Menotti doesn’t serve water

Well, they’re not the only establishment with the no-plain-water policy, I’m sure. But woe betide the ones I patronise that don’t serve me a free glass of water after I’ve had a lobster linguine and a double espresso. To hell with your Panna sparkling mineral water! I dowan! Will you give me a glass of […]

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 […]

We’d trade in slaves if we could

5-day weeks are for civil servants. Other kinds of servants aren’t so lucky. Technorati Tags: signs, singapore Facebook Comments Box

Just stick your hand in

From the sellers of ‘Frog Pieces‘… It is most expensive to be bitten by a Jumbo Superworm, at $4 a go. Technorati Tags: singapore Facebook Comments Box

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 […]