me about two news items last week I might've missed.One is the news that this sculpture just outside Yew Tee MRT station is being restored after finding a...
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Two 1983s, same day, different fates
At Marina Bay Sands.At Yew Tee.The one at Marina Bay Sands is basically a food court while the one at Yew Tee started out in 2012 specialising in nasi lemak but also sold mee rebus, ice desserts, etc....
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So was it a service disruption or just slow trains?
There’s an old saying by Confucius: “It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.”I’ve read that on a signboard at the Tanjong Pagar MRT station.SMRT apparently took what Confucius...
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Soap & glory: I went swimming yesterday and...
When I go to the gym or swimming pool, I don't usually bring my own soap or shampoo.This is because from experience, I know that people tend to leave behind some soap and shampoo in the public shower....
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World’s most expensive city? Don’t shy – own it!
The news was so big that even Stephen Colbert reported it.On his US TV show The Colbert Report on Comedy Central last Tuesday, Colbert said: “Singapore is now the world’s most expensive place to live....
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A tribute to 30 years of Mi Goreng
I don't think people appreciate how revolutionary it truly was.There was a time when instant noodles (or 'Maggi mee') meant only noodles with soup.Sure, it's fast to cook – but not very good to eat....
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Naked man on a train: Samuel L. Jackson's next movie?
Three months ago, a man boarded the MRT train with a samurai sword. On Thursday, it was a man with a different kind of pointy object.The MRT has rules for passengers. Some rules we are familiar with,...
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Charcoal burger: Once you go black...
A burger as big as my head? Not quite.But I was still very intrigued by Burger King's new Charcoal Black burger. I have never seen anything like it.It's quite perverse actually. Who would think that...
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I could've been like a Miss Singapore finalist (not winner)
Not long ago, I was taking the MRT and the guy sitting next to me fell asleep.As he leaned on me, I took a picture with my iPhone and posted it on Instagram and Facebook.My caption: “Providing a...
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Dear Jack Neo, you don't wanna mess with this frogman
I have a favourite T-shirt.One reason it’s my favourite is that it was given to me many years ago by a friend who has since passed away.Another reason is that I think the shirt shows off my body really...
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I know Chris Ho didn't really mean he wants to 'kill Singaporeans', butstill...
Remember six months ago?When people were wondering what the fox said?When we were watching Sandra Bullock floating in space in a movie where her lines consisted primarily of “Ah! Ah! Ah!”?When the most...
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