Year: 2013
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Please Take Dengue Seriously
Read this first, then come back to this post. Yes, you can die from dengue. But mostly, people don’t exhibit serious symptoms, and are often not ill enough to be hospitalized. It’s been the same with this outbreak, and I’ve found that as a result, people are being a bit blase about the current epidemic…
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Seminyak Highlights
Our love-hate relationship with Bali continued this trip, with our ideal idyllic villa getaway shared with our friends celebrating their anniversary turning into a three day battle with mosquitoes (and the holey mosquito net) before we retreated to a multi-storey hotel with fewer bugs. Constant traffic jams on single-laned roads plied by mercenary cabbies whose…
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This Blog Has Been Rallied
I’m a bit excited about this blog being highlighted (at around the 28-minute mark of the video) at an NTUC May Day Rally. Never in a million years would I have thunk it. Seriously. My friends are making fun of me. If you’re at all interested in the rest of the rally – do watch…
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Ownself Declare Long Weekend
We’re in Bali to celebrate with friends (wedding/wedding anniversary). It’s nice to get away, though unfortunately, bits of Bali are so built up, and traffic snarls every hour of the day and night that it takes a bit off the tranquility that it’s supposed to promise. Plus, it is very, very hard to watch one’s…
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Want Your Union To Have A Greater Say? Join Them
When news broke of the SMRT bus drivers’ strike last year, the first thought that came to mind was, “Oh no, when are they going to be arrested”? Even before the MOM made a statement about the strike (which traditional media called “bus drivers did not turn up for work”) being illegal, I knew the…