Uncle Roger Has a Softer Side
admin I never liked this character. I knew the day would come and it has. Comedian Nigel Ng, aka Uncle Roger, thinks Singapore food is a ‘less good’ version of Malaysian…
2022
The Crazy Causes Of Preventable Deaths
So what’s new? The June holidays are here and the airport is crowded again. Families are travelling but the long wait for passport renewals seems to show no signs of…
Malaysia Chickens & Passport Stamps
So what’s new? Below is Singapore’s medal haul at the 31 SEA Games held at Hanoi, Vietnam. Team Singapore has a total haul of 47 gold, 44 silver, 70 bronze…
Explaining Shanghai
Shanghai authorities announced a city-wide lockdown split in two stages for mass testing on 27 March 2022, after the city reached its highest recorded daily new cases due to the…
We’ve Got A Winner!
So what’s new? Bertha Henson calls him a “dark horse” but current Finance Minister Mr Lawrence Wong is quite likely to be our next PM. Oh, let me get the…
Communism Better Than Democracy?
We are more than a month into the war between Russia and Ukraine. It’s not a pretty scene when Russian forces start shelling and shooting indiscriminately in an attempt to…
War In Ukraine
Let me get one thing straight. I’m not a big fan of Uncle Sam and I think George Bush deserved that shoe in his face. The second Gulf War was…
Economy & Humanity
Humanity: the quality of being humane; benevolence. So what’s new? Covid numbers have hit the roof, hovering around 20,000 post-CNY. By now, I’m sure you know somebody who has had…
Happy CNY 得饶人处且饶人
So what’s new? CNY is just a couple of days from this time of writing. Allow me to recap on a few things that happened recently. They have nothing to…
Sudden Loss of Power
Before I go to what’s new, let me tell you an old story. Like all old stories, it’s not only familiar but also often repeated. An uncle walks into a…