15/05/2008: Flash: Lunarin Gigs
A proudly local music community announcement...
Lunarin is back...
By the Waterfront - full electric set (brand new songs)
Date: 23 May 2008 (Fri)
Time: 10pm
Venue: the Esplanade, Powerhouse
By the Waterfront - full electric set (same set as Fri nite but costumes likely to be different)
Date: 24 May 2008 (Sat)
Time: 8.45pm
Venue: the Esplanade, Powerhouse
Lunarin is back...
By the Waterfront - full electric set (brand new songs)
Date: 23 May 2008 (Fri)
Time: 10pm
Venue: the Esplanade, Powerhouse
By the Waterfront - full electric set (same set as Fri nite but costumes likely to be different)
Date: 24 May 2008 (Sat)
Time: 8.45pm
Venue: the Esplanade, Powerhouse
14/05/2008: Indonesia Really Dowan Fren Temasek
Singtel's company Asia Mobile Holdings ownz 41% of Indosat. Singtel is Temasek one. Temasek company ST Telemedia ownz 35% of PT Telkomsel. Last yr, Indonesia KPPU - the Engrand name is Business Competition Supervisory Commission, their anti-monopory watchdog say Temasek vely gleedy, vely crever wan to earn all the money in Indonesia by having telco monopory. Aiyoyo!
10/05/2008: Touchy Bloggers or Govt?
Awesome loser Jack Black aka Dewey Finn the teacher in School of Rock,
So MICA is going for lighter touch, wooot, but still touch here, touch there! Heh. Are we self-indulgent bloggers touchy about their touching? Depends touch where right and what kind of touching. Firm pat? Caress? Some stroking? A little squeeze? Chinese burn? ROFL Bhavani is rebooted as the bearer of good news, something like a chance for her to redeem herself since the infamous Bhavani Commandments where she got booed and hissed by almost everyone in the web as the bearer of bad news. The overall tone of the letter was assuring albeit lacking in details. If light touch meant blogs like Talkingcock are still OK, stuff like the Dragon Prince diaries are kosher, and Mr Brown could get away with his occasionally OMG hilarious podcasts (remember, Mr Brown was hammered officially by the G then because of his newspaper article, not his internet postings), lighter touch could even mean more hope for dissing of the govt, without getting sued. Heh. But what exactly is "lighter" touch? With Mr Brown still on the warpath, I bet he would take parody to where no blogger has gone before more and more just to see how far he can go! Awesome. And Now for Something Completely Different.
I have been touched by your kids... and I'm pretty sure that I've touched them. (Followed by screams and shouts from the parents at the parents-teachers meetings).
So MICA is going for lighter touch, wooot, but still touch here, touch there! Heh. Are we self-indulgent bloggers touchy about their touching? Depends touch where right and what kind of touching. Firm pat? Caress? Some stroking? A little squeeze? Chinese burn? ROFL Bhavani is rebooted as the bearer of good news, something like a chance for her to redeem herself since the infamous Bhavani Commandments where she got booed and hissed by almost everyone in the web as the bearer of bad news. The overall tone of the letter was assuring albeit lacking in details. If light touch meant blogs like Talkingcock are still OK, stuff like the Dragon Prince diaries are kosher, and Mr Brown could get away with his occasionally OMG hilarious podcasts (remember, Mr Brown was hammered officially by the G then because of his newspaper article, not his internet postings), lighter touch could even mean more hope for dissing of the govt, without getting sued. Heh. But what exactly is "lighter" touch? With Mr Brown still on the warpath, I bet he would take parody to where no blogger has gone before more and more just to see how far he can go! Awesome. And Now for Something Completely Different.
07/05/2008: TVD's Picks - Taking on NTUC
NTUC, trade union cum GLC (as a Singapore Angle pal described it), is in the spotlight! But like an ostrich with its head buried in its ass (or is it in the ground?) seems nothing mentioned of the growing blizzard in the NTUC forum. Tsk tsk. Anyway, Tan Kin Lian, formerly the big kahuna in NTUC Income, is all snarling at his former company. What is it about geezers who left their organisations and then start dissing it (like Mahathir), and people's subsequent need to see these guys as the calvary automatically? Reminds me of that Ngiam dude who crapped about his former employer but was all YesSirYesSir3BagsFullSir when he was still on G's payroll. Errrrr I suppose Kin Lian knows what he is talking about since the dude was Mr Insurance himself back then...
Collective Protest - Action
"You have to print the letter and signature form. Please collect as many signatures as possible. Mail it to my address shown in the instruction page, to reach me before 25 May 2008."
