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I’ve “flown” on the Singapore Flyer a couple of times, both day and night. The experience by day and that by night is different. If you want to see both day and night, you could go on two rides, and hence pay ...
| Miscellaneous
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The upcoming Singapore General Election looks set to become the most exciting ever since the founding years of modern Singapore. I hadn’t planned to write anything political on this site, and I still don’t, lest I ...
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I didn’t think the YOG intended any courtesy in their Give Way sign. My suggestion to “Please give way” was moot. It’s now officially “Give Way or Give Me ...
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I just heard about what the rain is doing to various parts of Singapore. Like turning Lucky Plaza’s basement into a swimming pool. It’s the kind of rain that happens only once every 50 years that has come to visit us ...
| Technology
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It’s a little scary if you think about it, seeing a photo shot of your home on Google Maps, closed up enough to make out the furniture inside your living room. It’s the Street View in Google Maps. Street View has been ...
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Today I woke up to be greeted by a rather contradictory headline in our Straits Times paper. Civil servants will not get a bonus this year, but they will get a one-time payment. Hmm. Aren’t bonuses like one-time payments ...
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Every year, I try to catch the National Day Parade on TV. This year is no exception. What is new this year is Vanessa joining in to watch the show. It’s really funny that, at the start, Vanessa was pretty engrossed with the ...
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I chanced upon this discovery of a casualty collection point in NUS recently. This is so reminiscent of National Service days. Why does NUS need a casualty collection point? I hear there are quite a few of there locations around ...
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Don’t you think sometimes it gets a bit irritating that it takes someone, let alone our Gahmen, so much time before they state the obvious? How can it be that our Gahmen, overflowing with scholars, be capable of not seeing ...
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The Tax man sent me an early letter this year. It read: “We are pleased to inform you that you have been selected to benefit from our No Filing service.” (emphasis mine) My first reaction was that, wow, no need to pay ...
