Month: June 2011

  • Shame, MBS and Mediacorp

    Getting stuck in traffic can rile one up quite badly. Worse, I saw a truck this evening whose sole purpose was to display an ad for The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands. Its cab bore a Mediacorp logo. Seriously, guys, WTF are you thinking? You might as well put your mouth on the exhaust pipe…

  • Birth of the backseat driver

    Not content with his specially curated iPad content in the car, Kai yesterday directed a yell at me while we were at a traffic junction. I turned to look and see what it was he wanted. It took the second repetition for me to realise he was saying, “Green means go, Papa!” Next he’ll be…

  • Not your usual rugby videos

    Naomi and I were delighted to discover a new channel on StarhubTV called Setanta Sports, which supposedly shows rugby matches. Perfect timing since there’s going to be all this rugby action in the World Cup in NZ later this year, and I don’t have to rely on YouTube highlights anymore. YouTube’s good for some things…

  • Brylcreem to unveil new Presidential line of hair products

    I found out this morning on Twitter that Tony Tan had filed his papers for the presidency. If he is elected, he might be the first President to actually know exactly how much there are in the country’s reserves. Is that a good thing or not?

  • Video: Hong Lim Park, 18 June 2011

    Pink Dot SG 2011 from Brian McDairmant on Vimeo. This was shot over an hour at Pink Dot SG 2011 on the 18th of June. Held at Speaker’s Corner, Hong Lim Park in Singapore. 10,000 people gathered to form a giant dot in support of the right to love, regardless of sexual orientation. Photographed and…