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This year’s National Day Parade will be spectacular, in no small part because of the massive showcase of military assets. 50 aircrafts, 8 warships, and 150 vehicles. Massive. The RSAF, in particular, has traditionally ...
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It’s 50 days from today that we’ll be celebrating Singapore’s 50th National Day. It’s a big day for Singapore. We’re inundated by all manner of things related SG50, as well as things that are only ...
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Five years ago, as Singapore hosted the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, I complained about how discourteous the organisers had portrayed themselves. First, it was about demanding that their buses be given the right-of-way, and ...
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Singapore’s been talking about smart homes for some time. In the news earlier this week was about the first smart Housing Board homes, which will be launched this month. Just how smart are these smart homes? Not very. In ...
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When the news first broke that MDA had shutdown TRS, my first thought was that, yes, good riddance. Honestly, there is so much trash published by TRS that, to me, the writers should be ashamed to write them, and TRS should be ...
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Last year, I cooked up a storm over my comments on the NDP website. My intent was to lament the embarrassing presentation of the NDP website. Security was just one aspect, but it caught on and went viral. This year, I’m ...
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I think our Singapore Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, must have recently gotten a new social media team. Quite notably, of late, his social media posts have been clever, witty, and popular. His recent sharing of his Sudoku ...
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Singapore isn’t smiling enough, so Smile Singapore, an initiative by Clarke Quay Central, is trying to promote happiness in Singapore. They are doing this by asking people to have their smiling photos taken, then installed ...
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In the news yesterday is about SMRT’s bid, jointly with OMGTEL Pte Ltd (OMG), to become Singapore’s fourth wireless telecommunications carrier. Yes, that means they want to become a telco. My first thoughts, SMRT ...
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I did not intend for this blog to have a focus on car ownership in Singapore. Interestingly, I’ve found that the most popular visit here is about scrap value of Singapore cars, officially known as the PARF/COE rebates for ...
