Random thoughts

I took a longer break today and went to the dentist for my regular check-up and cleaning. I picked a different dentist this time from my usual one here just to add some variety and do a bit of price / services comparison. I’ll get to that in a bit but before that, I arrived […]

Thriller

This is absolutely brilliant. A video of 1,500 plus inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in Cebu, Phillipines. There’s a reason why virtually *every* entertainment band in major Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand outing establishments is from the Philippines.

- via Maoxian

Storm

There’s quite a storm going on outside now. Windows opening by themselves, wind shreiking all over the place, laundry flying, doors slamming. Not very conducive to sleeping ;-) as if I needed another excuse lol.

Weekend

Weekend was great. I just realized I don’t refer to it as vacation anymore, it’s becoming a normal part life. I was dead tired on Friday but Saturday - Sunday were very pleasant. Spent my time going out, meeting with new people and doing some shopping. Except for the spa screwing up our booking on […]

1 = 7

How can 1 equal 7? When you learn Thai it does. Those who read with some regularity may remember I’m picking up Thai using the Pimsleur tapes. They’re really good. Anyways, I got to the lesson that deals with telling the time of the day. Sounds like a normal basic step in learning a language, […]

Fastest walkers

Singapore has world’s fastest walkers
Pedestrians in Singapore have been crowned the world’s fastest movers in a study of cities across the world. The study showed pedestrians were upping their pace at an alarming rate as they scurried from place to place, determined to cram as much as possible into each day.
I find […]

Singapore News

Occasionally I check out news about Singapore in Google. This time there are a couple of interesting, if a bit unflattering news items.
The first:
Singapore is banning a film about a former political detainee who was held for 17 years without trial to protect public interests, the government said.
Full item here.
The second:
A senior White House official […]

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