Monthly Archives: April 2012

Paradise Lost

Took out a tin of Dunhill Nightcap recently but hated it when I smoked it – the old familiar taste is there no more. The old magic has disappeared. Nightcap used to be one of my favorites. For years, I … Continue reading

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The End is Nigh but Singapore’s Got Talons

My friends and I were apoplectic to read that a series of anti shark fin campaigns by various groups are taking place islandwide over the next few months with a common goal: To make Singapore shark fin-free. The advocates are … Continue reading

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Sink the Titanic!

100 years after the sinking of the Titanic and the world is still obsessed with it. People’s continuous fascination with a sunk ocean liner causes me to sputter with stupefaction. It must be the only disaster in history that is … Continue reading

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The Horror Continues

Norwegians who lost loved ones on Utoya island gasped and sobbed last Friday as far-right fanatic Anders Behring Breivik described – on day five of his trial – emotionlessly and in harrowing bullet-by-bullet detail how he cold-bloodedly gunned down teenagers … Continue reading

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Shame that Slut!

In recent days, a 16-year-old prostitute has made 48 men in Singapore household names. There has been a projectile-vomit-like torrent of name lists in the local papers as well as online. Singapore waits with bated breath for the release of … Continue reading

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Fuck and Run!

Picture above shows Edward Whistler Goh Ngian Meng, 49, trying to look inconspicuous and running away from the press when he was being charged for having sex with an underage hooker. He was just one of the 48 men in … Continue reading

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Bite Not the Hand that Feeds You

The gentleman shown above is none other than the founder of the Hotel 81 budget hotel chain, Choo Chong Ngen. He has just donated S$2 million to the NTU (Nanyang Technological University) to help needy students. NTU said in a … Continue reading

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To Err is Human, But it’ll get you Public Praise

An error by a lab manager resulted in the retesting of more than 2,000 DNA samples from 87 court cases. But “no further action against officer who made error” screamed yesterday’s headlines. The culprit who wrongly mixed the reagent used … Continue reading

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Now Why Didn’t I Think of That?

Sometimes the most obvious shit is right before our eyes but we don’t see it. If there’s one thing the Chinese need, it’ll be chopsticks. Has anyone thought of manufacturing chopsticks to sell to the Chinese? Well some angmoh did! … Continue reading

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Hardship Case My Big Fat Hairy Ass!

Life is full of contradictions. There are people who are up to their eyeballs in debt but are renting apartments for mistresses. They are people who can’t even pay their credit card bills but are purchasing jewelry and going on … Continue reading

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