Month: February 2006
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T-shirts can be hazardous at work
I didn’t bring a change of shirt to teach class on Wednesday, so I taught in my work t-shirt – one of those with a funky slogan on it. One of the kids in the class – a nine-year old, read the slogan and asked: “How do you “do people”? I went ‘har?‘ a few…
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Congratulations, Hossan
2006 Life! Theatre Awards Best Supporting Actor nomination for ‘What Big Bombs You Have’. How come you get lomilated for some play I didn’t even hear about?
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What would you put your good fortune towards?
Have you seen the queues at the betting shops? Nuts! But maybe later I’ll go to the one downstairs of my office and get me some tickets at a chance to win one of them ‘Hongbao Jackpot’ things. If I win, I’ll either take my fortune to buy popcorn at the cinema, or buy a…
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TODAY: Blogging and the elections
Will bloggers fall foul of ‘election advertising?’ Who’s stepping down? Who’s moving up? Who’s being moved to another ward? Yes, we’re talking about the coming General Elections. Are bloggers talking about it? You bet! Should they talk about it? We’ll see. Read more at TODAYonline [pdf][txt] Technorati Tags: blog, elections, singapore
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Sing a song, buy some roses, Valentine’s Day is nigh
You’ll notice on my sidebar several small advertisements, one of which is for a gift voucher company that is offering special Valentine’s Day packages. I met up with the blokes who run the company, and they told me several interesting things about the Valentine’s Day retail (sucker) business. I’ll be sharing these things with you…