All along, I thought I belonged to the Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency (YCK SMC) because I am closer to YCK MRT (Mass Railway Transit) than anywhere else. I took my “On Government Service” voting card to Andersen Primary School at late afternoon (voting time was from 8am to 8pm) and surprisingly it was [...]
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Singapore General Election 2006
May 7th, 2006 · No Comments · Everyday News
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Outrages News on Rape
April 14th, 2006 · No Comments · Everyday News
Headline news - Man Raped 5 Daughters with Help from His Wives. What is more than outrages is the defender’s lawyer’s reply.
An Islamic man with multiple wives has repeatedly raped his five teenage girls over a period of 18 months. This man even managed to convince his wives that he had ownership over his children, [...]
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I Support the New Singapore Integrated Resorts
April 19th, 2005 · No Comments · Everyday News
Many Singaporeans are against the Integrated Resorts (IR) proposal because IR comes with a casino. In fact, none of my Singaporean friends I have talked to support the idea of having a casino here in Singapore. They feel that it is not necessary and casino will spell social issues.
Granted, gambling is a vice on its [...]
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Pope Dies At 84
April 2nd, 2005 · No Comments · Everyday News
It is a day of saddnes for some of us who remember the Pope as “champion of human freedom”, “tireless advocate of peace”, and “wonderful sense of humour”. He was one of the history’s great moral leaders and will always be remembered of. I have an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see him in person at the [...]
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How the New Police Speed Laser is Going to Affect Me
February 24th, 2005 · No Comments · Everyday News
On one hand, it is good to read the list of roads that Singapore traffic police may deploy the speed laser camera (and why do they do that?). On the other hand, it is bad because almost all the roads that I frequently use will have speed traps. The entire list can be found in [...]
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A Path to Reconciliation?
December 13th, 2004 · No Comments · Everyday News
Read the news from Reuters today that Singapore Senior Minister and Malaysia Prime Minister resume the path to improve relationship between the two countries. This is indeed good news. I still remember that some point in the past I was very much affected by the deterioration of our relationship with the Malaysian counterpart. There are [...]
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Galileo Probe and Jupiter’s Moons
February 22nd, 1997 · No Comments · Diary, Everyday News, From the Attic
Woke up at 2 pm. Actually planned to wake up at 7:30 am to watch “The Rock” again but couldn’t get up. Had a lazy shower and ordered a light snack room service. Felt good at that time.
The best thing that could happen to me on a Saturday Afternoon was that when I opened my [...]
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