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#ElectionsTanJeeSayMayContest

With Hougang up for a by-election with the removal of WP's Yaw Shin Leong (rumours are swirling that he may the be SCDF/CNB scandal's Mysterious IT Woman after all), every politician and his pet monkey is now eyeing the ward.

Former SDP candidate and presidential candidate Tan Jee Say, whose hobby seems to be standing for elections, has expressed interest in standing in Hougang.

I could not resist starting a hashtag on Twitter to discuss #ElectionsTanJeeSayMayContest:

1. @mrbrown: Hougang By-Election
2. @mrbrown: 34th NUSSU Council Election
3. @mrbrown: Raffles Institution Prefects Election
4. @mrbrown: Singapore Hainan Hwee Kwan Election
5. @mrbrown: National Junior College 45th Student Council Election
6. @mrbrown: Nanyang Girls' High School Chinese Dance CCA Committee Election
7. @weizhu: Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic Election
8. @spacemanoveramk: Loyang Tua Pek Kong Temple Management Committee
9. @BB_See: Class 4F Chairman Election
10. @yatblaster: First Emperor of the Lanfang Republic
11. @mrbrown: Dairy Farm Estate Condominium Management Committee, Function Room Booking Chairman Election.
12. @imMichelleChong: President of the SPGs
13. @Ryan_Rodeo: Hokage of Konoha
14. @weilun27: America's Next Top Model
15. @mrbrown: The New Paper New Face 2012
16. @mrbrown: Fu Lu Shou Complex, Seventh Month Hungry Ghost Festival Committee Election.

Maybe Tan Jee Say can be President of Chap Jit Kar and Chairman of Sabo Kings.

Primary Three Math: The Answer

Answer to yesterday's Primary Three Math post.

I will be so glad when the kids finish Primary School.

Primary Three Math

With Joy in P1, the wife and I had to attend a math seminar at her school for parents to learn how to teach their kids new math at home.

This is one of the questions a Primary Three student may need to do.

If you need help, I will provide the answer later.

My own instinct was to answer, "This is a trick question. There are no flamingos at the Night Safari."

Of course, that would net me a big fat zero at the math exam.

When we got to the classroom for the seminar, my instincts took over and I wanted to sit behind, where I used to sit when I was in Primary and Secondary school. The back row is home to the inattentive and the class clown, where one could lob snide remarks to make the class laugh. The back row was my home ground.

But my wife was of a different upbringing. Ever the conscientious student (read: mugger), she wanted to sit near the front.

We opted to sit in the middle as a compromise. Needless to say, she took all the notes during the seminar/lesson.

The math we had to learn is known as heuristics math. My wife called it "hysterics" by mistake. She may not be that far off.

I really appreciated the teachers taking the time to enlighten and educate us parents. They burned a Saturday morning and the wife and I felt they were real champs for doing this.

The hard part is teaching your kid the concept of Working Backwards Heuristics. The problem is not solving the question. It's teaching your kid how to unpack the question & solve it WITHOUT algebra (since a P1-P3 kid is unlikely to understand algebra anyway).

While I like the idea of teaching these concepts at a young age, it seems that this method of learning math penalizes the child weak in English twice. Once during the Engish paper and the second time during the Math paper.

#ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa

Happy Year of the Dragon! How was your new year? I am still recovering from the dashing around with the family but boy, was the food a blast. Like the Bak Kwa.

My favorite kind of Bak Kwa is the kind where other people queued and bought it, and my task is to eat it.

And since we just had a few days of stuffing ourselves with Chinese New Year goodies, I thought I would compile a list of my favorite tweets from the #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa hashtag I started.

