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Following a private email response to my Sunday Rantings (previous blog), I just want to show some evidence of Bukit Brown MRT Station , whi...

At my age, my circadian clock automatically gets me up at 7 in the mornings. The daily routine would be morning ablutions followed by light...

It's the time of the year when we tend to over-indulge and imbibe just a little too much for our own good. It's all in the spirit o...

Shame, shame, shame on you. Which do you feel is the greater shame? Gawking at girls in skimpy bikinis. Exhibiting your body in public. ...

In 2009, we had Phua Chu Kang with his crass rap on the trains. Last year we had the Dim Sum Dollies annoying us with "train is coming...

What better way to wake up on a lazy Sunday morning then with a good laugh. The Sunday Times had a serious article with unintentional hilar...

A while back I wondered when the monkeys at MacRitchie Nature Reserve would overcome the new monkey-proof trash bins introduced by NEA*. (s...

Poor sad rich man! Sheldon Adelson, chairman of Las Vegas Sands and one of the richest man in the world, is disappointed, apologetic and s...

I have taken this post down temporarily on the advise of the authorities. Unfortunately, there are some who " can't handle the tru...

The waterfront park at Punggol was officially opened to the public yesterday. But I just couldn't help laughing at the newspaper report...

I was just told of a neat trick which is supposedly used by the emergency services staff. How to make an elevator proceed non stop to the f...

If you drive along Alexandra Road, you might be able to spot an old disused bridge near the Alexandra Arch, just opposite the Hort Park. ...

Saw these at Toa Payoh Central Park.  There's also another set at Adam Park on Lornie Road. Cute.

This morning, I awoke to read with a bit of concern, an article in the Straits Times. Straits Times, 14 Oct 2011.      Click for larger ...

Complaints of overcrowding on the trains have escalated over the past few years and reached a crescendo just before the recent general elect...

I really appreciate that friends and even strangers and well wishers visit my photo blog . Comments and compliments from you all really make...

I like to watch Thai TV commercials because they're funny and humorous most of the time. You don't need to understand the language ...

The public bus duopoly, SBS Transit and SMRT, today increased their fares by 1% as allowed by the Public Transport Council . For most commut...

Today I did a typically Singaporean thing. I went to the SMRT Circle Line Open House! Free unlimited rides between Caldecott and Harbourf...

Are you depressed over your size?  Do you feel the world is unfair because you are fat? Want to loose 20kgs and find happiness?  Now there...

Quirky things happen all around us but at times we just don't open our eyes wide enough to notice it. But lately I did notice a peculia...

I guess I am at that age when we " senior citizens " start showing symptoms of a mid life crisis! No, I haven't considered b...

For the past 192 years, Singapore has been using the British manner of English, or what we would say, "the Queen's English" or...

I was on my way to Kampong Glam for a photo shoot when I stopped by Alexandra Village for a bite. Across the street, I noticed a building t...

I just finished my 3rd reading of Umberto Eco's novel The Name of the Rose . This time it took me all of 20 days to get through this to...

To many people in Singapore, Novena  means either the MRT station at Thomson Road,  the shopping malls that grew around it or simply that up...