Month: November 2007

  • Security guards targeted because they cost too much?

    If you want to speak good english, then don’t read some Straits Times headlines aloud. If not for the little whatsitcalled before the headline, I’d have been a little more curious about why ‘carrying cash without escorts’ was a consequence of a risk taken. You risk being robbed. You don’t risk carrying cash without escorts.…

  • Urgent: Toxic toy alert

    No, this is not another news item about made in China toys. An Australian made toy was banned today after it was found that when ingested, it metabolizes into the illegal drug known as GHB. In Queensland, a two-year old boy was hospitalised after falling unconscious from swallowing some of the beads from the “Bindeez”…

  • No one thinks big of you

    This anti-speeding campaign ad is targeted at young male drivers in NSW, Australia. It depicts young men driving fast to impress women and friends, who aren’t impressed and who wag their little finger to indicate that the driver has a small… y’know? As with a lot of things Australian, it’s slightly offensive and controversial, but…

  • Deepavali: Awareness of the Inner Light

    Northern Lights over Oslo – photo by flickRarity When I was in kindergarten, I learned about the different ethnic groups (known in Singapore as “races”) in Singapore and the festivals they celebrated. Ours, the Chinese “race”, was coolest because we had our New Year for two days in a row, and we received cash money…

  • Excuse me sir, any pump?

    “Make by Burke” Our Ang Moh friends find it hard to understand us sometimes, and it suits us just fine. It suits them fine too. In fact, this status quo ante bellum thingie works well for everyone. If something stuffs up, the Ang Moh can just say they find it hard to understand us, and…