1. @mrbrown: Zack and Miri Make a Bak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
2. @skinnylatte: BrokeBak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
3. @mrbrown: The Bak Kwa Who Loved Me #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
4. @mrbrown: The Empire Strikes Bak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
5. @mrbrown: The Devil Wears Bak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
6. @KitKatKiat: Ong-Bak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
7. @integratedmalay: I cannot #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa cos it's not halal
8. @yifwong: 那些年我们一起追的 Bak Kwa. #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
9. @AnnoyingIvan: (500) Days of Bak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
10. @MochiMochiCat: How To Train Your Bak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
11. @nucleartomatoe: Bak Kwa with Benefits #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
12. @KumJm: The Land Before Bak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
13. @TommyWee: Infernal Bak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
14. @TingedPink: Gone With The Bak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
15. @urbanexperiment: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Bak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
16. @mrbrown: Alien vs Bak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
17. @benyouton: The League of Extraordinary Bak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
18. @SvenHwang: Rise of the Bak Kwa of the Apes #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
19. @miyagi: There's Something About Bak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
20. @izreloaded: Dude, Where's My Bak Kwa? #replacemovietitleswithbakkwa
21. @HossanLeong: Bak Kwa No Enough. I Not Bak Kwa. The Iron Bak Kwa starring Metal Streep #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
22. @nailartexpress: Men Who Stare At Bak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
23. @MissyGoh: Bend it like Bak Kwa. #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
24. @HLOVEBARCA: No Bak Kwa For Old Men #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
25. @mrbrown: Rise of the Planet of the Bak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
26. @BB_See: Kung Fu Bak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
27. @mrbrown: A Series of Unfortunate Bak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
28. @hwipcream: The Girl with the Bak Kwa Tattoo #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
29. @twostoreys: Bak Kwa Begins (make that every Batman movie) #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
30. @msgrace_lim: P.S. I Love Bak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
31. @TWEETMakka: James and the Giant Bak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
32. @lemmingC: I Know What Bak Kwa Did Last Summer #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
33. @nicshields: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Bak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
34. @kylase: We Bought A Bak Kwa #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa
35. @mnhash: Bak Kwa to the Future #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithBakKwa

You Say I Say Who Confirm: Return to the Malaysia Super League: The Fans

A series of images I made at the Singapore vs KL match on January 17, 2012. This time I captured the fans.

See the rest of my images at You Say I Say Who Confirm.

You Say I Say Who Confirm: Return to the Malaysia Super League: The Players

A series of images I made at the Singapore vs KL match on January 17, 2012, the second home match of the LionsXII in the Malaysian Super League. And their first win.

See the rest of my images at You Say I Say Who Confirm.

You may also read about the match at Redsports.sg.

#FactsWithoutWikipedia

As some of you may know, Wikipedia and many sites were blacked out for 24 hours in protest against the SOPA and PIPA bills. And this led to many students having to depend on archaic tools like books and libraries.

In my opinion, The Oatmeal had the best SOPA blackout page. With this animated gif:

Twitter also became awash with Facts Without Wikipedia, in the hours of the blackout. I joined in the fun too.

1. @DannyjClayton: The Great Wall of China was built to keep the rabbits out. #FactsWithoutWikipedia
2. @pto654: Justin Bieber, female age 12. #FactsWithoutWikipedia
3. @strangedave: Pluto is no longer a planet due to copyright claims from the Disney corporation #factswithoutWikipedia
4. @mrbrown: Cable ties can hold subway tracks and even marriages together. #FactsWithoutWikipedia
5. @mitterpottles: #FactsWithoutWikipedia: Singapore is an island off the coast of mainland China.
6. @mrbrown: Singapore's Merlion is a real creature that helped to transform it from a sleepy village to a metropolitan city. #FactsWithoutWikipedia
7. @mrbrown: Singapore leaders are the most underpaid leaders in the world. #FactsWithoutWikipedia
8. @mrbrown: Han Solo had an Indonesian brother named Bengawan Solo, who studied the Kueh of the Jedi. #FactsWithoutWikipedia
9. @JohnnyInfamous: Star Wars is based on the lesser known Shakespeare work "Thy Force Be Stronge" #factswithoutwikipedia
10. @mrbrown: J.Lo is Cee Lo's sister .#FactsWithoutWikipedia
11. @mrbrown: The People's Action Party was originally named Freedom Action Party and was made up of many master debaters. #FactsWithoutWikipedia
12. @mrbrown: Chinese New Year is just China copying the real New Year, according to 14-year-old Amos Yee. #FactsWithoutWikipedia
13. @mrbrown: The national anthem of Singapore is entitled "Mari Kita". It was originally sung and recorded by Taufik Bautista. #FactsWithoutWikipedia
14. @The_Maks: France has lost its AAA rating. This means they are no longer allowed so sell small batteries. #FactsWithoutWikipedia
15. @Toucanjake: Twilight is, in fact, the greatest love story ever written. #FactsWithoutWikipedia
16. @mrbrown: Cars in Singapore are the cheapest in the world and citizens are given rebates to buy one. #FactsWithoutWikipedia
17. @KarineC: mee siam comes with cockles. #FactsWithoutWikipedia
18. @mrbrown: Electoral boundaries in Singapore are never redrawn to suit the ruling party.#FactsWithoutWikipedia
19. @mrbrown: Manchester United is the only football team in the entire world. #FactsWithoutWikipedia
20. @chillmurrayy: #FactsWithoutWikipedia Ke$ha, in European countries, is actually spelt K€sha.
21. @mrbrown: Raffles Place was where Sir Stamford Raffles first learned to play Winning Eleven on PS3. #FactsWithoutWikipedia
22. @mrbrown: Singapore is a monarchy, headed by a Queen named Kumar. #FactsWithoutWikipedia

