Monthly Archives: May 2007

No detectable Vitamin C in Ribena

An NZ court has found Glax­o­SmithK­line guilty of mis­lead­ing adver­tis­ing because there’s actu­ally no detectable vit­a­min C in Ribena. But in Sin­ga­pore, the AVA has cer­ti­fied that local Ribena Berries aren’t just can­ni­bals, they’ve also been ‘cer­ti­fied rich in vit­a­min C’.

May 31, 2007 – 11:39 pm | By | Posted in Eating | Tagged , | View Comments

My favourite colour is very nice

This is an exer­cise in self-awareness. I still have the habit of not answer­ing ques­tions prop­erly. No, let me clar­ify that. I still have the knack of not answer­ing ques­tions — by giv­ing an incon­gru­ent answer. E.g. Q: What’s your favourite colour? A: My favourite colour is very nice. Q: Does it taste like tomato? A: …

May 27, 2007 – 12:58 pm | By | Posted in Living | Tagged | View Comments

Ohio takes 10 tries and 2 hours to execute prisoner

“But New­ton, who had had insisted on the death penalty as pun­ish­ment and made no attempt to appeal, chat­ted and laughed with prison staff through­out the delay. It took so long that the staff paused to allow New­ton a bath­room break.” Link

May 26, 2007 – 12:05 am | By | Posted in Places | Tagged | View Comments

The Sea-Monkey Diaries, Part Five

It’s a case of Mon­key See, Mon­key Do. Or Sea-Monkey See, Mon­key Do, if you want to be more spe­cific. Or Sea-Monkey Sea-Monkey Do… But anyway,

May 25, 2007 – 11:57 am | By | Posted in Toys | Tagged , , , | View Comments

Just awake Jake

May 24, 2007 – 3:06 am | By | Posted in At home, Living | Tagged | View Comments

The Sea-Monkey Diaries, Part Four

May 23, 2007 – 2:40 pm | By | Posted in Toys | Tagged , , | View Comments

Vale, Wayne Thunder

I’ve just been informed that Wayne Thun­der, drum­mer of The Suns, passed away last night. I met Wayne together with mr brown when we recorded an ‘inter­view’ on the mrbrown show last Jan­u­ary at his par­ents’ home. Wayne and his band­mates were infec­tious with their pas­sion about their craft and about pro­mot­ing local music, and will …

May 22, 2007 – 1:25 pm | By | Posted in People | Tagged | View Comments

Little Slope, Big Slope and Boogie Street

Back alley, Bugis Junc­tion = by ☆ lcy From Wikipedia: The fame of the orig­i­nal Bugis Street has spawned many name­sakes eager to cap­i­talise on the brand, even though many tourists, as well as some young Sin­ga­pore­ans, have no inkling as to the rea­sons for its erst­while ‘glam­our’. Yes, if not for the page on …

May 22, 2007 – 1:57 am | By | Posted in Living, Places | Tagged | View Comments

The Sea-Monkey Diaries, Part Three

favourite Idol con­tes­tant of all time was not voted into the finals. For the ben­e­fit of those who need to see mov­ing pic­tures before they believe that Sea-Monkeys are real ani­mals: Tech­no­rati Tags: sea-monkey, <a href=“http://www.technorati.com/tag/singapore” onclick=“javascript:_gaq.push([’_trackEvent’,‘outbound-article’,‘www.technorati.com’]);urchinTracker(“/outbound/www.technorati.com’);” rel=“tag”>singapore

May 18, 2007 – 1:55 am | By | Posted in Toys | Tagged , , , | View Comments

Baby’s first gun

Amaz­ingly, this guy man­aged to get a gun per­mit for his 10 month old son. No prizes for guess­ing which coun­try cor­rectly Link

May 17, 2007 – 1:13 am | By | Posted in Places | Tagged | View Comments