Law Minister Shanmugam sent a lawyer letter to Yawning Bread blog to remove a comment regarding him.
Thanks to his lawyer letter to Alex Au, "Scroobal Shanmugam Rumours" will be the most searched terms in Google.
And if you never knew there were rumours about Shanmugam, your curiosity will now be piqued. Not too bright, if you ask me.
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This is ST's headline for Adele's 6-Grammy win: "Adele the big winner".
TODAY's headline was "A Plus-Sized Victory".
Vimeo link: http://vimeo.com/31100268
A video that explains why SOPA and PIPA must be stopped. And why the Singapore gahmen should not consider adopting it either.
Also interesting, in the video, this shot of an election rally was used when the narrator says, "But Hollywood movies don't get grassroots candidates elected."
That looks mighty familiar…
Interesting that TODAY listed our Transport Minister's statement in Parliament was listed as "Entertainment".
Video: Transport Minister's statement in Parliament on Dec 2011 SMRT Disruptions, Jan 9, 2012, posted by TODAY.
Grace Fu on her Facebook page, about the pay cuts:
When I made the decision to join politics in 2006, pay was not a key factor. Loss of privacy, public scrutiny on myself and my family and loss of personal time were. The disruption to my career 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 even though I experienced a drop in my income. So it is with this recent pay cut. If the balance is tilted further in the future, it will make it harder for any one considering political office.
Foot, meet mouth.
My first thought was, where got loss of privacy? It's not like Singapore media is THAT invasive.
My second thought was, the PAP slate at Aljunied GRC does need a few more MPs to make up the numbers.
I think sometimes, the most gracious way to respond to a hot topic like a ministerial pay cut is not say anything at all, lest you make people say Grace FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!
Crows? Call NEA.
Pigeons? Call AVA.
Mynahs? Both say not their problem.
Bloody 鸟 excuses.
We need a Ministry of Birds then. Then we can activate the 鸟人。
不同的鸟说不同的“鸟话”。
CNA: Who's in charge of bird nuisance?:
Birds continue to be a source of problem in areas of dense population in Singapore but as Channel NewsAsia finds out, it's been a challenge pinning down the relevant authorities in charge of the problem.Crows come under the purview of the National Environment Agency (NEA) while the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) handles complaints of nuisance with pigeons.
But it gets a little complicated when it comes to mynahs.
When Channel NewsAsia visited a coffee shop at Bishan Street 11, mynahs were seen picking at leftovers.
Stall holders said the number of mynahs in their coffee shop has more than doubled in the past two years.
And when they approached the NEA and AVA, both agencies said they are not in charge of handling the birds.
Both the NEA and AVA confirmed this with Channel NewsAsia.
I feel the iPhone case industry depends on us making poor design decisions after we get our new iPhones. In the heat of the moment, while high on getting our latest iPhones, we can make the most disastrous iPhone case choices.
My drawer is littered with bad first cases. Cases that failed the quality test (paint rubbing off), cases that failed the aesthetics test (looked good in the shop display window but looked terrible on a white iPhone), cases that failed the practicality test (made of leather, then came into contact with a wet coffeeshop table, leather bloated up).
It wouldn't be so bad if one bought a cheapo $10 case and threw it away in disgust, but some of these cases are $49.90 and up. Very heart pain.
Next time, I plan to wait at least a week before buying one. Or face derision and laughter from my design-savvy colleagues.
Here are some wacky cases I have seen:
Unagi iPhone cover from Strapya, Japan.
Treehugger's DIY Cardboard "Recession" iPhone case
Earonic iPhone case by CollabCubed
Literally, a HAND-phone iPhone cover from Strapya, Japan.
Met up with Michelle Chong (yes THAT Michelle Chong) for a chat recently and talked about her movie, Already Famous. Do go and watch it if you can. It is still screening at the theatres.
It is having a good run in Singapore and I think it is really brave of Michelle to take seven months no-pay leave to embark on this. The movie crossed a million dollars after 11 days.
Official pic of N. Korea new leader Kim Jong Un
There are reports of massive (real or faked) mourning in North Korea over Kim Jong Il's death but the reaction from this North Korean who defected to the US was somewhat different…
Meanwhile, I will miss photos of Kim Jong Il looking at things. It is gonna get ronery without him.
The new king of the hill is New Zealand.
In the Least Corrupt Country rankings, the scores were:
1. New Zealand: 9.5
2. Denmark: 9.4
3. Finland: 9.4
4. Sweden: 9.3
5. Singapore: 9.2
Although we dropped five places, the non-governmental corruption watchdog Transparency International, who do the annual survey, said our dip was "insignificant".
But in the words of High Expectations Asian Father:
Son, I am disappoint. Perhaps we need to pay our leaders even more.
PAP Social Media Lesson One: Rotate your photos before uploading to Facebook.
Social Media Lesson Two: You can ALSO rotate AFTER uploading to Facebook.
No fees will be charged for these two lessons. You are welcome.
Khaw Boon Wan, speaking at the PAP elections post-mortem conference for cadres, on what went wrong for PAP at GE 2011: "a perception that the PAP has become disconnected from the people."
PERCEPTION?
In other news, this drink was apparently served at the event, the PAP Mocktail (taken from PAP Facebook page):
So when you drink this, does that give you a perceived sense of a cocktail?
The "watch" I am wearing now is an iPod Nano (PRODUCT) Red with a red LunaTik strap.
The only downside is I have to remember to take the watch off when I take a shower. Nanos don't like water very much.
I can't wait for the all-metal Lynk strap to come.
This was written by one of the fine writers at the Every Day Party Facebook page (full disclosure: I am one of the admins but I didn't write this gem. And no, I don't know who wrote it):
LTA: Bukit Brown has to go. We are building a road.
SINGAPOREANS: What? You never told us!
LTA: We are telling you now, right?
SINGAPOREANS: But you never told us earlier!
LTA: We sat on this for a long time. You think we're being random?
SINGAPOREANS: The point is, you never told us!
LTA: OK, the next time, we will tell you. Happy? But, for this case, it's too late.
SINGAPOREANS: Why too late? You haven't even started. This is our heritage!
LTA: We say too late means too late. We've already made plans.
SINGAPOREANS: But we want consultation!
LTA: Look, we'll be nice. You can take photos and document until we send in the bulldozers. Happy? Go on then.
SINGAPOREANS: What? Now?
LTA: We’re already very flexible. But please don’t take your time.
SINGAPOREANS: Sigh.
LTA: And, by the way, Rochor has to go. We are building a road.
SINGAPOREANS: What? You never told us!
LTA: We are telling you now, right?
SINGAPOREANS: But you never told us earlier! The last time, you said you would!
LTA: You're not listening. We said then that we've already made plans.
SINGAPOREANS: We want consultation!
LTA: You want more money, is this it?
SINGAPOREANS: We want consultation!
LTA: OK, you can have consultation. Feel free to talk now.
SINGAPOREANS: And you will listen?
LTA: Of course. We always listen.
SINGAPOREANS: Wonderful!
LTA: But, after that, we build our road, OK?
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