View Larger Map Don’t speculate how he escaped, the authorities say ‘all stops are being pulled’ to rein in accused terror mastermind Mas Selamat Kastari. Says Channelnewsasia: “With the tight security presence, Singaporeans are generally confident this crisis will soon be resolved.” Add to that, “and the jams at the causeway will soon clear up”. At …
If there is one thing that will pry us away from doing whatever it is we do, it’s American Idol. Why? One word: David Archuleta! Two words: Awesome! Imagine Beyond words: Best Audition ever! And I am telling you, you’re going to love me!: Singing to Season 1 contestants at eleven years! Holy Crap, he’s better …
February 28, 2008 – 3:24 am
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Truth be told, I fell asleep watching the Oscars on Oscar Night (known in Singapore as “Why Does It Have To Be On A Monday Morning”) before a single award was presented. Also not present at the party was Jimmy Kimmel of
If you kept pet insects and for some reason, had to go to this supermarket to get pet supplies, you’d have to be really careful what you put in your trolley, else you might just end up going home and committing insecticide. OK, maybe not that funny, but the signboard indicating what the shelves on …
February 26, 2008 – 12:00 am
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If you’ve had the opportunity to go to a bank in the flesh as opposed to doing it via telephone banking or cyber-forex, you’d probably have had the chance to listen to a bank teller telling you about their latest financial products that come with some free gift that start from as low as $9 …
February 25, 2008 – 12:40 am
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photo by kandyjaxx Taking an enforced break from working on a script because Mac needs to go to the toilet at least twice a day, I went downstairs past midnight, and walked through the basement carpark where a faulty flourescent light was flickering. For a brief minute, I was spooked, because you know how in …
February 24, 2008 – 2:36 am
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“Richter Scale of Love” photo by ___Q___ Over the past year there’ve been more tremors felt in Singapore than I remember in the last decade. And there might be an explanation for this, according to a member of the Israeli Knesset. Shlomo Benizri MK, a member of the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party, claims that earthquakes are …
Willard Scott as the first Ronald McDonald In Japan, Ronald McDonald is known as Donald McDonald. Name and other variations aside, he’s probably the most famous clown on the planet. While doing research (yeah right) on a job we were doing, we came across several bits of trivia which were quite funny. Like the time …
February 19, 2008 – 2:51 pm
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Never in my thirty something years of being Chinese have I experienced such a surge in everything Chinese. On the 2nd day of the New Year, Naomi and I went and visited her Mum, as is decreed by the Keepers of Chinese Custom (on the First Day, you visit with the husband’s family, on the …
An “Oh Shit” Moment, KL, Malaysia As we were walking the 8 minutes (as stated precisely in our hotel’s information pamphlet) back from Suria KLCC, we saw a motorcycle make a U-turn simply by going over the divider. Naomi, who gets stressed by anything moving on the roads, simply sighed and said “Wah, Malaysia really …
February 6, 2008 – 1:33 am
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