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Dr Tan Cheng Bock, before and after the Presidential Elections

Brilliant cartoon about Tan Cheng Bock and his former party, by Joshua Chiang, from The Online Citizen.

We Cantonese call it, "Fall down also must grab a handful of sand".

Dumbass Remark of the Week: A facetious letter from the People's Association

This is how you ensure that the 40% who did not vote for the ruling party continues to vote for any party OTHER than the ruling party. And for fair-minded voters who voted the ruling party to consider voting someone else. Good job, People's Association!

(Just to add, PA's CEO is Yam Ah Mee, everyone's favourite RO. Doesn't that make you feel warm and fuzzy inside now?)

Here is a link to a CIA article about PA. Interesting read as well. It almost feels like the PA in the CIA piece is a different animal from the one now.

ST Forum: Why opposition MPs can't be advisers to grassroots bodies

…The mission of the People's Association (PA) and its grassroots organisations (GROs) is to bond the community and connect people with the Government. PA and its GROs serve all residents regardless of their political affiliations in fulfilling their role.

Grassroots advisers are appointed by PA, a statutory board. Besides connecting people to people, grassroots advisers are required to help the Government connect with people and help promote government policies and programmes such as anti-dengue and active ageing.

Hence, the Government has to appoint grassroots advisers who support its programmes and can play this role well. Opposition MPs cannot be expected to do this and thus cannot become advisers to GROs.

Ooi Hui Mei (Ms)
Director
Corporate and Marketing Communications
For Chief Executive Director
People's Association

The Hollywood Guide to Speaking Chinese

Also useful for Presidential candidates.

Youtube link: http://mrbrwn.co/oMmvg3

Summary of Presidential Election 2011

Tony Ho-Tan, Tan Cheng Blocked, Tan Jee Suay, Tan Kin Lose.

Let's see what the Twittersphere is saying now…

CNA gets pwned by Twitter on LIVE TV:

@kevlars: "hello CNA. why are you saying the Same Thing Over and Over Again #sgpresident"

(screencap via @jennyteo)

So if someone other than Dr Tony Tan wins tonight…

Will the next non-PAP-endorsed President have to lease the Istana from Yam Ah Mee and his, ahem, "non-partisan" People's Association?

Presidential Election: Don't panic.

Some of you going to the polls today may feel a little intimidated by the fact that you're surrounded by so many Singaporeans.

Don't panic. It's temporary.

the mrbrown show: All is Tan (video)

I have no idea how cityhousefly does videos of our songs so quickly but here is "All is Tan". Thanks, again, dude!

Youtube link: http://mrbrwn.co/n9hxVG

the mrbrown show: All is Tan

Photo by Earl

Which Tan do you want? Choose at mrbrownshow.com!

Play "the mrbrown show: All is Tan"

My Cooling Off Day tweet

Gotta love Emoji.

Carving the Mountains, an awesome video of the Longboard Girls Crew

Too good not to share. You go, girls.

Youtube link: http://mrbrwn.co/oBQ6om

So much "confidence for the future"

Seen on Google+: Tony Tan's banner > Singapore flag?

Tan Cheng Bock *facepalm*?

This is apparently a campaign poster from Dr Tan Cheng Bock.

Ok, that logo is Tan Cheng Bock's election symbol, right? It is a PALM tree, right? So if it is on his FACE. doesn't that make this a FACEPALM poster?

A bit the FAIL leh.

Presidential Impressions

What I remember most about the four Presidential candidates up to this point.…

大家讲华语！Presidential Hopefuls too!

I can now tell my wife that my Chinese is better than Tony Tan's. Even the Chinese soldiers in the game Battlefield 2 speak better Chinese. Made by DiarySG.

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

Breaking: MOE has a new grading system for Chinese exams: A1, A2, B3, B4, C5, C6, D7, E8, F9, and TT.

"I will not let this Republic which has stood for a thousand years be split in two."

You know who else has white backswept presidential hair? Emperor Palpatine.

the mrbrown show: curry night (video)

As usual, cityhousefly is swift with his video of our work. Thanks dude!

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

Cook a Pot of Curry Day and #replacesongnameswithcurry

So August 21st, the first Cook a Pot of Curry Day, came and went. I had my fill of curry. In fact, I ate it on Saturday, Sunday AND today. I am sure I will pay for it somehow.

On Sunday, twitter trended with this hashtag: replacesongnameswithcurry

And when I say trended, I mean INTERNATIONALLY. All because little Singapore was celebrating Cook a Pot of Curry Day. Here are some of the tweets:

1. @mrbrown: #replacesongnameswithcurry U2: Where the Streets Have No Curry

2. @mrbrown: #replacesongnameswithcurry Spice Girls: Spice Up Your Curry

3. @mrbrown: #replacesongnameswithcurry The Jackson Five: Blame It On The Curry

4. @existentialsoup: #replacesongnameswithcurry U2: Sunday Curry Sunday

5. @yshuyi: #replacesongnameswithcurry George Harrison: While My Curry Gently Weeps

6. @mrbrown: #replacesongnameswithcurry Cyndi Lauper: Girls Just Wanna Have Curry

7. @gtlambo: #replacesongnameswithcurry Burt Bacharach: What the World Needs Now Is Curry

8. @mrbrown: #replacesongnameswithcurry Stevie Wonder: My Curry Amour

9. @maxjericho: #replacesongnameswithcurry The Who: Won't Get Curry Again

10. @mrbrown: #replacesongnameswithcurry Reo Speedwagon: Can't Fight This Curry

11. @mrbrown: #replacesongnameswithcurry Kelly Clarkson: My Life Would Suck Without Curry

12. @mrbrown: #replacesongnameswithcurry The Eagles: Hotel Curryfornia

13. @alanswanht: #replacesongnameswithcurry Roberta Flack: Killing Me Softly With His Curry

14. @peiwenl: John Mayer: Your Curry is a Wonderland #replacesongnameswithcurry

15. @ChenShowMao: #replacesongnameswithcurry Wonder Girls: I want no curry, no curry but you… (Yes, THAT Chen Show Mao.)

And my favourite one of all:

16. @mrbrown: #replacesongnameswithcurry Mariah Curry: Touch My Curry

Starhub's Sparky is back!

I was invited by Starhub to see what they called Singapore's first interactive commercial.

At first, I thought, "Har? Commercial also must go cinema hall to see ah?" but the experience turned out to be quite interesting.

You download their Hub It! app for your iPhone or Android phone, install it, and use it to interact with their commercials on TV or Youtube to help Sparky find his lost love (and win prizes like a MacBook Air and a $10,000 grand prize).

Clues will be given every day from 26 August to 10 September, under the Clue Page of the app or at the Starhub Facebook page.

I played with the game and it was cute. Miyagi tried it too but in true Miyagi fashion, he crashed the app. You can't give him tech stuff to try one lor.

During the Question-and-Answer time, I wanted to ask "So the goal of the game Love Tail is to help Sparky get some Tail issit?" but I decided against it.

I wonder how much the dog actor was paid. After all, there were love scenes and lots of running.

Gee by SMAP

Japan's Nakai Masahiro from SMAP, did a perfect parody of Gee by SNSD.

Showa Jidai!

Youtube link: http://mrbrwn.co/qM1K7S