Month: May 2008

  • Backwater

    Manneken Pis – Photo by (oranje) If there’s anything that reminds us that we live in a backward part of the world, it’s headlines like these: Malaysia drops idea of travel restriction for women More CCTVs to be installed to rid problem of urine in lifts in Aljunied GRC What happened to the “Swiss Standard…

  • Gotta love the internet: Icee mystery solved

    Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! I wrote a post about Icee last August, wondering where the colourful slushy drink was sold, if anywhere at all. The mystery has been solved. Dwayne Scott left a comment on that blog post saying he was the man who set up the Icee franchise in Singapore: FROM THE MAN WHO…

  • You think?

    This is news? This is news? How is this news? This is old! Let’s put things in perspective and let’s not forget the good work done by everyone despite our complacency and let’s move on! Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch!

  • Map woes

    Streetdirectory.com is still grappling with some issues, and although I’ve been loathe to use it for navigational purposes, I’ve found it useful lately as a business directory when I’ve searched for businesses like furniture repairers and shit. Today, instead of a blank rectangle where the map usually appears after a painful wait of several seconds,…