When I made the decision…

Since everyone is doing GraceFu-isms, this is mine:

"When I made the decision to be mrbrown in 1997, pay was not a key factor. Kena lim kopi by ISD, kena sue until tng kor by ministers and having my newspaper column suspended were. The disruption to my computer gaming time was also an important consideration. I had some ground to believe that my family would not suffer a drastic change in the standard of living but we did have to sell the car and now I ride a bicycle. I fear if the balance is tilted further in the future, I will fall off my bicycle." -mrbrown

Yes, there is already a website dedicated to the famous "When I made the decision…" post by Grace Fu: http://whenimadethedecision.tumblr.com/

No one cares about your pay cuts if you don't solve their problems

The Ministerial Pay Cut Committee has announced its results. It will be a 36% pay cut for PM, and a 37% cut for entry-level ministers proposed. The President's salary will be cut by 51%. Also no more pensions:

http://mrbrwn.co/zNv6VD

According to Yahoo Singapore, with the suggested cuts, an entry-level minister annual pay will be $1.1 million. PM's salary to be $2.2 million, and the President's will be cut to $1.54m.

Somewhere out there, S R Nathan may be laughing secretly at Tony Tan. And Tony Tan may be asking "Why Am I Here?"

S R Nathan's next book is rumoured to be "Heng, I Was There Earlier".

When presidential hopeful, Tan Kin Lian, said he'd donate 50% of the presidential salary to charity if he won, folks laughed at him.

Now Tony Tan's presidential salary is 51% less, after the Ministerial Pay Cut Committee wielded their blade. Gua gua.

Since salaries vary for entry-level ministers & senior ministers, I propose a new ranking system: Level 1 Paladin Minister to Level 99 Warlock Minister.

If you overcome the level bosses of overpriced housing, MRT disruptions and increasing cost of living, you will unlock achievement bonuses.

Like that more fun what.

I notice that ministerial salaries are still be pegged to the Top 1000 earners of Singapore. Why not the lowest 1000 earners? You help the poorest, you make more.

With the proposed ministerial paycuts, our leaders have gone from obscenely well-paid to damn well-paid.

Poor things.

This must be the longish period of slow growth Minister Lim Hng Kiang was talking about. Tough times. Who will raise their plight in the media?

Here's a thought:

No one cares about your pay cuts if you don't solve their problems. Just sayin'.

Some Singapore-style Motivational Tweets for 2012

1. Your pay is the same but you will work an extra day in 2012.

2. You may think you are drowning in a flood of despair, but PUB wants you to know it's only a pond of inconvenience.

3. The Mayan end-of-the-world will probably happen just after you receive your 13th month bonus but before you can spend it.

4. Embrace your hopes and dreams as firmly as cable ties hold our SMRT subway train power claws.

5. Just because you failed many times doesn't mean you need to quit. Especially if you're the SMRT CEO.

6. You can score 60.14% at the exam and still get 81 out of 87 of the scholarship places.

7. When you need get somewhere fast, find Comfort in a fare hike.

The Bible according to the PUB

Genesis 7:7 (PUB)

[7] And Noah & his sons & his wife & his sons’ wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the pond.

Dear iPhone autocorrect…

1. When I type "issit", I don't want "issue".
2. When I type "lah", I don't want "lag".
3. When I type "liddat", I don't want "Linda".
4. When I type "simi", I don't want "sumo".
5. When I type "knn", I don't want "Lynn".
6. When I type "nochet", I don't want "no get".
7. When I type "wahpiang", I don't want "warping".
8. When I type "gabra", I don't want "garbage".
9. When I type "alamak", I don't want "Akamai".
10. When I type "paiseh", I don't want "pauses".
11. When I type "humchee", I don't want "hunched".
12. When I type "shiok", I don't want "shook".
13. When I type "suay", I don't want "dust".
14. When I type "kancheong", I don't want "Kanchenjunga".
15. When I type "similan", I don't want "similar".

