Month: January 2010
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Now we’re really left behind
There will be murmurs about how Singapore should repeal S377A of the Penal Code now that China has apparently ‘showcased‘ a gay marriage in one of their official news outlets. But they’ll just be murmurs, cos you know how things are. Doesn’t matter if India has repealed their s377A, and China has (sort of) embraced…
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Malaysia, truly crazier
I’ve always said that no matter how bad one thinks Singapore is, there’s always Malaysia to make us thankful we don’t live there. I also think that the whole violence and burning of churches and temples could’ve been avoided if Malaysia had faster broadband connections. The ingterneck is so slow that you’d get really angry…
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Happy hour
After my haircut, I bumped into a Secondary Four classmate at Holland Village. It’s amazing how we still recognized each other instantly (maybe it’s the haircut) after more than 20 years. So he asks me, “Where you heading, man?” “To buy some bread and then go home”. He laughs and says, “Aiyah, I thought you…
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The fight to finish holiday leftovers
We’ve had all manner of turkey and ham sandwiches in the last couple of weeks, and I’m proud to announce that we’ve finished the tasty stock we made from the huge turkey carcass. Trying to clear our fridge by eating the stuff that’s in it before they expire is no mean feat, given that Naomi’s…
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Extending race
More on the country’s obsession with “race”, Yu-Mei Balasingamchow writes: as far as this racial labelling in Singapore officialdom is concerned, we should all just tick the ‘Others’ box — and carry on From her post, I went on to read Alex Au’s (Yawning Bread) study on the matter, and as I suspected: What was…