Tag: Singapore

  • Oh wait, I forget, this is Singapore

    “The Singapore School Transport Association reiterated on Saturday that making seat belts mandatory on school buses will reduce their seating capacity.” Not making them mandatory will also reduce the number of kids taking school buses because they get hurt and killed. Idiots. Wait, there’s more: ” ‘Implementation is likely to take longer. We need to…

  • May is the month for moving

    Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! I haven’t blogged for a few days because we’ve been busy arranging our big move to our new premises, and some things are falling into place, although, as with all moves, it’s still a little stressful. Looking for new premises has had its interesting moments though. There was one landlord who…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • No horse run

    Real horses not coming for the race? Not to worry! Mediacorp to the rescue with hand-painted replica horses! Just like they have amazingly life-like replica actors, they will donate one of ten replicas for the Singapore International Cup. Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch!