A mismatch made in peasant The Lady Melissa said: Neither Western or Eastern Woman is superior; however the Singapore Peasantwoman who wants the best of both worlds is definitely inferior. Make up your mind - choose one or the other. Even Peasantboys wake up one day when they have been screwed over in a bad deal for too long. Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Author gives an interesting take on why there are so many singles in Singapore" Link Let's talk politics Online! Says PM Lee. Simon Tay said: Obviously he did not calculate the ERP charges that taxed taxi riders that are currently charged ERP fees! The middle class can now OWN cars with huge installment to pay and they will choose not to drive to "save on cost". PM Lee mentioned that people should Remove the food tray after your meal in food court and I will add to that that we should even clean the table with our own wet tissue. We don't return our plates it's because FREEDOM allows us to do that and there is NO LAW that indicate that we must return our plates. If the law says it's ILLEGAL to leave the plates on the table after a meal then WE ARE LITERALLY IN PRISON. PM Says that there will be more help, schemes for women to encourage babies. What about reducing stressful working lifestyles and reducing number of working hours to increase work - life balance. Recommended by simontay78: "It's the truth and sincere counter claims on what the PM is trying to convince the locals on political issues." Link Hitler And ERP Woe cw8 said Link Identity Crisis fireopal said: While most Singaporeans are probably happy about Singapore's upcoming medal in the Olympics that will end a drought in the Olympic medals.. Here is what 'our very own' Table Tennis super star shared on China National TV her thoughts and views! Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Lee Jiawei reveals her true inner thoughts and say that she is from Beijing, proud to be chinese and wants to win a medal on her homeground, her territory during the Olympics 2008. Why no mention of Singapore at all?" Link Diplomat Koh Dreams of Creating Washington's Mall in Singapore Bloomberg said: Then, he needed to persuade the government to turn the former Supreme Court building and City Hall, on the other side of the Padang, into a museum for Singapore's 7,000-piece collection of Southeast Asian art, rather than rent the historic buildings for commercial use. ... "We don't have a sense of history here, people don't give a damn. They think that if we can turn it into a hotel like the Fullerton then why don't we do it.'' Recommended by Anonymous Coward: " " Link Is it prime time to have a bicycle only lane in Singapore? Simon Tay said: I read with sadness that a cyclist had vent his anger on a private bus recently. The bus driver claimed to have done nothing wrong by over taking the cyclist and got a broken glass door because the cyclist use his "kungfu" fist to punch the door. Recommended by simontay78: "I seriously want a bicycle lane in Sinkapore...heee" Link Interview with The Resident Tourist The F00L's Progress said: Troy is the Fool who stepped off the edge of a cliff. Quitting his job in New York’s music industry, the guy who couldn’t really draw wanted to draw comics. Last year, Troy found himself on a 22-hour flight heading back to… Singapore. “The Resident Tourist” is a story about Troy, written and drawn by Troy Chin himself. This is an autobiographical graphic novel, following his adventures as a comic artist in Singapore. The multi-layered narrative wasn’t at first intended to be a commentary of the Singapore society. Yet, the critique of the Singaporean identity and culture stand out strongly as one of the main themes of this novel as Troy’s life unfold through the pages Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "About independent comic artist Troy Chin, whose stories about Singapore have more truth and sincerity that all of Jack Neo's movies. " Link Hitler and ERP Woes Hitler and ERP Woes. Only Singaporeans will fully understand this. Based on the Hitler Gets Banned series on Youtube. Footage from the movie "Der Untergang", "Downfall" in English, showing the final few days of Hitler's life Link Spiderman in Singapore angeliatay said: If you google Alain Robert, you'll find lotsa newpaper articles about him being arrested for climbing a building illegally. He's scaled more than 80 skyscrapers including famous buildings like the Empire State Building & Petronas Tower. Actually, he'd attempted to climb the tower that he will be climbing in Singapore before. Unfortunately, when he was making his ascent, the head of security happened to be driving past and saw him in action and immediately ordered security to get him down! Thus, he was quite excited when we told him that we would like him to climb that very tower! Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "The human spiderman Alain Robert, infamous for climbing many skyscrapers illegally and getting arrested is in Singapore and will be climbing a building this Saturday! Would be interesting to see the man in action!" Link China Sees Singapore As a Model for Progress NYT said: "Of course old Deng likes Singapore," said a young Chinese Government official. "It's run by Chinese, it's efficient, it's rich, and no one jabbers about human rights." Recommended by Anonymous Coward: " " Link Animal hoarding is not animal lovin' Lynn said: ...this old lady who hoards about 40 cats and 2 dogs in her 3 room HDB. The living condition is so terribly filthy and smelly that it's really not a place for animals to live, let alone human. ... The sight was just ghastly and the stench was unbearable. I was gagging even though I was wearing a mask. ... Inside, the place was like the House of Horror - dim and dark, blackened