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I think this CNA headline is missing a colon

Is that what we are calling kids from poor families now? "Budget Children"?

Hougang MP Yaw Shin Leong kena The Hammer

Breaking news: Yaw Shin Leong sacked from WP. Hougang residents to have by-election.

In gaming parlance: "Hey n00b! Here comes the Banhammer!"

The Elections Department must be thinking, "Chao turtle, leave cancel liao. Thought it was going to be non-election year."

Photo credits: Abdul Rahman and TOC, montage by mrbrown

The bird was pushed

Not the most attractive gift for a Secretary of State

Caption: "Hillary Clinton held Minister Shanmugam's shriveled chili with care."

(Feel free to contribute your own captions below)

"SAF, Y U NO give bolster?"

During orientation of her brother's enlistment, Jen from Twitter (@saynotospandex) took this photo from a recruit's bunk and jokingly asked, "SAF, Y U NO give bolster?"

Actually, Jen, the SAF does offer you three choices for a bolster: 

1. The red pail in the picture.
2. Your rifle.
3. Your buddy.

See? SAF is very welfare one. Who said no bolster?

re:play

A little short film that I shot and edited entirely on my iPhone 4S. Edited with iMovie for iPhone.

Youtube link: http://mrbrwn.co/yeIcE4

A walk through the "Venice" of Shanghai: 朱家角 (Zhujiajiao)

Some photos I took when I was in Shanghai. Click the slideshow below to see the rest.

If you cannot see the slideshow, use this link: http://mrbrwn.co/w63nqD

Titanic wasn't real, it seems

American TV news headlines describing the Costa Concordia disaster in Italy as a "Real-Life Titanic". Since when was the sinking of the Titanic not real?

This one is from Entertainment Tonight. Maybe they should stick to entertainment and not news.

We wish to inform you that Superman is off-duty today

Because he has to do his homework.

Vivian B Pointing at Stuff

Vivian B pointing at an official.

Vivian B pointing at the drain.

Vivian B pointing at some plants.

Vivian B pointing at his iPhone.

(Mostly from a recent Facebook posting of Vivian Balakrishnan inspecting Liat Towers after the recent ponding, er, floods.)

The REAL Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Wearing her tattoo and carrying her bubble tea in the MRT… Like a Boss.

International Headlines vs Local Headlines about Ministerial Pay Cut

Stark contrast in headlines, ya?

(Compiled by Doolson Kool.)

This is Fu of Win

My friend Adrian is a funny funny guy. He has a gracefu way with words.

In other news, do read this lovely piece from another writer, entitled Diary of a Reformed Elitist.

HWZ forummer looking for Photoshop pro for simple editing of his pics, offers $4 to $6.50

This was seen in HWZ:

_MaOMaO_ wrote:

Looking for Photoshop pro for simple editing [Offering you $6.50]
Hi Anyone pro in photoshop?

Help me to do a nice photoshop edit of my pic and I will pay you $4 for editing pict 2 or $6.50 for editing all 3 pics. Payment thru I-banking (dbs/posb).

I will only choose either the fastest or best edit.

Anyone up for it? I need it in about 3hrs + time.

These were the photos he wanted edited:

This is of course, generally a bad idea. Because before long, the Photoshop "Pros" came out to play. Challenge Accepted:

The nice thing is, the OP was a really sporting chap about it all:

_MaOMaO_ wrote:

HAHAHA~ I love some of the edited pics. Great job lol !

Btw, I dont mind you guys editing the pics. After-all, its clean-fun and its the new year.

Happy new year to all !

Whole island submerged then can call it "Flood"

The PUB is pleased to announce that Singapore did not flood yesterday. It merely encountered some "ponding".

In some places, it was just puddling.

I suppose anything below chin level isn't flooding. Because, you know, flooding implies our drainage systems were not adequate.

(Photo from Alan Seah's FB)

Prease Hor! Limpeh Wong You First!

Make your own Aaron Tan poster.

Also, my new name is now "mr gobangwall wantyouonly supersibeiawesum brown".

This may be the reason why Comfort DelGro raised taxi fares

The outrage over Comfort DelGro's upcoming fare hike and extension of peak surcharge hours to include Sunday and public holidays has been quick and visceral.

I found this photo floating around teh internets which may or may not be the reason for the fare hike.

Not to be outdone, there are rumours that CityCab is also planning a new surcharge for customers who want to be the Elite of Elite Taxi customers.

Soon you will see the pre-peak taxi surcharge, pre-midnight-disappearance surcharge, the driver-lunch-hour & changing shift surcharge.

My other predictions:

2012: "Comfort Del-Groan Taxis is pleased to announce that the new surcharge-less period of the day is now 2.15pm to 3.15pm."

2013: "Comfort Del-groan Taxis is pleased to announce that there will be no fare surcharge on days beginning with "G"."

2014: "Comfort Del-groan Taxis is pleased to announce that there will now only be two surcharges: peak and more-peak."

(In case you are wondering, these are NOT real photos of Singapore cabs but are cleverly photoshopped images by witty internet persons.)

Joy films her life

Youtube link: http://mrbrwn.co/uBVJLf

Somehow, my youngest daughter, Joy, figured out how to use my wife's iPhone 3GS video camera and decided to make a little movie...

This is what the world looks like through the eyes of a six-year-old.

Now you can e-bank with more peace of mind (but with bigger pain of ass)

Just as I was complaining the other day about how I no longer use internet banking because my bank uses this security token instead of an SMS OTP method of authentication, they announced that they will offer an even BIGGER dongle:

Gee, thanks.

Sure I understand it is more secure, but there is a fine line between security and making something so inconvenient that people can't be bothered to use the service anymore.

I can't wait to see their next super-super-secure e-banking token…

Our Army of (All) Leaders

Excuse me, you leader, he leader, who follower?