The Real Singapore
When I browse the Travel Section at the bookstore, sometimes out of sheer curiosity, I flip through a guidebook on Singapore. Somehow, they always seem a bit odd to me. Strange in a way I can’t quite...
View ArticleIce Kosong
If you want to save money on drinks while cutting down on sugary sodas, just order an Ice Kosong which costs just 30 cents at any hawker centre. Basically this is boiled water that has been cooled...
View ArticleTrending in Singapore: Bubble Tea, Donuts & Other Fabulous Fads
In Singapore we have Food Trends or should I call them Food Crazes. After a hard day at the office, indulging in a food novelty is a nice way to wind down. It’s quite a phenomenon to see long winding...
View ArticlePeople with a Heart: Michelle Lee & Vincent Wijeysingha (SDP)
Michelle feels that working with children rather than money, infinitely more fulfilling. This RGS girl is not an elitist. I like her.Vincent talks to another Singaporean. Sometimes I think I have...
View ArticleSimi: Ah Beng version of iPhone 4S’ Siri
The mrbrown show is cracking me up again. I think mrbrown is Singapore’s comic genious. You just have to listen to the Ah Beng, Singlish version of Apple iPhone 4S’s Siri which he has called Simi. What...
View ArticleSingaporeans Interviewed on the Circle Line
I don’t watch TV, but I do enjoy our local news segments where ordinary people give their views. I find it refreshing and dare I say amusing at times. The answers were ‘classic’. Definitely more...
View Article10 Awesome Singlish Words & My Clumsy Attempt at Explaining them all
I often think that it would be hard to express myself without a single word of Singlish. When I try to speak ‘proper English’ and replace those words, somehow, the precise meaning is lost. Also the...
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