walls, filth and stench filled the place and encompasses you like a cocoon. There were sick cats and kittens everywhere and they were all scared and hiding. The cats were all fed a diet of raw chicken heads ... left out for days, to the extend that chicken heads are blackened with decomposition. When people try to remove her cats, she threatened to burn the place down, killing both herself and cats. So, we figure that brute force will not work. Just have to slowly try to clean up the place and do whatever we can for the sake of these poor animals. The National Day mission : Jaime, her sis and Natasha bravely went in with gloves, masks and shower cap to clean up the place. Recommended by Otterman: "These gals spent National Day in the house of horrors, cleaning the place and smuggled some cats out for a visit to the vet, and they're funding the operation themselves. Love their "can do" spirit; hats off to them!" Link Stolen garden elf is returned after a 7-month adventure around the world Dailymail.co.uk reports the adventures of a stolen gnome which traveled across the world including Singapore. Owners Eve and Derrick Stuart-Kelso were stunned to discover the 10-inch high stone leprechaun they had inherited when they bought their Gloucester home, had disappeared. The couple, both retired, assumed the gnome had fallen foul of students from a nearby college and would never be seen again. The 8lb gnome appeared on the Stuart-Kelso's doorstep on Thursday last week, some 11 months after disappearing. A little the worse for wear, the traveller was standing next to a mysterious and tightly-wrapped parcel. Once unwrapped it revealed a leather-bound photo album containing 48 pictures of the gnome's trip around the globe along with a note putting his impromptu world tour down to 'itchy feet'. Link Facebook Apps for counting down to ORD yjsoon said: Facebook apps to help users count down to their ORD. Two versions: one for NSFs and one for bonded skolahs (or teachers, or anyone with contractual obligations to an employer involving linearly-decreasing liquidated damages). Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Wrote these applications in a fit of boredom, and just thought they need a bit more promotion with the new app-unfriendly Facebook profiles." NS counter Bond counter Caucasian man swims naked in Singapore River A Stomper spots a Caucasian man skinny dipping in the Singapore River. "My boyfriend and I were walking along Singapore River this evening and while trying to take a nice picture of Alkaff bridge, we noticed someone swimming or what seemed like a nice bath in the river! "There was another guy holding a towel waiting for the swimming guy to finish. "The guy (Caucasian) came out of the water and started to parade naked (while the other guy tried frantically to cover his private parts with the towel), and he started to wear his jeans in the open (without his underwear apparently). "45 minutes later when walking back to Robertson Quay, we saw two policemen questioning the said Caucasian (he's now wearing jeans and a red t-shirt with no shoes) and the other guy who was with him." Link Blog@SAJC http://blog.sajc.moe.edu.sg/ said: SAJC Blogger’s Club Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "now blogging is a CCA!" Link Stuff Malaysian People Like #27 Hating Singapore Malaysianisms- Stuff Malaysian People Like said: Malaysian people hate Singapore for various reasons. One of them is that Singaporeans are fond of claiming that they are superior to Malaysia as a country. Their basis for this postulation is their efficient public transport, totalitarian government, stringent pursuit of education and superior exchange rate. Some of these are things that Malaysians could debate but it would cause more bad than good through comparison. The usual retort of a Malaysian person is “Your country is a pirated version of ours”. Recommended by NigelLKB: "This article explores the relationship between Singapore and Malaysia through satirical anecdotes and comparison." Link Can Singapore be baby-friendly ? musings said: I’m not too optimistic about the possibility a baby-friendly environment. Last week’s ST article ... "A Stroller or a Battering Ram ?" — was a clear indication that a fair number of Singaporeans regard babies and / or their parents with a measure of hostility. And hey, if you don’t like my kids or my kids in a pram, why would you have your own so that other Singaporeans can dislike them ? Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Parent tells us why he thinks Singaporeans are baby-unfriendly --- something that only parents can identify with !" Link Know What The New Images On The MRT Means? Krisandro said: I am sure most of you people have noticed the new images on the MRT for ‘Priority Seats’. Think you all really know what each image represent? Judging from my observations of the people occupying those seats when the train is crowded, I’m afraid that your perception of the images are WRONG! Let me educate you peeps. Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "The truth about the new icons!" Link 30000 students hold hands to connect SG youth.sg said: ... a very small portion of the human chain that over 30,000 youth from 53 schools in Singapore had formed around central Singapore, like Ang Mo Kio, Yio Chu Kang, Bishan, Toa Payoh and even a bit of the Kallang River. Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Nanyang Girls and SJI boys connect SG. Perhaps doing even more than our stoopid transport system." Link Violence in Singapore Violence in Singapore I received this video from a mine whose friend was beaten up in Singapore. There were a dispute going on between some guys and he was nearby watching, and one of the guys came to him and started shouting at him. Being a tourist, he did not do or say anything, and the guy started throwing punches, which turned into kicks. Apparently, there was a police nearby who suggested my friend's friend to just let go of this matter. Singapore - should I be proud being a Singaporean? Link Acquired by JobsDB - Streetdirectory.com BACK in business! Princessa said: According to the article, we, the new owners of Streetdirectory.com bought the domain name and assets in the 4th quarter of last year (2007). I'm not sure this happened before or after violating the copyrights of Singapore Land Authority (SLA), but Streetdirectory.com was taken offline in late March 2008. Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "I'm sure numerous people are glad that streetdirectory.com is up and running, but how exactly does it benefit jobsdb for acquiring this domain?" Link Singapore Flag touches ground at Olympics 2008 Opening Ceremony fireopal said: Our national flag bearer, Li Jiawei, did so at the Olympics 2008... with the National Flag touching the floor on the eve of Singapore's 43rd National Day!.. Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "How can this happen especially when she claimed to be proud of the country? Look at the New Zealand flag flying upright behind the SG contigent!" Link Violence in Sim Lim Square gerardmauro said: We were so pissed leaving the store. I decided to take a photo of the store premises so I could have a 'souvenir' for the event. Suddenly, this little guy with glasses (store manager, they say) started to slap me in the face! (I'm not sure if it was a slap or a punch.. looked like a punch, felt like a slap) He also shoulted at me with his small squeaky voice. I prepared to hit back, aiming at his small face.. but suddenly I see this tall lanky guy running from the store carrying a metal stool. And the fat pimply guy who tried to sell the PSP also came out running towards us too. The little guy's got backup! So now there's 3 of them, and one of me. Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Following the aftermath of the $2k PSP scam, here's another good reason why everyone should steer clear of SLS, lest you want to go home in a body bag." Link A Portrait of Kenny Sia (and some other things) Veronica said: I used to really like reading Kenny Sia's site. He used to be this nice, humble guy who could really make me laugh. He sounded like the most devoted boyfriend when talking about Nicole, his ex. And he was your every day bloke you could easily relate to. Fame + ego + cannot take the wave of internet criticism = Everything changed. Fame went to his head, and nice guy Kenny went away. Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "The writer offers a chronological analysis of how fame via blogging can change even the most decent of people, and may offer an insight into how such a filial son can turn into a philandering boyfriend." Link US Navy Submarine leaked radioactive waters in Singapore port of call CNN said: A U.S. Navy submarine leaked trace amounts of radioactive water for two years as it made port calls in Japan and other Asian nations, the Navy said Thursday.... Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Shouldn't this be made known to the public? Something so serious shouldn't be covered up in the first place. At the very least, NEA should very least carry out checks on the water and assure the public everything is fine." Link Red Cross Accused Of Gay Discrimination Aussie Pete said: Michael Cain has begun his case in the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal in Hobart (Australia). Mr Cain launched his fight in 2005 after the Launceston blood collection centre in Tasmania refused his offer to donate blood. The reason for the refusal, he said, was because he had been in a sexual relationship with another man in the previous year. Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "It will be very interesting to see which way this one will go." Link Former Nepal prince gets into trouble at Singapore club I.Z. Reloaded said .. The former crown prince of Nepal notorious for violence and drunk driving rampage and much hated by people back in his country, got into trouble recently in his newly adopted home. Paras who left for Singapore after the monarchy was abolished in his country, was snubbed at a club here recently. Link Singapore Politics | Singapore’s Socio-Political Blogosphere Singapore Politics said: SGPolitics.com is a memetracker which finds and keeps track of Singapore’s Socio-Political Blogosphere. Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "A recently launched memetracker to allow Singaporeans to easily keep up with Singapore political issues." Link Mugabe sneaks off to Singapore The Zimbabwe Times said: President Robert Mugabe on Friday quietly left the country destined for Singapore where he was set to receive medical attention for an undisclosed ailment. ... “He normally seeks treatment in Singapore,” said a source. “That is where he has gone to. He is coming back on Sunday morning.” Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Welcome to tyrants and despots here! Money good can liao! " Link Singapore 2010 Logo Design Competition Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games website has started a logo design competition. Make history. Design the logo for the first Youth Olympic Games. Singapore will host the Youth Olympic Games in 2010 and some 3,500 youth athletes from all over the world will arrive on our shores to compete in the spirit of Excellence, Friendship, and Respect. We’re inviting everyone to submit a design for the Singapore 2010 logo! This competition is open to anyone, regardless of nationality or design experience. So don’t hesitate, have your say in the logo for the first Youth Olympic Games! Link