Ok, so that gratuitous reference to Honeymoon Suite wasn’t meant as punishment. It’s just, well, I got a tumblr so that’s where you’ll see me. In the meantime, in case anyone needs their education in Canadian pop rock cheese of the 80s…

My friends in college used to be amused when I would say that a fellow Singaporean lived "across the country", meaning only about 30 km or so away. I guess that's what happens when you grow up in a tiny country. Anyway, this guy has compiled the longest possible drives according to Google Maps, and I tried to do the same for Singapore - thus far, my best is 60.4 km (Tuas South Ave 9 to Nicoll Drive). That's pretty piddly compared to the almost 12,000km routes recorded from America to Canada. Even Hong Kong has a 77.3km route. (Via kottke.org)

The KTM got involved in a discussion with Mr Tan Kin Lian on the question of the regulation of financial institutions w.r.t. "questionable" financial products at TOC.



This entry is a short summary of the crux of the exchange. The KTM is hoping to continue the discussion on the regulation of financial products with Mr Tan here. :-P



Mr Tan said in the article that “(MAS presumably) should disallow financial and insurance products that have excessive charges and offer unfair terms to consumers”, which seems to imply that MAS should start playing the role of HSA for financial products. Would such regulation be prudent and how should it be done?



The KTM disagreed with this statement because he is of opinion that if the Govt tried to regulate, it’s probably going to screw it up - because MAS won’t be able to do it right. However, the KTM could most certainly be wrong if ther[...]

OHMYGOD I MISS MY PRIMARY SCHOOL CLASS

OHMYGOD I MISS THEM

OHMYGOD EDWIN IS MY LONG LOST GOOD FRIEND

OHMYGOD I MISS TIMOTHY TOO

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IVAN

KATHERINE

POHTING

XUYANG

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I WANT TO SEE THEM SOON SOON SOON

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chickenwing and milo machine.. those were the times