It’s Just Trump Trumpeting
admin Donald Trump’s misogyny and his habit of groping women can’t be news to anybody. Such habits are shared by a huge number of powerful, influential men like movie stars, rock…
How Much Space Do You Need To Have Sex?
A fire broke out at Block 493 Jurong West Street 41 coffee shop and wet market at about 2.45am on 11 Oct 2016. The SCDF, upon arrival at the scene…
Gambling On A U-Turn?
Mr Sim Wong Hoo is wrong. Singapore is NOT a no U-turn country. The government’s latest dramatic U-turn on online gambling more than sufficiently dispels Mr Sim’s unflattering statement. According…
Offending Big Brother
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…
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…
Punggol’s Withering Waterway
When I first moved into Punggol 13 years ago, we were like pioneers colonising some newly discovered territory. There were only some flats on one side of Punggol Field and…