I’m f***ing Matt Damon / Ben Affleck

Truth be told, I fell asleep watching the Oscars on Oscar Night (known in Singapore as “Why Does It Have To Be On A Monday Morning”) before a single award was presented. Also not present at the party was Jimmy Kimmel of Jimmy Kimmel Live! But if star watching’s your cup of tea, then what […]

Super-seize me

Willard Scott as the first Ronald McDonald In Japan, Ronald McDonald is known as Donald McDonald. Name and other variations aside, he’s probably the most famous clown on the planet. While doing research (yeah right) on a job we were doing, we came across several bits of trivia which were quite funny. Like the time […]

Another world first

Now, where did we keep the parking coupons? Cos we’re gonna be here for awhile… – Photo by Telstar Logistics Singapore Airlines now holds the record for the first Airbus A380 to be stuck on a grass verge. None were hurt, except for Singapore Airlines, who also suffered the ignominy of having this piece of […]

The lengths some go to get their ang pow

Photo by @Dmateur Chinese New Year must be near if “Boy falls while performing lion dance on poles“. I laughed out loud, and kept laughing until I stopped. OK, I know it’s bad to laugh at the misfortune of others, but a headline like that is funny in so many ways. Not least, because it’s […]

Battling the news

I don’t know what a “laissez-faire attitude towards weight” means. Does it mean the government doesn’t care whether you’re fat or not? Or does it mean that you shouldn’t interfere with the weight of others? These are the first of the difficult issues of the new year one finds in one’s nation’s premier news media […]