Month: August 2006
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In Parliament tonight
Join us in Parliament. One night only. (You think they’d let us stay any longer? Siao!) Technorati Tags: Mr Miyagi, mrbrown, NationalDay, NDP06, podcast, podcasting, singapore
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Your English also temporary out of service lah!
The Speak Good English Campaign may be working. But the Write English Just As Good one hasn’t been launched yet, which explains this sign at Changi Airport Terminal One: COMPUTER SYSTEM IS TEMPORARY OUT OF SERVICE. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCED CAUSED I’m not even going to ask why there’s a semi-permanent placard that announces computer…
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The biggest day of our lives so far
Thanks for your well-wishes and congratulations, if you’ve made any. Me and my wife, wife! Yes, wife! … …me and my wife are recovering from the wedding, and we’ll be returning to work in the morning. But oh what a Sunday, and oh, what a wedding! Friends and family alike know that this was a…
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Many miles to go
And many more coffee breaks on the way I’m having a week like no other doing stuff for the wedding ceremonies. Like doing last minute arrangements with florists, last minute arrangements with the caterers, and last minute arrangements with the photographers. I read somewhere that a day’s lack of sleep can cause your IQ to…
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Nearly driving into the sea
South Stack, North Wales About ten years ago, I got lost trying to get to my cousins’ farmhouse in North Wales and nearly drove all the way into the sea. ‘It’s called Fferam Bailey, Benny, you can’t miss it’, said my uncle who was trying to give me directions as I drove northwest from London.…