Year: 2007

  • Great Singapore Sale II: Going Green

    Originally published in The Straits Times “Great Singapore Sale II” supplement, Thursday, June 7, 2007 The Great Singapore Sale (GSS) is upon us again, and this year, I’m trying a positive attitude. (As opposed to sulking while the wife soldiers on through the throngs). For me, a positive attitude includes ‘going green’ – and I…

  • Go the Wobblies

    I don’t normally blog about sport. But I love rugby and no matter how many times they’ve had defeat snatched from the jaws of victory, I still barrack for them, cos they’s so lovable, thems Wallabies. And tonight, they beat, no, make that beat and kept a clean slate, of the Principality of Wales, 31…

  • Shame

    “Mrs Muliaga died on Tuesday just hours after a mercury Energy contractor cut power to her home where she was using an electrically operated oxygen machine, buy because she was late in paying a $168.40 bill.” Link

  • The Sea-Monkey Diaries, Part Six

    Our colony is doing well, with the little creatures being swimming in vertical circles, even darting this way and that. And all we have to do is feed them a tiny spoonful of sachet 3 once every two days. So, that having been taken care of, I’ve been taking a bit of time to exercise,…

  • No detectable Vitamin C in Ribena

    An NZ court has found GlaxoSmithKline guilty of misleading advertising because there’s actually no detectable vitamin C in Ribena. But in Singapore, the AVA has certified that local Ribena Berries aren’t just cannibals, they’ve also been ‘certified rich in vitamin C‘.