Yao mo gao chor ah? The only consolation we have for the fact that so many single and dateless Singaporeans out there are so clueless, is that the experts who advise them are equally clueless. Unless you’re among the clueless yourself, the following signboards giving advise to courting couples at the Serangoon end of Punggol […]

I where(sic) Xinjiang Cotton – Jordan Chan Last year while still on Donald Trump’s watch, the US imposed sanctions and cotton import restrictions on suppliers controlled by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) – a paramilitary production entity which produces a third of Xinjiang’s cotton. The reason? Human rights concerns. And it’s not just […]

Can we count on you? So what’s new? Names I’ve never heard before – like Joey Mendoza, Pauline India and Hugh Harrison were suddenly all over social media. They were dragged into the limelight when multiple apparently plagiarised versions of Count On Me Singapore (entitled We Can Achieve in the Indian version) were uploaded online […]

women’s liberation – how far can you go? It’s International Women’s Day today. First and foremost, I need to admit that women are as capable as men and ought to be treated equally. Celebrating the strengths of women, however, should not be about going all out to show that women can excel in men’s roles […]

So what’s new? In the wake of Brice Li’s shocking revelation on Facebook, JTC Corporation announced that the forest in question was “erroneously” cleared. Here’s the story. Facebook user Brice Li shared on Facebook on Sunday (14 February 2021) some photos showing the difference between the forest in 2019 and 2021 – the older photo full of […]

Before I get serious, let me wish everyone who has been following my blog all these years a happy new year. I had my second Covid-19 shot on 4 February 2021. It will take a while before I travel again, but for almost a year, I’ve been climbing stairs and avoiding the parks. I’ve mentioned […]

*important update Samsung now delivers their free gifts to you in a very special way. But free gifts have a very different meaning nowadays. You probably don’t even need to live for as long as I have to realise that the meaning of “free gift” has evolved over the years to mean something very different […]

Singapore is a land of ironies. It is also a place where SOPs and protocols must be followed to the letter, especially in the public sector. I remember an incident some years ago when I was communicating with an officer who gave me two options. I picked Option A and she replied, subtly hinting that […]

I’m passionate about cooking and I’m pretty good at making Singapore’s favourite breakfast – carrot cake. Those who have been following me @ravenous_writer and drchanskitchen.com would be quite familiar with images like this one. While there are some shallow folks who think that cooking is unbecoming of a man of my status – which is […]

When I first installed the TraceTogether app, I was somewhat excited by it. Sitting on a bus, I could tell from the app that there were 14 other active devices around me. After a visit to the mall and a side on the MRT, the app recorded over 900 contacts! Apart for facilitating contact tracing […]