I was slightly offended when I turned on the radio and heard, “Gold 90 FM, Home of Elvis Presley”. It was read out by Brian Richmond, the doyen of radio presenters. Then I realised that they really should have a promo/announcement that says something to the effect of “Radio Singapore — Home of Brian Richmond”, …
The sales tactics of Vardi & Migdal — the Israeli company with pushcarts in malls all over the island — used to work. They use pushcarts instead of renting a shop space because if you were a salesman in a shop, you wouldn’t be able to roam a mall’s thoroughfare and accost passers-by. We have …
I was shocked to learn from Naomi yesterday that female circumcision is practiced in Singapore. I had no idea. You learn a lot from motherhood forums, where Naomi stumbled upon discussions on whether to circumcise, where to circumcise, how to do it and how much is done and how much is charged. I’ve always thought that …
Now that Kai is beginning to learn and mimic, we are starting to be more mindful of the songs we sing to him. Especially children’s songs. On our banned wagon now is the French ditty Alouette, which we thought was about a skylark. It is about a skylark, and the cruel thing (plucking its feathers) …
CNA reports on HDB’s 50th Anniversary with an opening paragraph which would have been an outright clanger if they hadn’t found lodging for the park-dwellers: SINGAPORE: Is there a role for Singapore’s Housing and Development Board (HDB), now that the entire population has been housed? Congratulations on 50 years of housing the nation!
We had to go out to Paragon today because Kai had to see the doctor to get some medication for his cold. We’re all a bit under the weather, but we managed to soldier on because Paragon’s common areas didn’t play that infernal racket known as Chinese New Year music. The individual shops and the supermarket …
So we might not get to watch the World Cup. They say you can feel the pulse of the nation on sammyboy.com, and yesterday, a heartfelt plea from “Rogue Trader” summed up the disbelief and desperation among soccer fans around the island. Dear singtel and starhub, i writes to you as a football fans. Please show …
Once in a while I hanker for a steak, done medium-rare, and I used to think I wouldn’t survive a day without meat. I also have a sensitive stomach, about which Naomi loves to talk with some glee to her friends and relatives. We read somewhere awhile ago about ‘eating for your blood type’, and …
Mac the Dog’s chronic itchy paw problem may have a solution. Thanks to a tip from our super doggie mommy friend, we visited Mount Pleasant Animal Medical Centre at Sunset Way, where the vet told us that almost everything Mac’s previous vet told us was bunk. Mac probably doesn’t have a thyroid imbalance causing skin problems. …
Yesterday, someone tweeted something quite innocuous — about food and about how she was about to eat food — but the locality she tweeted about — “Tanglin Halt” — piqued my interest. I’ve always wondered who Tanglin was named for, and why there is (or was) a “Halt” in Tanglin. It isn’t exactly a burning …