Tag: Signs of life
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Great Singapore Sale II: Going Green
Originally published in The Straits Times “Great Singapore Sale II” supplement, Thursday, June 7, 2007 The Great Singapore Sale (GSS) is upon us again, and this year, I’m trying a positive attitude. (As opposed to sulking while the wife soldiers on through the throngs). For me, a positive attitude includes ‘going green’ – and I…
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A what catcher?
Depending on how you mispronounce or mispell it, this Chibi Catcher Small Catcher could either be one in thousands of little useless plastic things gift shops sell or the best seller in the universe ever. Or maybe just the non-red versions. Cos the red ones were the only ones left on sale. But because I…
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Separate pots
Today’s Special: Melting Pot I’m thinking that if we must remain cosmopolitan, then we’d better do away with the damn Hua Yu Cool campaigns, or at least, match that with Bahasa Bagus and Tamil Terrific campaigns. Else we’re quite damned to becoming a mostly Chinese chauvinistic society with no respect for our cosmopolitan heritage. I…
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Do not what?
Do not slap? Do not give high-fives? Do not use your hand? Do not wave? Do not stop? Anything but five? What? Technorati Tags: singapore, look signs
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Self-service car valet service
Told them not to leave my car out in the sun… The car valet service at Mount Elizabeth Hospital & Medical Centre works like this: You drive through the ERP–steal-how-much-money-from-your-cashcard-you-also-dunno-and-can’t-do-anything-anyway gantry, ask one of the valet-looking type people (they’re the ones standing in the middle of the driveway) where to leave your car, and they…