Year: 2011

  • Pink Reminder

  • Do you have to ask your kids’ permission to use your iPad?

    Like many other parents, we sometimes have difficulty prying our son’s grubby hands off the iPad. Ever since the first version was released, Kai has taken to it like a true iOS native. He now thinks that every screen is a multi-touch screen, and has been seen trying to swipe shopping malls’ electronic directories to…

  • F.A.I.L.

    It’s a new Chinese Channel Eight production about the police force, and whose title is an acronym formed from the words Fortitude, Attitude, Integrity, Loyalty – the hallmarks of that Home Team force which is the subject matter of the production, y’know?

  • Goh Chok Tong Analogy Contest

    OK, I haven’t come up with something to give away as a prize, but Goh Chok Tong’s latest analogy was too good to just let go after saying “whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?” For starters, and for your reading pleasure, I give you the Senior Minister’s latest: “The Platoon Leader & The Hopeless Recruit” (via Yvonne Chia): Dear Yvonne…

  • Yahoo! Blog Post: Polling Day reflections

    I have never seen the likes of it — people actually caring enough about Singapore politics to talk about it non-stop. I swear if I took a cab today, the driver might just go, “Ok, sir, do you mind if I just take you to your destination and not talk about politics during your ride?”……