Of Amy Cheong and the myth called racial harmony

The girl who single-handedly divided our little red dot. SO a Malaysian born Australian, Amy Cheong had stupidly and tactlessly typed that status update on her Facebook account. We do not know if her account was a private one. Obviously, she has friends who do not like her very much and the screenshot went viral. Everyone in this little red dot has been affected. A lot of us were braying for her blood. Her then employers then swiftly gave her...

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Of CHC's fund raising for the 6 accused.

From AsiaOne City Harvest Church warned over fund raising for accused  Singapore's Commissioner of Charities (COC) has warned City Harvest Church about its employees' efforts to raise funds to pay the legal fees of the church's leaders facing criminal charges in court. At issue is a donation form which surfaced this month seeking funds as a "personal gift" to the six people charged so far. Commissioner of Charities' response "The...

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Of Mentos' National Night

CNN reports on how Mentos hopes to get Singaporeans to get busy and start making babies starting this National Day! The video is well worth your time. In our opinion, it beats any national day songs that have been written in recent years. Get busy Singaporeans! Own this National Date Night! P.S. The comments on the CNN article are mostly idiotic. Perhaps, most of the commenters are not Singaporeans. The ones on Youtube however, are more encouraging....

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Of the Tey-Ko sex-for-grades scandal

Another sex scandal in incorruptible Singapore! Is Singapore so tiny and not happening that the citizens have nothing to do but each other? Presenting defendant, former NUS law professor Tey Tsun Hang. Before he joined NUS, Tey was a district judge with Singapore's Subordinate Courts, and had even spent time as a state counsel at the legislation division of the Attorney-General's Chambers. Currently, he has been charged with six counts of...

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Of changes to the mandatory death sentence

Here's a very short note on how we feel. Many will disagree. It is scary to realize that even a mandatory death sentence does not deter people from committing serious crimes. If death doesn't stop you, what else c...

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Of City Harvest & good intentions gone awry

Yes, one more blog that writes about the City Harvest Church (CHC) saga. We hope this is well worth your time. To begin with, there is nothing wrong with a project that seeks to extend the Christian faith. Obviously, the faith (Christianity, Buddhism, Islam or Hinduism for the matter) is good and it should be shared. To bring the secular over or "Crossover", to what extent should the religious give way to the secular in order to reach to the masses? Feel free to watch Sun Ho's China Wine and Mr Bill videos. When one watches these videos,...

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Of shaming high ranking horny person and punishing the creative vandal

Update as of 19 July 2012: Ex-CNB chief Ng Boon Gay to claim trial Update as of 6 July 2012: Peter Benedict Lim Sin Pang claims trial Of high ranking horny people... The higher the rank, the higher the salary, the more inclined you are to have sex in public places. OR The higher the rank, the higher the salary, the more cheapo one becomes. OR All c wanted was to add "THRILL-SEEKER" to his already outstanding resume. He brought his scandal home! What's amazing is that the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) have...

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Of Vienna/Singapore: The city that loves to grumble

If we just strike out the word Vienna and replace it with Singapore, I am sure the sentiments will hit home. A great article for Cooling Day, no? "If you live here all the time, you have nothing to compare it to - and you don't know how good you've got it." Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18036009 Vienna: The city that loves to grumble For a number of years Vienna has scored top marks in international surveys for safety,...

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Of that Ferrari and the so-called anti-foreigners sentiment

Update on 17 May 2012: In a rare move, the Chinese Embassy has issued a letter telling its citizens living in Singapore to be conscious of their conduct and abide by the laws here. Seeing is believing. See it for yourself here. Update on 18 May 2012: Calls for curbs on illegal street racing                                          No airbags in most taxis? This is the video of the accident that has claimed the lives of the driver of...

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Of TRE, back to the days of the Wayang Party Club?

A long time ago (circa 2004 - long is relative over the internet), there was an online socio-politicial site that used unorthodox means to create awareness. The site would report news that were meant to be the heartfelt sentiments of people like you and I, i.e. we the people that the other people high up in the ivory towers who will conveniently forget for 4 years until the general elections are due. The site would report accounts of hard truths that no mainstream and other socio-political sites would even attempt to report on.What OB markers?...

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Of the tactless speech by Education Minister of State Lawrence Wong

Here is another instance of how our ministers are so out of touch with the ground as they look down on us from their ivory towers.In a dialogue on further education at ITE College East, Education Minister of State Lawrence Wong said, "That's what happens when you have a sort of heedless desire to get a degree or diploma without understanding the broader issues," he noted.Obviously, Lawrence Wong does not understand that Singapore has been shaped to be a city where paper qualifications matter so much more over skills. Whenever possible, who would...

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Of Yaw Shin Leong's resignation as WP's treasurer

Yesterday, the Workers' Party announced that Yaw Shin Leong, MP for Hougang has resigned from his position as the Treasurer of the Party. This comes after Yaw was embroiled in an online scandal which suggested that Yaw, a married man, was having an affair with a member of the WP cadre, Angela Oon, who is also married.Yaw has chosen to keep slient about his alleged affair. However, this resignation speaks louder than words. Yaw and WP should step forward to explain this incident. After all, in the 2011 General Elections, the residents of Hougang...

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Of the passing of Dr Toh Chin Chai

The funeral of the late former Deputy Prime Minister Dr Toh Chin Chye was held on Tuesday at 11am at Mandai Crematorium.Of late, the internet has been a-buzzed with stories on how Dr Toh was like. This striked a chord.He retired from Parliament at the 1988 general election and spent his last years generally away from the public eye. In a rare public radio interview in 1997, Dr Toh passionately bemoaned the lack of idealism and creativity among...

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Of the real Cecilia Sue

Update: The alleged Cecilia Sue Siew Nang The mysterious woman in the corruption scandal has been unveiled! The real Cecilia Sue has been mosaiced?? According to inSing.com, this is how the lady looks like. This does fit the description of a "36-year-old, tall, slim, vivacious, and with shoulder length hair" woman. Strange how the people who leaked the photo chose to mosaic her face and not her expensive looking bag. Cecilia 1 - Tin Pei Ling...

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Of high ranking horny people

Clearly, the year of the fire dragon has done some serious kicking of high-profile asses in the civil service early into its tenure.[Left: Peter Lim Sin Pang, ex SCDF, age 51, Right: Ng Boon Gay, ex CNB, age 45,]In case you have been caught up with the festivities and holidays and are lagging in what's happening in the local political scene, former Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) commissioner Peter Lim and former Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB)...

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