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Do Not Call Registry useless against moneylenders
Four months ago in December, I registered my phone number in the Do Not Call (DNC) Registry in the naïve hope that I won't get any more spam on my phone.For a while after the registry came into effect...
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'Cringeworthy' videos, Stomp petition & the emperor's new logo
This may be hard to believe, but I actually put some thought into writing this column.First, I have to figure out what to write about.In the past week, a few topics caught my eye.There were the...
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Selfies not narcissistic enough for Baey Yam Keng, so...
What do you do when you're accused of narcissism because of your fondness for selfies?You take it to next level!You post Instagrams of not just yourself, but also of people who look like you.And this...
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Occupational hazard: I got a weird letter today
I came to work today and found this on my desk.It's a letter and it says:SM ONGYou wrote about my movie Ah Boy to Frogman now I want to tell you and your diver friend about the story of the C.B. Bear...
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Reviving #BYKlookalikes (or my man-crush on Baey Yam Keng takes an obsessive...
To recap, two Fridays ago, Member of Parliament for Tampines GRC and my man-crush Baey Yam Keng Instagrammed a photo of himself next to a photo of someone who looks like him with the comment: “Someone...
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Alien protesting against foreigners on Orchard Road
Blogger: Xenomorph rearing its ugly head againYahoo: Xenomorph rears its ugly head in Singapore once moreYahoo: Is Singapore turning into a xenomorphic society?
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Meet the other S M Ong
So I was googling myself again last night and found another S M Ong.He is apparently a financial planner and a web designer, a rather unexpected combo.How to tell the difference between him and me? I...
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This photo of Vivian Balakrishnan is a meme waiting to happen
Reminds me of failed US presidential candidate Michael Dukakis.Earlier Vivian Balakrishnan meme:
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20th anniversary of my 8 Days magazine interview
In early 1994, I was a movie reviewer on a Channel 5 variety show called Live On 5 hosted by a newcomer named Gurmit Singh.As "Smong", I achieved enough notoriety in a few short months to be featured...
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Why does it seem Aware is treating NSmen like the enemy?
Something must be wrong with me. I feel a little ill.It’s Aware’s fault.Yes, the Association of Women for Action and Research is at it again.Last week, Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen said that the...
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Is there really a law against defacing PM's poster? No... and yes
From Singapore Police Force Facebook page:Police have contacted Mr Gilbert Goh on 30 April 2014 regarding his online post (19 April 2014) that called on the public to deface and denigrate a poster of...
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Star Awards without Ann Kok is like a protest without dog poo
What a disappointment.And I’m not just talking about Ann Kok’s no show at last Sunday’s Star Awards show.Last year, she wore a Herve Leger tube dress worn over a long-sleeved see-through netted top...
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What's with Stomp's obsession with the price of nasi padang & other rice dishes?
I guess the price of the rice is not so nice.Posted on 5 May 2014Will you pay $9.20 for this plate of curry rice?Posted on 25 April 2014Worth the price? This plate of Nasi Padang cost $9.70Posted on 9...
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Shitty times: Nasi goreng poisoning, $9.70 nasi padang & dry Rendang Burgers
Last week at home, I went to the toilet and read The Straits Times while taking a dump.After I was done, I joined my teenage daughter at the dining table where she was having her lunch.Although I had...
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Foreign celebrities in Singapore fed strange local food
Rio Ferdinand and Sergio Aguero:Chicken rice, fried carrot cake, durian and coconut juiceHugh Jackman:Eggs, brown bread and Maya butterVictoria Beckham:Baby
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We don't have new NDP song to kick around any more
For years, it was there for us to criticise, ridicule and complain about.For years, we wanted it to stop.But for years, it persisted.The criticisms, ridicule and complaints became so frequent and...
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Why it's a bad idea to do chin-ups at the monkey bars (video)
I did something stupid the other day.My head still kinda hurts a bit. I'm a little worried I might have suffered brain damage.
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How I met your moth
I live on the third storey of a 16-storey HDB block.To warm up before my regular jog, I usually climb the stairs to the top of the block and then take the lift down.On Tuesday evening, the lift door...
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Rosalyn Lee is so totes into using the word 'totes'
I started following radio DJ Rosalyn Lee on Facebook last June when she dissed SAF for not training because of the haze.I noticed in her last few posts that she seems to be rather fond of the word...
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