Year: 2008
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Congratulations, Tao Li
On being the first Singaporean ever to make an Olympic swimming final, and finishing fifth. No medal, never mind.
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Damn, he’s got big hands
Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! Though not that many people know what a cool dude S.R. Nathan was back in the day, exchanging himself with hostages while dealing with a bunch of terrorists. Happy National Day, Mr President.
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I’d be lost without the mobile ingterneck
When members of my family visit from far flung places, they understandably want to sample foods from far flung places within Singapore – like the best Hokkien Mee I know of. So I went and drove to Beach Road, to the last place I bought Hokkien Mee from, and to my shock and horror after…
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How many medals?
Our last medal haul looked like this, only silver [poll id=”5″]
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How many are Singaporeans?
There might come a time soon when Singaporean citizens, some of whom are responsible for voting in the elections, will be outnumbered in Singapore by people who are not Singaporeans. CNA says that the population of the country rose by 200,000 between 2006 and 2007, of which only 39,490 were born here, which means 160,510…