Street directories are doggy
If you need directions, Google Maps are great, and in the U.S. you can even download them onto your phone. This is really useful considering we know how detailed some of the Google Maps and Google Earth stuff can be. In Singapore, presumably because it’s not 2015 yet, we’re stuck with using streetdirectory.com, which is […]
Our Army
Photograph of Selarang Barracks during the ‘Selarang Barracks Incident’- from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Things are moving pretty quickly with the Singapore Armed Forces. They’ve caught up with YouTube (whom Google has caught up with) by banning camera phones in military installations. No more pictures or videos from training. That also means no more unofficial […]
Quality air
From “Bounce Back To Life” iTunes is playing an illegal copy of Smoke from the album “Whatever And Ever Amen” by Ben Folds Five of which I have the original CD. Technorati Tags: Haze, Singapore Facebook Comments Box
Why not the men?
For large people, indicate L, XL or XXL. For women, indicate Miss, Mrs, Mdm or Ms. I’ve only just noticed that if you were so inclined to write letters to the Straits Times Forum page, they request that you indicate your preferred way of being addressed, but only if you’re a woman, and only from […]
No, they’re not instant miniature buffalo
Instant buffalo – just add water These strange-looking things are called caltrops, and can be found in most supermarkets here, and in the case of the Cold Storage at Chancery Court, in a bin next to the pumpkin bin. They are called caltrops because they look like a medieval weapon called a caltrop, which… …was […]