Taking umbrage & Thorn in the side So what’s new? SPH CEO Ng Yat Chung is in the news. Or did news about his outburst overshadow the details of the press conference held specifically to explain the restructuring of Singapore Press Holdings? I shall not repeat the facts which are explained in great detail here. […]

Just as we thought that the end of the pandemic was in sight and it would be safe to travel, infection clusters emerged in Singapore. Are we now seeing B1617 Indian variant clusters in our midst? Is our vaccination exercise going to be futile? India is scrambling for oxygen and hospital beds, with over 300,000 […]

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 […]