Tan Kin Lian
The "Union" in the new NTUC logo appears to fade into the background
"The old logo (to me) is more reminiscent of the traditional blue collar workers in Singapore. There are tools of trade shown in the old logo; the spanner and the bolt in the logo depicts a time where the bulk of our workers are more of the traditional blue collar variety."
Urban Rant
NTUC Income Change of Bonus Scheme
"I have to say. No one knows for sure because the answer will only be known 15,20 yrs down the road. If NTUC Income continues to manage their Life Insurance Fund well, the change will most likely be towards the good. If NTUC Income mismanage their fund, the change will not be good for their policyholders."
Akhiat
NTUC Income Annual Bonus Update for 2008
"Why would a Cooperative spend thousands of dollars on mailing thousands of pages to hundreds of thousands of policyholders telling them nothing much change except the allocation?"
Edgar
NTUC Income - Bonus Cut
"I wonder what is CASE stand on this issue - our consumer association who is supposed to stand for Singaporean consumer rights - perhaps they are not aware yet. - now - can they remain on the sideline?"
Monsoon
Collective Protest - Action
"You have to print the letter and signature form. Please collect as many signatures as possible. Mail it to my address shown in the instruction page, to reach me before 25 May 2008."
Tan Kin Lian
The "Union" in the new NTUC logo appears to fade into the background
"The old logo (to me) is more reminiscent of the traditional blue collar workers in Singapore. There are tools of trade shown in the old logo; the spanner and the bolt in the logo depicts a time where the bulk of our workers are more of the traditional blue collar variety."
Urban Rant
NTUC Income Change of Bonus Scheme
"I have to say. No one knows for sure because the answer will only be known 15,20 yrs down the road. If NTUC Income continues to manage their Life Insurance Fund well, the change will most likely be towards the good. If NTUC Income mismanage their fund, the change will not be good for their policyholders."
Akhiat
NTUC Income Annual Bonus Update for 2008
"Why would a Cooperative spend thousands of dollars on mailing thousands of pages to hundreds of thousands of policyholders telling them nothing much change except the allocation?"
Edgar
NTUC Income - Bonus Cut
"I wonder what is CASE stand on this issue - our consumer association who is supposed to stand for Singaporean consumer rights - perhaps they are not aware yet. - now - can they remain on the sideline?"
Monsoon
01/05/2008: Flash: Survey on the Credibility of Blogs
A survey by a NTU student. Do pop in and share your views.
Internet users' perceptions of socio-political blog credibility in Singapore
What we think. How is "truth" negotiated, shared and contested between bloggers and the nation-building media?
Internet users' perceptions of socio-political blog credibility in Singapore
What we think. How is "truth" negotiated, shared and contested between bloggers and the nation-building media?
24/04/2008: Flash: Petrol Prices Shoot Up Again and Again
Car drivers! Petrol pumping is more ex! Caltex was the first to raise the price. Boooooo booooo.
92 is now $2.083 (old is $2.053)
95 is now $2.116 (old is $2.086)
98 is now $2.19 (old is $2.16)
Diesel is now $1.663 (old is $1.613) - 5 cents increase compared to the 3 cents for the rest.
The previous creep was on 17 March - 92 moved 4 cents from $2.013 to $2.053. The one before that was on 4 March - 92 moved 4 cents from $1.973 to $2.013. Three price increases since the start of this year. Do you still really want to redline your car every time? LOL ooooouch! Who is laughing all the way to the bank besides the evil petrol empires? The govt with its 29% tax per L at pump price. Woahhh
The end is nigh!! Ding ding, ding ding, while the bell of despair tolls just as there are more ERP tolls. Bring out and use your Kuwahara! Don't have one? Get one! (a wussy scooter just wont do)
(again, thanks to the dudes over at PetrolWatch, for errrrrr...petrolwatching!)
92 is now $2.083 (old is $2.053)
95 is now $2.116 (old is $2.086)
98 is now $2.19 (old is $2.16)
Diesel is now $1.663 (old is $1.613) - 5 cents increase compared to the 3 cents for the rest.
The previous creep was on 17 March - 92 moved 4 cents from $2.013 to $2.053. The one before that was on 4 March - 92 moved 4 cents from $1.973 to $2.013. Three price increases since the start of this year. Do you still really want to redline your car every time? LOL ooooouch! Who is laughing all the way to the bank besides the evil petrol empires? The govt with its 29% tax per L at pump price. Woahhh
The end is nigh!! Ding ding, ding ding, while the bell of despair tolls just as there are more ERP tolls. Bring out and use your Kuwahara! Don't have one? Get one! (a wussy scooter just wont do)
(again, thanks to the dudes over at PetrolWatch, for errrrrr...petrolwatching!)
