Year: 2010
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Female circum… whaaaaat?
I was shocked to learn from Naomi yesterday that female circumcision is practiced in Singapore. I had no idea. You learn a lot from motherhood forums, where Naomi stumbled upon discussions on whether to circumcise, where to circumcise, how to do it and how much is done and how much is charged. I’ve always thought…
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Inappropriate children’s songs
Now that Kai is beginning to learn and mimic, we are starting to be more mindful of the songs we sing to him. Especially children’s songs. On our banned wagon now is the French ditty Alouette, which we thought was about a skylark. It is about a skylark, and the cruel thing (plucking its feathers)…
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Now that the homeless families have been housed
CNA reports on HDB’s 50th Anniversary with an opening paragraph which would have been an outright clanger if they hadn’t found lodging for the park-dwellers: SINGAPORE: Is there a role for Singapore’s Housing and Development Board (HDB), now that the entire population has been housed? Congratulations on 50 years of housing the nation!
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The music they play in hell
We had to go out to Paragon today because Kai had to see the doctor to get some medication for his cold. We’re all a bit under the weather, but we managed to soldier on because Paragon’s common areas didn’t play that infernal racket known as Chinese New Year music. The individual shops and the…
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Unthinkable Singapore
So we might not get to watch the World Cup. They say you can feel the pulse of the nation on sammyboy.com, and yesterday, a heartfelt plea from “Rogue Trader” summed up the disbelief and desperation among soccer fans around the island. Dear singtel and starhub, i writes to you as a football fans. Please…