I am always sceptical whenever something too good to be true comes my way. And it’s almost impossible to convince me to part with my money, if that parting is in exchange for more money or better looks.
That’s why I never respond when I get invites to share in the secret on how to make millions without [...]
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8 Jan
Don’t suspend disbelief so easily
6 Jan
Don’t call vandalism “creative”!
It never fails to floor me that there are actually sane people out there who equate vandalism with creativity.
More so, when they are in Singapore and don’t have to live with vandalism everywhere they turn, thanks to stiff laws and to-date unflinching application.
Yet isn’t it absolutely crackers that so many in this city are such vocal proponents of vandalism, [...]
5 Jan
Looking a gift horse in the mouth
It’s that time of the year to sort out the gifts received (that is, those that haven’t already been eaten, drunk, shared or otherwise recycled) and wonder whether I should be thankful that most of what I’ve received suits me to a T or lament the fact that two or three leave me puzzled about the [...]
4 Jan
Poor news vendor takes the rap!
It pains me that it always ends up with the little people making the apologies whereas those representing Big Corps like SPH just snootily say, “OK, we will replace your copy”.
That’s exactly the reply I got from the Circulation people at SPH, when i called this morning to say, “hello, two days in a row is too much… [...]
3 Jan
Help! Straits Times is sooooo sticky…
That was my first thought when I got up this morning and found the Sunday Times (ie the Sunday edition of the Straits Times) on the dining room table.
Tsk, I thought! Trying to make it difficult for me to give up the papers, izzit? And I thought the non-appearance of the ST yesterday showed that the [...]
2 Jan
First day without the Straits Times
Today (Jan 2) is the first day without home delivered Straits Times, as I’ve cancelled my subs. This isn’t the 1st time. Did without home delivery in 2008 but took an online subscription instead.
Went back to home delivery in 2009 for one reason: In 2008, I missed an obituary that was intensely and personally important to me. I thought [...]
1 Jan
Resolution 2010 – one post a day!
I don’t usually make resolutions at the start of a year. Not because making resolutions means having a guilt trip if they are broken, as invariably they would be. Rather, I can and do make resolutions at any time, so what’s the big deal of making them to co-incide with a new year? !
I’ll [...]