21/04/2008: COI Hoot ISD!
KNN liddat oso can ah? Guards blur like dunno wat fuck.
"After a few minutes, the guard felt that Mas Selamt was taking too long. He alerted the other guard standing outside the toilet, who then turned to the Special Duty Operative who was outside the toilet...The Special Duty Operative, who is female, subsequently asked Mas Selamat's male Assistant Case Officer to check on Mas Selamat as he was in a male toilet".
CCB 1st cockster neber take action muz ask 2nd sotong, 2nd sotong boh ji muz ask for orders from 3rd goondu, 3rd goondu shy for fuck, asked 4th person who damn heng got the common sense to kick open the door. BUT TOO LATE LIAO!
Wahhsay The famous toilet!
"After a few minutes, the guard felt that Mas Selamt was taking too long. He alerted the other guard standing outside the toilet, who then turned to the Special Duty Operative who was outside the toilet...The Special Duty Operative, who is female, subsequently asked Mas Selamat's male Assistant Case Officer to check on Mas Selamat as he was in a male toilet".
CCB 1st cockster neber take action muz ask 2nd sotong, 2nd sotong boh ji muz ask for orders from 3rd goondu, 3rd goondu shy for fuck, asked 4th person who damn heng got the common sense to kick open the door. BUT TOO LATE LIAO!
Wahhsay The famous toilet!
20/04/2008: CNG Cars: The Race is On!
As Earth Day is Coming, let's look into the CNG car market again.
According to yesterday's ST, there will be 3 more CNG pumps - Jln Bt Merah, Serangoon North Ave 5 and Bedok North. The 2 existing stations are at Mandai and Jln Buroh. For people living near the pumps, it is worth considering going CNG and green, to save money. As more and more CNG stations pop up in residential areas in Spore, the switch to bi-fuel CNG cars is getting more attractive on the wallet as petrol prices spiral neverendingly upwards. BTW the tax for petrol is 44 cents per L or 29% of the pump price. There are more than 1,000 CNG cars now, compared to about 200 in January this year. The hard sell by Parallel Importers is working to drive the CNG car population up by 5 times in a space of 3-4 months!
According to yesterday's ST, there will be 3 more CNG pumps - Jln Bt Merah, Serangoon North Ave 5 and Bedok North. The 2 existing stations are at Mandai and Jln Buroh. For people living near the pumps, it is worth considering going CNG and green, to save money. As more and more CNG stations pop up in residential areas in Spore, the switch to bi-fuel CNG cars is getting more attractive on the wallet as petrol prices spiral neverendingly upwards. BTW the tax for petrol is 44 cents per L or 29% of the pump price. There are more than 1,000 CNG cars now, compared to about 200 in January this year. The hard sell by Parallel Importers is working to drive the CNG car population up by 5 times in a space of 3-4 months!
Cool! I want that game, nvm the classification.
Wooohoo Rockstar games are coming! OK is this game classification progressive or regressive? If we compare it to the film classification story and with RA films, it meant that you can see boobs and butts on screen for some films. So this might be a good thing for gamers as retailers will bring in more titles and or they have to do in the end is stick ugly stickers on the game packaging. The govt can also slowly try to shake off its nanny image by saying - hey buy what you want but know what you buy. Something like ciggies and the cancer fucks up your life realllll good warnings on the box. Fundies might kick up a fuss as they say games with sex and violence are the direct cause to the Columbine effect, which is well within their right to argue about. Err wait. Or was that listening to metal and its subgenres (death/trash/industrial/goth) and turning people into serial killers? Hmmmm Was Adrian Lim into Merciful Fate?
Spore is not the only country that is grappling with the devil in the details of game classification and controversy over games with adult content. Anyway, ratings are not a step back also as it is "an important part of making sure the art form is able to grow up." People would know what they buy and who to buy it for. I think the simple rule of thumb applies in any society. If you fuckup or commit a crime, don't blame the game/music/comic/book/Bambi, blame yourself bitch.
Bob
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14/04/2008: Sowing Unnecessary Rice Price Panic
Woah. Price of Thai rice has reached US$1,000 from US$500 a tonne. FAO is gonna have a food security summit in June to deal with the supposed global food shortage. Like Spore, Msia is also sending out assurances that everybody should be cool.
BTW I'm grateful for the pineapple rice MREs I stashed from the last ICT. If shite happens, for those who dissed SAF food and wastefully trashed it at ICT, huh, wish you didn't?
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BTW I'm grateful for the pineapple rice MREs I stashed from the last ICT. If shite happens, for those who dissed SAF food and wastefully trashed it at ICT, huh, wish you didn't?