What would you put your good fortune towards?

Have you seen the queues at the betting shops? Nuts! But maybe later I’ll go to the one downstairs of my office and get me some tickets at a chance to win one of them ‘Hongbao Jackpot’ things. If I win, I’ll either take my fortune to buy popcorn at the cinema, or buy a […]

TODAY: Blogging and the elections

Will bloggers fall foul of ‘election advertising?’ Who’s stepping down? Who’s moving up? Who’s being moved to another ward? Yes, we’re talking about the coming General Elections. Are bloggers talking about it? You bet! Should they talk about it? We’ll see. Read more at TODAYonline [pdf][txt] Technorati Tags: blog, elections, singapore

Sing a song, buy some roses, Valentine’s Day is nigh

You’ll notice on my sidebar several small advertisements, one of which is for a gift voucher company that is offering special Valentine’s Day packages. I met up with the blokes who run the company, and they told me several interesting things about the Valentine’s Day retail (sucker) business. I’ll be sharing these things with you […]

The very bearable lightness of Beng

You must, you must, you must watch Broadway Beng. Spare $35 – $50 and an hour and a half of either Monday or Tuesday night, and let Sebastian Tan make you laugh till your sides hurt. It is odd, this ‘concept’ – as Sebastian calls the idea that turned into this show – of what […]

I are not allowed to study English

No studying allowed – that are how we train staff… iTunes is playing an illegal copy of It’s Been A Long Time from the album “There’ll Come A Time” by Betty Everett of which I have the original CD. Technorati Tags: burger king, engrish, singapore