Category: Places
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I’d be lost without the mobile ingterneck
When members of my family visit from far flung places, they understandably want to sample foods from far flung places within Singapore – like the best Hokkien Mee I know of. So I went and drove to Beach Road, to the last place I bought Hokkien Mee from, and to my shock and horror after…
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Their man in Singapore
Sign – Peninsula Plaza “Our man on the internet”, Lancerlord sends a link to a short Times UK article by a Ben Kiggell listing things to do and places to eat at in our great city. Some of the attractions and suggestions he lists are nothing short of hilarious. Eat here A meal at one…
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A good reason to localize: two killed over sms error
Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! Maybe rednano should try scare tactics. Localisation could have saved the lives of two people in Turkey (via Gizmodo): The surreal mistake happened because the ex-husband’s cellphone didn’t have an specific character from the Turkish alphabet: the letter “ı” or closed i. While “i” is available in all phones in Turkey—where…
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My forefathers ate bowls of chicken droppings
Photo by Lee Xian Jie “My family is descended from Confucius”, said the chubby Year 12 Boy to me when I didn’t ask about his pedigree. I must have doubted him or given him some dismissive look prior to that statement that prompted him to reveal that fact. This was some years ago in Sydney,…
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Victoria’s Secret for the dead
Economic prospects shaky for the year? There’s hope for Malaysia, as Channelnewsasia.com reports that people there are buying sexy lingerie for the dead for Qing Ming. “Most customers find them cute and would usually add a few sets to go with other paper clothing and items such as dresses, bags and shoes for their female…