Category: Media

  • Save the World FAIL

    I received this booklet titled “The Survival of the World is in Your Hands” in the mail today. Dammit. As if I didn’t have enough on my plate, now I have to save the world because the people who printed thousands of these booklets and stuffed them in mailboxes hoping people will read them can’t.

  • You see? You see Your Singapore?

    Driving down Orchard Road recently, I noticed banners for “YourSingapore.Com”, and later found that it was the latest iteration of STB’s attempt to brand Singapore. It looks as if STB took many different ideas from different PR and Ad agencies who pitched to them one form or other of theoretically user-generated content and came up…

  • Quick someone give them a bone

    Because lately the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been sounding a like it needs a pat on the head and assurance that all is well: SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has said it is puzzled by comments made to the media by the former Romanian Chargé d’Affaires linked to a hit-and-run case here……

  • Overheard at SMU

    Someone alerted me to a Facebook page called “Overheard at SMU“, and apparently, there are similar pages for NUS and NTU. Among the entries posted on that page are gems such as this: If this is true, Student 1 should be tried for sedition.

  • The Better Toy Store needs better English

    There’s a wonderful toy shop in Ngee Ann City and Tanglin Mall called “The Better Toy Store”. You can find great toys which are generally eco-friendly and non-toxic, which is a good thing, because Kai’s at the age where he tries to eat everything including the foam mat we’ve assembled on the floor of his…