Year: 2015
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Vale, Lee Kuan Yew
Today we begin to bid farewell to a giant of history. Tributes will flow and flood, and many among us will think about how much of us is due to him.
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How Cheap Is This Dashcam?
I’ve become that discount-seeking uncle by making my first Groupon purchase: an in-car dashboard camera by this brand called “Chronovski”. It shoots and records 720p video onto a micro SD card, but I suppose the best feature is that I paid only $29.90 for it. Here’s a clip from it:
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Anglo Minus Chinese School
To commemorate ACS Founder’s Day, the good people at Temasek Clothings have made a special t-shirt celebrate the school’s historically renowned standard of Chinese As A Second Language (or “Your Mother’s Tongue”). ACS Boys (and Girls) get a special discount with the code “ACS10” when you order on their website.
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#CardboardConstable Origins
In case you didn’t know, #CardboardConstable was commissioned in November 2013, and mrbrown and myself started Instagramming his deployment locations last year. If you, like us, find the recent crime prevention video with the mass dance damn jialat, here’s a list of #CardboardConstable sightings on Instagram for you to enjoy instead. This picture’s my favourite so far: My heart…
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Adding To Our Melting Pot
It is part of Singapore life to have foreigners in our midst, and that there are people grumbling about how there are too many of them. There are also terms first used by the Government – such as “Foreign Talent”, that have taken a derisory and derogatory tone when used by the same grumblers. You…