Category: Living
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Backwater
Manneken Pis – Photo by (oranje) If there’s anything that reminds us that we live in a backward part of the world, it’s headlines like these: Malaysia drops idea of travel restriction for women More CCTVs to be installed to rid problem of urine in lifts in Aljunied GRC What happened to the “Swiss Standard…
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You think?
This is news? This is news? How is this news? This is old! Let’s put things in perspective and let’s not forget the good work done by everyone despite our complacency and let’s move on! Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch!
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Map woes
Streetdirectory.com is still grappling with some issues, and although I’ve been loathe to use it for navigational purposes, I’ve found it useful lately as a business directory when I’ve searched for businesses like furniture repairers and shit. Today, instead of a blank rectangle where the map usually appears after a painful wait of several seconds,…
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NEA to reduce energy consumption in households
Here’s an idea for saving energy: turn off the ERP gantries When I read the headline, I thought, “oh no, they’re gonna use the ERP method of reducing consumption”, and then I read on and found out they’re using the lucky draw method instead. Much better than my parents’ day when they used coin-operated heaters…
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No torch, no medals, no records, no nothing…
Image from mooncostumes.com The torch relay bypassed Singapore probably because protests are only to be held indoors, with a licence, in designated areas. I dunno. Then there’s news that the Youth Olympics might be a Games without medals or records. That is the sucks! Might as well not have athletes. I mean, they even give…