Koalas leh!

JIALAT! JIALAT! JIALAT! Not KOALAS!!!

My wife's faith in SMRT is shaken. I told her to secure it with cable ties.

After SMRT found dislodged "claws" that hold up the third rail supplying electricity to the trains, they turned to Mustafa Shopping Centre head of security's favourite tool, the plastic CABLE TIE. [image via]

YouTube link: http://mrbrwn.co/rPvb9I

I use cable ties to secure my bicycle lights & they STILL fall off due to road vibrations. But if SMRT thinks it'll work for their steel claws, who am I to question their expertise?

As my friend Lucian said, "Cable ties are the new duct tape."

Another friend, Ivan, quipped, "They should have at least used velcro… that way you can hear when it comes out."

The Other Kim

The Wife: "North Korea's Kim Jong Two died."

Me: "Kim Jong Who?"

Wife: "Kim Jong Two."

Me: "Kim Jong EEL lah."

And he will be replaced by Kim Jong Three, his favorite son.

When your subway breaks down three times in one week, it's not a bug, it's a feature

Reminder: NS and EW lines only start operating after 10am today.

After the third disruption on Saturday, lasting seven hours, SMRT is taking their trains through a health check on Sunday. There will be shuttle buses operating this morning till the trains begin running again.

In case you are wondering why there is no reminder tweet from the official SMRT Twitter account this lovely Sunday morning, my guess is because their Twitter account has opening hours. That's right, their Twitter account has Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays off.

Meanwhile, on Twitter, people have started to make up new acronyms for SMRT:

1. Sorry Must Repair Trains
2. Saturday Macham Repeat of Thursday
3. Sometimes Must Ride Taxi

Ouch.

The Great SMRT Cockup of 2011

Update: The NS line went down again on Saturday morning. For SEVEN hours. Good grief.

Where do I even begin?

Just a day after the Circle Line fiasco on the morning of Wednesday, Dec 14, 2011, the SMRT outdid themselves with the chaos on Thursday 15 December 2011, probably its worst breakdown in its 24 years of running trains.

Many commuters sat in darkness in trains stalled in the tunnels; some commuters had to walk the tunnel tracks in darkness to get out; and a window was smashed with a fire extinguisher to let the air into the stuffy train carriage.

And a friend heard this ACTUAL MRT announcement: "Due to a slight delay, there will be delay."

Brilliant.

I will just let the photos do the talking (taken from various Facebook sources, if the shot is yours, please let me know and I will credit you).

SMRT's latest power-saving scheme: The Manual Air-con.

The SMRT's latest route: the Scenic Route Line. Zombies not included in ticket price.

SMRT informs their cab drivers of an "income opportunity"… a breakdown in their own MRT train services from Bishan MRT to Marina Bay MRT stretch of stations.

SMRT did get around to apologizing for the taxi message.

An SMRT spokesman said on Thursday night: "We are sorry for the oversight. Our staff were using a template message, and we have since corrected it."

Frankly, I think SMRT needs to relook their template messages for everything, not just that taxi one.

Meanwhile, the spin has begun: "ST: Passengers not worried despite Thursday's MRT breakdown"

Sure, interview those who were NOT on the affected trains to ask if they were worried.

Over at Yahoo, more than 1000 angry comments were found at the column "Train disruptions unacceptable and unforgivable".

And where was our Transport Minister in the midst of this chaos? Minister Lui Tuck Yew was in Cambodia for the 17TH ASEAN Transport Ministers' Meeting in Phnom Penh.

Oh the irony.

(Don't worry, he just said he will ask "LTA to assemble a team of relevant experts, including possibly relevant overseas experts to help us in this review". Wow, a whole team. That's reassuring. Too bad the team wasn't assembled BEFORE the chaos, eh?)

NEWSFLASH! They caught the real MRT window breaker:

(Image from Adrian Wee's Facebook page)

Shanghai for the first time

I've been in Shanghai for a few days now. Besides the cold weather (2-7°C), all I can remember is this little shop selling 红烧羊肉阳春面 or braised mutton noodles. It tasted awesome and in cold weather, even better.

