So what’s new? The creator of popular travel video series Nas Daily, Mr Nuseir Yassin, has hit back at those who have decried his video series on Singapore, one of which was a five-minute video that lauded the island state as an “almost perfect” country. Not surprisingly, he quickly drew flak from the folks who […]
Just when we thought that no one can beat the absurd postulation that our elderly collect cardboard boxes to exercise (they can go to the gym for $1.50 now), Mr Sitoh (who was elected by the once courageous folks at Potong Pasir) hit us with a shocker. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the […]
Some 30 years ago, when my relatives from China visited us, they were glued to our TV sets. They loved our Chinese drama serials. They remarked that there was nothing so “realistic” in China. Thanks to the very down-to-earth plots and situations, our Chinese dramas attracted a huge following in China. When crossing the Khunjerab […]
It’s better late than never, but it’s still with regret that I only managed to visit Indonesia for the first time in 1993. I was already 29 with not that many years remaining to go on adventure trips – or so I thought. I remember that was an ambitious trip, spanning the length of Pulau […]
Last night, I had a dream. I was climbing Gunung Sindoro in Central Java and I was on the pre-dawn summit assault, scrambling in the dark up a precipitous slope of loose rock and gravel when I noticed a elderly gentleman climbing beside me. When I was about to pass him, he slipped and cried […]
There would usually be about 5 or 6 flags displayed on these neighbouring blocks a week or two before National Day, but if displaying the flag has anything to do with patriotism, then my neighbours must have suddenly become less patriotic. Perhaps that’s not the case. How could one suddenly love one’s country less? We […]
28th July 2018. At a working lunch hosted by the SDP on this day, several opposition parties (sans WP) came together to explore the possibility of working closer together to present a unified front at the next elections. To some of the people who are frustrated with the establishment, this was a major breakthrough in […]
It’s pretty normal for humans to experiment – especially children. As I kid, I used to catch tadpoles, bring them home in plastic bags, transfer them to glass jars and pretty much made a mess of the kitchen area where I also kept different species of worms and insects. I also played around with baking […]
And the influential brands just love them. On second thought, that should not be too surprising since it’s far easier to get fools than thinkers to buy your things. Just when you think that virtually famous bloggers and photographers who extort money and steal other people’s photos ought to be behaving themselves by now, another […]
Thailand is often called mai pen rai (never mind) land for some pretty good reasons. You can often see people riding their motorbikes without helmets, driving when drunk, parking at emergency exits etc without facing legal consequences (though they may face a different kind of consequences) as long as the policeman on duty is not […]