Category: Laws of our land
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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?
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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?
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Goh Chok Tong Analogy Contest
OK, I haven’t come up with something to give away as a prize, but Goh Chok Tong’s latest analogy was too good to just let go after saying “whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?” For starters, and for your reading pleasure, I give you the Senior Minister’s latest: “The Platoon Leader & The Hopeless Recruit” (via Yvonne Chia): Dear Yvonne…
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Yahoo! Blog Post: Polling Day reflections
I have never seen the likes of it — people actually caring enough about Singapore politics to talk about it non-stop. I swear if I took a cab today, the driver might just go, “Ok, sir, do you mind if I just take you to your destination and not talk about politics during your ride?”……
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I finally feel Singaporean
I queued up to vote this afternoon, and it was, for the first time in a long, long time, a queue that comprised only Singaporeans. I haven’t been this proud to be Singaporean since we sent four swimmers to the Los Angeles Olympiad in 1984. Oh wait, that was when I was proud to be…