Category Archives: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

There are people in their 30s who hold regional jobs with impressive titles. How capable are they? Certain types of companies tend to hand out fancy titles to employees still wet behind the ears. But you cannot take a youngster, … Continue reading →

Everyone’s talking about Everything Everywhere All at Once, described as absurdist comedy-drama film, starring Michelle Yeoh, 60-year-old ballet-trained actress from Malaysia. The film – which I didn’t enjoy – has been nominated for all kinds of shit, which surprised me. … Continue reading →

Dear Therapist, When I married my husband, he had two adult children, and I had none. We both wanted to have a child together, but my husband had a vasectomy after his second child was born — too long ago … Continue reading →

The Parrot Society Singapore expressed concern after videos on social media showing a woman flicking a parrot – a green-cheeked conure – on its beak and feeding the bird her saliva. These were “dangerous and abusive acts,” said the society. … Continue reading →

On, er yue er, the second day of the second month of the Chinese calendar – this past Tuesday – I’ve been asked if I’ve had a haircut. Apparently Chinese people call the day longtaitou day, ie the day when … Continue reading →

A Swedish study on 59,000 men entitled The Plateauing of Cognitive Ability among Top Earners by sociologists Marc Keuschnigg, Arnout van de Rijt and Thijs Bol has shown that the brainiest people and the biggest earners are two largely separate … Continue reading →

JCube mall will close down in August to make way for a 40-storey residential development, to be ready in 2027. It will include two floors of commercial space. Such “mixed-use” developments seem to be rather trendy these days. As a … Continue reading →

From today, commuters will no longer have to wear masks when taking public transport as community regulations are progressively lifted. This was among the changes to measures that the multi-ministry task force tackling COVID-19 announced last week. This comes more … Continue reading →

This week, the police released figures revealing that almost S$1.3 billion was lost to scams in the past two years. More than half of the victims were young adults. Indeed, contrary to popular belief, it was not mostly the elderly … Continue reading →

New Zealand sporting star Sonny Bill Williams was attacked because of a tweet. You must understand that in Kiwi Land, most people have nothing much to do other than counting sheep and dreaming about moving to Australia. Williams ignited a … Continue reading →