Year: 2012
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Downtown Line Accident Donation To Close
At 2359hrs on Friday, 27 July, Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) will stop collecting donations for the victims of last week’s Downtown Line construction site accident. If donations marked “Bugis MRT accident” are still received after the deadline, the organization will email the donor asking whether he/she would like a refund or if the donation…
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Help The Workers Who Help Build Our Country
It is a tragic day today with two workers dead and several others injured in a scaffolding collapse at an MRT station construction site. It is also a time to spare a thought for the thousands of migrant workers who do these tough, low-paying and sometimes dangerous jobs building our country’s infrastructure. For as long…
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Kai and Kai Finally Meet
Kai is three plus and so is Kai. But because they live on opposite sides of the world, this past weekend was the first time they’ve met. You cannot make this shit up: My schoolmate Colin Goh’s kid was born 7:45pm EST on 3 April 2009 in New York. Our son was born 7:15am in…
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Turning A Health Scare Into A New Lifestyle
A month ago now, we went to Bangkok for a complete health check at a hospital famous for their health check packages. There are comparable packages available in Singapore in terms of price, but there’s nothing like the setup they have there. In this Bangkok hospital, batteries of X-ray and other diagnostic machines line luxuriously…
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Talking Cock in Parliament II: Malulah Singapura
It was great to be part of Talking Cock in Parliament again, though I was slightly taken aback by the sheer demand of the public. People actually turned up at 2pm to get tickets for the event. Spoil market! There were very disappointed people who were not part of the 170 allowed in the Old…