Category: Media

  • A merlion in your room

    They’re building a kelong-like structure around the Merlion and (wtf) turning it into a hotel suite, and this is what it’s going to look like. No word on whether they’ll keep the water running, so it’s like a spa or something. No, wait! A bidet! Japanese guests would like that! Just like in this ANA…

  • The day someone said Cheebye on radio

    I only ever listen to the radio while driving, or when one of our friends is hosting a radio show. But this year, the stations (except the lonely non-Mediacorp ones) have been constantly reminding listeners that radio in Singapore is 75 years old. They’ve been airing radio DJs talking about their favourite radio moments, and…

  • Ingterneck company boss pwned by Rockson’s Horse

    It’s been an entertaining couple of days online. I guess sometimes when someone appears rude to you, you might take it personally and react in the dumbest possible way. I feel for Nuffnang’s @bossming, Mr Cheo, cos it’s pretty hard to live down this epic pwnage, especially if you’re the boss of an internet social…

  • Useful Christmas Gifts #5: Walking With Dinosaurs

    When he heard there was a show called Walking With Dinosaurs, a wiseacre I know said, “Hey, isn’t that when you join the entourage of a PAP MP election walkabout?” I didn’t have much high hopes for it to be an entertainment highlight of our weekend either, but if you were to have seen our…

  • Useful Christmas Gifts #3: Singapore’s Greatest Disasters

    This collection of short stories is written by Malcolm Oei. Set to some of Singapore’s most notorious events like the Nicoll Highway collapse, the Bukit Ho Swee fire and the SQ hijack, they are made all the more compelling by the fact that we have a piss poor reputation of investigative journalism. You’ll want to…