TODAY: Out of the classroom…
… and onto the Web – how GP teachers engage students AT the blog “The General Paper” (generalpaper.wordpress.com), Victoria Junior College (www.vjc.moe.edu.sg) teacher Hoe Gim Yau points students to Internet articles relevant to the A level General Paper (GP) subject, telling them that they should practise leaving comments on the entries posted there. And why […]
Singapore Dreaming
President Nathan say good! Usually, when you watch a Singapore-made film, you watch it as if you’d look at a school project, appreciating the effort put into the project. Colin Goh & his wife Yen Yen’s Singapore Dreaming didn’t quite afford the same behaviour. Because it was a very good film. I was drawn into […]
TODAY: Beauty, brains and cups
Bloggers take their turn as judges of the Miss Singapore Universe contest THE “authors’ note” on Singapore Beauty (singaporebeauty.com) states that the blog is a collection of ugly happenings in Singapore, because “Singapore is not only beautiful, it is ugly at the same time”. I am not sure if that explains why the recent Miss […]
WTF! Show Previews: Switch Campaign spoof
Really, we’re just fans of Apple’s ‘Switch‘ campaign, and we’re not tying any housing issue to any electoral thingamajig parliamentarary mandatory. Don’t say we nair warn you har, the fella in Parliament already say, Election Time cannot podcast election thing. Simple. Just remember, ‘Prison Got No Broadband’. Video Podcast: The WTF! Show preview 4 – […]
Spam scam alert
Please do not open any email titled ‘Check it out’ from me or your any of your acquaintances. It’s a spam scam, and this is how it works: The body contains the text: “Sign up so we can play http://followhere01.com/go.asp?id=1&sourceid=&friend=SomeName”. And any stupid idiots that receive that email (and I am your king) will click […]