I made the mistake of not having long johns or thermal innerwear with me but after freezing my nuts off the first night here, I bought some UNIQLO Heat Tech innerwear and an Ultra Light Premium Down jacket there (it's cheaper than Singapore's store, I think). 

Being warm and toasty is an important goal for me. I used to be able to take the cold weather but I suppose I am older now.

Besides work, we spent some time doing some shopping. Guys suck at bargaining so it was a good thing I had my cousin's fiancé helping us at Hancity Fashion and Accessories Plaza. 

Hancity is nicknamed Taobao City, the online eBay of China. You can find all manner of pirated goods here, from Dr Dre Beats headphones (which probably sound like Dr Tay headphones) to "Oakley" sunglasses. I also saw Angry Birds merch, which I suspected was fake because the t-shirt said "Just One Hore Level".

We even spotted a laser that can hit a building 6km away and light a match (probably illegal in Singapore because you can blind Cyclops with it), and some night-vision scopes for rifles.

I got a little remote-controlled helicopter. I could not resist, it was only RMB140. That was after some aggressive bargaining by our lady companion.

Traffic here is madness. Electric bicycles everywhere (worse than Singapore) and cars that take the red light as merely as suggestion. You must cross the roads with your wits about you. 

I did like the electric "bicycles" that were done up to look like Vespa scooters. Those look like fun to ride. Too bad you can't buy those back to Singapore.

In the mornings, I'd wake up after a late night of watching matchmaking tv shows ("1 Dude Chooses from 100 Girls" and "Divorcee Looks for New Love" ) and look out the window, admiring the misty skies of Shanghai in winter.

Then someone told me it was not mist, it was smog.

Oh.

Taking Faith's passport photo

You want a photography challenge? Try taking your kid's passport photo yourself. Try taking your kid-who-has-autism's passport photo yourself.

It took the whole family to help take Faith's photo. Isaac to hold the makeshift light (with his kaypoh young sister, Joy getting in the way), the wife to hold her still and poke Faith's tongue in, me to take the shot when trying to get Faith to look at me.

To Faith's credit, she did make an effort and even tried to smile, except when she smiled, she closed her eyes. When she looked at the camera, her tongue-sucking reflex kicked in. When we got her tongue back in, and she smiled, she was looking away from the camera. The autism messes up her coordination but she was really cute.

The last photo was what I used in the end, after some editing to ensure the photo met the ICA's very strict guidelines.

Car conversations with the kids

This being the school holidays, we end up going out more often with the kids. This usually entails a lot of time in the car together and the child noise level can sometimes get to me, the long-suffering driver.

Me: "Oi, all you kids in the car stop being noisy! It's driving me nuts."

Joy, 6: "You mean you are now an acorn?"

Everyone's a comedian in this household.

The wife and I try to keep Faith, Isaac and Joy entertained as much as we can (Faith is easier since she just likes to look out of the window). Games are a fun way to do this. I started singing songs with "banana" as the lyrics recently. First with Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

"Ba-na-na-na! Ba-na-na-na!
Ba-na-na-na, ba-na-na-na, ba-na-na-naaaaa!
Ba-na-na-na, ba-na-na-na, ba-na-na-naaaaa!
Ba-na-na-na!
Ba-na-na-na!
Ba-na-na-na! Na, naaaaa!"

You get the picture.

It soon extended to other songs, like The SWAT theme, Lady Gaga's Bad Romance and the Glee version of Don't Stop Believin'.

You will be surprised how many songs can be sung with just the word "Banana" as the lyrics.

We had the kids singing along to my silly Banana song game, which entertained them for a few minutes.

Then they got back to talking loudly and arguing over small things. Needing some peace and quiet from the 8-year-old and the 6-year-old in the car, I announced the Quiet Game. Whoever spoke first loses.

We had 10 minutes of silence.

If I had known this was so effective, I would have used this years ago. It helps when you have competitive kids.

Joy broke silence first. She just HAD to ask, "Are we there yet?"

I didn't want her to feel bad about losing so we had Round Two. I even tried to bait Isaac into talking by mentioning his Christmas present and saying I might buy him something he didn't want.

"You know, Mommy," I said, making sure Isaac could hear me, "I think I will get the Transformers for his Christmas present instead of the Megazord he mentioned."

The wife stifled a giggle.

But Isaac was a rock. He kept his silence until I declared that the round was over and that both of them had won.

