Year: 2008
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We are sorry we lost your money
That’s the sentence that is mysteriously missing from reports and statements from Pasir Ris – Punggol Town Council and its MPs. Instead, we read that “half of S$4m investment not written off”, and that fixed deposits “will only give you minimal returns. At times, it doesn’t even cover inflation”. So losing $2m of residents’ money…
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There may be smelly, don’t worry, it’s ok
We’ve been eating at home a lot lately, and when I say I cook up a storm, I’m mostly referring to the debris that has to be cleaned up in the kitchen afterward. Naomi and I have inherited quite a few appliances from our parents’ kitchens – toasters, juicers, steamers – some of which have…
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Keep away
You do not want to be standing close to the customer at the bookshop thumbing through the pages of this book. Or more accurately, in the case of our city’s fine bookshops, the customer asking the cashier to kindly unwrap the shrinkwrap so that he/she can thumb through the pages of this book:
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National Petition for Fairer Transportation Fares For Polytechnic / Tertiary Students
Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! Dear Bernard, My name is Benjamin Lee, and I am also known as Mr Miyagi. I must be getting old, because I felt a little peeved that you were so presumptuous, addressing me as “Friend” when I hardly know you. I have re-read your email several times and, as I was…
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Advertorial: SSC POSB Everyday Champions
I’ve been asked to write about either a person or an organization that inspires or supports or encourages participation in sports. I can think of a handful of people I know who have been influential, although not in the way we’re accustomed to seeing, in promoting participation, and to a certain extent, excellence in their…