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Was looking to tabao  (takeaway) chicken for dinner tonight ( wife not cooking!  ) and headed to Bukit Batok Central Varinice Kopitiam.  The...

I've been meaning to write something about crash blossoms for some time but was just procrastinating as it involved time collecting the ...

THE PROBLEM WITH MERITOCRACY . Straits Times Saturday 14 July Pg A43. This piece by David Brooks from The New York Times made me sit on m...

My only son Jason graduated yesterday from university.  My wife and I have been waiting for this day for then past 25 years. It was our mo...

In the past 2 weeks, I've hit the jackpot 3 times! Last week, I won £500,000 in the British Online lottery, then a few days later I wa...

My company recently advertised for staff to fill a position. In the many resumes I received, a common ending was " ... for your perusa...

If you don't know who Dilbert is, it's time to crawl out of your shell. Scott Adams has one of the best syndicated cartoon columns ...

From The Sunday Times, 1 st April 2012. SINGAPORE - Singapore has classified cigarettes and tobacco products as a Class 3 Narcot...

Singapore political appointees have been rewarded with the new National Bonus which would be 1.618 months salary. ( Read news report her...

I know people complaint a lot in Singapore but lately it seems the complaints are of the most frivolous in nature. Just yesterday, Stomp re...

I am not an addict nor a compulsive punter but I do buy 4D and Toto regularly. It seems like I am helping to supplement the govt’s coffe...

St Anthony's Church at Woodlands dropped its controversial dress code last week. Cool heads have prevailed and I think that’s the wi...

I got a buzz from my sis yesterday,"Hey tomorrow's Sunday. Where's your Sunday Ranting? It's been awhile!" I'd be...

LTA (Land Transport Authority) is studying better design features to encourage commuters to move inside the MRT cabins, according to a rep...

WHY MAN STILL BEHAVE LIKE SCUM. The German Osnabruck University this week confirmed Charles Darwin's comment to his friend Dr Joseph Ho...

For many visitors, Bukit Batok still remains a very confusing area to navigate. That's probably because Bukit Batok is divided into 2 se...

Auspicious sighting?  A double rainbow! The pot of gold must be at Guilin View Condominium ! A sign of the covenant betwee...

Frontpage : Headline today was the presidential election in Taiwan. Candidate Ma won. Boring. Home Pg 13.  DEAD BOY'S PARENTS WANT RO...

DON'T RAIN ON MY PARADE, PLEASE! Urghh! What a disappointment for me! Today all 162 pachyderms from the Elephant Parade are gathered a...

I woke this morning to read some pretty disturbing development in the Home section of the dailies. "First time curbs placed on 24-hour...

Please note the term  fire here is used figuratively, as we are aware the subject is a bit sensitive to  'fire'.  (For the uninitia...

As expected, after the 3 times failure of the rail operator within this same week, I am joined not just by a chorus  but a full choir of ran...

I had my first full time paying job when I was 18 on completion of my GCE A levels. While most of my other classmates were being drafted in...