Offending Big Brother
admin The South China Morning Post likens the Global Times to a tabloid edited by a bunch of Chinese Donald Trumps. Others have called it “China’s most belligerent tabloid”. While the…
2016
Small Towns, Big Charm
A typical Singaporean wedding banquet goes like this. You receive the invitation – often dubbed the “red bomb” and reluctantly accept it. You arrive at the hotel half an hour…
Singapore Sex Scams
Moved To SarongParty.com – a different look at social misfits who arous furtive interest and open disgust in a society that only has time to label, stereotype and strive for…
How Do I Lose Money? Let Me Count The Ways
So what’s new? Former President Nathan is in hospital in a critical condition, the Auditor-General’s Office (AGO) revealed some eye-opening lapses in our statutory boards, student-organised orientation programmes at NUS…
Punggol’s Flooded Sand Pit
When I was in primary school, there was a field where tracks had to be painted every sports day. A teacher would supervise the gardener who would paint the tracks…
Contemplating Borobudur On Vesak Day
Borobudur – Buddhism rediscovered 1993 Though Indonesia is the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, Islam is relatively new to Java. While Muslim territories had existed on…