Month: September 2011

  • What Say You? Episode 5: Chindians & Choodles

    Do you tell people “I’m Chinese” or “I’m Malay” or “I’m Indian”? Or do you naturally and proudly say, “I’m Singaporean”? Whose fault is it if you don’t?

  • What Say You? Episode 4: We The Rule-Following Citizens Of Singapore

    My friend Calvin shares a story about his 8 year-old son being marked wrong for an answer that, ordinarily, would’ve garnered plaudits for its insight.

  • Should we can the Singapore Grand Prix?

    I don’t follow motor-racing, and I think I had to ask several people on Sunday night who won this year’s big race, and it was several minutes again before I realized Vettel was a person and not a brand of bottled water. The taxi driver whose cab I rode in on Sunday night was sheepish…

  • Catch Willy & Make Him Do Tricks

    A bit late, but here’s what I wrote about the whole “cyber-bullying” RWS thing: It was decided a long time ago, that we would have an Asian twist to the attractions afforded by Integrated Resorts like Resorts World Sentosa. Our Asian, twisted types need our fill of beauty pageants, sharksfin soup, performing circus animals and…

  • Let’s Rock Elmo

    Hasbro’s Let’s Rock Elmo rocked the Toy Fair in New York earlier this year. I’ll leave it to the video presentation made at the Fair, and leave it to you to decide who is potentially more irritating, Elmo or the presenter: Hasbro very kindly gave Kai a basic set (without the extra instruments) last week…