Without missing a beat, he burst forth with, "Papa, I didn't say I wanted Transformers leh."

The wife and I tried very hard not to laugh out loud for the rest of the drive.

那些年, 有很多美好的回忆…

Everyone was telling me I should watch this Taiwanese movie called You Are the Apple of My Eye, or in Chinese《那些年，我们什么什么你妈的什么追什么很长的名字什么女孩》(I may have gotten the Chinese title a little wrong).

If I ever made a Chinese movie, it would probably be entitled 《那些年，我老妈用藤条打我打到屁股开花》.

So I asked my Twitter friends, if you made a 那些年 movie, what would it be?

1. @dinnie:《那些年，我坐在厕所吃午餐》(cos I had no friends) #那些年 Me: 很可怜喔！
2. @Eugenelkx: 《那些年,警察穿短裤!》 #那些年
3. @mrbrown: 《那些年，地铁没有那么拥挤的日子》 #那些年
4. @chae0516: 《那些年，我媽說我是垃圾桶撿到的孩子。》T_T #那些年
5. @chiaaa: 《那些年，恐龙走马路！》 #那些年
6. @xiaoomantou: 《那些年，躲在楼梯口哭不敢回家因为学校测验不及格》 (based on a true story) #那些年
7. @dombung: 《那些年，我们一起买便宜的屋子和汽车》 #那些年 Me: 现在买个屁啊！
8. RT @avalon: 《那些年, I didn't speak Mandarin until I was 12.》 #那些年 Me: I started at 35.
9. @mryikai:《那些年，我大便的时候要我阿嬷来擦屁股》 #那些年
10. @ctham:《那些年，去长江看艺术片的日子》 #那些年
11. @kixes: 《那些年，我相信长大了会有自己的HDB》 #那些年 Me: Still can, COV +$80,000 lor.
12. @dinnie 《那些年 , 属于新加坡人的新加坡》 #那些年
13. @KendricKHJH:《那些年，我们在用ืNOKIA的日子》 #那些年
14. @sijiathetiny:《那些年，我觉得我的Gameboy Colour 很酷。》 #那些年 Me: 《那些年，我的母亲连Game and Watch都不买给我！》
15. @fab_xl: 《那些年, 咖啡店卖面的都是新加坡人》 #那些年
16. @the_xiaobaitu 《那些年, 藍藍的天空銀河里，有只小白船》 #那些年
17. @DanielFoodDiary: 《那些年，我们一起追的女孩 is 周慧敏》 #那些年 Me: 我的是Joey王祖賢
18. @JoceSuika: ≪那些年，叫做mr brown的都是西洋人≫ #那些年
19. @PARROTTAENGOO: 《那些年 Mediacorp 还叫 TCS 的时候》 #那些年 Me: My time is RTS and SBC, ok?
20. @wearenogorillas 《那些年，我们狂存储买郭富城的卡带》 #那些年 Me: 脱裤城！
21. @DanielFoodDiary《那些年，@Fake_PMLee 追的女孩叫 Miss Ho》 #那些年 Me: 不是INTRO的meh?
22. @smidgenoflove 《那些年，在家里放LD唱卡拉OK》 #那些年 Me: I had an LD player too!
23. @hai_ren 《那些年, 游戏场地上有沙》 #那些年
24. @jennyteo 《那些年，我们持有 Singapore / West Malaysia 蓝护照的日子》 #那些年 Me: I had that blue passport too!
25. @SGproblems1《那些年, 不會被STOMP》#那些年
26. @BB_See: 《那些年，没有GRC的日子》 #那些年
27. @ting1329《那些年, 我妈要把我卖给 Garang Guni 的日子》 #那些年
28. @EuniceLim《那些年, 我们走STEADY的日子》#那些年
29. @kallangfortis《那些年我买Apple ][为了玩Karateka》 #那些年 Me:I used Apricot computer from People's Park.
30. @mrbrown《那些年, 我追的一个女孩》 #那些年 http://mrbrwn.co/sf0ULj

I know, I know. It is very unsettling to see mrbrown tweet and blog in Chinese.

Hey, Lee Kuan Yew says bilingualism very important, ok? And I want my kids to know that even though their father (me, not LKY) didn't do that well in Chinese when he was young, it is never too late to start.

P.S. The movie's name is, I found out later, 《那些年, 我們一起追的女孩》.