Category: Media
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OK, the Yoof Ollumpics is getting to me
There’s been murmurs that the authorities are a little worried that the YOG isn’t going to amount to a hill of beans – with the MOE buying 80,000 tickets to put at least small bums on seats at events, and the budget ballooning to three times the original estimate. Some of the money was well…
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Good coffee, funny commercials
Yesterday at a Nespresso media event, I watched a 30-sec TVC spot that will be aired on local tv next week. It’s funny. Not least because it stars George Clooney and John Malkovich: Here’s the longer, 2 minute version: George Clooney Meet John Malkovich – Nespresso Commerical – The most amazing videos are a click…
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Channel Newsasia makes a meal of a vulnerable species of fish
First published on greenkampong.com Our very own Channel Newsasia ignores the fact that the Giant Garoupa or Queensland Grouper was put on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2006, and instead celebrates the story of a restaurateur who bought one this week and is selling it to customers at $20 per 200g. via Channel…
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Not good to be in the news the same day as Sumiko Tan’s Hurricane
Oh well. Not that it’s that big a deal being completely overshadowed by “Singapore’s Carrie Bradshaw“, and the floods.
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MRT train slower than football fan
If an artist can get away with tagging an MRT carriage for two days without staff noticing anything amiss, it shouldn’t be that far fetched that some football nut can somehow outrun the train and make it to the next station before it does.