Monthly Archives: December 2007

A Bird Park of biblical promotions

I was walk­ing Mac this after­noon on the pave­ment out­side our apart­ment blocks, and at the bus stop I saw a poster for the Jurong Bird Park with a verse from Isa­iah — “They will soar on wings like eagles”, and I thought it slightly dis­turb­ing that in a sec­u­lar and multi-racial city state, there’d …

December 21, 2007 – 12:00 am | By | Posted in Laws of our land, Places | View Comments

Why golf is as good as tennis

December 20, 2007 – 4:53 am | By | Posted in People | Tagged , , , , , | View Comments

How much can a koala bear?

“Snap­ple Real Facts” are, as men­tioned, found under the bot­tle cap or on the web­site. They are not on the drink’s labels, which can be a bit mis­lead­ing. I haven’t heard of koalas eat­ing or drink­ing kiwifruit, even if they were the best stuff on earth . Tech­no­rati Tags: Sin­ga­pore, kiwi, koala, snapple

December 19, 2007 – 11:59 pm | By | Posted in Eating | View Comments

Very very slow news day?

Eh, Mun Wai, scoop! You do this story lah! Dowan! Any­thing else? Dis­as­ter? Acci­dents? Injuries? Riots? Nope. Nada. That’s the best you’ve got. OK then. And we won’t be send­ing a pho­tog­ra­pher with you. OK then. Tech­no­rati Tags: chan­nel­newsa­sia, news, Singapore

December 18, 2007 – 10:02 pm | By | Posted in Media | View Comments

Completely useless Christmas gifts: parking coupon holder

Avail­able in three colours, and going for a steal at $38 at

December 16, 2007 – 12:00 am | By | Posted in Toys | View Comments

Completely useless Christmas gifts: ERP IU cashcard cover

I have never under­stood the pur­pose of this car accessory.

December 15, 2007 – 12:00 am | By | Posted in Living, Toys | View Comments

Completely useless Christmas gifts: the self-portrait arm

For pic­tures (like above) worth a gazil­lion words. US$30. Buy now while the exchange rate is still favourable. Avail­able at

December 14, 2007 – 12:00 am | By | Posted in Toys | Tagged , , , | View Comments

Tandoori

Fear­less mouse cre­ated Tech­no­rati Tags: dog, Jake, <a href=“http://www.technorati.com/tag/Mac” onclick=“javascript:_gaq.push([’_trackEvent’,‘outbound-article’,‘www.technorati.com’]);urchinTracker(“/outbound/www.technorati.com’);” rel=“tag”>Mac, <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

December 13, 2007 – 6:46 pm | By | Posted in At home, Eating | View Comments

Thirsty work

A hard earned thirst needs some cold tap water. And it’s not just Jake that’s find­ing liv­ing with Mac a lit­tle bit of work. Just as we were say­ing that we thought we had him house-trained, he went and went on one of our car­pets. But dogs do what dogs do, and it’ll take some …

December 13, 2007 – 12:00 am | By | Posted in At home | View Comments

Completely useless Christmas gifts: the camouflage-patterned wallet

Buy

December 12, 2007 – 12:00 am | By | Posted in Army / National Service, Toys | Tagged , , , , | View Comments